Adrian Sutil concluded the fourth and final day of the Barcelona test in a positive mood, with the German ending the day in seventh place at the wheel of his Force India... read more »

This evening it has been confirmed that Bahrain will not now play host to the opening race of the 2011 calendar, due to ongoing political strife in the island kingdom. The F1... read more »

What was feared in Formula One circles for the last week, was today confirmed: the Bahraini GP, scheduled for 13 March, will not take place, just like the last winter test... read more »

The final pre-season test, planned to take place in Bahrain, will now be held in Barcelona, the Williams team confirmed. It will take place between March read more »

Following the cancellation of both the final Formula 1 test session in Bahrain plus the season-opening Grand Prix at the Sakhir venue, it has been confirmed that the F1... read more »

Bernie Ecclestone has officially confirmed that the season opening Grand Prix in Bahrain has been cancelled. read more »

The Italian Olympic Games Committee (CONI) has asked Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo to leads its bid for the 2020 summer games, it has been confirmed.  read more »

Team Lotus has confirmed to GPUpdate.net that Mexican Ricardo Teixeira will be back in its car for a selection of laps at the Circuit de Catalunya on Saturday.  read more »

Hispania Racing has confirmed to GPUpdate.net that Vitantonio Liuzzi will be driving for the team as Barcelona testing continues on Saturday. At present, Narain Karthikeyan is... read more »

F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed that a decision will be made next week with regard to whether or not to cancel the F1 2011 season opener in Bahrain, scheduled for March 13. read more »

Former Renault managing director Bob Bell has been confirmed as Mercedes new technical director. Bell joined Renault in 2001 having previously worked with McLaren, Benetton and read more »

F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed a decision on whether the season-opening Bahrain GP goes ahead will be made next week... read more »

The Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai will be staying on the Formula 1 calendar until at least 2017, it has been confirmed, with the news following much speculation that the event... read more »

GP Lotus-Renault have today confirmed that veteran German Nick Heidfeld will stand in for the injured Robert Kubica, starting from next week’s test session at the Circuit de... read more »

Having tested for British Touring Car support series Clio Cup UK last week, as reported by GPUpdate.net on Saturday, it has now been confirmed that Nicolas Hamilton – brother... read more »

Renault has confirmed Nick Heidfeld has been drafted in to replace the injured Robert Kubica at Renault for the foreseeable future read more »

Nick Heidfeld is to replace the injured Robert Kubica at Renault for the foreseeable future, the French manufacturer confirmed on Wednesday. read more »

The Lotus-Renault team have confirmed that Nick Heidfeld will takeover Robert Kubica's seat for the 2011 season. The German had looked a likely replacement after they read more »

The Renault team has confirmed that Nick Heidfeld will be Robert Kubica's replacement this season, starting from this week's test at Barcelona. read more »

Tyre manufacturer Pirelli has confirmed the tyre compounds that will be used for the first four races of the F1 season. “The hard tyre will be the prime tyre, whereas the... read more »

Robert Kubica is set to undergo final surgery on his elbow on Wednesday, doctors have confirmed, as he continues to make good progress from the injuries he suffered in his... read more »

Virgin technical director Nick Wirth says the MVR-02's first week of testing has confirmed hopes that it is a big step forward over the team's 2010 car - and that... read more »

Lotus Renault have confirmed that Nick Heidfeld will test for the team at Jerez on Saturday as he bids to replace Robert Kubica... read more »

Robert had further surgery today at the Santa Corona Hospital in Pietra Ligure. A team of 15 doctors and nurses were involved to carry out surgery to his foot, shoulder,... read more »

Renault is not worried about its testing pace over the last two days in Jerez and has confirmed Nick Heidfeld will test on Saturday with Bruno Senna driving the R31 on Sunday read more »