Caterham's technical director Mark Smith downplayed the significance of Heikki Kovalainen's engine failure during first practice for the Monaco Grand Prix read more »

Patrick "Paddy" Lowe is a no-nonsense engineer who loves his motor racing...and who also happens to be Technical Director of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes. I was... read more »

A police investigation is underway into the race organisers of the Italian Grand Prix. According to publication la Repubblica, seven members of the company Autodromo Nazionale... read more »

Ferrari technical director Pat Fry says he was happy with the upgrades the Italian outfit introduced at the Spanish Grand Prix, which allowed Fernando Alonso to challenge for... read more »

Ferrari technical director Pat Fry says that there is more to come from Ferrari's F2012 as it embarks on a "constant drive for updating" the car read more »

Formula 1's wild fluctuations in form this season could be the result of Pirelli's tyres being so sensitive to track temperatures, reckons Ferrari technical director... read more »

Lotus tech director James Allison says he's enjoying the battle for supremacy between drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean... read more »

Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery has hit back at suggestions that the 2012 Formula 1 season is now too unpredictable - and thinks the variety of winners is of huge... read more »

Formula 1 will introduce some form of driver head protection in the not-too-distant future, race director Charlie Whiting says. read more »

Sauber Group CEO Monisha Kaltenborn has been handed a significant stake in the team, after majority owner and founder Peter Sauber transferred a third of the team to the... read more »

Renault Sport F1 managing director Jean-Francois Caubet has admitted that he didn't expect the revived partnership with Williams to yield wins so quickly. read more »

Pirelli’s motorsport director Paul Hembery: “With Pastor Maldonado starting from the front and Lewis Hamilton starting from the back, this was always going... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 16th: "I think we got as much out of the car as we could this afternoon. I had a good start, passed Senna and was hanging on to the pack ahead up until... read more »

Narain Karthikeyan has been granted permission to start the Spanish Grand Prix despite missing the 107% qualifying time. The Indian driver suffered from a poorly fitted onboard... read more »

Kimi Räikkönen, 5th: “I think we had a chance to be in the top three but we’ve been fighting with the set-up quite a bit today. We changed... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 23rd: "The day went very well, especially this afternoon, so I'm very happy with what we achieved. We completed two very good laps in qualifying,... read more »

Vitaly Petrov, 19th: “I am very happy with today's performance. It feels great to have it all come together in qualifying today and I want to thank the team for... read more »

Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery had defended the tyre manufacturer's 'more aggressive' tyre strategy in 2012, and fended off criticism from... read more »

Mercedes Team Boss Ross Brawn will not be present during this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix. The reason for Brawn's absence is his medical condition. Technical... read more »

Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery is confident that a step in the compound allocation will keep the teams on their toes in Barcelona next weekend. The Italian... read more »

Bahrain, the controversial island Kingdom, could have been central to McLaren's decision to agree the terms of the next Concorde Agreement. Bahrain's ruling family,... read more »

Bahrain, the controversial island Kingdom, could have been central to McLaren’s decision to agree the terms of the next Concorde Agreement. Bahrain’s ruling... read more »

Lotus tech director James Allison talks testing, expectations and updates... read more »

As Formula 1 runs its first in-season test in the Pirelli era, we are delighted to be joined live on-line by Paul Hembery, Director of Motorsport for Pirelli. No stranger to... read more »

Mugello, the Ferrari owned circuit near Florence, has set its sights on hosting a grand prix. As the high speed circuit hosts this week's rare in-season formula one test,... read more »