Alexander Rossi has today been confirmed as Caterham F1 Team’s Test Driver, joining Race Drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Vitaly Petrov, and Reserve Driver Giedo van der Garde in... read more »

Marussia become the first team to employ a female driver for 20 years after taking on Maria de Villota as a test driver. read more »

Juan Pablo Montoya has once again taken a shot at Formula One, criticising the look of the 2012 cars. Montoya raced in F1 between 2001 and 2006, taking 7 wins for Williams and... read more »

After a strong pre-season, Jenson Button is looking forward to taking the F1 fight to Red Bull - and, if fortunes change, Ferrari too. read more »

Former Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari has joined BBC Radio 5 live for the new Formula 1 season, taking over the 'expert summariser' role from... read more »

Mar.6 (GMM) Red Bull is considering taking the 'old' version of its new car to Melbourne for the 2012 season opener. That is the claim of Germany's... read more »

Red Bull is considering taking the ‘old’ version of its new car to Melbourne for the 2012 season opener. That is the claim of Germany’s... read more »

Tavo Hellmund, original premotor for the United States Grand Prix in Texas, has filed a lawsuit against the party now holding the role. Hellmund’s Full Throttle... read more »

Formula 1 returnee Kimi Räikkönen will feature on Top Gear next weekend, taking part in the final episode of the programme's eighteenth series. The... read more »

McLaren managing director Jonathan Neale has talked up the team's title chances, saying they are in excellent shape ahead of the new season... read more »

McLaren managing director Jonathan Neale says the 2012 F1 title is 'there for the taking' after solid show so far in pre-season testing read more »

For the first time this year, the Formula One teams tried out the full range of Pirelli’s 2012 slick tyres, with the P Zero Silver hard, P Zero White medium, P Zero Yellow soft... read more »

Pastor Maldonado reckons the Williams-Renault FW34 with which he set the fastest time of the third day's testing at Barcelona has improved significantly since he last... read more »

Pastor Maldonado topped the timesheets on the third day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya. The Venezuelan’s lap of 1.22.391 was almost a second clear... read more »

Formula 1 testing has resumed in Barcelona on Thursday morning, with a raft of drivers – including Mark Webber, Jenson Button and Felipe Massa – taking to... read more »

Vitaly Petrov got his first taste of the Caterham CT01 at Montmeló on Wednesday after taking over testing duty from team-mate Heikki Kovalainen. Petrov declared... read more »

Mercedes GP is making the steps that are needed to eventually get itself to the front of the Formula 1 grid read more »

Felipe Massa was fully occupied at the end of last week, spending two full days in the Ferrari simulator at Maranello. The Brazilian will be back in the real cockpit in... read more »

Vitaly Petrov will race with the Caterham team during the 2012 season, taking Jarno Trulli's place at the squad, it was confirmed on Friday. read more »

Mike Gascoyne promoted to a new role within the Caterham Group with Mark Smith taking on more responsibilities within the F1 team read more »

Mike Gascoyne has been promoted to chief technical officer of the Caterham group, with technical director Mark Smith taking on more responsibility with the Formula One team read more »

HRT has confirmed to GPUpdate.net that it will not be taking its 2011 car to either of the upcoming Formula 1 test sessions in Barcelona. The Spanish squad ran last... read more »

Sahara Force India has announced that Aethra, a leading auto parts manufacturer based in Brazil, has joined the team as an official partner for the 2012 season. The signing of... read more »

McLaren has announced that 19-year-old Kevin Magnussen will be taking on additional challenges as he reaches the next stage of its Young Driver Programme. read more »

The acclaimed Senna documentary enjoyed double-success at the BAFTA ceremony in London last night, adding to its growing trophy cabinet. Taking place at the Royal Opera House,... read more »