Formula One


VIDEO: With F1 program scrapped, where will Toyota Motorsports land next?

As Toyota president Akio Toyoda announced the withdrawal of his company from the Formula One World Championship, he reiterated Toyota's commitment to motorsport competition. But while this may have been pure lip-service, the Japanese automaker has a long history in racing, leading to speculation over where Toyota could land next. According to Toyoda: Motor sports remain an important means of personalizing the automobile in the eyes of customers. Motor sports also remain an important means of cultivating human resources and our R&D ... Read more →

SEMA 2009: The geekiest thing we've found so far Damon Lavrinc

Tire pressure monitoring systems. Not the sexiest thing here at SEMA, but bear with us for a few minutes to geek out on one of the coolest things we've seen at the show that doesn't involve a whole ...

Williams F1 signs Barrichello and Hulkenberg for 2010 Noah Joseph

The latest piece of the intricate puzzle that is the shake-up in drivers for the 2010 Formula One World Championship has come into play as Williams has confirmed its line-up for next season: ...

REPORT: Renault board considering following Toyota out of F1 Noah Joseph

Things have never been this bad for the Renault F1 team. Their performance is light-years behind where it used to be, their star driver is bolting once again, their top management has been thrown ...

Officially Official: Toyota confirms departure from Formula One Noah Joseph

The buck's got to stop somewhere. Toyota has been pouring in hundreds of millions of dollars into its Formula One racing program for seven years now and has little to show for it. Now after both ...

Rumormill: Toyota may announce exit from Formula 1 5 days ago on Autoblog

According to the Japanese Mainichi newspaper, Toyota is poised to withdraw from Formula One competition and will not take part in the 2010 season. Though no source is given for the news, so far Toyota is neither confirming nor denying the report. Toyota has never had the kind of success in F1 ...

Bridgestone to withdraw as official tire supplier of Formula One 5 days ago on Autoblog

Bridgestone has participated in Formula One since 1997 and has acted as the sole official tire supplier to the entire series for the past two seasons. But at the end of next year, its contract with the FIA and Formula One Management will expire, and the Japanese rubber company has announced that ...

Event Alert: November Calendar of Automotive Events 7 days ago on Autoblog

For many of us November means football, parades, turkey hangovers, and family dysfunctionality in the form of Thanksgiving, but we car people tend to be more thankful for SEMA, the Chase and the crowning of a new champion in Formula 1 (Well, the conclusion of another season at least, since Jenson ...

SPOILER ALERT: 2009 Formula 1 season wraps up with a bang at inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 7 days ago on Autoblog

Les jeux sont faits. The line signifies the last call for bets at a casino, and is all too familiar to racing fans visiting Monte Carlo for the annual Monaco Grand Prix. But these days the Mediterranean principality isn't the only place that features state-of-the-art Formula One race cars ...

Next Stop, Le Mans: FIA reportedly puts the brakes on Sebastien Loeb's grand prix debut 12 days ago on Autoblog

What do you do after making it to the pinnacle of rallying and winning a record-shattering six consecutive world championships? Anything you want – or so you'd think – but Sebastien Loeb is running into some roadblocks that appear to have derailed his plans to try his hand at Formula ...

REPORT: David Coulthard gets a speeding ticket. In an F1 car. 13 days ago on Autoblog

You can't blame an F1 driver from driving fast. That's what they're supposed to do. Evidently authorities in India feel differently, however, as they've slapped David Coulthard with an enormous £20,000 (approx $33k) ticket for breaking the speed limit. The kicker? It was for a Formula 1 ...

REPORT: USF1 wants NASCAR's Kyle Busch for driver duties 15 days ago on Autoblog

F1 drivers have left the grid to go to NASCAR, so why not have a NASCAR driver make the leap to Formula 1? USF1's Peter Windsor reportedly has his eye on NASCAR bad boy Kyle Busch to pilot the team's single-seater in next year's championship. The 24-year-old Busch is said to have massive talent, ...

F1 teams play musical engines as Cosworth emerges the favorite for 2010 17 days ago on Autoblog

As it turns out, the addition of four new teams, the departure of BMW Sauber and a massive game of musical chairs in the driver's market aren't the only big changes in store next year in Formula One. As this year's championship winds to a close, reports emerge that several teams are switching ...

In Bad Taste: Ecclestone calls Senna's death "good for F1" 18 days ago on Autoblog

Believe it or not, nobody has put a muzzle on Bernie Ecclestone yet. After having publicly praised the likes of Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein, the Formula One chief has made headlines once again by characterizing the death of Ayrton Senna as "good for F1." Clarifying his comments, ...

SPOILER ALERT: The Fat Lady Sings at the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix 21 days ago on Autoblog

"Everything can change in a New York minute." It's a good thing Don Henley wrote his hit song twenty years before this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix. Because "in an Interlagos minute" just doesn't have the same ring to it. But it does go to show how quickly fortunes can be reversed over the ...

Malaysian-backed Lotus F1 Racing gears up for 2010 23 days ago on Autoblog

It's been fifteen years since Lotus last competed in Formula One, but that dry spell is about to come to an end as the British engineering firm and sportscar maker is set to join the grid once again for next season as one of four new teams in the series. Preparations appear to be going ...

REPORT: Massa charges that Alonso knew about Piquet crash plan 24 days ago on Autoblog

From his brief tenure at McLaren, we know that Fernando Alonso has a bit of trouble getting along with his teammates. Especially when he doesn't get the clear preferential treatment as the team's #1 driver. After all, as has often been said, a driver's teammate is his chief rival. So after Ferrari ...

Felipe Massa comes home to Maranello, meets the new 458 Italia, laps Fiorano, smiles for fans [w/VIDEO] 27 days ago on Autoblog

It doesn't seem like it's been that long, but for Felipe Massa, it must feel like it's been an eternity since he's been up to speed. The Brazilian Formula One driver hasn't been at work since July when he suffered a major blow to the head from some flying debris at the Hungarian Grand Prix. A ...

Felipe Massa could reportedly be back on track by Monday 1 month ago on Autoblog

Ferrari just announced that injured driver Felipe Massa could be back in the saddle as early as Monday. Massa hasn't been in an F1 car since July's Hungarian Grand Prix, when a spring from another car flew up and hit him above his eye, fracturing his skull. The first time he has even been ...

Volkswagen group reportedly considering entering F1 1 month ago on Autoblog

Automakers appear to be pulling out of Formula One en masse. Jaguar and Ford withdrew a few years ago already, Honda canceled its participation at the end of last season, BMW is leaving at the end of this one, and both Toyota and Renault are reportedly considering canceling their programs as ...

End of Year Shuffle: 14 Formula One teams swap drivers for 2010 1 month ago on Autoblog

If you thought the series of driver changes in the middle of this ongoing Formula One season was something, it's nothing compared to the grand game of musical chairs expected to ensue as the season draws to a close. With BMW closing up shop, several new teams joining the grid and at least a ...

Robert Kubica jumps sinking BMW ship to fill Alonso's seat at Renault 1 month ago on Autoblog

Everything's changing for the Renault F1 team. The team principal has been barred from the sport indefinitely and the technical director has been mercifully banned for five years. They've already booted out their car-crashing, whistle-blowing driver Nelson Piquet Jr. and replaced him with rookie ...

SPOILER ALERT: Getting down to the point at the Japanese Grand Prix 1 month ago on Autoblog

Underdogs turned front-runners. Grands prix won by six different drivers. Four teams switching their lineups midseason. A multiple world champion (quite nearly) returning to the grid. A team principal and technical director shamed into retirement. A retiring motorsport figurehead sparking a ...

Officially Official: Fernando Alonso signs with Ferrari F1 for three years 1 month ago on Autoblog

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/motorsport/Official_Fernando_Alonso_Signs_With_Ferrari_F1_For_3_Years'; In a deal that seems to have been years in the making, Ferrari has finally made an official announcement: Fernando Alonso will be driving for the Prancing Horse in 2010. Rumors of Alonso going ...

REPORT: Ferrari F1 set to announce Alonso acquisition 1 month ago on Autoblog

Apparently, the long-rumored Fernando Alonso to Ferrari announcement is now all but official. According to a report from the BBC, the 28-year-old driver has signed a two-year contract with options to extend that will earn the Spaniard a tidy salary of roughly 19 to 25 million euros ($27 to $36 ...

Race Results: F1 action lights up at the 2009 Singapore Grand Prix 1 month ago on Autoblog

As the Formula One circus headed toward its only night race of the season in Singapore, several compelling storylines were developing. The championship-leading Brawn GP team seemed to be righting themselves from their mid-season struggles with teammates Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello ...

REPORT: Bernie wants F1 in NYC, 0-60 already has the plans 1 month ago on Autoblog

Formula One impresario Bernie Ecclestone has made no secret of his desire to see his series make a stop in the Big Apple – Manhattan, in point of fact. To that end, our friends at 0-60 thought they'd help him out by drawing up a suggested courses – in fact, in an oddly prescient ...

REPORT: Spa-Francorchamps circuit nearly has racing revoked license until 2026 1 month ago on Autoblog

Seems like every day brings something new in Formula 1, and lately none of it's been good. Now we hear that our absolute favorite track on the calendar, Belgium's Spa-Francorchamps circuit, is on the brink of having its license stripped for – get this – 17 years. Why? Because ...

Rumormill: Raikkonen could be back at McLaren in 2010 1 month ago on Autoblog

According to British newspaper the Mirror, Kimi Raikkonen could be driving for McLaren next year. The Iceman drove for Ron Dennis' outfit from 2002 to 2006 and scored plenty of victories but couldn't get the World Championship. Then he left for Ferrari in 2007 where he promptly won the World ...

BREAKING: Renault F1 placed on suspended two-year, Briatore banned indefinitely? 1 month ago on Autoblog

The World Motor Sports Council took only 90 minutes to reach a verdict in the case of Crashgate – wherein former driver Nelson Piquet, Jr. intentionally chucked his car into the wall at last year's Singapore GP to hand the win to Renault teammate Fernando Alonso. Realizing that Renault was ...

Return of the Prix: F1 confirmed back in Canada for 2010 1 month ago on Autoblog

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/motorsport/Return_of_the_Prix_F1_Confirmed_Back_in_Canada_for_2010'; It's only been a year, but it's been a long one for Formula One fans in North America. Last year Bernie Ecclestone and the FIA canceled the Canadian Grand Prix – a regular fixture of the F1 ...

Lotus back in F1, BMW Sauber gets new ownership 1 month ago on Autoblog

Two major announcements came hot on the heels of one another on Tuesday that seem set to shake up the always turbulent Formula 1 series even further in 2010. First, Team Lotus will indeed be back on the starting grid next year to contest the constructors championship with a duo of drivers. ...

SPOILER ALERT: All That and More at the 2009 Italian Grand Prix 1 month ago on Autoblog

In the midst of a Formula One season that's been anything but ordinary, how would you envision an ideal race to unfold? Ferrari and McLaren back on top? The two teams are responsible for most of the championships over the course of the past couple of decades, after all. The title-leading Brawn GP ...

REPORT: Proton could take the reins from BMW Sauber, return Lotus to F1 2 months ago on Autoblog

When BMW announced several weeks ago that it would be withdrawing from Formula One at the end of the 2009 season, the automaker left open the fate of the operations it bought from Peter Sauber. Since then, reports have indicated that the automaker has been evaluating possible buyers for the ...

REPORT: Giancarlo Fisichella, meet your new Ferrari race seat 2 months ago on Autoblog

First thing this morning, no one knew who'd be replacing Luca Badoer in the second Ferrari alongside Kimi Raikkonen – in addition to Williams test driver Nico Hulkenberg and former Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Bourdais, the likes of current BMW driver Robert Kubica had been mentioned. Force ...

SPOILER ALERT: Reversals of Fortune at the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix 2 months ago on Autoblog

You asked for it, you got it, racing fans. For decades, Formula One has been dominated by a handful of teams. The world titles have been shared between Ferrari, McLaren, Renault (formerly known as Benetton) and Williams since 1984. And the fans complained: Not enough competition. The small teams ...

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Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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