Australian Mark Webber has become the second driver in 2012 to win two races in F1 after taking victory at the 2012 British Formula One Grand Prix at Silverstone. Webber beat home the only other dual-winner, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, after the Spaniard led from pole and for the first 48 […]
Formula One
Maria de Villota (Marussia F1 test driver) involved in life threatening crash
Marussia F1 team test driver Maria de Villota has had a horrible crash after high-speed testing at Duxford airfield in the UK. The Spanish driver hit the back of a team transporter truck when driving back to the pits after a straight-line run. De Villota was taken to hospital by […]
‘Webber and I aren’t best friends’ – Sebastian Vettel
Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel admits that he and teammate Mark Webber aren’t best buddies away from racing, but the German says he’d be happy for the Aussie to continue with Red Bull Racing beyond 2012. Webber’s one-year contract has been a big talking point all season with rumours […]
Fernando Alonso wins 2012 European F1 Grand Prix in thrilling race
Spaniard Fernando Alonso has had plenty of memorable victories in his career, but few will match the efforts of his 29th career victory in front of his home crowd in Valencia for the 2012 European F1 Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver started down in 11th position, but problems for Red […]
Sebastian Vettel takes pole at 2012 European F1 Grand Prix
As his world champion teammate Sebastian Vettel will start on pole, Aussie Mark Webber will have to make his way from 19th position after suffering car and traffic problems in qualifying for the 2012 European Grand Prix in Valencia, Spain. Webber reported a hydraulic problem caused his DRS to not […]
Sebastian Vettel tops Friday practice at 2012 European F1 Grand Prix
Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel has topped Friday practice for the 2012 F1 European Grand Prix in Valencia, Spain. The Red Bull Racing driver posted a 1:39.334 early in the session and it was never beaten. Force India’s Nico Hulkenburg was the closest to Vettel’s time, just 0.13 seconds off […]
Aussie Daniel Ricciardo desperate for F1 championship points
Australian Toro Rosso driver Daniel Ricciardo is keen to get some solid results as he nears the one year mark since his Formula One racing career started. Ricciardo debuted for Hispania Racing at the 2011 British Grand Prix and drove for that team until the end of the season before […]
Mark Webber denies speaking to Ferrari about replacing Massa in 2013
Australian Formula One driver Mark Webber says he has had no discussions with opposing F1 team Ferrari after rumours continue that he will replace struggling driver Felipe Massa at the Italian juggernaut in 2013. While he wouldn’t deny that he’d like to join the Prancing Horse, Webber says he doesn’t […]