| Monday, December 31st 2012, 13:35 GMT |
Sebastian Vettel's march towards a third Formula 1 world title came with some pretty memorable soundbites along the way from the German.
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| By Michele Lostia and Sam Tremayne | Monday, December 31st 2012, 14:02 GMT |
MotoGP's CRT class will not be rendered obsolete when radical changes - including a spec ECU - are brought in for 2014 according to Michele Pirro
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| By Peter Mills | Monday, December 31st 2012, 15:38 GMT |
Honda World Touring Car driver Tiago Monteiro says structural changes have been necessary at the team to accommodate earlier-than-anticipated changes to the series' technical rules
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| By Glenn Freeman | Sunday, December 30th 2012, 12:00 GMT |
Arden sporting manager Julian Rouse has applauded Antonio Felix da Costa's attitude to racing for and against his team in Formula Renault 3.5 and GP3 this year.
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| Sunday, December 30th 2012, 12:15 GMT |
Kimi Raikkonen's Formula 1 comeback was one of the biggest stories of the 2012 season. While the Finn is famous for being monosyllabic, he still came out with plenty of memorable comments over the course of the season.
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| Sunday, December 30th 2012, 14:46 GMT |
Only a handful of Formula 1 world champions have been as closely identified with a single team as Lewis Hamilton was with McLaren, yet this year the Briton announced that he was bidding farewell to the squad that had nurtured him since childhood to take on a new challenge at so-far-unsucessful Mercedes.
Suddenly what had been a frozen driver market was unlocked. McLaren instantly picked Sergio Perez as Hamilton's successor - then saw the Mexican's season nosedive. Hamilton's arrival at Mercedes backed Michael Schumacher into a corner where retirement was the only palatable option. And somehow, amid it all, Felipe Massa kept a Ferrari seat he had seemed certain to lose...
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| By Jonathan Noble and Pablo Elizalde | Saturday, December 29th 2012, 12:55 GMT |
Romain Grosjean sees no reason why his Lotus team cannot enjoy a much stronger season next year after a promising showing during 2012.
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| By David Evans | Saturday, December 29th 2012, 14:46 GMT |
Dani Sordo says his time away from a full-time drive in the World Rally Championship has made
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| Saturday, December 29th 2012, 15:55 GMT |
Michael Schumacher's 2012 Formula 1 season in quotes
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| Friday, December 28th 2012, 13:25 GMT |
Despite finishing only fourth in the Formula 1 drivers' championship, Lewis Hamilton was one of the biggest stories of the 2012 season. Here, in his own words, are his reflections on the campaign.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, December 28th 2012, 14:17 GMT |
Alex Zanardi has now officially ruled out a move to the DTM, despite testing a BMW last month.
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| Friday, December 28th 2012, 14:34 GMT |
Formula 1's most serious crash of 2012 was so nearly the championship's first fatality in 18 years. In the apparently innocuous situation of a straightline aero test for Marussia at Duxford airfield, reserve driver Maria de Villota made contact with the lowered rear of a truck, sustaining life-threatening injuries and ultimately losing her right eye.
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| By Matt Beer | Thursday, December 27th 2012, 13:13 GMT |
Rubens Barrichello has announced that he will leave IndyCar to race in Brazil's Stock Car V8 series in 2013
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| Thursday, December 27th 2012, 13:39 GMT |
2012's big stories: Robert Kubica returns to action
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| Thursday, December 27th 2012, 15:23 GMT |
Fernando Alonso's 2012 Formula 1 season in quotes
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, December 24th 2012, 14:52 GMT |
Lotus boss Eric Boullier believes his team will deliver a much stronger Formula 1 campaign in 2013, even if it starts the season with a car that is only as quick as last year's
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| By Matt Beer | Tuesday, December 25th 2012, 10:10 GMT |
Jenson Button is sure that McLaren's early-summer slump was more damaging to its 2012 Formula 1 title bid than reliability or pitstop problems
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| By Sam Tremayne and Matt Beer | Wednesday, December 26th 2012, 10:25 GMT |
Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner says the 2012 Formula 1 title chase pushed his staff harder than they had ever been pushed before
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, December 24th 2012, 08:37 GMT |
Former McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award winner Alexander Sims will team up fellow factory McLaren driver Alvaro Parente for an assault on next year's Blancpain Endurance Series
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, December 24th 2012, 14:52 GMT |
Lotus boss Eric Boullier believes his team will deliver a much stronger Formula 1 campaign in 2013, even if it starts the season with a car that is only as quick as last year's
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| By Matt Beer | Tuesday, December 25th 2012, 10:10 GMT |
Jenson Button is sure that McLaren's early-summer slump was more damaging to its 2012 Formula 1 title bid than reliability or pitstop problems
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| Sunday, December 23rd 2012, 13:29 GMT |
Over Christmas and New Year, AUTOSPORT is revisiting some of 2012's biggest stories and our coverage of them. Number two in the series reflects on the row over the Bahrain Grand Prix...
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, December 24th 2012, 08:37 GMT |
Former McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award winner Alexander Sims will team up fellow factory McLaren driver Alvaro Parente for an assault on next year's Blancpain Endurance Series
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, December 24th 2012, 14:52 GMT |
Lotus boss Eric Boullier believes his team will deliver a much stronger Formula 1 campaign in 2013, even if it starts the season with a car that is only as quick as last year's
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| By Michele Lostia and Sam Tremayne | Sunday, December 23rd 2012, 11:15 GMT |
Motorcycle racing legend Giacomo Agostini believes it is inevitable that Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi will renew hostilities over the course of the 2013 MotoGP season.
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| By Jamie O'Leary | Sunday, December 23rd 2012, 12:43 GMT |
Andy Priaulx is certain that the lessons learnt in his maiden DTM campaign this year can make him a much stronger competitor next year.
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| Sunday, December 23rd 2012, 13:29 GMT |
Over Christmas and New Year, AUTOSPORT is revisiting some of 2012's biggest stories and our coverage of them. Number two in the series reflects on the row over the Bahrain Grand Prix...
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| By Glenn Freeman and Sam Tremayne | Saturday, December 22nd 2012, 11:48 GMT |
2012 Formula Renault 3.5 champion Robin Frijns believes his Fortec replacement Stoffel Vandoorne can thrive under the relatively low expectations of his rookie season
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| By Edd Straw | Saturday, December 22nd 2012, 10:36 GMT |
Sebastian Vettel insists that there is still potential for him to improve as a grand prix driver despite winning his third consecutive world championship in 2012
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| Saturday, December 22nd 2012, 15:03 GMT |
Over Christmas and New Year AUTOSPORT will be revisiting some of the biggest stories of the 2012 motorsport season and our coverage of them, starting with Ferrari's miracle title bid...
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, December 21st 2012, 13:11 GMT |
The BBC has announced that former MotoGP presenter Suzi Perry will front its Formula 1 programme next year.
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| By Matt Beer | Friday, December 21st 2012, 15:14 GMT |
Fortec has signed Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup champion Stoffel Vandoorne to take title-winner Robin Frijns' place in its Formula Renault 3.5 line-up.
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| By Matt Beer | Friday, December 21st 2012, 15:57 GMT |
2011 Monte Carlo Rally winner Bryan Bouffier will make his first World Rally Championship start in a top-class car in next month's Monaco event.
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| By Edd Straw and Pablo Elizalde | Thursday, December 20th 2012, 13:24 GMT |
Force India will not be satisfied if it starts the season with anything less than the fifth quickest car in the field in 2013.
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| By Gary Watkins | Thursday, December 20th 2012, 13:33 GMT |
Briton Nick Tandy has landed a factory deal with Porsche for 2013.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, December 20th 2012, 14:35 GMT |
McLaren is to unveil its 2013 car on January 31, the team announced on Thursday.
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Wednesday, December 19th 2012, 13:16 GMT |
Nine-time world rally champion Sebastien Loeb shook down the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 that he will race next year at the Navarra circuit on Tuesday
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Wednesday, December 19th 2012, 14:15 GMT |
GP3 runner-up Daniel Abt will step up to GP2 with the Lotus GP team in the 2013 season
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, December 19th 2012, 15:49 GMT |
Caterham's sporting director Steve Nielsen has resigned from the team, AUTOSPORT has learned.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, December 18th 2012, 14:59 GMT |
Force India has become the first team to confirm the launch date of its new car - as the outfit plans to unveil its 2013 challenger on 1 February
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| By Marcus Simmons | Tuesday, December 18th 2012, 15:07 GMT |
The British Formula 3 International Series has introduced a five-round National Invitation trophy to boost grids
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| By Glenn Freeman | Tuesday, December 18th 2012, 15:29 GMT |
Auto GP race-winner Sergey Sirotkin will race for ISR in Formula Renault 3.5 next year
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, December 17th 2012, 12:26 GMT |
FIA GT1 World Championship frontrunner Hexis Racing has decided against racing in the series that will succeed it in 2013, the GT Sprint Series.
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| By Sam Tremayne | Monday, December 17th 2012, 14:18 GMT |
Jorge Lorenzo insists there will be no repeat of the acrimony that divided Yamaha the last time he and Valentino Rossi were team-mates.
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| By Edd Straw and Pablo Elizalde | Monday, December 17th 2012, 15:04 GMT |
Williams says it will be very tricky to balance car development next year with the big regulation changes that will come into play in 2014
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, December 17th 2012, 12:26 GMT |
FIA GT1 World Championship frontrunner Hexis Racing has decided against racing in the series that will succeed it in 2013, the GT Sprint Series.
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| By Sam Tremayne | Monday, December 17th 2012, 14:18 GMT |
Jorge Lorenzo insists there will be no repeat of the acrimony that divided Yamaha the last time he and Valentino Rossi were team-mates.
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| By Edd Straw and Pablo Elizalde | Monday, December 17th 2012, 15:04 GMT |
Williams says it will be very tricky to balance car development next year with the big regulation changes that will come into play in 2014
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| By Sam Tremayne | Sunday, December 16th 2012, 11:31 GMT |
Jenson Button believes Lewis Hamilton's ability and pace could surprise Nico Rosberg when the pair team up at Mercedes next year
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| Sunday, December 16th 2012, 13:14 GMT |
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo believes Felipe Massa's resurgence in the second half of 2012 could have a significant impact on the team's 2013 ambitions
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| By Dieter Rencken and Sam Tremayne | Sunday, December 16th 2012, 14:36 GMT |
The failure of Formula 1's 'new' teams to break into the top 10 over the past three seasons reflects well on the sport according to Marussia boss Graeme Lowdon
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| By Michele Lostia and Sam Tremayne | Friday, December 14th 2012, 17:25 GMT |
Valentino Rossi's return to Yamaha as team-mate to Jorge Lorenzo will lead to a tumultuous year for the Japanese outfit's crew and management, reckons a key figure in Rossi's first Yamaha stint.
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| Saturday, December 15th 2012, 12:49 GMT |
Adrian Newey insists Red Bull is right to push the limits of Formula 1 regulations in order to maximise the performance of its car
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| By Edd Straw | Saturday, December 15th 2012, 14:52 GMT |
Peter Sauber believes that the biggest challenge facing contemporary Formula 1 is the need to cut costs
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| By Jonathan Noble and Pablo Elizalde | Friday, December 14th 2012, 12:24 GMT |
McLaren sporting director Sam Michael hopes Pirelli does not go too conservative in its 2013 tyres, as he reckons it would hurt the show
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| By Diego Mejia | Friday, December 14th 2012, 12:43 GMT |
Joey Logano expects to learn a huge amount from his new team-mate Brad Keselowski after his first test alongside the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion.
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Friday, December 14th 2012, 13:06 GMT |
Conor Daly says the financial demands of racing in Europe mean he is likely to focus on finding a seat in the United States for next year
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| By Jamie O'Leary | Thursday, December 13th 2012, 12:45 GMT |
Norbert Haug will leave his role as Mercedes motorsport chief at the end of 2012 after 22 years in the role.
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Thursday, December 13th 2012, 13:52 GMT |
Formula 1 would be better off with just 10 teams as long as Ferrari is one of them, according to Bernie Ecclestone
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Thursday, December 13th 2012, 14:48 GMT |
Jenson Button believes Sergio Perez is ready to cope with the extra pressure he will be under when he starts driving for McLaren next year
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Wednesday, December 12th 2012, 13:55 GMT |
Fernando Alonso believes it will be near impossible for him to repeat the perfection of his 2012 performance in the future, the Spaniard insisting he had a flawless season
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| By Diego Mejia | Wednesday, December 12th 2012, 12:21 GMT |
Brad Keselowski believes Penske's switch to Ford will provide a much-needed boost to motivation levels following his 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup title success
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Wednesday, December 12th 2012, 15:13 GMT |
Bernie Ecclestone says Formula 1 is likely to have only 19 grands prix next year, but admits he is still waiting on a possible return to Turkey
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| By Jonathan Noble and Matt Beer | Tuesday, December 11th 2012, 11:47 GMT |
McLaren is aiming to achieve two-second pitstop as 'standard' in the 2013 Formula 1 season
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| By Sam Tremayne and Matt Beer | Tuesday, December 11th 2012, 12:41 GMT |
Mark Webber believes his refusal to settle for top-six finishes was a key factor in his 2012 Formula 1 championship defeat
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| By Edd Straw and Matt Beer | Tuesday, December 11th 2012, 15:06 GMT |
Williams has defended its decision to make Bruno Senna sacrifice practice mileage to Valtteri Bottas, after promoting the Finn to take Senna's place in the race team next season
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| By Edd Straw and Pablo Elizalde | Monday, December 10th 2012, 11:54 GMT |
Force India believes Nico Hulkenberg will miss the chance to realise the team's potential after leaving to join Sauber for 2013
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| By Jamie O'Leary | Monday, December 10th 2012, 12:00 GMT |
Mercedes has paid tribute to DTM driver Jamie Green following his announcement that he has left the manufacturer after eight years in the series.
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| By Dieter Rencken and Pablo Elizalde | Monday, December 10th 2012, 15:32 GMT |
Timo Glock believes a bigger budget is key for Marussia if the team is to make a significant step forward in the Formula 1 field
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| By Gary Watkins | Sunday, December 9th 2012, 10:30 GMT |
Porsche will revive its in-house factory team for its return to the prototype ranks in 2014
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| By David Evans | Sunday, December 9th 2012, 11:02 GMT |
Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz has spoken out about the future of the World Rally Championship, saying the time has come to tap into the potential of the series.
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| Sunday, December 9th 2012, 11:11 GMT |
Nick Tandy has become only the third British winner of the prestigious Porsche Cup
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| By Jonathan Noble and Pablo Elizalde | Friday, December 7th 2012, 17:06 GMT |
McLaren's sporting director Sam Michael believes the pecking order will not change in the 2013 season, with his team, Red Bull and Ferrari fighting for the titles
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| By Sam Tremayne | Friday, December 7th 2012, 17:34 GMT |
Star Mazda champion Jack Hawksworth will contest the 2013 Indy Lights championship with Sam Schmidt Motorsports
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| By Edd Straw | Saturday, December 8th 2012, 09:26 GMT |
Scuderia Toro Rosso owner Dietrich Mateschitz has called on his junior team to raise its game after a disappointing 2012 season.
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| By Jonathan Noble and Pablo Elizalde | Friday, December 7th 2012, 11:45 GMT |
Romain Grosjean is confident he will be much stronger in the 2013 Formula 1 season if he is given a new deal by his Lotus team
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Friday, December 7th 2012, 12:16 GMT |
Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes Michael Schumacher would have been better off not returning to the sport following his first retirement
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| By Jamie O'Leary | Friday, December 7th 2012, 14:22 GMT |
Lotus has left the IndyCar Series after a disappointing campaign during 2012.
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| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, December 6th 2012, 12:17 GMT |
The top two finishers in next year's British Formula Ford championship will win a British Touring Car test with leading team Motorbase Performance.
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Thursday, December 6th 2012, 12:40 GMT |
Turkish motorsport officials say the return of the country's grand prix to the Formula 1 calendar is now up to the government, after agreeing terms with Bernie Ecclestone
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| By David Evans | Thursday, December 6th 2012, 13:15 GMT |
Sebastien Loeb has confirmed he will contest next year's GT Sprint Series in a McLaren GT MP4-12C GT3.
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| By Sam Tremayne | Wednesday, December 5th 2012, 14:47 GMT |
The 2013 German Grand Prix has been moved forward one week and will now run on the 7th July, the FIA World Motor Sport Council confirmed today.
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| By Sam Tremayne | Wednesday, December 5th 2012, 15:14 GMT |
The FIA has opened up World Touring Car Championship regulations to provide for more powerful cars and greater aerodynamic packages from 2014.
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| Wednesday, December 5th 2012, 15:22 GMT |
Grid positions in next year's FIA World Endurance Championship will be determined by an aggregate time of two drivers in each car.
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| By Jonathan Noble and Sam Tremayne | Tuesday, December 4th 2012, 13:05 GMT |
Kimi Raikkonen is optimistic he and Lotus can be even stronger in next year's Formula 1 world championship
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| Tuesday, December 4th 2012, 14:06 GMT |
Silverstone has announced several improvements to its traffic management and infrastructure in a bid to avoid a repeat of the traffic chaos of this year's British Grand Prix
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| By Michele Lostia and Sam Tremayne | Tuesday, December 4th 2012, 14:52 GMT |
Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone insists he has no plans to slow down and has 'a thousand more ideas' to pursue at the sport's helm
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| By Sam Tremayne | Monday, December 3rd 2012, 11:30 GMT |
Rick Kelly is convinced Nissan's new V8 Supercar challenger has the potential to be competitive in its debut season next year.
Kelly got his first taste of the Altima on Sunday, in a short demonstration run which followed the car being displayed at the Sydney Telstra 500.
2006 champion Kelly, whose Kelly Racing team will run four Altimas in the series next year, said he had been massively encouraged by his first run.
"That was just demonstration laps at 60 per race pace, but every time you jump in the car is obviously helpful," he said. "We haven't done a lot of miles in the Nissan so the fact it is rolling around the track is a good thing for us.
"It has run faultlessly ever since we put it on the track and that is an achievement in itself for us. We can't wait to go in for a proper test day.
"Everything is on target for us to be very competitive.
"There are three things it will take: the right chassis and suspension, which we have got, an aero package the same as everyone else's out there, and having the same horsepower.
"All those things for us are on target, and if we can produce the same numbers as everyone else - which is looking strong right now – it just comes down to us doing a really good job on the weekends and driving the car right."
Kelly said production schedules were also on target, and predicted that the current version of the car will only be modified in minor ways before its competitive debut next year.
"Everything is on schedule for the other three cars we are producing – one for each driver – and then we will produce a spare as well.
"We have this car here which is complete, one exiting the paint shop, a third chassis which is built and the fourth which is starting now, Todd's car, which we don't need until February. Everything is on target.
"The car has already completed a bit of aero testing, it's well and truly on the way and in the next two months able to get on the track knowing what package we have got.
"Certainly what we have now is something we have designed in-house and tested on a very strong computer programme, so any changes will be very fine.
"The support has been really strong ever since the announcement back in February, much stronger than we anticipated which is really good.
"For the sport and for us it's fantastic to see a new crowd coming in. Next year the support for our race team will be stronger than ever. [The Altima] already feels like home."
| By Matt Beer | Monday, December 3rd 2012, 12:00 GMT |
Former CART boss Andrew Craig has ruled out returning to American single-seater management as part of the IndyCar Series' organisation reshuffle.
Reports in America had identified Craig as one of a number of potential targets for IndyCar and Indianapolis 500 owner Hulman and Company as it restructured following the split with Randy Bernard.
But Craig said that while he saw "great potential" in IndyCar at present, he would not be interested in returning.
"It is always nice to be considered but I would not be interested in going back," Craig told AUTOSPORT.
Craig was chairman and CEO of the CART Indycar/Champ Car World Series from 1994 to 2000.
He is currently a vice president of the FIA Touring Car Commission and a member of the FIA Endurance Racing Commission.
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| By Jonathan Noble and Pablo Elizalde | Monday, December 3rd 2012, 14:51 GMT |
Mercedes boss Ross Brawn is hopeful he can prove Lewis Hamilton wrong and give the Briton a car that is capable of fighting for victories in 2013.
Hamilton is leaving McLaren at the end of the year after a six-year spell at the Woking team to race alongside Nico Rosberg at Mercedes from next season.
The Briton admitted ahead of the season finale in Brazil that the Interlagos race may have been his last chance to win a race for a while given Mercedes's current form.
The Brackley-based outfit won the Chinese Grand Prix earlier this year but then struggled to keep up with its rivals and endured a five-race point-less streak in the championship run-in.
Despite that, Brawn believes Mercedes has all the ingredients to fight back and is not ruling out competing at the front.
"I hope so," Brawn said when asked by AUTOSPORT if Hamilton's predictions were too pessimistic.
"Obviously we're working very hard to give both him and Nico the opportunity to win and take pole positions. That's our ambition, our objective.
"It's obviously critical we improve from where we are. We're going to try [even] if we don't hit all our objectives next year. You never know what other people will do.
"I'd like to think we can do a few things of those things next year.
"I think Lewis was just playing things down. I'm sure in his heart he wants to win and set pole positions, but he understands the journey we've got to go on."
Brawn reckons the 2008 world champion's quality and input will also provide Mercedes with a significant boost.
"We're very excited about the prospect of working with Lewis," he said. "It's going to be very interesting for all of us. I'm sure he'll be different to Michael.
"The team are very excited that we're still able to have a driver of that calibre. As we get a stronger car, obviously the drivers will become even more critical for us."
Hamilton is under contract with McLaren until the end of the year, meaning he cannot start work with his new team until 2013.
Brawn is optimistic that such delays will not affect Hamilton's transition to his new environment, adding: "It's not a big problem.
"There are obviously things that you start to do. You start to build the relationship with the engineers, and that can start in earnest in January."
| By Sam Tremayne | Sunday, December 2nd 2012, 11:57 GMT |
Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso will resume their rivalry at tonight's AUTOSPORT Awards in London.
Both men staged remarkable Formula 1 title challenges over the course of 2012, with Vettel finally prevailing in a wild and dramatic Brazilian Grand Prix finale.
They are both leading contenders in the International Racing Driver of the Year category, although they also face competition from McLaren pair Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, plus comeback king Kimi Raikkonen.
Button won last year's British Competition Driver of the Year prize and will be up against team-mate Hamilton again in this category. Rob Huff will also be a contender after his World Touring Car Championship title.
The AUTOSPORT.com Rookie of the Year award pitches top F1 newcomers Daniel Ricciardo, Romain Grosjean and Jean-Eric Vergne against each other. Their rivals include rising star Robin Frijns, Formula 2's teenage sensation Matheo Tuscher, and GP2 ace James Calado, plus IndyCar's Simon Pagenaud.
Other categories include International Racing Car of the Year and International Rally Driver of the Year, while the evening ends with the announcement of the winner of this year's McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award, which will involve one of six young British drivers receiving a McLaren F1 test and a £100,000 prize.
You can follow the 2012 AUTOSPORT Awards Live on AUTOSPORT.com from 21:30 GMT.
| By David Evans | Sunday, December 2nd 2012, 13:45 GMT |
Super 2000 World Rally champion and former WRC Academy title-winner Craig Breen has tipped Robert Kubica for the top in rallying, having competed against the Polish Formula 1 star on the Rallye du Var last week.
Citroen driver Kubica retired from the lead on the event, while Breen finished third in a Peugeot 207 S2000.
Breen's hopes of winning once Kubica had gone off the road were ruined by two punctures for the Irishman, but he admitted he had been hugely impressed with Kubica.
"He was amazing," Breen told Motorsport News. "He totally dominated the rally and was one of the most down to earth people I've ever met.
"He actually came up to me at the pre-event press conference and said congratulation on the SWRC title!
"It was absolutely humbling to have somebody like him, somebody from his background, come over to me.
"It would be fantastic to see him in rallying next season, he's got such speed - I think he opened everybody's eyes in France last week."
Kubica's two-event deal to drive a Citroen C4 WRC has now passed and the Pole's plans for next season are currently being discussed.
| By Peter Mills | Sunday, December 2nd 2012, 14:47 GMT |
Auto GP championship runner-up Virtuosi UK will test Formula 3 graduate Andrea Roda in next Thursday's two-day test at Barcelona.
Italian Roda brings three years of F3 experience from the Euro Series and Italian championship.
"We're very pleased that Andrea is on board, and we look forward to evaluating his skills," Virtuosi UK co-owner Declan Lohan told AUTOSPORT.
"After running Pal Varhaug to the runner-up place this year, there has been a lot of interest from drivers wanting to test with us for one day.
"But we preferred to have someone in the car for both days so that they can really learn the car, and we can get a clearer picture of their potential."
Antonio Spavone, who raced for Ombra and Euronova in Auto GP this year in parallel to a limited GP3 campaign, will sample Super Nova machinery during the test.
Bergamo-based Ombra will evaluate local driver Luca Defendi, a 19-year-old who graduates from Italian Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Abarth.
| Saturday, December 1st 2012, 02:43 GMT |
Tim Slade claimed his maiden V8 Supercars pole position in qualifying for race one of the 2012 season finale on Sydney's Homebush street circuit.
Rain showers in the provisional qualifying session meant a host of big names missed out on the top-10 shoot-out in the scramble for laptimes when the circuit was at its best.
Champion Jamie Whincup will start only 14th, two places ahead of his Triple 8 Holden team-mate Craig Lowndes, while erstwhile title contender Mark Winterbottom is back in 25th for Ford Performance Racing.
Winterbottom's team-mate Will Davison grabbed the fastest time in that session, but an error in the pole decider left him only second as Slade secured his first pole in the Rosenberg/Stone Brothers Ford.
The rest of the top 10 has a very unfamiliar look. Steven Johnson, Alexandre Premat and Michael Caruso complete the top five.
Shane van Gisbergen qualified eighth for his final race in the series. Van Gisbergen recently shocked the sport by announcing that he was not only leaving Stone Brothers at the end of the season, but walking away from V8s completely.
A loss of oil pressure meant Rick Kelly could not complete a shoot-out lap so he starts 10th.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Tim Slade Rosenberg/SBR Ford 1m29.5515s 2. Will Davison FPR Ford 1m29.6391s + 0.0876s 3. Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Ford 1m29.6679s + 0.1164s 4. Alexandre Premat Garry Rogers Holden 1m30.0178s + 0.4663s 5. Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Holden 1m30.1553s + 0.6038s 6. Russell Ingall Walkinshaw/HRT Holden 1m30.2692s + 0.7177s 7. Tony D'Alberto D'Alberto Ford 1m30.3391s + 0.7876s 8. Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Ford 1m30.4779s + 0.9264s 9. James Moffat Dick Johnson Ford 1m30.5385s + 0.9870s 10. Rick Kelly Kelly Holden 11. Jason Bright Brad Jones Holden 1m30.9038s Qual 1 12. Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Holden 1m30.9226s Qual 1 13. James Courtney HRT Holden 1m30.9300s Qual 1 14. Jamie Whincup Triple 8 Holden 1m30.9770s Qual 1 15. Garth Tander HRT Holden 1m30.9820s Qual 1 16. Craig Lowndes Triple 8 Holden 1m30.9989s Qual 1 17. Lee Holdsworth Stone Brothers Ford 1m31.0444s Qual 1 18. David Reynolds Rod Nash/FPR Ford 1m31.1944s Qual 1 19. Greg Murphy Kelly Holden 1m31.2196s Qual 1 20. Dean Fiore Triple F/DJR Ford 1m31.5836s Qual 1 21. Karl Reindler Kelly Holden 1m31.7399s Qual 1 22. Taz Douglas Dumbrell Holden 1m31.7422s Qual 1 23. Steve Owen Paul Morris/DJR Ford 1m31.7526s Qual 1 24. Jonathon Webb Tekno Holden 1m31.8283s Qual 1 25. Mark Winterbottom FPR Ford 1m31.8486s Qual 1 26. Michael Patrizi Tekno Holden 1m32.6801s Qual 1 27. David Wall Britek/BJR Holden 1m33.1485s Qual 1 28. Tim Blanchard Kelly Holden 1m33.1699s Qual 1
| Saturday, December 1st 2012, 08:18 GMT |
Craig Lowndes denied Tim Slade victory in a wild first V8 Supercars race around Sydney's Homebush street track.
Amid extreme heat, multiple safety cars and plenty of incident, the event turned into a fuel economy run at the finish, with all the leaders nursing their cars to the flag.
Lowndes and Triple 8 team-mate Jamie Whincup had made rapid progress up the order from their 16th and 14th places on the grid.
When their final pitstops took place behind the safety car on lap 45 of 74, Whincup pulled over into a neutral area in the pitlane to allow Lowndes through to take his stop first. While Whincup has already secured the 2012 title, Lowndes is still in a close fight with Mark Winterbottom for the runner-up spot.
That put Lowndes in prime position to challenge polesitter Slade for the win, and he made it through on lap 62 when Slade made a small error.
Slade was able to retain second, winning a late battle with James Courtney as the former champion had to back off dramatically to save fuel.
Having volunteered to queue behind Lowndes in the pits, Whincup came home fifth behind Jonathon Webb, who came from 24th on the grid to fourth.
Winterbottom tried a slightly different strategy as he recovered from 25th on the grid and could only finish ninth, leaving him three points behind Lowndes going into Sunday's season finale.
Incidents included Shane van Gisbergen retiring after contact with both Tony d'Alberto and the series' medical car on lap one, and second-row starters Steven Johnson and Alexandre Premat retiring with electrical issues and heat exhaustion respectively.
Results - 74 laps: Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap 1. Craig Lowndes Triple 8 Holden 2h03m49.6940s 2. Tim Slade Rosenberg/SBR Ford + 1.1047s 3. James Courtney HRT Holden + 24.5102s 4. Jonathon Webb Tekno Holden + 30.4085s 5. Jamie Whincup Triple 8 Holden + 30.9924s 6. Rick Kelly Kelly Holden + 33.2667s 7. Karl Reindler Kelly Holden + 36.2908s 8. James Moffat Dick Johnson Ford + 41.9176s 9. Mark Winterbottom FPR Ford + 44.6989s 10. Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Holden + 52.4691s 11. Tony D'Alberto D'Alberto Ford + 1m00.6046s 12. Russell Ingall Walkinshaw/HRT Holden + 1m14.0904s 13. Steve Owen Paul Morris/DJR Ford + 1m28.4707s 14. Tim Blanchard Kelly Holden + 1m30.5640s 15. Dean Fiore Triple F/DJR Ford + 1 lap 16. Michael Patrizi Tekno Holden + 1 lap 17. David Reynolds Rod Nash/FPR Ford + 5 laps 18. Taz Douglas Dumbrell Holden + 6 laps 19. Will Davison FPR Ford + 9 laps 20. David Wall Britek/BJR Holden + 15 laps 21. Garth Tander HRT Holden + 16 laps Retirements: Alexandre Premat Garry Rogers Holden 59 laps Jason Bright Brad Jones Holden 43 laps Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Holden 26 laps Greg Murphy Kelly Holden 18 laps Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Ford 5 laps Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Ford 0 laps Lee Holdsworth Stone Brothers Ford 0 laps
| By David Evans | Saturday, December 1st 2012, 09:06 GMT |
Juho Hanninen is expected to tackle the first two rounds of next year's World Rally Championship in an M-Sport Ford Fiesta RS WRC after being released from his Skoda contract.
The 31-year-old Finn, who won the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, Super 2000 WRC and European Rally Championship in a Fabia S2000 between 2010 and '12, was confirmed as a free agent by Skoda on Friday.
He will be replaced in the Czech Republic team by rising star Esapekka Lappi, who will tackle WRC-2 (the new name for SWRC) next year.
Skoda motorsport chief Michal Hrabanek said: "I'd like to thank Juho and [co-driver] Mikko [Markkula] for their excellent performances in Skoda Motorsport colours.
"We have made fantastic achievements together and have become the most successful crew in the entire history of the brand's motorsport efforts."
Hanninen added: "My goal has always been to drive and compete at the highest level and now there is the chance with M-Sport."
He will start next season with new co-driver Tomi Tuominen after his regular navigator Markkula joined Andreas Mikkelsen at Volkswagen.
Hanninen has tackled four world championship rounds in a World Rally Car before, his best result being eighth on Rally d'Italia in a Mitsubishi Lancer WRC in 2007.
