News headlines from Formula1.com http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/ en-US Formula1.com Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:48:30 GMT Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:48:30 GMT 15 http://www.formula1.com/photos/225x150/sutton/2009/d09sin75.jpg http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10203.html Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari. Formula One World Championship, Rd 14, Singapore Grand Prix, Preparations, Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore, Thursday, 24 September 2009 It's not often that a recent race winner and world champion ends a season without a confirmed seat for the following year, but that is just the situation that 2009 Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen is facing. With Fernando Alonso joining the Italian team to partner Felipe Massa in 2010, Raikkonen is still to find a new cockpit in which to ply his trade... http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10203.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:25:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10203.html Formula1.com Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher proved a winning combination during the first day of action at this year's Race of Champions (ROC) event in Beijing on Tuesday. The duo clinched their third successive Nations Cup victory for Germany in the Chinese city's spectacular Bird's Nest stadium, after beating the Team GB pairing of new Formula One world champion Jenson Button and World Touring Car champion Andy Priaulx in the finals... http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10194.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:22:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10194.html Formula1.com Toyota will be absent from the grid next season after the team's parent company announced its withdrawal from Formula One racing on Wednesday. The team had been competing since 2002. In that time they scored three pole positions, three fastest laps, 13 podiums and 278.5 points, though never that elusive win. Current race drivers Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock both hope to find seats elsewhere for 2010... http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10192.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:43:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10192.html Formula1.com The contest for the 2009 season's DHL Fastest Lap Trophy was decided on the penultimate lap of Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix when eventual winner Sebastian Vettel posted the fastest lap of the Yas Marina race. Vettel's quick lap of 1m 40.279s in Abu Dhabi meant that he had equalled team mate Mark Webber's tally of three fastest laps over the course of the season. And after the duo's number of second fastest laps were taken into account, the young German driver came out in front of his Australian counterpart in the standings by three to one. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10190.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:54:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10190.html Formula1.com Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has lauded their 2009 campaign and promised to come back even stronger in 2010. In only their fifth season of Formula One racing, the team finished second in both drivers' and constructors' championships and ended their year on a high with a one-two victory in Abu Dhabi. “Second is a fantastic achievement for the team,” said Horner. “To have achieved 16 podiums, six wins, five pole positions and six fastest laps - including four one-two finishes - as well as in excess of 150 points, is a massive achievement.” http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10189.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:01:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10189.html Formula1.com Williams will have an all-new race line-up next season, with Rubens Barrichello moving from Brawn GP to partner Williams tester and reigning GP2 champion Nico Hulkenberg. They replace Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima, neither of whom has announced a confirmed drive for 2010. “Rubens needs no introduction,” team boss Frank Williams said of Barrichello, who is set to become the first man to start 300 Grands Prix next season... http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10187.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:55:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10187.html Formula1.com Formula One racing is set to use a new tyre supplier from 2011 after Bridgestone announced on Monday that they will not be renewing their current contract when it expires at the end of 2010. Bridgestone have been participating in the sport since 1997, winning 156 Grands Prix, 10 drivers' and 10 constructors' titles. They became the official sole supplier to the championship in 2008... http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10185.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:30:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10185.html Formula1.com After being drafted in to replace an injured Timo Glock at the final two races of the season, relatively little was expected from Toyota third driver Kamui Kobayashi. But it seems Kobyashi had other ideas, and this weekend in Abu Dhabi he has soundly stamped his mark on Formula One racing, thereby making a very persuasive play for a permanent seat in 2010. While at Interlagos two weeks ago he finished just outside the top eight, at the Yas Marina Circuit on Sunday the 23 year-old went one better, clinching his very first world championship points after a strong drive from 12th. He eventually finished in sixth, ahead of veteran team mate Jarno Trulli. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10183.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:26:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10183.html Formula1.com 1st Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1h34m03.414s; 2nd Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1h34m21.271s; 3rd Jenson Button (Brawn), 1h34m21.881s. Q: Sebastian, you took the fight to Lewis Hamilton in the early stages. You managed to get ahead of him. It was another powerful performance today. Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, it was. A fantastic race. First of all the start and we had a very good launch... http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10184.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:01:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10184.html Formula1.com McLaren's Lewis Hamilton on how brake issues ruled him out of the running; Red Bull's Mark Webber and Brawn GP's Jenson Button on their dramatic fight over the last laps; and Sebastian Vettel on ending Red Bull's season on a high with his dominant victory. The drivers and senior team personnel report back on Sunday's race action… http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10181.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:57:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10181.html Formula1.com Once a brake problem slowed McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel had no competition in Sunday evening's inaugural day/night Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. A brilliant win cemented his second place in the drivers' world championship behind Brawn GP's Jenson Button, who enlivened the end of the race with a superb challenge to second-placed Red Bull of Mark Webber in the closing stages... http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10180.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:18:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10180.html Formula1.com Welcome to race day for the 17th and final round of the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship, the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit. It will be partially cloudy to begin with, with an ambient temperature high of 36 degrees Celsius, which will fall to 31 as the race progresses into the evening... http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10151.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:03:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10151.html Formula1.com Heikki Kovalainen is set to receive a five-place grid penalty from the Yas Marina race stewards after McLaren decided his car needed a new gearbox following Saturday's qualifying. Kovalainen, who had qualified in 13th, will now start Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from 18th. The Finn had looked strong during practice and the early stages of qualifying, but as he was preparing for his fast laps in Q2 his MP4-24 was struck by transmission problems. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/10/10175.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:04:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/10/10175.html Formula1.com For the 2009 season, the FIA are making public the weights of all cars ahead of the race start to help give an idea of relative fuel loads. The cars that made Q3 are weighed after qualifying, while the weights of the remaining cars must be declared by their teams shortly after the session. Below is the provisional grid for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with each car's weight. Note - McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen is expected to drop from 13th to 18th after a gearbox change on his car. The final grid will be published as usual by the FIA on Sunday. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/10/10174.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:55:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/10/10174.html Formula1.com Drivers: 1st - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1m 40.948s; 2nd - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1m 41.615s; 3rd - Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1m 41.726s. Q: Lewis, your fourth pole in seven races. You have been on fire here all weekend in Abu Dhabi. Was it as easy as it looked? Lewis Hamilton: Like I always say it is never easy but it definitely was as fun as it looked. The car has been I think probably the best it has been all year. It seems to really feel quite comfortable on this circuit. What they have done here is incredible and I think it is just a real pleasure to drive here and when you have definitely got the car beneath http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/10/10173.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:38:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/10/10173.html Formula1.com