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 »

The documentary Senna won two awards at the annual BAFTA's in London, taking the Best Documentary and Best Editing prizes read more »

450 workers are pushing to enable Austin’s new Circuit of the Americas to be ready for the US grand prix later this year. After the Texas project’s earlier... read more »

Ferrari’s third day of testing, the first with Fernando Alonso at the wheel of the F2012, was very similar to the previous two: a lot of work on data acquisition relating to... read more »

Dutchman Giedo van der Garde today made his debut at Caterham, taking over the wheel from Heikki Kovalainen who covered the first two days. The team's reserve driver... read more »

The new Caterham CT01 broke cover at Jerez this morning, with Heikki Kovalainen taking to the track at the start of testing read more »

Lotus launched their E20 online on Sunday evening, taking the covers off a car that features - like three of its rivals - the stepped nose design... read more »

Four down and eight to go starting with Lotus who will be taking the covers off their E20 later today... read more »

The first Formula One test of the pre-season kicks off Jerez on Tuesday with all the teams excluding Marussia taking part... read more »

Force India is looking to break into the top five of the Constructors’ World Championship this year. The Silverstone-based squad has enjoyed steady progress since... read more »

Ferrari has confessed to taking more risks with this year's car than previous challengers, after unveiling a fairly aggressive F2012 at Maranello on Friday. read more »

Ferrari today unveiled their F2012. It is the fifty eighth car built by Ferrari with the express purpose of taking part in the Formula 1 World Championship. It adopts a well... read more »

The arrival of any new McLaren F1 car is always a big occasion - but never more so than right now, on the eve of the 2012 World Championship. Will Lewis Hamilton and Jenson... read more »