Ayrton Senna

Motorsport

Vettel shows his true nature: hunter-racer

Merciless treatment of Red Bull and Webber shows champion is genuine heir to Senna and Schumacher, writes Oliver Brown

Webber win awaits right time and place

mark-webber

Alan Jones One of the crucial skill sets required to become the formula one world drivers' champion is being in the right place at the right time.

Age a red rag to Webber's bullish refusal to retire from F1

Peter McKay dinkus

Peter McKay The end-of-2012 departure of Michael Schumacher from formula one, preceded a year earlier by Rubens Barrichello, has left Mark Webber with the unfortunate tag of being the oldest driver in an...

Formula One

Raikkonen wins, Vettel clings to formula one lead

Kimi Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen lived up to his 'ice man' sobriquet by claiming his first win for three years as Sebastian Vettel clung on to his championship lead in a drama-laden Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Motor Sport

Vettel's stunning third

Sebastian Vettel

AAP-AFP Sebastian Vettel produced the biggest improvement from a starting grid position in 23 years to keep his world title defence firmly on track as Red Bull teammate Mark Webber crashed out of a...

Mexican billionaire saves Honda: report

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, the world's second richest man, has rescued the Honda Formula One team, according to Italian newspaper La Stampa.

Honda quits over financial crisis

Honda has announced its shock withdrawal from Formula One over the global financial crisis, ending an involvement which began in the 1960s.

Senna junior wants to follow his uncle

Bruno Senna, the nephew of former triple world champion Ayrton, hopes he's done enough to win a seat with Honda in 2009.

Massa wins but Hamilton takes the glory

Briton Lewis Hamilton became the youngest man to win the Formula One drivers' world championship when he finished fifth in the rain-hit Brazilian Grand Prix.

Massa takes pole for Brazilian GP

Ferrari's Felipe Massa took pole position for Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix at the Interlagos circuit.

Showdown in Brazil for Hamilton, Massa

Gordon Howard Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa will fight a mental battle as much as a sporting one on Sunday when they race to settle the Formula One world championship.

Hamilton optimistic over F1 title hopes

Lewis Hamilton is optimistic he won't blow his Formula One world title chances in China this weekend and has rebuffed claims he is arrogant.

Hamilton wins dramatic German GP

Robert Grant Lewis Hamilton was forced to use all his bravery and skill to overcome a strategic blunder by McLaren which almost cost him the German Grand Prix.

Embattled Mosley returns to F1 scene

Paul Logothetis Embattled FIA president Max Mosley has emerged at the Monaco Grand Prix, making his first Formula One appearance since being embroiled in a lurid sex scandal.