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FORMULA 1

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Ecclestone facing bribery charges
Formula One mogul Bernie Ecclestone faces charges in Germany relating to a bribery case, the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported Tuesday.
Vettel blames tyres, Rosberg mystified by poor race times
Sebastian Vettel blamed his relative slump to fourth in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix on Red Bull's inability to manage their tyres as well as rivals Ferrari and Lotus.
Alonso crowned king of Spain
Two-time champion Fernando Alonso paid a warm tribute to his Ferrari team and the massive Spanish crowd on Sunday after he drove to a dominant victory for Ferrari at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Rosberg takes pole for Spanish GP; Hamilton 2nd
Mercedes will start the Spanish Grand Prix from the front row after Nico Rosberg posted the fastest qualifying time ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton today.
Marquez calm ahead of Spanish MotoGP
Marc Marquez became the youngest ever MotoGP winner a fortnight ago but he is not letting that success go to his head as he and his fellow riders prepare for Sunday's Spanish MotoGP at Jerez.
Sebastian Vettel storms desert again
Defending triple world champion Sebastian Vettel open-ed up a clear lead at the top of this year’s title race on Sunday when he cruised to victory for Red Bull in the Bahrain GP. Classifications: 57 laps
Rosy Saturday for Rosberg in Bahrain
Germany’s Nico Rosberg looked forward to ‘kick-starting’ his season after seizing Mercedes’s second successive pole position in qualifying for the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday.

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Ecclestone facing bribery charges

Formula One mogul Bernie Ecclestone faces charges in Germany relating to a bribery case, the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported Tuesday.

Vettel blames tyres, Rosberg mystified by poor race times

Rosberg takes pole for Spanish GP; Hamilton 2nd

Rosy Saturday for Rosberg in Bahrain

At this time last year, the Buddh International circuit was still very much under construction after the inaugural Indian GP's starting date was pushed to 2011. The tremendous hype surrounding the event was still a distant storm on the horizon.

Caterham

The rebadged former Lotus team has not yet reached the level that founder and airline impresario Tony Fernandes envisaged when ...

Team Drivers

Charles Pic
Charles Pic is hoping a change of teams can improve his fortunes ...

Ferrari

The name Ferrari has featured on the Formula 1 grid since the inception of the championship in 1950. The team ...

Team Drivers

Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa has been hanging on to his fading Formula 1 career ...

Force India

Vijay Mallya formed Force India as he joined forces with the Mol family, co-owners of the then Spyker team in ...

Team Drivers

Adrian Sutil
Adrian Sutil returned to Formula 1 in 2013 after a forced sabbatical ...

Lotus

Lotus' birth came around with the vision of legendary designer Colin Chapman, and emerged as a rage in the 1960s ...

Team Drivers

Kimi Raikkonen
Despite spending two years away from Formula 1, Kimi Raikkonen's return to ...

Marussia

Marussia, now headquartered in Banbury, UK, is a young and ambitious Anglo-Russian challenger competing in the Formula 1 world championship ...

Team Drivers

Jules Bianchi
Jules Bianchi is probably just happy to be racing for anyone. He ...

McLaren

The 2013 season is McLaren's 50th year in Formula 1 so it comes as a big surprise that its last ...

Team Drivers

Jenson Button
If a world championship wasn't enough, Jenson Button proved his worth as ...

Mercedes

The clock would have to turn way back to 1955 for the last time Mercedes competed as a constructor in ...

Team Drivers

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton exploded into Formula 1 in 2007 with McLaren and made ...

Red Bull

From the moment Red Bull first turned a wheel in F1, at the start of the 2005 season, it was ...

Team Drivers

Mark Webber
Mark Webber is one of the most respected drivers in Formula 1 ...

Sauber

Ever since Peter Sauber forged a Formula 1 team in 1993, the Swiss squad has continued to be a part ...

Team Drivers

Nico Hulkenberg
In his first three seasons in Formula 1, Nico Hulkenberg raced for ...

Toro Rosso

Toro Rosso was created with a view to finding two extra cockpits for the stars of the future coming through ...

Team Drivers

Daniel Ricciardo
In a career full of big steps, Daniel Ricciardo's biggest came in ...

Williams

Williams is one of the world's leading Formula 1 teams - and the Williams name has been synonymous with top-level ...

Team Drivers

Valtteri Bottas
Valtteri Bottas was finally promoted to a race seat in 2013 after ...

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F1 Pundit
The 'bonkers' business logic of Formula 1 teams

The primary goals of any normal business are to be successful in its field; to add value to the company; and to make a profit. Other strategic goals include building a brand, becoming the market leader or expanding the business into new areas. Joe Saward writes.

F1 Pundit
F1 needs America to complete global jigsaw

If all goes to plan, this will be a big week for Formula 1 as it returns to the United States for the first time in five years. F1 has failed to break into the US market in the course of the last 30 years, having blown the foundations that were built at Watkins Glen and Long Beach in the 1970s.

Hamilton's latest F1 challenge: succeeding with Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton handed Formula One a compelling storyline for the new season from the moment he decided to leave the comfort of McLaren for a new challenge with Mercedes.

Coughlan keeps Williams on the move

Mike Coughlan's arrival as chief engineer at Williams in June 2011 was a crucial step, if controversial given his chequered past, in turning around the fortunes of Formula One's faded former champions.

Monaco GP Circuit

The jewel in Formula 1's crown. The dash through the Principality's tortuous streets is the most prestigious on the calendar; it stands on a pedestal, almost distinct from the sport from which it was born. It's the social ...

Monaco 2013 - Race
5/26/2013 12:00

Canadian GP Circuit

Located on the Ile Notre Dame in the St Lawrence river, the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is a low-downforce power track made up of long straights, chicanes and hairpins. Top-end speed, braking stability and traction are the keys ...

Canadian 2013 - Race
6/9/2013 18:00

British GP Circuit

Silverstone has had more facelifts than any other track on the calendar, yet it's managed to retain its fast and challenging nature. The start of the lap - Copse, Becketts and Stowe - is one of the ...

British 2013 - Race
6/30/2013 12:00

German GP Circuit

A rhythmic, undulating track, each 5.148 kilometre lap of the German Grand Prix will see the drivers negotiate a complete mix of slow, medium and high speed turns, joined by several straights. A high downforce circuit, the ...

German 2013 - Race
7/7/2013 12:00

Hungarian GP Circuit

Monaco with more run-off. The Hungaroring is a tight and twisty track at which the drivers have to manage 14 slow speed corners over just one 4.3km lap. Combined with some of the shortest straights on the ...

Hungarian 2013 - Race
7/28/2013 12:00

Belgian GP Circuit

Located between Liege and Brussels in the Ardennes forest, at seven kilometers Spa-Francorchamps is the longest circuit on the calendar. Despite some significant modifications over the years from its original 14.9km layout, the current circuit is still ...

Belgian 2013 - Race
8/25/2013 12:00

Italian GP Circuit

The fastest track in Formula 1. It's known colloquially as 'La Pista Magica', and with good reason: the atmosphere is second to none. The old banking, lying adjacent to the modern racetrack, gives the circuit a sense ...

Italian 2013 - Race
9/8/2013 12:00

Singapore GP Circuit

Being F1's only night race, the Singapore Grand Prix has a completely different ambience to other day time races. The start time forces the F1 paddock to live a nocturnal lifestyle for the weekend, starting work in ...

Singapore 2013 - Race
9/22/2013 12:00

Korean GP Circuit

The 5.621km Yeongam track, located in the South Jeolla region of the Korean peninsula, is another Hermann Tilke creation. The track has a temporary street circuit section, which is included for the Grand Prix, and a 3.045-km ...

Korean 2013 - Race
10/6/2013 06:00

Japanese GP Circuit

Designed and built in 1962 by Dutchman John Hugenholz, the Hermann Tilke of his day, Suzuka is a drivers' circuit par excellence. Its unique figure-of-eight layout, its string of fast corners and the passionate yet polite Japanese ...

Japanese 2013 - Race
10/13/2013 06:00

Indian GP Circuit

The teams and drivers approved the 5.141km Buddh International Race Circuit after it hosted the inaugural Indian Grand Prix in 2011, located just south of India's capital city New Delhi. The organisers and track designer Hermann Tilke ...

Indian 2013 - Race
10/27/2013 09:30

Abu Dhabi GP Circuit

Formula 1's second event in the Middle East. The Yas Marina Circuit features a number of innovative features, including a five star hotel that straddles the track. On the ground, its 5.55 kilometres - run anti-clockwise - ...

Abu Dhabi 2013 - Race
11/3/2013 13:00

United States GP Circuit

Located only five minutes from the airport and 15 minutes from downtown Austin, Circuit of the Americas is a new world-class performance, entertainment and business destination in Texas. Circuit of the Americas is more than a track - ...

United States 2013 - Race
11/17/2013 19:00

Brazilian GP Circuit

The Brazilian Grand Prix will be a true test of durability, heightened by the fact that the race is run in an anti-clockwise direction. The 4.3km circuit consists of 15 medium and slow speed corners, ten left ...

Brazilian 2013 - Race
11/24/2013 16:00

Australian GP Circuit

A great place for the race. That's what the billboards around Melbourne say and no one in Formula 1 would disagree. The Australian Grand Prix is one of the most popular races on the calendar, both for ...

Australian 2013 - Race
3/17/2013 06:00

Malaysian GP Circuit

Sepang was the first F1 circuit to be designed and built by Hermann Tilke. It's a wide racetrack (14m at its widest point); it's undulating and it has a mix of long straights and long, fast corners. ...

Malaysian 2013 - Race
3/24/2013 08:00

Chinese GP Circuit

The Shanghai International Circuit has all the hallmarks of a Hermann Tilke-designed racetrack: it's wide, it has a long straight followed by a hairpin and it has some impressive architecture. Resembling the Chinese symbol for "high", Shanghai's track ...

Chinese 2013 - Race
4/14/2013 07:00

Bahrain GP Circuit

A cutting edge facility located where once there was only desert, Sakhir hosted the Middle East's inaugural Grand Prix in 2004. The predominantly medium-speed corners aren't particularly taxing, but local conditions conjure other challenges. Drivers have to ...

Bahrain 2013 - Race
4/21/2013 12:00

Spanish GP Circuit

A track that all teams know well, having raced here every year since 1991 and completed many thousands of kilometres of testing. The circuit's long corners are a good test of car stability and aerodynamic performance, and ...

Spanish 2013 - Race
5/12/2013 12:00

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TEAMS
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standings 2013

S.No.	Teams	Points
1	Toro Rosso	8
2	Mercedes	72
3	Sauber	5
4	Force India	32
5	McLaren	29

No.	Grand Prix	Date/Time (GMT)
6	Monaco Grand Prix	5/26/2013 12:00
7	Canadian Grand Prix	6/9/2013 18:00
8	British Grand Prix	6/30/2013 12:00
9	German Grand Prix	7/7/2013 12:00
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	7/28/2013 12:00
11	Belgian Grand Prix	8/25/2013 12:00
12	Italian Grand Prix	9/8/2013 12:00

Year out has made me mentally stronger: Adrian Sutil

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2	Kimi Raikkonen	207
3	Fernando Alonso	278
4	Lewis Hamilton	190
5	Felipe Massa	122

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Last Race: 12th MAYSpanish Grand Prix

Next Race: 26th MAYMonaco Grand Prix

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