Formula One News — June 2012

JUNE 22, 2012

Friday Photos

European GP - Friday Photos

Friday Press Conference

European GP - Friday Press Conference

Friday Team Quotes

European GP - Friday Team Quotes

Practice 2 Results

European GP - Practice 2 Results

Practice 1 Results

European GP - Practice 1 Results

JUNE 21, 2012

Thursday Press Conference

European GP - Thursday Press Conference

Vettel admits Ferrari interest is flattering

Double world champion Sebastian faced questions on comments attributed to Ferrari team principal Srefano Domenicali on Ferrari's official website saying that the German and Fernando Alonso could co-exist quite happily at Maranello.

JUNE 20, 2012

Gribkowsky admits receiving F1 cash

German banker Gerhard Gribkowsky has admitted receiving multi million dollar payments to assist with the sale of the F1 business to CVC Capital Partners in 2006, while handling the matter for Bayern Landesbank

JUNE 18, 2012

Hamilton targets consistency

Despite scoring his first win of the 2012 season in Canada, Lewis Hamilton says that finishing is more important than winning at this weekend's European GP in Valencia.

JUNE 17, 2012

Davidson breaks back in Le Mans shunt

Former Super Aguri F1 driver and Sky Sports F1 pundit Anthony Davidson suffered a huge accident in the fifth hour of the Le Mans 24 Hours when his Toyota LMP1 tangled with a GT class Ferrari and somersaulted.

CVC sells more of F1 business

F1 commercial rights holder CVC Capital Partners has sold a further $500m stake in Formula One after unloading a 21% stake to three investors, Black Rock, Norges Bank and Waddell & Reed on May 22.

JUNE 15, 2012

FIA drives F1 cost control

At a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris today, the governing body reiterated its cost control intentions in Formula One.

JUNE 14, 2012

Championship "will be like this to the end"

That is the prediction of McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh, whose driver Lewis Hamilton moved back to the top of the world championship table with his victory in Montreal.

An F1 grid at Le Mans

This weekend's Le Mans 24 hours will feature twenty-two former F1 drivers among those entered for the classic French event.

JUNE 13, 2012

Video: Vettel drives GP of America course

Infiniti has released a video of Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel driving the Grand Prix of America track in Weehawken, NJ.

Whiting impressed by Austin

Charlie Whiting, the FIA's F1 race director, flew to the Circuit of the Americas in Texas after Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix to check on progress ahead of the inaugural Texan race in November.

Vettel activates Letterman's bleeper

Sebastian Vettel had to be 'bleeped out' a couple of times while explaining the finer nuances of F1 to an American audience on David Letterman's Late Show...

JUNE 12, 2012

Turbos can be affordable, says Haug

Mercedes Motorsport chief Norbert Haug says that spending on F1's new 'green' V6 turbos, scheduled for 2014, could be no greater than the current engines if averaged out over a five-year period.

Senna to receive Bandini award

Bruno Senna will travel to Brisighella in Italy to receive the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy, an award voted by the home town of the leading Italian driver who was killed in the 1967 Monaco GP.

Vettel gets first taste of GP of America

Sebastian Vettel became the first Formula One driver to get a taste of the circuit for the upcoming Grand Prix of America, at Port Imperial in Weehawken, NJ.

JUNE 11, 2012

Ferrari in title hunt, says Whitmarsh

Although Fernando Alonso's one-stop gamble did not reap reward in Montreal, Ferrari showed true qualifying pace for the first this year and the Spaniard left pleased with progress

Race Report - The magnificent seven

Canadian GP - Race Report

JUNE 10, 2012

Sunday Press Conference

Canadian GP - Sunday Press Conference

Sunday Photos

Canadian GP - Sunday Photos