Formula One News — September 2012

Sebastian Vettel anticipates a tough Italian GP from fifth on the grid despite managing to finish second at Spa last week after starting 10th.

With McLaren having won the last two grands prix and locked out the Italian GP front row, Mark Webber has admitted that Red Bull needs to improve its qualifying performances to maintain its lead in the constructors championship and to close down Fernando Alonso in the drivers' championship.

Italian GP - Qualifying Report

Italian GP - Saturday Photos

Italian GP - Saturday Press Conference

Italian GP - Saturday Team Quotes

Italian GP - Qualifying Results

Italian GP - Practice 3 Report

Italian GP - Practice 3 Results

With much speculation surrounding the future of Lewis Hamilton at Monza, just as interesting a question as whether Hamilton will move to Mercedes, is what McLaren will do if he does.

Italian GP - Practice 2 Report

Italian GP - Friday Photos

Italian GP - Friday Press Conference

Italian GP - Friday Team Quotes

Italian GP - Practice 2 Results

Italian GP - Practice 1 Report

Italian GP - Practice 1 Results

Italian GP - Thursday Press Conference

After winning consecutive races at high downforce Hungaroring and relatively low downforce Spa, McLaren is hopeful that it will be in good shape to achieve a hat-trick of victories at the Italian GP this coming weekend.

James Key, formerly technical director at Jordan and Sauber, has taken over the position at Toro Rosso following the resignation of Giorgio Ascanelli.

Spanish GP winner Pastor Maldonado has admitted that he needs to keep away from the stewards' office and score some strong points in the remaining eight races of his second season with Williams.

Lewis Hamilton could be on his way to Mercedes in 2013 according to BBC chief F1 analyst and former team owner Eddie Jordan. The speculation has, however, been denied by both McLaren and Hamilton's management team X1X Entertainment, who say that negotiations with McLaren are at an advanced stage. By Tony Dodgins

With Romain Grosjean banned for the Italian GP after his role in the first lap crash at Spa last weekend, Lotus has confirmed that third driver Jerome D'Ambrosio will partner Kimi Raikkonen in the team line-up at Monza.

The first lap accident in the Belgian GP in which Romain Grosjean's Lotus narrowly missed contact with Fernando Alonso's crash helmet gave rise to more talk about either fully-enclosed cockpits or 'crash bars' to combat the vulnerability of drivers' exposed heads.

Belgian GP - Race Report