Formula One News — February 2013

The Sahara Force India-Mercedes F1 team has officially announced that Adrian Sutil will once again join Paul di Resta to drive for the team.

aving denied it was a done deal mere hours ago, Adrian Sutil's manager now sounds certain the 30-year-old has secured a Force India race seat for 2013.

Lotus looks set to begin the 2013 season without a title sponsor.

As the F1 teams prepare for the final pre-season test in Barcelona, Brazilian rookie Luiz Razia's formula one future appears in tatters.

McLaren suspects its former technical director Paddy Lowe was lured to Mercedes on the promise of a "telephone number salary".

With the sophisticated 'ERS' energy recovery systems to complement next year's V6 engines, F1 is not set to lose much horse power.

Teams are concerned about a forecast of bad weather for the final week of pre-season testing.

Susie Wolff has vowed to continue her "step by step" progress towards the F1 grid.

Lotus team boss Gerard Lopez won a pair of gloves that the late Ayrton Senna used to win his third world championship in 1991 at a charity auction on Monday.

Danica Patrick has played down suggestions she might switch to formula one.

After Williams removed its controversial solution for the 'Coanda'-effect exhaust late last week, heads are now turning in Caterham's direction.

Honda may already be working on a formula one project for 2014.

Alain Prost, the quadruple world champion, is hopeful France could finally return to the F1 calendar next year.

Red Bull is still F1's top team, according to Franz Tost.

McLaren-Mercedes has announced that Tim Goss has been named McLaren's Technical Director, with immediate effect.

Having sat out the launch of the new MP4-28, McLaren's technical director Paddy Lowe will now not travel to Australia for the 2013 opener.

Mercedes chairman Niki Lauda says the team has taken "an important step forwards" since the end of the 2012 season.

Felipe Massa has clarified his recent assessment that the 2013 Ferrari is "on a different planet" compared to last year's red car.

Should Adrian Sutil fail to secure his return to F1 this year with Force India, he will not linger in the paddock as a third, reserve or test driver.

Legendary former Ferrari designer Mauro Forghieri has lamented today's F1 rules that make all the cars "look the same".

Luiz Razia has confirmed that off-track "conflicts" caused him to sit out last week's Barcelona test.

Williams has impressed F1's eagle-eyed technical experts with an innovation aboard its new FW35.

The alarm in the paddock about Pirelli's 2013 tyres is growing louder with every day.

Jenson Button has admitted McLaren is grappling with its new car for 2013.

Nico Rosberg thinks Mercedes' 2013 car is a potential winner.