Formula One News — October 2013

OCTOBER 12, 2013

No penalty as Valencia breaks F1 contract

Valencia will not be penalised after dropping out of formula one.

Ferrari boss compares Vettel to Schumacher

Stefano Domenicali says the door to Ferrari is open to Sebastian Vettel in the future.

Prost denies Lotus to be Renault works team

Renault ambassador Alain Prost has dismissed rumours Lotus could become the French carmaker's works team.

Autopsy shows natural death for de Villota

Maria de Villota's post-mortem has confirmed reports the former Marussia tester died of natural causes.

Qualifying Results

Japanese GP - Qualifying Results

Practice 3 Report - Webber Better

Japanese GP - Practice 3 Report

Practice 3 Results

Japanese GP - Practice 3 Results

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Friday Photos

Japanese GP - Friday Photos

Friday Press Conference

Japanese GP - Friday Press Conference

De Villota died of natural causes

It appears Maria de Villota died of natural causes.

Friday Team Quotes

Japanese GP - Friday Team Quotes

Maria de Villota found dead

Maria de Villota, the former Marussia test driver who lost an eye after a near-fatal F1 testing crash last year, was found dead in Spain early on Friday.

Newey admits 2014 Red Bull ugly

Red Bull designer Adrian Newey has admitted his new car for 2014 is "ugly".

Massa also sets October deadline for 2014 talks

Felipe Massa says he has set the same deadline as Nico Hulkenberg as the Brazilian also looks to secure his future for 2014.

Vettel fears eating nuclear fish in Japan

Sebastian Vettel is leaving nothing to chance as he chases his fourth consecutive world championship this weekend at Suzuka.

Raikkonen coy amid Mark Slade reports

Kimi Raikkonen has answered "we'll see" to speculation he will have to work with a new race engineer in 2014.

Toro Rosso drivers better than Sauber's says Tost

It is not getting widespread attention, but a big battle is brewing between Sauber and Toro Rosso.

Pirelli clamps down amid illegal tyre heating claims

Pirelli has clamped down on enforcing the operating guidelines of its tyres, amid rumours some teams were not playing along.

Practice 2 Results

Japanese GP - Practice 2 Results

Practice 1 Report - Suzuka Silver

Japanese GP - Practice 1 Report

Practice 1 Results

Japanese GP - Practice 1 Results

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Thursday Press Conference

Japanese GP - Thursday Press Conference

Ecclestone happy with 2020 Brazil GP deal

Brazil will continue to host a grand prix every year at Interlagos until at least 2020.

Pirelli explosion unacceptable says Perez

Sergio Perez has stepped up his attack on F1 tyre supplier Pirelli, after his "explosion" in Korea a few days ago.