Formula One News — January 2014

The grey drizzle matched the mood in the Red Bull garage on Friday morning, but Daniel Ricciardo was his ever upbeat self.

Amid world champion Red Bull's testing nightmare at Jerez, bigwigs Christian Horner, Adrian Newey, Helmut Marko and the visiting team owner Dietrich Mateschitz all departed southern Spain on Thursday.

The first technical rows of 2014 are well underway.

F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has slammed the sport's brave new era, saying the Jerez test this week proves the radical 2014 rules have produced "a total farce".

Vitaly Petrov has a good chance of restarting his motor racing career in the German touring car series DTM.

Unseemly nose solutions are attracting all of the obvious attention early in 2014.

Renault, engine supplier to reigning world champions Red Bull, has admitted it has kicked off F1's radical new V6 era with a significant problem.

Pat Symonds, a former long-time personality at the Enstone team, says he has "sympathy" for struggling Lotus.

Ross Brawn on Thursday denied speculation he is set to join McLaren as its new chief executive.

Michael Schumacher has "blinked" and is "responding to simple instructions".

Hours after Marussia's expected debut, the team's 2014 car finally emerged from the Jerez pitlane late on Thursday afternoon.

Bernie Ecclestone on Thursday ruled out paying millions to end his legal troubles in Germany and avoid ten years in jail.

The FIA is reportedly unhappy with some of the nose solutions that are currently collecting test laps at Jerez.

Deep into the penultimate day of testing at Jerez, and Marussia's 2014 car is still yet to see the light of day.

Michael Schumacher's manager has now confirmed reports doctors at the Grenoble hospital are trying to wake the great German from his month-long coma.

Lotus' innovative double-pronged nose solution for 2014 has been declared legal by the FIA's Charlie Whiting.

There is substance to widespread reports doctors are now trying to wake Michael Schumacher from his month-long induced coma.

F1 braking made one Italian a billionaire.

World champion Sebastian Vettel has flown out of southern Spain after a miserable opening two days of running in 2014.

As was widely predicted, Lotus' newly-departed team boss Eric Boullier has moved to McLaren.

Michael Schumacher's manager has played down reports the Grenoble hospital is preparing to bring the great German out of his month-long coma.

Bernie Ecclestone has written a letter to F1's eleven teams, arguing that the controversial new 'double points' rule should be extended to the final three races of the season.

The engines may be smaller and quieter, but formula one cars will actually be faster in a straight line in 2014.

Marussia is on course to debut its 2014 car on Thursday.

Roger Benoit, one of the longest serving F1 correspondents in the paddock, said Tuesday's events at Jerez were "embarrassing".