Formula One News — March 2014

Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that his new wife Fabiana, 37, wants a baby.

Inevitably, as the scale of Red Bull's early season crisis becomes ever clearer, rumours of possible splits are now beginning to emerge.

Williams held a glitzy launch to reveal its new name, Williams Martini Racing, in honour of its iconic title sponsor, the familiar Italian drinks label.

McLaren supremo Ron Dennis sat down with journalists and insisted he will get the famous British team out of its 2013 slump and back to winning races "much faster than people imagine".

Red Bull is "slaving around the clock" to solve its problems ahead of next weekend's season-opening Australian grand prix.

The Nurburgring looks to have been sold for between EUR 60 and 70 million.

Romain Grosjean wasn't his always-smiling self during one dramatic moment at the Bahrain tests last week.

Susie Wolff has revealed that if she ever has children, she will quit motor racing.

F1 will not be returning to India next year.

A week before the F1 circus gathers in Melbourne for the 2014 opener, the fate of McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh is still not clear.

Bernie Ecclestone is not ruling out tweaking F1's radical new engine regulations.

Niki Lauda has revealed that Mercedes' new turbo V6 engine produces "about 580" horse power.

Red Bull's early-season technical crisis is plumbing new depths, with news the reigning world champions are calling upon junior team Toro Rosso for help.

Mercedes heads into next weekend's season opening Australian grand prix as the overwhelming early 2014 favourite.

Almost a year ago, Bernie Ecclestone stunned F1's headline writers when he said plans were afoot for a race in Baku.

Sebastian Vettel may have quietly added another two years to his existing Red Bull contract.

Dr Helmut Marko is not sure Red Bull will catch up its early-season deficit in 2014, after a disastrous start to its latest title defence.

Bernie Ecclestone has hinted for the first time that he may need to voluntarily step back from running formula one.

Valtteri Bottas has played down fears grands prix will become little more than fuel-saving affairs in F1's new 'green' era.

Fernando Alonso has tipped his departed Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa to be a "strong rival" in 2014.

Gene Haas is waiting to know if he will be let onto the F1 grid next year.

Jenson Button has tipped usual F1 backmarker Marussia to take a big step forwards in 2014.

World champion Sebastian Vettel has hinted crisis-struck Red Bull might have achieved more simply by staying at its factory last week.

No one in the paddock doubts that Mercedes is significantly ahead of the game as the 2014 season opener looms.

Bernie Ecclestone says he is confident Melbourne is staying on the F1 calendar beyond its 2015 contract.