Toro Rosso launches 2012 Car in Jerez

  STR7 also has stepped nose
Toro Rosso followed in the footsteps of Sauber and unveiled the car with which they will contest the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship at Jerez on Monday afternoon. The Ferrari-engined STR7 will make its on-track debut on Tuesday morning, when this week’s opening pre-season test gets underway at the Spanish track. The Italian team’s 2012-spec line-up, Australian Daniel Ricciardo and Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne, were in attendance at the pit-lane launch.

Red Bull's RB8 revealed

  Did Adrian Newey design another winner?
Red Bull Racing’s 2012 challenger, the RB8, which will contest this year’s Formula One campaign and defend the Team’s two successive World Championship titles, has been unveiled.  It too has a stepped nose like all the other F1 cars except McLaren, who may have missed out on their design once again.  Adrian Newey also chose a more traditional push-rod front suspension, unlike Ferrari and Sauber that went with a pull-rod layout.

Sauber F1 Team launches C31 in Jerez

  Hinwil/Jerez de la Frontera
Today, Monday, the Sauber F1 Team launched its new car for the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship. Drivers Kamui Kobayashi (25) and Sergio Pérez (22) unveil the Sauber C31-Ferrari at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in Spain, where on Tuesday official Formula One pre-season testing will get underway. For filming purposes the C31 will cover its initial laps today.

Lotus Renault launch their 2012 Car

  Model E20
Today Lotus Renault revealed their 2012 F1 chassis, the E20, at there Enstone factory decked out in black and gold. The team made the presentation in an online broadcast. The car features a stepped nose design like all the other cars launched so far except McLaren.  The car has a traditional exhaust layout, unlike last year when they tried a radical forward facing exhaust. As far as the exhausts are concerned, their forward exhausts would now be illegal under the new rules.

Ferrari launch 2012 F1 car (With Photos)

  Formula 1
Ferrari unveiled the 2012 car on Friday morning.  After being forced to cancel its launch ceremony because of heavy snow at Maranello, the team published the first images of its car on its official website instead.  The F2012 is the fifty eighth car built by Ferrari with the express purpose of taking part in the Formula 1 World Championship. It adopts a well established tradition of being named after its year of manufacture.

Force India unveils the VJM05

  Formula 1
Sahara Force India unveiled its 2012 challenger today as Paul Di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg pulled the covers off the VJM05 at Silverstone. They were joined by reserve driver, Jules Bianchi, as the team’s new car was presented for the first time. The car features a lowered nose and high front suspension similar to that of the new Ferrari F2012 and the Caterham.

McLaren launches its 2012 MP4-27 F1 car

  Formula 1
The continuation of our double world-champion driver line-up, further consolidation of our championship-winning engineering team and a subtle, yet deep-reaching technical update of our car all underpin the world-class strength, experience and ambition that exists at Vodafone McLaren Mercedes ahead of the 2012 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. This morning’s technical presentation of the MP4-27 at the McLaren Technology Centre showcased a natural evolution of last year’s six-race-winning car.

Vettel F1's best current driver

  Alan Jones, 1980 F1 Champion
1980 world champion Alan Jones thinks Sebastian Vettel is the best driver on this year's F1 grid. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso triggered international headlines this week when his recent comments about Vettel, the back-to-back and reigning world champion at Red Bull. Vettel, 24, became the sport's youngest ever double champion last season when he dominated his rivals, thrashing runner-up Jenson Button's points tally and collecting handfuls of wins and poles.

A chat about 2012 Toro Rosso driver line-up

  Q&A with the new drivers and management
The day after they were confirmed as a Scuderia Toro Rosso drivers, we caught up with Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne. Scuderia Toro Rosso Team Principal Franz Tost, also talks about the team’s 2012 driver line-up. "I was actually at home, it was after dinner and the phone call came. It was short, sharp and to the point, but it contained all the news I wanted to hear. It was an awesome Christmas present and a big relief. I was with Mum and Dad at the time and I came out of my room and told them the news and it felt pretty special," said Ricciardo.

Red Bull celebrates F1 championships in Milton Keyes

  Hometown celebration for F1's best team
Approximately 60,000 spectators turned out in Milton Keynes today to see Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel and seven-times GP winner Mark Webber drive their Red Bull Racing cars on the city’s streets. The duo were joined by Team Principal Christian Horner, who had just returned from the FIA Awards in India with Mark and Seb, and Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey.

Peter Gethin 1940-2011

  Lola remembers former driver
Peter Gethin, who died yesterday at the age of 71, was one of the most dependable and versatile racing drivers of the late 1960s and 1970s. Successful in most forms of motor sport at his time, Gethin was a true enthusiast who won many races driving for Lola amongst many other constructors. Perhaps best known for winning the now legendary 1971 Italian Grand Prix for BRM, Gethin was a well liked and respected racing driver.

Webber wins Brazilian GP, Vettel slowed by gearbox

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
Australian Mark Webber won his first F1 race of the year at Interlagos in Sao Paulo, Brazil as his Red Bull teammate ran into gearbox trouble forcing him to let Webber ahead for the win.  Jenson Button passed the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso late in the going to take the final podium position.  Alonso was 4th with Felipe Massa and Adrian Sutil rounding out the top-6.