Vettel on pole by four-tenths

Sebastian Vettel took pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix with a lap time that was a massive four-tenths of a second faster than team-mate Mark Webber. The gap back to the next challenger - Fernando Alonso's Ferrari - was an extraordinary eight-tenths of a second, which suggested that the race on Sunday was unlikely …

Q2: Webber goes top. Schumacher and Button out

Mark Webber set the fastest time of the Q2 session in Hungary, beating his team-mate Sebastian Vettel by four-hundredths of a second. The pair were seven-tenths faster than the nearest challenger, Fernando Alonso in his Ferrari. It was a surprise to see Vitaly Petrov fourth fastest ahead of Nico Rosberg's Mercedes, Felipe Massa's Ferrari and …

Vettel ahead in Q1

Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time of the Q1 session in Hungary, with a lap of 1m20.417s, beating his team-mate Mark Webber by a healthy margin. The Australian could probably have gone faster as he was just a couple of hundredths ahead of Robert Kubica's Renault. Nico Rosberg was fourth quickest for Mercedes with the …

Skippy leaps forward

Mark Webber gave Australians something to cheer about by setting the fastest time of the morning session on Saturday in Hungary, nearly half a second faster than his team-mate Sebastian Vettel. Webber's lap time was a full second clear of third-placed Fernando Alonso. Fourth place went to Robert Kubica's Renault, followed by Felipe Massa, Lewis …

Cypher pulls the plug on 2011 F1 plans

The Cypher Group has officially withdrawn its candidature to become the 13th team in the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship. The team says that it remains "completely committed to developing a credible and viable Formula One team" but said that it could not raise enough money. "We were able to raise a considerable amount …

Vettel still ahead

Sebastian Vettel stayed well ahead of the pack in the second practice session for the Hungarian GP on Friday afternoon with an advantage of half a second over Fernando Alonso's Ferrari and Mark Webber. Felipe Massa in the second Ferrari was fourth quickest,four-tenths behind his team-mate. There was a good showing for Russia's Vitaly Petrov, …

Vettel tops in Budapest

Sebastian Vettel led the way in the first practice session in Hungary on Friday, ahead of his Red Bull Racing team-mate Mark Webber, a tenth slower. There was then a gap of an entire second back to Robert Kubica's Renault. Jenson Button was fourth in his McLaren ahead of Rubens Barrichello's Williams, Pedro de la …

Time to move on

We have spent the last couple of days mulling over team orders. It seems that for many people what happened in Germany makes sense and there will be a suitable discussion about what happened when the FIA World Council meets in September. It is now time to get back to the racing. The F1 circus …

Details from Austin

Tavo Hellmund has announced that San Antonio billionaire BJ “Red” McCombs will be the primary financial backer for the new US Grand Prix race track in Austin. McCombs (82) founded the Red McCombs Automotive Group in 1958 and went on to be a founder of Clear Channel Communications and the a former owner of various …

Moving on from Hockenheim… to Monaco

Formula One Administration has announced that after a meeting today in London it has reached agreement with the Automobile Club de Monaco for the Monaco Grand Prix to continue as normal for the next 10 years. This is good news as the suggestion that the race might be dropped if the Monegasques did not pay …