Did anybody notice the Castrol logo on his left sleeve? Why this hasn't been officially confirmed yet is beyond me, but it's confirmed now.

I will also add that from the article I read, this has been building over a period of years. There have been rumors all over the paddock for the last 3 or 4 years that Force India was late or wasn't paying it's supplier's bills. The suppliers have been very patient, but now they are starting to put ...

I don't think we'll have to worry about FI not making the grid this season, mostly because I can't imagine some backer of the Mexican GP will allow the race to go off without Perez taking the grid. I think the difference in the number of people showing up to the track at some point in the weekend b...

Looks like there is the possibility that Lotus and Red Bull could be on the sidelines with Force India when the first Jerez test gets underway on Sunday. Apparently, Red Bull has failed the front nose cone crash test at their factory. Since Newey gave the team such a late start in constructing the c...

While your point is valid, Sahara - which is FI's title sponsor - isn't a VJM company. Actually it is valid. Sahara isn't owned by VJM, but it is owned by Subrata Roy who became co owner of Force India a couple of years ago. So, they aren't a paying sponsor either. In fact, Mr. Roy is sitting in an...

Great point RaggedMan. I hadn't even thought about the name change with Mercedes in the title. That could very well explain it. I guess that's what I get for automatically thinking the worst.

The latest 2015 F1 World Championship entry list published in the last couple of days has a few surprises worth noting. 1. Caterham and Manor are still listed on it. 2. And the one that really caught my eye, Lotus is now listed as "subject to confirmation". This wasn't the case when the original lis...

Just throw some fenders on it and you have a WEC car. I'm totally against enclosed cockpits. If you close the cockpits then you change the formula. Jules Bianchi was injured due to bad decisions not an open cockpit. And there's nothing you can do to safeguard against bad decisions.

I think it comes down to every team develops their cars continuously now when that used to not be the case. In prior years, when McLaren needed to catch up, the could and did. These days, you need to be fast out of the box because every team develops their cars. Take this year: McLaren has made gain...

Wow, the Vettel and Red Bull relationship has come apart like a cheap suit in record time. Mateschitz sounds like a jilted lover, Newey got the hell out of Dodge because he's apparently out of design ideas, and Vettel risks tarnishing his legacy if he doesn't improve next season. Its looking more an...

After the Russian Grand Prix, the NBC Sports Network over here in the United States quoted Alonso as telling them, "My next team will not be powered by Mercedes." So there you go. A pretty big hint dropped by Alonso, and it eliminates a lot of the teams from the guessing game.

I agree Monza is great with it's simple layout. Just like the old Hockenheim (before it was detroyed) was great, and I think Red Bull Ring is great. It's a simple layout also.

I know everyone is "down" on McLaren (and for good reason), but my prediction is this. There are going to wind up being a few drivers "sorry" they didn't join McLaren/Honda when they had the chance.

Wow, some people definitely have an agenda. Fact: at Hungary Vettel was quicker than Ricciardo in 1st practice. Fact: at Hungary Vettel was quicker than Ricciardo in 2nd practice. Fact: at Hungary Vettel was quicker than Ricciardo in 3rd practice. Fact: at Hungary Vettel was quicker than Ricciardo ...

After 4 consecutive championships, it's hard to say Sebastian Vettel is a "flash in the pan", but after Hungary today, I'm really beginning to wonder. Ricciardo is making him look bad. Real bad. The reduction of downforce for the cars this season looks like it's affecting him more than any other dri...

I'm not sure you'll ever be able to do much as long as you have a commercial rights holder who is worried about nothing but money. If I could run it, I would start with these. 1. Equal distribution of money among all teams. No one gets a "sweetheart" deal for signing the Concord agreement like Ferra...

I think you will see him in a Sauber for 15 and Ferrari for 16. Sauber hasn't had a great season, but it's not completely the teams fault. You also have to factor in the Ferrari engine, and the two crap drivers they have with Gutierez and Sutil. Sauber is still a large step up and you never bet agai...

Peter, great question. I have no idea. I had never even heard of this before this morning.

Here's the real juicy part of this story that I read earlier. Charlie Whiting has said FRIC will be banned by the FIA before Hockenheim unless the teams vote unanimously to delay the ban until the 2015 season. Now, if I'm Sauber, Marussia, or Caterham, and the big 4 told me to take the budget cap th...

Labelling Austria as a 'step in the right direction' was the funniest thing I've heard all year.

You have a strange sense of humor considering you have no idea what's going on behind the scenes at McLaren.

Being American, I would absolutely love to see an American team on the grid, but I'm fearing more and more that Gene Haas is just another American who doesn't understand how Formula 1 works. I just don't understand why he is insists on having his base in North Carolina. There are rumors that Ferrari...

On the surface, it certainly looks like Williams has turned things around. I can't help but but believe a lot of this has to do with Claire Williams. I was very skeptical when she was appointed, but things have definitely not been "stagnant" under her watch. Williams wasted no time in dumping Mike C...

I know the McLaren set the 134 time with super softs, but the bigger story to me is the 135 time they set before the last run. What tyre compound was that set on? I can't seem to find anyone who knows. If it wasn't set on the super softs also, then that's the time that's really impressive to me.

I agree with Chaincase. What the heck is going on with that left rear tire? Did the car get so hot it start melting it? Red Bull has MAJOR! problems. I read an earlier report that the reason they never left the garage for the first session is because you could hear them grinding away on carbon fiber...

I love it! I think it will be the coolest looking car on the track. Come on guys! Did you really think a livery designed for a car 40 years ago would actually fit or work on a modern day f1 machine? I don't know why so many of you continue to "live in the past" when it comes to liveries.

There's even more good news for Williams. The article I was reading not only confirmed Martini title sponsorship, but also Petrobras is expected to join the team also (has something to do with their reserve driver?). It also went on to say that Martini had discussions with not only Williams but also...

I was reading on another website that McLaren is in a race to make the first test at Jerez. The car failed the FIA crash tests and they are behind. That may very well be the reason Martin Whitmarsh has been sacked.

I was reading on another website that is reporting McLaren is in a scramble to make the first test at Jerez. Apparently, the car has failed the FIA crash tests. I also wonder if this is the reason Ron Dennis has retaken control from Whitmarsh.

Doesn't really matter who the broadcast team is, as I'm sure NBC will do a sub par job of coverage just like Speed did.

Hello from Texas! I'm wanting to stream Sky coverage to my computer for the 2013 season. Does anybody have any info of how I go about doing that? I have found plenty of websites that claim to stream it, but some of them don't look legitimate at all. I have no idea what's legitimate and what's a scam...

For a new facility hosting it's first ever race, today was a smashing success! I haven't read of any negatives at all from fans or media that were there. It will only get better next year. The track will be more seasoned, and Pirelli will have baseline info to bring a wider range of tyre compounds. ...

A helicopter shot from last week.

Taken from the turn 1 runoff today.