It is possible formula one teams will be limited to a budget cap in 2013, according to Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport. The budget cap idea saw the sport almost implode amid the bitter political war of 2009, when proposed by controversial former FIA president Max Mosley. But it is back on the agenda in

Jerome d’Ambrosio is the latest name linked with struggling Felipe Massa’s Ferrari race seat. While Mark Webber or Sergio Perez are the Maranello team’s more likely longer term solutions, Ferrari may be looking simply for a stop-gap solution, having reportedly run out of patience for Brazilian Massa’s lack of pace and results. The French sports

Preparations for the inaugural Russian grand prix in 2014 appear to have hit a roadblock. We reported last weekend that rumours were circulating in the Barcelona paddock that the Sochi race now appears “doomed”. The state owned Moscow news agency Ria Novosti now reports that political issues have created “serious delays” in the race’s preparations,

Montreal has been warned to spend around $15 million on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve or risk losing the Canadian grand prix. La Presse reports that Bernie Ecclestone has said only a major redevelopment of the circuit will lead to talks about a new contract beyond 2014. The report said that, in light of the F1

The boss of Abu Dhabi’s F1 circuit has criticised plans to run the young driver test at Silverstone later this year. Originally, the young driver test was scheduled to take place as usual this year at Yas Marina, the week after the Abu Dhabi grand prix. But, due to the calendar congestion at the end

Bahrain’s Crown Prince on Friday ruled out cancelling the troubled island kingdom’s grand prix. “I think cancelling just empowers extremists,” he told reporters, whilst standing alongside F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone. Pressure on the race organisers, Ecclestone and the FIA to cancel the race has only intensified after Force India and Sauber revealed their brushes

Along with Nicky Hayden in the last few days Ben Spies was the special guest of the Long Beach Motorcycle Show, a major American motorcycle shows. Present at the Yamaha booth where he received a welcome gift (a WR450F Supermoto made by former pilot, now a designer, Roland Sands), then the Superbike World Championship 2009

India’s new formula one circuit may also be used for a MotoGP race. With a bespoke venue currently being built by the Jaypee Group near the capital New Delhi, India is set to host its inaugural grand prix next October. And according to a report in the Times of India, Jaypee is currently in talks

The Yas Marina track, scene of the last two F1 season finales, is targeting a round of the MotoGP series. “We are working on it for 2012,” the Abu Dhabi venue’s boss Richard Cregan told emirates247.com. “It’s not confirmed yet, but we are working on that with MotoGP. The circuit may have to have some

Despite not topping a Friday timesheet in Barcelona, one specialist publication sees Lotus as the favourite for Spanish grand prix

A third team has decided to join Red Bull in Abu Dhabi for the young drivers’ test. Due to the

Lotus is the “biggest surprise” of the 2012 season so far, Red Bull’s team owner Dietrich Mateschitz has admitted. In

The oddest element of the 2012 season so far is that the unlikeliest of candidates could now be genuine title

Romain Grosjean is a potential grand prix winner. That is the claim of the Frenchman’s first F1 teammate Fernando Alonso,

Narain Karthikeyan has played down reports he could lose his seat at HRT because of a lack of sponsorship. An