Sports / Formula One

Stewart makes early exit on NASCAR return 01 Sep 2014 - 09:50 pm

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Tony Stewart prior to the race at Atlanta Motor Speedway yesterday. ATLANTA: Tony Stewart received a rapturous welcome...

Rosberg apologises, disciplined for crash 29 Aug 2014 - 11:22 pm

LONDON: Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg has apologised for colliding with team-mate Lewis Hamilton during the Belgian Grand Prix and been disciplined,...

Question mark hangs over Button’s future 28 Aug 2014 - 09:31 pm

LONDON: Jenson Button’s Formula One future is looking increasingly uncertain after McLaren boss Ron Dennis yesterday said he was keeping an eye on...

F1: Hamilton wonders whether Rosberg can be trusted in future 26 Aug 2014 - 01:30 am

British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton (left) of Mercedes AMG GP in action against his team-mate German Formula One driver Nico Rosberg during...

F1: Plucky Ricciardo wins at Spa after title rivals collide 24 Aug 2014 - 09:47 pm

Red Bull Racing’s Australian Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo celebrates on the podium. SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium: Australian Daniel Ricciardo won the Belgian Grand Prix...

Father of fallen driver slams Stewart 14 Aug 2014 - 11:13 pm

NEW YORK: The father of the 20-year-old racing driver struck and killed by Tony Stewart (pictured) has said there was “no reason” for...

Sponsors may rethink deal after tragedy 13 Aug 2014 - 10:30 pm

WASHINGTON: NASCAR driver Tony Stewart’s involvement in a fatal on-track accident over the weekend may wave a caution flag for the big-money corporate...

‘Grieving’ Stewart’s fate hangs on death probe 12 Aug 2014 - 08:47 pm

The #14 Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1 Chevrolet, driven by Regan Smith, is seen on the grid prior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series...

NASCAR champ skips race after killing young driver on track 11 Aug 2014 - 11:50 pm

Caption New York: Veteran NASCAR champion Tony Stewart retreated from competition on Sunday after he struck and killed an aggrieved young driver walking...

German bank rejects Ecclestone’s settlement offer 09 Aug 2014 - 11:17 pm

Munich: German bank BayernLB that once held a major stake in Formula One has rejected Bernie Ecclestone’s offer to pay $33.4m in a...

F1’s Ecclestone ends bribery trial with $100m settlement 05 Aug 2014 - 10:54 pm

Formula One Chief Executive Bernie Ecclestone closes his eyes as he re-enters the courtroom after an adjournment — at the regional court in...

Formula One’s ‘Napoleon’ with a nose for business 05 Aug 2014 - 10:52 pm

MUNICH, Germany: Bernie Ecclestone started out as a simple second-hand car salesman and went on to transform Formula One into one of the...

Ecclestone ‘heading for $100m deal’ 03 Aug 2014 - 09:18 pm

This picture taken on May 13, 2014 shows Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone arriving for the fourth day of his trial at the...

Melbourne secures Australian GP until 2020 03 Aug 2014 - 09:14 pm

MELBOURNE: Melbourne has secured the Australian Formula One Grand Prix until 2020 after striking a new deal that will reduce the taxpayer subsidy...

‘Baby-faced assassin’ lifts Australia F1 hopes 28 Jul 2014 - 10:45 pm

Australian Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull Racing celebrates on the podium after winning the 2014 Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix...

Plenty to talk about as F1 takes annual break 28 Jul 2014 - 10:41 pm

BUDAPEST: Formula One headed for its annual holidays with some drivers looking forward to the break more than others and plenty to talk...

Ricciardo stuns fans with GP win 28 Jul 2014 - 01:43 am

Red Bull’s Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo of Australia celebrates between second-placed Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso of Spain (left) and third-placed Mercedes driver...

Rosberg on pole as Hamilton’s Hungary hopes go up in smoke 26 Jul 2014 - 11:46 pm

FROM LEFT: Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel, Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg and Williams’ Valtteri Bottas pose after the qualifying session of the Hungarian F1...