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Alonso makes a quick start with Ferrari

Alonso makes a quick start with Ferrari Fernando Alonso delighted his legions of Spanish Formula One fans on Wednesday with the quickest time in testing on an emotional debut for Ferrari. Ferrari Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain is seen in his team box during a testing session at the Ricardo Tormo race track in Cheste, just outside Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. [Photo/Agencies] The double world champion, who was cheered on by an astonishing 36,000-strong weekday crowd...

F1 ticket sales Jump, seats still available

F1 ticket sales Jump, seats still available Team McLaren\'s Lewis Hamilton is in Shanghai yesterday as the Chinese Grand Prix gets ready to roar this weekend. The 2008 world champion, who apologized for lying to F1 stewards that Toyota driver Jarno Trulli overtook him during a caution period at the Australian GP in March, is expected to attend a hearing in Paris on April 29 where his future in the following races of the season would be decided. Hamilton was excluded from the race results in...

Schumacher wraps up GP2 test ahead of F1 return

Schumacher wraps up GP2 test ahead of F1 return Michael Schumacher successfully wrapped up a GP2 test session Thursday that is expected to aid his return to Formula One. Formula One seven times world champion Michael Schumacher of Germany poses on a GP2 car during a test drive at Jerez circuit in southern Spain, January 12, 2010. Schumacher set his Formula One comeback rolling on Tuesday with a test of a GP2 development car. The 41-year-old German, returning with Mercedes after retiring as a...

Malaysia F1 to draw big crowd

Malaysia F1 to draw big crowd Malaysian?Grand Prix organizers hope to attract more than 100,000 spectators to next month\'s Formula One race with renewed interest following the return of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher. Ticket sales dropped sharply last year amid the global economic crisis, attracting only 80,000 spectators compared to about 120,000 in 2008. But the local economy is rebounding and Schumacher\'s return after three years of retirement has set the stage for one of the...

McLarens woes continue in preseason

McLaren\'s woes continue in preseason Mclaren\'s preseason woes continued on Wednesday when world champion Lewis Hamilton ran off the track to finish last in a Formula One testing session led by team Brawn GP in Barcelona. Jenson Button set a quickest lap of 1 minute, 19.127 seconds for the former Honda team, to hold more than a full second lead over Ferrari\'s Felipe Massa and Robert Kubica in the BMW Sauber. Hamilton, greeted by whistles from Spanish fans every time he exited the pit lane,...

Chinas Ho-Pin Tung steps up with Renault

China\'s Ho-Pin Tung steps up with Renault Ho-Pin Tung broke new ground with Renault on Sunday when be became the first Chinese driver to be named in a Formula One team line-up. Formula One drivers Vitaly Petrov of Russia (front) and Ho-Pin Tung of China pose for the media during the Renault F1 Team\'s presentation at the Cheste racetrack in Valencia January 31, 2010.[Agencies] The Dutch-born 27-year-old, already the first Chinese national to drive a grand prix car, will be Renault\'s...

Ferrari is down but not out

Ferrari is down but not out Ferrari has cause for gloom but no reason to panic after its worst start to a Formula One season in 28 years, team principal Stefano Domenicali said. Felipe Massa was running as high as third yesterday before ditching the race due to an electrical failure, while Kimi Raikkonen finished 10th. It was the first time since 1981 that Ferrari had gone three races in a season without a single point. "We need to stay cool," Domenicali said. "There is no...

Ralf Schumacher set for F1 return

Ralf Schumacher set for F1 return Following Michael Schumacher footstep, little brother Ralf could be set to return to Grand Prix racing, Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is reported having said on Wednesday. Ralf, 34, retired from Formula One in 2007 after 10 years on the circuit to race in Germany\'s DTM touring car competition, but Ecclestone says he has recommended the younger Schumacher brother to the new Stefan GP team who have taken over from Toyota. Serbian businessman Zoran...

Massa arrives in Doha for Bahrain Grand Prix

Massa arrives in Doha for Bahrain Grand Prix Ferrari\'s Brazilian Felipe Massa(L) gestures during a press conference in Doha, capital of Qatar, March 10, 2010. Massa arrives to prepare for Sunday\'s Bahrain Grand Prix. (Xinhua/Chen...

Your future is with us; Brawn tells Button to stay

Your future is with us; Brawn tells Button to stay Formula One team boss Ross Brawn has advised world champion Jenson Button he would do best to stay with him next season rather than jumping to rivals McLaren. "Negotiations (with Button) are continuing and the reports that he has already agreed to terms with McLaren are not helpful," he told the Independent newspaper. "I would be amazed if that was the case." "His best future is with our team, where he has a good group...