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Formula One's governing body has asked teams, drivers and track owners to back a "Racing against Racism" campaign to be launched at the Spanish Grand Prix in April.

The move by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) follows abuse directed at McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, the sport's first black driver, by Spanish spectators at a recent test in Barcelona.  read more »

Corrects retirement lap of Button, Webber and Davidson.
(Reuters) - Official race classification from the
Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne on Sunday:
1. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1:34:50.616
2. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber +00:05.478
3. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams - Toyota 00:08.163
4. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault 00:17.181
5. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) McLaren 00:18.014
6. Kazuki

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I had an exam today, so was really divided on whether to watch the Qualifying or not, but better sense prevailed and i watched it anyway. Ferrari bombed big-time with Kimi facing problems early on in his qualifying and having to settle for a dismal 16 - the topmost position in the Q1 qualifying session. Kimi’s car got stuck in the 1st session and hence could not compete further due to qualifying rules.

It was a different story for Lewis Hamilton though, his car was faster than Felipe’s Ferrari by a good margin. Robert Kubica qualified second for the BMW team while Lewis’s teammate will start right behind Lewis on the grid in the race as he qualified in third place.  read more »

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McLarens Lewis Hamilton will start the todays Australian Grand Prix from pole position. The 2007 World Championship runner-up will join BMW Saubers Robert Kubica on the front-row with new team-mate, Heikki Kovalainen back in third. The Australian Grand Prix around the 5.3km Albert Park circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, marks the start of the 2008 Championship. The [...]

Lewis Hamilton got his Formula One world championship attempt off to a perfect start with an easy win in the Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne.
Hamilton dominated from pole position, with only seven cars finishing the 58-lap race. He won 5.4 seconds ahead of BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld.
Nico Rosberg finished third for the [...]

The organizers of the Australian Grand Prix issued a statement on Monday where it says it is willing to compromise with Bernie Ecclestone's wishes to organise the race at night. The organizers of the Australian Grand Prix wish to start the Australian Grand Prix in 2009 at 05.00pm, which is 06.00am GMT.

I'm noticing something of a pattern developing where the really unexpected F1 stories have a habit of breaking while I'm on holiday and catching me unawares. A couple of years ago, I remember sitting in a bar in Bordeaux, leafing through a copy of Le Monde and wondering whether Juan Montoya was could possibly be walking out on Mclaren to go stock car racing or whether my rusty A-level French was a lot worse than I thought.

Last Saturday morning, I was enjoying a leisurely breakfast at the Ceilidh Place up in Ullapool (A place I do recommend should you ever find yourself in that part of the world) and leafing through the famously parochial Press and Journal (a rather peculiar semi-national newspaper which, it is said, though probably apocryphally, reported the sinking of the Titanic with the headline "Aberdeen Man Lost At Sea") when I stumbled upon a story that the British Grand Prix is to move to Donington Park from 2010. Again, my first reaction was to wonder whether the  read more »

Ferrari bounced back with a demonstration of pace, if not reliability, in Friday's opening practice session ahead of Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix.

Less than a week after their embarrassing exit from Melbourne, where both of their cars failed to finish the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Brazilian Felipe Massa and his team-mate topped the times.  read more »