With the 2009 championship now completed, Mercedes can bask in the knowledge that its engines were the dominating force in Formula One this year, with rival Renault taking second place ahead of Toyota, Ferrari and BMW.
The main ‘Battle of the Engines’ took place between the Mercedes-powered cars of the Brawn, McLaren and Force India teams, and the Red Bull and works Renault teams fitted with the French carmaker’s engine. The Toyota supply given to Williams and the Japanese manufacturer’s own outfit came next, followed by Ferrari and its customer team …

Mike Gascoyne, technical director to the new Malaysian Formula One team that will get underway next season with Lotus branding, has admitted to The Star that Malaysian driver, Fairuz Fauzy will more than likely start his Formula One career in a test and reserve driver role, despite being one of the most experienced and best placed single seater racers in the country.
However, Gascoyne’s reasoning for not putting the Malaysian racer in a full time ride is simple and quite understandable, they don’t want their best hope of having a national …

Early on Friday morning, just after 8am in fact, new Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso arrived at the gates of the Scuderia Ferrari for his first contact with the Maranello based squad, even though he is still not an official member due to his contractual commitments with Renault regarding image management, which still tie him to his previous team and his sponsors.
The first meeting was with Stefano Domenicali, who then left him to the technicians, who started to work with the driver on the upcoming season’s programme. Between meetings connected to …

As well as claiming the final win of the season and securing second place in the 2009 drivers battle, Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel picked up another trophy last Sunday at the all new Yas Marina Circuit when he was awarded the DHL Fastest Lap Trophy after he set the fastest time in the Abu Dhabi event.

Lewis Hamilton says his passion for Formula 1 has only increased during his difficult 2009 season, and he is more motivated than ever going into 2010.
The 2008 world champion was unable to successfully defend his title as McLaren lacked pace in the first half of the year, and he was also rocked by the scandal over his misleading comments to the Australian Grand Prix stewards.
But Hamilton and the team recovered to take victories in Hungary and Singapore, allowing the Briton to end the season fifth in the championship.

Williams technical director Sam Michael is confident Cosworth will produce a competitive engine when it returns to Formula 1 next season.
The team from Grove will use Cosworth power units from next year, having been using Toyota engines for the past three seasons.
Although Cosworth has been away from Formula 1 for three years, Michael, speaking exclusively to AUTOSPORT, said he is cautiously optimistic that the Northampton-based manufacturer will supply his team with a strong engine.

Renault will make a decision on its participation in Formula 1 in the future before the end of 2009, the French car maker said on Thursday.
On the same day Toyota announced it is quitting the sport with immediate effect, Renault held an extraordinary board meeting to discuss its future plans, amid reports that it could also leave grand prix racing.
On Thursday, Renault Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn did not clear any doubts about the French manufacturer’s future involvement, just stating that Renault will make a decision before the end of the …

Force India is keeping a close eye on the progress of the Lotus Formula 1 team’s 2010 design, with team sources saying it is concerned about the similarities between its old car and the new Lotus.
Lotus recently published photographs of the wind-tunnel model that will form the basis of its new car. At the time, there was discussion about how similar it looked to the Force India – especially because Force India’s former Aerolab wind tunnel and technical chief Mike Gascoyne are now working together on the Lotus project.