As if there were ever any serious doubts, Heikki Kovalainen will remain a McLaren driver for the 2009 Formula One season.
The 26-year-old Finn, who is sixth in the standings in his first season with the British team, was confirmed as a driver for next year by McLaren on Thursday.

Heikki Kovalainen led the way in the second official practice session ahead of tomorrow’s British Grand Prix.
The session had a somewhat muted atmosphere after an announcement by the FIA yesterday confirmed Silverstone racetrack would lose the staging rights to the British Grand Prix after next year’s race, with Donington Park taking its place from 2010.
Kovalainen […]

Brazilian Felipe Massa regained the leadership of the Formula One drivers world championship when he drove to a commanding victory for Ferrari in the French Grand Prix.
Massa, 27, took full advantage of exhaust problems that hindered his teammate defending champion Finn Kimi Raikkonen’s progress to take the lead from him after 39 of the 70 […]

Kimi Raikkonen was fastest when it counted at Magny-Cours in France. The Finnish driver captured Ferrari’s 200th pole position during qualifying for Sunday’s Grand Prix of France his teammate, Felipe Massa for the honors.
Raikkonen’s fastest lap was 1:16.449 while Massa’s was 16.490. It was the second pole position of the season for Raikkonen and 16th […]

Lewis Hamilton: “I simply love Monaco, and enjoy every single moment I get to spend on the track. The car felt great almost immediately, and I was able to show good pace from the very beginning. As the circuit evolved throughout both practice sessions we made some good progress with both the set-up and tyre […]

World champion Kimi Raikkonen will be hoping that he set the tone for the weekend after topping the timesheets in Thursday’s first practice session ahead of the weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix.
Ferrari’s Raikkonen was fastest ahead of Championship rival Lewis Hamilton of McLaren, with the Briton’s team-mate Heikki Kovalainen in third one place clear of Felipe […]

Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets at the end of the opening session of a three-day test at the Paul Ricard circuit in France.
The McLaren ace lapped the 3.593-km track layout in a best time of one minute 5.6 seconds.
Hamilton will hand over driving duties to his teammate Heikki Kovalainen on Friday, as the team attempt […]

GP2 Race director Charlie Whiting on Sunday made it clear that F1’s governing body is not happy with the Turkish GP organizers following the Bruno Senna stray dog incident during the GP2 support race to the Turkish Grand Prix. (Video available here)
The FIA delegate said the presence on the circuit of two stray dogs, one […]

Felipe Massa’s bid to become world champion gained momentum Sunday after the Ferrari driver won the Turkish GP for his second victory in three GP’s and became the first driver since his former Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher to win three consecutive races at the same circuit.
Of Massa’s 7 career wins, almost half of them have […]

Brazilian Felipe Massa’s love affair with the Turkish Grand Prix continued Friday as the Ferrari driver set the pace in first practice at the Istanbul Park track.
Massa has won the last two races on the 5.338 kms circuit, which has quickly established itself as one of the trickiest on the Formula One calendar with plenty […]