Mark Webber put himself right back in contention for his maiden Formula One World Championship this afternoon with a last-gasp effort to wrest victory in the British Grand Prix from Ferrari hero Fernando Alonso. The Australian capitalised on a strategy mistake by the rival Ferrari team to close down Alonso […]

Fernando Alonso underlined his credentials as pretender to the 2012 Formula One World Championship this afternoon by securing pole position in a rain-soaked qualifying session for the British Grand Prix. The Spaniard overcame a fifty minute rain shower that saw qualifying halted while stewards and marshals attempted to make the […]

This is it. This weekend the greatest show on Earth returns to its birthplace at the historic circuit of Silverstone in the rolling English countryside for round nine of the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship. A fortnight ago Fernando Alonso became the first repeat winner of the season, but he […]

The recent touchdown in the People’s Republic of China of the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft signals a turning point in the way we perceive space travel. Could the first human being to walk on the moon in almost half a century be a communist? After a thirteen-day flight by astronauts Jing […]

Fernando Alonso produced arguably the greatest drive of his Ferrari career to date and capitalised on a rare Sebastian Vettel retirement to take a grip on the 2012 Formula One world championship this afternoon in the European Grand Prix. The Spaniard climbed from 11th on the start grid to claim […]

Sebastian Vettel once again demonstrated his searing qualifying pace today to take pole position for tomorrow’s European Grand Prix in Valencia. The 2010 and 2011 winner of the event secured a hat-trick of poles to extend his run of domination at the circuit that began two years ago. The achievement […]

Formula One kicks off the summer season this weekend with round eight of the 2012 World Championship taking place at the Valencia street circuit in its guise as the European Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton arrives back in Europe fresh from his commanding victory in the demanding Canadian Grand Prix a […]

Lewis Hamilton swept to victory in the Canadian Grand Prix yesterday after a titanic three way battle between the Englishman, Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel. Taking advantage of a different pitstop strategy the 2008 World Champion hunted down his rivals and despatched them to take the lead of the world […]