The Formula One community will come together on the evening of Wednesday July 4, as London's Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (GOSHCC) and Formula One Management host an unforgettable evening to celebrate the official launch of the 2012 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix

McLaren started 2012 full of verve, hopeful they had laid their troubled 2011 to rest and that that they could be the team to beat this year. Five races later and with just one victory chalked up, the British team are feeling frustrated by the challenge of the Pirelli tyres and their handful of pit-stop slipups. However disappointing it's been, team principal Martin Whitmarsh is seeking solace in the openness of the season and is hoping McLaren's luck could change at Monaco this weekend. He e...

He may be one of the newest faces on the grid, but Toro Rosso's Daniel Ricciardo is quickly establishing himself as a talent to watch for the future. We caught up with Ricciardo to find out about what makes him tick off the track and the Australian had a few surprises in store. After likening himself to a honey badger, he revealed his fear of sharks, a love of chocolate, and more

Following his victory at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, Williams driver Pastor Maldonado gives his thoughts on his first win in Formula One, his prospects for the upcoming Monaco round, and the 2012 season so far

Williams' celebrations of Pastor Maldonado's Spanish Grand Prix victory were cut dramatically short on Sunday afternoon after a fire broke out in the team's garage around 90 minutes after the end of the race, engulfing the Barcelona pit lane in thick smoke. Mechanics from various teams took immediate action to extinguish the flames and emergency services arrived soon after

Fernando Alonso set Spanish hearts racing here in Barcelona on Friday morning by taking his Ferrari to the fastest time in the first practice session, nearly fourth-tenths of a second clear of Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull. Alonso lapped in 1m 24.430s, Vettel in 1m 24.808s, but Kamui Kobayashi and Jenson Button were close, with 1m 24.912s and 1m 24.996s for Sauber and McLaren respectively

In the build-up to this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton says he won't be treating the event any differently even if it does start the first European leg of the 2012 championship. В“It's the same as any other race. To come into the European season and have high expectations is the wrong way to approach it in my opinion

McLaren's Jenson Button will drive through the heart of Budapest on Tuesday. Button will be in action on a specially-constructed 1.6-kilometre street course in the Hungarian capital as part of the 'Raise Your Game Weekend' event, which has been arranged by McLaren's title sponsors Vodafone. A children's folk dancing group from Debrecen will perform for Button before he takes to the track, which will see him pass near several iconic locations including the Chain Bridge and the Parliament. ...

Mercedes' Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher will join their DTM counterparts at the German touring car series' season opener this weekend. Rosberg will demonstrate a 1955 Mercedes-Benz W196 on Saturday at Hockenheim, whilst Schumacher will drive the team's 2011 car on Sunday. The choice of car for Rosberg is particularly poignant as he recently claimed the marque's first win as a works team since Juan Manuel Fangio's success in the 1955 Italian Grand Prix at the wheel of a W196. Rosberg'...

Ahead of Sunday's Bahrain event, many had predicted an unexpected result. And as far as second and third positions were concerned, the pundits were proved right, with Lotus drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean racing their way on to the podium. Sebastian Vettel's victory from pole position, however, was less of a surprise even though the defending world champion had to fight hard to stay ahead. Vettel discusses his win at SakhirВ…

Michael Schumacher's difficult Bahrain weekend continued on Sunday morning after his Mercedes team confirmed he will drop five places on the starting grid as penalty for a late gearbox change. Schumacher qualified a disappointing 18th after a DRS problem in Q1 and was due to start 17th thanks to a similar gearbox penalty for Williams' Pastor Maldonado

Those two old sparring partners McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Felipe Massa come to Bahrain with different mind sets at different stages of their world championship campaigns. 2008 world champion Hamilton seems chilled and calm after his third podium place of the season in China moved him to the head of the points table. The Briton's head now seems where it should be after the problems of 2010, whilst Massa, the man he so narrowly beat to the title four years ago, is slowly getting...

Winning a race is one thing, dominating is another. And to win at your 111th attempt sounds like a near miracle. Few winning drivers have had to wait as long as Nico Rosberg for their first victory, but after his triumph in China last weekend the floodgates may just have opened. It was an admittedly somewhat unexpected result, but one that adds two more names to the list of 2012 title contenders in Rosberg and Mercedes' team mate Michael Schumacher

Williams' return to their championship-winning heydays may still be some way off, but they are undoubtedly enjoying an excellent resurgence in form in 2012. And after drivers Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado claimed the outfit's first double points finish since 2010 in Shanghai on Sunday, the overwhelming feeling in the British team is one of optimism. Chief operations engineer Mark Gillan reviews Williams' performance to date, looks back at the Chinese race and reveals his hopes for this ...

Lotus are looking into the potential benefits of developing their own version of Mercedes' 'double DRS' system, after their protest against the solution in China failed, effectively rubber-stamping it and similar designs as legal under the 2012 regulations. However, Lotus insist it will not be a question of simply aping Mercedes' system, which uses airflow channelled from the DRS rear wing