Vettel taking nothing for granted at Chinese GP

2011-04-14T15:30:19Z

Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel said Thursday that his dominant start to the Formula One season would not last forever.

The 23-year-old German won the opening two races in Australia and Malaysia and has ...

Schumacher says too early 'to write us off'

2011-04-05T09:30:42Z

Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher Tuesday urged his fans not to write off his Mercedes GP Petronas F1 team following a disastrous season-opening race in Australia.

"There is absolutely no doubt we want to do better than in the opening race, which was a disappointment for all of us. We clearly see that as a challenge and it is much too early to write us of...

Formula One driver Hamilton eyes Malaysia revenge

2011-03-27T20:30:10Z

Sebastian Vettel reigned supreme in Sunday's Formula One season opener in Australia but beaten rival Lewis Hamilton said McLaren would come back hard in the second race in Malaysia.

Malaysia's Formula One circuit loses lustre

2011-02-24T06:30:17Z

Malaysia's Sepang Formula One event is losing traction, according to the circuit's boss who admitted the shabby stadium and tropical temperatures have caused ticket sales to plunge.

The Malaysian event has also been outshone by neighbouring Singapore

Classic Auto Racing Comeback

2010-11-03T02:54:38Z

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MY LIFE Matt Bugler 18 Dorset

2010-11-02T15:12:11Z

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Don't write off Schumacher yet, says optimistic Rosberg

2010-05-06T12:16:58Z

Nico Rosberg exuded confidence and optimism for success on Thursday, but stressed that he remained wary of any temptation to write off the challenge from Michael Schumacher after just four races this season.

The 24-year-old German-born son of 1982 champion Keke Rosberg said he was impressed by his Merced...

Aging Malaysia F1 circuit needs facelift

2010-04-19T23:15:58Z

Malaysia's 12-year-old Formula One venue needs "a major overhaul and refurbishment" costing 180 million ringitt (56 million dollars), circuit boss Razlan Razali said Tuesday.

Sepang is a favourite among many drivers with the track conside...

Hamilton cautious after topping China F1 times

2010-04-16T12:16:21Z

Lewis Hamilton was cautious about his chances of victory in Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix after topping the times for McLaren in Friday's dramatic free practice sessions.

The 25-year-old, who won at the Shanghai International Circuit on his way to the world title in 2008, said he was delighted with his car, but still uncertain about h...

Hamilton on top as McLaren set pace in China

2010-04-16T02:30:09Z

Britain's Lewis Hamilton clocked the fastest time in opening practice for the Chinese Grand Prix Friday on an impressive day for McLaren at the Shanghai International Circuit.

The 25-year-old, victorious in China in his world champi...

Button tops dramatic F1 first practice in China

2010-04-15T23:16:11Z

McLaren's Jenson Button topped opening practice for the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix Friday after a session marred by a dramatic crash by Swiss youngster Sebastien Buemi.

The 21-year-old Buemi, driving for Scuder...

Button optimistic McLaren can improve

2010-04-15T06:16:05Z

Defending world champion Jenson Button said Thursday that he is optimistic improvements to his McLaren can make him and team-mate Lewis Hamilton more competitive in Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix.

Button, who finished eighth after starting from 17th place on the grid at the Malaysian Grand Prix two weeks ago, said he hoped in particular to see an improvement in the tea...

Schumacher says he can still battle for title

2010-04-15T04:16:25Z

'Comeback kid' Michael Schumacher arrived in Shanghai Thursday full of confidence he can win this year's drivers' world title even after making little impact in the first three races.

The seven-times champion, now 41, is still hunting his first win this season and the 92nd of his career after returning to Jenson Button and his McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton are both revelling in the speed of their car this year - and aiming to show their title-winning potential with a strong result in the Chinese Grand Prix.

The two Britons, who have been battling to compete with the front-running Red Bulls and Ferraris, believe they have a package that wil...

F1 champion Button confident about team

2010-03-31T03:16:14Z

Still buzzing from his victory in Melbourne, Jenson Button says McLaren-Mercedes can develop faster than other teams this year and forecast another solid showing in Malaysia this week.

The British defending world champion, who switched from Bahrain and Melbourne.

"For us it is our first homecoming race in Malaysia. It is a crowd I like. I'd like to have a good race this weekend," Lotus driver Heikki Kovalaine...

Ferrari on a high for Malaysian Grand Prix

2010-03-29T04:16:09Z

Buoyant Ferrari head into this week's Malaysian Grand Prix leading the drivers' and constructors' championships and with their confidence sky-high and rebuilt after last year's debacle.

Fernando Alonso leads teammate Felipe Massa by four points after two rounds of the world drivers' championship. Ferrari are ahea...

Ferrari on a high for Malaysian Formula 1 GP

2010-03-28T20:30:10Z

Buoyant Ferrari head into this week's Malaysian Grand Prix leading the drivers' and constructors' championships and with their confidence sky-high and rebuilt after last year's debacle.

Fernando Alonso leads teammate Felipe Massa by four points after two rounds of the world drivers' championship. Ferrari are ahea...

Travel Picks: Best places to have a midlife crisis

2010-03-25T22:30:23Z

SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - If you're bored with your life and looking to shake things up, Lonely Planet has come up with 10 destinations where you can reinvent yourself and feel young again. The list, from Lonely Planet's 1000 Ultimate Experiences book, is not endorsed by Reuters.

1. DUBAI, UAE

It'...

Lotus returns to F1 with dreams of world championship

2010-06-12T05:19:31Z

The iconic Lotus name returns to Formula One at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend, with modest ambitions for this year but big plans to seize a future world championship.

The Malaysia-backed team, wrapped in green and yellow livery recalling the marque's 1960s heyday, has been revived by ...

Malaysia's Petronas joins Mercedes GP team

2010-04-16T08:13:30Z

Malaysia's state energy firm Petronas said Monday it had struck a five-year deal with automaker Mercedes to become a title sponsor of the Mercedes GP team in Formula One.

"The team will from 2010 be officially known as the Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team," Petronas said in a statement.

The team was known as Jarno Trulli of Italy and Finland's Heikki Kovalainen were unveiled Monday as drivers for the new Malaysian-backed Lotus team in its debut 2010 Formula One season.

Team principal Tony Fernandes has added another feather to his cap after helping put Malaysia on the world sports map by steering his country to a place on next year's Formula One grid.

The ebullient 46-year-old is at the forefront of the return to the sport of Lotus, which announced its in...

BMW Has Agreement to Sell Its Formula 1 Team, New Owners Hopeful of Inclusion for 2010

2010-10-26T21:30:55Z

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Lotus granted 13th entry for 2010 Formula One

2010-04-16T10:19:29Z

Lotus have beaten off competition from BMW Sauber to be named as the 13th team to compete in next year's Formula One World Championship, motorsport's governing body the FIA announced on Tuesday.

FIA said it had received an impressive application from the BMW Sauber Team but because of uncertainty over future ownership, after...

Top 3 Luxury Cars and Sporting Events Across Malaysia

2010-10-14T12:43:39Z

One of the country?s top luxury carmakers -- Mercedes-Benz Malaysia ? supports important sporting events around Malaysia including golf tournaments and sports car races.

The world class MercedesTrophy was held for the 19th straight year beginning in April, 2009 at the Nexus Gold Resort Karambunai in Sabah, and ending at the Saujana Golf Country Club in Selangor on June 18. In between, the event stopped at the Bukit Jambul Country Club in Penang and the Horizon Hills Golf & Co...

Button wins Bahrain Grand Prix

2010-04-16T13:35:38Z

Jenson Button in a Brawn won the Bahrain Grand Prix here on Sunday to increase his lead at the top of the drivers' championship.

The Briton captured his third win of the season after Australia and Malaysia ahead of the Red Bull

Button getting used to winning

2010-04-16T15:31:48Z

Jenson Button says he is getting used to winning and will be disappointed if he does not take the chequered flag at the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday.

The Briton has won back-to-back races, in Australia and Malaysia, after starting on pole in both Grand Prix and his Brawn GP team lo...

F1 team Brawn relieved at diffuser ruling

2010-04-16T15:33:43Z

Ross Brawn hailed Wednesday's FIA verdict confirming the legality of the diffuser used on the car which has helped lift Jenson Button to the top of the driver's championship.

The Brawn GP team principal, speaking after Formula One's ruling bo...

Brawn's Button expects tough fight in China

2010-04-16T15:35:28Z

Jenson Button is expecting a tough fight at this week's Chinese Grand Prix after his dream start to the season, but boss Ross Brawn remains confident the team is in good shape.

Button has won back-to-back races, in Australia and Malaysia, after starting on pole in both Grand Pr...

Toyota now among best in F1, says Trulli

2010-04-16T15:36:03Z

Toyota's solid start to the season proves they are now of the best teams in Formula One, an upbeat Jarno Trulli said ahead of this week's Chinese Grand Prix.

The Italian veteran and his teammate Timo Glock have b...

It's all Brawn as Ferrari, McLaren struggle in F1

2010-04-16T15:44:37Z

Brawn GP have proved for a second race running that they are the new force in Formula One and there appears to be nothing Ferrari and McLaren can do about it.

The rookie team have now won the opening two races of the season, an amazing accomplishment given they were only formed last month from the...

Prince Bira

2010-06-12T00:02:38Z

Prince Bira

By Tony Barclay Walker

Prince Birabongse of Siam, now Thailand, was the true title of this aristocrat who was educated at Eton and Cambridge before studying sculpture in the mid 1930s. He lived in London with his cousin Prince Chula and after Bira had tried his han...

Brawn focus as McLaren, Ferrari play F1 catch up

2010-04-16T15:50:43Z

Whether Brawn GP can sustain its sensational start to the season will be the key focus of the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, along with the fate of heavyweights McLaren and Ferrari.

Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello handed the rookie team a 1-2 finish in Melbour...

Toyota confident ahead of Malaysia grand prix

2010-04-16T15:52:08Z

Toyota's Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock are confident they can challenge for podium places at the Malaysian Grand Prix this week after their sterling efforts in Australia.

Germany's Glock finished fourth i...

Nico Rosberg calls for an end to 'dangerous' twilight races

2010-10-21T10:36:16Z

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A1GP & Grand Prix Masters

2010-09-10T21:13:07Z

A world cup or olympics of motorsport? It's an outlandish, ambitious concept, especially when confronted with the economic realities of bringing it to life. Who would dare dream of trying to launch it? Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum, a member of the ruling family of Dubai, dared to dream it and then made it a reality.

Sheikh Maktoum's A1 Grand Prix of Na- tions opened for business last September at Tirso Alcantara, is presented to reporters at a military hospital in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday Jan. 5, 2011. Alcantara, who was wounded while he allegedly tried to resist arrest, is one of the highest-ranking member...

People Toni Braxton

2011-01-03T10:31:56Z

FILE - In this March 6, 2010 file photo, U.S. singer Toni Braxton performs during the Java Jazz concert festival in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, file)

Malaysia New Year Eve

2010-12-31T11:01:23Z

Malaysian people hold placards reading "Happy New Year 2011" during New Year's Eve celebrations in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. (AP Photo) MALAYSIA OUT

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Philippines New Year

2010-12-31T00:31:10Z

A street vendor blows a paper horn to attract customers as people make their last minute shopping for the New Year Friday, Dec. 31, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

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Indonesia Terror Trial

2010-12-29T03:00:25Z

Suspected militant Abdullah Sunata stands behind bars inside a holding cell at a district court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010. The trial of one of Indonesia's top terrorism suspects has opened in the capital. Sunata is accused of setting up a terrorist cell of Muslim militants with ties to the

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Vettel taking nothing for granted at Chinese GP

Schumacher says too early 'to write us off'

Formula One driver Hamilton eyes Malaysia revenge

Malaysia's Formula One circuit loses lustre

Classic Auto Racing Comeback

MY LIFE Matt Bugler 18 Dorset

Don't write off Schumacher yet, says optimistic Rosberg

Aging Malaysia F1 circuit needs facelift

Hamilton cautious after topping China F1 times

Hamilton on top as McLaren set pace in China

Button tops dramatic F1 first practice in China

Button optimistic McLaren can improve

Schumacher says he can still battle for title

F1 champion Button confident about team

Ferrari on a high for Malaysian Grand Prix

Ferrari on a high for Malaysian Formula 1 GP

Travel Picks: Best places to have a midlife crisis

Lotus returns to F1 with dreams of world championship

Malaysia's Petronas joins Mercedes GP team

BMW Has Agreement to Sell Its Formula 1 Team, New Owners Hopeful of Inclusion for 2010

Lotus granted 13th entry for 2010 Formula One

Top 3 Luxury Cars and Sporting Events Across Malaysia

Button wins Bahrain Grand Prix

Button getting used to winning

F1 team Brawn relieved at diffuser ruling

Brawn's Button expects tough fight in China

Toyota now among best in F1, says Trulli

It's all Brawn as Ferrari, McLaren struggle in F1

Prince Bira

Brawn focus as McLaren, Ferrari play F1 catch up

Toyota confident ahead of Malaysia grand prix

Nico Rosberg calls for an end to 'dangerous' twilight races

A1GP & Grand Prix Masters

People Toni Braxton

Malaysia New Year Eve

Philippines New Year

Indonesia Terror Trial