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Formula One: Rosberg on top again for Mercedes

Agence France-PresseMay 23, 2013 19:30
Nico Rosberg maintained his and the Mercedes team's utter domination of one-lap Formula One speeding by topping the times again in Thursday's second free practice session for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix. The 27-year-old German, who was fastest in the morning's opening session and who is seeking a third successive pole position, clocked a best time of minute and 14.759 seconds to top the times three-tenths of a second ahead of his Mercedes team-mate Briton Lewis Hamilton.

Formula One: Frustrated Pirelli ready to quit, says chief

Agence France-PresseMay 23, 2013 13:30
Italian tyre suppliers Pirelli on Thursday gave Formula One a stark warning about their current stalled talks on a new deal -- and warned they are ready to pull out at the end of this season. Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery said that the sport was facing an "extremely serious situation" which must be resolved quickly. If not, he said, Pirelli would find it impossible to make new tyres for the 2014 season.

Rosberg on top for Mercedes in first Monaco practice

May 23, 2013 06:45
By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - Nico Rosberg gave Mercedes a quick start to their Monaco Grand Prix weekend with the fastest time in first practice on Thursday. The German, a local resident who has been at home on the twisty streets ever since he was a boy growing up in the principality, lapped with a best time of one minute 16.195 seconds.

Formula One: Ecclestone spices up Monaco scrap

Agence France-PresseMay 22, 2013 21:02
The Formula One circus descends on Monaco for this weekend's showpiece Grand Prix with tensions running high over tyres and Bernie Ecclestone telling drivers to stop complaining and use their brains to win races. After a week of squabbling between the teams and tyre supplier Pirelli over the performance of the Italian company's high-degradation tyres, Formula One's veteran commercial rights holder waded in to the debate.

Formula One: The 2013 season so far

Agence France-PresseMay 22, 2013 21:01
The 2013 Formula One season so far, ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday: Australian Grand Prix - March 17 Kimi Raikkonen upstaged the established order to claim a resounding victory for Lotus in the season-opener in Melbourne. The Finn roared off from seventh on the grid and employed only a two-stop strategy to win from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Red Bull world champion Sebastian Vettel. Alonso's team-mate Felipe Massa of Brazil was fourth with Lewis Hamilton, making his Mercedes debut after his high-profile defection from McLaren, fifth.

Formula One: World championship standings

Agence France-PresseMay 22, 2013 21:00
Formula One world championship standings ahead of Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix: Drivers 1. Sebastian Vettel (GER) 89pts, 2. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) 85, 3. Fernando Alonso (ESP) 72, 4. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 50, 5. Felipe Massa (BRA) 45, 6. Mark Webber (AUS) 42, 7. Romain Grosjean (FRA) 26, 8. Paul di Resta (GBR) 26, 9. Nico Rosberg (GER) 22, 10. Jenson Button (GBR) 17, 11. Sergio Perez (MEX) 12, 12. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) 7, 13. Adrian Sutil (GER) 6, 14. Nico Hulkenberg (GER) 5, 15. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) 1 Constructors

Formula One: Hamilton confident of grabbing Monaco pole

Agence France-PresseMay 22, 2013 14:30
Lewis Hamilton is confident that if can grab pole position for Mercedes on Saturday he can fend off all his supposedly faster rivals to win Sunday's keenly-anticipated 71st Monaco Grand Prix. The 28-year-old Briton, who has a special like for street circuits and one previous glorious victory on the Mediterranean street circuit to his name, in his championship winning season of 2008, said Wednesday that he will do all he can to snatch pole and realise his dream.

Monaco ace Webber loves the race, not the place

May 22, 2013 14:03
By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - As a race, Mark Webber loves Monaco. As a place, he would much rather be somewhere else. Red Bull's gritty Australian racer has won the most glamorous event on the Formula One calendar twice in the last three years and counts doing so as one of the greatest thrills of his career.

Hamilton lets sleeping dogs lie - and snore

May 22, 2013 13:32
By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton made his point and Roscoe, his pampered pet bulldog, promptly proved him right at the Monaco Grand Prix on Wednesday. Positioning, the 2008 Formula One world champion told British reporters gathered round him in the Mercedes harbourside motorhome, is everything in Monaco.

Formula One: Webber under pressure to deliver

Agence France-PresseMay 18, 2013 09:30
Mark Webber will be under pressure to produce his best at next weekend's Monaco Grand Prix if he is to keep alive his hopes of retaining his seat with defending champions Red Bull next year. After a difficult, incident-filled start to the 2013 season, the 36-year-old Australian knows he has to deliver consistent strong performances to ensure he stays at the top. And Monaco, where he has always shone and produced one of the finest wins of his career, is expected to see him bidding to land the 10th win of his career on the unforgiving streets of the Mediterranean principality.
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