April 2012
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April 2012 Formula 1 News Headlines
30 April: Teams look ahead to novel Mugello test - Comments
30 April: Sauber confirms Chelsea sponsor rumour - Comments
30 April: F1 a job, 'not my life' - Raikkonen - Comments
30 April: Politics still threatening French GP - Comments
30 April: Sponsorship 'only problem' for di Grassi - Comments
30 April: Pirelli situation 'good for F1' - di Grassi - Comments
30 April: Brother Ralf says own F1 career 'over' - Comments
30 April: Webber back on Ferrari's radar - report - Comments
30 April: Manager Panis happy with Pic so far - Comments
30 April: Grosjean told 'Kimi faster than you' - Comments
30 April: 'B' Ferrari not ready yet - reports - Comments
30 April: F1 returnee Bahrain eyes Olympic bid - Comments
27 April: Ecclestone to marry Fabiana Flosi - Comments
27 April: Alguersuari ended Lotus seat talks last November - Comments
27 April: 'Tactical' retirements for gearbox rule gain - report - Comments
27 April: Pirelli getting credit and blame for unbalance of power - Comments
27 April: Button not keen to test at Mugello next week - Comments
26 April: FIA tests forward roll-hoop for F1 cars - Comments
26 April: Red Bull not ready to resume F1 dominance - Comments
26 April: British spat could drive Mercedes out of F1 - report - Comments
26 April: Reports link James Key with Ferrari move - Comments
26 April: F1 owner Genii considers buying Group Lotus - Comments
26 April: F1 racing ahead with $3bn floatation plans - Comments
25 April: Force India sat out practice to save money - rumour - Comments
25 April: Reports question Bahrain spectator figures - Comments
25 April: HRT only team to miss Mugello test - Comments
25 April: Haug disagrees with Schumacher's Pirelli blast - Comments
25 April: Massa 'good' driver in 'very bad' Ferrari - Leme - Comments
25 April: Webber helps fans get live coverage in Aus - Comments
25 April: Pirelli job 'not an option' for Sutil - Comments
25 April: Raikkonen can win second title in 2012 - Salo - Comments
25 April: Ecclestone unhappy with Bahrain's 'UniF1ied' slogan - Comments
24 April: 'Super' Massa has nothing to prove - Alonso - Comments
24 April: Alesi urges Grosjean hype to stop - Comments
24 April: 'Only certainty is uncertainty' in F1 2012 - Comments
24 April: F1 assesses fallout after damaging Bahrain saga - Comments
24 April: Hamilton to muscle in on McLaren's Mugello test schedule - Comments
23 April: 'More treasure than deserved' with F2012 - Alonso - Comments
23 April: 'The dead live longest' beams Marko after Bahrain - Comments
23 April: Pirelli making F1 a 'show' or a 'lottery'? - Comments
23 April: Lotus not sorry after skipping team order - Comments
23 April: Ecclestone confirms Spanish hosts to alternate race - Comments
23 April: F1 to return to Bahrain 'forever' - Ecclestone - Comments
23 April: Pirelli fends off criticism after Bahrain - Comments
23 April: Ecclestone confirms French GP deal 'done' - Comments
23 April: Vettel wins, takes title lead in Bahrain - Comments
22 April: Alonso hopes season 'starts again' in Europe - Comments
22 April: Picking winner like spinning roulette wheel in Bahrain - Comments
22 April: Massa's 'F1 future' at stake - Domenicali - Comments
22 April: F1's Bahrain debacle leaves sport in the shadows - Comments
22 April: Ecclestone invites McLaren onto F1 board - report - Comments
22 April: Force India silent as Ecclestone justifies blackout - Comments
22 April: Ecclestone denies qualifying blackout for Force India - Comments
21 April: FOM boycotts Force India on Saturday - rumours - Comments
21 April: Todt plays down F1 protester death - Comments
21 April: Report reveals secrets of Ferrari's record pitstops - Comments
21 April: Bird hits Rosberg's helmet in Bahrain practice - Comments
21 April: France and Ecclestone agree F1 race 'price' - report - Comments
21 April: Ecclestone colleague Lattuneddu close to Molotov cocktail - Comments
21 April: Internet 'hacktivists' attack F1 over Bahrain - Comments
20 April: All about tyres in Bahrain heat - Rosberg - Comments
20 April: Teams not targets of Bahrain violence - Crown Prince - Comments
20 April: Sauber reveals brush with Bahrain firebombs - Comments
20 April: Force India to limit running for anxious staff - Comments
20 April: Fearful Force India could skip second practice in Bahrain - Comments
20 April: Mercedes' double-DRS 'not massive' gain - Button - Comments
20 April: Changes at Monaco after Perez's 2011 crash - Comments
20 April: Ferrari is 'sixth or seventh' best team in 2012 - Comments
20 April: Barrichello takes credit for Williams surge - Comments
20 April: Button 'big favourite' for title - Fittipaldi - Comments
20 April: Force India, Ecclestone, deny Bahrain GP boycott - Comments
20 April: French broadcaster TF1 not in Bahrain - Comments
19 April: F1 team Mercedes to lose Aabar ownership - Comments
19 April: Fear rocks Force India team in Bahrain - Comments
19 April: Ferrari tabs former Red Bull man Agathangelou - Comments
19 April: Bahrain F1 chief plays down Force India incident - Comments
19 April: Force India team member leaving Bahrain after attack - Comments
19 April: Rumours fly after Sauber sponsor 'teaser' - Comments
19 April: New York organisers deny 2013 race delay - Comments
19 April: Rosberg now in top F1 drivers' league - Berger - Comments
19 April: Ecclestone meets again with French gov't minister - Comments
19 April: More pull out as F1 resists Bahrain axe pressure - Comments
18 April: Ecclestone backs customer cars, not budget cap - Comments
18 April: Ecclestone confirms Concorde row with Mercedes - Comments
18 April: Ecclestone proposes 'Grand Slam' F1 races - Comments
18 April: Journalist sees more police on first day in Bahrain - Comments
18 April: Ferrari setting 2012 pace in the pits - Comments
18 April: 'Long way' until Schumacher contract decision - Brawn - Comments
18 April: 2012 rules 'deliberately' attacked Red Bull - Marko - Comments
18 April: No bitterness as Red Bull congratulates Mercedes - Comments
18 April: New York trouble could be good for Austin - Comments
17 April: Ecclestone questions New York race for 2013 - Comments
17 April: Vettel must race 'Webber-spec' exhaust in Bahrain - Comments
17 April: 'Results crisis, not Vettel crisis' - Danner - Comments
17 April: Rivals must 'count on Mercedes' now - Rosberg - Comments
17 April: F1 journalists turn war reporters in Bahrain - Comments
17 April: Wolff not Williams' new team boss - Comments
17 April: Grosjean 'not relieved' despite easing pressure - Comments
17 April: Ferrari eyes big step forward for Barcelona - Comments
17 April: China among best races in F1 history - report - Comments
17 April: Hamilton hints not intention to leave McLaren - Comments
16 April: F1 touches down in Bahrain for controversial race - Comments
16 April: Massa 'only wasting petrol' slams journalist - Comments
16 April: No one in F1 wants to go to Bahrain - journalist - Comments
16 April: Alguersuari unsure of 2013 F1 grid return - Comments
16 April: Winning 'easier now' for Rosberg - Lauda, Tambay - Comments
16 April: Mercedes reaches F1 summit with 'small budget' - Haug - Comments
16 April: Schumacher could be Mercedes' next winner - Comments
16 April: Alonso expecting more Ferrari misery in Bahrain - Comments
16 April: Todt finally breaks silence on Bahrain - Comments
15 April: Schumacher hopes Mercedes can keep up pace - Comments
15 April: Rosberg, Mercedes break through with China win - Comments
15 April: Race-day update: Buemi, Sauber, Mercedes, and Vettel 'crisis' - Comments
15 April: Todt leaves China without commenting on Bahrain - Comments
14 April: Mercedes locks up front row in China - Comments
14 April: Lotus backs Sauber over budget cap proposal - Comments
14 April: Karthikeyan denies apologising to Vettel - Comments
14 April: Slow return to top not possible for Ferrari - boss - Comments
14 April: F1 TV broadcasters pull out of Bahrain - Comments
14 April: Webber coping better than Vettel in 2012 - engineer - Comments
14 April: Lotus now considering 'super-dooper-DRS' - Comments
13 April: Protesters burn Ecclestone flags in Bahrain - Comments
13 April: Karthikeyan sick of 'cucumber-gate' - Comments
13 April: Sponsors nervous as F1 ploughs on with Bahrain - Comments
13 April: Hulkenberg happy without manager Weber - Comments
13 April: 'Nothing wrong' with 'nervous' Red Bull - Vettel - Comments
13 April: Kovalainen to stay at Caterham for rest of 2012 - Comments
13 April: Double-DRS protest 'the normal game' - Schumacher - Comments
13 April: Sauber runs 'teaser' for big sponsor - report - Comments
13 April: 'Small' chance Hamilton to swerve grid penalty - Comments
13 April: FIA says F1 to press ahead with Bahrain GP - Comments
13 April: FIA rejects 'double-DRS' protest - Comments
13 April: Austrians gaining power at Williams - Comments
12 April: Short news: Lost in China, protest, Red Bull and McLaren - Comments
12 April: No pole for Hamilton after gearbox change - Comments
12 April: 'No reason' to axe Bahrain - FIA - Comments
12 April: Ferrari still 'one step below' leaders - Alguersuari - Comments
12 April: Proton has rights to buy into Lotus team - Comments
12 April: Bottas to practice even in Shanghai rain - Comments
12 April: Hamilton must resist 'VIP' pitfalls - Lauda - Comments
12 April: Red Bull to run split setup strategy in China - Comments
12 April: 'Everybody or nobody' to race in Bahrain - Comments
12 April: Lotus preparing F-duct protest in China - reports - Comments
12 April: Sauber bans Perez's father - Comments
11 April: Golf tournament going ahead in Bahrain - Comments
11 April: Shareholder calls on Mercedes to quit F1 - Comments
11 April: New York speeds ahead with F1 pit building - Comments
11 April: McLaren not yet ready with own F-duct - Comments
11 April: More passing in 2012 than early last year - report - Comments
11 April: Bianchi to begin Friday duties in China - Comments
11 April: Red Bull 'has a plan' to bounce back in China - Comments
11 April: Caterham has 'blown away' F1 rivals - boss - Comments
11 April: F1's Bahrain crisis deepens - Comments
10 April: Bahrain boycott would breach teams' contracts - Ecclestone - Comments
10 April: CVC to sell 20pc of F1 for $2bn - report - Comments
10 April: Lotus to keep F1 name until at least 2017 - Comments
10 April: Vettel says McLaren 'the team to beat' - Comments
10 April: Still some 'gentlemen' in F1 - Sauber - Comments
10 April: Insider expects F1 to lose two races in 2012 - Comments
10 April: Insiders expect F1 to axe Bahrain - Comments
09 April: Sauber names Kaltenborn as future successor - Comments
09 April: Team boss hopes Bahrain called off - Comments
06 April: Group Lotus no longer Lotus team sponsor - Comments
06 April: Ligier pushing Magny Cours as French GP host - Comments
06 April: Whiting admits exhaust rule tweak likely for 2013 - Comments
06 April: Argentina to replace Korea on 2013 calendar - report - Comments
06 April: Brawn admits 'cheap' F-duct not easily copied - Comments
05 April: F1 comeback easy with 'good car' - Raikkonen - Comments
05 April: Grosjean crosses fingers for French GP return - Comments
05 April: Raikkonen to 'have his say' on 2013 Lotus design - Comments
05 April: 'Honest' Vettel no 'smiling boy' after losing - Comments
05 April: Lack of development budget 'a shame' - Kaltenborn - Comments
05 April: Barrichello not ruling out Ferrari return - Comments
05 April: Mercedes' clever F-duct not easily copied - report - Comments
05 April: Lotus wants 'no more crashes' from Grosjean - Comments
05 April: Perez developed skills in Mexican rain - father - Comments
05 April: Pressure mounts on F1 to cancel Bahrain again - Comments
04 April: Barrichello tells Massa to remember F1 joy - Comments
04 April: Amid Ferrari rumblings, Button commits to McLaren - Comments
04 April: Updated Ferrari to take cues from Sauber - report - Comments
04 April: Clever Sauber turning heads in 2012 - Comments
04 April: Red Bull has work to do to defend title - Marko - Comments
04 April: Vettel not apologising after Karthikeyan attack - Comments
03 April: KERS unlikely for HRT in 2012 - Sala - Comments
03 April: Pecking order could change again in Europe - Sauber - Comments
03 April: FIA still believes Mercedes F-duct legal - Comments
02 April: No chequered flag yet for French GP revival - Comments
02 April: Button received Ferrari 'offer' last year - Comments
02 April: Raikkonen return impresses champions Lauda, Fittipaldi - Comments
02 April: Perez eyes move to 'big team' in two years - Comments
02 April: Death amid 'BloodyF1' protests in Bahrain - Comments
02 April: 'F-duct' saga to continue into China - Comments
02 April: 'New' HRT not in third F1 season - Gracia - Comments
02 April: Struggling Red Bull the 'surprise' of 2012 - Brundle - Comments