News index

February 16, 2013: Jaime Alguersuari, who in the off season lost his race seat with Toro Rosso after two-and-a-half years, has slammed the way Formula One "has become an auction".

September 26, 2012: Jaime Alguersuari is preparing himself for a return to Formula One, with the ex-Toro Rosso driver saying he is "sure" he will be back driving in 2013

August 3, 2012: Our resident expert - Steven Lynch - is back to answer more of our readers' questions including the longest wait for a podium and gaps between grand prix starts

June 12, 2012: Paul Hembery has hinted that Pirelli could look to introduce a fifth tyre compound for the 2013 season

March 30, 2012: Pirelli has announced that Jaime Alguersuari and Lucas di Grassi will join the tyre company as test drivers this season

February 7, 2012: Jaime Alguersuari has hit out at Red Bull for the nature of his removal from Toro Rosso and preventing him from finding a new drive in 2012

January 12, 2012: Christian Horner has defended the Red Bull young driver scheme following criticism for dropping Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi at Toro Rosso

January 11, 2012: HRT is looking for "a young driver with a lot of potential" to take its second seat, with a Spaniard ruled out of the running by technical director Jacky Eeckelaert

January 9, 2012: Toro Rosso fitness trainer Raniero Gianotti has died from a heart attack at the age of 46

January 9, 2012: Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko says that both Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi were dropped at Toro Rosso because "we need winners"

January 8, 2012: Jaime Alguersuari has put an end to speculation linking him to a drive with HRT in 2012 by "definitely ruling out" a switch to the team for next season according to sports daily AS

December 19, 2011: An overview of the 2012 grid as it shapes up over the winter, updated regularly with the lastest announcements and rumours from the driver market

December 15, 2011: Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost has defended the decision to replace both drivers in 2012 because the team is the "rookie training school"

December 15, 2011: Jaime Alguersuari has refused to blame Red Bull after losing his Toro Rosso seat, but admits the news was "very surprising and unexpected"

December 14, 2011: Toro Rosso has announced that Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne will drive for the team in 2012, replacing Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi

December 12, 2011: In part two of ESPNF1's season review, we analyse how the midfield teams fared in 2011, rating the drivers and looking ahead to what can be expected from them in 2012

December 5, 2011: Jaime Alguersuari won Felipe Massa's charity karting event at Florianopolis on Sunday after Jules Bianchi was disqualified

November 27, 2011: ESPNF1 rates each and every driver's performance at the Brazilian Grand Prix

November 27, 2011: Mark Webber took his first win of the season at the Brazilian Grand Prix as team-mate Sebastian Vettel struggled to second with a race-long gearbox problem