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Mark Webber is to quit Formula One at the end of the season to race sports cars for German manufacturer Porsche.

Lewis Hamilton lit up the Mercedes garage by grabbing his first pole position for the team since joining them at the start of the year.

Mystery passengers hired by Ryanair to assess the sales procedures of the airline’s cabin crew identified serious safety breaches by one employee during two flights in 2009.

Fernando Alonso would love to see his Formula One world title rivals continue to trip over themselves after another “positive” weekend.

A grandson of the inventor of the Red Bull drink has been arrested accused of killing a Bangkok police officer in a hit-and-run.

Sebastian Vettel superbly grabbed the 32nd pole position of his Formula One career and second in succession ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix.

World champion Sebastian Vettel took his first victory of 2012 in a close battle with Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen at yesterday’s Bahrain Grand Prix.

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull has won the Belgian Grand Prix.

Sebastian Vettel today became the first driver for five years to secure five successive pole positions after finishing the fastest in Turkey.

SEBASTIAN VETTEL yesterday urged his mechanics to treat themselves to “pizza and beer” in the wake of his crushing Australian Grand Prix victory.

Sebastian Vettel started the new Formula One season as he finished last year, with a crushing victory.

Lewis Hamilton has vowed to give Sebastian Vettel “the race of his life” as he goes gunning for a shock win in tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix.

Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner has no qualms with Sebastian Vettel’s talk of one day driving for Ferrari, playfully suggesting he can only do so when he is approaching retirement.

A BULL’S testicles were at the centre of a dispute between two Wexford farmers that came to a head at the county’s small claims court yesterday.

Sebastian Vettel today grabbed the most important pole position of his Formula One career ahead of tomorrow’s season-ending showdown in Abu Dhabi.

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel will start the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from pole position after finishing first in qualifying ahead of Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) and Fernando Alonso (Ferrari).

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel has won the Brazilian Grand Prix, with team-mate Mark Webber in second place and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso third.

SEBASTIAN VETTEL was a relieved man to return to the top step of the podium for the first time in almost four months following his victory in yesterday’s Japanese Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton spelled out the dangers ahead of tomorrow’s Belgian Grand Prix by exclaiming: “We’re all on a knife-edge out there.”

Mark Webber has been given a five-place grid penalty for today’s Canadian Grand Prix due to a gearbox change for his Red Bull.

Lewis Hamilton secured pole for tomorrow’s Singapore Grand Prix but there was disappointment for championship leader Jenson Button as his world title hopes were dealt a blow.

Mark Webber believes Jenson Button has this season’s Formula One world title in the bag.

Heikki Kovalainen finished quickest in practice for the first time this season to suggest McLaren might avoid being also-rans during Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix.

CONSUMPTION of high caffeine and high calorie energy drinks has more than doubled in the past seven years, leading to growing calls for a ban on selling the drinks to under-16s.

Jenson Button made it three wins from four races to strengthen his early grip on the Formula One world championship with victory in a heat-sapping Bahrain Grand Prix.

McLAREN face being hauled before the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) for the third time in under two years following their deception in the furore surrounding the Australian Grand Prix.

A furious David Coulthard has accused Nick Heidfeld of “unsportsmanlike behaviour” after seeing his Chinese Grand Prix qualifying hopes wrecked.

Lewis Hamilton today shook off his Fuji frustration by setting the fastest time in both practice sessions ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix.

Felipe Massa will start from pole position around the new Valencia Street Circuit for Sunday's European Grand Prix.

Kimi Raikkonen underlined his belief Ferrari will be a force at this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix.

YOU can say what you like about Giovanni Trapattoni — but you can’t argue with his record as a club manager.

The jury hearing the trial of a man accused of murdering his estranged partner in front of their son before turning a knife on himself, have heard he was sober when he started swinging the knife at her.

Lewis Hamilton took a huge stride towards completing his world championship dream after the McLaren driver took pole for Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix with another superb qualifying performance.

Red Bull driver Mark Webber has been reprimanded by Canadian Grand Prix stewards following his collision with Toro Rosso's Scott Speed at the end of yesterday's second practice session in Montreal.

Fernando Alonso’s world championship challenge has been dealt a blow after he was given a two-second qualifying penalty for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

David Coulthard has urged patience as he bids to extend his Formula One career with RedBull.

World champion Sebastien Loeb completed a clean sweep of stage wins on the Monte Carlo Rally today but he was left needing a stroke of luck to keep his Principality winning streak alive.

Kimi Raikkonen signalled his intent to keep the world championship fight alive by setting the fastest time when practice began for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.

McLaren chief Ron Dennis has his sights set on victory at Silverstone after a penalty denied Kimi Raikkonen in the French Grand Prix.

Kimi Raikkonen was left cursing a second-corner mistake which denied him top spot in first qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona today.

Michael Schumacher continued to show signs of a Ferrari revival by setting the fastest time in this morning’s first practice session for the San Marino Grand Prix.

Ferrari showed off their new car in style in practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix this morning with Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello setting the fastest times of the race drivers.