Honda remain hopeful of competing in 2009

The Honda Formula One team said it was optimistic about its chances of competing in the 2009 World Championship after Nick Fry, the company's CEO, confirmed three prospective buyers had expressed an interest in taking control of the team.

British GP race debrief: Honda - on the podium!

Rubens Barrichello delivered a podium finish for his Honda Racing F1 Team today after a brilliant drive in the dramatic British Grand Prix was rewarded with third place - the 62nd podium of his Formula One career and his first for the Honda team.

Stunning lap secures pole for Lewis Hamilton at Spa

Lewis Hamilton secured the 11th pole position of his Formula One career ahead of tomorrow's Belgian Grand Prix. The world championship leader produced a stunning display around the Spa-Francorchamps circuit to leave Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen, his title rivals, in his wake. Hamilton clinched top spot on the grid with a lap of 1min 47.338sec for his fifth pole of the year, with Massa on the front row, but more than 0.3secs down.

German Grand Prix Results

Results Sunday from Formula One's German Grand Prix at the 4.574-kilometer (2.842-mile) Hockenheim circuit (with driver, country, car, laps completed, time and winner's average speed):

Brakes must go on after Honda decision

Formula One has grown used to living in its own private dreamland in recent years. Protected by the four walls of its paddock, it has grown into a monster of extravagance that, even in times of record economic growth, was completely out of touch with the real world.

Hamilton reigns in rain to seal 'best' win and regain title lead

He came, he saw, and boy did he need to conquer. Even the most ardent of Lewis Hamilton's legion of fans knew he had a mountain to climb. In just under an hour and 40 minutes' work, he eradicated memories of his pit lane gaffe in Montreal, and his misfortune in Magny-Cours. In one mighty, sodden leap, he jumped right back into the lead of the world championship.