Formula 1 season will now resume on 11 march 2011 in the Bahrain.

Check out the latest development for the 2011 season here.

Alonso dominated all the Qualifying sessions at Marina Bay Circuit, mostly staying at P1 with Hamilton and the Red Bulls posting their lap times in competition.

Alonso secured the pole with posting a flying lap of 1m 45.390s while Vettel edging out Hamilton with the lap time of 1m 45.457s, followed by Hamilton with lap time of 1m 45.571s.

The major disappointment was from Massa who failed to post any lap time on the qualifying session when his car came to a stop in the opening of first qualifying session. Ferrari reported a gearbox problem and is changing his car’s engine as a precaution. Massa will be starting at 24 from the grid.

Earlier we told you guys that Robert Kubica has signed team Renault for 2011 but as the season is nearing its end within 2 months of time, the driver changes in the top teams is starting up with Robert Kubica linked to switching to Ferrari.

A Spanish television station reported earlier that with the current contract, Robert Kubica and Felippe Massa could swap seats for the 2011 season.

And now Swiss publication Motorsport Akteull reported the same rumor saying that Massa could leave Ferrari to make room for Rober Kubica. This report also said that he might switch to Ferrari powered Sauber.

Kubica said:

Of course I read all the rumours, but in the end the only thing is winning. We are all here because we want to win and you need the best car for that. Currently I’m at Renault and so I am focused on this team and on improving together. In 2011 we want to fight for the world title. We’ll see what happens next.

In karting, Formula Renault and F3, I’ve always been with Italian teams and I even lived for more than a year near Monza. Ferrari is a team unlike any other. The emotion and the history is unique. I think every driver would like to drive for Ferrari.

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Hamilton made an ambitious start at Monza gaining up to fourth place and then turned into a corner and found his brakes looked up and into Massa’s Ferrari right rear wheel, causing damage to his suspension.

Hamilton said:

I made a good start, gained a position, got up to fourth, and, at that moment, perhaps I should have just stayed there for a while, but I put my car up the inside of Felipe [Massa] into Turn Four, trying to get third, and that was probably a little bit too much. I was trying to position the car in a certain way, I was too close to Felipe, and his left rear clipped my right front. The car was damaged after that, and there was nothing I could do; you try your best, but some things just don’t go your way.

Today was a shame, and I want to say sorry to the team. But the championship certainly isn’t over – although I have to admit that days like today don’t help. The good thing is that Jenson scored a nice lot of points for us. Now, though, I’m already fully focused on Singapore.

Hamilton did not scored any points from the race and now is second in the drivers championship, 5 points behind Mark Webber.

Today was a shame, and I want to say sorry to the team. But the championship certainly isn’t over – although I have to admit that days like today don’t help. The good thing is that Jenson scored a nice lot of points for us. Now, though, I’m already fully focused on Singapore.

Tony Fernandes, the Lotus team owner after the Italian Grand Prix told that the team will be using Renault V8 engines for the next year and will be reaching agreement to part ‘in principle’

Cosworth will most likely sign a new team for the 2011 season after the end of contract with Lotus.

Statement from Cosworth:

Cosworth has reached an agreement in principle with Lotus Racing whereby the team’s Cosworth engine supply agreement will come to a conclusion at the end of the current Formula One season

This agreement is subject to contract and until the agreement is signed, neither party will be making any further comment.

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At the start of the race, Alonso lost his pole position to Jenson Button in the first corner dropping to P2, followed by Massa on P3. Hamilton on the other silver McLaren tried being too aggressive and lost his race to a collision with Massa, scoring no point for the race. Both the Red Bulls had a disappointing start aswell with Vettel dropping to 6th nd Webber to 9th.

Alonso kept pushing Button in the early race but the silver McLaren of Jenson Button with the higher down force configuration managed to safe guard his P1.

The leaders pack stopped for their pit stops on lap 37, where Alonso took the advantage over Button and maintained it through out the race while Massa finished on P3, followed by Vettel, Rosberg and Webber on P6.

Nico Hulkenberg was the prominent from the rookies who manged to cling P7, followed by Robert Kubica.

Fernando Alonso is now well in the race for the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship and the Italian Grand Prix at Monza was without a doubt a delight for all the Italian fans who came to support their home team.

A little disappointed run came from the two Red Bulls with Vettel settling at P6, and Mark Webber at P4. Reb Bulls have been dominating the qualifying sessions for most of the season now.

FIA has revealed that no new teams will be added for 2011 season.

FIA told that none of the applicants were able to meet the requirements, hence leaving the 13th team slot to be dropped for 2011 season. FIA had announced the 13th spot vacancy earlier this year, after US F1 failing its bid to join the sport.

The two strongest potential candidates were Epsilon Eskadi and Jacques Villeneuve’s Durango. GP2 team ART and American-based Cypher Group dropped their bid midway through the process.

FIA statement said:

Following the press release of March 19, 2010 calling for expressions of interest to participate in the 2011 and 2012 seasons of the FIA Formula One World Championship, a number of interested parties expressed their interest. It was considered that none of the candidates met the requirements to be granted an entry into the championship. Consequently, the allocation of the 13th team will not be granted.

Check all the latest 2011 season developments here.

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After the German Grand Prix Ferrari was given a date to meet with the FIA on 8th September for letting Alonso pass Massa for P1 and today after the hearing, FIA has revealed that no further penalty will be given to Ferrari.

After the race the team was finner $100,000 by the stewards for breaching article 39.1 which bans team orders.

Reuters has reported that, Italian motorsport federation Angelo Sticchi Damiani has confirmed that Ferrari has escapted furher penalties.

Bernie Eccelestone and Jean Todt the president of FIA was present at the meeting.

Eccelestone refused to comment and said a press release will be issued.

The latest addition is the Indian Grand Prix added to the calender, scheduled on October 30 but is not confirmed yet as it is subject to inspection by FIA to meet the requirements.

Other changes involve the opening of the European season being hosted by Turkey instead of Spain and the season will be closing in Brazil.

Check out the complete Formula 1 2011 changes here

2011 Racing Calendar:

March 13 – Bahrain
March 27 – Australia
April 10 – Malaysia
April 17 – China
May 8 – Turkey
May 22 – Spain
May 29 – Monaco
June 12 – Canada
June 26 – Europe
July 10 – Great Britain
July 24 – Germany
July 31 – Hungary
August 28 – Belgium
September 11 – Italy
September 25 – Singapore
October 9 – Japan
October 16 – Korea
October 30 – India*
November 13 – Abu Dhabi
November 27 – Brazil

*subject to inspection