The rebranded Marussia team were plagued with difficulties in the buildup to the 2012 season, with the MR01 failing the 18th and final official crash test.
Initially known as Campos Meta 1 and then Hispania Racing, the HRT team are still seeking stability after a less than spectacular entrance into Formula One in 2010.
It's been a preseason of change at CNN-sponsored Caterham, with the team being rebranded after competing under the Lotus name for the past two years.
Force India entered the elite division of motorsport when Indian businessman Vijay Mallya and Dutchman Michiel Mol purchased the now-defunct Spyker team in 2007.
Sauber have been involved in Formula One since 1993, but arguably the team's greatest contribution to the sport has been handing a debut to double world champion Sebastian Vettel at the 2007 U.S. Grand Prix.
Williams' form in recent years has not been befitting of a team boasting one of Formula One's richest legacies.
Having competed under the Renault name in 2011, the rebranded Lotus team enter the new season hoping to avoid the off-track issues which blighted their preparations for the last campaign.
Having taken over the world champion Brawn GP team ahead of the 2010 season, Mercedes have struggled to be serious title contenders in the past two years.
Ferrari are the most successful team in Formula One history, with the legendary Italian marque boasting a record 16 constructors' titles and 15 drivers' championships.
British team McLaren are the third most successful team in Formula One history, with their total of eight constructors' championships only bettered by Williams and Ferrari.
If the last two years are anything to go by, 2012 will once again see every other team and driver in Formula One desperately trying to keep pace with Red Bull.
7 time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher talks to CNN about the 2012 season so far.
Pastor Maldonado grabbed his first Formula One victory as the Venezuelan impressively held off Ferrari's Fernando Alonso to win the Spanish Grand Prix.
F1 champ Sebastian Vettel has some fun on his day shooting a commercial, and CNN's Eunice Yoon goes along for the ride.
It's the debate that just keeps going round in, well, circles. Are Pirelli's tires good or bad for Formula One? Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher has already said the tires are like "driving on raw eggs," while racing legend Jackie Stewart warns they are a danger.
When Jackie Stewart speaks about driver safety in Formula One, it's worth listening. The racing legend was a pioneer in raising standards in an era when mortality rates were high, and his legacy has left F1 stars with greater support than ever before.
Jackie Stewart sits down with Amanda Davies to discuss the state of Formula One racing.
With four different drivers winning each of the four races so far, 2012 is shaping up as one of the most open seasons in Formula One history.
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher has continued to pillory Pirelli's tires, complaining that they are like driving on "raw eggs."
The mystery behind the peculiar inscriptions "Out of the Blue" and "True Blue" which first appeared on Sauber engine covers at the Chinese Grand Prix has finally been revealed.
Female drivers in Formula One are few and far between, but one woman aiming to change this is Susie Wolff. The 29-year-old is a development driver for Williams F1, where she works with engineers in a simulator and on track tests. She is about to compete in her seventh DTM racing car season for Mercedes Benz. She tells CNN about her journey so far.
It's no wonder the illustrious Silver Arrow has a special place in the Mercedes team's hearts. The car with the distinctive silver livery has delivered some of its greatest victories -- from successive world championships in the 1950s to the China Grand Prix earlier this month.
F1 designer Hermann Tilke gives CNN an inside track into the Shanghai International Circuit ahead of Sunday's race.
Pirelli has reacted with surprise at seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher's criticism of its tires.
Two-time world champion Sebastian Vettel held off the surprise challenge of Kimi Raikkonen in a Lotus to win Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix.
Last year Toro Rosso continued to emerge from Red Bull Racing's shadow in only their second season as an independent constructor.
Days of escalating government protests failed to halt the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, which took place even as nearby streets were blocked with burning tires and trash.
The last time Sebastian Vettel raced in Bahrain, it was the start of a season in which he became Formula One's youngest world champion.
The Bahrain Grand Prix will act as a unifying force amid the nation's unrest, the Bahraini government said Friday, while opposition activists accused the Gulf kingdom's rulers of cracking down on demonstrations.
Security will likely be a major issue during the Bahrain Grand Prix, as CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.
As CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports, Bahrain's government says the Formula One Grand Prix race should be trouble-free.
Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa has insisted Sunday's grand prix in the Gulf kingdom will go ahead despite continued anti-government protests on the country's streets.
Sebastian Vettel is hoping to kickstart his season in Bahrain this weekend as he continues his bid to win a third consecutive world drivers' championship.
Two members of Force India's Formula One team have left Bahrain after a petrol bomb was thrown at one of the marque's cars during an anti-government protest.
The Bahrain circuit's chairman tells CNN's Fred Pleitgen about the decision to go ahead with the controversial F1 race.
Bahrain Grand Prix bosses have made a "calculated decision" to go ahead with the controversial race on Sunday, claiming civil rights protests have nothing to do with the event.
Nico Rosberg tasted grand prix success at his 111th attempt with a faultless drive to win the Chinese Grand Prix Sunday.
In an exclusive interview, Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone is adamant the Bahrain Grand Prix would take place.
Motorsport's governing body has ended uncertainty over the Bahrain Grand Prix by issuing a statement confirming that the Formula One race will go ahead next weekend.
Mercedes' Nico Rosberg has secured the first pole position of his career at the qualifying session for Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.
Thousands of mourners defied government forces and took to the streets Friday in Salmabad, Bahrain, to attend the funeral of Ahmed Ismaeel, who was killed last week in anti-government protests, witnesses told CNN.
Should sport and politics mix? Bernie Ecclestone has told CNN that they should not -- and that is why he is happy for Bahrain to host a Formula One race next weekend despite protests from human rights groups unhappy with the kingdom's regime.
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher has dismissed security fears ahead of next week's Bahrain Grand Prix.
F1 legend Michael Schumacher insists that Bahrain can safely stage its grand prix. CNN's Eunice Yoon reports.
CNN's Dan Rivers explains how the controversy over a hunger striker is hanging over an F1 motor race in Bahrain.
Bahrain Grand Prix organizers insisted Tuesday that the Formula One race scheduled for the Gulf kingdom later this month will go ahead despite mounting pressure for it to be scrapped.
Susie Wolff, the second woman to join Formula One in recent weeks, hopes her new role will pave the way for more females in the elite level of motorsport.
Organizers for the controversial Bahrain Grand Prix have been given a boost after several Formula One teams, including world champions Red Bull, told CNN they will not unilaterally pull out of the race.
Formula One bosses are under increasing pressure to review their decision to stage the Bahrain Grand Prix later this month.
The chief executive of Formula One team Sauber has backed recent calls for a budget cap saying that it would make the sport "more interesting."
In the glitz and glamor world of Formula One, image is everything.
Clive Chapman, son of Lotus founder Colin Chapman talks to CNN about the value of the Lotus name in Formula One.
As the 2012 Formula One season begins, some are asking if anyone can stop Red Bull Racing and driver Sebastian Vettel?
Lewis Hamilton had a 2011 season to forget, but the former world champion showed on Saturday that he and McLaren teammate Jenson Button are ready to challenge Red Bull's Formula One supremacy.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso won a rain-hit Malaysian Grand Prix Sunday holding off a thrilling challenge from young Mexican Sergio Perez.
Danica Patrick enters the world of NASCAR and NASCAR is hoping to cash in on a new demographic.
Lewis Hamilton extended McLaren's early season dominance by claiming pole for the Malaysian Grand Prix Saturday.
Rubens Barrichello makes IndyCar debut this weekend driving for the KV Racing Technology team.
From the outside, Formula One looks like a sport brimming with money, with millions of dollars spent on cars, sponsorship and the rights to host races.
By qualifying fourth for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher offered a tantalising hint he was ready to shake off the indifferent form he has displayed since returning to Formula One in 2010.
Get an aerial view of the Melbourne Formula One circuit ahead of the race on Sunday.
Malaysian businessman Tony Fernandes is a big believer in steady progress.
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has told the elite motorsport's teams to cut their spending and get back to basics ahead of the new season's opening race in Australia this weekend.
Red Bull chief Christian Horner tells CNN driver Sebastian Vettel is still evolving and can only get better.
Vitaly Petrov made motorsport history in 2010 by becoming the first Russian driver to compete in Formula One, and now he is focused on improving with his new team ahead of his country's inaugural grand prix in 2014.
Frank Williams has been a integral part of one of Formula One's most successful teams since forming it 35 years ago, but he is now starting to pass on his legacy.
Formula One veteran Rubens Barrichello is to race in the IndyCar series in 2012, the Brazilian announced Thursday.
Mark Webber could have been forgiven for feeling like a guest at someone else's party during the 2011 Formula One season, looking on as his Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel charged to a second consecutive world championship.
Red Bull have been untouchable for the last two Formula One seasons, but their double world champion driver Sebastian Vettel has warned the team's 2012 car will be slower than last year's model.
The CNN-sponsored Caterham Formula One team have recruited Russian driver Vitaly Petrov in place of Italian veteran Jarno Trulli for the 2012 season.
Reigning constructors' champions Red Bull Racing unveil their new RB8 car for the 2012 Formula One season.
Ferrari's plans to unveil their new car for the 2012 Formula One season have been scuppered by heavy snowfall at the Italian team's Maranello factory.
German driver Adrian Sutil is confident of returning to Formula One despite receiving an 18-month suspended jail sentence for grievous bodily harm on Tuesday.
Formula One's governing body has outlawed a technological development which would help teams improve the stability and aerodynamics of a car.
Bruno Senna has signed for Formula One constructor Williams 18 years after his uncle, former three-time world champion Ayrton, died driving for the team.
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso has slammed Formula One's rules on car testing, describing the regulations as like asking footballers to train with tennis balls or tennis stars to play with bats.
Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen is excited ahead of his return to Formula One next season, having signed a two-year deal with the renamed Lotus team in November.
Formula One's all-conquering Red Bull team announced on Thursday that Swiss Sebastien Buemi will serve as their reserve and test driver for the 2012 season.
MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- Each new season brings a new priority list of drivers to watch and 2012 is no different.
Formula 1 will return from its second multiyear U.S. hiatus with a Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, next November. The first track in the nation that was built specifically to F1 specifications and amenity standards has invested $300 million in the facility and must pay a huge sanctioning fee -- estimated at $25 million -- to put the world's highest priced and most technologically advanced race cars on the track.
Fernando Alonso ended his 2011 Formula One commitments wearing a Santa Claus outfit and the robes of a Magi, and the Spanish driver hopes next year will bring a return of the old Ferrari spirit.
Toro Rosso have announced an all-new driver pairing for the 2012 Formula One season with Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne replacing Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber take to the streets in Milton Keynes, England to show their fan appreciation.
"I'd never been near a race track in my life," explains Divina Galica, a former Olympic skier who belongs to an exclusive band of Formula One drivers. There are only five members -- and they are all female.
Sebastian Vettel has saluted his Red Bull team after making Formula One history in 2011.
Mark Webber's victory in the final round of the season in Brazil underlined once again Red Bull's domination.
Peter Gethin, the man who won what is regarded as the closest grand prix in Formula One history, has died. He was 71.
Renault confirmed on Friday that French driver Romain Grosjean will partner former world champion Kimi Raikkonen for the Formula One team in the 2012 season.
Sauber followed in the footsteps of Red Bull and Ferrari Thursday by becoming the third team in the last week to announce their withdrawal from the Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA).
Organizers of the the U.S. Grand Prix said Wednesday that it will take its place in the 2012 Formula One calendar despite fears that the new circuit in Texas being built for the race will not be finished in time.
British driver Peter Gethin, the man who won what is widely regarded as the closest grand prix in Formula One history, has died at the age of 71.
Red Bull and Ferrari have pulled out of the Formula One Teams Association due to conflict over proposals for cost cutting in the elite motorsport.
2007 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen returns to Formula One with Lotus Renault GP.
Fernando Alonso has targeted a "very different 2012" after his finish in the final grand prix of the Formula One season meant he ended 2011 in fourth place in the drivers' standings.
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