‘Pay drivers’ say Abu Dhabi test money well spent
Monegasque driver Stefano Coletti considers paying for his formula one debut this week money well spent. The 22-year-old, whose backers have paid reportedly hundreds of thousands of euros for a Toro...
View ArticleHRT should have signed younger driver – Herbert
Johnny Herbert has expressed his surprise at HRT’s decision to sign Pedro de la Rosa for the next two seasons. Having made his grand prix debut in 1999, racing with Arrows, Jaguar and Sauber and...
View ArticleRed Bull clips Webber and Vettel’s wings
Red Bull has clipped Mark Webber’s wings as the Australian attends his regular outdoor adventure challenge in Tasmania this week. The event has not been run since 2008, when the now 35-year-old badly...
View ArticleBahrain pushes ahead amid 2012 race return controversy
Organisers of the Bahrain grand prix are pushing ahead with preparations for April’s race. Last year’s pre-season test and race at the Sakhir circuit were cancelled amid the civil uprising within the...
View ArticleBahrain disappointed to lose season open date
Organisers of the Bahrain grand prix have admitted disappointment with being bumped from the head of the 2012 calendar. Following the cancellation of its 2011 race and test over the civil unrest early...
View ArticleTeam boss hopes Bahrain called off
A formula one team boss has admitted he hopes the forthcoming Bahrain grand prix is called off. The Times newspaper is reporting that every team is devising contingency plans for the possibility that...
View ArticleForce India to limit running for anxious staff
Fearful Force India could skip second practice in Bahrain Force India, Ecclestone, deny Bahrain GP boycott Deputy team boss Bob Fernley confirmed to Reuters that Nico Hulkenberg and Paul di Resta will...
View ArticleAbu Dhabi criticises young driver test shakeup
The boss of Abu Dhabi’s F1 circuit has criticised plans to run the young driver test at Silverstone later this year. Originally, the young driver test was scheduled to take place as usual this year at...
View ArticleNewey no longer key to success in ‘new’ F1
Red Bull is lamenting the limited role that can be played in 2012 by F1′s aerodynamic genius Adrian Newey. For the past few years, the energy drink owned team has enjoyed its dominance largely because...
View ArticleSenna ‘must respond’ to Maldonado’s form – Williams
Sir Frank Williams has urged Bruno Senna to step up. Even before teammate Pastor Maldonado’s breakthrough Barcelona win two weeks ago, speculation had begun to circulate that Senna needed to up his...
View ArticleDeep scepticism has greeted Bernie Ecclestone’s claim he is prepared to...
Deep scepticism greets London GP idea The F1 chief executive’s comments were made on the eve of a media event that took place on Thursday in the British capital organised by Santander, the sponsor of...
View ArticleLikely Perez, backer Slim, to stay at Sauber
But the 22-year-old said on Thursday: “Sauber is a great team doing a fantastic job. As F1 emerges from its August slumber at Spa-Francorchamps, the chances Sergio Perez will be staying at Sauber in...
View ArticleWebber ‘will not pull over’ for Vettel in India
“If I’m in the lead this weekend, I’m not pulling over for anyone.” Red Bull’s Mark Webber has denied he would pull over for his championship-leading teammate Sebastian if he is leading the Indian...
View ArticleKovalainen still waiting for Caterham’s ‘pay driver’ decision
Finn Kovalainen, whilst highly rated by Fernandes, brings no sponsorship to Caterham. Caterham boss Tony Fernandes has admitted he “cannot discount going down the pay-driver route” for 2013, according...
View ArticleWilliams is stepping back in time in a bid to cure the problems with its 2013...
Williams reverts to 2012 nose, wing in Monaco Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport reports that the British team was already using the floor and exhaust of last year’s car in Barcelona recently. And on...
View ArticlePirelli would prefer winter running in Bahrain
F1 appears headed to Dubai for pre-season testing early next year. But the local The National newspaper said that, following team boss meetings in Hungary at the weekend, Abu Dhabi is also still in the...
View ArticleBitter Sutil tells Hamilton to ‘grow up’
“He is not able to speak — maybe he is scared of me, I don’t know” Adrian Sutil has stepped up his rhetoric against former friend Lewis Hamilton, revealing the 2008 world champion is yet to come...
View ArticleDrivers could boycott over Spa tyre danger
The new saga has arisen after Sebastian Vettel suffered a rear failure F1 drivers are threatening to ‘boycott’ the Belgian grand prix if their concerns about tyre safety are not eased, according to...
View ArticlePirelli and McLaren to test near Rome – report
Pirelli has decided to test tyres for the 2014 season at Vallelunga, near Rome. After some teams vetoed the tyre supplier’s plans to head to Austin with McLaren and one of the British team’s 2011 cars,...
View ArticleF1 doctor slams doping claims
“For many years, (F1) drivers have used tacrine” – Marc Sanson Former F1 doctor Gary Hartstein has slammed suggestions even formula one is not immune to doping. From 2003 to 2005, Marc Sanson was head...
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