Sutil fears ‘children’ on 2014 grid
“But I think it’s too risky” – Sutil. Formula one has come too soon for incoming Russian drivers Sergey Sirotkin and Daniil Kvyat, who are both still in their teens. That is the claim of Adrian Sutil,...
View Article2014 not ultimatum year for Vergne – Tost
Team boss Franz Tost insists 2014 is not Jean-Eric Vergne’s last chance to shine for Toro Rosso. At the beginning of the year, amid rumours Mark Webber would retire, it was said that either Vergne or...
View ArticleHulkenberg looks to Sauber to rescue F1 career
“I have never ruled out staying at Sauber.” Nico Hulkenberg’s best hope of simply staying in formula one is a new deal with Sauber, according to reports. Pastor Maldonado’s PDVSA millions, and Max...
View ArticleSergio Perez “deserves” a second season with McLaren, lead driver Jenson...
Perez ‘deserves’ McLaren seat in 2014 – Button Amid wild rumours linking Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso with a return to the British team, McLaren is yet to confirm 23-year-old Mexican Perez’s seat for...
View ArticlePeter Sauber to return to paddock in 2014
“He’s alright” – Kaltenborn Peter Sauber should return to the F1 paddock next year, following some minor health problems in 2013.That is the news of the Swiss team’s team boss Monisha Kaltenborn, who...
View ArticleLotus thinks most F1 teams struggling
“For 80 per cent of the teams, their financial situation is no better than ours.” Gerard Lopez, the owner of the Lotus outfit, believes the vast majority of the teams in formula one are struggling...
View Article‘Embarrassing’ start to F1’s brave new era
“Why do we always make everything more complicated?” Roger Benoit, one of the longest serving F1 correspondents in the paddock, said Tuesday’s events at Jerez were “embarrassing”. “I have not...
View ArticlePetrov’s DTM seat chances ’60pc’– Wolff
“Vitaly has been on the podium in formula one. What else do you need to say?” Vitaly Petrov has a good chance of restarting his motor racing career in the German touring car series DTM. That is the...
View ArticleRed Bull looks to ‘survive’ Melbourne
“We have to somehow survive Melbourne” Crisis-struck Red Bull is hoping to merely “survive” the looming first race of the 2014 season. The reigning world champion team looked to have taken a step...
View ArticleRenault giving teams full power in Melbourne
Renault is giving its F1 customers full power in Australia. The French marque is still grappling to solve the serious problems encountered during the winter test sessions, where the new Viry-made turbo...
View ArticleSauber patient amid slow-moving Russian deal
Sauber insists its Russian rescue deal remains on track. Originally set to feature the teen Sergey Sirotkin on the 2014 grid, talk of the Swiss team’s Russian buy-in has now quietened in the F1...
View ArticleSergey Sirotkin will put his F1 plans back on track once he obtains a...
Sirotkin to push for F1 license in Sauber test Amid Sauber’s financial crisis of 2013, the Swiss team appeared to be rushing the teen to the grid as the jewel in a Russian rescue deal. But when the...
View ArticlePerez slams Pirelli over ‘boring’ tyres
Sergio Perez has slammed Pirelli for supplying overly conservative tyre compounds at the Spanish grand prix. F1’s official tyre supplier had a tumultuous and highly controversial 2013 season, but so...
View ArticleSirotkin says de Silvestro role ‘a marketing ploy’
Sergey Sirotkin has denied his future at Sauber is being overshadowed by the Swiss female driver Simona de Silvestro. Funded by her wealthy backers, de Silvestro – who also ran at Fiorano in April –...
View ArticlePirelli can be ready for 18-inch debut in 2016
Pirelli can be ready to supply low-profile tyres to formula one teams by 2016. That is the claim of the Italian supplier’s F1 chief Paul Hembery, in the wake of the test of the first 18-inch prototype...
View Article‘Zero’ chance of Fric agreement – Force India
‘Fric’, or front and rear inter-connected, is a complex, hydraulically controlled system In the days and hours before scrutineering at Hockenheim, uncertainty reigns when it comes to F1’s new technical...
View ArticleProst sure Renault can bounce back in 2015
Alain Prost is confident Renault can bounce back in 2015. As the new ‘power unit’ rules took effect this season, Mercedes has utterly dominated its turbo V6 rivals Renault and Ferrari. The latter...
View ArticleMercedes chiefs resolve to ‘cool hot heads’
Mercedes chiefs have resolved to cool the simmering feud between title-warring teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. Germany’s Bild newspaper reports that when the pair – who collided during the...
View ArticleLowe disagrees with Wolff over clampdown
“I think Charlie (Whiting) and the FIA have realised that this needs another look” Paddy Lowe and Toto Wolff, the team bosses at dominant Mercedes, do not see eye-to-eye over the new radio clampdowns...
View ArticleThree teams in battle for 2015 survival
The fate of three formula one teams continues to hang in the balance. The health of the sport’s most financially struggling outfits has been under an intense spotlight since it emerged the richest...
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