The departure from Honda’s F1 project of Yasuhisa Arai had tongues wagging in the Barcelona paddock this week. Rumours have been swirling that McLaren chiefs Eric Boullier and Ron Dennis ...
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Alonso ‘wanted to test’ in Barcelona – Dennis
He was in hospital for four days, and is absent at the final winter test in Barcelona, but Fernando Alonso is “categorically not injured”. That was the insistence on Thursday ...
Read More »‘Stressful’ time for careworn Ecclestone – Horner
Bernie Ecclestone cut a careworn figure in the Barcelona paddock at the weekend, as the sport’s chief executive clings to F1 power. The 83-year-old had travelled to Spain on Saturday ...
Read More »Newey not ruling out Ferrari switch
Adrian Newey has refused to categorically rule out a future move to Ferrari. Rumours in the Barcelona paddock at the weekend suggested the fabled but struggling Italian team had renewed ...
Read More »GP2 field faster than F1 backmarkers in Spain
Formula one is not the loudest spectacle in Spain this weekend. The feeder series GP2, still powered by naturally-aspirated V8 engines, is making more noise in Barcelona than the newly-quiet ...
Read More »Newey poaching attempts ‘permanent’ – Marko
Red Bull has not denied rumours Ferrari made yet another move to poach Adrian Newey. “We’re used to these permanent poaching attempts from both sides,” Dr Helmut Marko told the ...
Read More »Alonso to Mercedes, Newey to Ferrari – rumours
Ferrari is a hotbed of rumours at the scene of the Spanish grand prix. The first rumour was that Ross Brawn, the team’s ultra-successful technical director during the Michael Schumacher ...
Read More »Barcelona wants to drop ‘Spain’ from GP name
Spanish grand prix organisers would like the annual formula one race to be renamed. Last year, the Barcelona venue – known since it was built in 1991 as the Circuit ...
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