One of Ferrari’s main problems is that its all-new 2014 engine is overweight. That is the claim of the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport, who said customers Sauber and ...
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FIA’s Whiting says ‘clever’ Lotus nose is ‘legal’
Lotus’ innovative double-pronged nose solution for 2014 has been declared legal by the FIA’s Charlie Whiting. The solution is even clearly assymetrical, apparently only to slip through a loophole in ...
Read More »McLaren ‘wing’ suspension raises eyebrows at Jerez
Unseemly nose solutions are attracting all of the obvious attention early in 2014. But, behind the scenes, engineers are far more interested in what is lurking at the rear of ...
Read More »Raikkonen meets new engineer at Maranello
Kimi Raikkonen has made his first appearance since undergoing back surgery a month ago. The Finn, who sat out the last two races of his Lotus career, made a visit ...
Read More »Ferrari to abandon pullrod layout for 2014 – report
Ferrari has “almost certainly” abandoned its novel approach to front suspension layout ahead of the 2014 season. That is the claim of the authoritative Italian publication Autosprint, after Ferrari came ...
Read More »Red Bull weakened by latest F1 moves – Brawn
Red Bull has been weakened, and Ferrari and McLaren strengthened, by F1’s latest personnel moves. That is the claim of Mercedes boss Ross Brawn, who said the dominant champions will ...
Read More »Boss says Ferrari’s problem ‘is not Domenicali’
Ferrari failed to beat Red Bull for a fourth consecutive time because of “two main factors”, according to team boss Stefano Domenicali. Speaking to the Spanish sports newspaper AS, the ...
Read More »Lotus structure can cope with personnel losses
Lotus has been the victim as more powerful teams waved chequebooks to lure key people. In quick succession, Ferrari has poached Lotus’ technical director James Allison, star driver Kimi Raikkonen, ...
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