Two former champions have hit back at claims the tyre situation in 2013 is ruining formula one. Mika Hakkinen said he does not agree with those who think Pirelli’s heavily ...
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Too early to assess new Mercedes – Brawn
It is too early to say just how good the new Mercedes is, according to team boss Ross Brawn. After an up-and-down first test for the new silver W04, former ...
Read More »Tributes pour in for late F1 doctor Sid Watkins
Tributes are pouring in as the world of formula one grapples with the loss of Professor Sid Watkins, who has died aged 84. F1’s medical delegate between 1978 and 2004, ...
Read More »Hakkinen manager Coton to handle Hamilton now
Lewis Hamilton has a new day-to-day manager, British newspapers have revealed. As his on and off-track woes worsened last year, the 2008 world champion insisted he was happy with his ...
Read More »F1 helmet painter Sid Mosca dies
A legendary painter of formula one helmets has died. 74-year-old Brazilian Sid Mosca, who customised the designs of famous F1 drivers including Ayrton Senna, Mika Hakkinen and Michael Schumacher, died ...
Read More »Schumacher vows to fight for 2012 title
Michael Schumacher has vowed to try yet again in 2012 if he fails to win an eighth world championship this season. Some have questioned whether the 42-year-old will ever be ...
Read More »Dennis names best and worst moments in career
Ron Dennis has named Mika Hakkinen’s near-fatal crash in 1995 as the worst memory in his long McLaren career. The 63-year-old, for a long time the Woking based team’s F1 ...
Read More »Hakkinen did not write ‘tragic hero’ Schumacher column
The author of a newspaper column erroneously attributed to Mika Hakkinen has been dismissed. This week, the Finn was quoted by Munich newspaper TZ as describing Michael Schumacher as a ...
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