Marussia has led the way for a reported 20 horse power boost for struggling engine supplier Ferrari. That is the claim of Italy’s authoritative Autosprint, claiming that at the forthcoming ...
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Ecclestone offers EUR 25m to settle bribery case
Bernie Ecclestone is willing to pay EUR 25 million to settle the corruption case, media reports said on Tuesday. The German news agency DPA said the F1 chief executive’s lawyers ...
Read More »Ecclestone says F1 to scrap 2015 grid restarts
Bernie Ecclestone says F1 will abandon its highly controversial plan for standing re-starts after safety car periods from 2015. In Hungary, reportedly alarmed with the sport’s dwindling spectator and television ...
Read More »Villeneuve makes comments ‘for the headlines’
Jacques Villeneuve makes comments designed deliberately to trigger sensational headlines. That is the claim of Oskari Saari, a commentator for the Finnish broadcaster MTV3 who says he knows the 1997 ...
Read More »F1 to ‘look at rules’ to stop ‘negativity’ – Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone thinks formula one needs to act now to prevent a downward trend of unpopularity. Before qualifying in Hungary, amid a climate of paddock doom about dwindling spectator and ...
Read More »Wolff denies Mercedes will punish Hamilton
Toto Wolff has dismissed suggestions Mercedes will sanction Lewis Hamilton for ignoring team orders in Hungary. Although it was potentially explosive, the German team closed ranks after the incident but ...
Read More »‘Hired to race’ not obey team orders – Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton has hit back at suggestions he was wrong to ignore team orders during Sunday’s Hungarian grand prix. Niki Lauda, who after Hamilton’s qualifying fire had cheered the Briton ...
Read More »Cool Rosberg admits Hamilton cost him Hungary win
Mercedes chiefs are heading into the month-long summer break scratching their heads at how to deal with an escalating driver battle. Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo may have won in Hungary, ...
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