World champion Sebastian Vettel is copping some of the blame for the small crowd at Hockenheim last weekend. After buzzing atmospheres and big crowds in Canada, Austria and Silverstone, the ...
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‘Fric’ storm exits F1 with a whimper
As quickly as the ‘Fric’ storm swept into the paddock, it left with barely a whimper. “It changed nothing,” said Niki Lauda, chairman of the Mercedes team that supposedly would ...
Read More »Alonso urges Raikkonen to ‘improve’
Fernando Alonso has urged teammate Kimi Raikkonen to “improve”. Spaniard Alonso has utterly dominated his fellow former champion at Ferrari since the Finn returned to the Maranello team for 2014. ...
Read More »F1 left to muse reasons for small Hockenheim crowd
Elsewhere in Germany on Sunday, the Nurburgring hosted an event called the ‘Truck Grand Prix’. Watching the unwieldy trucks from the grandstands were about 100,000 excited spectators — about twice ...
Read More »Vettel admits new fuel gave no boost in Germany
New fuel did not give Red Bull the boost it was hoping for in Germany, world champion Sebastian Vettel has admitted. Pre-Hockenheim, it was reported the new blend supplied by ...
Read More »Rivals considered protesting Hamilton brake switch
Two top teams have admitted they considered lodging a protest against Mercedes at the German grand prix. With the ‘Fric’ controversy now in the past, the issue that rankled behind ...
Read More »Massa has ‘no fear’ of rising star Bottas
Felipe Massa insists his F1 career is not being put in the shadow by a new star. The warring Mercedes duo aside, the undoubted star of the last three races ...
Read More »Schu might return home this summer – report
Michael Schumacher might soon continue his rehabilitation at home, according to the Swiss newspaper Sonntagsblick. After six months in a coma, the seven time world champion was recently transferred from ...
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