Niki Lauda has used an expletive to describe the quality of the cars produced by Mercedes’ grandee rivals in 2014. The F1 legend is the chairman of the Mercedes team, ...
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Hamilton sensed a safety car conspiracy
Euphoric at Silverstone two weeks ago when he pulled the gap back to just 4 points, Lewis Hamilton’s mood dimmed once again on Sunday as he deficit blew back out ...
Read More »Lauda slams Williams for fudging Susie Wolff ‘PR move’
Niki Lauda has criticised Williams, in the wake of female driver Susie Wolff’s Friday morning appearances at Silverstone and Hockenheim. Wolff’s Silverstone outing was short-lived due to technical trouble, but ...
Read More »Mercedes slams ‘unacceptable’ Brembo failure
Mercedes has slammed as “unacceptable” the failure of Lewis Hamilton’s Brembo brand brake disc during qualifying at Hockenheim. The big crash in Q1, leaving the Briton winded and with bruised ...
Read More »Mercedes ‘already negotiating’ with Hamilton
With Nico Rosberg all signed up for the future, Mercedes’ attention is now turning to the occupant of its other silver seat. “Yes,” the Brackley team’s boss Toto Wolff told ...
Read More »Ecclestone plays down F1 buy-back reports
Bernie Ecclestone has played down suggestions he is set to buy back formula one. F1 business journalist Christian Sylt claims the sport’s biggest shareholder, CVC, is already committed to selling ...
Read More »F1 world nervous about Russian GP
It’s being murmured rather than shouted, but the world of F1 is undoubtedly worried about the looming Russian grand prix. The sport, scheduled to fly into Sochi for the very ...
Read More »Alonso talks down Ferrari’s ‘big hope’ for better 2015
Fernando Alonso sounds underwhelmed, having been told of Ferrari’s bold plans to push him to the very front of the grid in 2015. As arguably the best driver in F1, ...
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