F1’s dominant championship leader Lewis Hamilton will try to play “mind games”, according to former teammate Jenson Button. Amid the dominance of their Mercedes car, Briton Hamilton, the 2008 world ...
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F1 eyes Scudamore to replace Ecclestone
A source at F1 owners CVC have named Richard Scudamore as an ideal successor to the sport’s embattled chief executive Bernie Ecclestone. With 83-year-old Ecclestone fighting for his future and ...
Read More »Brabham dies at 88
Triple world champion and F1 legend Sir Jack Brabham has died. The Australian, who won the titles in 1959, 1960 and – uniquely whilst driving for his own team – ...
Read More »‘Something wrong’ with original chassis – Vettel
Sebastian Vettel has admitted there was “something wrong” with his original 2014 chassis. After Barcelona, where the German impressed at the wheel of Red Bull’s winter testing monocoque, it was ...
Read More »Renault admits teams could run out of engines
Some Renault-powered F1 drivers could run out of engines later in 2014, the French supplier has admitted. Renault chief Rob White said the French marque’s recovery from its early-season struggle ...
Read More »Turning up F1’s volume ‘absurd’ – Minardi
Gian Carlo Minardi has slammed as “absurd” F1’s efforts to turn up the volume of the new turbo V6 engines. Mercedes fitted an unseemly, trombone-shaped exhaust to its car at ...
Read More »Lauda furious as Red Bull drop name from F1 circuit
Niki Lauda has hit out at Red Bull for dropping his name from a corner at the returning Austrian grand prix venue. Now called the Red Bull Ring, the former ...
Read More »Pirelli could ease new ‘conservative’ approach
Pirelli has admitted it may ease its newly conservative approach to formula one. Initially tasked by Bernie Ecclestone to spice up the racing action, the Italian marque endured an horrific ...
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