Bernie Ecclestone has hit back at criticism of F1’s new ‘Strategy Group’. The decision-making group features only six of the sport’s eleven competing teams — powerful Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull ...
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Lotus hits back after Renault pay claims
Lotus team owner Gerard Lopez has hit out at Renault, after the F1 engine supplier revealed some of its customers are behind in payments. Although Renault chief Jean-Michel Jalinier’s comments ...
Read More »Vettel ‘working for his money’ in 2014 – Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo is enjoying the moment as he shows a clean pair of heels to F1’s reigning quadruple world champion. Early in 2014, Red Bull’s fresh-faced newcomer Ricciardo settled in ...
Read More »Ecclestone, Gribkowsky ‘battled for F1 control’ – witness
Bernie Ecclestone and Gerhard Gribkowsky clashed over “control” of formula one. That was the testimony on Wednesday offered in court by investigative author Tom Bower, who in 2011 wrote a ...
Read More »Mattiacci’s silence ‘deafening’
Marco Mattiacci is officially the lowest-profile team boss in F1, two respected correspondents have declared. Just ahead of the Chinese grand prix last month, Stefano Domenicali quit Ferrari, with president ...
Read More »Megaphone exhaust ‘didn’t work – Rosberg
F1’s supposed ‘sound problem’ is going back to the drawing board, following the track debut of the Mercedes ‘megaphone’. At the post-Spanish grand prix test in Barcelona on Wednesday, the ...
Read More »Vettel’s old chassis was ‘bent’ – report
The chassis used by Sebastian Vettel in the first four races of 2014 was bent, according to Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport. The reigning quadruple world champion notably struggled alongside ...
Read More »F1 gets first look and sound of Merc ‘megaphone’
The world of F1 will hear Mercedes’ ‘megaphone’ exhaust for the first time early on Wednesday. The first images of the metre-long, trumpet-like attachment have already emerged, and one of ...
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