The Crimean crisis has thwarted sponsor talks between Russian companies and Sauber, the Swiss formula one team admitted. Sauber’s well-known financial troubles eased last year when a ‘Russian rescue deal’ ...
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‘Trumpets’ will get F1 sound close to V8s – report
‘Megaphone’ exhausts will get this year’s turbo V6s half-way to the volume of the popular V8s of last season. At the post-race Spanish grand prix test next week, Mercedes will ...
Read More »Small teams want mid-season car spec ‘freeze’
F1’s smallest teams have proposed a mid-season development freeze to cut costs from 2015. After the powerful ‘Strategy Group’ teams recently vetoed plans for a budget cap, the FIA told ...
Read More »Renault losing patience with late-paying F1 teams
Renault on Friday said it is losing patience with some of its F1 team customers. The French supplier’s F1 chief Jean-Michel Jalinier revealed to reporters in Barcelona that more than ...
Read More »Ecclestone meets Gribkowsky at Munich trial
F1’s most familiar face was missing on Friday as the sport practiced in Barcelona. That is because, more than 1000 kilometres away, F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone was in a ...
Read More »Alonso jokes Raikkonen struggle ‘no surprise’
Fernando Alonso could not resist a mischievous joke on Thursday when asked about teammate Kimi Raikkonen’s struggles so far in 2014. Finn Raikkonen has struggled notably at Ferrari since returning ...
Read More »Red Bull keeping ‘pressure’ on Renault – Horner
Christian Horner insists Red Bull is not giving up on the 2014 title. Many, however, believe Mercedes’ advantage to be so great early this season that even powerful rivals like ...
Read More »Button doubts Mercedes’ rivals can win in 2014
Toto Wolff has entered the Spanish grand prix weekend predicting that Ferrari could be Mercedes’ biggest challenger over the entire 2014 season. But what about Red Bull? Many believe the ...
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