Former team boss Flavio Briatore has slammed the new face of formula one. The 63-year-old Italian, absent from F1 in the wake of the ‘crashgate’ scandal, said he watched the ...
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De la Rosa wants to step down as GPDA chief
Pedro de la Rosa wants to step down as president of the F1 drivers’ association, the GPDA. Speed Week said the Ferrari reserve driver’s decision became clear last weekend in ...
Read More »Ecclestone admits 2014 could be last as F1 supremo
Bernie Ecclestone has admitted 2014 could be his last at the helm of formula one. And he insists that is not because of the Gerhard Gribkowsky corruption scandal, that if ...
Read More »Honda duo to ‘observe’ at 2014 races – report
Almost unnoticed in the Albert Park paddock last weekend strolled two Japanese with very big plans. Speed Week correspondent Mathias Brunner reports that Yasuhisa Arai, Honda’s new F1 boss, and ...
Read More »New Ferrari engine too heavy – report
One of Ferrari’s main problems is that its all-new 2014 engine is overweight. That is the claim of the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport, who said customers Sauber and ...
Read More »Engine makers must make F1 loud again – Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone says it is up to F1’s three engine suppliers to make the sport loud again. “They made them quiet, now they can make them loud again,” the F1 ...
Read More »FIA sides with fuel flow supplier
The supplier of F1’s mandatory new fuel flow sensor has distanced itself from the Red Bull cheat controversy. The reigning world champion team pointed a clear finger of blame at ...
Read More »Sauber patient amid slow-moving Russian deal
Sauber insists its Russian rescue deal remains on track. Originally set to feature the teen Sergey Sirotkin on the 2014 grid, talk of the Swiss team’s Russian buy-in has now ...
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