An explosive conversation with Mercedes director and Williams co-owner Toto Wolff was “secretly recorded” by a former F1 team boss. That is the claim of the German newspaper Bild. Correspondent ...
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‘Stupid’ to turn down F1 due to young age – Sirotkin
Sergey Sirotkin, Sauber’s next race driver, insists he must jump at the chance to enter formula one next year, despite his young age. Not yet 18, news that struggling Swiss ...
Read More »A flurry of F1 announcements on Tuesday morning
A stream of announcements flowed out of formula one teams’ press offices early on Tuesday. Marussia announced not only that it will switch from Cosworth to Ferrari power for 2014 ...
Read More »New teammate identity ‘does not matter’ – Vettel
World champion Sebastian Vettel insists it “does not matter” who is selected by Red Bull to replace the departing Mark Webber in 2014. The German has previously admitted he would ...
Read More »Alonso not complaining amid Pirelli tyre shakeup
Fernando Alonso has refused to criticise the sequence of mid-season changes to the construction of Pirelli’s 2013 tyres. Before Silverstone, F1’s Italian supplier wanted to drop its steel-belted construction in ...
Read More »‘Too many cooks’ working for Mercedes – Lowe
Paddy Lowe insists he is not worried Mercedes will spoil its technical progress by having ‘too many cooks’ in the design office. Even prior to the former McLaren technical director ...
Read More »Brawn expecting many engine failures in 2014
Ross Brawn is expecting the 2014 season to be characterised by failures. After years of engine regulation stability, the sport is undergoing an enormous technical shakeup at present ahead of ...
Read More »Honda denies plans for 2014 Honda test car
Honda has categorically denied reports it will build a test car in order to get track running of McLaren’s 2015 engine off to an early start. We reported last month ...
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