Germany is only on this year’s formula one calendar because Bernie Ecclestone waived the Nurburgring’s usual race fee. That is the claim of Bild newspaper, referring to that circuit’s financial ...
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Brawn hits back at test-gate rivals’ ‘spin’
Ross Brawn has hit back at Red Bull’s “spin”, after the reigning world champions said sitting out the young driver test next month will not hurt Mercedes. At the end ...
Read More »McLaren must not ‘lose’ 2014 season too – Perez
McLaren must not ‘lose’ another whole season by bungling the development of its next car, new team driver Sergio Perez has warned. The young Mexican joined the Woking based team ...
Read More »Michelin not ruling out F1 return
Michelin has not denied rumours it might be shaping up to succeed F1’s increasingly frustrated and out-of-favour official tyre supplier Pirelli. Indeed, some reports have even hinted that the French ...
Read More »Illegal test threat only a joke – Marko
Dr Helmut Marko has said he was only joking when he suggested Red Bull might boycott the young drivers test and use its race drivers at a private test. On ...
Read More »Mercedes not found guilty of rule breach – Lauda
Mercedes was not found ‘guilty’ of breaking the rules, Niki Lauda insists. The German team has been banned from the forthcoming young drivers test at Silverstone, and was officially reprimanded ...
Read More »No ‘level playing field’ in F1 for Marussia
Marussia is not racing on a “level playing field”, team chief executive Graeme Lowdon has told the Guardian newspaper. It emerged earlier this year that F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone decided ...
Read More »Ferrari ‘disappointed’ to be dragged into Mercedes defence
Ferrari has admitted it is “disappointed” to have been used as part of Mercedes’ defence as the German team escaped from the test-gate scandal with a light penalty. Before the ...
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