Mercedes’ debut of a Red Bull-like blown exhaust layout in Valencia recently “backfired”, team chief executive Nick Fry has admitted. The Brackley based team has struggled to move forwards with ...
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Senna to return to HRT race seat in Germany
Bruno Senna will return to the wheel of his HRT car at Hockenheim in two weeks. The new Spanish team has replaced the Brazilian at Silverstone with reserve driver Sakon ...
Read More »Money not reason for Senna ousting – sources
Sources at the HRT team have denied Bruno Senna was dropped due to considerations about money. Well-funded Japanese driver Sakon Yamamoto is in team regular Senna’s car at Silverstone, and ...
Read More »Mercedes must improve F1 simulations – Lauda
Mercedes’ problem in 2010 is not the tyres but the team’s simulation techniques, according to Niki Lauda. It has been said the German team is puzzled by the current Bridgestone ...
Read More »Frank Williams not retiring
Sir Frank Williams insists he is not retiring. The 68-year-old’s British team announced at Silverstone that former chief executive Adam Parr is taking over as chairman from founder, boss and ...
Read More »No US GP certainty for ‘weeks and months’ – Todt
It will not be known for “weeks and months” whether a United States grand prix will be held in Austin, according to FIA president Jean Todt. An unnamed official at ...
Read More »Full HRT race seat decision due at Silverstone
It is not yet clear if Bruno Senna has permanently lost his HRT race drive. The struggling Spanish team’s boss Colin Kolles told reporters at Silverstone late on Thursday that ...
Read More »Sauber undecided about KERS in 2011
Sauber has not decided whether or not to run KERS in 2011. With the car weight limit increasing next year and the weight distribution to be fixed, Force India’s chief ...
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