Plans for a New York street race were foiled by financial backers that pulled out, Bernie Ecclestone has revealed. A second American grand prix, in New Jersey but amid the ...
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McLaren to ‘respect contracts’ in hunt for star driver
A week before Monza, which is always a hotbed of rumours, the notorious F1 ‘silly season’ is looking uncharacteristically uncertain. Speculation is usually rife around the time of the Italian ...
Read More »Prost sure Renault can bounce back in 2015
Alain Prost is confident Renault can bounce back in 2015. As the new ‘power unit’ rules took effect this season, Mercedes has utterly dominated its turbo V6 rivals Renault and ...
Read More »Button admits F1 retirement possible after 2014
Jenson Button has admitted for the first time that he might be forced to “retire” at the end of 2014. As McLaren and Honda look ahead to their new works ...
Read More »Vettel to get another new chassis for Monza
Sebastian Vettel is set to drive his third new chassis of the 2014 season, after suffering more mysterious handling problems in Belgium last weekend. As the extent of the reigning ...
Read More »Mercedes chiefs resolve to ‘cool hot heads’
Mercedes chiefs have resolved to cool the simmering feud between title-warring teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. Germany’s Bild newspaper reports that when the pair – who collided during the ...
Read More »Mattiacci ‘confirms’ 2015 lineup yet again
Marco Mattiacci has repeated his claim that Ferrari is keeping its driver lineup for 2015. At Spa, the British broadcaster Sky made waves when it quoted the Maranello team’s chief ...
Read More »Vettel made ‘many mistakes’ in 2014 – Webber
Mark Webber’s honest clarity has been missed from the formula one paddock in 2014. Amid the typical PR-speak, the Australian – having left Red Bull and the paddock for semi-retirement ...
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