Recent championship leaders Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton disagree about the likely direction of the 2010 season. After winning the Turkish and Canadian grands prix in the wake of Red ...
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USF1 auction raises $1.4m for creditors
The auction of the abortive formula one team USF1’s assets has raised $1.4 million. With a queue of creditors to pay off, the entire contents of the American outfit’s Charlotte ...
Read More »Sauber will not use BMW KERS system in 2011
Sauber will not use the technology that already exists at its Hinwil headquarters when KERS systems return to formula one next year. At a meeting of technical bosses last weekend ...
Read More »Bigger Lotus salaries led to Force India exodus
The promise of more money motivated a swathe of key people to defect to Lotus. That is the claim of Otmar Szafnauer, chief operating officer of the Force India team. ...
Read More »Kubica not supportive of ‘proximity wing’ proposal
Robert Kubica is the first formula one personality to oppose plans for ‘proximity wings’ in 2011. After a meeting in Canada last weekend, teams agreed that drivers should next year ...
Read More »Brawn denies blocking Red Bull from Mercedes power
Ross Brawn claims he was mistranslated in suggesting Mercedes should not supply engines to Red Bull next year. The Italian magazine Autosprint quoted Brawn, Mercedes GP’s team principal, as saying ...
Read More »Webber backs gearbox change over conspiracy theories
Mark Webber is not promoting any of the conspiracy theories after losing his championship lead in Canada last week. After their infamous Turkey crash, the Australian qualified ahead of his ...
Read More »No concrete talks for 2011 return yet – Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve has admitted he is not yet in talks with any teams about making a return to formula one. The French Canadian, who came close to driving for the ...
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