A cold, grey and rainy morning has dawned in Montreal, where across the bridge to the Il Notre Dame this weekend’s Canadian grand prix will be held. After a pleasant ...
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Mercedes targets 10pc budget cut for 2011
Mercedes is reportedly considering a 10 per cent cut to its formula one budget. According to the well-known French commentator Jean-Louis Moncet, the German marque’s board of directors met on ...
Read More »Red Bull not close to perfecting F-duct – report
Several more races could pass before Red Bull is ready to race a McLaren-style F-duct system. The Austrian team tested an early prototype of the downforce-stalling concept during the practice ...
Read More »Alonso welcomes news of Massa’s new contract
Fernando Alonso has welcomed the news that his current teammate Felipe Massa will be staying at Ferrari at least until the end of 2012. It had been rumoured that the ...
Read More »Still no Friday practice plans for Virgin’s Soucek
Virgin still has no plans to give its test and reserve driver Andy Soucek some laps on the Friday of a grand prix weekend. We reported in April that the ...
Read More »Mercedes should not supply more F1 teams – Brawn
Ross Brawn does not think Mercedes should supply any more formula one teams with customer engines. According to France’s Auto Hebdo, the German marque’s board met on Monday and discussed ...
Read More »Time short for F1’s Turkey-Canada turnaround – report
F1 teams had little time between Turkey and Canada to prepare their cars and then transport them to Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder said the spanner ...
Read More »Fittipaldi to be F1 steward in Canada
Emerson Fittipaldi will be the race steward presiding alongside the three FIA officials at this weekend’s Canadian grand prix. 63-year-old Brazilian Fittipaldi won his two F1 world championships in 1972 ...
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