Ferrari is paying a dear price for its geographical location, according to Flavio Briatore. Last month, former Benetton and Renault chief Briatore said the fabled Maranello team should consider relocating ...
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Mercedes says Honda has 2015 ‘advantage’
Honda has an advantage in being able to concentrate exclusively on 2015. That is the claim of Andy Cowell, who is the engine boss for F1’s dominant Mercedes team. This ...
Read More »Engine makers get to work on louder F1
F1’s engine manufacturers will focus their attention on the exhaust pipe as they work on spicing up the sound of the turbo V6 engines. Unhappy with the milder noise of ...
Read More »Mercedes fixes flaw in Hamilton’s failed engine
The part that caused Lewis Hamilton’s retirement in Australia was worth less than a single euro. Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport reports that the only issue with the British driver’s ...
Read More »Red Bull confident of winning fuel flow appeal
Former F1 team owner and boss Paul Stoddart has tipped Red Bull to win its appeal against Daniel Ricciardo’s Melbourne disqualification. In a complex ruling, Ricciardo’s car was excluded after ...
Read More »Ferrari race ahead with consumption, cooling – reports
Mercedes is being touted as the early 2014 favourite, but Ferrari is reportedly also ahead of the game as F1’s new V6 era dawns. The German-language Speed Week reports that, ...
Read More »Williams confirms ‘long term’ Mercedes deal
Williams on Thursday announced a “long-term” engine deal with Mercedes, beginning in 2014. The great British team is currently powered by Renault’s V8 engine, but – as F1 switches to ...
Read More »F1’s V6 future sounds ‘sweet’ – Mercedes
The sound of F1’s future is not as loud, but nonetheless “sweet”. That is the claim of Mercedes’ formula one engine boss Andy Cowell, as he welcomed reporters to the ...
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