Niki Lauda has played down the effect the removal of the complex ‘Fric’ system will have on F1’s dominant team. The triple world champion is also the F1 chairman at ...
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Mercedes to remove ‘Fric’ for Hockenheim
Mercedes will remove the complex ‘Fric’ system from its dominant F1 car ahead of next weekend’s German grand prix. The FIA surprised the entire world of F1 this week by ...
Read More »Dominant Mercedes to lose ‘extreme’ Fric advantage
Lewis Hamilton left Silverstone without making a single comment to the media after testing on Wednesday. He might have been advised to steer a wide course around the ‘Nico Rosberg ...
Read More »Whiting slams Lauda for race delay criticism
F1 race director Charlie Whiting has hit back at Niki Lauda, after the Mercedes team chairman slammed as “ridiculous” the delayed British grand prix. “The chances of it happening again ...
Read More »Whiting plays down grid restart fears
F1 race director Charlie Whiting has played down concerns about next year’s grid restarts. “We (drivers) all pretty much disagreed (with the proposal) as far as I am aware,” Red ...
Read More »FIA vows to ease driver penalties
A big talking point in Austria on Thursday was the continuing feud between Felipe Massa and Sergio Perez. The pair crashed and ended their Canadian grand prix in hospital, where ...
Read More »Anti-Perez conspiracy theory ‘nonsense’ – Whiting
Force India smells a rat, after Sergio Perez was penalised for a terrifying crash at the end of Sunday’s Canadian grand prix. As they tussled for fourth on the last ...
Read More »Whiting moves to stop Monaco-style qualifying sagas
Charlie Whiting wants to prevent a repeat of the Monaco qualifying scandal. Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have fallen out spectacularly, after Hamilton accused his Mercedes teammate of making a ...
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