Amid all the noise and criticism surrounding Pirelli’s approach to formula one, the Italian marque has won the backing of Bernie Ecclestone. Many drivers, experts, pundits and teams – and ...
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Webber signs five-year Porsche deal – report
Mark Webber has signed a five-year deal to switch from formula one to Le Mans-style sports car racing from 2014. That is the claim of Radio Le Mans, citing information ...
Read More »Alonso, Hamilton would also ignore orders – Horner
Christian Horner has defended Sebastian Vettel, arguing that Mark Webber has also ignored team orders and that champions do not succeed by being “submissive”. Now more than a week after ...
Read More »Vettel ‘surprised by his own brutality’ – the fallout
The victim of Sebastian Vettel’s decision to ignore his team’s instructions, Mark Webber predicted on Sunday that Red Bull would “protect” its triple world champion “as usual”. But that might ...
Read More »McLaren apologises for Webber’s ECU glitch
McLaren has apologised for an electronic glitch that affected Red Bull’s Mark Webber during the Australian grand prix. After the Australian driver had a bad start in Melbourne and also ...
Read More »ECU glitches could be Red Bull’s fault – Whitmarsh
McLaren has hit back at arch-rival Red Bull’s claims that the British team was responsible for Mark Webber’s troubles in Melbourne. After Webber had a terrible start and then KERS ...
Read More »Vettel’s ‘Hungry Heidi ate the tyres’ – report
After a winter of disintegrating Pirellis, Lotus’ Kimi Raikkonen was the kindest to the tyres in Melbourne, and the Finn duly won. “For me, making two stops was impossible,” Ferrari’s ...
Read More »Horner criticises McLaren for ECU troubles
At the end of a nightmare weekend for McLaren, Red Bull’s Christian Horner added the final insult. Briton Horner, boss of McLaren’s arch-rival, blamed the Woking based team for Mark ...
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