Bernie Ecclestone thinks formula one needs to act now to prevent a downward trend of unpopularity. Before qualifying in Hungary, amid a climate of paddock doom about dwindling spectator and ...
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Wolff denies Mercedes will punish Hamilton
Toto Wolff has dismissed suggestions Mercedes will sanction Lewis Hamilton for ignoring team orders in Hungary. Although it was potentially explosive, the German team closed ranks after the incident but ...
Read More »‘Hired to race’ not obey team orders – Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton has hit back at suggestions he was wrong to ignore team orders during Sunday’s Hungarian grand prix. Niki Lauda, who after Hamilton’s qualifying fire had cheered the Briton ...
Read More »Cool Rosberg admits Hamilton cost him Hungary win
Mercedes chiefs are heading into the month-long summer break scratching their heads at how to deal with an escalating driver battle. Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo may have won in Hungary, ...
Read More »Hamilton angling for new EUR 90m contract – report
Lewis Hamilton is angling for a pay-rise at Mercedes, the major German newspaper Bild-Zeitung reports. The big ‘silly season’ rumour in Hungary last weekend was about Hamilton’s silver-coloured seat beyond ...
Read More »Raikkonen eyes ‘better’ Ferrari for 2015
Kimi Raikkonen was looking ahead to 2015 rather than seeing Sunday’s Hungarian grand prix as the start of an immediate Ferrari revival. After an uncompetitive first half of 2014, the ...
Read More »Mercedes to rethink team orders after Hamilton defiance
Mercedes has moved to put the intensifying battle between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg behind closed doors. “Corporate answer,” boss Toto Wolff smiled late on Sunday, when the extent of ...
Read More »New war erupts between F1 teams and media
Lewis Hamilton versus Nico Rosberg is not the only raging battle in formula one. Red Bull’s Christian Horner lost his temper with “the negativities” being spread by journalists during the ...
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