Austria’s new place on the F1 calendar is secure, Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed. After the A1-Ring last held a grand prix in 2003, Red Bull’s Dietrich Mateschitz bought the Spielberg ...
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Mercedes still troubled by Montreal glitch
Mercedes’ reliability worries are not over. In Canada, Lewis Hamilton failed to finish, while Nico Rosberg nursed his ailing W05 to just second place as the otherwise utterly dominant German ...
Read More »Todt admits some F1 teams may not survive
Jean Todt has admitted some F1 teams are in danger of bowing out. Despite the impressively rejuvenated Red Bull Ring, an air of slight melancholy has gripped the F1 paddock. ...
Read More »Mercedes battle rages on Red Bull turf
Since buying the defunct A1-Ring in 2004, Red Bull’s Dietrich Mateschitz has ploughed a quarter of a billion euros into the Austrian grand prix, the local Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper claims. ...
Read More »Renault ‘definitely’ 2015 engine supplier – Marko
Red Bull will “definitely” be powered by Renault in 2015, Dr Helmut Marko insists. Reports emerged at the scene of the reigning world champions’ new home race on Friday that ...
Read More »Wolff sells 5pc Williams stake
Williams has a new co-owner. Ever since he bought into Mercedes and became the Brackley squad’s team boss, Toto Wolff has been looking to sell his 15 per cent Williams ...
Read More »Ecclestone to ‘comply with’ Hockenheim contract
Bernie Ecclestone has played down the threat to Hockenheim’s future on the F1 calendar. The track’s current contract is for a race this July, and then again in 2016 and ...
Read More »‘Silly season’ yet to hit highest gear
The ‘silly season’ is yet to hit its highest gear in 2014. Two early protagonists, Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton, spent time on Thursday dismissing the rumblings about their respective ...
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