F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has slammed the sport’s brave new era, saying the Jerez test this week proves the radical 2014 rules have produced “a total farce”. “Look at ...
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Schumacher ‘blinked’ as doctors move to end coma
Michael Schumacher has “blinked” and is “responding to simple instructions”. Those are the latest unofficial developments to emerge from the Grenoble hospital, after the F1 legend’s manager confirmed reports doctors ...
Read More »Brembo brakes made a billionaire
F1 braking made one Italian a billionaire. That is the claim of the financial news agency Bloomberg, revealing that Brembo chief Alberto Bombassei made his fortune by dominating the F1 ...
Read More »Grenoble doctor confirms Schumacher awakening reports
There is substance to widespread reports doctors are now trying to wake Michael Schumacher from his month-long induced coma. The seven time world champion’s manager Sabine Kehm played down the ...
Read More »FIA’s Whiting says ‘clever’ Lotus nose is ‘legal’
Lotus’ innovative double-pronged nose solution for 2014 has been declared legal by the FIA’s Charlie Whiting. The solution is even clearly assymetrical, apparently only to slip through a loophole in ...
Read More »McLaren ‘wing’ suspension raises eyebrows at Jerez
Unseemly nose solutions are attracting all of the obvious attention early in 2014. But, behind the scenes, engineers are far more interested in what is lurking at the rear of ...
Read More »Red Bull supplier Renault admits early 2014 ‘problem’
Renault, engine supplier to reigning world champions Red Bull, has admitted it has kicked off F1’s radical new V6 era with a significant problem. “Obviously we do (have a problem),” ...
Read More »Ecclestone pushing for ‘double points’ in three races
Bernie Ecclestone has written a letter to F1’s eleven teams, arguing that the controversial new ‘double points’ rule should be extended to the final three races of the season. Three ...
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