Pirelli is considering buying a new F1 test car from one of the teams. Already frustrated by the lack of testing opportunities, and the teams’ collective reluctance to help, F1’s ...
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Marko hails Kvyat’s ‘big balls’
Daniil Kvyat has made an immediate impression on his bosses. The Russian teen has been signed as the Red Bull-bound Daniel Ricciardo’s 2014 replacement at the energy drink company’s second ...
Read More »Alonso would have won title for Lotus – Villeneuve
1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve thinks Fernando Alonso would have won this year’s title at the wheel of the 2013 Lotus car. The French Canadian told the Spanish sports daily ...
Read More »Lotus hopes for Quantum deal ‘next week’
Lotus insists the team’s 35 per cent sale to Quantum remains on track, even though the investment group missed its latest deadline set by chief Mansoor Ijaz. Ijaz had said ...
Read More »Ferrari duo say 2014 car ‘difficult to drive’
The next generation of F1 car could be very difficult to drive, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa said on Thursday. Insiders say the transition between the V8 era and ...
Read More »Kovalainen responds to Briatore criticism
Heikki Kovalainen has responded to his former manager Flavio Briatore, after the Italian claimed Lotus should not have signed him. Drafted in to replace the injured Kimi Raikkonen for the ...
Read More »Offer to buy embattled Nurburgring rejected
One step forward, and one step back: the German automobile club ADAC is no longer in the running to buy the embattled Nurburgring. We reported last week that 2013 race ...
Read More »Alonso to respond to Montezemolo rating ‘on the track’
Fernando Alonso has opted not to respond to his boss Luca di Montezemolo, after the Ferrari president gave the driver “eight out of 10” for his 2013 season. Earlier, Alonso ...
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