Mercedes is pushing to appear at next week’s young driver test, despite its FIA ban as a result of the ‘test-gate’ scandal. The German team initially accepted the Silverstone ban, ...
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Tyre crisis deepens as drivers threaten boycott
F1’s tyre-gate saga has taken another dramatic twist, as drivers formally threaten to boycott the German grand prix. The Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA), led by Ferrari tester Pedro de ...
Read More »Alonso says no driver boycott in Germany
Fernando Alonso has played down the chance of a driver boycott this weekend at the Nurburgring. Earlier, the Ferrari driver’s teammate Felipe Massa would not rule out the possibility drivers ...
Read More »Domenicali backs Alonso, Ferrari car getting ‘worse’
Stefano Domenicali has refused to rebuke Fernando Alonso for questioning the lagging development of Ferrari’s 2013 car. Spaniard Alonso qualified tenth but finished the British grand prix in third place, ...
Read More »Heat on Pirelli after tyre-exploding British GP
F1’s intense heat on Pirelli only got hotter on Sunday, as the British grand prix took place amid shards of exploding tyre rubber. Lewis Hamilton, just one of four drivers ...
Read More »Vettel unaware of 36-point title lead
World champion Sebastian Vettel claims he does not know what his points margin is at the top of the 2013 championship, or that Fernando Alonso is his main title rival. ...
Read More »F1 ‘a bunch of politics’ – Castroneves
Three-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves has slammed formula one for being “all politics”. “F1? It’s a bunch of politics,” he told Forbes magazine. “It’s all politics. “Every sport has ...
Read More »Raikkonen delivers punchy quote after Perez run-in
Kimi Raikkonen has delivered another punchy quote to his legions of fans, after his run-in with Sergio Perez in the Monaco grand prix. Furious about being run into by the ...
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