The FIA’s new super licence points system would even have locked Michael Schumacher out of F1. Apparently reacting to the controversial debut this year of 17-year-old Max Verstappen, the sport’s ...
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Alonso ‘more adaptable’ than Raikkonen – Fry
Fernando Alonso is more adaptable than Kimi Raikkonen and better able to cope with a difficult car. That is the claim of Ferrari’s recently-ousted technical chief Pat Fry, musing the ...
Read More »FIA to reconsider Honda ‘freeze’ ruling – report
The FIA could be set to rethink its decision to leave Honda outside of the new engine development ‘unfreeze’. A loophole in the existing rules will allow 2014 suppliers Ferrari, ...
Read More »Haas basing F1 team on ‘Nascar’ approach
The collapse of Marussia and Caterham may be the definite end of an era in formula one, according to the sport’s newest team entrant. American Gene Haas, basing his 2016 ...
Read More »FIA super licence ‘points system’ emerges
The FIA has devised a points system as part of its clampdown on the ease of achieving an F1 super licence. With Max Verstappen set to debut this year at ...
Read More »‘Annoyed’ Honda to meet FIA over engine freeze
Honda is “annoyed” it has been left out of the relaxation of the F1 engine freeze for 2015. After Ferrari and Renault championed a loophole in the regulations, the governing ...
Read More »End of the line nears for dying backmarkers
Caterham and Marussia are nearing the end of the line as other teams move preparations for the 2015 season into high gear. With just 26 days until the winter test ...
Read More »Mercedes set for 50hp engine boost in 2015 – report
Delaying a start-of-season engine ‘freeze’ may be nowhere near enough for Mercedes’ rivals to catch up in 2015. Although the rule ‘loophole’ championed by Ferrari and Renault will now allow ...
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