Mercedes is being touted as the early 2014 favourite, but Ferrari is reportedly also ahead of the game as F1’s new V6 era dawns. The German-language Speed Week reports that, ...
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F1 ‘not much quicker’ than GP2 in 2014 – Button
Jenson Button thinks GP2, F1’s second-tier support series, will run the premier category close for pace in 2014. As the sport’s all-new energy-recovery and V6 turbo-powered era kicked off at ...
Read More »Honda to fill financial void at McLaren – report
Honda will fill any financial void at McLaren, after the great British team unveiled its new silver and black MP4-29 without replacing departed title sponsor Vodafone. We reported recently that ...
Read More »Prodromou has called off Red Bull exit – report
Peter Prodromou may not move to McLaren after all. McLaren signed Red Bull’s highly-rated aerodynamics chief late last year, but the reigning world champions insisted that Prodromou’s full contract be ...
Read More »McLaren ‘wing suspension’ causing a stir
The first technical rows of 2014 are well underway. It had already emerged that the FIA is unhappy with some of the radical nose solutions, with one camp of teams ...
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 »McLaren confirms Boullier as ‘racing director’
As was widely predicted, Lotus’ newly-departed team boss Eric Boullier has moved to McLaren. The great British team announced the news on Wednesday, just as Jenson Button finally gave the ...
Read More »Lotus in ‘contact’ with Whitmarsh – source
Deposed McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh could switch to Lotus for 2014, an insider has confirmed. Lotus’ former chief, Eric Boullier, is the hot favourite to replace Whitmarsh at Woking, even ...
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