Mercedes is preparing to show off a louder engine note during the Spanish grand prix weekend. Early this week, team chief Toto Wolff revealed that one proposed solution to the ...
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Mercedes rules out ‘taxi driving’ in Barcelona
Mercedes has played down the issue of team orders ahead of this weekend’s Spanish grand prix. After Bahrain, where Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg thrilled spectators with their unfettered wheel-to-wheel ...
Read More »Russian GP ‘unrealistic’ amid Crimean crisis
An unofficial asterisk is still hovering above this year’s inaugural running of the Russian grand prix. Earlier, F1 legend and Mercedes team chairman Niki Lauda dismissed suggestions the sport should ...
Read More »Red Bull tells rivals to ‘shove Mercedes star’
Reigning world champions Red Bull have told Mercedes to “shove that three-pointed star”. Last week, Mercedes argued in Paris that rival Red Bull’s appeal against the Melbourne disqualification actually deserved ...
Read More »Lauda gave Hamilton ‘money can’t buy’ reward
Niki Lauda gave Lewis Hamilton a ‘money can’t buy’ reward for securing his first-ever F1 hat-trick — a ride on his own private jet. “I told him ‘If you win, ...
Read More »‘Pressure effect’ is Vettel’s new challenge – Massa
Sebastian Vettel has “forgotten” how to drive something other than the best car in the field. That is Niki Lauda’s view, as the entire world of F1 contemplates the reigning ...
Read More »McLaren feeling Whitmarsh effect – Lauda
McLaren is going through a ‘Whitmarsh’ effect, according to F1 legend Niki Lauda. Just two weeks ago in Bahrain, Jenson Button said the only quicker car in the field was ...
Read More »‘Focused’ Hamilton on charge for title – Lauda
Niki Lauda couldn’t resist a jibe at rivals Ferrari on Sunday after the botched chequered flag incident near the end of the Chinese grand prix. Because an official waved the ...
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