F1’s reigning champions Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull have broken ranks and slammed the new ‘double points’ finale. Germany’s Sport Bild reports that Red Bull voted against the highly controversial ...
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World champion Vettel to become father
Sebastian Vettel is set to celebrate his meteoric F1 success with the ultimate prize — fatherhood. Multiple authoritative German media sources on Tuesday, including the Bild-Zeitung newspaper and the Bunte ...
Read More »Drivers to play bigger role in 2014 – Alonso
Fernando Alonso hopes F1 drivers have a bigger role to play next year, as the wave of radical new regulations hit the 2014 grid. This year, as Pirelli’s heavily degrading ...
Read More »Vettel factor weighed in Webber’s quit decision
Mark Webber has admitted Red Bull’s desire to please his former teammate Sebastian Vettel contributed to his decision to quit F1. The pair shared a fractious relationship at the team, ...
Read More »Red Bull confirms two testers Buemi, da Costa
Red Bull on Friday confirmed reports it has signed up two test drivers for the 2014 season. We reported last Tuesday that incumbent Sebastien Buemi, and newcomer Antonio Felix da ...
Read More »Hamilton tells Ricciardo to ‘attack’ Vettel
Lewis Hamilton has advised Daniel Ricciardo to “attack” his high-profile teammate from the very first corner of 2014. As a rookie in 2007, Briton Hamilton was paired at McLaren with ...
Read More »Webber’s performance ‘shocking’ in 2013 – Schumacher
Michael Schumacher has described Mark Webber’s performance alongside dominant world champion Sebastian Vettel this year as “shocking”. Schumacher, Vettel’s German compatriot, mentor and friend, said that if any driver is ...
Read More »Haug doubts Mercedes can break Vettel dominance
Norbert Haug, the former Mercedes competition boss, has bad news for the hopeful German marque. To now be headed by Paddy Lowe, Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda, Mercedes is bullish ...
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