Dr Helmut Marko has slammed a “paranoid” Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff for trying to spoil F1’s charge towards faster cars for 2017. It is Wolff who has been leading ...
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Bottas to keep approach despite Hamilton crash
Valtteri Bottas insists he will not alter his racing style, even though he crashed with reigning champion Lewis Hamilton in Bahrain. The Finn had to serve a drive-through and see ...
Read More »F1 must not repeat ‘erratic’ quali decisions – Wolff
With the third round of the season now looming, F1 is heaving a collective sigh of relief that the hated ‘musical chairs’ qualifying is now gone. “There was simply too ...
Read More »Mercedes asks parent for new clutch design
F1’s reigning world champion team Mercedes has appealed to its carmaker parent Daimler to stave off a threat posed by 2016 title rival Ferrari. In Australia two weeks ago, both ...
Read More »Ecclestone agrees with drivers over governance
Bernie Ecclestone on Thursday joined forces with F1 drivers who are complaining about the governance of the sport. Sections of the media had interpreted the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association’s rare ...
Read More »F1 Commission asked to approve quali axe
Eyes will now turn to the F1 Commission, after team bosses voted unanimously to scrap the new ‘musical chairs’ qualifying format before Bahrain. “I think the F1 Commission will listen ...
Read More »Alonso thanks FIA after horror crash
Fernando Alonso escaped with little more than a sore knee after a terrifying crash during the Australian grand prix. “I’m fine,” he told Spanish reporters after checking out of the ...
Read More »Bosses call for new qualifying to be scrapped
Leading figures in formula one are calling on the sport to scrap the new ‘musical chairs’ qualifying format after the woeful spectacle of Melbourne. The eleventh-hour format tweak was controversial ...
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