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Flavio Briatore has also committed to a pay cut in the wake of the financial difficulties endured by Renault for their F1 operations. The Italian team boss has therefore taken the example of 2-time world champion Fernando Alonso, who has already agreed to a 35% cut ...
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The International Automobile Federation (FIA) is looking into the potential involvement of McLaren's team boss Martin Whitmarch in the lie-gate. According to several media reports late yesterday, it seems the World Motor Sport Council has requested tapes from the ...
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The sponsorship deal between Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Brawn GP could have gone the wrong way in the very Saturday of the Australian Grand Prix. Shortly after clinching pole position – and leading Brawn's 1-2 in the qualifying session – Button went ...
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Renault have decided to use their Kinetic Energy Recovery System on a race-to-race basis. The Enstone-based team revealed they will power their R29s with the aforementioned unit only when the track will require them to. Renault are therefore the second F1 ...
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Rosberg Eyes Top 8 in ChinaF1Less than a week before the Chinese Grand Prix, Nico Rosberg is nothing but hopeful of a good result at Shanghai. Although he only scored half-of-point at Sepang – after previously leading the race for most of the first part – Rosberg showed optimism ahead of the Chinese race. His main argument was that the car's behavior on tracks like the ones at Shanghai – featuring a mixtures of corners and long straights all-together – improved through the winter. With the team bettering the FW31's performances on technical tracks, Williams' chances of scoring consistent points this season are now higher. “Shanghai's a driver's track. There's a great mix of corners and then there are those two long straights so plenty of overtaking opportunities around the lap ... >> Read more |
BMW Sauber are reportedly working on introducing their Kinetic Energy Recovery System into Robert Kubica's car. Until now, only teammate Nick Heidfeld has competed on a KERS-powered F1.09, as the increased weight of the unit – transferred into loss of ballast ...
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Ferrari's design and development consultant Rory Byrne said he expects the FIA International Court of Appeal to rule out the use of different-interpreted rear diffuser designs introduced by the “diffuser three”, Brawn GP, Toyota and Williams F1. The Ferrari ...
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Jarno Trulli expects Toyota to be one of the front-runners in the upcoming Chinese Grand Prix, considering the momentum they've managed to build during the previous 2 races. Toyota have managed to podium places in the last 2 grands prix, with both drivers managing ...
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After advising both Lewis Hamilton and his father Anthony not to leave McLaren-Mercedes in the wake of the lying saga this month, 3-time Formula 1 champion Sir Jackie Stewart insisted Ross Brawn should not consider making the British ace an offer to join Brawn GP. ...
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F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone admitted he is thinking more and more at reinstalling the North American continent on the Formula 1 calendar. Following immense pressure from all car makers inside the sport to return to what is known as world's most favorable market ...
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FIA race director Charlie Whiting revealed Lewis Hamilton apologized to him privately for lying to the Australian stewards regarding the incident between him and Jarno Trulli in the late laps of the Melbourne race. Hamilton also promised the FIA official he would never ...
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Felipe Massa and Adrian Sutil have finally decided to join the Grand Prix Drivers Association. According to an interview given by GPDA chairman Pedro de la Rosa to British publication Autosport, the two drivers are now part of the organization that’s aimed to ...
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It appears McLaren's former sporting director Dave Ryan will not be obliged to appear before FIA's World Motor Sport Council on April 29th. Ryan parted ways with the Woking based team only days after the lie-gate hit the headlines earlier this month and is ...
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Team USF1 are reportedly considering to apply for FIA's standard Cosworth engines in 2010. The news came via the British magazine Autosport, who reported that part-owner Peter Windsor considers the Cosworth option more suitable to his team than closing a deal with ...
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Sir Jackie Stewart is definitely on McLaren's side when it comes to the lie-gate saga. Not that he doesn't agree with the obvious fact that Lewis Hamilton and the British team have done a terrible job lying to the Australian stewards, but the 3-time world champion ...
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Ross Brawn insisted the diffuser saga was not detrimental to the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA), for which he is currently holding technical responsibilities. Although several teams have protested the famous double-decker diffuser set up by Brawn GP on their ...
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Renault's 2008 challenger did not make it through this year's “roadshow” in Dubai. The event was organized under the French manufacturer patronage and was aimed to boost Formula One's popularity among the United Arab Emirates fans.
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Lewis Hamilton refused to admit he deliberately let Jarno Trulli pass him under Safety Car during the closing laps of the Australian Grand Prix. The news was unveiled by British magazine Autosport and refers to the second stewards' hearing following the Melbourne ...
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Both Ferrari and Red Bull Racing are to be subject to an official check by FIA's Technical Working Group following concerns raised by Williams F1 Team regarding their 2009 aerodynamic package. The Grove based team addressed the TWG shortly before the Australian ...
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The Malaysian Grand Prix officials have revealed they will push for a new time schedule for the upcoming F1 event in 2010. Following this year's chaotic race, rain-shortened and “twilighted” all together, the Sepang organizers will look for an earlier ...
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