Jun.17 (GMM) Robert Kubica’s sponsor is not ruling out a change of teams for the struggling Polish driver. Of the ten teammate pairings in 2019, no gap is greater gap than the one between Kubica and his impressive rookie teammate […]
Todt plays down Vettel penalty controversy
Jun.17 (GMM) Jean Todt has played down the controversy about the penalty that cost Sebastian Vettel victory in Canada. Vettel was livid after the Montreal race, and Ferrari is looking into presenting enough evidence for a “review” of the stewards […]
F1 ‘not always boring’ – Alonso
Jun.17 (GMM) Fernando Alonso has denied that Formula 1 is boring. The mercurial Spaniard quit F1 at the end of last year, and McLaren boss Zak Brown says there is no room at the Woking team for Alonso in 2020. […]
McLaren plays down 2020 F1 return for Alonso
Jun.17 (GMM) Zak Brown has all but ruled out a return to McLaren for Fernando Alonso. The McLaren supremo says the team is happy with its current race drivers, Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz. “Lando has not made a rookie […]
Zandvoort plans spectacular corner banking for Dutch GP
Jun.17 (GMM) Zandvoort is hoping to incorporate a spectacular banked corner in its Formula 1 circuit layout for the 2020 Dutch GP. In 2005, the Michelin tyres struggled to cope with Indianapolis’ famous 9 degree banked corner at that year’s […]
Red Bull quiet on 2021 involvement at Le Mans
Jun.17 (GMM) It is “too soon” to say what involvement Red Bull will have at the top level of the world endurance championship in the future. New rules for the series including Le Mans have been announced for 2021, in […]
Vettel ‘even stronger’ after Canada GP – Binotto
Jun.17 (GMM) Mattia Binotto says Sebastian Vettel will “emerge even stronger” from the Canada GP penalty controversy. Last week, Ferrari dropped its intention to simply appeal the German driver’s lost victory, and vowed instead to push for a “review” of […]
Marko rules out MotoGP test for Verstappen
Jun.17 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko has ruled out a MotoGP test for Max Verstappen. Marko said recently that MotoGP supremo Carmelo Ezpeleta would react faster than Liberty Media in addressing Mercedes’ utter dominance. Verstappen agrees, declaring to De Telegraaf: “I […]
Ferrari concept change will take ‘weeks’
Jun.17 (GMM) Mattia Binotto says it will take Ferrari “two or three upgrades” before the Italian team can take on Mercedes at every track. Notwithstanding Sebastian Vettel’s controversial penalty, the German driver beat Lewis Hamilton on the track in Canada. […]
Pirelli design issue should be fixed – Binotto
Jun.17 (GMM) Mattia Binotto has joined Red Bull in calling for Pirelli to change its tyre design. Last week, outspoken Red Bull official Dr Helmut Marko suggested Pirelli had favoured Mercedes with the 2019 tyre design that he says only […]
Teams sign agreement to lock in budget cap
Jun.14 (GMM) The finalisation of the highly contentious 2021 regulations has been officially delayed until the end of October. Earlier, the strict deadline for the publication of the technical, sporting and financial regulations for the post-Concorde Agreement period was June. […]
Marko invited MotoGP boss to run F1
Jun.14 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko has admitted he urged MotoGP boss Carmelo Ezpeleta to announce his candidacy to replace Chase Carey as CEO of Formula 1. 73-year-old Ezpeleta is CEO of Dorna Sports, the commercial rights holder of the two-wheeled […]
Albon reveals he is a ‘practicing Buddhist’
Jun.14 (GMM) Alexander Albon has admitted he is a “practicing Buddhist”. Although he was born and lives in London and has a British accent, the Toro Rosso driver has a Thai mother and he races under the flag of Thailand. […]
Giovinazzi eyes ‘solutions’ to 2019 struggle
Jun.14 (GMM) Antonio Giovinazzi says he is focused on improving his situation. Of the 20 drivers on the grid, it is Robert Kubica at Williams and Giovinazzi at Alfa Romeo who are struggling the most in comparison to their respective […]
Kubica ‘patient’ amid F1 comeback crisis
Jun.14 (GMM) Robert Kubica says he is being “patient” amid his struggle for form on his return to F1. Of the teammate pairings on the grid, no driver has struggled more than the Pole in comparison to the occupant of […]
Review could mean bigger Vettel penalty – Wolff
Jun.14 (GMM) Ferrari will not appeal Sebastian Vettel’s Canada GP time penalty, but the Italian team is looking into another way to re-claim the race win. “We have withdrawn our intention to appeal and are evaluating the right of review,” […]
Early budget cap figure a ‘compromise’ – Brawn
Jun.13 (GMM) The world of F1 is in Paris on Thursday for a crisis meeting about the 2021 rules. The draft regulations began to do the rounds last weekend in Montreal, but it quickly emerged that the teams are still […]
Karting now physically harder than F1 – Grosjean
Jun.13 (GMM) Romain Grosjean says even go-karting is now more physically difficult than racing in Formula 1. In Canada last weekend, five time world champion Lewis Hamilton said F1 used to be “a man’s sport”. “Sometimes you do these races […]
French GP aims for no traffic chaos in 2019 – Boullier
Jun.13 (GMM) Ticket sales for next weekend’s French GP are reportedly 50 per cent down on last year. It could be because of the traffic chaos of 2018, when Paul Ricard returned to the F1 calendar. But Eric Boullier, the […]
Not enough support for tyre change – Marko
Jun.13 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko has admitted he cannot get enough support to force Pirelli to change its controversial tyres. The Red Bull official has now played down his earlier comments, in which he hinted Pirelli designed its 2019 tyres […]