Month: March 2018

Mar.1 (GMM) F1 could have three new grands prix in 2019. Auto Motor und Sport reports that Liberty Media is working on deals with Vietnam, Miami and Argentina. “The circuits are already in the process of approval by the FIA,” said correspondent Michael Schmidt. The report said the Vietnamese venue is a street circuit in […]

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Mar.1 (GMM) Valtteri Bottas says he will focus on his driving rather than “psychological games” in order to beat Lewis Hamilton in 2018. The Finn joined Mercedes at the eleventh hour prior to last season, and although he secured a new deal for 2018, Bottas was clearly outpaced by champion Hamilton. Now, his quest is […]

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Mar.1 (GMM) Gunther Steiner has played down hopes F1 might head to Bahrain for winter testing next year. With uncharacteristic snow falling in Barcelona, the ten teams failed to agree unanimously to extend this week’s first test. “It’s hard to imagine two of us agreeing, let alone ten,” said Steiner, the Haas team boss. Many […]

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Mar.1 (GMM) Eric Boullier says he would not be satisfied if McLaren merely returns to the podium in 2018. 2015-2017 was a Honda-powered nightmare for the British team, but hopes are higher following the switch to customer Renault engines. However, McLaren has had early troubles in Barcelona testing, and Renault has begun the new year […]

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Mar.1 (GMM) Brendon Hartley says there is no sign of the sort of three-year horror that McLaren endured with Honda so far in 2018. With McLaren and Honda divorcing, the Japanese supplier has now switched to Toro Rosso, and everything so far is apparently hunky dory. Team boss Franz Tost told Speed Week: “First of […]

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Mar.1 (GMM) F1 teams can survive and thrive with half of their current budgets. That is the claim of F1 sporting boss Ross Brawn, who according to Auto Motor und Sport is planning to present the teams with Liberty Media’s plans for the future within the first half of this season. “We could have a […]

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