Jun.4 (GMM) A sexual assault matter involving Kimi Raikkonen will not affect Ferrari’s deliberations about his contract for 2019. That is the news from Sergio Marchionne, the Ferrari and Fiat president. Last week, it emerged that Raikkonen had filed a police complaint for harassment and blackmail, after a Montreal waitress accused him of sexually assaulting […]
Month: June 2018
Ickx backs Vandoorne to become ‘number 1’ driver
Jun.4 (GMM) Jacky Ickx has backed fellow Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne to eventually become a ‘number 1’ driver in formula one. 73-year-old Ickx, who won 8 grands prix during his career until 1979, said Vandoorne has struggled to shine amid McLaren’s obvious problems in the past two years. “The time that passes never comes back, but […]
Rumour – Alfa Romeo shaping up to buy Sauber
Jun.4 (GMM) Sauber looks to be moving ever closer together with Ferrari. Already Ferrari-powered, the Swiss team is this year being title sponsored by Alfa Romeo, which like Ferrari is a Fiat Chrysler brand. It was already conspicuous that Sauber’s new technical boss, replacing the ousted Jorg Zander, will be Simone Resta, who until now […]
Honda tipped to make 40hp step in Canada
Jun.4 (GMM) Honda will take “a considerable step” this weekend in Canada. Like most of the engine manufacturers, the Japanese carmaker will bring an updated ‘power unit’ specification to the Montreal race. Rumours suggest Honda’s step forward will be as much as 40 hp. “I don’t know the exact numbers. I think it’s better to […]
Ferrari working to ‘unbalance’ championship – boss
Jun.4 (GMM) Maurizio Arrivabene says he wants to “unbalance” the world championship starting this weekend in Canada. The Italian, who is the notably reticent team boss at Ferrari, referred to the fact that so far in 2018, the top three teams also including Mercedes and Red Bull have each won two races apiece. It is […]
Williams wins race as F1’s slowest bill payer
Jun.1 (GMM) Williams has emerged as the F1 team that pays its bills the slowest. Also struggling on track in 2018, the once-great British team takes an average of 20 days past the due date before it settles outstanding invoices, the business insights company Dun and Bradstreet found. But interestingly, it was the much bigger-budget […]
Ricciardo better than Verstappen – Villeneuve
Jun.1 (GMM) Daniel Ricciardo is a better driver than his Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen. That is the claim of Jacques Villeneuve, the always outspoken 1997 world champion. Verstappen, 20, is having an error-strewn 2018 season, but while boss Christian Horner says he needs to “reset”, he backed the young Dutchman to eventually bounce back. […]
Mallya steps down as Force India director
Jun.1 (GMM) Vijay Mallya has stepped down as a director of his own formula one team. A filing at the UK’s Companies House shows that the Indian’s directorship of his team Force India was terminated last Thursday. “According to the British press, Mallya leaves the board of directors due to the need to focus on […]