Jan.28 (GMM) This year’s Red Bull is probably the last 100 per cent Adrian Newey car, team boss Christian Horner has admitted. After Horner and his 2015 drivers met with the media on Tuesday, Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport said Horner put an actual percentage on the time Newey will spend on formula one from […]
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Vettel pondered F1 exit amid career crisis – Horner
Jan.28 (GMM) Before making the radical switch to Ferrari, Sebastian Vettel contemplated simply quitting formula one. That is the claim of Christian Horner, who as Red Bull team boss witnessed first-hand the German driver’s slide from four consecutive world titles to the struggles of 2014. Last year, Vettel notably struggled to adapt to the sport’s […]
Raikkonen becomes father
Jan.28 (GMM) Kimi Raikkonen has this week become a father. The Ferrari driver’s fiancee, Minttu, is quoted by Finnish newspapers including Lansi Savo and Iltalehti as saying on Wednesday: “The little one saw light of day in Switzerland yesterday. “He is healthy, measuring 51cm and weighing 3.7kg. “The parents are also well, happy and proud!” […]
Todt backs Ferrari to bounce back
Jan.28 (GMM) FIA president Jean Todt has backed his former team, Ferrari, to bounce back in formula one. Now in charge of the sport’s governing body, 68-year-old Frenchman Todt oversaw Ferrari’s revival from the slump of the mid-90s to the dizzying heights of the Michael Schumacher era. Today, Ferrari is in another period of turmoil […]
Renault says 2015 engine ‘very different’
Jan.28 (GMM) Red Bull’s engine supplier Renault says it has made big changes to its turbo V6 engine for the 2015 season. The French marque struggled as the new rules dawned last year, winning only three races compared to dominant Mercedes’ sixteen. It prompted big organisational changes at Viry-Chattilon and also major upgrades for the […]
McLaren to test 2015 car with black livery – report
Jan.28 (GMM) McLaren looks set to debut its Honda-powered 2015 car on Sunday with an all-black livery, according to the Spanish sports daily Marca. Late on Tuesday, photographs started doing the rounds on Twitter depicting team returnee Fernando Alonso equipped with his new Honda-branded white overalls. McLaren’s 2015 driver uniform, also sported by Jenson Button […]
Pirelli expecting ‘significant’ speed boost in 2015
Jan.28 (GMM) Pirelli boss Paul Hembery is expecting a much faster field of 2015. Last year, among the criticisms of F1’s all-new turbo V6 format was that laptimes took a slide in comparison to the popular and screaming V8s of the past. And Pirelli, F1’s official tyre supplier, took some of the blame. “Some teams […]
New Ferrari ‘better looking’ than 2014 car – Allison
Jan.28 (GMM) If aesthetics mean anything, Ferrari will have a better year in 2015. Last year, the F14-T – resembling a ‘vacuum cleaner’ according to some critics – was among the many cars of 2014 that sported an awkward look in deference to the sport’s new rules. Many of the responsible faces at Ferrari, having […]
F1 insider claims Force India ‘insolvent’
Jan.28 (GMM) The latest team in serious peril is Force India, according to an insider. The Silverstone based team announced on Wednesday that it is sitting out the first test of the 2015 pre-season at Jerez. The reasons for the decision have not been well explained, but technical boss Andrew Green has said it was […]
Force India to sit out Jerez test
Jan.28 (GMM) Force India has announced it will sit out the first winter test of 2015. It was already known that, having recently ‘launched’ the 2015 livery with a show-car featuring a new-style nose, the Silverstone based team would not test the VJM08 at Jerez beginning on Sunday. Initially, Force India planned to run the […]
Alonso ‘an alternative, not a priority’ – Wolff
Jan.27 (GMM) Talks to renew world champion Lewis Hamilton’s contract are finally looming, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has announced. The British driver’s current contract expires at the end of this year, and Wolff has already declared that Fernando Alonso and Valtteri Bottas are at the front of the queue should Hamilton not stay. Indeed, […]
Only Mercedes, Williams to test 2015 engine at Jerez
Jan.27 (GMM) Nine weeks after the 2014 finale, formula one is now counting down the mere days before the resumption of track action. The winter lull will soon be replaced by a spate of car unveilings and the sound of F1 2015, as the first official test of the new season begins at Jerez on […]
2015 revival could see Dinnington return for Manor
Jan.27 (GMM) If the former Marussia team survives the winter, it will have to house itself elsewhere. That is because Haas, F1’s new American entrant for 2016, has confirmed reports it has bought the Marussia facility in Banbury from the ailing team’s administrators. Haas denied, however, that it is the mystery investor that could revive […]
Sauber set for blue and yellow livery – report
Jan.26 (GMM) Sauber looks set to swap its white and grey livery for prominent blue and yellow for the 2015 season. That is the claim of the Portuguese-language publication Universo, claiming the Swiss team’s colour choice is in deference to new driver Felipe Nasr’s major backer Banco do Brasil. Last year, 22-year-old rookie Brazilian and […]
F1 should think again as ‘myth’ tracks disappear – Imola
Jan.26 (GMM) F1’s historic venues are struggling to write the next chapters of the sport. Germany looks set to fall off the 2015 calendar, and other traditional hosts like France and also Imola, the former Italian venue of the annual San Marino grand prix, are no longer represented. That is despite Imola’s Enzo e Dino […]
Rosberg predicts more Mercedes dominance
Jan.26 (GMM) Nico Rosberg has tipped another season of F1 superiority for Mercedes. Last year, as the turbo V6 era dawned, the German driver and his teammate, the new reigning champion Lewis Hamilton, duelled for the title in a battle rarely challenged by any rivals. And now, as the sport enters its second year under […]
Mexico on schedule for 2015 return
Jan.26 (GMM) Organisers of this year’s revived Mexican grand prix have announced they are on course to bounce back into formula one in November. The country has been missing from the calendar since 1992, but the very same Hermanos Rodriguez circuit in Mexico City is currently being rejuvenated for its 2015 return. “The demolition of […]
F1 on track for engine change after 2016
Jan.26 (GMM) F1 is on course for a sharp change of direction after 2016. Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene is calling for a “revolution” on the technical front, as Bernie Ecclestone also looks to spice up the sport’s speed and sound just a year after the all-new turbo V6 era dawned. Renault, also trailing behind F1’s […]
Renault wants to halve gap to Mercedes in 2015
Jan.26 (GMM) Boss Cyril Abiteboul has admitted Renault was about 60 horse power down on dominant 2014 title winners Mercedes last year. “We estimate the gap between our engine and that of Mercedes at the end of the season to be about 60 horse power,” he revealed to the broadcaster Canal Plus. But Renault and […]
Hamilton signs with music PR agency
Jan.24 (GMM) World champion Lewis Hamilton has replaced one entertainment-based management agency with another, British newspapers the Daily Mail and Telegraph report. In November, despite not yet negotiating a new Mercedes contract beyond 2015, the Briton split with Spice Girls-famed Simon Fuller’s XIX Entertainment. The 30-year-old, whose girlfriend is Nicole Scherzinger, has never hidden his […]