Dec.29 (GMM) Korea has been removed from the latest 2015 calendar issued by F1’s governing body. Insiders were initially stunned early in December when next year’s schedule featured an unprecedented 21 grand prix dates and the return of a race in unpopular South Korea. Korean organisers played down the inclusion and even Bernie Ecclestone admitted […]
Hamilton wins European sportsman award
Dec.29 (GMM) Lewis Hamilton has taken home yet another plaudit after winning his second drivers’ title in 2014. A coveted award in Europe is the Polish press agency’s Sportsman of the Year, in which 18 similar sports news services cast their votes. In 2014, it is Mercedes driver and Briton Hamilton who secured the prize […]
Verstappen debut ‘an insult’ – Villeneuve
Dec.22 (GMM) Jacques Villeneuve says the forthcoming debut of F1’s youngest ever race driver Max Verstappen is “an insult”. Just a year out of karts, 17-year-old Verstappen has been signed to drive for Red Bull’s junior F1 team Toro Rosso in 2015. The outspoken 1997 world champion told Italy’s Omnicorse: “Should I tell you the […]