Despite quietening in recent days, the flexible front wing saga could be set to ramp up once again. McLaren and Mercedes figures said after Spa-Francorchamps two weeks ago that, with the FIA now employing tougher scrutineering tests, they thought Ferrari’s and particularly Red Bull’s wings were flexing less visibly in Belgium. But Germany’s Auto Motor [...]
Joan Villadelprat insists he is not giving up on bringing his Spanish Le Mans team Epsilon Euskadi into formula one. After the FIA said on Wednesday it has decided to leave the 13th team entry vacant for now, Jacques Villeneuve said his partnership with Italian outfit Durango will now try to enter the sport by [...]
Jacques Villeneuve on Wednesday said he has not given up on heading his own formula one team in 2011. Earlier in Paris, the FIA ruled that neither Villeneuve’s collaboration with Italian racing outfit Durango, or the Spanish applicant Epsilon Euskadi, had satisfied the requirements for the vacant 13th place on next year’s grid. “Now we [...]
McLaren has modified the floor of its 2010 car to conform to new floor flexibility tests introduced this weekend at Monza. Ironically for the British team, the FIA devised the new tests amid shrill complaints about the allegedly flexible Red Bull and Ferrari cars. “The new offset load test is a little challenging,” admitted Tim [...]
Ferrari is not happy with F1′s reported plans for a four-cylinder, 1.6 litre turbocharged engine formula for the 2013 season and beyond. It emerged this week that the broad outline of the sport’s future rules has been essentially decided and agreed by the majority of the teams. According to Italy’s Autosprint, the famous Ferrari outfit [...]
Red Bull will not stop Adrian Newey from contesting amateur motor racing events, team boss Christian Horner has revealed. Early last month, the team’s highly respected designer and technical chief was hospitalised after crashing during a Ginetta support race at Snetterton. The 51-year-old escaped serious injury but was subject to suggestions that a highly paid [...]
The likelihood of imminent ‘number 1′ status for Mark Webber has taken a backwards step. After the Australian moved further ahead of Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel in Belgium two weeks ago, he suggested the time might be nearing for the team to put its eggs in the Webber basket. However, the 34-year-old has a [...]
Ferrari had a tough race at Spa-Francorchamps but could be set for a stronger showing this weekend, according to team boss Stefano Domenicali. The Italian team, whilst trying to recover its championship deficit, brought updates for its F10 car to Belgium two weeks ago that resulted in a backwards step in terms of competitiveness. Domenicali [...]
Ferrari will write off the 2010 season if the team does not secure a good result at Monza. That is the announcement of the famous Italian marque’s F1 boss Stefano Domenicali, referring to Fernando Alonso’s 41 point gap to the championship leader with just six races left to run. “Should Monza go really badly and [...]
Sebastian Vettel is learning from his mistakes, according to Red Bull team boss Christian Horner. The 23-year-old German’s title chances this year have been dented by a series of setbacks, including driver errors. The latest was his crash into Jenson Button two weeks ago at Spa-Francorchamps, triggering a wave of criticism about his readiness to [...]
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The price for customer teams of Mercedes’ 2011-specification
