Archives of Month:  April 2013 - Page 6

2013 Chinese Grand Prix F1 Race Results

Event: Chinese F1 Grand Prix Track: Shanghai International Circuit Weather: Dry Track temperature: 27°C Air temperature: 20°C Wind Speed: 7.7 mps Wind direction: North-East Air Pressure:...

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14 Apr 2013

Marko says Webber fuel conspiracy is nonsense

Dr Helmut Marko has given short shrift to F1's latest conspiracy theory. Inevitably, after Mark Webber ran out of fuel in qualifying and was...

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14 Apr 2013

Raikkonen: Red Bull's 2014 F1 season interest flattering

Kimi Raikkonen has hinted moving to Red Bull could be an option for 2014. Rumours are swirling in the Shanghai paddock that the Finn,...

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14 Apr 2013

After Chinese F1 GP pole, Wolff hints Brawn might stay

Toto Wolff has played down suggestions Ross Brawn is definitely set to leave Mercedes. Earlier, Wolff - the Brackley based team's new director and...

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14 Apr 2013

F1 rumours hint at Sauber sponsor news

A rumour in the Shanghai paddock is hinting Sauber has secured a major new sponsor. Veteran correspondent for Blick newspaper, Roger Benoit, said an...

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14 Apr 2013

Felipe Massa: Lost quali against Alonso not important

Felipe Massa has played down being outqualified by his teammate Fernando Alonso in China. Had Brazilian Massa earned a better grid position than his...

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14 Apr 2013

Ecclestone tips Ferrari to win 2013 Formula 1 Championship

Bernie Ecclestone has tipped Ferrari to win the 2013 title. "I think they are much better this year," the F1 chief executive told Italy's...

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14 Apr 2013

Webber: from Multi-21 to the back of the F1 grid

With the 'Multi-21' affair still in recent memory, Mark Webber's woes went from bad to the back of the grid in China. While teammate...

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14 Apr 2013

Toto Wolff: Lauda's team orders ban stance unclear

Niki Lauda's suggestion that Mercedes has simply scrapped team orders was misinterpreted, fellow team figure Toto Wolff insists. Lauda, team chairman and shareholder, expressed...

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14 Apr 2013

Wolff hints Lowe will be Brawn's successor

Toto Wolff, Mercedes' new director and shareholder, has given the strongest indication yet that Paddy Lowe will soon arrive at the team. Briton Lowe...

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14 Apr 2013

Bahrain police fire on F1 protesters

Just a week before F1 action will kick off in Bahrain, the situation in the island Kingdom is worsening. AFP news agency said police...

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14 Apr 2013

F1 Pitstop with helmet camera F1 mechanic

Pit stop footage of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton in the

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13 Apr 2013

McLaren targets Spanish F1 GP for better times

Apr.13- McLaren is now looking ahead to May's Spanish grand prix, admitting it is still far from pulling out of its crisis. "If we...

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13 Apr 2013

Pirelli: F1 contract uncertainty must end soon

Pirelli is reportedly not ruling out withdrawing from formula one if the current uncertainty about the future continues. That is the claim of the...

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13 Apr 2013

Lauda backs Vettel's ruthless attack on multi-21 saga

Niki Lauda has backed Sebastian Vettel, after the reigning world champion laid bare his ruthlessness in the wake of the 'Multi-21' team orders affair....

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13 Apr 2013

Berger has doubts about Rosberg's killer instinct

Gerhard Berger is unsure Mercedes' Nico Rosberg has the "killer instinct" to be world champion. In the wake of the 'Multi-21' affair, where reigning...

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13 Apr 2013

Qualifying results 2013 Chinese F1 Grand Prix

Event: Chinese F1 Grand Prix Track: Shanghai International Circuit Weather: Dry Track temperature: 39°C Air temperature: 27°C Wind Speed: 3.2 mps Wind direction: West Air Pressure:...

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13 Apr 2013

Feisty Vettel says Webber deserved to lose F1 race

The 'Multi-21' affair stepped up another notch on Thursday, as a feisty Sebastian Vettel withdrew his apology to teammate Mark Webber. "My apology was...

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13 Apr 2013

Kimi Raikkonen not denying Red Bull F1 rumours

By refusing to deny them, Kimi Raikkonen has only fuelled rumours he is being lined up by Red Bull to replace Mark Webber in...

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13 Apr 2013

Lewis Hamilton back at work after Shanghai allergy

Lewis Hamilton was back at work with Mercedes on Friday. On Thursday, the 2008 world champion sat out his media, sponsor and team commitments...

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13 Apr 2013

Fernando Alonso: Massa's form a huge drama

Fernando Alonso eased the heat on Sebastian Vettel in China by driving away from his theory the German might have been to blame for...

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13 Apr 2013

Clean-shaven Button wants McLaren F1 to shave off tenths

Jenson Button, whose face is normally covered in designer stubble, walked through Shanghai's paddock gates unusually clean-shaven. It is surely to mark McLaren's new...

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13 Apr 2013

Niki Lauda: Mercedes also scraps team orders

Like Red Bull, Mercedes has also scrapped team orders in the wake of the recent Malaysian grand prix. Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber's already...

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13 Apr 2013

No emotion as Adrian Sutil returns to China F1 GP on top form

The last time Adrian Sutil was in China, he was involved in a nightclub altercation that almost ended his formula one career. It was...

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13 Apr 2013

Kevin Magnussen is new McLaren reserve F1 driver

McLaren has a new reserve driver twitching on the bench in China. Last year, the famous British team signed up promising 20-year-old Kevin Magnussen....

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13 Apr 2013

Schumacher signs long term Mercedes contract

Michael Schumacher has signed a long-term ambassadorial deal with Mercedes, and will help his former F1 employer with 'safety and comfort systems'. "I am...

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13 Apr 2013

Toto Wolff: Mercedes must win a F1 championship soon

Mercedes must win a title, new director and shareholder Toto Wolff insists. Alongside Niki Lauda, Wolff has swept into the Brackley based team with...

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13 Apr 2013

Lap times 3rd practice 2013 Chinese F1 Grand Prix

Event: Chinese F1 Grand Prix Track: Shanghai International Circuit Weather: Dry Track temperature: 35°C Air temperature: 26°C Wind Speed: 2.9 mps Wind direction: West Air Pressure:...

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13 Apr 2013

Nice guys do not win F1 Drivers Championship

The big victim of the 'Multi-21' affair has been Sebastian Vettel's image. Previously the British humour-cracking and Beatles-loving 'Mr Nice Guy', the triple world...

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13 Apr 2013

Hamilton sits out Thursday with allergy

Lewis Hamilton was absent on Thursday as the rest of the formula one world congregated at the Shanghai circuit. Mercedes said the 2008 world...

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12 Apr 2013