Archives of Month:  April 2015 - Page 3

Marko: Ricciardo on 'same level' as Vettel

Red Bull is happy with its current driver lineup, Dr Helmut Marko insists. The struggling team lost its quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel to Ferrari over...

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24 Apr 2015

Revamped Valencia could return to F1 calendar

Valencia could be set to return to the F1 calendar. The streets of the Spanish port city hosted five grands prix until 2012, but those...

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24 Apr 2015

Bottas not sure Williams can catch top teams

Valtteri Bottas has joined team engineer Rob Smedley in playing down Williams' chances of chasing down Ferrari in 2015. Team deputy Claire Williams admitted in Bahrain...

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24 Apr 2015

Verstappen feels 'respect' of F1 drivers

Max Verstappen says he is steadily earning the respect of his fellow F1 drivers. When the season began, the sport was collectively sceptical of...

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24 Apr 2015

Maldonado 'refused' to sit out Friday practice

Pastor Maldonado is refusing to budge as Lotus F1 attempts to accommodate 'Friday' driver Jolyon Palmer. In Chinese and Bahrain, Maldonado's race teammate Romain Grosjean sat...

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24 Apr 2015

Sainz: Sparks can 'dazzle' drivers

Not everyone loves F1's new sparks. Last year, also to beef up the safety of the cars, F1 decided to return to its spark-laden...

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24 Apr 2015

Merhi could focus on 3.5 title after Barcelona

Roberto Merhi will contest the forthcoming Spanish grand prix. That is the claim of the Spanish daily El Mundo Deportivo, reporting that Manor has...

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24 Apr 2015

Lauda: German GP demise good for Austria

Niki Lauda insists he has no sympathy for organisers of the now-defunct 2015 German grand prix. After a six-decade run for the key German...

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24 Apr 2015

Boullier: No title charge until 2017

It will be 2017 before McLaren is ready to charge for the title. That is the admission of team boss Eric Boullier, who said that...

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24 Apr 2015

ReSTART: TEAMWORK (04/10) - Sauber F1 Team documentary

Pre-season testing is not only important for the driver to get to know his race car. It is equally important to get comfortable with...

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24 Apr 2015

Marko accuses Mercedes of 'helping' Ferrari catch up

Dr Helmut Marko has accused Mercedes of actively helping Ferrari to catch the reigning world champions in 2015. According to Mercedes team chairman Niki Lauda,...

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24 Apr 2015

Renault is Red Bull's 'best chance' for success

Christian Horner on Thursday pinned Red Bull's hopes on the fate of its current engine supplier. For much of the season so far, the...

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23 Apr 2015

Montezemolo: CVC must act amid 'dangerous' F1 omens

Former Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo thinks formula one needs to urgently reform. And he said the onus is on the sport's "owners" - headed...

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23 Apr 2015

McLaren: Button didn't 'storm out' after Bahrain

McLaren has denied reports Jenson Button lost his temper with the team's situation after the Bahrain grand prix. The 2009 world champion had a horror weekend...

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23 Apr 2015

Lauda wants Hamilton deal by Spanish GP

Yet another deadline is now looming over the finalisation of Lewis Hamilton's 2016 contract -- Barcelona. "Everything will be fixed by the Spanish grand...

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23 Apr 2015

Vettel becomes F4 'patron' to back Schumacher son

Sebastian Vettel has become a patron of this year's Formula 4 series, the German newspaper Bild reports. The German junior single-seater category kicks off...

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23 Apr 2015

Lauda: Ferrari won't rattle engine strategy

Mercedes will not react to title rival Ferrari's engine allocation strategy. In Bahrain, the resurgent Ferrari team fitted the second of four allocated 'power...

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23 Apr 2015

Marko: No Red Bull comeback until 2015 F1 season end

Dr Helmut Marko has admitted the Red Bull-funded Austrian grand prix trophy will probably be passed into Mercedes' hands. The June race at the...

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23 Apr 2015

Wurz backs Sauber over engine cost limits

GPDA chief Alex Wurz has backed Sauber over the future direction of F1's engine rules. Former Williams driver Wurz, now chairman of the F1 drivers'...

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23 Apr 2015

Merhi looks set to keep Manor seat for now

Roberto Merhi looks set to hang onto his Manor seat at least for another race. While his F1 rivals take the weekend off, 24-year-old Merhi...

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23 Apr 2015

Raikkonen Wins At Suzuka From 17th On The Grid | Japanese Grand Prix 2005

Kimi Raikkonen remembers his victory for McLaren in the 2005 Japan GP in a video including all the best race footage from the race....

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23 Apr 2015

Hackett & Williams Martini Racing: The Coolest Pitstop

WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING is often credited with the best looking car on the grid. Now, thanks to new team partner Hackett, we have the...

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22 Apr 2015

Nico’s 2015 Bahrain GP Twitter Q&A

VIDEO: The 2015 #BahrainGP marked the 100th race in #F1 for Nico Rosberg​ in the Silver Arrows car! After the race, he took the...

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22 Apr 2015

Raikkonen considered quitting after 2014

Kimi Raikkonen considered returning to F1 retirement after his disastrous 2014 season, according to a Spanish sports daily. In Bahrain, the Finn bounced back...

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22 Apr 2015

Manager guarding Schumacher's privacy #keepfightingmichael

Michael Schumacher's manager is reportedly working hard to keep news about the health of her famous client quiet. Ever since the F1 legend and...

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22 Apr 2015

Rosberg admits he cannot hide bad moods

He is not giving up yet, but Nico Rosberg admits he could not hide his bad mood in Bahrain. A bad qualifying session left...

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22 Apr 2015

Toro Rosso helping Red Bull to end Renault crisis

Red Bull is looking to speed ahead -- with the help of its sister team, Renault and an Austrian partner called AVL. Right now,...

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22 Apr 2015

Boullier: McLaren improvement to be 'gradual'

Fernando Alonso left Bahrain expecting McLaren-Honda to make a "big step" for the start of the forthcoming European season. Having switched from the now-resurgent...

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22 Apr 2015

Hulkenberg not in talks with other teams yet

Nico Hulkenberg is settling in at his new "second home". The German headed straight from Bahrain, where he raced with the struggling Force India team,...

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22 Apr 2015

Sauber denies testing new Ferrari engine

Sauber has denied it ran Ferrari's next-specification engine during the 2015 winter test season. Following reports Ferrari is planning to introduce a new specification...

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22 Apr 2015