Archives of Month:  May 2015 - Page 8

Ferrari quietly extends Marlboro deal

May 14 - Tobacco giant Philip Morris has quietly extended its sponsorship deal with Ferrari, the Bloomberg news agency reports. Even though the red...

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14 May 2015

Nasr says no Sauber upgrades yet

May 14 - Felipe Nasr is expecting Sauber to suffer at the next few races. Early in 2015, the Brazilian rookie emerged as a...

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14 May 2015

Marko's 'exceptional juniors' pile pressure on Kvyat

May 13 - Toro Rosso's "exceptional" drivers are free to race their counterparts in the senior Red Bull team. That is the news of...

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14 May 2015

Ecclestone against Michelin return

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has admitted that he is not keen on tyre suppliers Michelin returning to the sport. The French company shared...

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14 May 2015

Rosberg happy if Hamilton signs new deal

May 13 - Nico Rosberg says he is happy if Lewis Hamilton stays at Mercedes beyond 2015. After a long period of negotiation and...

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14 May 2015

Candidates line up for Force India role

May 13 - The candidates are lining up to be Force India's official reserve driver. "We are looking," confirmed deputy team boss Bob Fernley....

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14 May 2015

CVC's Mackenzie to attend crucial F1 summit

May 13 - Even the normally low-profile Donald Mackenzie and Jean Todt are looking ahead to Thursday's critical meeting of the powerful Strategy Group....

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14 May 2015

Briatore facing jail over tax fraud

May 13 - Flavio Briatore could face four years in jail over alleged tax fraud. Five years ago, Italian police seized the former Renault...

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14 May 2015

Report: Gutierrez 'had meeting' with Haas

May 13 - Esteban Gutierrez appears to be in pole position to head the new Haas team's driver lineup next year. According to Italy's...

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14 May 2015

Michelin pushing for F1 return

May 13 - Michelin has confirmed its interest in returning to formula one. Italy's Autosprint reported that the former F1 tyre supplier could go...

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14 May 2015

Rosberg: ‘I believe in myself’

Nico Rosberg has insisted that he was confident a victory was just around the corner before his success in the Spanish Grand Prix. Rosberg’s...

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13 May 2015

Introducing Alex Lynn, one of Britain's brightest F1 prospects

WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING Development Driver Alex Lynn, has his first test for Williams in the FW37 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona today....

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13 May 2015

Marko: Audi could prevent Red Bull exit

May 12 - Audi could stop Red Bull from quitting formula one. That is the sensational claim of the former world champion team's Austrian...

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12 May 2015

Alonso defends Button after 'negative' slip

May 12 - Fernando Alonso has defended his teammate Jenson Button, after the British driver let his positivity slip after the Spanish grand prix....

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12 May 2015

Ferrari criticised for Barcelona test lineup

May 12 - The only team missing from the post-race Barcelona test this week is Manor. "There is nothing to test," Britain's Times newspaper...

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12 May 2015

Teams survived FIA fuel flow checks

May 12 - Teams escaped the ire of F1's governing body following a spate of post-race fuel systems checks after the Spanish grand prix....

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12 May 2015

Jorda says McLaren 'impatient' with Honda

May 12 - Carmen Jorda, the female development driver for Lotus, says she has heard whispers of discord at McLaren-Honda. Spaniard and former GP3...

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12 May 2015

McLaren wants helmet 'tear-off' rethink

May 12 - McLaren has called on F1 to consider a rule tweak about the disposal of drivers' helmet visor tear-offs. The Honda-powered team...

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12 May 2015

Horner :Red Bull 'drivers not our problem'

May 12 - Christian Horner has leapt to the defence of Red Bull's drivers. Amid the Renault-powered former champions' deep crisis, team official Dr...

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12 May 2015

Prost: F1 cars 'too complicated' now

May 12 - Alain Prost, once nicknamed 'The Professor' in F1 for his famously intellectual approach to racing, has admitted the sport is now...

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12 May 2015

Lauda: Mercedes to change pitstop philosophy

May 12 - Mercedes will change its philosophy regarding pitstops ahead of Monaco, team chairman Niki Lauda has announced. Although the German team extended...

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12 May 2015

Spanish Grand Prix ratings

Nico Rosberg breezed back into world championship contention with victory in Spain, but his wasn’t the only story on a busy race day. Read...

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12 May 2015

Lewis Hamilton VS Thierry Henry

Current F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton joined Arsenal football legends to take on some of Sky Sports' finest presenters. Thierry Henry, Robert Pires, Jamie...

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11 May 2015

Hamilton: McLaren 'underestimated' Honda switch

May 11 - Lewis Hamilton says he is surprised how much his old team McLaren is struggling in 2015. "When I saw them so lost...

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11 May 2015

Massa: Ferrari rumours 'too early' for Bottas

May 11 All the talk about Valtteri Bottas' future has come "too early". That is the view of Felipe Massa, the former long-time Ferrari...

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11 May 2015

Barcelona chief: Ecclestone 'always has upper hand'

May 11 - Race chief Sebastia Salvado says his "worst memory" in the quarter-century history of the Spanish grand prix at Barcelona features none...

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11 May 2015

Hockenheim not 'bad guys' after German GP axe

May 11 - The sorry saga of the now-axed 2015 German grand prix has nothing to do with Hockenheim. That is the claim of...

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11 May 2015

Ricciardo not committing to Red Bull yet

May 11 - Daniel Ricciardo is not yet committing to the increasingly crisis-struck Red Bull beyond 2015. In Barcelona, rumours that the troubled former champion...

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11 May 2015

Ecclestone: Volkswagen in F1 'would be great'

May 11 Bernie Ecclestone has added even more fuel to the ever-growing 'Audi-to-F1' speculation. Former Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo and F1 legend Gerhard...

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11 May 2015

'Fuel flow story' puts Ferrari on back foot

May 11 The Hamilton versus Rosberg show is back on, according to Mercedes chief Toto Wolff after the Spanish grand prix. Team chairman Niki...

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11 May 2015