Archives of Month:  August 2015

Michelin weighs into Pirelli blowout saga

Aug.31 - Michelin has weighed into the Pirelli blowout saga, insisting it is committed to producing longer-life tyres in formula one. The two tyre...

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31 Aug 2015

Webber: Vettel '100pc right' over Pirelli outburst

Aug.31 - Mark Webber has backed his former teammate Sebastian Vettel's expletive-filled rant about the quality of the tyres supplied in F1 by Pirelli....

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31 Aug 2015

Turkey F1 track becomes used car dealership

Aug.31 - Turkey's chances of returning to the F1 calendar any time soon now appear dead. Istanbul Park hosted grands prix between 2005 and...

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31 Aug 2015

Rosberg becomes father before Monza

Aug.31 - Nico Rosberg is speeding into the Italian grand prix as F1's newest father. The Mercedes driver has announced on Twitter that his...

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31 Aug 2015

Whitmarsh: Raikkonen never realised full potential

Aug.31 - Kimi Raikkonen never realised his full potential in formula one, according to the Finn's former boss Martin Whitmarsh. Whitmarsh, now involved in...

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31 Aug 2015

After quit threats - Red Bull now looking into F1 future

Aug.31 - Red Bull is re-setting its sights on the future of formula one, having earlier threatened to pull out of the sport. The...

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31 Aug 2015

Pundits: Rosberg 'has given up' on 2015 F1 drivers title

Aug.31 - Lewis Hamilton is now cruising to the 2015 world championship, according to two F1 insiders. After finishing second to his Mercedes teammate...

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31 Aug 2015

Report: Hulkenberg staying at Force India

Aug.31 - Nico Hulkenberg is staying with Force India in 2016, the German newspaper Bild reports. The German, who earlier this year won the...

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31 Aug 2015

Honda: ‘Engine is better than Renault’

Honda motorsport chief Yasuhisa Arai has declared that his engine has more performance than Renault’s, which serves former champions Red Bull. Honda’s clients, McLaren,...

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31 Aug 2015

Checo Perez greets our #BestFans

Sergio Pérez shares his views with our fans ahead of the race in Monza.

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28 Aug 2015

A message from Nico Hulkenberg

The Hulk greets our #BestFans ahead of the Italian Grand Prix in Monza.

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28 Aug 2015

Mercedes working on race start solution

Aug.28 - Mercedes is working on changes to its clutch system, following a series of bad race starts. At the last four races, and...

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28 Aug 2015

F1 silly season calmer after Raikkonen news

Aug.28 - In the wake of Ferrari's re-signing of Kimi Raikkonen, the 2016 'silly season' appears set to calm down. Up and down pitlane,...

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28 Aug 2015

Whiting admits closed cockpits still unlikely

Aug.28 - Charlie Whiting has admitted F1 could be some way from introducing closed cockpits. But after the latest incident in Indycar involving the...

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28 Aug 2015

Honda: McLaren not best car on 2015 grid

Aug.28 - Honda insists it is not solely to blame for McLaren's woeful 2015 season. With the MP4-30 raced by champions Fernando Alonso and...

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28 Aug 2015

Hakkinen can understand Vettel outburst

Aug.28 - Mika Hakkinen says he can understand Sebastian Vettel's outburst in the wake of the Belgian grand prix. The Ferrari driver's expletive-filled rant...

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28 Aug 2015

Whiting: Honda exploited 'good faith' of penalty cap

Aug.28 - Charlie Whiting has admitted the new rule scrapping in-race penalties was exploited by McLaren-Honda last weekend in Belgium. After fans decried the...

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28 Aug 2015

Hamilton not excited to secure pole trophy

Aug.28 - With eight races still to run in 2015, Lewis Hamilton already has his hands on one prize. It is the new pole...

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28 Aug 2015

Toyota & Bell Helmets among Lotus creditors

Aug.28 - Charles Pic is not the only creditor at embattled Lotus, it has emerged. Prior to the black and gold cars being impounded...

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28 Aug 2015

Carlos vs Max - Word Tennis: Italian Round

There’s a lot that comes to one’s mind when you think of Italy and the Italian GP… If not, just ask Max and Carlos!...

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28 Aug 2015

Lotus cars finally leave Belgium

Aug.27 - Four days after the Belgian grand prix, Lotus and its black and gold cars have finally left Spa-Francorchamps. All of the Enstone...

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27 Aug 2015

Danica Patrick: 'No desire' for F1 switch

Aug.27 - Danica Patrick, the world's most famous female racing driver, has finally ruled herself out of the running for a switch to formula...

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27 Aug 2015

Jordan: Vettel wrong to attack Pirelli

Aug.27 - Eddie Jordan has hit out at Sebastian Vettel for his fierce criticism of Pirelli in the wake of his Spa-Francorchamps tyre blowout....

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27 Aug 2015

Chilton on Haas shortlist for 2016

Aug.27 - Max Chilton has counted himself among the drivers shortlisted to race for the new American outfit Haas in 2016. However, the former...

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27 Aug 2015

FIA to back Pirelli after tyre blowout saga

Aug.27 - Four days on, the high-speed blowouts suffered by Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel are still causing high consternation in the F1 world....

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27 Aug 2015

Bottas: ‘We need to stop mistakes’

Williams driver Valtteri Bottas warned his team that they risk throwing away more points if they continue to make errors this season. Bottas was...

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27 Aug 2015

Susie Wolff admits F1 race dream nearing end

Aug.26 - Susie Wolff has admitted she might be nearing the end of her patience in the quest for a formula one seat. The...

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26 Aug 2015

F1 to test cockpit-'halo' idea in September

Aug.26 - The death of Justin Wilson, mere weeks after F1's first race fatality since 1994, has put the spotlight back on cockpit protection....

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26 Aug 2015

Belgian Grand Prix Talking Points

Rosberg is good, but he just aint Lewis Nico Rosberg predicted that the start of the race would be chaotic. It was, but only...

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26 Aug 2015

Ferrari plays down Monza hopes

Aug.26 - Ferrari will debut an upgraded engine at its forthcoming home race, boss Maurizio Arrivabene has announced. However, he admitted that the Maranello...

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26 Aug 2015