That was the claim on Friday of Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport, as the period of great mystery and controversy surrounding the Spaniard’s bizarre accident continues. Many eyes are pointing in McLaren-Honda’s direction, wondering if the Woking camp is being defensive in order to protect itself or its star driver. For instance, when Ron Dennis
Vettel: “New Ferrari a massive step over 2014 Red Bull”
“I think it’s a step forward,” he said of the Ferrari. “I didn’t drive last year’s Ferrari but I think compared to the car I had last year it’s a massive step. People generally seem happy, but it doesn’t necessarily mean we are satisfied. If you want to win you need to beat Mercedes and
FIA approves Manor’s Formula 1 return on new 2015 entry list
The Manor team has moved another step closer to its Formula 1 return with the FIA approving its entry to the 2015 championship on Friday. On an updated list for the 2015 F1 world championship, motor racing’s governing body confirmed that the Manor Marussia F1 team’s place on the grid was secure. The team had
Alonso leaves hospital, misses final test
The McLaren driver left the Circuit de Catalunya between Turns 3 and 4 on Sunday morning and made contact with the wall. He was airlifted to hospital where he was diagnosed with a concussion, but his team revealed that he was “given the all-clear following CT scans and MRI scans”. However, he spent three nights
Rémi Taffin “We’ve continued to shake down parts for Melbourne”
“From a technical standpoint we’re ready for Melbourne; everything has been checked,” director of operations Rémi Taffin said, “but we’re still not producing the level of performance that we’d like to. That’s something we’ll be focusing on at the final round of official testing this week, but at least we’re starting from a solid base.
Massa: “Verstappen is amazing but too early for F1”
It is a rapid ascension that has surprised Williams Martini Racing driver Massa, who says that while he believes Verstappen is ‘amazing and fantastic’ he lacks experience in certain areas to be competing at this high level so early in his career. “To be honest, I think he is amazing,” Massa told Crash.net in an
Ferrari wanted to provoke with its concept car design
Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene says his team was trying to provoke its rivals into action when it released its concept design for a future Formula 1 car. McLaren and Red Bull are known to have created comparable concepts of their own as part of F1’s push to revitalise its public appeal in its next generation
Analysis of Barcelona first test – 2015
Once again in Barcelona, as was the case at the first test in Jerez, we had quite cool weather and a sprinkling of rain, but the teams were still able to get through a considerable testing distance, with all the compounds apart from the full wet tried out, although there was very little significant running on
Rory Byrne back at work at Ferrari
South African Byrne, 71, was a key member of the Ferrari ‘dream team’ of last decade, when along with Jean Todt, Ross Brawn and Michael Schumacher, they utterly dominated the sport. More recently, he had retired to Thailand, but Byrne can now be found once again in the corridors of Maranello. His new role is
Wild speculation follows mysterious Alonso crash
“Fernando’s accident was just one of those things that happens in testing,” said team boss Eric Boullier, insisting the same is also true of his trip and stay in hospital. “Inevitably, some media reports have sought to exaggerate the severity of the incident -? it was just a normal testing accident,” the Frenchman added. However,