Fernando Alonso’s most striking symptom after crashing in Barcelona eleven days ago was a total loss of memory. The Spanish daily El Pais claims that when the 33-year-old regained consciousness, he thought it was 1995. “I’m Fernando,” he told doctors, “I race karts and I want to be a formula one driver.” The newspaper said
Pirelli announces tyre nominations for first four GP of 2015 season
Pirelli has nominated the tyres that will be used in the grands prix of Australia, Malaysia, China and Bahrain: the first four races of the 2015 season. In Australia, Pirelli will bring the P Zero White medium and P Zero Yellow soft compounds: well-suited to the varied demands and wide range of potential weather conditions
Alonso will be replace by Mganussen in Australia
The McLaren team said on Tuesday that although the Spanish driver had no injuries, doctors had advised him to continue to rest following his crash, and that he would not compete in the first race of the season. “Having performed an exhaustive series of tests and scans – some of them as recently as yesterday
FIA confirms helmet design change ban
Under the new rule, which has now been added to the 2015 sporting regulations, drivers will only be able to make small tweaks to the helmet livery, with the FIA saying the design must be “substantially” the same throughout the course of the season. The FIA insists the new regulation is aimed at making it
Bottas on top in the final day of testing
Bottas set a 1:23.068 on the super-soft tyre, two tenths quicker than his team-mate Felipe Massa’s best but still some three tenths off the quickest time set by Rosberg on the soft tyre on Firday. Mercedes focused on set-up work for the entire day and did not even attempt a super-soft run, leaving the paddock
Cash-flow crisis puts teams at risk for Melbourne
“We have had cash-flow issues, there is no question about that,” deputy of Force India team boss Bob Fernley admitted to Sky. “It’s tough for all the independent teams.” Rumours swirling in the Barcelona paddock this week suggest that only five or six teams can actually be relied upon to definitely make it to Melbourne and
“Maybe Fernando had a medical problem, such as a small stroke”
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