McLaren have poached a key member of the team behind Red Bull’s domination of Formula 1. Red Bull’s head of aerodynamics Peter Prodromou, a leading lieutenant of their design chief Adrian Newey, will return to McLaren in time for 2015. McLaren, for whom Prodromou worked under Newey from 2000-5, were tight-lipped but refused to deny
Mark Webber beats Sebastian Vettel to pole
Mark Webber ended Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel’s qualifying supremacy as he beat the German to Japanese Grand Prix pole. Vettel was hobbled by a loss of KERS on his first Q3 lap and was 0.4 seconds adrift of Webber’s provisional pole effort. The system was successfully reset for click here for more
The final practice from Japan bring hopes for a good show
In two ours will start the qualifing sesion, and the results from FP3 you can watch it below. [table] Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps 1 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:32.053 17 2 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:32.187 0.134 18 3 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:32.355 0.302 18 4 8 Romain Grosjean
Maria de Villota found dead in hotel
Maria de Villota has been found dead in a hotel room in Sevilla. The Spaniard was 33. A statement on click here for more
Korea race – selected team and driver quotes
Red Bull Sebastian Vettel, 1st “It was a long race today, but it’s really great to win. The start was crucial, it’s always tricky here as you’re nervous about the long straight when you start from pole. Fortunately we had good traction off the line and I had a strong exit out of the first
Vettel wins, but excitement reigns supreme
Sebastian Vettel won the 2013 Korean Grand Prix, a race marked by two Safety Car periods and serious scrapping behind the leader. Kimi Raikkonen forced his way into second over teammate Romain Grosjean, with Nico Hulkenberg providing quite a show to finish fourth. He spent mush of the race defending from Lewis Hamilton or Fernando
Vettel tops qualifyings in South Korea
All the results of the qualifyings can be seen below. For sure it will be interesting start tomorrow at 6 AM – GMT hour. [table] Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps 1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:38.683 1:37.569 1:37.202 2 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:38.574 1:37.824 1:37.420 3 2 Mark Webber
Vettel: “rivals will never figure out Red Bull secrets”
Sebastian Vettel has laughed off accusations Red Bull is using traction control, saying his rivals will never figure out why his car is as fast as it is this year. Following his dominance at the Singapore Grand Prix, ex-F1 boss Giancarlo Minardi speculated on his blog that Red Bull was running some form of traction
Vettel using ‘secret’ exhaust-blown solution
Sebastian Vettel’s dominance is being powered by a clever post-’exhaust blowing’ solution, a specialist Italian magazine claims. After the reigning world champion extended his 2013 points lead with a dominant performance in Singapore, former F1 team boss Giancarlo Minardi raised doubts about the legality of Vettel’s Red Bull. Minardi, watching trackside at Marina Bay, said
Minardi rise doubts over Vettel’s car
After one week from the incrediblle Vettel’s race in Singapore, Gian Carlo Minardi writes down: “waiting for the Korean GP, I would like to bring back all the wonderful memories linked to my experience at the Marina Bay Street Circuit and make some remarks about the Singapore GP, which I’d like to share and try