Adam Cooper
Felipe Massa conducted a spectacular demo with a Ferrari F60 on the streets of Warsaw today, running 20 laps of a makeshift track. The Brazilian also took the time to sum up Ferrari’s season so far, stressing that qualifying still … Continue reading →
Not surprisingly Romain Grosjean is looking forward to Monaco, and as the best placed French driver, he’s bound to be a focus of attention. A strong weekend in the principality last year saw the Lotus driver qualify fifth and start … Continue reading →
Kimi Raikkonen is determined to have a better weekend than in Monaco than he enjoyed last year, when he lost practice time after changing the steering and struggled to get up to speed. Monaco is also the last weekend with … Continue reading →
A winner in Monaco in 2010 and again last year, Mark Webber is looking forward to returning to his favourite street venue next week. Like everyone else Webber is eager to find out whether Mercedes can maintain its pole streak. … Continue reading →
Despite Adrian Sutil’s recent bad luck Force India is currently holding fifth place in the World Championship, and while the team acknowledges that it won’t be easy to outrun McLaren over the season, it does not rule out the possibility. … Continue reading →
Ross Brawn has stressed that tyres will still be the key factor for Mercedes in Monaco, despite the unusual nature of the track. Mercedes had a strong package in 2012, when Michael Schumacher took pole and Nico Rosberg finished a … Continue reading →
Lotus team principal Eric Boullier has expressed his inevitable disappointment at Pirelli’s decision to change its tyres for the Canadian GP. Boullier is adamant that his team has simply done a better job than others of adapting to the tyres … Continue reading →
Lotus F1 co-owner Gerard Lopez says he was encouraged by the team’s form in Spain, although he concedes that the Ferrari is currently the strongest car on the grid. Although Raikkonen earned his fourth podium of the season in Barcelona … Continue reading →
Honda and McLaren announced their reunion at a press conference in Tokyo this morning. Here’s what was said, with Martin Whitmarsh appearing at 5m40s. Enjoy…
For Honda one of the bonuses of its reunion with McLaren is the presence of Jenson Button, who drove for the company in its previous incarnations with BAR and latterly under the Honda name. Honda always had a lot of … Continue reading →
Honda says that advanced technologies of the new turbo era were central to the decision to return to F1 in 2015. Company president Takanobu Ito also said that the ‘green’ environmental aspect of the new rules also appealed. Intriguingly Ito … Continue reading →
As predicted here yesterday McLaren has confirmed that it has formed “a new multi-year Formula 1 technology partnership with Honda.” McLaren will use Honda engines from 2015, after a single season with the Mercedes turbo. “It’s fantastic news for everyone … Continue reading →
Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton are expecting to have a competitive car in Monaco next week, especially given the team’s form there last year. In 2012 Michael Schumacher qualified on pole while Rosberg finished second in the race. … Continue reading →
Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton are expecting to have a competitive car in Monaco next week, especially given the team’s form there last year. In 2012 Michael Schumacher qualified on pole while Rosberg finished second in the race. … Continue reading →
Leading Japanese business newspaper Nikkei says that Honda’s return to F1 will be confirmed by the company president Takanobu Ito “some time soon.” It says that as has been widely expected the manufacturer will be back with McLaren in 2015, leaving … Continue reading →
Pirelli has now formally confirmed that it will change the construction of its tyres in time for the Canadian GP. Motor sport boss Paul Hembery had said after Spain that changes could come for the British GP, but the schedule … Continue reading →
Sebastian Vettel kept his World Championship lead by salvaging fourth after a below par race for Red Bull in Spain, but afterwards the German could not disguise his frustration about the role of tyres in 2013. Pirelli has since confirmed … Continue reading →
The Spanish GP has re-ignited the debate about Pirelli’s tyres and the impact on the racing in 2013 . The Italian company now finds itself struggling to keep everybody happy, but it has confirmed that it may make changes by … Continue reading →
Nico Rosberg made his mark with a second consecutive pole in Spain, and while he knew Sunday would be tough for Mercedes the race proved to be even worse than he expected – although his three-stop schedule did at least … Continue reading →
Lewis Hamilton was in downbeat mood after his difficult race in Spain, but remained adamant that his Mercedes team could solve its current problems with race performance. Hamilton tumbled from second on the grid to 12th at the chequered flag, … Continue reading →