Source: http://en.espnf1.com/monaco/motorsport/story/159355.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Friday tweaks could be the difference - Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo believes Red Bull is just a few small changes away from having the pace to genuinely challenge Mercedes around the streets of Monaco
WRC: Peugeot not interested in WRC return
Peugeot Sport director Bruno Famin has ruled out a return to the World Rally Championship any time soon, saying World Rallycross offers better value.
Friday, May 30, 2014
US F1 loses sponsor
The beleaguered US F1 outfit has taken another hit after one of its sponsors, Locstein, confirmed it had withdrawn its support
Source: http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/9485.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Who said what after Thursday practice
ESPN brings you a round up of all the reaction to the opening two practice sessions in Monaco
Source: http://en.espnf1.com/monaco/motorsport/story/159441.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Ferrari vow to be “a good step faster” in Canada | 2014 Canadian Grand Prix
Ferrari say they will make a significant step forwards with their car at the next race in Canada. 
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/f1fanatic/~3/VQXuFVAjJwk/
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Team order rule needs a re-think
 Jean Todt arives for Wednesday's hearing |
“Whether you are for or against team orders, if the FIA could not back up its own rules and nail a competitor in a blatant case such as this the rule really does need reviewing. Perhaps Ferrari’s thinly-veiled threat to take the matter to the civil courts if they were punished too harshly scared the governing body, who as much as admitted the flimsiness of its rule."Paul Weaver, reporting for the Guardian in Monza, was in favour of the ruling which keeps alive Ferrari’s slim chances in an enthralling championship.
“The World Motor Sport Council was right not to ruin a compelling Formula One season by taking away the 25 points Alonso collected in Germany. That would have put him out of the five-man title race. But the council was widely expected to increase the fine and possibly deduct points from the team, as opposed to the individual. In the end, it could be argued that common sense prevailed. But the decision will dismay those who were upset by the way Ferrari handled the situation as much as anything else.”The Daily Mail's Jonathan McEvoy expressed outrage at the FIA tearing up its own rule book by allowing Ferrari to escape unpunished.
"Although the race stewards fined them £65,000 for giving team orders in July, the FIA World Motor Sport Council, to whom the matter was referred, decided not to impose any further punishment. It leaves the sport's rulers open to derision. It was, after all, their rule they undermined. In a statement, the WMSC said the regulation banning team orders 'should be reviewed'."
Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/09/team_order_rule_needs_a_rethin_1.php
Team orders in spotlight again
 Will Christian Horner regret not utilising team orders in Brazil? |
“The extra seven points Alonso collected when Ferrari ordered Felipe Massa to move over for him in Germany earlier in the season are now looking even more crucial. “And the £65,000 fine they picked up for ruthlessly breaking the rules will seem loose change if Alonso clinches the title in his first year with the Maranello team. “Red Bull could have switched the result yesterday given their crushing dominance and still celebrated their first constructors' championship just five years after coming into the sport. “That would also have given Webber an extra seven points, leaving him just one behind Alonso.”The Guardian’s Paul Weaver says that if Fernando Alonso does take the drivers’ title in Abu Dhabi, Ferrari owes a debt of gratitude to Red Bull for their decision not to employ team orders in Brazil.
“If Alonso does take the title next week it would not be inappropriate were he and Ferrari to send a few gallons of champagne to Red Bull's headquarters in Milton Keynes. “While Red Bull should be heartily applauded for the championship they did win today their apparent acceptance that Ferrari might carry off the more glamorous prize continues to baffle Formula One and its globetrotting supporters. “Their refusal to make life easy for Webber, who has led for much of the season and is still seven points ahead of Vettel, means that whatever happens in the desert next week Alonso, the only driver who was capable of taking the championship in the race today, only has to secure second place to guarantee his third world title.”The Independent’s David Tremayne is also of the opinion that Red Bull may regret not using team orders in Brazil.
“Had Red Bull elected to adopt team orders and let Webber win – something that the governing body allows when championships are at stake – Webber would have left Brazil with 245 points – just one point off the lead. For some that was confirmation of his suggestion that Vettel is the team's favoured driver – which generated an angry call from team owner Dietrich Mateschitz in Austria and was much denied by team principal, Christian Horner. “And it sets up a situation where, if the result is repeated next weekend, as is likely, Vettel and Webber will tie on 256, five behind Alonso.”The Mirror’s Byron Young has put Lewis Hamilton’s fading title chances down to an inferior McLaren machine and he admits the 2008 World Champion now needs a miracle.
“Sebastian Vettel's victory sends the world title fight to a four-way showdown for the first time in the sport's history. “Hamilton goes there as part of that story with a 24-point deficit to Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, but with just 25 on offer in the final round in six days' time it would take more than a miracle. “Driving an outclassed McLaren he slugged it out against superior machinery and stiff odds to finish fourth.”
Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/11/team_orders_in_spotlight_again_1.php
Monday, May 26, 2014
Lopez looks to quit US F1
The manager of the only driver currently under contract with US F1, Jose Maria Lopez, is working to extricate his client from the team
Source: http://en.espnf1.com/teamus/motorsport/story/10002.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
F3: Kirchhofer wins shortened race two
Marvin Kirchhofer won the second race of the British Formula 3 Championship weekend at Silverstone, which was red-flagged with five minutes remaining with just three cars left on track
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Adrian Newey rejects Ferrari overtures
Adrian Newey has rejected overtures to move to Ferrari, telling journalists in Monaco that he remained "committed to Red Bull for the foreseeable future".
Source: http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/159201.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Luca hails Alonso as world's best
In the wake of Mercedes heaping praise on Fernando Alonso, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has called his driver the "best in the world"...
Source: http://www.planetf1.com/driver/3370/9321751/Luca-hails-Alonso-as-world-s-best
Friday tweaks could be the difference - Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo believes Red Bull is just a few small changes away from having the pace to genuinely challenge Mercedes around the streets of Monaco
Source: http://en.espnf1.com/monaco/motorsport/story/159355.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
Friday, May 23, 2014
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Life in the pit lane
 The Mercedes pit crew prepare for Michael Schumacher in Singapore |
These are not select millionaires but up to 16 ordinary, yet gifted, guys; team mechanics who have worked their way up the system and often migrate from team to team, are paid real-world wages of between £30,000 and £50,000 a year, are drilled to perfection – and whose split-second synchronisation brings their teams huge rewards.
Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/09/life_in_the_pit_lane.php
Gap to Mercedes is still 'too much' - Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo says the gap to Mercedes is "too big" at the moment after qualifying one second off Lewis Hamilton at the Spanish Grand Prix
Source: http://en.espnf1.com/spain/motorsport/story/157527.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
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