Новости за 11.05.2017

May 11 - Valtteri Bottas has denied his personality could give him the edge in his battle with teammate Lewis Hamilton this year. After a more modest start, the Finn added a win in Russia to his earlier pole and is now just 10 points behind Hamilton in the points standings. "I have to compliment […]

May 11 - Fernando Alonso is not ruling out staying at McLaren beyond the end of his 2017 contract. Many people see the works Honda-powered team's ongoing crisis, and Alonso's decision to skip Monaco grand prix in favour of the Indy 500, as a clear sign that his patience with the Anglo-Japanese collaboration is up. […]

May 11 - Nico Rosberg says he is open to becoming friends once again with Lewis Hamilton. The pair have admitted they were once childhood "best friends", but when paired at Mercedes they shared an acrimonious relationship as title-duelling teammates. Even after Rosberg's retirement, Hamilton recently answered "nothing" when asked what he thinks about the […]

May 11 - Lance Stroll says he is still getting up to speed in formula one. The 18-year-old rookie, derided by some as a 'pay driver', has not only made mistakes but been off the pace of his Williams teammate Felipe Massa so far in 2017. But Stroll said he's not worried. "When everything comes […]

May 11 - Toto Wolff says there could be a place in formula one for F1 legend Gerhard Berger's nephew. Days ago, as Lucas Auer got off to a good start in the German touring car series DTM, Berger said his nephew could "get the chance" to move into F1. 22-year-old Auer, the son of […]

May 11 - A former Ferrari spokesman is returning to formula one. In the Italian team's famous Todt-Schumacher era, Italian Luca Colajanni was the communications chief. Ferrari insider Leo Turrini now reveals on his Quotidiano blog that Colajanni is returning to the sport to be in charge of new F1 owner Liberty Media's communications arm.

May 11 - Carlos Sainz and Daniil Kvyat may be scrapping for a plum seat at Red Bull's senior team for 2018. That is the claim of 2012 GP2 champion Davide Valsecchi, who today works for Italian television. He told Russia's Championat that, while Red Bull's current drivers are firmly under contract, there may still […]

May 11 - Monisha Kaltenborn says she is confident Sauber will be more competitive next year with Honda power. Currently, the Swiss team is struggling with year-old Ferrari power units, but Sauber but will become works McLaren partner Honda's first engine customer for 2018. However, the Honda is currently the least competitive and most unreliable […]

Spanish Grand Prix Preview - Scuderia Ferrari 2017

From the 2017 Spanish Grand Prix onwards, driver names will appear on the side of each F1 car – and the existing driver numbers on the front will conform to a newly defined regulatory size. The target? To make each car – and, more to the point, each driver – more easily identifiable for the […]