Новости за 05.06.2017

Jun.5 - Fernando Alonso has admitted he may not have a more powerful Honda engine to use in Montreal this weekend. Some media reports claim that while the struggling Japanese marque had planned to make a clear step in Canada, that specification will in fact not be ready. Alonso, who is returning to McLaren-Honda after […]

Jun.5 - Pirelli has hit back at conspiracy theories about Ferrari's sudden return to the top in F1 this year. After three consecutive years of Mercedes dominance, it is now the red team that is clearly leading in 2017. "At 25 points ahead, Vettel is now clearly the world championship favourite," Mercedes team chairman Niki […]

Jun.5 - Contractual details explain why Kevin Magnussen will sit out so many Friday practice sessions in the second half of 2017. With Ferrari reserve Antonio Giovinazzi set for seven Friday morning sessions with Haas, it is the American team's Danish regular Kevin Magnussen who will give up his car on six of those occasions. […]

Jun.5 - Red Bull recently met in "secret" with F1's new owner John Malone. Malone is the US billionaire tycoon behind Liberty Media, who are now contemplating the future of the sport's controversial engine regulations. In recent days, Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko warned that if the current 'power unit' regulations stay beyond 2020, the […]

Jun.5 - Force India is angry with F1's governing body in the wake of a dispute about race numbers. Before Barcelona, teams were told to include bigger and more prominent numbers on their cars' bodywork, and Force India was penalised for falling afoul of the directive. The small Silverstone based team fixed its livery for […]

Jun.5 - F1 legend Sir Jackie Stewart has tipped Sebastian Vettel to win a fifth world championship in 2017. So far in 2017, the title battle has been a two-team, two-driver scrap between Ferrari's Vettel and Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes. Stewart told Sport Bild: "Sebastian has more experience and is calmer than Lewis. "It will […]

Jun.5 - Bernie Ecclestone thinks Ferrari could finally be on the road back to world championship victory in 2017. Despite being ousted as chief executive, the former F1 supremo has attended four of the six grands prix so far this year, most recently in Monaco. While in the Principality, he told Blick newspaper: "Ferrari now […]

Jun.5 - The 'T-wing' craze stepped into a higher gear recently in Monaco. Although the unpopular, TV antennae-style airbox wings have been banned for 2018, the cars turned out for the Monaco grand prix with more extreme designs than ever. Having argued against the 'T-wing' trend, Red Bull had a new double-decker version in Monaco, […]

Jun.5 - Monaco will build a new pitlane and paddock complex at a cost of EUR 30 million ahead of the 2018 race. That is the exclusive claim of Bild newspaper, reporting that Monaco's Prince Albert confided the news to friends during the grand prix weekend recently. "Monaco wanted to prepare the new pitlane for […]

Jun.5 - Russia will press to have its round of the 2018 world championship pushed back by several months. Having staged an early round of the season for the past couple of years, deputy prime minister Dmitry Kozak told Russia 24 that Sochi now wants a later race next season. "We have asked formula one […]