Новости за 13.07.2017

Jul.13 - Dr Helmut Marko has categorically ruled out releasing Max Verstappen before the Dutchman's Red Bull contract runs out. Persistent speculation suggests Ferrari may even be willing to pay millions to extract the 19-year-old from his current Red Bull deal, which runs until the end of 2019. But Marko, the Red Bull driver manager, […]

Jul.13 - Lewis Hamilton will head into his home race at Silverstone amid a cloud of local booing. At F1's London demonstration event on Wednesday, the Mercedes driver's countrymen booed at the mention of his name. That was because Hamilton was the only active F1 driver missing at the event. "We invited teams and drivers […]

Jul.13 - Sebastian Vettel has admitted Ferrari needs to up its game in qualifying. The Ferrari driver heads into the British grand prix weekend with a 20-point lead over Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton. "It should be a good track for us," Vettel told the German broadcaster RTL. "Silverstone is full of fast corners." But that doesn't […]

Jul.13 - The chances of a F1 street race in London have taken a clear step forward this week. The boost comes as Silverstone exercised a post-2019 break clause in its existing long-term British grand prix contract. Promoter the BRDC hopes to renegotiate the deal with Liberty Media, but representatives of the F1 owner are […]

Jul.13 - F1 could be on a cusp of a new corruption scandal. Handelsblatt, a German business newspaper, claims the FIA "received millions from the race series' rights owner, the F1 Group". "But for what?" the report added. "British investigators are now looking into it." The newspaper said the mysterious payment was to the tune […]

Jul.13 - Copenhagen is not yet backing plans for a F1 street race in the Danish capital. We reported recently that Danish businessman Lars Seier Christensen met with F1 owner Liberty Media about a potential deal, with a circuit to be devised by Hermann Tilke. However, Copenhagen's Lord Mayor Frank Jensen said: "We first must […]

Jul.13 - Alfa Romeo could be ready to re-enter formula one. Some time ago, Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne said the iconic Italian name "should be reiterated as a sports brand and consider the possibility to race in F1". "How? Probably in collaboration with Ferrari," he added. Now, Germany's Auto Bild reported rumours that Alfa Romeo […]

Jul.13 - Honda has denied reports it will renege on its contract to power the Swiss team Sauber from 2018. The rumours say that with the works McLaren-Honda collaboration already in doubt, Honda may now be balking at the internal turmoil within the struggling Sauber team. "This is speculation, and we do not comment on […]

Jul.13 - Porsche is tipped to decide within the next two weeks whether or not to enter formula one. The Volkswagen brand is currently a frontrunner at Le Mans, but Auto Motor und Sport says the Porsche board is set to "decide the motor sport strategy for coming years" later in July. "There are several […]

Jul.13 - Sebastien Buemi is not ruling out a return to the F1 grid. Since losing his Toro Rosso seat, the 28-year-old Swiss has become a top sports car and Formula E driver. But Auto Motor und Sport said he was back at the wheel of a Red Bull F1 car last week to help […]

Jul.13 - Ross Brawn is not ruling out an expansion of the F1 calendar to include 25 races. Recently, after Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso threatened to quit if there are 25 races in the future, F1 CEO Chase Carey said his first priority is to make the 21-race schedule for 2018 as successful as […]

Jul.12 - Fernando Alonso's hopes of joining a winning F1 team for 2018 appear to be waning. Earlier, his manager Flavio Briatore suggested the Spaniard was targeting Mercedes or Ferrari, after three years of struggling with McLaren-Honda. But Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne said in Austria last weekend that the Maranello team is "not interested" in […]

Jul.12 - Honda has reneged on its promise to supply Sauber with customer engines next year. That is the sensational claim of Germany's Auto Bild, fuelling speculation the hapless Japanese manufacturer could be about to quit formula one altogether. That's because the news coincides with speculation McLaren has looked into dropping its works Honda deal […]

Jul.12 - Ferrari has emerged as an unlikely option for McLaren, as rumours of a looming divorce with struggling works partner Honda persist. In recent days, speculation the McLaren-Honda split will proceed has waned. But Italy's authoritative La Gazzetta dello Sport now claims Ferrari - once McLaren's arch title nemesis - has received an "exploratory […]

Jul.12 - Robert Kubica has taken yet another step on his road back to the F1 grid. Earlier, the former grand prix winner tested a 2012 Renault at Valencia, and the French team now wants to give him a full evaluation outing. In preparation, the Pole - who almost severed his right forearm in a […]

Jul.12 - British grand prix organisers have hit back at F1 owner Liberty Media, after being accused of "posturing". We reported earlier that, as the British Racing Drivers' Club triggered a post-2019 break clause in its race contract, Liberty criticised the timing of the move in grand prix week. BRDC chairman John Grant hit back: […]

Jul.11 - Christian Horner has backed frustrated team driver Max Verstappen in declaring the 2017 world championship basically over for Red Bull. After yet another technical retirement in Austria, and amid rumours he wants out of the team, Verstappen declared: "I no longer think about the world championship, but having good individual races." Some interpreted […]

Jul.11 - Ferrari is ready to sign a new contract with Sebastian Vettel. The 2017 championship leader's first three-year deal contract with the Maranello team runs out this year. President Sergio Marchionne is quoted by Italian media: "I have told him very clearly that we are ready if he wants to stay with us. "It's […]