Новости за 13.11.2023

Nov.13 - Mercedes will not allow its F1 team staff to spend their downtime at the Las Vegas casinos this week, Toto Wolff has admitted. The new street track that even takes in the iconic 'Strip' is now taking full shape ahead of this weekend's grand prix, with all eyes now on the forecasts of.....check out full post »

Nov.13 - Max Verstappen got at the wheel of a Ferrari racing car, the Swiss newspaper Blick reports. However, it was not a Formula 1 machine doing laps at Mugello, but instead a Ferrari 296 GT3. The Red Bull driver's mission? To give a young driver he supports, Thierry Vermeulen, some "good tips". Vermeulen is.....check out full post »

Nov.13 - A change of approach and the arrival of Daniel Ricciardo sees AlphaTauri now eyeing Williams' seventh-place in the 2023 constructors' championship with two races to go. Earlier this year, before the Red Bull-owned team ousted the underperforming Nyck de Vries, AlphaTauri's car was clearly among the slowest overall on the 2023 grid. But.....check out full post »

Nov.13 - Red Bull should not be considering ousting Sergio Perez, according to former Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa. Despite Mexican Perez's signed-and-sealed 2024 contract, and the team's repeated denials that it is considering axing the struggling Mexican, rumours of a potential change over the forthcoming winter period persist. When told by Bloomberg that Perez's.....check out full post »

Nov.13 - The Hollywood writer's strike has set back production on the Formula 1 feature film starring Brad Pitt. Production kicked off earlier in 2023, but then slowed and finally stalled amid the strike. But the strike has now ended and Reuters claims a big rush is now on "to get film and TV sets.....check out full post »

Nov.13 - A former Formula 1 driver sees a link between a major recent development at Mercedes and Mick Schumacher's likely move to Le Mans-style racing. Some pundits have linked Mercedes' failed 'no sidepods' car concept of 2022 and 2023 with the departure of technical chief Mike Elliott. Team boss Toto Wolff denies it. "We.....check out full post »

Nov.13 - As Formula 1 returns to the US this week to race at the highly-anticipated Las Vegas GP, Michael Andretti's famous father says he "cannot understand" why the sport is opposed to a new American team backed by carmaker giant General Motors. While the FIA has green-lit the Andretti-Cadillac bid, the deal is current.....check out full post »

Nov.13 - Fernando Alonso reacted with fury when he visited his native Spain between the Brazilian and Las Vegas grands prix. On social media, he added a vomit emoji to furious posts denouncing an example of the sort of harassment he faces by his country's paparazzi-style media. The Aston Martin driver showed photos of a.....check out full post »