“The introduction of the six cylinder engines is a huge technical challenge”
Former F1 driver Christian Danner is worried the move from V8 to turbo V6 engines next year is a bad move for the sport.
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Tag Archive: Christian Danner
Mar 23
Danner worried V6s to spoil F1 competition
Oct 10
Red Bull boost due to exhaust, not DRS – report
It is simplistic to say Red Bull has sped into the 2012 title favourites’ role due to its new ‘double DRS’ device.
As Sebastian Vettel closed the championship gap to Fernando Alonso to just 4 points with wins in Singapore and Suzuka, it had emerged that his RB8 was equipped with a new top speed-boosting system.
Oct 09
Danner tells Lauda to fire Mercedes staff
A German F1 pundit has advised Niki Lauda to take an axe to Mercedes’ current personnel lineup.
Lauda, the great Austrian triple world champion, has been signed on as Mercedes’ non-executive chairman — effectively a decision-making link between the German marque’s Stuttgart headquarters and the racing team in the UK.
Sep 25
Germany slams ‘clumsy Schumi’ as contract expires
“The timing is certainly not beneficial” – Marc Surer
Just as the Mercedes board is set to meet on Tuesday, Michael Schumacher is the unhappy subject of an intense round of bad press in his native Germany. Some publications have nicknamed the seven time world champion ‘Schussel-(clumsy) Schumi’ after his latest mistake in Singapore; the crash with Jean-Eric Vergne that has cost him ten places on the Suzuka grid.
Sep 12
Horner doubts Hamilton to leave McLaren
Christian Horner, Red Bull’s team boss, has revealed he thinks Lewis Hamilton will probably stay at McLaren in 2013.
The F1 grapevine is currently alight with speculation the 2008 world champion – who flirted with Red Bull until the energy drink-owned team re-confirmed its existing lineup for next season – is about to jump ship to Mercedes.
Aug 30
Mercedes not commenting on latest Schumacher rumours
“I ask for your understanding that we are not going to constantly give statements about our decision-making process” – Ross Brawn
Team boss Ross Brawn on Thursday would not be drawn on speculation Michael Schumacher and Mercedes have now agreed to stay together at least another year. German commentator Christian Danner, a former grand prix driver, earlier brought the seven time world champion’s uncertain future back to the headlines when he revealed he thinks Schumacher, 43, has decided to stay in F1 in 2013.
Jul 31
Schumacher mistakes ‘shouldn’t happen’ – Danner
“If it had happened to a young driver, we’d all say he’s not ready for F1.”
Former F1 driver Christian Danner has scolded Michael Schumacher for making rookie errors in Hungary last weekend. Germany’s Bild claims the 43-year-old is very close to announcing a new deal to keep racing at Mercedes beyond 2012, but at the same time the newspaper wondered if the seven time world champion might “need glasses?”
May 29
Webber, Vettel at centre of Ferrari rumours
Australia’s last world champion Alan Jones has urged Mark Webber to join Ferrari.
After the Red Bull driver won his second Monaco grand prix last weekend, his team boss Christian Horner moved to play down the 35-year-old’s rumoured 2013 switch to Maranello based Ferrari. “Why would he want to leave?” Horner is quoted by the Sun.
Apr 17
‘Results crisis, not Vettel crisis’ – Danner
It is wrong to say Sebastian Vettel has entered a period of “crisis” after winning two world championships on the trot.
That is the insistence of Christian Danner, a former grand prix driver who now commentates on German television RTL. “It’s a results crisis, not a Vettel crisis,” he told the news agency DAPD.
Mar 25
Ferrari approached Sauber amid Massa rumours
Amid speculation regarding Felipe Massa’s immediate future, Sergio Perez’s father has revealed that Ferrari approached Sauber.
Earlier, Sauber driver Perez played down the rumours about Massa’s future, including the suggestion he was at the very top of Ferrari’s replacement list. “Sergio is focused one hundred per cent on (performing in) Malaysia,” the 22-year-old Mexican’s father Antonio is quoted by the Spanish-language Medio Tiempo.
Nov 23
Raikkonen says F1 future ‘an open question’
Kimi Raikkonen’s chances of returning to formula one next year with Williams seem to have receded.
The Italian magazine Autosprint reports that the 2007 world champion’s prospective sponsors may have withdrawn their interest, leaving fellow Finn and rookie Valtteri Bottas at the top of the candidates list now.
Nov 02
Massa ‘could have avoided’ Hamilton crash – Herbert
Felipe Massa was penalised for the collision with Lewis Hamilton in India because it “could have been avoided”.
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