Lotus’ highly rated 45-year-old technical director is now on ‘gardening leave’ and also on the market, with the big rumour linking him with Ferrari. Read the rest of this entry »
Luca di Montezemolo has played down rumours linking Lotus’ newly departed technical director James Allison with a move to Ferrari. Read the rest of this entry »
Lewis Hamilton has caught up with Fernando Alonso as F1′s highest earner.
According to Business Book GP 2013, Briton Hamilton now earns an estimated EUR 20 million per season after switching from McLaren to Mercedes over the winter. Read the rest of this entry »
Qualifying is no longer as important as in the past, according to Mark Webber.
“Previously,” the Australian is quoted by the German-language T-Online website, “qualifying was almost everything — 75 to 80 per cent. Read the rest of this entry »
Lotus has admitted it is “surprised” at Pirelli’s decision to not supply the ‘soft’-compound tyre this weekend in Barcelona. Read the rest of this entry »
Red Bull dumped alternator supplier Magneti Marelli
Last year, the world champion team was dogged by a recurring reliability problem with its alternators, supplied by Italian company Magneti Marelli. Read the rest of this entry »
“Rarely has a team been the victim of such bad luck as Ferrari in Bahrain”
The Italian press hailed Sebastian Vettel’s return to top form in Bahrain, whilst lamenting the bad luck that prevented Fernando Alonso from challenging. Read the rest of this entry »
Romain Grosjean has hit back at Alain Prost, after the quadruple world champion said the Lotus driver’s lack of pace in 2013 was due to his “emotionally difficult situation”. Read the rest of this entry »
The German acknowledged that while his Mercedes is quick over a single lap, it might burn through Pirelli’s heavily-degrading tyres faster than his rivals in the race. Read the rest of this entry »
Lotus’ highly rated 45-year-old technical director is now on ‘gardening leave’ and also on the market, with the big rumour linking him with Ferrari. 
