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Oct 14
Red Bull’s Dr Helmut Marko has hinted Felipe Massa deliberately impeded Sebastian Vettel at the end of qualifying in Korea.
Vettel’s last Q3 run was indeed interrupted by Ferrari’s Massa, but the German – who ultimately qualified second behind his teammate Mark Webber – initially blamed his engineer. “Why did you not tell me about Massa?” Vettel shouted to his engineer Rocky on the radio.
Oct 09
Niki Lauda has confirmed that Michael Schumacher turned to Sauber and even Ferrari once he knew he would lose his Mercedes seat.
Austrian legend Lauda, who has joined Mercedes as non-executive chairman, insists seven time world champion Schumacher lost his seat only because his decision-making period about the future beyond 2012 was so prolonged.
Sep 24
With six races to go, F1 2012 is becoming a two-horse race, according to former grand prix driver Karl Wendlinger.
Before pole sitter and runaway race leader Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren gearbox failed on Sunday, his boss Martin Whitmarsh had admitted the outcome in Singapore would be crucial to the world championship.
Jul 24
Dr Helmut Marko has accused the FIA of sometimes using a “double standard” when it comes to dishing out penalties.
Sebastian Vettel on Sunday was demoted from second at the flag to fifth in the classification after passing Jenson Button whilst off the circuit at Hockenheim. Marko, Red Bull’s motor racing consultant, insists his driver did nothing wrong.
Jul 24
Fernando Alonso is F1′s highest paid driver, and he’s worth every penny.
That is the view of Brazilian correspondent Livio Oricchio, who said after Hockenheim that the Spaniard’s estimated EUR 25 million salary is “a bargain” for Ferrari. Another observer told the Times newspaper: “Whatever Ferrari are paying him, it is not enough.”
Jun 23
Drivers stranded down the Valencia grid are not expecting to scythe through the field on Sunday.
Jenson Button qualified ninth and admitted he doubts he will fare much better in the race. Told by an optimistic reporter at Valencia that ‘lots can happen’ over 57 long laps on Sunday, the Briton answered: “Not really, we’re in Valencia. You can’t overtake round here.
Apr 16
Norbert Haug said he is proud Mercedes has reached the top of formula one in a short space of time and with a small budget.
The German carmaker’s works team is often lumped together with F1′s other grandees including Ferrari and McLaren, but Haug insists the Brackley based outfit is in fact “a small team, with a small budget”.
Mar 19
Despite not collecting a single point in Melbourne, the Williams team will travel from Australia to Malaysia in upbeat mood.
The famous British outfit’s slide from its race and title-winning days hit rock bottom in 2011, scoring just five points all season and only finishing ahead of the three struggling new teams in the constructors’ championship.
Oct 12
F1 might end a spate of near-constant driver penalties by installing a permanent race steward.
FIA president Jean Todt’s new initiative of having a former professional racing driver on the stewards’ panel at every grand prix has been widely praised. But the system may not be perfect, as the last couple of grands prix indicate.
May 17
Austria’s return to the F1 calendar is “possible” – Ecclestone
The Red Bull Ring is ready for formula one but Gerhard Berger doubts its owner is pushing for the return of the Austrian grand prix. Some years ago, the ten-time grand prix winner co-owned Toro Rosso with countryman and billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz, who at a nine-digit multi million Euro cost has rebuilt the former A1-Ring in picturesque Styria.
May 09
Red Bull wary but Vettel ‘top of his game’
Sebastian Vettel was banned from drinking champagne on the podium as he celebrated winning Sunday’s Turkish grand prix. British newspapers The Sun and the Sunday Mirror report that the championship leader was told he must resist drinking the champagne due to Turkey’s new alcohol age limit of 24.
