“I talked to him (Webber) and he came straight to the point. That was when it struck me like lightning,”
There could be truth in Sebastian Vettel’s claim that he didn’t deliberately ignore team orders in Malaysia last Sunday.
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Tag Archive: RAI
Mar 28
Ignored team order maybe ‘a mistake’ – report
Dec 06
Red Bull can be Ferrari-like ‘myth’ too – Vettel
Red Bull is “well on the way” to achieving the same sort of “mythical status” as fellow grandee F1 teams like Ferrari.
That is the claim of Sebastian Vettel, who after winning his third consecutive drivers’ championship with the energy drink-owned team played down persistent rumours he could soon make the move to fabled Ferrari.
Mar 19
Ferrari glass ‘half full’ but no improvement yet
The sports daily Marca described the attitude as Alonso “seeing the glass half-full”.
Fernando Alonso kept up a positive outlook on Sunday despite some Italian newspapers describing Ferrari’s situation as a “crisis”. Melbourne qualifying confirmed the famous team’s winter woes, but Spaniard Alonso fared better in the race.
Nov 15
2007 enemies in ‘unholy alliance’ against Vettel
Self-interest may have motivated the new friendship between Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton.
In 2007, the pair clashed spectacularly as McLaren teammates, and in the intervening years they have maintained a healthy distance. At the penultimate grand prix of 2011 in Abu Dhabi, however, the pair spent the days leading up to the event praising one another’s talents.
Nov 15
Ferrari says Red Bull also fluttered in Abu Dhabi
After a second consecutive race weekend marked by front wing “fluttering”, Ferrari insists it is at least now in good company.
Experimenting with a new design ahead of the 2012 season, the Italian team said before Abu Dhabi that it had fixed the alarming problem seen on Felipe Massa’s car a fortnight earlier in India.
Sep 13
Vettel eyes pole record but says Senna was best
Vettel’s Ferrari interest ‘very good’ – Agnelli
Sebastian Vettel is likely to break an almost twenty year old formula one record this year. In 1992, Williams’ Nigel Mansell started from the front of the grid no fewer than 14 times, and Vettel has already won 10 poles in 2011 with six races left to run.
Jun 20
BBC ‘unwise’ to consider F1 axe – Whitmarsh
“I think it would be very sad, and most unwise”
It would be “sad” and “unwise” if reports the BBC is considering dropping its live coverage of formula one in Britain are true. That is the claim of McLaren and FOTA chief Martin Whitmarsh, following the Sunday Times article about the broadcaster axing F1 after 2013 in order to save money.
May 11
Sutil gets into fist-fight with Renault official
Adrian Sutil was involved in a bar fight after the recent Chinese grand prix, it emerged on Wednesday.
The F1 broadcasters RAI (Italy) and TF1 (France) had alraedy reported that the Force India driver got into a fight in Shanghai. The Italian website 422race.com has now reported details, including the fact that Renault owner Genii’s Eric Lux was left bloodied after the scrape in the M1NT nightclub.
Apr 04
Alesi feels sorry for ‘poor’ Kubica
“The poor guy; he didn’t deserve this” – Alesi
Fellow winner of one grand prix, Jean Alesi, has revealed his great sympathy for the plight of the badly injured Robert Kubica. It is believed Frenchman Alesi, a representative of Renault sponsor Group Lotus, was scheduled recently to conduct a bedside interview with Kubica for Italian television RAI.
Oct 29
Rome GP ‘letter of intent’ expires in 2010 – mayor
“I will soon meet with Ecclestone to confirm the letter of intent” – Alemanno.
It has emerged that Rome’s agreement about a city-based formula one race in 2012 or 2013 could lapse at the end of the year. It was reported last month that organisers of the proposed event to take place in the Italian capital’s EUR district had signed a five-year contract with Bernie Ecclestone.
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport is due to hit the ground running with a full line of up of both new and renewed TV deals ensuring continued worldwide exposure for the series that kicks off Season Four in less than a month.