“The tyres are wrong”
In the days after the Spanish grand prix, the word on everybody’s lips is the same — tyres.
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Tag Archive: Times
Mar 15
Vodafone quit McLaren over Bahrain issue – report
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim’s Telmex company is the favourite to replace Vodafone at McLaren next year
McLaren has reportedly played down reports title sponsor Vodafone is pulling out of formula one due to the controversial Bahrain grand prix. A day after the British team confirmed that its title sponsor since 2007 will pull out at the end of the year, The Times newspaper said Vodafone made its decision “after conducting a review of the deal on the back of last year’s Bahrain grand prix”.
Dec 18
FIA ‘nervous’ about F1′s return to Bahrain – report
The FIA is “nervous” ahead of formula one’s still-controversial return to Bahrain in 2013.
After the 2011 race was cancelled due to civil unrest in the island Kingdom, the sport’s return to Sakhir this year was hugely controversial. And “top-level figures” at the sport’s Paris-based governing body “are already nervous” that the 2013 edition – scheduled for next late April – will be “another horrifying embarrassment”, according to Times correspondent Kevin Eason.
Nov 22
F1 heads to Brazil amid Sao Paulo crime wave
A nervous F1 circus has travelled to Sao Paulo for F1′s 2012 finale, amid reports of more than 1000 murders in the Brazilian city this year.
Britain’s Guardian said the worse-than-usual bloodshed is due to drug-linked organised crime. “We are not staying in gangland, though the track is near there,” a team boss is quoted as saying. “But we don’t go out in team colours.” Jenson Button, who two years ago was the victim of an attempted armed attack in Sao Paulo, admitted this week: “We are having armoured vehicles and a police escort.”
Nov 15
3D could tempt Ecclestone to hand F1 to Sky – report
Pay television company Sky could replace formula one’s own broadcaster, according to a report in the Times.
Journalist Kevin Eason said Barney Francis, the managing director of F1′s new British broadcaster Sky Sports, will be in the Austin paddock this weekend. “He wants to introduce 3D to F1 and will have talks with Bernie Eccclestone”, Eason wrote.
Nov 06
F1 drivers to pay more for F1 ‘super license’
The cost of a formula one driver’s mandatory FIA ‘super license’ is going up, the Times newspaper reports.
It emerged in Abu Dhabi last weekend that teams have been told by the governing body that the price of their official entry fees for the 2013 season are definitely increasing significantly. Journalist Kevin Eason said Red Bull’s success this year is likely to earn the team a more than $3 million FIA bill for 2013, while even straggler HRT is facing a minor increase to the flat rate.
Sep 25
McLaren ups money offer in bid to keep Hamilton
“We will see what we can do. I think we are a good team together.” – Martin Whitmarsh
McLaren has slightly upped its monetary offer in a late bid to secure Lewis Hamilton’s services for 2013, according to multiple British newspapers. The Daily Mail said McLaren has increased its offer by EUR 2.5 million to 15 million, which is still less than his current retainer of about 19 million.
Sep 10
Hamilton’s winning mood hints McLaren tenure ending
Lewis Hamilton gave away more clues about his future after winning Sunday’s Italian grand prix.
Although at Monza the Briton matched Mika Hakkinen’s career tally of 20 wins, he looked miserable as he celebrated the Monza victory with his team. Observing the post-race events, Express journalist Bob McKenzie wrote: “Hamilton looked like a man who has the world on his shoulders rather than in front of him”.
Jul 24
Millionaire Alonso ‘a bargain’ for Ferrari
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.”
Jul 05
Horner denies claims he could replace Ecclestone
Christian Horner has emphatically denied suggestions he might be the next Bernie Ecclestone.
Already very close to the sport’s 81-year-old ‘supremo’ Ecclestone – who is at the middle of a potentially-damaging corruption affair – the name ‘Horner’ is often mentioned in the paddock as perhaps Ecclestone’s preferred successor.