Spielberg: Valtteri Bottas gave Finland another presence on the Formula One podium on Sunday when the Williams driver celebrated his first top three finish at the Austrian Grand Prix. “Really, really happy. Difficult to put into words really. Just really thankful to the team for giving me this car,” the third placed 24-year-old declared. “It’s …
Spielberg (Austria): Sergio Perez staged a remarkable recovery to finish sixth from 15th on the grid while Nico Hulkenberg came home ninth to earn 10 points for Sahara Force India from the Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix, here today. The Silverstone squad could have got a couple of points more had Red Bull`s Daniel Ricciardo …
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London: Paul Di Resta can look forward to racing against Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button as Britain’s third driver in Formula One this season when a formal announcement is made on Wednesday. Silverstone-based Force India said on Monday they were scheduling a news conference in Glasgow, the 24-year-old Scot’s home town, to introduce one of …
Milan: Ferrari’s Chris Dyer, blamed by Italian media for a strategy error that cost Fernando Alonso last year’s Formula One world championship, was replaced as head of race track engineering on Tuesday. Spaniard Alonso went into the Abu Dhabi season-ender top of the standings but an early pit-stop backfired and he finished the race seventh …
Moscow: Vitaly Petrov, Russia’s first Formula One driver, has extended his contract with the Renault team for the next two years. “I’m very excited about working with this great team once more, and I’m confident that I will deliver,” the 26-year-old driver told a news conference in Moscow on Wednesday. “In many ways, 2010 was …
Paris: Jorge Lorenzo achieved the near impossible in 2010, upstaging the irrepressible Valentino Rossi at the end of a season marred by the loss of one of the grid’s brightest young talents. Lorenzo finished in Rossi’s slipstream in the season-opener in Qatar but laid the first firm foundation stone to his debut title on home …
London: Fatigued Formula One mechanics will be spared regular all-night shifts next season after the sport’s governing body inserted a “curfew” in new rules. The first grand prix of the championship just finished saw some of the new teams working around the clock to get their cars ready in time. Next season will be the …
London: Formula One has lifted a ban on the so-called “team orders” which caused a huge controversy at the German Grand Prix this year when Ferrari used them to allow Fernando Alonso to win. The decision, announced by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) on Friday, will dismay some fans while others will feel such tactics …
London: Nelson Piquet Jr and his former world champion father are to receive “substantial” damages after suing Renault for libel in a British court case linked to Formula One’s “crashgate” affair. The Piquets accused Renault of issuing a false statement concerning the duo in September last year, suggesting they had lied about their role in …
Paris: Australian Formula One driver Mark Webber admitted on Monday that his chances of lifting the world title last season received a huge blow when he drove the final four races with a broken shoulder. The 34-year-old revealed in his book ‘Webber up front’ published by the BBC on Monday that his title challenge was …
