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Manor Racing director Dave Ryan believes the team can continuously improve throughout the 2016 season to at least battle with the midfield Formula One teams. Manor expected to start 2016 slightly further ahead than they ended up in Australia with Rio Haryanto and Pascal Wehrlein qualifying 21st and 22nd respectively, 4.2 seconds off pole sitter […]
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has revealed he has no intention of ever buying back the shares in Formula One he sold to CVC back in 2005. Speaking to Gulf News Bernie claimed he was happy with the five percent shareholding he currently holds and he has no intention of increasing this unless he could […]
Red Bull’s motorsport advisor Helmut Marko has admitted they seriously considered designing and manufacturing their own engines for Formula One. Red Bull had poor 2014 and 2015 seasons with the introduction of hybrid power units following four consecutive years of success with V8 engine power. Red Bull was aware early on in 2014 that their […]
Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley has revealed the team did not want to vote in favour of a return to last season’s qualifying format after the elimination style qualifying format failed in its goal at the Australian Grand Prix. Early in March, the FIA published the new rules and regulations relating to an elimination-style qualifying […]
Williams technical chief Pat Symonds is not sure Formula One is heading in the right direction following the way Haas F1 entered the sport. Haas scored the best debut race by a new F1 team in over 10 years when Romain Grosjean came home to take sixth place at the Australian Grand Prix but Symonds […]
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier is confident the team is just a few steps away from making regular appearances in the final part of qualifying. Mclaren and Honda made massive strides forward with reliability and performance in the offseason with their MP4-31 but this was not enough to see them into Q3 at the Australian […]
Niki Lauda says Nico Rosberg’s victory at the Australian Grand Prix was vitally important for the German’s confidence as for the third season in a row it looks likes Hamilton and Rosberg will battle it out for top spot in the drivers’ championship. The weekend did not start well for Rosberg after he crashed out […]
Pirelli Motorsport boss Paul Hembery says he believes the introduction of three tyre compounds per grand prix weekend was a success at the Australian Grand Prix after the new rules caused various strategy changes throughout the race. The Australian Grand Prix was used to test the new method of offering each team three compounds to […]
Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost believes the current engine manufacturers in Formula One are stalling for time over the introduction of future power unit regulations. Bernie Ecclestone and FIA president Jean Todt had threatened to introduce an independent Formula One engine manufacturer in a bid to cut costs and improve competition unless current manufacturers […]
Max Verstappen has reiterated his desire to stay within the Red Bull structure despite saying his intention is to leave Toro Rosso at the end of the season. Verstappen is believed to be on the watch list of the top teams after the Dutchman impressed throughout his rookie season in 2015. With many drivers contracts […]
Australian Formula One legend and 1980 Formula One drivers world champion Alan Jones hopes Ferrari replace Kimi Raikkonen with Daniel Ricciardo for the 2017 Formula One season. Ricciardo was first linked with Ferrari during the 2015 season when many believed the Italian team would not keep Raikkonen on for another season, but much to the […]
Force India chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer has told reporters the team is financially stable enough to pay its bills and continue the development of the 2016 VJM09 despite rumours the team has financial troubles. These rumours began following claims Force India team principal Vijay Mallya had absconded from India whilst owing $1 billion in […]