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Ferrari – No team orders

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Given the micro management by World Champions Mercedes AMG F1 of their drivers, the Formula One team most famous for controlling the on track positioning of its cars could be forced into more extreme measures than they have previously taken. In the Silver Arrows motorhome, an army of stenographers updates the driver schedules, almost by … Read more

Chinese F1 race promoters look to “Post Bernie Era”

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Despite allegedly receiving bi-weekly blood transfusions, Bernie Ecclestone appears to be going nowhere fast. Though his grip on F1 appears to be slowly diminishing as with any autocratic regime in decline. Ecclestone was forced by CVC to apologise in November 2014 following his remarks that the sport’s smallest teams were “beggars” and “idiots”. The previous … Read more

Force India in Neverland

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Only days ago, we reported that the current VJM07.5, essentially last year’s Force India with a nose job to satisfy the 2015 regulations, will be the crutch that Nico Hülkenberg and Checo Perez will have to make do with until the Austrian Grand Prix. The car was originally slated for a Barcelona test debut; then … Read more

Mercedes turn up the engines in Shanghai

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  TJ13 reported that following the Australian GP and the Mercedes engine failure on Romain Grosjean’s car, a seal was identified as a probable weakness across all the Mercedes engines and a retro fix was performed for the next race in Malaysia. However, the lack of bench testing of the new component led Mercedes to … Read more

Red Bull suffering a “spiral of negativity”

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The design of the RB11 is repeatedly being questioned. Plumes of brake dust were seen emerging from the wheel hubs as the Dan’s entered heavy breaking zones on Herman Tilkes first offering to F1. Since last time out the Milton Keynes’ team have switched the core of their braking system back to the 2014 Brembo … Read more

RB11 design changes necessary

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The very public war of words between Renault and Red Bull Racing has subsided for now. The high tide mark appeared to be Renault Sport F1’s CEO accusing their customer team of ‘lying’ and not admitting that problems with the RBR chassis was contributing to poor performance on track. Today Daniel Riccardo reveals that the … Read more

Malaysia FIA stewards intervene following qualifying

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Probably much to Bernie Ecclestone’s displeasure, both Manor F1 drivers have been given permission to race in the 2015 Malaysia GP by the FIA race stewards, which include the no nonsense Mick Doohan this weekend. Ecclestone yesterday described the team as a “disgrace” and said they should have been “thrown out” of Formula One. Will … Read more

McLaren makes history again

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For the first time in McLaren’s history, they have failed to get the cars out of the first qualifying session for two consecutive races, yet both drivers remain positive. Ron Dennis was shown staring at the timing screen in the garage following the end of Q3, whilst smiling to himself for some unknown reason. Fernando … Read more