Daily F1 News and Links

A diary of the daily news stories as they break – and a useful catalogue to find the links to previous news.

After Gasly’s arrival, Alpine makes a big announcement

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With the end of the Formula 1 season fast approaching, Alpine is preparing for some changes between now and 2023. After the announcement of Fernando Alonso’s departure, Pierre Gasly will replace the Spanish driver. There is no lack of ambitions for the coming seasons as 2023 will be a pivotal year for Alpine F1 (again). … Read more

Red Bull’s offer to change F1 forever, in order to ‘save’ little teams

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Christian Horner believes that the best way to reduce costs in F1 would be to allow smaller teams to buy their cars from the big teams, thereby altering forever the nature of Formula 1 as we know it. Formula 1 (Liberty Media), the FIA and team bosses are currently trying to reach an agreement to … Read more

Vettel: “Our car was not dominant”

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Interview with Sebastian Vettel: “Our car was not dominant” Google Translated from German article by Auto Motor und Sport: Sebastian Vettel looks back on a year in which he was on the right track to the WDC title, but then took a wrong turn. The Ferrari driver talks about the background of the technical breakdowns … Read more

Cosworth V12: Red Bull Supercar sounds like old school F1

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Red Bull Aston Martin’s Valkyrie supercar’s Cosworth V12 sounds like old school F1 McLaren not copying Red Bull car says Sainz “I think it’s very straightforward to say that the team is copying a chassis,” Sainz, McLaren’s new Spanish driver for 2019, said. “I’m sure there are ideas from all the teams that McLaren has … Read more

Mobile phone footage: drunken Kimi gets close to the fans (& nearly gets in the wrong car)

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Drunk Kimi stumbles out of the FIA Gala, & decides to mingle with the fans Horner had doubts about signing Ricciardo “When we had to replace Mark Webber, we were able to choose between Jean-Eric Vergne, Daniel Ricciardo and Kimi Raikkonen,” Horner told ESPN. “Our biggest concern was not whether Daniel would have the pace, … Read more

Sauber rookie Kimi Raikkonen sits down for an interview

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21-year-old Sauber rookie Kimi Raikkonen sits down for an interview with Martin Brundle (2001) Mercedes struggling with engine development for 2019 Toto Wolff, Mercedes team boss, has said that the team have had a “setback” with its engine development: “There is a tremendous development race that is happened as we speak.” “Finding downforce, reducing drag … Read more

A direct comparison between F1 & Indycar

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  Summarised F1 news from across the internet* If you are on Twitter, Facebook or any other social network – please press the share buttons. Make plenty of comments below. * TJ13 doesn’t endorse or confirm any articles or stories linked below:   Ericsson’s first test takes him ‘back to the passion of racing’ “I’d never … Read more

Ricciardo: Max stronger than Sebastian

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  Summarised F1 news from across the internet* If you are on Twitter, Facebook or any other social network – please press the share buttons. Make plenty of comments below. * TJ13 doesn’t endorse or confirm any articles or stories linked below:   Daniel Ricciardo describes relationship with Max Verstappen at Red Bull TJ13 comment: During the … Read more

Vettel invites Hamilton for Donuts

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  Summarised F1 news from across the internet* If you are on Twitter, Facebook or any other social network – please press the share buttons. Make plenty of comments below. * TJ13 doesn’t endorse or confirm any articles or stories linked below:   Vettel encourages Hamilton to do donuts in Abu Dhabi Some might say that … Read more