F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Mclaren have found their Ron Dennis replacement. According to sky news the marketing expert Zak Brown has signed a deal with the Woking based firm. Within the week official statements should be made in which McLaren will explain how the 45-year old Brown is set to take a job as a senior executive, effectively replacing … Read more
For now, the driver market hasn’t yielded too much silliness in the silly season but it’s not just drivers that provide speculation during this period. It’s reputed that after being pushed from an unsympathetic Ferrari, James Allison could move to Red Bull Racing for 2018 as an eventual replacement for Adrian Newey. Talks are on going, but such … Read more
In the Singapore humidity on Thursday, numerous rumours were swirling around the F1 paddock. One of those rumours circling, suggested that Paddy Lowe may be ready to switch the silver of Mercedes for the red of Ferrari. Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel was asked the question about Paddy, and he did nothing to deny or even calm … Read more
McLaren have lately been on a massive recruitment drive in an attempt to bolster their backroom staff, and re-structure the F1 part of the team. It has been revealed that one of Mercedes key members had been tempted to join McLaren. Loic Serra is the head of vehicle dynamics at Mercedes, and would have been … Read more
Ferrari have no immediate plans to sign a ‘big-name’ replacement for departed technical boss James Allison. Team Principal Maurizio Arrivabene suggested a different approach to the Maranello structure instead. Ferrari have slipped behind Red Bull in the constructor’s standings down to third, and have suffered the loss of technical genius James Allison. Ferrari are under … Read more
James Allison officially left Ferrari this week after rumoured disagreements with group president Sergio Marchionne. Hot news flying around the paddock suggests that Allison’s next destination could in fact be McLaren-Honda, as opposed to Enstone and Renault. The split from Maranello came amidst Ferrari and James himself, claiming the decision was a mutual one. Neither party however went … Read more
