Red Bull rampage grabs world headlines
May 31 (GMM) Dyed-in-the-wool racer Martin Brundle on Monday said he sees no quick end to Red Bull’s new self-induced crisis. “I doubt that trip across the Atlantic for the next round in Montreal will extinguish these fireworks,” the BBC commentator said on Monday, as the international media got to work on Sebastian Vettel’s crash [...]
Hamilton unhappy after team instructions
May 31 (GMM) Lewis Hamilton on Sunday was visibly not jubilant as he accepted the winner’s trophy for the twelfth time in his career. It emerges that the 2008 was unhappy not with teammate Jenson Button’s feisty racing from behind while the pair were running first and second at Istanbul, but the prior “communication” from [...]
Nicolas Todt to visit Sauber headquarters
May 31 (GMM) Peter Sauber has confirmed that Nicolas Todt visited the Swiss team’s Hinwil headquarters last week. Earlier, it was rumoured that Frenchman Todt was eyeing a merger of his GP2 team ART, but Sauber insisted in Turkey that his team is not being sold. The 66-year-old said in an interview published at motorsport-aktuell.com: [...]
Sauber told De la Rosa not to attack teammate
May 31 (GMM) Pedro de la Rosa has admitted he was asked to hold station behind his Sauber teammate at the end of the Turkish grand prix. Kamui Kobayashi scored the Swiss team’s first point of the 2010 season on Sunday, but his veteran teammate Pedro de la Rosa was mere tenths from his rear [...]
Lotus boss taunts under performing Ferrari
May 31 (GMM) On the occasion of Ferrari’s 800th grand prix, Tony Fernandes made sure the Italian team’s celebratory champagne tasted sour. After proving the strongest of the three new teams in 2010, the Lotus team boss stared mockingly at the qualifying timesheets in Turkey and recalled the pre-season words of Luca di Montezemolo. The [...]
Controversy and crisis raging in Red Bull pen
May 31 (GMM & YallaF1.com) Having arrived with a dominant car and leading both world championships, Red Bull Racing has departed Turkey as a team in crisis. “They step on their tails too often,” said BBC commentator Martin Brundle, after Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel crashed while running one-two at Istanbul Park. Crash and loss [...]
Massa looks set to sign 2011 contract
May 31 (GMM) Arguably the best-connected member of the Brazilian formula one media, Galvao Bueno, has revealed that Felipe Massa only needs to put his signature on a new Ferrari contract for 2011. In the wake of strong speculation that the 29-year-old Paulista might lose his seat to a rival driver, it was reported in [...]
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