Williams rubbishes Red Bull engine moans
Sep.28 (GMM) Technical director of the AT&T Williams F1 team, Sam Michael has scoffed at Red Bull’s claim that the Renault engines in the rear of the championship-leading RB6 are significantly down on power. Red Bull has consistently claimed its Renault V8 is up to 30 horse power behind, revealing that McLaren is blocking its [...]
Pirelli confirm De la Rosa as test driver
Sep.28 (Pirelli) Spanish driver Pedro de la Rosa will replace Nick Heidfeld as Pirelli’s official test driver, as the legendary Italian firm gears up for its Formula One return. Heidfeld was recently appointed as a race driver for Sauber over the remainder of this season after carrying out the initial tests with Pirelli’s new Formula [...]
Gallery: Alonso’s Singapore Weekend
Sep.28 (YallaF1.com) Sutton Motorsport and Ercole Colombo (Ferrari official photographer) captured Fernando Alonso’s Singapore Grand Prix winning weekend at Marina Bay Circuit. It was Alonso’s fourth win of the season and catapults him to top contender status with four races left to go in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship.
F1 cost-cutting pact discussed in Singapore
Sep.28 (GMM) A major topic of conversation during a team bosses meeting in Singapore was the so-called Resource Restriction Agreement. At the resolution of last year’s political crisis, and the signing of a new Concorde Agreement, the teams promised the FIA to reduce their spending to the levels seen in formula one in the early [...]
Tilke insists Korean GP role only advisory
Sep.28 (GMM) Hermann Tilke has backed Korea to finish its F1 circuit in time, but at the same time distanced himself from the Yeongam venue. Earlier this year, the track’s designer Tilke denied having expressed doubts about the 5.62 kilometre layout being ready for its inaugural race in late October. The event is now firmly [...]
Hamilton: I have changed my attitude
Sep.28 (GMM) After crashing out of the consecutive Italian and Singapore grands prix, Lewis Hamilton has vowed a different approach to the remaining races in 2010. Before his terminal crash into Felipe Massa at Monza, and then Mark Webber last Sunday, the McLaren driver was considered a favourite for the world championship. But he is [...]
Alonso is now the man to beat for the title
Sep.27 (Daniel Chalmers) After a flawless Singapore GP everything is falling into place for Fernando Alonso, and his status as F1’s most complete driver is really starting to shine through. Monza was one of Alonso’s finest F1 victories under immense pressure in front of Ferrari’s home fans, and with his title aspirations rapidly slipping away. [...]
F1 teams concerned about fate of Korea GP
Sep.27 (GMM) Two of F1′s leading team bosses have admitted they, like F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, have concerns about the forthcoming Korean grand prix. On paper, there are four races left to run on the 2010 calendar, but real concerns that the new Yeongam circuit will not be ready to host its inaugural race [...]