Team Lotus to decide on 2011 car colours
Dec.9 (GMM) Team Lotus looks likely to ditch its plans for a black and gold livery in 2011 following confirmation of Group Lotus’ collaboration with the separate Renault outfit. Weeks ago, as the Lotus name dispute was developing amid rumours Group Lotus was eyeing a separate F1 foray, Tony Fernandes’ team announced it would abandon [...]
Webber: There was no need to tell the team
Dec.9 (YallaF1.com) Mark Webber’s book on his 2010 season entitled ‘Up Front’ has stirred up controversy as the Australian reveals that he drove the final four races of 2010 with a hairline fracture in his shoulder. Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner has voiced his frustration and disappointment in not being informed, by Webber, [...]
Fernandes intends keeping Team Lotus name
Dec.8 (GMM) Tony Fernandes’ Team Lotus on Wednesday indicated it is in no mood to give in despite Group Lotus entering formula one for 2011. F1 is now facing the bizarre situation of one team – Team Lotus – being known as Lotus-Renault, while the Renault F1 team is officially Lotus Renault GP. Both intend [...]
Renault sells team as Group Lotus enters F1
Dec.8 (GMM) Group Lotus on Wednesday finally unveiled its collaboration for 2011 and beyond with the Renault F1 team. It had been expected that the famous British sports car maker, now owned by Malaysia’s Proton, would tie up with Renault either in the form of a title sponsorship or by actually buying some of the [...]
Liuzzi and Sutil await Force India decision
Dec.8 (YallaF1.com) Despite the likes of Nick heidfeld, Nico Hulkenberg, Karun Chandhok, Paul di Resta and most recently Narain Karthikeyan hovering in the wings, both Vitantonio Liuzzi and Adrian Sutil are confident that they will be racing for Force India in 2011. The team owned by flambouyant India billionaire Vijay Mallya, has yet to announce [...]
Mixed reaction to Webber injury secrecy
Dec.8 (GMM) Pundits have leapt to the defence of Mark Webber, after his boss Christian Horner revealed “disappointment and frustration” with the Australian driver. Suggestions that Webber, 34, is still at loggerheads with Red Bull – and possibly to split with the Austrian team before the start of the 2011 season – have resurfaced since [...]
Barrichello has to lose kilos for KERS return
Dec.8 (GMM) Rubens Barrichello has revealed he has been asked to lose some weight ahead of the 2011 season. Prior to the introduction of KERS systems in 2009, many drivers slimmed down to counteract the additional weight. With the technology being re-introduced in 2011, the weight problem – and the sight of skeletal F1 drivers [...]
Berger has sympathy for Ferrari’s defeat
Dec.8 (GMM) Gerhard Berger has refused to join those critical of Ferrari’s strategy mistake that cost Fernando Alonso his third drivers’ title in 2010. Sections of the Italian press as well as some F1 pundits have called for consequences, after strategists called Alonso in for an early pitstop in Abu Dhabi that ultimately stranded the [...]
Ferrari confirm Bianchi replaces Badoer
Dec.8 (GMM) Ferrari has confirmed that 2010 was Luca Badoer’s last year as test driver. The Maranello team announced last month that 21-year-old Frenchman Jules Bianchi had been signed as test driver for 2011. The almost 40-year-old Italian has been in the role since the late 90s, reportedly accumulating more than 130,000 kilometres at Fiorano [...]