United States GP named Sports Event of the Year
The 2012 United States Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas has won the coveted “Sports Event of the Year” award at the 2013 SportsBusiness Journal/Daily Business Awards held on Wednesday in New York. More than 265,000 fans attended the United States Grand Prix which was conducted 16-18 November, 2012, in the brand new $400 million [...]
Raikkonen: I don’t use Facebook and if I could throw my phone away I would
Kimi Raikkonen would much rather be left alone but he is happy to admit that sometimes he does not know what he is doing. Social media is never going to be the Finn’s thing and the Lotus driver has never hidden his distaste for interviews but he overcame his reluctance and spoke to Reuters at [...]
Raikkonen ignores Ecclestone’s call to ditch Hunt helmet tribute
Kimi Raikkonen has reportedly been told to remove the depiction of 1976 world champion James Hunt from the top of his special Monaco edition helmet, but the Iceman claims he knows nothing about the order which reportedly emanates from Bernie Ecclestone’s bunker. An unabashed fan of the wild, drinking, smoking, womanising British driver, Finn Raikkonen [...]
Sauber bosses miss day one at Monaco in search for sponsors
Both of Sauber’s senior team management figures were missing in action on Thursday as Nico Hulkenberg and Esteban Gutierrez practiced in Monaco. Roger Benoit, the very well connected correspondent for Swiss newspaper Blick, said it is “very rare” that neither Peter Sauber and team boss Monisha Kaltenborn are present at a Grand Prix circuit. “They [...]
Williams reverts to 2012 nose and wing for Monaco
In what could be interpreted as a sign of desperation Williams is stepping back in time in a bid to cure the problems with its 2013 car. Auto Motor und Sport reports that the British team was already using the floor and exhaust of last year’s car in Barcelona recently. And on Thursday in Monaco, [...]
Ferrari: The weekend has got off on the right foot
Team and drivers review FP1 and FP2 on day one of the Monaco Grand Prix weekend, Round 6 of the 2013 Formula 1 world championship. Stefano Domenicali In free practice for the Monaco Grand Prix, the priority is always to make the most of the time available to run on track: today we exploited all [...]
Force India: It’s now a case of optimising the car for the weekend
Team and drivers review FP1 and FP2 on day one of the Monaco Grand Prix weekend, Round 6 of the 2013 Formula 1 world championship. Paul Di Resta A good day’s work, although there’s always lots to talk about after two sessions around Monaco. There are some improvements we can make to improve the balance, [...]
Lotus: Our pace looks good, both drivers are happy
Kimi Räikkönen completed the first practice sessions for the Monaco Grand Prix with the sixth fastest time of the day, with team-mate Romain Grosjean right behind him in seventh. Kimi set his time on the super soft Pirelli tyre whilst Romain – who was third fastest in the morning – set his time on the [...]
Red Bull: We’d like to be a little bit more competitive
Team and drivers review FP1 and FP2 on day one of the Monaco Grand Prix weekend, Round 6 of the 2013 Formula 1 world championship. Mark Webber I think traditionally we’re never too electric here on Thursday’s, so today was actually one of the better ones we’ve had in the last few years. You’ve got [...]