Webber admits other teams ‘interested’ for 2013
Mark Webber has admitted his return to form in 2012 has triggered the interest of rival F1 teams. The Australian struggled alongside reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel last year, but two weeks...
View ArticleMontreal promoter ‘relieved’ after stressful event
Race promoter Francois Dumontier admitted he was relieved after the Canadian grand prix was run without incident on Sunday. The protesting university students and a heavy police and security presence...
View ArticleF1 drivers preview course in New Jersey
Joins race promoter Leo Hindery, Elected Officials and F1 sponsor Infiniti at 2013 Race Location No doubts about 2013 New York race – promoter Two-Time Defending Formula One World Champion Sebastian...
View ArticleMontreal close to new long-term F1 deal – Ecclestone
Montreal is on the verge of securing a new long-term contract to host formula one until at least 2024, the Quebec newspaper La Presse reports. It had already emerged that Bernie Ecclestone met at the...
View ArticleTalks for new Canada GP deal ‘going well’
Montreal is confident it will secure a new ten-year deal to keep hosting the Canadian grand prix. La Presse reports that negotiations between the Quebec government and formula one officials are...
View ArticleCanada GP contract delay over upgrade cost
Bernie Ecclestone has said he is happy to ink a new long-term deal for the Montreal race, A new deal for the Canadian grand prix could be delayed, as organisers discover the renovation of the ageing...
View ArticleTodt likely to stay FIA president beyond 2013
Jean Todt looks set to remain FIA president for a second term. The former Ferrari chief (135 votes) beat ex world rally champion Ari Vatanen (49 votes) to the post in late 2009. 67-year-old Frenchman...
View ArticleFuture unclear for Canadian GP
“I remain optimistic” – Francois Dumontier The Canadian grand prix will be run and won this weekend without the future of the Montreal race being clear. La Presse reports that while authorities had...
View ArticleWilliams sees long future for historic F1 team
“We can dream that we will continue indefinitely, and I sincerely hope so” Even at the age of 71, Sir Frank Williams sees a long future for his eponymous formula one team. Asked by La Presse newspaper...
View ArticlePirelli renews F1 quit threat
“We have followed the rules and we will continue to do so.” Rumours that Pirelli will leave formula one at the end of the season are growing by the day. Heavily criticised for its 2013 tyres, and now...
View ArticleVettel hopes for ‘miracle’ a month into Schumacher coma
Wednesday marks exactly one month that Michael Schumacher has been in a coma. Doctors at the Grenoble hospital have kept the great German unconscious through anaesthesia, and he is now listed in a...
View ArticleIf Williams is a force in 2014, almost the entire paddock will celebrate the...
Paddock to celebrate ‘popular’ Williams revival The newly Mercedes-powered team, having once dominated the sport but not won a title since 1997, has looked a dark horse contender for 2014 during...
View ArticleRace promoter Francois Dumontier is worried about the future of the Canadian...
Promoter worried about Canada GP future He told French-language La Presse newspaper that Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve needs to urgently conclude its talks with F1 authorities about extending...
View ArticleCanada GP chief happy with new F1 sound
Canadian grand prix promoter Francois Dumontier doesn’t mind the new and milder sound of formula one. Earlier in 2014, Australian grand prix chief Ron Walker revealed his outrage at the loss of the...
View ArticleNew Canada GP contract to be announced – report
Canada looks set to hold on to its popular place on the annual F1 schedule. Montreal race promoter Francois Dumontier has sounded alarmed in recent weeks and months, as the backing of the event by the...
View ArticleCanada GP deal to be announced on Saturday
Saturday is now the day, as popular F1 venue Montreal edges towards a longer future on the calendar. It had been expected that officials would announce at noon on Friday that the fabled Circuit Gilles...
View ArticleNo Mercedes ‘go slow’ despite Canada problems
Mercedes is not imposing team orders, even though the dominant team’s winning streak ended in Canada. At the wheel of the W05, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton were just as dominant at the Circuit...
View ArticleRussia GP plays down plane crash doubts (+photos)
Organisers of the Russian grand prix have responded swiftly to renewed doubts about October’s inaugural Sochi race. The Crimean crisis had already created uncertainty about the viability of a global...
View ArticleSauber sale to billionaire Stroll in doubt – reports
Sauber’s potential sale to a Canadian billionaire could have collapsed. It has been strongly rumoured in past days that Lawrence Stroll, a fashion mogul with close links to Ferrari, could buy the...
View ArticleGhosn frustrated by ‘Mercedes domination’ talk
Losing is just a “normal” part of competing, Renault chairman Carlos Ghosn insists. Just as crisis-struck Ferrari is grappling for traction at the start of the turbo V6 era, so too is reigning world...
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