Tost wants Toro Rosso to become regular top-ten contender
Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost wants nothing less that consistent top-ten finishes for both his drivers later this season. On the back of Pierre Gasly’s remarkable drive to fourth in Bahrain last Sunday, Tost confirmed the Faenza-based squad’s targets for this season, but also conceded that luck played a part in the Frenchman’s impressive…
Mercedes rivals also battling with tyre windows, says chief strategist
Mercedes’ chief strategist James Vowles says the Silver Arrows main rivals are in the same boat when it comes to consistently exploiting Pirelli’s 2018 compounds. The German outfit is enduring the most difficult start to a season since 2013, having failed to win in the first three races of 2018. While the squad’s W09 charger…
Smashing the Austerity Idols
I’d like to apologize to the people of Greece. I’ve been pretty hard on them over the years. I’ve made fun of their freewheeling spendthrift habits, their unwillingness to pay their taxes, and their early retirement ethos. When they were given membership in the Euro zone, I made fun of that too, or at least…
Vettel admits he ‘got lucky’ to grab Melbourne win
Sebastian Vettel celebrated his 110th podium appearance with victory in the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. It hadn’t looked on the cards early on, when he was running behind Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen for the first 22 laps of the race. However that all changed when a double retirement for Haas gave Ferrari the…
The Greek Coup: Liquidity as a Weapon of Coercion
“My father made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Luca Brasi held a gun to his head and my father assured him that either his brains, or his signature, would be on the contract.” — The Godfather (1972) In the modern global banking system, all banks need a credit line with the central bank in order to…
Bahrain opened Mercedes’ eyes to W09 weakness – Bottas
Despite his second place finish in the Bahrain Grand Prix, Valtteri Bottas moves on to China aware that the weaknesses of Mercedes’ W09 have been exposed. The Silver Arrows outfit was left chasing Ferrari all weekend in the Bahrain heat, and the race Sunday evening was just another reflection of the team’s lack of pace…
Hockenheim seeking ‘risk-free’ new contract with F1
The German Grand Prix at Hockenheim will only remain on F1’s schedule beyond this year if its organisers can secure a “risk-free” deal with the sport’s commercial rights holder. The terms governing its current 10-year contract with Formula 1 were imposed during the Ecclestone era, but the promoters of the event can no longer afford…
Wolff to consider team orders for Bottas after Monza
Valtteri Bottas hasn’t yet been told he’ll need to play a supporting role to his Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton’s title campaign – but the moment when he will be might be close. Hamilton currently leads the drivers championship by 17 points from Sebastian Vettel with eight races remaining. However the team was rocked by…
Ricciardo spared grid penalty in Canada despite faulty MGU-K
Renault will apparently keep and repair the faulty MGU-K that almost destroyed Daniel Ricciardo’s impressive Monaco Grand Prix win. The Red Bull driver suffered a sudden loss of power after just 20 laps in last Sunday’s race when the MGU-K component failed. Ricciardo masterfully raced on for over 50 laps to the checkered flag despite…
Ferrari drivers and team honour Marchionne in Hungary
Click:小型辦公室 Crew members of Scuderia Ferrari as well as Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen will all wear a black armband in Hungary this weekend as the Italian squad honours the memory of Sergio Marchionne. The 66-year-old chairman and CEO of Ferrari, and the talented auto executive who turned around the fortunes of both Fiat and…