Earlier this year, ahead of the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff alleged that one of their rivals had been scanning the team’s cars with a 3D camera. “We saw last year on a few occasions, one of our main competitors with a 3D camera – that is quite a thing, you
MoreSebastian Vettel is currently enduring his worst season since joining Scuderia Ferrari in 2015, and he’s almost certainly looking forward to leaving the Maranello-based team for Aston Martin Racing at the end of 2020. Ex-Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher has backed his fellow German to be “back to his old self” at Aston Martin, as
MoreFormer Scuderia Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali will replace Chase Carey as the CEO of Formula One, the BBC reported on Tuesday, citing sources in the paddock. Carey will serve as chairman of Formula One “in a form still to be decided”, the publication added. READ: Alonso’s Return Means Renault Will Have ‘No Excuses’ In
MoreScuderia AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has said he doesn’t think Aston Martin Racing will be able to provide Sebastian Vettel with a car capable of winning him a fifth F1 Championship. “I hope and wish for him that he will be successful and able to win races,” Tost said in a recent interview. READ:
MoreJacques Villeneuve has accused Scuderia Ferrari of letting go of talented personnel simply because they weren’t Italian – and he believes this exodus of talent is costing them dearly. “Ferrari could have been the Mercedes of today, but they let go of so many talented engineers. Most of all because they were not Italian,” Villeneuve
MoreScuderia Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has said the ailing Italian constructor is working “very hard” on its new power unit which it will start using in 2021, as it looks to address the deficit it has relative to Mercedes, Honda and Renault. “In 2021 there will be small improvements, such as a new engine.
MoreFollowing the inaugural Tuscan Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc took part in a so-called blindfold challenge in a Ferrari road car. The pair took turns to drive a high-performance Ferrari around the track while the other was blindfolded and had to figure out which part of the circuit they were at. READ: Ineos
MoreFerrari’s decision not to retain Sebastian Vettel beyond the 2020 F1 season paved the way for Carlos Sainz to sign a contract with the Italian outfit, and in turn left a vacant seat at Mclaren, which Daniel Ricciardo will fill. All of these driver moves will come into effect at the end of the 2020
MoreEx-Formula One driver Felipe Massa, who raced with Ferrari for eight years, has said he believes the Maranello-based team potentially made the right call by replacing Sebastian Vettel with Carlos Sainz for 2021. Specifically, he said “Vettel’s time has passed” and described Sainz as a “good” driver. READ: Mclaren Reveal Why They Allowed Sainz To
MoreFerrari team principal Mattia Binotto has said the team is in a “difficult situation”, with the freeze on the development of many components limiting its ability to improve its package in 2020. “How long will it take us to get back [to the front]? Obviously now we are in a difficult situation at the moment
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