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Force India chief expects few changes
Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley believes Barcelona will not herald the big turnaround for teams as has often been the case in the past. With the opening quartet of flyaway races out of the way, the short break ahead of the Spanish...
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Only top 10 teams to get prize money
Bernie Ecclestone has made clear that Formula One will pay prize money to only the top 10 teams from the end of this season. Since 2010, payments have been made to the 11th and 12th-placed teams to help three newcomers on reduced budgets who came in...
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Kubica says he tested in Mercedes simulator
Robert Kubica has tried out the Mercedes team’s Formula One simulator in another sign of the Polish driver’s burning desire to return to grand prix racing. “Yes, I was in the Mercedes F1 simulator in the past,” the former Sauber and Renault driver...
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F1 testing set for early start
Formula One is planning to bring forward its pre-season testing programme next year which could see cars on track as early as January. Current sporting regulations prevent teams from running in January, but with F1 due to undergo its most pivotal...
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McLaren F1 team deny claims Dennis has been demoted
McLaren F1 racing team have strenuously denied a claim chairman Ron Dennis has been demoted. A report in Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport suggested Dennis had now become a non-executive member of the board lacking any voting rights. Under his...
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‘Ambassador’ Schumi to take on Nurburgring
Michael Schumacher is to get behind the wheel of a Mercedes again next month. The seven-times F1 champion retired from the sport for a second time at the end of last season after a three-year spell with the German manufacturing giant. Earlier this...
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Pirelli to change hard tyres from Spanish GP
Formula One supplier Pirelli will change the compound of its hard tyres from next month’s Spanish Grand Prix after evaluating performance data from the first four races of the season. Motorsport director Paul Hembery said in a statement yesterday...
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Rare breakage blamed for Alonso wing problem
The rear wing problem that wrecked Fernando Alonso’s hopes of winning in Bahrain last weekend was due to a rare component failure within the DRS system, Ferrari said after an investigation. “It’s the first problem of its kind on this system seen on...
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Vettel samples GP track in Sochi
Sebastian Vettel has given his early blessing to the new track due to hold the inaugural Russian Grand Prix next year. The reigning three-time world champion flew direct to Sochi, which is also due to hold the 2014 Winter Olympics, following his...
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Vettel forgets Malaysian storm with Bahrain win
World champion Sebastian Vettel won a Formula One race on Sunday without anyone kicking up a storm about it, at least inside the confines of the circuit. The last time the Red Bull driver had stood on the top step of the podium was in Malaysia last...
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Red Bull’s Vettel wins without drama
Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix for the second year in a row for Red Bull yesterday to extend his overall lead to 10 points after four races. In a controversial race that went off without major drama,...
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Rosberg puts Mercedes on pole
Germany’s Nico Rosberg looked forward to ‘kick-starting’ his season after seizing Mercedes’s second successive pole position in qualifying for the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix yesterday. Compatriot and triple world champion Sebastian Vettel joined...
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Iceman Raikkonen fastest in Bahrain desert heat
Formula One ‘Iceman’ Kimi Raikkonen lapped fastest for Lotus in the Bahrain desert heat yesterday after Ferrari had set the early practice pace. The Finn, 2007 world champion for Ferrari and chasing his 21st successive race in the points, sped to a...
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Raikkonen fastest in Bahrain
Kimi Raikkonen has thrown his hat into the ring for victory in Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix after he topped the timesheet at the end of Friday's two 90-minute sessions at the 5.412km track. Winner in the season-opening race in Australia and second in...
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Webber hits the 200 mark
Formula One’s most controversial race, the Bahrain Grand Prix with its simmering backdrop of teargas and petrol bombs, might just give Mark Webber something to celebrate on Sunday. Red Bull’s Australian has had a pretty thin time of it recently but...
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FIA chief Todt to miss GP in Bahrain
Jean Todt, the head of Formula One’s governing body, will not attend this weekend’s controversial Bahrain Grand Prix but officials played down the significance of his absence yesterday. A spokesman for FIA said the Frenchman had never had Bahrain on...
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Kovalainen back at Caterham
Experienced Finnish driver Heikki Kovalainen rejoined the Caterham Formula One team as a reserve yesterday and will take part in tomorrow’s free practice at this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Kovalainen was dropped as a Caterham race driver at the...
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Ecclestone says willing to meet Bahrain opposition
Bernie Ecclestone has assured protesters in Bahrain that he understands their grievances and is willing to meet opposition figures ahead of the most controversial F1 race of the year this weekend. “I’m happy to talk to anybody about this, as I did...
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Perez told to toughen up
McLaren new boy Sergio Perez has been told by team boss Martin Whitmarsh to use his elbows and make life harder for Formula One rivals. “I think he’s been very polite so far this year, I think he needs to toughen up,” Whitmarsh told reporters after...
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Alonso wins in China
Fernando Alonso roared to a dominant victory in a highly strategic Chinese Grand Prix yesterday to give Ferrari their first win of the Formula One season and put the pressure on champions Red Bull. In a dry race dictated by tyre choices and frequent...
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