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The organizers of the planned F1 race in New Jersey say they have agreed a new 15-year contract with Bernie Ecclestone to host the race from next season. The event, dubbed the Jersey Grand Prix, was given a place on the 2013 calendar last year but was cancelled when it became clear the venue would…
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Kimi Raikkonen had a predictable reaction to being told he had equaled Michael Schumacher’s record for most consecutive F1 points finishes: “I don’t care about that. I care about scoring the points, but not about any records.” Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix was Raikkonen’s 24th consecutive race in the points, a streak which began at last…
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The FIA has confirmed the International Tribunal hearing on Mercedes’ controversial test will take place on June 20th. Mercedes spent three days testing at the Circuit de Catalunya between May 15th and 17th, three days after the Spanish Grand Prix, despite in-season testing being against the rules. “The President of the FIA, acting as the…
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McLaren failed to score a point for the first time in 64 races. Here’s more on that and four more top stats from Sunday’s race. McLaren’s record points streak ends… Not since the final F1 race of 2009 have McLaren left a race weekend without scoring any points. But in finally happened in Canada as…
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Pirelli have abandoned their plans to introduce revised tires at the next round of the world championship at Silverstone. Teams were given the opportunity to test the new tires during Friday practice. But with rain affecting the first session little running was done on the prototype compounds, which feature changes to the internal belts designed…
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Sebastian Vettel admitted he was fortunate to avoid retirement after going off the track late in the Canadian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver ran wide at the first corner during his final stint and had to cut across the tarmac run-off on the inside of turn two to keep going. “I was a little…
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Sauber branded the Canadian Grand Prix a “weekend to forget” after both their drivers failed to take the checkered flag. Nico Hulkenberg collided with Caterham’s Giedo van der Garde while lapping him and both sustained race-ending damage. And although Esteban Gutierrez was among the classified finishers he crashed while exiting the pit lane seven laps…
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Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes are no closer to solving their tire degradation woes despite finishing on the podium at the Canadian Grand Prix. “I think it’s just been a work in progress,” said Hamilton when asked about the W04′s tire problems. “We haven’t cured anything, it’s not been a long period of time since Barcelona…
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F1 should have done more to reduce 2014 engine costs – Whitmarsh
Jun 5, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says Formula One should have gone further when defining the specification of the 2014 engines to ensure costs did not spiral out of control. F1′s smallest teams have warned that engine costs could soar to $30 million for a single season from next year due to the introduction of new…
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Mercedes’ clandestine test for Pirelli ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix gave them a significant opportunity to advance their development programme for the W04. That’s the view of former McLaren mechanic Marc Priestley, who explained to F1 Fanatic how the team could have used the test for F1′s official tire supplier to make gains with…
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Aspiring American Formula One driver Alexander Rossi (pictured with NBC’s Will Buxton) will join 18 Formula One drivers on the starting grid for the 81st running of the Le Mans 24 Hours. Rossi will drive a Zytek Z11SN-Nissan run by Greaves Motorsport and backed by the Caterham Formula One team in the LMP2 class. The…
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Felipe Massa will start the seventh race of the season with a new chassis, Ferrari have confirmed. Massa’s car required extensive repairs following two near-identical crashes during the Monaco Grand Prix weekend. The second, which ended his race before half-distance, saw the F138 ricochet off one barrier into another at Sainte Devote. Ferrari believe the…
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Paul di Resta said he was pleased to continue his run of points finishes in the Monaco Grand Prix even if he was disappointed with ninth. Di Resta has scored 24 points in the last four races, his biggest haul in any four-race stretch in his F1 career so far. “I think it’s a sign…
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Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems are being used by every car in the field for the first time this year. Introduced in 2009, the hybrid engine systems convert energy that would otherwise be wasted during deceleration to give drivers an extra boost of performance they can use when needed. In this video from Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton…
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Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn believes Lewis Hamilton needs more time to get the most out of the Mercedes. Hamilton leads fellow Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg by 62 points to 47 after six races, but has been beaten to pole position by his team mate at the last three Grands Prix. “I think it is…
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Valtteri Bottas says the hardest thing to adapt to as a rookie driver in Formula One is the length of the race distances. Bottas spent last year out of racing while he made 15 appearances in first practice sessions for Williams. Prior to that he competed in GP3 where races last around half an hour.…
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Esteban Gutierrez admits he needs to raise his game in qualifying. Sauber’s rookie driver has been out-qualified by team mate Nico Hulkenberg in all six races so far and has been a second slower than him on average. “I think we lack qualifying speed,” he said during a Q&A session. “That is something we need…
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Adrian Newey is turning out to be as good at destroying racing cars as he is at designing them. The designer of multiple Formula One world championship-winning cars for Williams, McLaren and Red Bull is a true racer at heart and loved to get behind the wheel when he can. But Red Bull team principal…
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F1 flashback: Hunt makes his debut as Stewart wins in Monaco (VIDEO)
Jun 3, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
The battle for the 1973 world championship moved to Monaco 40 years ago today. Reigning champion Emerson Fittipaldi and two-time title winner Jackie Stewart had won the five preceding races, and the contest on the streets of the principality was all about those two drivers. Stewart took pole position in his Tyrrell 006. This was…
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Williams technical director Mike Coughlan believes the team is heading in the right direction with the development of its car after a poor start to the 2013 season. Pastor Maldonado was taken out of the Monaco Grand Prix in a collision with Max Chilton while Valtteri Bottas finished out of the points. “We had a…
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Mercedes executive director Toto Wolff played down the team’s chances of repeating their victory in the last waste at this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix. “We enjoyed a fantastic weekend in Monaco but, as I have said before, yesterday’s home runs don’t win tomorrow’s games,” said Wolff. “We will be heading to Montreal this week with…
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The new-specification Pirelli tires due to appear at the Canadian Grand Prix will only be used in practice and not during the race. Pirelli announced it would change the construction of its tires after the spate of delaminations seen at the Bahrain the Spanish Grands Prix. F1′s official tire supplier originally said its new product…
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Lotus team principal Eric Boullier is optimistic Romain Grosjean will bounce back after a bruising Monaco Grand Prix weekend. Grosjean had four separate crashes on the Monte-Carlo track. He hit the barriers twice at Sainte Devote and once at the chicane, then rammed into Daniel Ricciardo during the race, for which he received a ten-place…
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Force India owner Vijay Mallya foresees a bleak future for F1′s smaller teams as costs are set to rise. Mallya said he feared engine and associated costs will double due to the expense spent on developing new V6 units for 2014. He blamed F1′s richest teams for wrecking initiatives to control costs: “The FIA and…
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Jean-Eric Vergne equaled the best result of his career with eighth place in the Monaco Grand Prix but admitted was fortunate not to get caught up in the chaos of the race. “I’m glad I avoided trouble and eighth place is a good position in Monaco,” said Vergne. “OK, I profited from an accident ahead…
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