Daniil Kvyat says the safety car and red flag timing at the Italian Grand Prix presented a “worst case” scenario for him, helping AlphaTauri Formula 1 team-mate Pierre Gasly win. The Russian eventually finished ninth in the Italian GP, while his team mate scored a spectacular victory after a fortunately-timed […]
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The actions Mercedes took in supplying brake duct parts and designs to Racing Point looks increasingly likely to come under the spotlight when the matter goes to an FIA appeal. With five teams having appealed the ruling that meant Racing Point lost 15 constructors’ championship points and received a €400,000 […]
© LAT Images Wolff: Mercedes role in Racing Point case is Toto Wolff says suggestions Mercedes may have played a role in Racing Point’s bid to copy its 2019 title-winning Formula 1 car are “total nonsense”. Racing Point was hit with a 15-point constructors’ championship penalty and fined €400,000 after […]
Toto Wolff says suggestions Mercedes may have played a role in Racing Point’s bid to copy its 2019 title-winning Formula 1 car are “total nonsense”. Racing Point was hit with a 15-point constructors’ championship penalty and fined €400,000 after it was deemed to have copied Mercedes’ 2019 brake duct design. […]
Sergio Perez has hit back at claims he met with a sponsor and fans during a trip back to Mexico after the Hungarian Grand Prix, calling the reports “bullshit”. Perez became the first Formula 1 driver to test positive for COVID-19 ahead of the British Grand Prix, ruling him out […]
Sergio Perez has hit back at claims he met with a sponsor and fans during a trip back to Mexico after the Hungarian Grand Prix, calling the reports “bullshit”. Perez became the first Formula 1 driver to test positive for COVID-19 ahead of the British Grand Prix, ruling him out […]
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has suggested Mercedes could be a guilty party in the ‘copycat’ scandal engulfing Formula One. Mercedes customer team, Racing Point, was last week fined €400,000 (A$658,250) and stripped of 15 world championship points after FIA stewards deemed it had illegally copied the team’s brake […]
Red Bull Formula 1 boss Christian Horner says Mercedes could be a guilty party in the Racing Point brake duct case set to go to the International Court of Appeals. In the decision issued by the FIA stewards on Friday, Racing Point was fined €400,000 and docked 15 World Championship […]
Mattia Binotto has compared Racing Point’s role in the Formula 1 brake duct controversy to “copying a test” amid Ferrari’s plans to appeal for a harsher sanction. Racing Point was handed a 15-point constructors’ championship penalty and a €400,000 fine after its brake ducts were ruled to have been designed […]
Claire Williams says a “very clear” position regarding the DNA of Formula 1 is behind her team’s decision to appeal the FIA’s ruling in the Racing Point brake duct case. Williams is one of four rival teams that responded to the FIA’s ruling on the Racing Point brake duct case, […]
McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andreas Seidl says there is no “bad blood” with Mercedes despite holding opposing views of the Racing Point brake ducts controversy. Racing Point was docked 15 points in the constructors’ championship and handed a €400,000 fine after it was judged to have used an illegal […]
Toto Wolff says he is acting as a “mediator” to try and resolve the Racing Point brake ducts controversy without the case going to the FIA’s International Court of Appeal. The FIA stewards ruled on Friday that Racing Point had breached the Formula 1 regulations in the design process of […]
The MotoGP paddock has detected its first positive COVID-19 case in a member of Dorna Sports’ TV crew, but the Czech Grand Prix weekend is not expected to be affected. MotoGP has deployed strict protocols amidst the coronavirus pandemic in order to get its delayed 2020 season under way last […]
Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says he has “zero worries” about the team being implicated in any kind of wrongdoing in the Racing Point brake duct saga. Today’s verdict from the FIA stewards confirmed that Mercedes provided Racing Point with CAD data on the brake duct designs of its […]