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Mark Martin Remembers A Mentor & Coke 600 Preview
Mark Martin Remembers A Mentor Coke 600 Preview No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota driver Mark Martin finished a media session Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway and walked only a few steps away before quickly turning around. “I remember one more thing,� he said as a smile came across his face. He had just [...]
F1 practice tyre rules to get revamp
A proposal initiated by Force India for teams to be given extra sets of tyres for the first part of FP1 from this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix if they ran rookies was abandoned after failing to get the necessary support. Pirelli has pushed on with making extra sets of more durable tyres available, however, with [...]
Ecclestone ready to buy New Jersey race promoter to get race off the ground
Ecclestone ready to buy New Jersey race promoter to get race off the ground 20/05/2013 Earlier this month Pitpass breported/bthat the proposed Grand Prix of America in New Jersey had lost a string of key personnel following the brevelation/b in September last year by our business editor Christian Sylt that the contract to host the [...]
Formula 1 – Pirelli insists changes don’t breach rules
The tyre supplier announced earlier this week that it was tweaking the structure of its 2013 products from the Montreal race in a bid to avoid further four-stop races, and prevent more spectacular rear tyre failures. The move came in the wake of intense criticism from Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz, who suggested after the [...]
German giants rule out F1 entry
BMW motor-sport boss Jens Marquardt has rubbished reports they could join Honda in returning to Formula 1 in 2015. Japanese manufacturers Honda announced they would be returning to the sport last week after agreeing a deal to make the engines for McLaren from 2015 onwards. Formula 1 have brought in alterations to the rules governing [...]
FIA vs Pirelli on changing of tyres Who will win the battle
Let’s just sum up the whole matter in short first: Pirelli want to change the tyres after coming under heavy criticism from the teams, especially Red Bull and Mercedes but one specific rule in the FIA Technical Regulations rulebook stops them from going ahead:- Article 12.6.3 states ”Tyre specifications will be determined by the FIA no [...]
How Honda Will Kick McLaren Into Shape With Its New 600bhp V6 F1 Engine
McLaren Honda driven by Ayrton Senna Honda is coming back to Formula 1 as an engine supplier for perennial under-achievers McLaren. The Japanese firm that enjoyed such massive success with McLaren in the late 1980s – and such a pasting in the 2000s – has elbowed McLaren’s current engine supplier Mercedes out for the 2015 [...]
Bernie Ecclestone proposes chassis share to reduce costs
Ecclestone said: “I believe that customer cars will be a good thing. Everybody needs to agree to that but Frank Williams is the one who is against it.” The current requirement for teams to be a “constructor” comprises the bulk of their research and development costs. These averaged £41.4 million across eight of the F1 [...]
Natalie Pinkham grand prix presenter – life’s not all fast cars and glamour
Natalie wears Jacket and TROUSERS, Stella McCartney, from Harrods. SHOES, Charlotte Olympia. SUNGLASSES, Linda Farrow If your average bloke down the pub were to spirit up his dream woman, she would probably bear a striking resemblance to Natalie Pinkham. She’s got the smoky eyes, the glossy hair and the model figure, but she’s also a [...]
Bernie Ecclestone prepared to buy New Jersey Formula One Grand Prix a race …
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone says that he is prepared to buy a race organizing company in order to get a Grand Prix in New Jersey off the ground in the United States. The plan to host a Grand Prix in the New York/New Jersey region has a history dating back to 1985, but a [...]
