F1 Madness

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Cyril ABITEBOUL (Renault), Monisha KALTENBORN (Sauber), Robert FERNLEY (Force India), Franz TOST (Toro Rosso), Guenther STEINER (Haas) PRESS CONFERENCE Cyril, clearly you’ve made a lot of progress with your power unit over the winter,but it hasn’t all been plain sailing. Can you give us an insight into where it still needs a […]

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No less than three Formula 1 teams launched their 2017 challengers on the 26th of February. On the eve of the commencement of official testing in Barcelona, Spain Red Bull Racing, Haas F1, and Scuderia Toro Rosso took the opportunity to launch their new-for-2017 F1 cars. Red Bull Racing’s RB13 Red Bull was first out […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Dave RYAN (Manor), Franz TOST (Toro Rosso), Eric BOULLIER (McLaren), Robert FERNLEY (Force India), Mike O’DRISCOLL (Williams) PRESS CONFERENCE Bob, if we could start with you, the news broke recently that Nico Hulkenberg is off to Renault. Does his departure weaken the team going forward? Robert FERNLEY: No, not necessarily. Nico will […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Franz TOST (Toro Rosso) Robert FERNLEY (Force India) David RYAN (Manor) Eric BOULLIER (McLaren)   PRESS CONFERENCE A question to all of you, we asked the other team principals the same question in Singapore, your thoughts on the arrival of Liberty Media in Formula One, what it means for the sport, and in […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Franz TOST (Toro Rosso) Dave RYAN (Manor Racing) Robert FERNLEY (Force India) Claire WILLIAMS (Williams) Not in attendance: Monisha KALTENBORN (Sauber) Paul HEMBERY (Pirelli) PRESS CONFERENCE Bob, the car showed some flashes of real speed in pre-season in testing and in Melbourne you had a good result with seventh. How confident are you […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Matthew CARTER (Lotus), Vijay MALLYA (Force India), Franz TOST (Toro Rosso), Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing), Eric BOULLIER (McLaren) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Christian, we’ll begin with you. First of all, what’s the… you’re smiling? Christian HORNER: I’m just very upset to hear Toto is ill and couldn’t make it, that his helicopter couldn’t fly […]

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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton served up a double dose of dominance in today’s free practice sessions ahead of qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix. Hamilton set the pace early on in the first practice session at Monaco with an impressive run, finishing the session 0.149 seconds quicker than – and outshone only by – Toro […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Paul HEMBERY (Pirelli) Cyril ABITEBOUL (Renault Sport F1) Franz TOST (Toro Rosso) Robert FERNLEY (Force India) Toto WOLFF (Mercedes) Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing) PRESS CONFERENCE Let’s start with a general question to all of you. What did you think of what came out of last week’s F1 Strategy Group, some of the proposals […]

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The Toro Rosso Formula 1 team announced on Friday evening that Carlos Sainz Jr will drive for the team in 2015. This comes two days after Jean-Eric Vergne announced on Twitter that he will not be driving for the team in 2015. It also means that Toro Rosso have finalised their line up for 2015 […]

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Scuderia Toro Rosso announced on 18 August 2014 that young rookie Max Verstappen will drive for the team in 2015. Verstappen (16), will drive alongside fellow rookie Daniil Kvyat. Which means long standing Toro Rosso driver Jean-Eric Vergne will be without a racing seat in 2015. The young dutchman is currently competing in the Formula […]

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