F1 Madness

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Maurizio ARRIVABENE (Ferrari), Robert FERNLEY (Force India), Franz TOST (Toro Rosso) PRESS CONFERENCE Franz, can we start by looking back at the Bahrain Grand Prix. How satisfying was Pierre’s fourth place and can you give us some idea of the emotion within the team and at Honda after the race? Franz TOST: Well, it […]

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PART TWO: TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Robert FERNLEY (Force India), Claire WILLIAMS (Williams) Gene HAAS (Haas) Q: Bob, let’s start with you. We’ve seen the Pérez-Ocon situation escalating from a rivalry to something perhaps more damaging. Does the team feel that you’ve managed it well up to this point – and what can you really realistically do […]

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PART ONE: TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Cyril ABITEBOUL (Renault), Eric BOULLIER (McLaren), Robert FERNLEY (Force India) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Eric, if I could start with you, we saw another engine failure for Fernando Alonso this afternoon… you’re shaking your head. Eric BOULLIER: Yes, it wasn’t an engine failure. It was a gearbox failure. Q: A gearbox failure, but […]

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PART ONE: TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Cyril ABITEBOUL (Renault), Robert FERNLEY (Force India), Toto WOLFF (Mercedes) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Today is the FIA Volunteers’ Day and there will be a ceremony later this afternoon on the pit straight to honour their contribution to motor sport. Perhaps a word from you all on the work of the […]

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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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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: Robert FERNLEY (Force India) Matthew CARTER (Lotus) Paul HEMBERY (Pirelli) Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing) Maurizio ARRIVABENE (Ferrari) Eric BOULLIER (McLaren) PRESS CONFERENCE Maurizio, if we could start with you. Obviously you’ve been here many times before as a partner of Ferrari. You’ve lived the moments of victory in front of the tifosi with Schumacher, Barrichello, […]

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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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