Mar.1 (GMM) Valtteri Bottas has joined a growing number of drivers who think overtaking will be easier in 2019. Initially, there was great scepticism about the changes to the front wing rules for this year. Red Bull denounced it as a waste of EUR 15 million per team. But some drivers, including Daniel Ricciardo and […]
Month: March 2019
Lauda needs more time before F1 return – Marko
Mar.1 (GMM) Niki Lauda needs more time before he is ready to return to formula one. That is the view of his friend and Austrian countryman Dr Helmut Marko, who says he misses his breakfast buddy in the Barcelona test paddock. Although rivals, Marko says he has a “respectful friendship” with the F1 legend. “It’s […]
McLaren drivers back driving role for Alonso
Mar.1 (GMM) McLaren’s race drivers do not have a problem with Fernando Alonso testing their car in 2019. Alonso, who quit the team and sport at the end of last year but is now a test driver and ambassador, said he did not want to test in Barcelona because early mileage for Carlos Sainz and […]
Seeing a psychologist ‘a strength’ – Grosjean
Mar.1 (GMM) Romain Grosjean says it is “a strength” to admit that he still consults with a psychologist. The Frenchman first went to a psychologist in 2012, when he was banned for a race following a spate of accidents. “I think it shows a strength to say that we are able to get help in […]
Vettel’s younger brother joins Mercedes
Mar.1 (GMM) Sebastian Vettel’s younger brother Fabian has joined Mercedes. Bild newspaper reports that the younger Vettel has signed up to drive a Mercedes in the ADAC GT Masters series for 2019. Given his brother’s fight in F1 against the German marque, Fabian admits he initially had mixed feelings. “Mercedes was always our opponent,” he […]
Ricciardo denies ‘running’ from Verstappen
Mar.1 (GMM) Daniel Ricciardo has denied he is “running from a fight” with Max Verstappen in 2019. Christian Horner, the Red Bull boss, made the claim in the new Netflix series Drive to Survive, when contemplating the reason Ricciardo fled to Renault. “My assumption is that he is running from a fight,” Horner said. But […]
Bottas ‘not worried’ about Ferrari’s lead
Mar.1 (GMM) As the 2019 winter tests approach their conclusion, Valtteri Bottas has admitted again that Ferrari continues to lead the pecking order. Charles Leclerc set a blistering fastest time on Thursday, the penultimate test day in Barcelona, and also impressed on a so-called ‘long run’. “When we calculate everything, then Ferrari would have beaten […]