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Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Sauber: There are still some gentlemen in F1

There are still some "gentlemen" in F1, team boss and owner Peter Sauber insists. Amid the recent F-duct debate, it was suggested that Mercedes' Ross Brawn had broken a teams' 'gentlemen's agreement' that the technology should not be pursued. "I think you need gentlemen in Formula 1 for this," Sport Bild reporter Ralf Bach jibed sarcastically during a news conference recently. But Sauber, arguably one of the few gentlemen in the paddock, told Sonntagsblick that he still has some peers. Asked if he was privately […]

Posted on Friday, April 22, 2011

Lotus not confirming Caterham tie-up reports

Apr.22 (GMM) A Team Lotus spokesman would not comment on reports of a likely tie-up with specialist British sports car marque Caterham.

News of the speculation was broken by Sky News City editor Mark Kleinman, who wrote that team boss Tony Fernandes ...

Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2011

Team Lotus owner Fernandes to buy carmaker Caterham - report

Apr.21 (GMM) Team Lotus could be set to tie up with Caterham Cars, a famous British specialist sports car marque.

Sky News City's business editor Mark Kleinman, who broke the News Corp/Slim takeover reports, said the F1 team's boss Tony Fernandes is ...

Posted on Saturday, February 26, 2011

Flashes from the past: F1 in the 1960s - Part 1

Here starts a 4 part article series covering some important aspects of this decade in Formula 1. Over the years, F1 has become more truly a global sport with circuits in all different parts of the world. Though it was considered a global sport 5 decades back, but its presence was felt mainly in the western hemisphere with all tracks being in that half of the world. Even now, most of the audiences are Europe based, but slowly it has begun to increase in Asia. […]

Posted on Sunday, January 23, 2011

Fernandes goes on the attack over Lotus name

Prolific Twitter user and Team Lotus boss has used the social networking site to launch a scathing attack on Group Lotus and their sponsorship of the Renault team