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Posted on Thursday, May 5, 2011

Vettel not worried about KERS or Turkey crash

May 5 (GMM) Sebastian Vettel insists he is not worried about KERS in Turkey this weekend, nor a repeat of last year's clash with his teammate Mark Webber.

Red Bull left China three weeks ago with clearly the fastest car but far from the best KERS sys...

Posted on Friday, April 29, 2011

British film writer working on Lauda script

Apr.29 (GMM) A British film writer is working on a script to immortalise the most famous season in F1 great Niki Lauda's successful career.

The Oscar-nominated Peter Morgan, best known for writing The Queen and Frost/Nixon, is focusing on the 1976 se...

Posted on Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Politics threaten F1 race at Nurburgring

Apr.19 (GMM) A political alliance in Germany is reportedly endangering the future of the formula one race at the Nurburgring.

Elections in the western Rhineland-Palatinate state were recently held and the ruling SPD party lost its absolute majority.
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Posted on Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Mercedes teammates 'close' in pace - Haug

Apr.6 (GMM) Norbert Haug has played down suggestions Michael Schumacher is all set for a repeat of his disappointing 2010 season.

Although it was said the new Mercedes car and Pirelli tyres would see the seven time world champion more competitive in ...

Posted on Monday, March 14, 2011

Mateschitz expects new Vettel signature 'soon'

Mar.14 (GMM) Dietrich Mateschitz has admitted to German news agency DPA that Sebastian Vettel should sign a contract extension "soon".

Sport Bild reported at the weekend that the reigning world champion is close to signing up with Mateschitz's Red Bu...

Posted on Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Glock not worried about surgery setback

Mar.9 (GMM) Timo Glock insists his appendicitis mere weeks before the start of the 2011 season has not overly affected his preparation.

"The operation has put me back two to three weeks," he told the DPA news agency, "but as I was previously training...

Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2011

Heidfeld to race Renault in 2011 - reports

Feb.10 (GMM) Nick Heidfeld has been selected to drive in injured Robert Kubica's place this season, according to a German report.

Lotus-sponsored Renault has already announced that German Heidfeld, 33, will be testing at Jerez this weekend, but only ...

Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011

Rosberg first to test W02

Nico Rosberg will be first to test the Mercedes W02 at Valencia on February 1st, with the official unveiling at 9.20am “I am going first,” Rosberg told reporters at the Fashion Week in Berlin, according to the DPA press agency. “It will be interesting to see how it [the new car] feels. “You know pretty quickly how good it is going to be. It is probably unrealistic to go into the season saying we will win the championship, but we will succeed sooner or later. […]