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Posted on Saturday, July 30, 2011

Vettel should not fear losing title - Alonso

Jul.30 (GMM) Fernando Alonso thinks Sebastian Vettel should not be nervous about his championship chances.

McLaren and Alonso's Ferrari team appear to have caught up with the earlier dominant Red Bull, but Vettel maintains a 77 point advantage with n...

Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011

Boss of Sauber sponsor arrested

Jul.28 (GMM) The boss of embattled Sauber sponsor Money Service Group has been arrested.

A few days ago, Niki Lauda ended his cap deal with the Liechtenstein based firm, and Die Presse reports that the great Austrian has now commenced legal action.

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Posted on Friday, July 22, 2011

Pundit, Theissen hail F1 'star' Newey

Jul.22 (GMM) McLaren is the only outfit in F1 with a "great" technical team, but it lacks F1's brightest "star" Adrian Newey.

That is the view of pundit Marc Surer as well as Mario Theissen, who recently ended his long career as BMW's motor sport dir...

Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2011

Sauber, Lauda sponsor in financial strife - reports

Jul.21 (GMM) A sponsor of the Sauber team is in financial trouble, according to German-language reports.

The Austrian newspaper Die Presse said the owner and founder of the Liechtenstein based Money Service Group has left the company, ostensibly for ...

Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Track boss says 2012 return for Bahrain 'not our call'

Jul.12 (GMM) Bahrain's circuit chief has described the formula one teams as "temperamental" as he admitted the island Kingdom's future on the calendar is still uncertain.

Chairman Zayed Alzayani visited the British grand prix last weekend and had lit...

Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Raikkonen to replace Webber at Red Bull - report

Jul.12 (GMM) Red Bull is planning to pair Sebastian Vettel with his friend Kimi Raikkonen in 2012.

That is the sensational claim of the high-circulation German newspaper Bild-Zeitung, less than two days after Mark Webber ignored team orders at the en...

Posted on Saturday, July 9, 2011

Hamilton looks to swerve tax with Monaco move

Jul.9 (GMM) Lewis Hamilton is considering a move from Switzerland to Monaco.

The Telegraph reports that the 2008 world champion is waiting for a vacant apartment on the glamorous Principality's Avenue Princesse Grace.

The report said the 26-year-old...

Posted on Thursday, June 9, 2011

Vettel recalls Canada 'sex club' memory

Jun.9 (GMM) Sebastian Vettel has revealed a few of his biggest memories of Canada after returning to Montreal for this weekend's grand prix.

In 2007, then a teenager, he was in the pits when Robert Kubica crashed heavily in the BMW-Sauber, leading to...

Posted on Saturday, May 28, 2011

Photos show Lux scars under left ear

May 28 (GMM) The first photos of Eric Lux's injuries have emerged.

The newspapers Blick (Switzerland) and Bild (Germany) have published the photos showing the healing cuts under the left ear on the Genii chief executive's neck.

The injuries were cau...

Posted on Monday, May 23, 2011

Alonso cops $80m tax bill for return to Spain

May 23 (GMM) Fernando Alonso's decision to return to live in Spain will cost him $80 million in tax, according to the British tabloid newspaper The Mirror.

The report said the Ferrari driver had been living in Switzerland for tax reasons but decided ...

Posted on Friday, May 20, 2011

Lux wanted Sutil to skip grands prix - report

May 20 (GMM) Eric Lux offered to settle the Adrian Sutil affair but the Force India driver broke the ultimatum, according to a German newspaper.

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said Lux, the chief executive of Renault team owner Genii Capital, now...

Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Stewardess Branson to finally honour losing bet

Apr.20 (GMM) A sure date has finally been set so that billionaire Sir Richard Branson can honour a losing bet by becoming an air stewardess.

Last November, the Virgin team figurehead left Abu Dhabi with a sexy red AirAsia stewardess uniform, after he...