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Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Rivals will struggle to catch Red Bull - Briatore

Mar.29 (GMM) Flavio Briatore has issued a sober warning to Red Bull's rivals after the 2011 season opener.

"You don't recover all those tenths in two months," the former Renault team boss told La Politica. "Half a second in formula one is huge.

"Re...

Posted on Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Crashgate's Piquet rules out F1 return

Mar.2 (GMM) Nelsinho Piquet has admitted he has closed the door on formula one.

The Brazilian's grand prix career ended in shame after one and a half seasons two years ago, after being ousted by Flavio Briatore and then triggering the 'crashgate' sca...

Posted on Friday, February 25, 2011

Tom Bower's biography of F1 tycoon Bernie Ecclestone has revealed some interesting insights into recent F1 history and the bitter relationship between Ecclestone, Max Mosley and former McLaren boss Ron Dennis. Ecclestone says: “When Flavio [Briatore] stuck a knife in my back, he charmed me and said, ‘It’s good for you to let out some blood.’ “But when Ron puts the knife in, he wants you to know that he’s in charge and he’s killed you.” When the Spygate saga unravelled during the 2007 season, […]

Posted on Thursday, February 24, 2011

Ecclestone slates Todt, Branson in new book

Feb.24 (GMM) Jean Todt and Sir Richard Branson are two high profile targets of Bernie Ecclestone's ire in a new book about him, according to the Daily Telegraph.

Leading journalists this week are poring over review copies of No Angel, The Secret Life...

Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2011

Banned Symonds returns to F1 with Virgin

Feb.13 (GMM) Pat Symonds is back in F1 with the Virgin team.

The crashgate conspirator revealed last month that he wants to return to the sport, even though like Flavio Briatore he is banned from having an "operational role" until 2013.

But it is be...