Toyota threatens to quit, Mercedes committed
Entries for 2010, to accompany a 309,000 entry fee, close on May 29 News fluttered around the Barcelona paddock after qualifying that Toyota is threatening to quit formula one over the “budget cap” row...
View ArticleBarrichello threatens to quit over team orders
If I get the slightest sniff that the team are favouring Jenson… The ‘team orders’ saga has hotted up even more, with Rubens Barrichello threatening to quit Brawn GP if he is again the victim of team...
View ArticleEcclestone not worried Ferrari will quit
Ferrari are not stupid, they don’t want to leave formula one Ferrari’s executive board is meeting on Tuesday to discuss formula one, but Bernie Ecclestone is not worried the Italian team is planning to...
View ArticleF1 world not convinced by Ferrari quit threat
“I hope Ferrari don’t decide to go” -Ecclestone The FIA, Bernie Ecclestone, expert pundits, the press and fans alike are unconvinced about Ferrari’s threat to quit formula one at the end of the year....
View ArticleNow Renault to join F1 quit threat
Renault will announce the same decision as Ferrari’s Renault could be the next car manufacturer to threaten to quit formula one at the end of 2009. Ferrari, F1’s oldest and most famous name, sent the...
View ArticleRenault confirms F1 quit threat
Mercedes not yet joining F1 quit threats As was expected on Wednesday, Renault confirmed that it too is threatening to quit formula one over the budget cap issue. The Flavio Briatore-led outfit said it...
View ArticleBMW to be next to issue F1 quit threat
Taking the threat seriously is F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone The latest strong rumour in the budget cap row is that BMW is set to become the next car manufacturer to threaten to quit formula...
View ArticleFerrari court verdict set for Wednesday (UPDATED)
Ferrari court verdict set for Wednesday A judge presiding over Ferrari’s court action said a verdict will be declared on Wednesday. In Paris’ Tribunal de Grande Instance on Tuesday afternoon, three...
View ArticleQuit crisis won’t damage F1 – Theissen
We’ll be here Mario Theissen on Thursday said he does not believe the current crisis in formula one will do the sport any lasting damage. Three of the car manufacturers involved in F1, plus Red Bull,...
View ArticleNow champ Hamilton issues F1 quit threat
I am under contract at my team and will go wherever they go F1’s reigning world champion has joined other drivers and eight current formula one teams in threatening to quit the FIA world championship...
View ArticleCoulthard – I quit F1 one season too soon
I almost certainly would have had the energy to handle a season David Coulthard believes he might have quit formula one at least a season too soon. The Scot, 38, contested nearly 250 races over 17...
View ArticleBarrichello issues new Brawn quit threat
Brawn officials “apologised for that” Even after a shower and a post-race debrief, Rubens Barrichello was still unhappy with his F1 employer Brawn GP as he left the Nurburgring. Having suspected...
View ArticleSticky: BMW to exit Formula One at end of 2009 season
Resolute step en route to realigning the BMW Group The BMW Group will not continue its Formula One campaign after the end of the 2009 season. Resources freed up as a result are to be dedicated to the...
View ArticleRenault and Toyota to quit F1 together?
This would leave Red Bull and Williams without engines If Renault pulls out of formula one after Monday’s ‘crash-gate’ hearing of the World Motor Sport Council, Toyota may use the opportunity to also...
View ArticleRenault escapes ban, Briatore banned for life
+ Renault & Piquet comments Renault escaped Monday’s ‘crash-gate’ hearing with a two-year suspended disqualification, but Flavio Briatore was banned from motor sport for life. The French team...
View ArticlePiquet not punished but F1 return unlikely
F1 world lashes out at crash-gate leniency As the ‘crash-gate’ scandal ended on Monday, a contrite Nelson Piquet Jr said he now wants to resurrect his formula one career. Having blown the whistle on...
View ArticleBriatore demise ‘sad’– Mosley
Crash-gate over but clouds remain over Renault Monday’s meeting of the World Motor Sport Council ended Flavio Briatore’s 20-year career in motor racing, and now the British Football League is...
View Article‘Distraught’ Briatore set to hit back – reports
“He has been left without his means of earning a living” Some sections of the media believe Monday was the end of the crash-gate scandal, but a scorned Flavio Briatore may be now readying to hit back....
View Article‘Witness X’ sealed ousted Briatore’s fate
Briatore was invited to crash-gate hearing – FIA A mystery Renault F1 employee, described by the World Motor Sport Council as ‘witness X’ and by the French team as ‘the whistle blower’, sealed the...
View ArticleOther teams more likely to quit than Toyota – Howett
Toyota covets signing Kubica, Raikkonen There are other teams that are more likely to pull out of formula one in the near future than Toyota, its team president John Howett insisted at Suzuka on...
View ArticleMecachrome denies F1 quit reports
The F1 partnership with Renault will continue Motor sport engineering company Mecachrome on Friday denied it is withdrawing from formula one. Reports last week said that with Renault deciding to supply...
View ArticleAlesi backs Ferrari over F1 quit threat
It’s an absurd idea Former Ferrari driver Jean Alesi says the famous Italian team is right to threaten to quit formula one over the prospect of standard engines. The Frenchman, who raced with the...
View ArticleFIA hits back after Ferrari quit threat
FIA will take necessary measures to preserve a credible world championship The FIA has hit back at Ferrari’s warning that the imposition of a standard engine formula could lead to its withdrawal from...
View ArticleMontezemolo hints Ecclestone should quit
Sooner or later he has to stop Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has hinted heavily that Bernie Ecclestone, F1’s 78-year-old long time boss, should consider retirement. Asked by the media about the...
View ArticleNew Renault quit threat surprises Ecclestone
We’re seeking to bring down contract costs and receive more of the revenues Bernie Ecclestone on Wednesday reacted with surprise to Renault’s threat to quit formula one over the dispute about...
View ArticleHamilton clarifies McLaren quit talk
Hamilton would ‘listen’ to rival team offers Lewis Hamilton on Thursday played down British media speculation that he might consider leaving McLaren. In Melbourne for his first race as world champion,...
View ArticleWhitmarsh will not quit over ‘lie-gate’
Dennis not to blame for scandal – Ecclestone New McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh has rejected calls for him to quit over the ‘lie-gate’ scandal. It is well-known that suspended sporting director...
View ArticleBMW joins Ferrari in F1 quit threat
BMW abandons KERS for Spain, Monaco BMW has joined Ferrari in hinting that it is willing to quit formula one if the ‘two-tier’ budget cap is imposed for 2010. The newly-published regulations for next...
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