Last week Mercedes AMG conducted a secret tyre test in Barcelona at the invitation of Pirelli and the other teams are not happy about it. So much so that Christian Horner has confirmed Red Bull has lodged an official protest just hours before tonight’s Monaco Grand Prix. Ferrari has also made official enquiries to the […]
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Pirelli set to continue in F1 for 2014
At last week’s World Motor Sport Council meeting it was announced the 2013 Concorde Agreement had become operative. Part of that agreement paved the way for Pirelli to continue as the sole tyre supplier to F1 in 2014. “In this new process, the FIA will be confirmed as the body in charge of conducting the […]
Pirelli’s motorsport director Paul Hembery is used to being the centre of controversy in recent times and his latest comments won’t do anything to change that. Discussing the ability for Pirelli to complete meaningful testing during tyre development Hembery said,”We are not interested in helping one team over another, we just want to do our […]
While we were off last week the FIA International Tribunal delivered its verdict on the so-called secret tyre test carried out by Pirelli and Mercedes AMG. The test was brought into question on account of Mercedes using a 2013-spec car driven by Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, complete with disguised helmets. Such circumstances would appear […]
Mercedes AMG and Pirelli will face the FIA International Tribunal on 20 June over charges of conducting a secret in-season test. The hearing will take place in Paris at 9:30am local time and the decision will be made public as soon as possible. You can read the full statement from the FIA after the break.
The FIA has handed down its findings over the Pirelli tyre test controversy and Mercedes continues to find itself in hot water. They’ve been ordered to face the FIA International Tribunal because their test undertaken with Pirelli “may constitute a breach of the applicable FIA rules”. Ferarri, who was also asked to explain its own […]
Adam Cooper has garnered more information on the Pirelli-Mercedes “secret” tyre test. We suggest you take a read. Here’s a snippet to start with: “Some people have described the test as secret,†said Hembery on Friday. “Well, I don’t think we would have won any James Bond prizes, because we booked the circuit in our […]
Overnight the FIA issued the following statement in regards to the secret Formula 1 Pirelli tyre tests: The FIA has asked Team Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 and Scuderia Ferrari Team which have taken part in tyre tests in the 2013 season to reply to a disciplinary inquiry in pursuance of the FIA Judicial and Disciplinary […]
In the wake of the Mercedes secret tyre test controversy it has emerged that Ferrari has also taken part in private test at the request of Pirelli. The test took place this year between the Bahrain and Spanish Grands Prix. Crucially, though, a 2011-spec car was used which had been provided by Ferrari’s Corse Clienti […]
Nico Rosberg’s victory at the Monaco Grand Prix could be in doubt after stewards referred the protest about their secret test with Pirelli to the FIA. The FIA has subsequently released a statement and we think it will make for concerning reading in the Mercedes AMG garage. “At the beginning of May, the FIA was […]
We already knew McLaren would unveil its new 650S Coupé at the Geneva Motor Show, and we knew there would be a 650S at some stage too. We didn’t know both would be taking centre stage under the bright lights in Geneva. The 650S, then, is a cross between a 12C and a P1, in […]
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes AMG) collected his third pole position in succession after setting the fastest time in qualifying for the 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix. Hamilton (1:19.388) was genuinely surprised to have edged out Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull, 1:19.426), who had been the benchmark all weekend. Romain Grosjean (Lotus, 1:19.595) qualified third and in doing so […]