“I’m really looking forward to the new season, no question about it. The new car is coming out in the middle of January. Hopefully we won’t have to hold too much back at all, we can get into it and show what the car can really do here in the first race in Melbourne,” Mark Webber said. “I’m looking forward to it when we hit the ground running in January.”
TAGS: Formula 1 . F1 . Red Bull Racing . Mark Webber
Senior Aerodynamicist Simon Lacey has left Honda’s F1 team, according to reports. Unofficial website realhondaf1.com says he is bound for the role of ‘Chief Aerodynamicist’ at McLaren. At Ron Dennis’ Woking based outfit, he replaces Peter Prodromou, who started work at Red Bull Racing this week.
TAGS: Formula 1 . F1 . Honda . McLaren-Mercedes . Red Bull Racing . Ron Dennis . Simon Lacey . Peter Prodromou . Aerodynamics
David Coulthard says he thinks that Michael Schumacher should apologies for his past behavior on the track now that he has retired … he thinks that some of the former seven times world champion’s manoeuvres still had question marks over them.
The Red Bull driver said that if Michael didn’t apologise then it would be worrying, but that if he thinks he doesn’t even have anything to apologise for then it was even more concerning. Coulthard said that he was making the observations as an F1 fan and that he had a good off-track relationship with Schumacher working within the Grand Prix Drivers Association.
We have great respect for DC as a Formula 1 driver given his driving skills and experience. But this new “thought” of his is something we are not able to understand. Maybe we are a bit biased towards Schumi, so we will go by what you think about this. Do you really think Schumacher should issue a formal apology for his old misdeeds ??
TAGS: Formula 1 . F1 . Red Bull Racing . Ferrari . David Coulthard . Michael Schumacher
“Flavio was never keen for me to go to Williams and I know I made a costly mistake by not listening to him,” said Mark Webber. “He was very keen for me to go to Red Bull next season, so I wasn’t going to ignore his advice a second time
Reminiscing on his time at Williams, Webber told the Sydney Morning Herald: “I think it’s fairly safe to say I won’t be looking back with any fond memories. When I signed with the team, I was hoping to stay at Williams for a long, long time, but it wasn’t to be. Frank (Williams) will probably look back at me and think it wasn’t successful either.”
TAGS: Formula 1 . F1 . Williams . Red Bull Racing . Mark Webber . Flavio Briatore . Sir Frank Williams
As reported on updatesport.com 
”I don’t recall him ever coming out and admitting he did anything wrong even when the stewards had penalised him,” David Coulthard, who races for Red Bull, was quoted as saying by British broadsheet the Guardian. He added: ”I’ve yet to see him apologise for anything that may have been deemed unsporting.”
But unlike Fernando Alonso, Coulthard thinks it is possible that seven time drivers’ world champion Schumacher could be given the benefit of the doubt.
He said of Schumacher’s refusal to ever apologise: ”That’s either a strong inner belief on his part even when the evidence of the governing body suggests he’s done something wrong, or it’s a strategy … not to show a weakness.”
A strong inner belief ? A strategy ? We believe it’s winning at any costs come what or who period. You can call it whatever you want.
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TAGS: Formula 1 . F1 . Red Bull Racing . Fernando Alonso . Michael Schumacher . David Coulthard
In a joint statement released today, Renault F1 team president Alain Dassas and the team’s managing director Flavio Briatore commented: “It is positive for Formula One to have another team racing with a top-line, competitive engine, and this agreement will also reinforce Renault’s presence in the sport. We look forward to working with a dynamic, ambitious company such as Red Bull.”
Red Bull have yet to notify Renault which of their two teams, Red Bull Racing or Toro Rosso, will use the French engine.
TAGS: Formula 1 . F1 . Renault . Red Bull . Toro Rosso . engine . Alain Dassas . Flavio Briatore
Kimi Raikkonen had his driver’s licence and passport confiscated: the Formula 1 pilot was pulled over in a state of drunkenness in Milan. His fame of party animal keeps growing. The McLaren pilot, probably in Ferrari next season, would have committed the offence after a party organised by Red Bull after the Grand Prix of Hungary in Budapest according to the German journal “Bild um Sonntag”. The pilot would get a 7,500 dollars’ fine.
TAGS: Formula 1 . F1 . Kimi Raikkonen . McLaren-Mercedes . Red Bull
David Coulthard is set to re-sign with Red Bull for the 2007 season, according to this week’s Autosport magazine. The 35-year-old Scot is believed to have agreed a one year deal with the team with the option for a further season and an announcement is expected to be made before the end of the month.
Good for DC, he is undoubtly one of the good drivers in F1 today having amazing race-car experience. And the deal size is believed to be around $2.1m.
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TAGS: Formula 1 . F1 . Reb Bull Racing . David Coulthard
When asked about solid speculation linking Renault engines and test driver Heikki Kovalainen with the team next year, Red Bull principal Christian Horner told Speed TV: ‘We’re not going to train up drivers for other teams.’
Without further ado, then, current Ferrari racer Felipe Massa’s name dropped into the hat. ‘He’s a talented kid,’ said Horner, ‘and another driver that depends on the whole Kimi-Michael scenario.’
More fuel for the speculation-jets ? No, this time I am not going to write “what this move could potentially mean” saga. But if you have any thoughts, go ahead and post them here.
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TAGS: Formula 1 . F1 . Red Bull Racing . Christian Horner . Felipe Massa . Heikki Kovalainen . Michael Schumacher . Kimi Raikkonen
“It is probable that we will only continue with one of our current drivers,” Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner was quoted as saying in Motorsport News. “The driver market is pretty fluid this year.”
“Christian is in his third year of F1 and he is not a rookie any more. “He has got an experienced team-mate in David and he needs to tidy up elements of performance such as his inconsistency.”
Horner recently indicated that he plans to renew Coulthard’s contract for 2007. “He and I get along very well and if the relationship is working and it’s right why stop it? He is tremendously fit and let’s not forget Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill were older than he was when they won their world championships.”
Who needs more hints than this about who is going to get axed next season ??
TAGS: Formula 1 . F1 . David Coulthard . Christian Horner . Christian Klien . Red Bull Racing . Nigel Mansell . Damon Hill
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