Daily Archives: November 20, 2019

Bottas predicts strategy will be key in tight race

Click:hidden screws in wood Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas will start tomorrow’s Canadian Grand Prix from the front row alongside polesitter Sebastian Vettel. But the Finn says that it’s the race strategy that could prove the decisive factor. “Qualifying wise, obviously it was close with Ferrari,” Bottas said after qualifying. “It’s always annoying when its so close […]

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Barnard: ‘Changing McLaren like turning around an oil tanker’

Former McLaren designer John Barnard believes the big changes required to turn around the British outfit’s fortunes would be so massive they could put the team’s very existence in jeopardy. The legendary designer was a major contributor to McLaren’s revival when it was taken over by Ron Dennis in 1980, his revolutionary MP4/1 carbon-fibre concept […]

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Williams parts with head of aero Dirk de Beer

Williams continues to manage its crisis, parting ways today with its chief aerodynamicist Dirk de Beer just weeks after the departure from the team of chief designer Ed Wood. The Grove-based outfit has struggled to perform since the start of the season with an FW41 that has not lived up to expectations. Williams technical director […]

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De Ferran back in F1 as McLaren ‘informal consultant’

The McLaren team has turned to two-time IndyCar champion and former Indy 500 winner Gil de Ferran to help shake things up at Woking As well as his successful career as a driver, de Ferran was also previously briefly sporting boss at BAR-Honda. “Gil is a good friend of McLaren,” explained CEO Zak Brown. “We […]

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