The Belgian Grand Prix weekend saw Red Bull backed Juri Vips make his debut in the FIA Formula 2 championship. It was a difficult weekend with the Estonian being hindered after stopping out on track during qualifying which meant he started down the field for the feature race. He was also forced to start the […]
Read More Juri Vips and his chances of competing in Formula 1It’s another new season resolution, but this time it’s Red Bull Racing’s turn. They endured another difficult season in 2015, only achieving three podium finishes, of which two came at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The season was therefore dominated by Red Bull attempting to secure a more competitive engine for 2016 onwards. It resulted in […]
Read More New Season Resolutions: Red Bull RacingThis weekend is the penultimate round of the Formula One season. Both championships have been sealed, but as mentioned a few weeks ago there are still plenty of battles taking place throughout the drivers championship to provide the entertainment in the final two rounds. The Fight for Second After the most recent round in Mexico, […]
Read More 2015 Formula One Driver Battles: Brazilian Grand Prix EditionRed Bull-Renault? Red Bull-Ferrari? Red Bull-Honda? At this moment in time, take your pick. This week Auto, Motor und Sport reported that Red Bull is close to a deal with Honda about supplying the team in 2016. This comes a few weeks after it was suggested that the team would potentially stay with Renault for […]
Read More Red Bull-________An article by BBC’s Andrew Benson has caught my attention today. It covers an interview with Red Bull Motorsport advisor, Helmut Marko and the quit threats of the senior Red Bull team, seemingly once again stating that if they don’t get a competitive engine or Audi as a partner, they will quit the sport. The […]
Read More Red Bull, Audi and the threat of quitting F1Tomorrow Formula One returns from a three week break. The Spanish Grand Prix is commonly where teams introduce big upgrade packages to their cars after the flyaway races, this can leave a lot of questions about how the order will change in comparison to the opening rounds of the championship. Although there can be questions […]
Read More Formula One check-upRenault have come under a lot of criticism so far this season for the unreliability of their engines. However to me, excluding Mercedes, Renault have shown how car manufacturers should operate in Formula One. The French car manufacturer returned in 2000 by buying the Benetton team. After getting back up to speed they changed the […]
Read More RenaultI recently released a post about Red Bull and its situation within Formula One, concentrating on their engine supplier, Renault. Toro Rosso, although having had similar reliability problems with the Renault engine have seemed more content with the French engine manufacturer which has led to rumours appearing of Renault being interested in buying the Italian […]
Read More Toro Rosso and RenaultWith the poor performance of the Renault engine in the opening rounds of the season, talk has once again emerged of Red Bull considering pulling out of Formula One. The main source of concern was that Red Bull could only see Ferrari as a viable engine partner out of the current engine manufacturers that are […]
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