Pollock pushing ahead despite F1 engine u-turn
Craig Pollock is pushing ahead with his new venture Pure’s plans to supply engines to formula one teams. The BAR team founder and former manager of Jacques Villeneuve announced in May that Propulsion...
View ArticleGilles Simon appointment ‘not very correct’– Ecclestone
Pure announced last month that it has signed Frenchman Simon as technical director. Bernie Ecclestone has admitted F1 engine makers are right to be concerned about Gilles Simon’s appointment by the new...
View ArticleRichards and billionaire eye embattled Renault – report
Richards was the team principal at Enstone based Renault when the team was known as Benetton Renault is still in “big” financial trouble and David Richards has expressed interest in buying into the...
View ArticleButton working to build McLaren around him
Jenson Button’s push to prominence at McLaren has been a deliberate attempt to build the famous team around him. Many commentators viewed the 2009 world champion’s arrival last year to be the highly...
View ArticleVilleneuve no longer hunting F1 return seat
Jacques Villeneuve on Saturday clarified he is no longer actively looking for a formula one race return. The last time the 1997 world champion visited grands prix, he was searching hard for a team to...
View ArticlePollock’s Pure to fire up first V6 engine in July
Craig Pollock believes there will be only a single independent engine maker in formula one in 2014. The BAR founder and Jacques Villeneuve’s former manager is now in charge of Pure, a new company that...
View ArticleMcLaren plays down link with Pollock’s Pure
McLaren has played down reports its cars could be powered by engines produced by Craig Pollock’s new venture Pure in 2014. Former BAR founder Pollock is targeting at least two customers for his new...
View ArticlePollock’s Pure to use Toyota facilities
BAR founder Craig Pollock’s new 2014 engine supply venture, Pure, is setting up camp in Cologne. A German-language report at motorsport-total.com said Jacques Villeneuve’s former manager has struck a...
View ArticleToo soon for Mercedes title challenge – Haug
Norbert Haug on Monday played down reports Mercedes could be set to be a shock title contender in 2012. Some new analysis in the sport’s specialist media claims the W03, to be raced by Michael...
View ArticleMercedes yet to agree new Concorde – report
Mercedes may have withheld its signature from the new 2013 Concorde Agreement because of a disagreement about bonus money. That is the claim of Germany’s authoritative Auto Motor und Sport, hot on the...
View ArticleHappy birthday, Jacques Villeneuve!
It is Jacques 41st birthday! Villeneuve was Formula 1’s second second-generation driver to join the ranks of World Championship-winning status by winning the 1997 crown for Williams. Son of the...
View ArticleIn his 13th consecutive season and stranded on 13 race wins, Jenson Button is...
Unlucky Button aims to end Silverstone ‘jinx’ The McLaren driver has been caught in a performance slump recently, but he refused to tell British reporters that outright victory at his home grand prix...
View Article2014 F1 engine supplier ‘Pure’ hits roadblock
The company set up camp at Toyota’s Cologne headquarters earlier this year. Craig Pollock’s ‘Pure’ company has paused its operations, the German website motorsport-total and journalists Dieter Rencken...
View ArticleWhitmarsh expects three engine suppliers in 2014
Martin Whitmarsh has revealed he is not surprised to hear about 2014 engine supplier Pure’s problems. The McLaren boss and current FOTA chairman said he expects there to be just three engine...
View ArticleProdrive interested in buying Cosworth
Prodrive boss David Richards has admitted he is interested in buying F1 engine supplier Cosworth. It emerged last week that HRT and Marussia supplier Cosworth, currently owned by well-known US racing...
View ArticleDRS makes Villeneuve ‘angry’
“It destroys every good battle.” Jacques Villeneuve has admitted he is no fan of ‘DRS’, the moveable rear wing innovation that for the past two seasons has made passing much easier in formula one. The...
View ArticleRenault link key to Pic’s Caterham move – Panis
Caterham’s links with French manufacturer Renault was key to Charles Pic’s Marussia switch. That is the claim of Olivier Panis, the former grand prix winner who is now deeply involved with the...
View ArticleEcclestone happy Austrians in charge at Mercedes
Ecclestone also backs further personnel shakeups Niki Lauda, the team’s new co-owner and chairman, has admitted he was shocked when he first visited Mercedes’ Brackley headquarters. Also home to BAR,...
View ArticleWolff replaces Mercedes’ departing CEO Nick Fry Mercedes AMG Petronas
Wolff replaces Mercedes’ departing CEO Nick Fry The Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One team today announced that Nick Fry, the team’s Chief Executive Officer, will step down from his current position at...
View ArticleWolff hints Brackley staff members could go
Wolff denied that he is preparing to take a “terminator method” Toto Wolff has warned that the staff at Mercedes’ Brackley headquarters are under pressure to keep their jobs. Some of the team’s British...
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