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Massa surprised by McLaren's 'incredible' pace

over 13 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

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Felipe Massa believes Ferrari are heading in the right direction after posting the fastest lap of the test so far on Thursday, but he admits the McLaren looks like the car to... read more »

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Mercedes reveals 2014 engine details

over 13 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1642 views )

Mercedes-Benz have released the first images of its V6 1.6 litre turbo unit which will power its own cars and others in 2014. The German company believes the 'power... read more »

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Exclusive interview with Pirelli's Paul Hembery

over 13 years ago

from: GPUpdate.net

( 1560 views )

Following on from from a thrilling title showdown in Brazil, Pirelli's Motorsport Director, Paul Hembery, sat down to speak exclusively with GPUpdate.net about the... read more »

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Pirelli: Higher degradation levels in 2013

over 13 years ago

from: GPUpdate.net

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Paul Hembery, Pirelli's Motorsport Director, says the Italian tyre manufacturer will attempt to bring back higher degradation levels next year. With many races in the... read more »

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Q&A with Williams's Mark Gillan

over 13 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 2220 views )

Q: The Brazilian Grand Prix ended early for both cars. Given the pace of the FW34 in practice and qualifying, what result do you think might have been possible at Interlagos?... read more »

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Brazilian GP: Practice notes - Pirelli

over 13 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 681 views )

The high temperatures that led to quite a significant degree of degradation today, particularly on the rears. read more »

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Pirelli predicts one-stop race at Austin

over 13 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 783 views )

Pirelli says the United States Grand Prix is going to be another straightforward one-stop race thanks to the zero degradation experienced by drivers. read more »

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United States GP: Practice notes - Pirelli

over 13 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 681 views )

Initial data suggests that both wear and degradation is very low on both compounds, which leads us to think that we will see just one stop on Sunday. read more »

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Downbeat Massa rues Webber clash

over 13 years ago

from: F1Zone.net

( 1008 views )

Felipe Massa was left to regret a collision with Mark Webber during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Massa spun at Turn 13 but recovered to seventh place. “It was a... read more »

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Pirelli appoints single stop strategy as possible winner

over 13 years ago

from: F1Technical.net

( 967 views )

Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery has declared that the tyre supplier expects a one stop strategy is one of the likely possibilities to win the Abu Dhabi GP.... read more »

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Senna targets Q3 appearance

over 13 years ago

from: F1Zone.net

( 976 views )

Bruno Senna believes that making Q3 is a reasonable target for Williams this weekend. Senna handed over his car to Valtteri Bottas in first practice but managed eleventh in... read more »

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Pirelli 'needs wider compound choice'

over 13 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 1081 views )

Pirelli needs a bigger choice of dry weather tyre compounds to choose from to avoid low-degradation one-stop races like the Indian Grand Prix read more »

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Indian GP: Race notes - Pirelli

over 13 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 893 views )

Both the hard and the soft tyres lasted extremely well, with low levels of degradation enabling the drivers to push at their hardest from start to finish. read more »

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Rosberg hopes saving fresh tyres pays off

over 13 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

( 891 views )

Nico Rosberg revealed that concerns about tyre degradation led to the decision not to set a lap time during the final session of qualifying at the Indian Grand Prix read more »

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Start will be crucial - Button

over 13 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

( 696 views )

Jenson Button says the start of the Indian Grand Prix will be crucial to the race result due to low tyre degradation read more »

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Indian GP: Qualifying notes - Lotus

over 13 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 837 views )

Qualifying seventh behind two Red Bulls, two McLarens and two Ferraris shows that we have the fourth fastest car here. We will do what we can in the race but we've seen... read more »

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Pirelli predicts teams will try one stop

over 13 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 1051 views )

Pirelli believes that the tyre strategy for the Indian Grand Prix will be a near-repeat of that executed in Korea - with wear rather than degradation being the key consideration read more »

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McLaren: 'Work to be done before qualifying'

over 13 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1762 views )

McLaren's Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton have both admitted there is work to be done in regards to set up if they're to be in the fight for pole position on... read more »

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Italian quotes & stats round-up

over 13 years ago

from: BBC.co.uk/F1

( 1207 views )

Felipe Massa blames tyre degradation for his failure to score his first F1 podium for nearly two years at the Italian GP. read more »

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Tyre degradation caused Webber spin

over 13 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

( 778 views )

Mark Webber's spin towards the end of the Italian Grand Prix was simply caused by tyre degradation and team principal Christian Horner said there was no choice but to... read more »

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Massa: Degradation cost me podium

over 13 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 852 views )

Massive tyre degradation denied Felipe Massa a podium in front of Ferrari's Tifosi at Monza, according to the under-fire Brazilian read more »

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Massa happy to help Alonso

over 13 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 697 views )

Felipe Massa admits that Ferrari's high tyre degradation was unfortunate but that he was glad he could be of help to Fernando Alonso... read more »

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Teams expect Monza strategy dilemma

over 13 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 926 views )

Formula 1 teams are facing a tough call on tyre strategy for the Italian Grand Prix because of the low degradation experienced so far, claim leading team bosses read more »

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Italian GP: Qualifying notes - Lotus

over 13 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 847 views )

We're confident that - with the amount of downforce we have on the car - we can have a strong race. Our tyre degradation is generally less than some of our rivals so that... read more »

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Pirelli predicts one-stop Monza race

over 13 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 744 views )

Pirelli is predicting a straightforward one-stop strategy at the Italian Grand Prix thanks to the low degradation shown so far read more »