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New winner Maldonado looks for Monaco repeat

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 : May 16 (GMM/Inautonews.com) The oddest element of the 2012 season so far is that the unlikeliest of candidates could now be genuine title contenders. Before the Spanish grand prix weekend, Pastor Maldonado was a commonly derided 'pay driver' with 500-1 odds of winning in Barcelona, ...
D’Ambrosio linked with Massa’s 2012 seat

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 : May 16 (GMM/Inautonews.com) Jerome d'Ambrosio is the latest name linked with struggling Felipe Massa's Ferrari race seat. While Mark Webber or Sergio Perez are the Maranello team's more likely longer term solutions, Ferrari may be looking simply for a stop-gap solution, having reportedly run out ...
Vettel defends Schumacher after Senna crash

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 : May 16 (GMM/Inautonews.com) Sebastian Vettel has defended his former mentor Michael Schumacher. The seven time world champion has been roundly criticised since last Sunday's Spanish grand prix, after crashing into Williams' Bruno Senna at the end of the Barcelona straight. He called the Brazilian driver an ...
Pirelli ready to supply qualifying tyres - Tronchetti

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 : May 16 (GMM/Inautonews.com) Pirelli stands ready to supply special 'qualifying tyres' to formula one teams next year. With the emphasis of the sport's spectacle now relying on the complex and heavily degrading control tyres, it was the qualifying session that suffered last weekend in Barcelona. Arguably ...
Alguersuari says 2013 return ‘100 per cent’ sure

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 : May 16 (GMM/Inautonews.com) Jaime Alguersuari has told Spanish publications he is "absolute certain" he will be on the 2013 grid. "This is the best year of my life," he told Mundo Deportivo, referring to 2012, the year after his young F1 career stalled when he ...
Russia has GP preparations ‘on back burner’ - source

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 : May 16 (GMM/Inautonews.com) Preparations for the inaugural Russian grand prix in 2014 appear to have hit a roadblock. We reported last weekend that rumours were circulating in the Barcelona paddock that the Sochi race now appears "doomed". The state owned Moscow news agency Ria Novosti now ...
McLaren sure gaffes won’t hurt Hamilton talks

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 : May 15 (GMM/Inautonews.com) Martin Whitmarsh is sure McLaren's recent errors will not affect contract negotiations with Lewis Hamilton. The British team's latest mistake not only cost Lewis Hamilton pole in Spain, it put the 2008 world champion to the very back of the grid. Asked if ...
Alonso ’stands out’ amid 2012 chaos - Klien

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 : May 15 (GMM/Inautonews.com) Even amid the chaos of the 2012 pecking order, the star performer is obvious. That is the view of former F1 driver Christian Klien, who confirmed to the Austrian news agency APA that one of his current roles is a simulator driver ...
Vettel shrugs at F1’s ‘crazy’ pecking order

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 : May 15 (GMM/Inautonews.com) Five races in, F1's cleverest brains are still yet to decode the mystery of the bizarre and fascinating 2012 season. As was the case when he utterly dominated last year, Sebastian Vettel is still leading the drivers' points chase. But, before last weekend, ...
Massa’s F1 career on brink of collapse

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 : May 15 (GMM/Inautonews.com) Felipe Massa's formula one career is on the brink of collapse. Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali left Barcelona insisting he expects the struggling Brazilian to "fight back starting in Monaco". "We absolutely need his points to also fight for the constructors' title," he said. Earlier, ...