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Massa strategy not ‘silly’– engineer

Felipe Massa’s race engineer has played down suggestions The Brazilian benefitted from a very light fuel load to dominate qualifying in Singapore.   The Ferrari driver was a huge seven tenths of a...

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Massa’s engineer Smedley to work with Badoer

Smedley’s F1 career began at Jordan Convalescing Ferrari driver Felipe Massa’s regular race engineer Rob Smedley will work with Luca Badoer at the European grand prix and beyond, it emerged on...

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Team order scandal erupts as Ferrari wins in Germany (updated³)

Ferrari summoned by stewards amid team orders scandal Ferrari fined $100,000, to face FIA World Council Ferrari not appealing stewards’ team order verdict Sunday’s German grand prix began amid a...

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Media, F1, goes to war on Alonso, Ferrari and team orders

 ”The ones who pay us are the team, not the newspapers or anyone else” -Alonso F1′s harsh spotlight of the international media is shining on Ferrari and Fernando Alonso, but also the regulation...

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Ferrari can ‘relax’ ahead of World Council – Briatore

“I don’t believe Ferrari did anything wrong” Flavio Briatore does not think Ferrari will be heavily punished by the FIA for the Hockenheim team orders affair. The governing body is set to consider the...

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New radio evidence supports Ferrari team order charge

Language was in fact a pre-arranged code that Massa understood New radio evidence might indicate that Ferrari will have a difficult task convincing the FIA that it did not deploy illegal team orders at...

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Ferrari duo to attend team orders hearing by video

After Wednesday’s hearing, it is expected the verdict will be published later that day. Ferrari race drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa will address Wednesday’s FIA disciplinary hearing by video...

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FIA would be ‘wise’ to go easy on Ferrari – Hill

The FIA would not be “wise” to severely punish Ferrari at Wednesday’s disciplinary hearing. That is the opinion of 1996 world champion Damon Hill, who at Spa in 1998 won the Belgian grand prix after...

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Smedley radio call ‘not malicious’– Ferrari

“It might not have been the most politically correct choice of word” Ferrari insists Felipe Massa’s engineer Rob Smedley was not “malicious” when he ordered the Brazilian to “destroy” Lewis Hamilton’s...

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Steve Clark moves from Mercedes to Ferrari – reports

The Ferrari team is congregating this week at Madonna di Campiglio, an Italian ski resort, for its annual pre-season media event. One of the first pieces of news to emerge from the Dolomites is the...

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Massa to use Monaco setup in Canada

In spite of the diametrically opposed lines of Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Although the complete opposite of Monaco, Felipe Massa on Tuesday was bound for Canada with his mind still firmly on...

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Felipe Massa is now almost back to his best form, the Brazilian’s race...

Massa almost back to his best now – Smedley 31-year-old Massa’s form was so low earlier this season that some seasoned pundits were predicting Ferrari would have to oust him long before his contract...

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Massa’s engineer Smedley to also leave Ferrari – report

Smedley has been linked with a return to Williams for 2014 Kimi Raikkonen’s return to Ferrari could spell the end of race engineer Rob Smedley’s career at the Italian team. As rumours of the Finn’s...

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For the first time in more than 40 years, F1 could be without a Brazilian...

Fittipaldi tips ‘another team’ to sign Massa Felipe Massa has lost his seat at Ferrari, but his manager Nicolas Todt is hoping Lotus will sign him as Kimi Raikkonen’s replacement. Meanwhile, it had...

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Raikkonen engineer Slade not moving to Ferrari

The Finn worked with Slade initially at McLaren Kimi Raikkonen’s race engineer Mark Slade will not follow him from Lotus to Ferrari, it has emerged. The Finn worked with Slade initially at McLaren, and...

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Ferrari plays down Massa’s team orders defiance

“Multi-function strategy A.  Now, please” Ferrari has played down Felipe Massa’s refusal to obey a direct team order in Sunday’s Japanese grand prix. While running ahead of teammate Fernando Alonso at...

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Di Resta uncertain and unwell in India

Paul di Resta is unwell in India, it emerged on Thursday. Earlier, it was no surprise in the Buddh circuit when word got around that reserve driver James Calado will be driving the Scot’s car in...

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Williams has admitted Rob Smedley could be the next big name to join the...

Williams hints Smedley to be next signing As it announced that Felipe Massa is joining the team from Ferrari for 2014, deputy team boss Claire Williams said “a number of announcements” will also...

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Lead Sauber engineer flees to Force India

Amid rumours of possible mergers Nico Hulkenberg is expected to flee to Force India, and Sauber is now also losing its chief engineer to the Silverstone based team. The Swiss newspaper Blick reports...

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Raikkonen meets new engineer at Maranello

He met up with his new race engineer, Antonio Spagnolo Kimi Raikkonen has made his first appearance since undergoing back surgery a month ago. The Finn, who sat out the last two races of his Lotus...

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