F1 Teams Rev Up as 2024 Car Launch Season Approaches
Jan.30 – As car launch and winter testing season now looms, Formula 1 teams are in full swing to prepare for the 2024 world..
Alan Permane news
Ocon Worried New Alpine A524 Might be ‘Slow’
Jan.16 – Esteban Ocon may be worried Alpine’s new car for 2024 is “a little slow”. That is the worrying news..
F1 Rivals on Alert: Sacked Szafnauer and Permane in High Demand
Aug.4 – Two rival team bosses think axed Alpine chiefs Otmar Szafnauer and Alan Permane will have no trouble returning to Formula 1...
Piastri might still drive for the Alpine team this F1 season
Aug.24 – Alpine is not ruling out running Oscar Piastri in a Friday practice session this season – despite threatening to..
Aston Martin expects F1 teams will copy their rear wing
Aug.8 – Aston Martin’s F1 team boss admits he will be “surprised” if copycat versions of a new rear wing concept do..
Alonso’s F1 future to be clear at Spa says Alpine boss
Aug.1 – Only “little things” stand in the way of a new contract between Fernando Alonso and Alpine for the 2023 season...
‘Only days’ until this year’s hierarchy revealed says Sainz
Mar.15 – With mere days until engines fire up on the 2022 world championship in Bahrain, the Formula 1 world is scrambling to figure..
Alpine plays down early struggles in 2022
Feb.28 – Alpine’s sporting boss Alan Permane has played down suggestions the Renault-owned team could be buried deep in the..
FIA ends risk of F1 teams skipping practice sessions
Jul.2 – F1’s governing body has neutralised a risk that up to three teams could have sat out practice sessions ahead of the..
Three F1 teams afraid car not built for new sprint race
Jul.1 – Three teams are warning they could sit out practice sessions as a result of the new ‘sprint qualifying’ trial..
Mercedes will use ‘DAS’ in Melbourne
Mercedes will run the risk of a protest by using the controversial new steering system DAS in Melbourne this weekend. Amid the unfolding..
Mol: Ricciardo ‘did not make Renault better’
A respected F1 commentator has questioned the contribution to Renault made so far by Daniel Ricciardo. After a disappointing first season..
Renault confident in midfield battle
Mar.13 – Renault thinks it is a solid bet to head the F1 midfield in 2017. The French works team had a bad 2016 in the wake of the..
Lopez: Renault to get started on 2017 car
Feb.29 – Renault is likely to start work almost immediately on its car for 2017. Last week, acknowledging that the 2016 machine is a..
Permane: 2016 won’t be easy for new Renault team
Dec.4 – Lotus track chief Alan Permane thinks the Enstone team’s difficult 2015 will now be “quickly forgotten”..
Permane: Renault delay adds ‘compromises’ to 2016 car
Oct.19 – Leading Lotus engineer Alan Permane has admitted every passing day risks adding “compromises” to the design of..
Permane: Lotus is quicker than Williams & McLaren’
Lotus claims its troubled 2014 car is often better than a Williams or a McLaren. Actually, the Enstone based team is badly suffering with..
After Permane death threats Lotus apologises
Lotus has apologised after an expletive-laden exchange on the radio with Kimi Raikkonen during the Indian grand prix. When the Finn was..
Lotus denies F1 engine maps issue will slow down E21 car
Ahead of the final pre-season test and 2013 season opener, Lotus has played down a new controversy about engine maps. We reported on Monday..
