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Trent Price is an amateur race driver, former V8 race coach and FIA Accredited journalist from Melbourne, Australia. A former Race Editor for GP Week and contributor for ESPN, Trent lends occasional correspondence to ABC Grandstand and is now the Editor of the WEC/Formula E magazine E-Racing; www.e-racingmag.com. Catch his vague motorsport-related twitter ramblings at @realtrentprice
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Just when you thought there was nothing left to be squeezed out of the 2016 season, Mercedes might be about to buy Lewis Hamilton…
Nico Rosberg might be the first reigning World Champion to end his career since Alain Prost in 1993, but there's something more to take…
“Formula E is currently planned as an additional project and our decision making for next year is completely separated from that,” he explained. “Work…
Ross Brawn isn't the new Bernie Ecclestone – because two titans simply don't go into one. Brawn's appointment, or alleged appointment if we're to…
Communication might be key in motorsport, but given the millions spent at the top tiers, it never ceases to amaze me when Formula One…
“Something doesn't feel right. I just can't believe that there's eight Mercedes and only mine are the ones that have gone this way." "Something…
Formula One was forced to retreat from New York after two failed attempts to host a street circuit in New Jersey and must now…
Late in 2014 I had the great fortune of being able to sit with Japan's pre-eminent Formula One hero Aguri Suzuki, to chat about…
“Maybe I was a little bit quicker than my grandmother!” laughed Massa, making a hasty retraction from his radio statement to engineer Rob Smedley…
They said they'd never make it, yet season three of Formula E is closer than a softly-spoken Judge Reinhold. As the first week of…
Uneventful races, single-team domination, constant rule changes, predictable grids and untranslatable technologies have all been charges laid at Formula One's decline in ratings and…
With James Allison's seemingly inevitable departure as Ferrari's Technical Director, it has come at the most inopportune time for the Maranello outfit, as the…
Just a month after the drama of Le Mans, the FIA World Endurance Championship resumes with the 6 Hours of Nürburgring, with considerable domestic…
Formula One's ticklish accord over driver-to-pit radio restrictions took another turn over the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, with Force India's top brass demanding the…
The London ePrix will decide whether Lucas di Grassi or Sebastien Buemi will succeed Nelson Piquet Jr as the champion of the world's only…
There were just two minutes left on the clock, when Kazuki Nakajima's number five Toyota TS050 began to slow after the second Mulsanne chicane.…
Toyota has had defeat stolen from the jaws of victory in one of the closest battles in recent Le Mans history. Kazuki Nakajima, Anthony…
Fine details can sometimes be the difference at Le Mans. Not just between winning or losing, but even finishing a race or packing up…
Formula E's 2016-17 calendar might have omitted its grandstand UK event, however new venues Hong Kong and Marrakech seek to build early momentum that…
Windows of operation are curious things. As humans we are programmed to be habitual and unless consistently confronted with change, our ability to adapt…
Thanks Marc. I don’t doubt his skills at all, which was the intention of the piece. I do think his muscle memory needs to adapt as much as the team needs to his style.
Is Verstappen a victim of his own brilliance?
It did surface a little http://www.motor1.com/news/63307/ricciardos-smile-returns-after-blast-in-title-winning-williams-f1-car/
What happened to Ricciardo's smile?
The Marko rhetorical defence will always be that Red Bull doesn’t promote drivers who ‘deserve to be in F1 ‘over potential world champions. Truth is, Jos Verstappen seems to be able to execute Damir Dokic-like pressure on Red Bull’s management and get away with it. After all it was he who gave Red Bull the ‘it’s F1 or nothing’ ultimatum’ which allowed Max to jump straight from F3 into the big league.
There's more to Red Bull's Kvyat knee jerk than you think
Same could be said of V8 fans and a Foxtel subscription Carl…
Supercars klinging to Kuala Lumpur despite legal hurdles
Stoner could get the tricky Ducati differential to work where Rossi couldn’t – primarily due to his dirtbike experience. Bike is a very different beast now. Standard electronics have also levelled the playing field.
Will a Lorenzo-Ducati partnership bear fruit?
There is no altruism in Ecclestone’s conduct. He offers up conflicting statements week to week – most likely to cover the many bases stuffing his oversized portfolio. Fans didn’t like the new qualifying format, but insists the promoters were the ones insistent on the idea. Does he forget where the promoters’ revenue comes from?
The key players here are behaving like theatrical producers scheming to get rich by overselling interests in a flop… Or am I thinking of the wrong movie?
Are Formula One drivers idiots?
That was the point of the article Arjen. Verstappen is definitely entering an awkward phase and Ferrari will be watching closely to see how he works through it. I’m a massive fan of his natural ability and would hate to see it go to waste.
Is Ferrari ready for Max Verstappen?
Was interesting to hear Paddy Lowe say Mercedes had sought out clarification from the FIA on the use of ‘Hammertime’.
FIA radio bans won't stop coded messages, so what's the point?
Hey I don’t coin the buzz words I just report on them 😉
Nissan seeking redemption in Formula E
The new format mightn’t improve the show on Saturday, but might throw-in the odd curve-ball for the race, which is the ultimate money spinner. Ultimately teams need to be forced to develop a car that handles well in dirty air. A reverse-grid scenario is the first step to doing that. Yes it’s the scenic route to the inevitable solution, but F1 operates on a NEED to change. Make it difficult for teams and THEN they’ll find a way around it.
Qualifying changes won't distract from F1's bigger problems
Of course and teams will only protest innovations if they can’t copy and make them work for themselves. It’s healthy to see boundaries being pushed as the flow-on effect will of great benefit to the industry.
If you're not cheating, then somebody else is
Will be very interested to see how Gunther Steiner performs during the team’s first season given he was widely regarded as one of the reason’s Jaguar struggled before David Pitchforth and Tony Purnell stepped in (albiet too late) to try and resurrect the big cat. That said, Steiner appeared to perform better when the team was under less financial pressure (once in Red Bull colours.
Gene Haas the answer in troubling times for Formula One ownership
The passenger rail car industry can also be fraught with pot-holes for the unwary.
The first day of the rest of McLaren-Honda’s life
Possibly, but in 2003 Ferrari and Bridgestone protested the Michelin tyres on the Willams on the grounds that they warped beyond the maximum tread width during a race – even though tread widths were only measured before a race. The FIA revised the rule immediately, even though they could’ve virtually sat on their hands and curtailed Ferrari’s dominance.
Realpolitik ricochet’s for Red Bull
Katie has excellent timing and doesn’t mug for gags too. A very rare commodity these days in an ever-increasing self-satisfied style of media presentation.
How Katie Nolan is changing the face of sports journalism
The Schumacher name has currency (as evident from Ralf’s Toyota price tag). It will continue to attract nefarious ‘journos’. I think Mick Schumacher has been incredibly strong throughout this experience while forging his own career. This kid will be a tough nut.
We do not own Michael Schumacher
For a guy who treats Ferrari’s historical ‘right’ to veto like an immunity pin on Masterchef, Marchionne has a remarkably Regan-like memory for the marque’s history. From 2012-13 Alonso was often hailed as the quintessential Ferrari driver, but like Surtees and Amon before him, he eventually chose sanity over blind allegiance to (what was at the time) a political basket-case.
The making of a mighty 2016 for Formula One
I reckon in the spirit of competition, I think Toro Rosso should be allowed to run custom badges and associated floor mats like Deadmau5 do on their 458 Italia Purrari.
2015 brought stability to Formula One teams, if nothing else
Good – Arrivabene is really looking like Briatore 2.0 (minus the budgie smugglers).
Bad – Skysports. A lot of fat to cut through before you can get to the heart of things.
The good and bad of Formula One in 2015
Probably about as useful as the Dead Kennedy’s contribution to tourism in the Mekong Delta.
Are Maldonado's days numbered at Lotus?
The whole PDVSA scenario should really be a moot point given the illegality of withdrawing funds from Venezuela. Most Venezuelan citizens can’t even withdraw more than a thousand bucks from their account when heading overseas.
Maldonado’s had more bad luck this year than in the past, but unlike Grosjean probably won’t get the opportunity to turn the corner.
With regard to running over marshals, it didn’t do too much harm to a certain Australian Ford Sierra driver’s career.
Are Maldonado's days numbered at Lotus?
Fair to say the cars are a lot more bullet-proof nowadays (McLaren-Honda excepted) than they were in the 80’s. If only Mansell was Hamilton’s hero we might’ve seen him slow down at Montreal and wave to the crowd for a bit of unpredictability.
Formula One’s future should not be viewed through rose-tinted glasses
If we’re to use this logic, it would probably be slightly better served using the title ‘Does Helmut Marko’ have a problem with Aussies’, given the Austrian made life hell for Craig Lowndes in favour of Juan Pablo Montoya in 1997 in Marko’s RSM Formula 3000 team. That said, Marko has always been a big fan of Daniel’s so the argument falls down a little. Yes, Red Bull are probably a bit pre-occupied with Verstappen at the moment, but Monaco was just a perfect example of a team being too clever for their own good and not trusting their driver. Trust is the issue here, as Lewis Hamilton discovered at the Principality just over a year ago.
Does Red Bull Racing have a problem with Aussies?