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Christian Horner Tells McLaren to Stuff It

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Whenever the Red Bulls run quickly, rumors quickly surface about the legality of their cars.  Last year, the FIA was prompted by McLaren to verify the compliance of the Red Bull’s front wings on more than one occasion.  The Red Bulls always passed their tests, even when the standards were made more stringent. This year, [...]

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Vettel, Newey and Horner Extend Contracts at Red Bull

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Formula 1 has a long history of “super-teams” achieving consistently excellent results.  The most recent example that comes to mind is the Ferrari nexus of talent that included Michael Schumacher, Ross Brawn, Rory Byrne and Jean Todt.  Together, they brought together essential skills in three basic areas: driving, design and team management. The Ferrari revolution [...]

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A Future Vettel-Hamilton Line-up at Red Bull?

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Is it possible that a Vettel-Hamilton partnership might be looming in the future?  Red Bull boss Christian Horner hasn’t ruled it out. Teams that boast dueling number-one drivers often seem doomed to calamity.  The foremost example in the modern era is the Ayrton Senna-Alain Prost match up at McLaren in the late 1980′s and early [...]

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Will Civil Unrest Disrupt the Season-Opener in Bahrain?

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There are growing concerns that the Formula 1 season-opener in Bahrain might be threatened by the civil unrest that has erupted in that country in the wake of the recent events in Egypt.  Yesterday, thousands of demonstrators congregated in Pearl Square in the capital city of Manama.  In the early hours of Thursday morning, they [...]

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Red Bull and McLaren Say Team Orders Okay – If Voluntary

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Since the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim this year, the issue of team orders has been repeated run through the sausage grinder of public debate.  You will recall that Ferrari’s Felipe Massa moved over to let team mate Fernando Alonso pass, and take the win.  The order to Massa from the pits was heard on [...]

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Chris Horner and Martin Whitmarsh Do an About-Face on Team Orders

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When Ferrari clumsily ordered to Felipe Massa to move over for Fernando Alonso during the German Grand Prix this year, granting Alonso the win, a hue and cry arose from the paddock.  Typical Ferrari, it was said.  They were more interested in playing favorites and backing the stronger horse than they were allowing their drivers [...]

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Christian Horner Says McLaren Used Button as a ‘Sacrificial Lamb’ in Suzuka

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Notably among the top qualifiers in Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix, Jenson Button employed an alternate tire strategy, starting on primes rather than the options.  This meant that his first tire stint would be the longer of his two stints during the race.  On effect of this was that the race leaders, after making their obligatory [...]

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Mark Webber Inks a One-Year Extension with Red Bull

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Red Bull Racing has confirmed that Australian driver Mark Webber has extended his contract with the team by another year, which will see him wearing Red Bull livery at least through 2011.  There had been moderate speculation earlier this season that Red Bull might draft ex-F1 ace Kimi Raikonnen from his current slot in the [...]

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Red Bull Aims to Extend Vettel’s Contract Through 2015

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Red Bull boss Christian Horner has hinted that the team would like to tie up their younger charger, Sebastian Vettel, to a long-term deal that would extend past his current contract, which runs through the 2012 season.  According to reports, Red Bull would like to tack an additional three years onto the deal, which would [...]

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Christian Horner Says Webber and Vettel Equally to Blame for Istanbul Collision

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Red Bull honcho Christian Horner has stepped forward to preserve the harmonious image the team has tried to maintain ever since hot shoe Sebastian Vettel came on board at the beginning of last season.  Surely a rivalry has been brewing between Vettel and team mate Mark Webber since day one, and for the most part [...]

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