News Details

Newey: Some teams were short-sighted

Red Bull technical guru Adrian Newey has slammed teams who block tyre changes that were proposed by Pirelli. The tyre manufacturer had hoped to change the internal structure of their tyres from a steal belt to Kevlar prior to the Canadian Grand Prix, but this was vetoed by some teams. In the wake of the mayhem at Silverstone on Sunday in which four drivers suffered rear tyre blowouts and others endured heavy wear, Newey believes that some members of the F1 paddock have only themselves to blame for the situation. "It's a sad state of affairs but such is the nature of Formula One, really," he is quoted as saying by Autosport. "It's been fairly clear that there's been a number...
Full Story »
11y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Newey blames tyre crisis on rivals

Red Bull technical chief Adrian Newey on Monday attacked the...
11y ago from SuperSport.com

Silverstone tyre fiasco could have been avoided - Newey

Red Bull chief technical officer Adrian Newey believes the multiple tyre...
11y ago from espnF1.com

Newey urges changes after ‘shortsightedness'

By Phillip Horton on Sunday, June 30, 2013 Red Bull's Adrian Newey has...
11y ago from F1Zone.net

Perez tyre blow out not delamination claim Pirelli

Perez tyre blow out not delamination claim Pirelli 29 June, 2013 Sergio...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez labels his Saturday ‘perfect' at...

Factory Ducati rider Marc Marquez labeled his pole position and Sprint...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Kirkwood fastest in first IndyCar session of the 2025...

The NTT IndyCar Series was back on track Friday afternoon for the first...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Scott McLaughlin signs long-term extension with Team...

Scott McLaughlin has announced that he and Team Penske will be competing...
21h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Will Buxton: F1 drivers see IndyCar as ‘quite...

Will Buxton is IndyCar’s new lead TV presenter, moving over from...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

WRC drivers follow F1 in statement to FIA president

World Rally Championship drivers have penned a strongly-worded statement...

Elfyn Evans wins Rally Sweden by a whisker

Super Sunday on Rally Sweden was just that! After 300km of hard racing,...

Elfyn Evans under pressure on Rally Sweden –...

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin maintained their lead on Rally Sweden after...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Liverpool increasingly optimistic of landing...

Liverpool are looking to improve their attacking unit with the signing of...
42m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal 'target' Joshua Kimmich sent transfer warning...

Bayern Munich director of sport Max Eberl warns Joshua Kimmich that no...
53m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Arsenal 'to rival AC Milan' in £50m transfer battle...

Arsenal are reportedly preparing to battle Italian giants AC Milan for the...
1h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.