News Details

Mercedes, Honda asked for 'party mode' ban delay

Aug.24 Mercedes and Honda pushed for the 'party mode' ban to be delayed until Monza, according to Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport. It had been expected that the ban, restricting cars to a single engine mode for both qualifying and the race, would come into force for this weekend's race at Spa. "The requests from Mercedes and Honda were decisive," the Italian sports newspaper declared when explaining the one-week delay. The report said Mercedes and Honda engineers argued successfully that they needed "more time on the test bench in order to comply with the new provisions".
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

FIA to delay engine 'party mode' ban until Monza

The FIA is reportedly set to implement its ban on special engine modes...
4y ago from F1i.com

‘Party mode' ban delayed until Monza

Mercedes can have one last hurrah with its ‘party mode' at the...
4y ago from PlanetF1.com

Masi: F1 party-mode ban starting at Spa can be policed

As if they do not have enough on their hands, Formula 1 race director...
4y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Party-mode ban now set for Monza

Formula 1 is set to happen after next week's Belgian Grand Prix plans to...
4y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Penske purchases Grand Prix Association of Long Beach

Penske Entertainment announced Thursday that it has acquired the Grand...

AJ Foyt technical director Michael Cannon leaves team

Michael Cannon, AJ Foyt Racing’s revered engineer and technical...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

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.