Formula 1

How Fittipaldi helped guide Senna on his path to F1 glory

Fittipaldi says he “loved and admired Ayrton in equal measure” – which was in stark contrast with Senna’s relationship with the other Brazilian F1 great Nelson Piquet, as he and Ayrton shared a mutual loathing.Emerson first met Senna as a teenaged karter, and invited him into the Copersucar-Fittipaldi garage at a test at Interlagos in the mid-1970s: “The kart track at Interlagos was …Keep reading

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Teams expect Sainz’s F1 China qualifying incident to be cleared up

In Shanghai, Aston Martin protested against the qualifying result after Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz rejoined Q2 after spinning off the track.Sainz was stationary for 1m17 after tapping the wall coming out of the final corner, but the Spaniard managed to get going again and advanced to Q3 at the expense of Aston driver Lance Stroll.As its

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Friday favourite: How a sportscar friendship prevailed over F1 rivalry

Of far greater importance to Marc Surer than the results he achieved in his on-and-off partnership with Manfred Winkelhock between 1977 and 1985 is his friendship with the exciting German driver. The late elder brother of the no less flamboyant ‘Smokin’ Jo’ Winkelhock shared BMW, Ford and Porsche machinery with Surer in endurance racing, most

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