The Blues boss was quick to temper expectations after watching his side move up to second in the Premier League with a win over Crystal Palace Frank Lampard played down any suggestion of a title challenge for Chelsea after they recorded a sixth successive Premier League win against Crystal Palace on Saturday. The Blues leapfrogged…
Pochettino will land 'monster job' and break Spurs’ hearts, says Jenas
The former Spurs midfielder expects the Argentine tactician to take a break from coaching before returning to one of European football’s biggest clubs Mauricio Pochettino will land a “monster job” when he returns to management, says Jermaine Jenas, with there being every chance that the Argentine will return to haunt Tottenham. Spurs have opted to part…
Relieved Stroll gets first race finish under his belt
“To finish first, you first have to finish,” said the great Juan Manuel Fangio, and Lance Stroll has now achieved the first part of that famous maxim. The Williams rookie had not yet succeeded in reaching the checkered flag in his first three races, but Sochi finally brought a much needed finish, albeit one which…
Hamilton belittles Alonso’s Indy 500 rivals
Lewis Hamilton apparently isn’t all that impressed with the drivers racing against Fernando Alonso in this weekend’s classic Indy 500. The McLaren driver tackles the ‘greatest race on earth’ tomorrow in a bold move which have many in admiration and others puzzled about the Spaniard’s endeavor. Alonso qualified P5 on the 33-car grid for tomorrow’s…
Haas to remain on Brembo brakes for Barcelona
Haas F1 team principal Guenther Steiner has confirmed that the squad will stick with its existing brakes supplier Brembo for the Spanish Grand Prix. Haas trialled braking components from rival supplier Carbon Industri during Friday practice in Sochi. However the team switched back to Brembo for the race, and isn’t planning to run further tests…
Webber: Honda issues put McLaren future in jeopardy
Click:Peptide Analysis Services McLaren’s pitiful performance this season following Honda’s inability to deliver a competitive engine is putting the great team’s future at risk, says Mark Webber. The former F1 driver and Red Bull stalwart casts a worried eye on the Woking outfit’s state of affairs, and considers Stoffel Vandoorne as the only one who…
Haas rewarded with first double-points finish
Click:Wood screws Gene Haas had two reasons to smile after his team’s very first double-points finish, achieved in Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix. Romain Grosjean equaled his best ever finish with the US outfit, crossing the line P8 while Kevin Magnussen was the last man in the top-ten. It wasn’t a cool Sunday cruise in the…
Customer Mercedes teams get an engine boost
Mercedes has delivered an upgraded engine to its customer teams in Canada, Force India and Williams. The new-spec unit had already been introduced in Spain and used exclusively by works driver Lewis Hamilton while Valtteri Bottas recieved the upgrade in Monaco. “I think it’s more to do with reliability than outright performance,” said Force India…
Was Ferrari the target of the FIA’s oil-for-fuel clampdown?
Pundits in Baku are connecting some vague dots between Ferrari’s relative under-performance in qualifying yesterday and the FIA’s recent restriction order regarding burning oil as fuel. Ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the FIA increased its efforts to restrict teams from attempting to generate a power boost by using oil as fuel. Ferrari’s sudden loss…
Marko puts his money on Vettel in title fight
Helmut Marko is banking on Sebastian Vettel to defeat Lewis Hamilton this year and conquer his fifth world championship title. The Red Bull boss believes his former protégé will come back even stronger from F1’s summer break which ends next week at Spa and deliver the goods in the second half of the season. “I…