News Details

Raikkonen would defy boycott as Ecclestone warns of sanctions

Kimi Raikkonen has said that he would be prepared to carry on racing even if his F1 rivals decide to withdraw on safety grounds at the German Grand Prix. Although the threat of a driver boycott receded after two practice sessions without a repeat of the tyre failures that blighted last weekend's race at Silverstone, the possibility remains at least until the end of qualifying, with the Grand Prix Drivers' Association claiming unanimity on the prospect of sitting out the rest of the weekend should the problems return. Raikkonen, along with fellow Finn Valtteri Bottas and Force India's Adrian Sutil, are not currently members of the GPDA, and therefore were not involved in the decision to...
Full Story »
10y ago from Crash.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Kimi not interested in boycott

Kimi Raikkonen insists he will race in Sunday's German Grand Prix despite...
10y ago from PlanetF1.com

Massa refuses to rule out German GP boycott

Felipe Massa has refused to rule out a boycott of the German Grand Prix if...
10y ago from TheF1Times.com

Drivers ready to boycott German GP if tyre safety not...

Drivers ready to boycott German GP if tyre safety not addressed 1 July,...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Drivers threaten to boycott race over tyres

The Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA) has written to the FIA...
10y ago from TheF1Times.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Ducati: Bastianini's COTA MotoGP podium an...

Ducati General Manager Gigi Dall’Igna labelled Enea Bastianini's podium...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Pourchaire to make IndyCar debut in Long Beach with...

Arrow McLaren has announced that the reigning Formula 2 champion Theo...

IndyCar's new Aeroscreen makes early debut at Long...

The NTT IndyCar Series will have teams fit a new version of the Aeroscreen...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Sebastian Ogier tops Croatia Rally shakedown

Sébastien Ogier announced his return to FIA World Rally Championship...
21h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Premier League gameweek 34: Confirmed team news and...

Sports Mole rounds up every Premier League club's confirmed team news...
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.