In the round-up: Bernie Ecclestone denies the Italian Grand Prix is essential to Formula One as the race still lacks a contract beyond the end of this season.
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Is the speed king who can never slow down fuelling F1’s biggest deal? (Mail on Sunday)
„I don?t think we have to have an Italian Grand Prix. Somebody once told me a funny thing that you couldn?t have Formula 1 without a race in France. But we do.“
Clear: Ferrari development is on track (F1i)
„There will be more developments to come and we will see whether that is enough to beat the opposition. But certainly we are very comfortable with the way the team is working at the moment and our rate of development is where we want it to be.“
Red Bull expects Renault step by Canada (Autosport)
„I do feel like sort of top end, at the end of the straight, it just seems to run more, so it has a bit more legs in the last quarter of the straight.“
Renault can learn from Red Bull, admits Abiteboul (Crash)
„We are not taking any new ideas from Red Bull, but one thing is to see how they are managing their whole programme, which is fantastic.“
Manor will be strong once tyre issues are addressed – Wehrlein (Motorsport)
„What makes me optimistic is that the pace is there, we just need to do some changes on the set-up and make the tyres last longer, and then we are competitive.“
Formula One Declares War! (Pretend Race Cars)
„Formula One itself have required RaceDepartment to remove an abundance of Formula One modifications and liveries from their website ? for multiple titles. The sanctioning body has made it clear that Formula One ? the world?s most prestigious auto racing series ? has no place in sim racing, much to the dismay of F1?s most dedicated fans.“
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