News Details

McLaren and Ferrari At Odds Over Shark Fin Ban

McLaren’s executive director Zak Brown has hit back at Scuderia Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene following criticisms he made against McLaren’s decision to block a plan to keep Formula 1’s contentious ‘shark fins’. The fins made a return to Formula 1 car design in 2017 and as well as providing aerodynamic aid, also provided teams with additional surface area for sponsorship and enlarged race numbers, making it easier for fans to identify individual drivers. A plan had been discussed between teams to keep them for 2018 and beyond but it was vetoed by McLaren who believe the fins block the valuable sponsorship real estate of the rear wings. Arrivabene questioned Brown’s...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

F1 cars to lose their 'shark fins'

Formula One cars are set to lose their prominent engine cover 'shark...
8y ago from SuperSport.com

F1 shark fin fades back into obscurity in 2018

The FIA have confirmed that from 2018, the unpopular shark fin will not...

McLaren linked with Petrobas sponsor

McLaren executive Zak Brown has said the team have signed with 'two...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

Webber joins Australian Grand Prix board

Mark Webber will serve on the Australian Grand Prix Corporation board for...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Ryan Briscoe to coach RLL drivers, fueling speculation...

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced that it has brought on two...

Wienie 500 returns for second year in build-up to Indy...

Indianapolis Motor Speedway has announced that the Oscar Meyer Wienie 500...

Alex Palou responds to McLaren court ruling

Alex Palou has been ordered to pay McLaren Racing over $12 million...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Paul Merson predicts Leeds vs Arsenal, Tottenham vs...

Some unbelievable stuff happened in the Premier League last weekend! I...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'I think they would suit him' - Bacary Sagna names...

Bacary Sagna believes that Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe would fit into...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Episode 862 – Oh hi, Kai!

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In...
2h ago from Arseblog.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.