In the round-up: Ferrari deny claims by Red Bull's Helmut Marko that they have been running a manually-adjustable ride-height system.
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Ferrari denies ride-height system claims (Autosport)
'Ferrari has strongly refuted claims from rivals Red Bull that it has been running a manually-adjusted ride-height system in Formula 1 ' on the back of the latest technical controversy that erupted at the Hungarian Grand Prix.'
Red Bull's Helmut Marko claimed Ferrari had a tool-free ride-height adjustment system in this interview with Auto Motor und Sport (in German).
Just three engine brands in 2014? (ESPN)
Mercedes motorsport vice-president Norbert Haug: 'I assume and think and am pretty sure that we will have three and no more than three. But with three I think we can get the job done.'
Interview (Sauber)
Sergio Perez: 'We need to be more efficient and I want to contribute to that. It is not that our performance was not consistent, but we didn't always get the things right and also we have been unlucky sometimes. We have to get everything together and make the most out of what we have. The car is quick and for me my first victory would be a dream come true.'
The Good, the Bad and the Pride ' Half Term Report with James Allison (Lotus)
'The worst moment by far was when the chassis broke on the first day of the first Barcelona test with Romain [Grosjean]. For about twelve hours I was not even certain that we would be able to get the car fixed by the first race. Missing the first test was bad enough, but not making the first race would have been an absolutely desperate situation for us. It was only once we had understood the failure and figured out how to fix it that the world started to return to normal.'
Q&A with Pedro de la Rosa (HRT)
'[Team principal] Luis [Perez-Sala] is one of the main reasons I'm at the team. I've always held him in the highest regard and I have blind faith in him. He's never going to deceive me and I like to work with people who you can trust in and with whom there are no secrets. With Luis what you see is what you get. Sincerity is our strength and that gives us a lot of agility when making decisions.'
Green flag for a well earned break (The Sun)
'Vitaly [Petrov] came to us from Renault F1 Team where he had been through a bit of a rollercoaster two seasons since coming into F1 in 2010. His first day with us was at a cold Barcelona test and he was quite shy, but soon on the pace. He settled into the team very quickly and has been a great addition.'
German Grand Prix video highlights (F1)
A selection of the best action from the Hockenheimring.
Replacing Felipe Massa at Ferrari (MotorSport)
'Ferrari's option on Massa, to continue with the team for an eighth season, expired on July 31, and the team declined to take it up. Of late Felipe has shown better form, and it had been thought that maybe ' maybe ' he might be kept on board, after all. Ferrari's decision not promptly to take up the option on his services does not definitively mean that he is out for 2013, but his retention seems, at best, extremely unlikely.'
Andrew Benson's Blog: Battle to catch Fernando Alonso (BBC)
'The F2012 was a second and a half off the pace in Melbourne in March. It has improved in leaps and bounds since then, but the Hungarian Grand Prix proved it is still far from the fastest car on a fully dry weekend. As Alonso puts it: 'Lotus, McLaren and Red Bull have been ahead of us for the whole championship.''
The marriage ceremony is underway! (Circuit of the Americas)
'Today the the crew is laying final piece of base course and completing the entire first layer of pavement around the track. This process is referred to as 'marrying the track' and is taking place from turn 20, through the starting grid and up the hill to turn one.'
We're in the summer shutdown! (McLaren)
'The summer break was considered by all as an eminently sensible impasse during the sport's relentless nine-month campaign. Since then, F1's moral and financial responsibilities have widened, and the need to formalise the break was introduced at the end of 2008 when teams signed off the Resource Restriction Agreement.'
Comment of the day
ShaneB457 reckons Perez is good enough to take Massa's seat at Ferrari:
He's currently ahead of him in the standings and has secured two podium finishes this year. He's been unlucky in Silverstone, (Maldonado crashing into him) and China (clutch problem). He had the fastest lap in Monaco and most recently finished sixth in Germany. So yeah, I think he's done amazingly well in a midfield team and has definitely got the edge over Kobayashi.
Perez would be a great replacement for Massa at Ferrari. If he was to go to the team next year and they would produce a quick car worthy of winning the drivers' championship, then I think that he would definitely be a contender for the title, even with Alonso as his team mate.
ShaneB457
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On this day in F1
Alberto Ascari clinched the drivers' championship in the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring on this day 60 years ago.
It was Ascari's fourth consecutive win in the Ferrari 375 and his team mates filled the next three positions: Giuseppe Farina 14 seconds behind in second, Rudi Fischer almost another seven minutes back and Piero Taruffi a lap down.
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