In the round-up: Martin Whitmarsh says some of the drivers paying their way into F1 don't deserve a place on merit.
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Whitmarsh concerned by pay drivers (ESPN)
'It's sad to say, but the reason that some of those guys are pay drivers, not all of them, but the reason that some are pay drivers is because they are actually and fundamentally not good enough to be in Formula One.'
Tough times ahead for some F1 teams (Reuters)
Marussia team principal John Booth: 'It (the sport) had to come to its senses a little bit. Maybe we are going through that period again. I don't think it's a crisis, (but) maybe re-alignment is required.'
Trulli happy away from F1 (Crash)
'Me driving [at Caterham in 2012] would not have changed much [within the team], or my life, or my career. What people didn't realise is that I chose not to drive, even though I had a contract in place. I gave the team a change to survive by getting in a pay-driver.'
David Coulthard's sister Lynsay Jackson found dead at her home (BBC)
'The sister of former Formula One driver David Coulthard has been found dead at her home in the south of Scotland.'
Lewis Hamilton right to criticise Mercedes car, says Ross Brawn (The Guardian)
'He is interested in everything about the car. He is interested in the fact the stickers might not be put properly on the bodywork. He has got a very good eye for detail. I think he is going to be a very involved member of the team, which is what we wanted.'
Q&A with Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton (F1)
'When I am at the factory I speak to all three of them [Ross Brawn, Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda] ' or particularly to Ross and Toto because they have all the connections to all the engineers and mechanics. I mention something to Toto and I reiterate it to Ross ' I push from both sides.'
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Comment of the day
Are Williams already on the back foot?
In my opinion, Williams not having their 2013 challenger ready for the first test is going to be quite detrimental to the start of their season. I know that they tested certain 2013 components on their 2012 cars during this test, but the 2013 is a different car. Modern F1 cars are very integrated, and the efficiency of a certain part is dependent on the characteristic of other parts on the F1 car. Just because a 2013 component will work on their 2012 car does not mean that it will work as well on their 2013 car ' and vice versa.
All of the other teams already have have 4 days of testing on their cars, they made big strides towards reliability and establishing some sort of base for their cars. Williams must really make the best of the two remaining tests. If they encounter reliability problems during the first few days of the next test which limit their running then they'll be even further behind.
I just find it a bit odd that the two back marker teams can have their 2013 cars ready for the first test but Williams cannot.
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On this day in F1
One year ago today the first test at Jerez concluded and Lotus were the quickest of the teams who had brought 2012-spec cars. But the fact that Fernando Alonso was second in the Ferrari F2012 ' which later proved way off the pace ' shows how unrepresentative testing times can be at this stage:
- Lotus quickest of 2012 cars at Jerez
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