Hamilton to Ron Dennis: "Speak to me perhaps because it has positive things to talk about"

The British driver Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) has responded to McLaren boss Ron Dennis, who criticize his lifestyle off the track, and said that perhaps talk about it because "there are many other positive things to talk about" , making clear reference to the bad season of the British team.

"Why is he talking about me? I do not know. Maybe because they have many other positive things to talk about. Maybe that's probably why I'm here and I'm triple world champion. What I am today is what I am and I behave in this way regardless of who is working. I do not think that I'm behaving badly" said the Briton told reporters.

"Just because I do other things outside of the sport I do not think it's a negative, has been a positive impact on my career, obviously. Maybe it's not me who has to make a change," said the pilot, who won his first world title with McLaren in 2008.

Dennis said last week that Hamilton had changed his lifestyle since leaving McLaren in 2012. The triple world champion, 30, has exhibited his life in social networks and has become a regular at fashion magazines and celebrity websites.

 Meanwhile, McLaren are suffering the worst season in its history, with nine of a total of ten teams in the constructors' championship without a victory since 2012, while Hamilton has enjoyed another year of dominance, with 10 wins and third championship.

Red Bull guarantees according to an engine supplier in 2016

Red Bull finally has an agreement with a supplier of engines for the season 2016 Formula 1 announced the team boss Christian Horner on Friday. According to the international press, the expectation is that Renault continue developing the power units for the Austrian team despite the troubled relationship between the parties this year and a new contract should be made official in the coming days.

"Next year will be a transition year," Horner warned. "We have an agreement with a supplier for next season I hope to be confirmed in the coming days," added the Briton.

"(The partnership) will have a development path that, ironically, in a way, is what we were trying to achieve 12 months ago, and let's see what this is going," added Christian Horner.

During the World in 2015, pilots and engineers at Red Bull did not hide dissatisfaction to weave public criticism of the power units of the French manufacturer. The team of energy then talked to Mercedes and Ferrari looking for a partnership, but the two biggest teams in category ruled out supplying engines to a rival considered dangerous.

The last attempt before returning to talk to Renault was Honda, who returned to F1 this season, reviving the partnership with McLaren. However, the proposal was discarded by the CEO of the British team, Ron Dennis, claiming to have exclusive rights contract with the Japanese.

In an almost desperate situation, Red Bull even threatened to leave F1, but Renault, which will have its own team next year with almost enshrined acquisition of Lotus, agreed to negotiate again and to continue supplying engines to the team based in Milton Keynes.

The hit late-season with interests for 2016, seems to be over. Red Bull has an engine for the coming season and will therefore regularly at the start. After months of negotiations with Mercedes and Ferrari, and threats of pre-wedding circus of the four wheels, Christian Horner, team principal of the team of "cans" announced the happy news over the weekend of the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi, the last race of the World Cup in 2015. 

" We have an agreement for an engine for next year, we hope that everything will be confirmed in the coming days. It will be a year of transition , "the words of Horner Autosport. According to rumors, the Red Bull should rely on a power unit Renault but unbranded. " There will be a path of development , "concluded Horner.

Schumacher treatment cost $ 60 million

The serious skiing accident suffered by Michael Schumache r complete two years in December. His recovery is slow and the family, discreet, prefer to omit details about the health of the German. However, the British newspaper The Mirror estimated that families already disbursed more than 10 million pounds (about US $ 60 million) in the former pilot of treatments of 46 years. 

The seven times world champion of Formula 1suffered a fall and hit his head while skiing in the French Alps, on 29 December 2013. After the accident, Schumi was induced coma, underwent two surgeries to remove blood clots from the brain and remained six months in a coma in hospital in Grenoble, to get out of the coma and be able to be transferred to a recovery clinic in Lausanne, Switzerland. A year ago, the German was discharged and went to recover in his mansion in Gland, on Lake Geneva. Schumacher is assisted daily by a team of 15 professionals, including physical therapists and nurses. 

The hugely successful in F1, combined with their business away from the tracks, the German secured a fortune estimated at 300 million pounds (about US $ 1.8 billion). The wealth accumulated by former pilot ensures the continuity of his expensive treatment for a long time. Recently, the British media said Schumi would have lost a quarter of their body weight, and was weighing only 45 kilograms, in addition to continuing unable to walk, talk and to recognize the environment around them. 

According to Sabine Kehm,family spokesman, the pilot has a slow recovery, but progressive, "taking into account the severity of injuries in his head." The doctor François Payen, responsible for the first service to Schumi in France, said it will take at least three years for the German present significant improvements.

FIA confirms that it will not take more new teams in Formula 1 in 2016

Because no one team besides Haas Racing met the necessary requirements to join the category.

After extending for one month the deadline to sign up for new teams to enter Formula 1, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) confirmed that no other racing team will enter the category in the biennium 2016 and 2017. So the only new team confirmed for the grid is the American Haas Racing.

Two teams, unrevealed showed interest to participate, however, according to an aide FIA, none of them met the requirements to enter the category. Thus, the process was worth for the next two years, is officially closed.

"No applications were able to meet the criteria of the FIA ​​for new teams, even taking every opportunity to present their proposals. The round of applications is officially closed, "said the aide to the site" Motorsport.com ".

Although the process apply to the next two years, is not ruled out the entry of a new team for 2017. If a major automaker, such as Renault, which is in the process of defining about its future in the category, or even Audi, always speculated the category may decide to enter a team, the FIA ​​can open a special process so that these manufacturers can participate in Formula 1.