F1 teams threaten legal action over secret settlement
Seven Formula One teams have signed a strongly-worded letter regarding the secrecy of the FIA’s
investigation into Ferrari’s 2019 power unit after a “secret settlement” was reached, in which they threaten
legal action against Formula One’s governing body. Ferrari were subjected to complaints from rival teams
over the legality of their fuel flow sensor, having possessed a significant speed advantage over the
Mercedes, Renault and Honda power units last season, though the results of the FIA’s investigation were
not published last week. The news emerged at the end of the pre-season test in Barcelona, with the secrecy
of the settlement infuriating the rest of the paddock, and all seven teams who do not use Ferrari power units
have signed a joint-letter to the FIA expressing their anger at the situation.
Fury responds to Wilder’s costume excuse
Tyson Fury has responded publicly for the first time since Deontay Wilder blamed his heavyweight title
defeat in the weight of his ring-walk outfit, with the newly-crowned champion believing that his excuse was
a clear sign of the American’s failure to deal with losing for the first time. Wilder raised many an eyebrow by
claiming the “40-45-pound” outfit that he wore ahead of their rematch drained him of his energy.
“He said he trains in a 45lbs weighted vest every day,” Fury said. “I can understand where he’s coming from
because in every fighter’s mind there’s always got to be a reason why they’ve lost. It can never be the simple
fact of ‘I wasn’t good enough on the night, I lost to the better guy’. It’s always gotta be ‘the camp was wrong,
it was the trainer’s fault, it was my suit, it was my toe’. It’s always something was a problem. With me, if I’m
injured or whatever the problem is, it’s like ‘ok the performance wasn’t great, I’m going to move on and
crack on’.”