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Ferrari have undoubtedly become the hit of the day in Formula One, as the Italian team dominated the Valencia test meeting from one point to another earlier this week. Both Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso posted fastest lap times throughout the days they took the ...
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It has recently surfaced in the media that Red Bull Racing veteran driver Mark Webber will have the honor to drive first the newly-developed RB6 single-seater during the upcoming test meeting in Jerez. Although the team did not issue any statements on the matter, a ...
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Following the recent reports that Force India Mercedes might face dissolution as a result of failing to register its accounts with Companies House for 2008, the team's co-owner Vijay Mallys played down such a prospect and ensured the media that everything is under ...
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Despite the few critics received by Bridgestone from some drivers during the 2009 Formula One championship – regarding the one-compound gap between tire allocations throughout last year's campaign – the Japanese tire manufacturer announced it has no ...
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Skybet Sees Alonso, Hamilton Favorites for 2010 TitleF1The famous British betting house of Skybet today released the latest odds for the upcoming 2010 season of the Formula One Championship. Quite logical, the odds suffered some dramatic changes following the first test of the winter in Valencia, during which Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso easily dominated the entire 3 days of running. Consequently, the 2-time world champion from Ferrari has now gone up in the “standings,” benefiting from an 11/4 odd to become king of the Formula One action for the 3rd time in career. Leader until a few days ago, McLaren Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton has now dropped to second favorite for the F1 crown, sitting on a 7/2 odd. While Michael Schumacher remained the 3rd favorite to become world title this year, the odds of that ... >> Read more |
The teams that preferred to skip the maiden test meeting of the winter in Valencia – at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit – in order to further develop their 2010 single-seaters are now looking at the prospect of having even less than 12 days to prepare their ...
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For former F1 team owner and boss Eddie Jordan, the upcoming season of Formula One doesn't hold too many secrets, at least as far as the title fight goes. According to the eccentric British figure, Lewis Hamilton has the best chances of bagging the 2010 F1 title ...
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Force India has now become the third team from the current FIA entry list for the 2010 Formula One Championship that might not make the grid of the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix in mid-March. And it's not because they don't have the money to sustain their F1 ...
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While Campos Grand Prix is constantly playing down the rumors about them losing the Dallara license for the 2010 car, Stefan GP is moving fast in their plans to secure a decent, competitive team for this season's Formula One Championship.
Long story short, the ...
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Felipe Massa admitted, for the first time in years, that leaving Ferrari might actually happen in the future. Entering his 5th consecutive year as a Ferrari-an driver, the Brazilian is well aware of the fact that his deal with the Italian company runs out at the end of ...
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As most of you already know by now, one pit stop is mandatory in Formula One. That's the way it's always been and, since refueling was permitted back into the series during the early '90s, 2-pit stop strategies have dominated the championship.
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Virgin Racing yesterday unveiled their first ever Formula One single-seater, designed and prepared for the team's maiden campaign in the Great Circus. While becoming the first team from the newly-entrants to reveal their 2010 car to the public, it was also ...
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Bernie Ecclestone's criticism of Formula One's newly-entrants US F1 and Campos Grand Prix was taken to a whole new level on Wednesday, as the F1 supremo made it very clear that he does not believe in those two teams making the starting grid of the season opening ...
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After weeks of negotiations between Formula One driver Nick Heidfeld and German-British team Mercedes GP, it has finally been confirmed that the veteran racer will complete the team's driver lineup as test/reserve driver for the 2010 season.
The rumors about ...
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Red Bull Racing have missed out on this week's testing in Valencia, but its team principal Christian Horner was all eyes on the action at the Ricardo Tormo circuit. The British official looked closely at the teams and cars that are to rival his own organization in ...
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Switching teams in Formula One has become a habit not only for the drivers, but also for the technicians and race engineers nowadays. During the off-season break this winter, there were several “moves” on the engineering market of F1, the last of which ...
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Jenson Button admitted his frustration over his first experience at the wheel of the McLaren MP4-25 on Wednesday, during the last day of the Ricardo Tormo test meeting. The reigning world champion was only the 10th on the timing reports this week, being almost one ...
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The officials of Serbian outfit Stefan GP may not be so crazy as most people would have believed. When the team announced they will begin the testing of their 2010 single-seater in late February – shortly after confirming they will ship all their F1 equipment ...
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It has emerged that Mercedes' motorsport director Norbert Haug has recently underwent thyroid surgery. The news was unveiled by Germany's Bild newspaper, during the last day of testing at the Valencia's Ricardo Tormo Circuit, as several media representatives were ...
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Needless to say, after the first test of the winter, only one or two teams can really be happy with what they've achieved in Valencia (in terms of lap times). While Ferrari dominated the entire meeting at the Ricardo Tormo circuit, BMW Sauber F1 positioned ...
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