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Force India VJM03 technical specifications

Tomba — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:51:00 +0100

Force India have presented their 2010 challenger today, aiming to further follow the path of improvement that the team walked towards the end of 2009. The specs show the car is now slightly longer but still far shorter than the Renault or Ferrari.

Q+A with Adrian Sutil

Principessa — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:18:00 +0100

At the presentation of the Force India Formula One Team's 2010 car, the VJM03, Adrian Sutil made clear that, after the tranistional year 2009, he and his team are ready for another strong and competitive season.

Q+A with Tonio Liuzzi

Principessa — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:15:00 +0100

Today, the Force India Formula One Team proudly presented its 2010 contender, the VJM03. After pairing up with Adrian Sutil for the last 5 races of the season, Tonio Liuzzi keeps his seat with the team. The Italian gives his opinion about the upcoming season and the new car.

Q+A with Mark Smith, Design Director

Principessa — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:12:00 +0100

Some significant rule changes have made this a busy winter for all the F1 teams, although this year continuity in terms of engine and gearbox supply has been a boost for Force India. Design Director Mark Smith explains some of the thinking behind the VJM03.

Q+A with Otmar Szafnauer, Chief Operating Officer

Principessa — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:09:00 +0100

Today, the Force India F1 Team presented their 2010 contender, the VJM03, to the public. Otmar Szafnauer joined Force India as Chief Operating Officer in October. He gave his thoughts on the team and its prospects for 2010.

Force India introduces the VJM03

Principessa — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:01:00 +0100

The Force India Formula One Team finished the 2009 season as a genuine regular contender for points and the new 2010 challenger, the VJM03, builds on the solid foundations established by its predecessor, which took pole for the Belgian GP.

James Key happy with smooth design process

Tomba — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:01:00 +0100

Some significant rules changes have made this a busy winter for all the F1 teams, although this year continuity in terms of engine and gearbox supply has been a boost for Force India. Technical director James Key explains some of the thinking behind the VJM03.

Golf adopts F1 technology in unique Williams license agreement

Principessa — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:34:00 +0100

Williams F1 announced today that is has entered into a unique license agreement with Williams Sports, a US golf equipment company. Williams Sports has a very successful background in the golf business, building one of the most successful golf club companies in the industry during the mid to late 2000's, while producing golf equipment that was used to win 44 times on PGA Tours worldwide.

Q+A with Willy Rampf

Principessa — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:20:00 +0100

BMW Sauber F1 Team drivers Pedro de la Rosa and Kamui Kobayashi racked up exactly 1,001 kilometres in the first test of the 2010 season in Valencia. Technical Director Willy Rampf gives his initial verdict.

Ferrari lay out plans for this week's testing schedule

mx_tifosi — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:21:00 +0100

The Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro is getting ready for this season’s second test session, on the agenda from 10 to 13 February at the Spanish Jerez de la Frontera circuit. Tomorrow morning the main part of the team will leave Maranello, including mechanics and the men working at the logistics, telemetry and electronics, while the engineers will arrive in Spain on Tuesday evening.

Brawn happy with new points system

Principessa — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:29:00 +0100

Mercedes GP Team Principal, Ross Brawn, believes that the new points system, which will be introduced this season, will help to spice up the action during the races. In 2010, the winner of the race will score seven points more than the runner-up instead of 2 points in 2009.

Virgin VR-01makes track debut at Silverstone

Principessa — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:22:00 +0100

Yesterday, the Virgin Racing VR-01 made its race track debut at the historic Silverstone Circuit. The team began a two-day shakedown after the public debut of the car designed entirely in the digital domain using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics).

Analysis: Virgin VR-01 is reality

Tomba — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:23:00 +0100

Virgin have today taken their car to the track for the first time after presenting it to the public on Wednesday. While the launch was delayed a bit and missed some of its intended glamor, the designer team is extremely proud of its child that was born in a computer chip.

Q+A with Mark Gallagher, Cosworth GM

mx_tifosi — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:30:00 +0100

Cosworth has enjoyed its first Formula 1 track action as an engine supplier since 2006 as the company accelerated preparations for the 2010 season with two of its customer teams this week. The AT&T Williams team carried out a three-day test session at the Valencia circuit in Spain, putting Cosworth’s CA2010 V8 engine through its paces in earnest for the first time at a race track.

Bridgestone pleased with tyre evaluation in Valencia

mx_tifosi — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:27:00 +0100

Bridgestone Motorsport, the Official Tyre Supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship, has completed the first group test of the exciting new 2010 season after three days at the 4.05 km Circuit Comunitat de la Valenciana, in Spain. This was the first opportunity for teams, drivers and observers to see in action the final specification of the new narrow front Potenza F1 tyre developed by Bridgestone for this season