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New addition to Renault partner network

Editor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:48:33 +0000

Mar.10 (YF1) Renault F1 Team announced that its R30 race cars will feature branding from MOV´IT, beginning at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix. MOV´IT branding will be prominent on the nose cone of the R30. Based in Germany, MOV´IT develops high-performance brake systems for sports, racing and security vehicles, as well as for manufacturers of super-sportscars. [...]

Brawn GP and Button scoop Laureus Awards

Editor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:28:55 +0000

Mar.10 (YF1) Formula One was a big winner in Abu Dhabi as Britain’s Jenson Button won the Laureus Breakthrough of the Year Award following his first World Drivers’ Championship, and the Brawn GP Formula One Team, for whom Button drove in 2009, was named Laureus World Team of the Year. During the three-day period leading up [...]

Cosworth return of a Formula 1 legend

Editor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:47:38 +0000

Mar.10 (YF1) Cosworth has had a long and distinguished career in Formula One, beginning in 1963. Two Formula One teams were supplied with Cosworth engines in 2006: the Williams team using Cosworth V8 engines, transmissions, and associated electronics; and the Scuderia Toro Rosso team using rev-limited Cosworth V10s based on 2005 spec engines. The end of [...]

Bahrain GP: Cosworth preview

Editor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:23:45 +0000

Mar.10 (YF1) Bahrain will mark Cosworth’s return to Formula One as an engine supplier after a three year sabbatical. Cosworth is supplying its CA2010 engines to four teams: AT&T Williams, HRT F1, Lotus Racing and Virgin Racing. Cosworth V8 power helped the Williams team claim the fastest lap of the race in the 2006 event An [...]

Bahrain GP: Hispania Racing preview

Editor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:04:31 +0000

Mar.10 (YF1) HRT F1, Hispania Racing F1 Team, the team formerly known as Campos prior to its acquisition by Jose Ramon Carabante in February, is ready for its Formula One debut this weekend in Bahrain. The team joins the F1 paddock with ambitious, but realistic targets after a fight against time to be ready for [...]

Ralf says big brother dislikes understeer

Editor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:55:12 +0000

Mar.10 (GMM) Michael Schumacher’s brother has added another voice to claims the 41-year-old German might not match the pace of the sister Mercedes car this weekend in Bahrain. As the racing world gears up for the return to formula one of the seven time world champion, his manager Willi Weber warned this week that Schumacher does [...]

F1 boss backs Ferrari regarding new teams

Editor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:47:10 +0000

Mar.10 (GMM) The struggles of F1’s small new teams is proof that EUR45 million is not enough to run a competitive team, according to Bernie Ecclestone. Ferrari recently slammed Lotus and Virgin for lagging the timesheets in the February tests, while HRT is yet to turn a single lap. “Ferrari is right,” F1 chief executive Ecclestone is [...]

Kubica misses direct flight to Bahrain

Editor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:41:01 +0000

Mar.10 (GMM) The Bahrain pitlane and paddock was abuzz with activity on Wednesday, but one notable face was missing. While Sebastian Vettel, Timo Glock, Karun Chandhok, Vitaly Petrov and others were spotted under the desert sun, there was no sign of Renault’s Robert Kubica. It turns out the Pole missed his flight. According to Germany’s Auto Motor [...]

Bahrain GP: Bridgestone preview

Editor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:18:06 +0000

Mar.10 (YF1) Bridgestone enters the final season of its contract as Official Tyre Supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship with the commencement of the Bahrain Grand Prix on March 14 with Bridgestone’s super soft and medium 2010 specification dry slick tyres. Changes for this year include a narrower front tyre, to give a more [...]

Bahrain GP: FIA Preview

Editor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:12:55 +0000

Mar.10: The opening round of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship season takes place at the Bahrain International Circuit. Built on former desert, the track sits about 30 kilometres south of the island kingdom’s capital city, Manama. In 2004 Bahrain became the first Middle Eastern country to host a round of the FIA Formula [...]