Lewis Hamilton is excited about the potential of the new McLaren car after driving it for the first time during testing in Valencia. The Englishman was significantly slower than Felipe Massa in his Ferrari but was satisfied that the problems he endured in the first half of the 2009 season had been overcome. Hamilton did [...]
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An agreement has finally been reached on a new points system for the Formula One 2010 season which it is hoped will promote a 'race-to-win' attitude. The new system will see places rewarded in a 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 sequence. The previous system only left the winner of a race two points better off than the second-placed car, [...]
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Felipe Massa showed he has fully recovered from the fractured skull he suffered in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix more than six months ago by setting the fastest lap time during testing in Valencia. The Ferrari driver set a time of 1:12.574 during his 102-lap session on the opening day of multi-team pre-season testing [...]
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The return of Michael Schumacher and a British alliance being formed at McLaren have grabbed all the media attention. Many have predicted that the driver’s championship will go to Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton or Jenson Button which seems to be short sighted considering the strong driver line-up at Ferrari and the young talented drivers. Schumacher’s return [...]
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2010 will be an exciting Formula One season for many reasons, but few can match the potential of seven time world champion Michael Schumacher, two time world champion Fernando Alonso and 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton all being united on the track to do battle. The prospect is fascinating. Not since the days of Senna, [...]
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This man, was, after Jensen Button, the man of 2009. Brilliantly fast, fantastic in the rain, he has won five races already in his career and could easily have been 2009 World Champion, and he’s only 22! After the promise he showed in his season and a half at Toro Rosso, peaking with his incredible [...]
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Vitaly Petrov will become the first Russian to compete in Formula One after being confirmed as Renault’s second driver for the 2010 season. The 25-year-old has signed a one-year contract with the French team and will partner Robert Kubica during the upcoming campaign. “I’m really happy. It’s brilliant, what I’ve waited a long time for,” [...]
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The highly rated young Pole had a miserable 2009 season and will be praying that 2010 is a significant improvement. When challenging for the drivers’ title in 2008, Kubica publicly made it clear how he wanted the team to put its resources into the ’08 car and not the ’09 car, saying that you have [...]
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One way or another, 2010 is going to be a big year for this young German. After an excellent 2009 season where he scored all of Williams’ 34.5 points and regularly featured in the top 8 during qualifying and races, Nico signed for what he believed was the Brawn team and a place alongside ’09 [...]
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Michael Schumacher is confident that he can challenge for the world title this season following his return to Formula One as part of the new-look Mercedes team. The seven-time world champion has ended his three-year retirement to drive for the team which raced under the Brawn GP flag last season. Jenson Button won the championship [...]
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