Post from Carons Musings
Sunday, January 31, 2010, 7:33 pm
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Cosworth makes a return to F1 this season providing engines for no less than five teams, USF1, Campos, Lotus, Virgin and Williams. These will be powering the teams round the the likes of the historic circuits of Monaco, Spa and Monza.
Rubens Barrichello, who’s moved from Brawn to Williams, recently visited the Cosworth factory [...]

Post from Crash.net
Sunday, January 31, 2010, 2:01 pm
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Lewis Hamilton has revealed that it was in fact he who suggested Jenson Button as his McLaren team-mate in F1 2010 – but are tensions already bubbling beneath the surface at Woking..?
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Post from Crash.net
Sunday, January 31, 2010, 12:34 pm
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Ross Brawn has revealed that he does not want Michael Schumacher ‘to dominate’ Mercedes Grand Prix team-mate Nico Rosberg in F1 2010 – but the title remains the prime objective.
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Post from Lights 2 Flag
Sunday, January 31, 2010, 3:43 am
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Well after a long boring Winter break with no A1 Grand Prix to follow, the long awaited 2010 F1 season is due to kick off on 14th March in Bahrain.
Here are some of my thoughts and observations on the venues…
14th March – Bahrain
Bahrain has taken over the season opening slot from traditional holder Australia. I [...]

Post from Crash.net
Saturday, January 30, 2010, 4:09 pm
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Whilst recognising that he and Fernando Alonso ‘perhaps didn’t work together well enough’ in 2007, Lewis Hamilton insists he will not in any way be favoured over Jenson Button in F1 2010.
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Post from An F1 Blog
Saturday, January 30, 2010, 1:23 pm
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According to The Times newspaper, Ferrari have already started work on a ‘B’ spec car. The newspaper referred to rumours “sweeping the Italian media” about the early performance estimates for the new single seater.
The report said it is feared the car is “not as good as the team were hoping for”, despite Ferrari having stopped [...]

Post from An F1 Blog
Saturday, January 30, 2010, 9:18 am
Read more: Motor Sport, Rally

Double World Rally champion Marcus Gronholm will compete on the Svully Rally in Norway this weekend in an effort to find the rhythm ahead of his WRC return in Sweden next month.
Gronholm will join Petter Solberg, Patrik Sandell and Andreas Mikkelsen on the small one-day Norwegian event which runs close to Solberg’s home in Spydeberg.
Gronholm, [...]

Post from Crash.net
Saturday, January 30, 2010, 12:05 am
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F1 is a team effort, underlines Jenson Button, and if we’re going to keep the title in Britain, Lewis Hamilton and I need to work together – and at the end of the season we’ll see who’s on top.
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Post from An F1 Blog
Friday, January 29, 2010, 11:11 pm
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Virgin Racing will launch their first ever car in front of an online audience on Wednesday 3rd February. They are the third team to launch online so far, following on from Ferrari and McLaren.
The VR-01 will be unveiled online on the morning of Wednesday 3 February and is expected to make its official test debut [...]

Post from An F1 Blog
Friday, January 29, 2010, 10:27 pm
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Liveries won’t be the only colours schemes revealed before the start of the season, the drivers also have to choose what helmet designs to go with.
There have been some pretty spectacular lids over the years which should really be appreciated as F1 is getting more and more corporate. One of the results is that helmets [...]

Post from An F1 Blog
Friday, January 29, 2010, 8:51 pm
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Amateur footage of the Williams FW32 has been recorded and placed on Youtube. The spy footage was tweeted by Rubens Barrichello who said: “Someone caught illegal footage of my car while at Silverstone.” Autosport also took a spy photo at the Silverstone maiden run.

Post from An F1 Blog
Friday, January 29, 2010, 8:19 pm
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McLaren today launched their 2010 challenger – the MP4-25 at their title sponsor Vodafone’s UK headquarters in Newbury. Like Ferrari’s yesterday, McLaren’s launch was shown live on the internet.
The 2010 car looks noticeably different from last year’s race-winning MP4-24. MP4-25 features a radical aerodynamic overhaul and a significantly larger fuel tank to take full advantage [...]

Post from An F1 Blog
Friday, January 29, 2010, 7:32 pm
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The AT&T Williams team today confirmed the appointment of Valtteri Bottas as its official test driver.
Valtteri, a 20-year old from Nastola, Finland, will take up the role vacated by Nico Hulkenberg as he steps up as a team race driver. Having begun karting at the age of six, Bottas has a strong record of success [...]

Post from An F1 Blog
Friday, January 29, 2010, 7:20 pm
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Six-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb has given his fellow Citroen driver Kimi Raikkonen a strong vote of confidence ahead of the Finn’s competitive debut in a C4 WRC on this week’s Arctic Rally.
Loeb says there is no doubting the 2007 Formula One world champion’s speed and added that he expected him to be competitive [...]

Post from Crash.net
Friday, January 29, 2010, 6:20 pm
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McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh admits the need to carefully manage the battle between Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button in F1 2010 – in order to avoid ‘aiding a one-man team’.
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Post from Crash.net
Friday, January 29, 2010, 1:58 pm
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Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton have taken the wraps off the car they hope will return them – and McLaren – to the top of the world.
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Post from Crash.net
Friday, January 29, 2010, 12:32 pm
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Maria de Villota is being touted as the latest candidate for the struggling Campos Meta F1 team.
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Post from An F1 Blog
Thursday, January 28, 2010, 11:02 pm
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The 2010 season has been kicked off with Ferrari’s F10 being unveiled. There has been a lot of talk about design but also the livery which looks good but frankly it could be mistaken for Team Santander now.
Liveries are always a big focus for fans and can repulse us or make us fall in love. [...]

Post from An F1 Blog
Thursday, January 28, 2010, 9:44 pm
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The Swiss watch manufacturer Oris continues to support Formula One. New for this year is the large logo on the front of the drivers’ overalls as well as on the side of each driver’s helmet.
The extension to Oris’ deal will also see the brand logo in its familiar position on the front wing end plate [...]

Post from An F1 Blog
Thursday, January 28, 2010, 9:14 pm
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Ferrari is looking for glory for the 2010 season with their F10 car.
It’s a radical break from the F60 and it needed to be. The F60 could only manage one win and Ferrari had to freeze development, lick their wounds and focus on making a much better car for the following season.
It won’t be known [...]