2010 January archive
Tyres to keep green stripes in 2010 15th January 2010, 8:00
Bridgestone will continue its policy of using a green stripe to differentiate between its soft and hard tyre compounds during the 2010 season. Chief engineer at Bridgestone Motorsport Jun Matsuzaki said: “We continue to support the FIA’s Make Cars Green campaign so the green stripe will remain.” He also confirmed that Bridgestone will introduce new [...]
Great F1 cars of the last six decades: Maserati 250F (Autosport International)
The Maserati 250F is featured at this year’s Autosport International show as one of the great racing cars of the last six decades. The 250F earned its place in F1 history with the two world championship titles Juan Manuel Fangio won in it – and thanks to its classical good looks. It was more a [...]
F1 Fanatic round-up: 15/1/2010
I’m at Autosport International again today. Yesterday it proved a useful opportunity to meet new people and tell them about the website. It was encouraging to discover some of them had already heard of it – including David Richards! Today I’m at the show again and am expecting to see Adrian Newey give a talk [...]
Alonso expects no problems with Massa 14th January 2010, 19:02
Fernando Alonso has rebuffed claims there might be friction between him and his new Ferrari team mate in 2010. Alonso said he thought Felipe Massa’s experience at Ferrari would be useful to himself as a newcomer: Felipe is a great team mate for me. First of all I think he’s a Latin character like me, [...]
Lotus announce February 12th launch date
Today’s spate of F1 launch announcements continues: Lotus is the latest team to confirm its 2010 launch date. It will show its car for the first time on February 12th. The car will make its first track appearance on February 17th. Team boss Tony Fernandes revealed on Twitter the team will fire the car’s engines [...]
Renault R30 to appear on January 31st
Hot on the heels of McLaren, Renault have confirmed the launch date of their 2010 F1 car. The R30 will be presented for the first time at the Valencia circuit on January 31st, the same day as BMW Sauber reveal their new car. The first official F1 test of 2010 begins at the circuit the [...]
McLaren to launch MP4-25 on January 29th
McLaren will launch its 2010 contender on January 29th. The car will be called MP4-25, continuing McLaren’s naming convention which dates back to the 1981 MP4 (later called the MP4-1). Meanwhile Toro Rosso has announced it will not have a launch for its car, but will appear at the first test on February 1st. See [...]
USF1 Barber test closed to public
Barber Motorsports Park has confirmed USF1′s test session at the track will not be open to the public. A circuit spokesperson said other details of the test have not been decided yet: In regards to the USF1 test, we are still in negotiations at this point. If the test does come to Barber Motorsports Park, [...]
F1 Fanatic round-up: 14/1/2010
I’m at the Autosport International show in Birmingham today so I won’t be able to respond to comments as much as usual. I hope to have some articles from the show heading your way soon though and of course I’ll be Tweeting from there as well. Links All living Formula One champions to appear at [...]
Shortcuts on F1 tracks? Bernie Ecclestone’s winding everyone up again 13th January 2010, 20:49
Bernie Ecclestone’s contribution to the debate over what should be done to improve racing in F1 is another one of his wind-ups: Imagine a shortcut which a driver can use five times every race. It would stop people getting stuck behind others. It would be good for TV. Bernie Ecclestone We’ve had similar ‘ideas’ from [...]
