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Jerome d’Ambrosio and Jan Charouz test Renault R29 at Silverstone (Pictures)
Renault test drivers Jerome d’Ambrosio and Jan Charouz sampled the team’s 2009 F1 car in a shakedown test at Silverstone earlier this week.
It was the first time behind the wheel of an F1 car for both drivers.
McLaren’s MP4-12C puts it in competition with Mercedes and Ferrari off the track
McLaren officially launched its MP4-12C today – the sports car which will rival Ferrari’s 458 model.
The company is entering a new era as it begins production of road vehicles in greater numbers than it has done before and ends its association with Mercedes. It has begun buying back the 40% stake Mercedes acquired in McLaren [...]
Two new sponsors for Renault (Pictures)
Renault has announced two new sponsorship deals in the last two days.
The R30 will carry HP logos on its engine cover having announced a two-year deal with the computer manufacturer. HP logos last appeared in F1 when it sponsored Williams until the end of the 2005 season.
The team has revealed two renderings showing their new [...]
F1 2010 season preview: Virgin
Virgin were the first of the new teams to appear on the track in testing. But they’ve suffered mechanical and aerodynamic gremlins with their VR-01.
How will they fare against the other newcomers, and can they trouble any of the established teams in their first season?
Ferrari using pit lights again in 2010
Ferrari will use their infamous pit stop traffic lights once again in 2010.
The lights, which were blamed for Felipe Massa’s botched pit stop at Singapore in 2008, are being reintroduced an effort to speed up their pit stops.
The team said:
The team has developed a new “traffic light” system, more sophisticated and safer than the one [...]
2010 F1 season preview: HRT
Adrian Campos’s dream of a Spanish F1 team will be realised in 2010 – but it won’t have his name on it. A late change of ownership means the team formerly known as Campos will instead race as HRT.
Their car only appeared for the first time last week and hasn’t tested yet. The learning curve [...]
McLaren supportive of new teams
McLaren has welcomed F1’s three new teams to the sport.
In contrast to rivals Ferrari, who criticised the 2010 newcomers, McLaren managing director Jonathan Neale said he believes it’s important the new teams are able to compete:
I think we have to be supportive and try to get new teams of the ground. I respect greatly what [...]
2010 F1 season preview: Lotus
Lotus were the last team to gain an entry for 2010 – but so far they look like the most promising of the new teams.
Even so they’re still expecting to start the year around four seconds per lap off the pace. Can the team do justice to their historic and evocative name?
2010 F1 season preview: Toro Rosso
Last season was a reality check for Toro Rosso after their giant-killing feats in 2008.
For the first time in their five-year history the team have had to manufacture their own car this season. How will they fare in 2010?
Toro Rosso in action at Imola (Video)
Toro Rosso returned to the Imola circuit, last used by F1 for the 2006 San Marino Grand Prix, to do some laps with their STR5.
Jaime Alguersuari was at the wheel for what looks like a promotional filming day rather than a test.
Imola has undergone a few changes since F1 last appeared there. The chicane [...]
