Jenson Button Takes the Blame for Schumi’s Performance Lag

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McLaren pilot Jenson Button has made the paradoxical statement that he should be both credited for Michael Schumacher’s return to Formula 1, and blamed for Schumi’s poor performance.
Button allowed that his last minute departure from Mercedes, then branded as Brawn, led team boss Ross Brawn to reach out in a hurry for a top notch [...]

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Bernie Ecclestone Predicts the Grid Will Lose Two More Teams in 2010

Thumbnail image for Bernie Ecclestone Predicts the Grid Will Lose Two More Teams in 2010 July 28, 2010

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes that the F1 grid is due for additional shrinkage.  Over the past couple of years, several manufacturers have dropped out of the sport, including BMW, Toyota and Honda. This helped pave the way for such newbie teams as HRT, Virgin and Lotus to enter the picture.  Former FIA president [...]

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Bernie Ecclestone and DC Talk Sense About Team Orders

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After all the brouhaha over Ferrari’s team orders at Hockenheim, which saw a virtually unanimous condemnation of the Scuderia’s ordering Felipe Massa to make way for Fernando Alonso, thus allowing the Spaniard to win the race, we now see in the F1 community a backlash in reaction to the backlash.
Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has [...]

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Uproar Continues over Ferrari’s Team Orders at Hockenheim

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The general consensus seems to be that Ferrari made a hash of it by dispensing team orders that weren’t, to listen to Maranello tell the take, really team orders at all.  In a post race press conference, however, team boss Stefano Domenicali’s attempted to explain the Scuderia’s point of view.
When asked why Alonso’s pass of [...]

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Alonso Wins in Controversial Hockenheim Finish, and Ferrari Fined $100,000 for Team Orders

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In a controversial finish, Ferrari came home first and second in today’s race at Hockenheim, with Fernando Alonso taking winner’s honors, and Felipe Massa taking points as runner up.  But it wasn’t exactly a happy ending, as evinced by the rather dour faces in the Ferrari garage at race’s end.
Even the normally jubilant Alonso, who [...]

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Schumi Targets Title in 2011

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Michael Schumacher has given a clinical assessment of his chances of competing next season, in the face of a raft of criticism over his comback performance in 2010.  When asked if he would return with the Mercedes squad in 2011, he answered bluntly, “Yes.”
As Schumacher told reporters in Hockeheim today, in advance of this weekend’s [...]

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Villeneuve Racing to Be Funded by Gaddafi’s Son?

Thumbnail image for Villeneuve Racing to Be Funded by Gaddafi’s Son? July 21, 2010

Various rumors have been circulating recently about 1997 F1 champ Jacques Villeneuve’s plans to form a new Formula 1 team.  Although Villeneuve has kept mum until now, today he announced that he indeed had formed a partnership with the former GP2 outfit Durango.
In addition, Villeneuve said on his official website, “There are a number of [...]

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Norbert Haug Backs Schumi’s Title Challenge for 2011

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Mercedes sports honcho Norbert Haug has come out defiantly against many of the paddock skeptics who have written off Michael Schumacher’s comeback effort as a disaster.  While acknowledging that Schumacher has struggled at the start, Haug insists that Schumacher is taking the long view, and is far from throwing in the towel.
As Haug told Kicker [...]

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Nick Fry on Schumi: ‘It’s Not Coming Together’

Thumbnail image for Nick Fry on Schumi: ‘It’s Not Coming Together’ July 18, 2010

Mercedes GP CEO Nick Fry is taking a realistic attitude in his evaluation of Michael Schumacher’s performance at mid-season.  Fry has been publicly optimistic about Schumacher all along, assuring anyone who would listen that Schumi was a bit rusty, that everyone within the team was impressed by his efforts and skills, and that eventually all [...]

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Will Jacques Villeneuve Become a Team Owner in 2011?

Thumbnail image for Will Jacques Villeneuve Become a Team Owner in 2011? July 17, 2010

It’s become something of a tradition in auto racing: if you’ve gotten to the point in your career when no one will hire you, hire yourself.  Or at least become a team owner.  Drivers as various as Alain Prost, Jackie Stewart, Bruce McLaren, Jack Brabham, Dan Gurney, Jim Hall, Michael Andretti and A.J. Foyt have [...]

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