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FIA to Review Track Design Hoping to Increase Overtaking Opportunties

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While the FIA tweaks technical regs year after year in order to create overtaking opportunities for modern F1 cars (witness changes in front wings, rear wings, KERS, front wheel width, wheel base width and an assortment of other modifications that have been mandated by the sport’s governing body in just the past two or three [...]

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Ferrari Tops Time Sheets in Pirelli Test at Abu Dhabi

Thumbnail image for Ferrari Tops Time Sheets in Pirelli Test at Abu Dhabi November 21, 2010

With the dust barely settled on the 2010 season, the most preliminary test for 2011 has been completed at ABu Dhabi.  In this case, it was a test for Pirelli, the company that is replacing Bridgestone as sole tire supplier to Formula 1 for 2011 and beyond. The general consensus among drivers seemed to be [...]

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Reflections on the 2010 F1 Finale

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Now that the dust has settled, and the champagne (or fizzy citrus substitute) has been popped, we can step back and look at what has been one of the least routine grand prix season in years.  We are currently in a heady era when, rather than seeing the world titles be dominated by one or [...]

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Sebastian Vettel Is 2010 World Champion

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Sebastian Vettel is the new Formula 1 world champion.  This weekend’s race in Abu Dhabi began with a number of possible scenarios that might have unfolded.  The one which actually became a reality wasn’t the most likely one, but even so, when Red Bull’s Vettel crossed the finish line at the end of lap 55, [...]

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Schumacher Reveals Brawn Has Been Trying to Hire Him for the Past Two Years

Thumbnail image for Schumacher Reveals Brawn Has Been Trying to Hire Him for the Past Two Years January 27, 2010

Michael Schumacher has revealed that Ross Brawn began making tentative offers to induce the German ace to join the Honda/Brawn/Mercedes squad as long as two years ago.  It will be remembered that Brawn was the mastermind behind Schumacher’s previous seven titles, two of which were won at Benetton and five with Ferrari. When asked by [...]

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Nico Rosberg Confirms Exit from Williams

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On the eve of the final race weekend of 2009, in Abu Dhabi, Formula 1 driver Nico Rosberg has confirmed that he’ll be leaving the Williams team at the end of the this season.  As reported in The Guardian, Rosberg said, “It is my last race for Williams so it’s a bit strange.  “It’s been [...]

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Kobayashi Will Sub for Glock at Abu Dhabi

Thumbnail image for Kobayashi Will Sub for Glock at Abu Dhabi October 27, 2009

Kamui Kobayashi will substitute for injured Toyota Formula 1 pilot Timo Glock at Abu Dhabi this weekend.  Glock is still recovering from a cracked vertebra sustained during the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka four weeks ago. Kobayashi substituted for Glock at the Brazilian Grand Prix, and impressed most observers with his canny racing style on [...]

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Brawn Thinks Button is Choking

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Much has been made about Jenson Button’s decline in form over the second half of this season, and Ross Brawn has weighed in with his own evaluation.  He has suggested that Button’s driving became more conservative once he realized he was the odds on favorite to take the championship this year.  Button took five victories [...]

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Ferrari Confirm Massa Out Till 2010

Thumbnail image for Ferrari Confirm Massa Out Till 2010 October 12, 2009

Ferrari have confirmed that Felipe Massa will not race again this season.  Massa is in the latter stages of recovery from a serious head injury he sustained at this year’s Hungarian Grand Prix.  While it had been assumed that newly appointed reserve driver Giancarlo Fisichella would probably finish out the season for the injured Brazilian, [...]

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Mercedes to Buy Brawn Stake?

September 9, 2009

Two questions that have plagued the pundits of the F1 paddock this season: Where will Brawn GP find funding for next year and beyond?  And where will Nico Rosberg land next?  A rumor now making the rounds might provide an answer to both. According to a report in Auto Motor und Sport this week, Mercedes [...]

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