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Brawn Predicts Comeback for Mercedes in 2011

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Whenever an F1 team is in the doldrums, rumors of staffing changes begin to circulate.  This year was no exception for the Mercedes (nee Brawn) squad.  In 2009 the team, newly morphed from Honda, seemed to launch from somewhere close to the very back of the grid to become the class of the field.  That [...]

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Schumi and Ross Brawn Hint at Shifting Focus to 2011

Thumbnail image for Schumi and Ross Brawn Hint at Shifting Focus to 2011 June 10, 2010

Early rumblings are coming from the Mercedes camp that the team is already beginning to shift its focus towards the 2011 season.  Team principal Ross Brawn recently told ESPNF1, “By mid-season, we must look to put the F-duct in and catch up to the top.  If it is worthwhile to keep attacking then we will [...]

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Haug Defends Schumi, but Says Rosberg Might Be “the Fastest Guy in the World”

Thumbnail image for Haug Defends Schumi, but Says Rosberg Might Be “the Fastest Guy in the World” April 22, 2010

While Michael Schumacher is currently being roasted by the notoriously fickle Formula 1 media, Mercedes motorsport boss Norbert Haug has come to the defense of his German pilot.  In fact, Haug has gone so far as to say that Schumacher could have won the second race of the season, in Melbourne. As reported in Autosport, [...]

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Double Diffuser Ban Set to Be Approved for 2011

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The Formula 1 Technical Working Group has voted to ban douuble diffusers, effective for the 2011 season and beyond.  The move still needs approval by the Formula 1 Commission and the FIA’s World Sport Council, but this is expected to be a mere formality at this stage. Double diffusers were introduced by three teams (Brawn, [...]

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Button Believes McLaren Will Be Strong in 2010

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The 2009 Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button, who will make his testing debut with  McLaren on February 3, predicts a strong showing for his new team.  Whilie acknowledging that McLaren poured substantial resources into their 2009 car, in order to raise its performance, which was dismal at the start of last season, to a [...]

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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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Barrichello and Hulkenberg at Williams in 2010

Thumbnail image for Barrichello and Hulkenberg at Williams in 2010 October 28, 2009

The driver line-up for the Williams Formula 1 team for 2010 will be this year’s Brawn pilot, Rubens Barrichello, and current Williams tester Nico Hulkenberg, according to an interview with Willi Weber in Germany’s Bild am Sonntag.  Weber, who guided Michael Schumacher’s ultra-successful career, is now the manager of the younger German driver, Hulkenberg. Weber [...]

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Button’s Contract Hangs on Mercedes Deal

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It has been reported for some weeks that negotiations between Jenson Button and Brawn GP have been at a standstill, the two parties unable to come to terms about salary.  Button agreed to a pay cut for 2009, as the team was left in financial straits at the begainning of the season, after the withdrawal [...]

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Button Might Join McLaren in 2010

Thumbnail image for Button Might Join McLaren in 2010 October 23, 2009

The latest rumbling in this year’s hyperactive silly season is that Jenson Button might partner Lewis Hamilton at McLaren in 2010.  It’s been widely reported that Button and Brawn GP are currently at a stalemate in trying to hammer out a new contract for the new world champ. Button’s manager Richard Goddard recently told the [...]

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Kimi Undecided and Driver Market Stalled

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It has been widely assumed that once Fernando Alonso made his long-anticipated announcment regarding his move to Ferrari next season the drivers’ market for 2010 would begin to heat up in earnest. In fact, this is exactly what hasn’t happened.  Thus far, the only move that has occurred as a direct consequence of Alonso’s team [...]

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