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Heidfeld Almost Certain to Sub for Kubica at Renault

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Nick Heidfeld has all but clinched his substitute seat at Renault, standing in for the injured Robert Kubica.  While there had been talk that the recent test venue at Jerez would feature a shoot-out between Heidfeld ant Renault tester Bruno Senna, most everyone in the team has discounted this notion. Bruno Senna himself was the [...]

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Friday and Saturday at Jerez: Germans Rule

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German drivers topped the time sheets on the second and third days of testing this week at Jerez.  On Friday, Michael Schumacher showed there’s life in an old dog yet.  In the morning, on super-soft tires, he set a quick time that no one else was able to match for the remainder of the day.  [...]

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Nick Wirth Admits the Virgin VR-01 Is Having Teething Problems

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Virgin Racing’s technical director, Niclk Wirth, has admitted that his team is in full catch-up mode.  Persistent hydraulic problems have hampered the team’s efforts to compelere their planned test program.  In fact, the new VR-01 completed fewer laps at the recent test in Jerez than any of the other cars. As reported on ESPNF1, Wirth [...]

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Alonso Says There’s More to Come from the Ferrari

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Although pre-season test times thus far have been inconclusive, due to variable weather conditions, and the different test programs and fuel loads being deployed by the different teams at any given time, there’s been some advance buzz that Ferrari might be the team to beat at the outset of the 2010 season. New Ferrari pilot [...]

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Button Quickest at Jerez on Day Four

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Jenson Button was quickest today on the final day of testing at Jerez.  Button managed to set a lap time in the high 1:18′s, which was the quickest time of either this week, or last, at Jerez. While this week’s sessions began in the wet, today’s tests were concluded under sunny skies and dry track [...]

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Webber Quickest at Jerez on Day Three

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Mark Webber in the Red Bull RB6 posted the quickest time on the third day of testing at Jerez.  He was the only driver to post a time in the 1:19′s, and was 0.78 quicker than runner up Fernando Alonso, in the Ferrari.  In fact, his time was the best of both Jerez test meetings, [...]

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Vettel Quickest on Day One at Jerez

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Testing got underway again today at Jerez, in a four-day meeting that will run through Saturday.  Weather consitions were mixed, which once again made comparisons between teams problematic.  Quickest on the day was Sebastian Vettel, in a Red Bull, who was nearly half a second quicker than the runner up, Lewis Hamilton, in a McLaren. [...]

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Tentative Lineup at Jerez Test This Week

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The tentative line-up for this week’s test at Jerez has been released.  As has been the usual practice for teams thus far, they’ll be following a rotational pattern, rather than having drivers overlap on the same day, for the most part.  There are a couple of exceptions, but for the most part, the drivers will [...]

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More Rain Forecast for This Week’s Test at Jerez

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In another illustration of why a severely restricted pre-season test window is ineffective in Formula 1, rain is predicted for the four-day test meeting at Jerez this week.  This means that at least two of only four allowed pre-season tests will be rain-soaked.  While this will give the teams an opportunity to experiment with wet [...]

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Schumacher Expects a Big Four Renaissance in 2010

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After observing four days of testing at Jerez, Michael Schumacher believes that the 2010 Formula 1 season will probably be dominated by the Big Four, i.e. Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull and McLaren.  It’s a scenario that recalls the highly competitive era of the late eighties, and early nineties, which saw domination by an earlier version [...]

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