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McLaren’s Rear Wing Design Declared Legal by FIA

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McLaren’s innovative rear wing has been declared legal by FIA Formula One Race Director Charlie Whiting.  The inspection of the wing, which had been postponed, was completed at this weekend’s race venue in Bahrain.  Two rival teams, Red Bull and Ferrari, had requested a rules clarification regarding the wing, following paddock controversy surrounding the wing’s [...]

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Horner Makes Driver and Team Predictions for 2010

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Red Bull honcho Christian Horner recently made some rough predictions about how the coming season might unfold.  The emphasis here is on rough, as the Big Four teams (Ferrari, Mercedes, Red Bull and McLaren) have shown a tight cluster of performance levels thus far in testing this year.
“Our analysis is showing us that you have [...]

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Horner Predicts “Titantic” Struggle for Top Honors in 2010

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Red Bull team principal has reaffirmed that his team’s primary goal this year will be to win both the drivers’ and manufacturers’ championships.  “The title is what we all want to achieve,” Horner recently told Autosport. “They are the only two trophies missing from the cabinet, so the objective has got to be to go [...]

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Hamilton’s Mock Race with Schumacher at Barcelona

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During the recent test at Barcelona, Lewis Hamilton got a taste of wheel-to-wheel racing against Michael Schumacher.  Granted, it was only testing, and the two cars were carrying different fuel loads.  Even so, the two drivers staged what was in effect a mock duel which, with any luck, will be a harbinger of things to [...]

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Red Bull and Ferrari Seek FIA Clarification on McLaren’s Trick Wing Design

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Red Bull Racing and Ferrari have asked the FIA to provide a rules clarification with respect to the rear wing design of the McLaren MP4-25.  One of the most noticeable aspects of the overall profile of the car is the contour of the rear dorsal fin, which extends from the airbox to the rear wing, [...]

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Lewis Hamilton Will Seek New Manager to Replace His Father

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Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he and his father, Anthony Hamilton, are parting ways, professionally speaking.  The elder Hamilton has been the McLaren pilot’s business manager since his karting days.  However, Hamilton says they’ve made a joint decision that it would be mutually beneficial for the two of them to terminate that relationship.
It certainly won’t [...]

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Hamilton Quickest in Final Round of Barcelona Testing

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Lewis Hamilton topped the time sheets today in the final round of pre-season testing in Barcelona.  There were few surprises today, save for the fact that, for the first time since winter testing began, the top eight cars were separated by less than half a second.
Most of the teams up to this point have not [...]

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Alonso Followed Father’s Urging in Joining Ferrari

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Fernando Alonso has revealed that he joined Ferrari at his father’s urging.  The double world champion, as reported in The Guardian, recently indicated that his father had always told him that after he had driven for Ferrari his career would be complete, and he could retire.
But Alonso said, “So after I won my two championships [...]

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Button Thinks Ferrari Might Be Quickest

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While lap times might have been misleading during the first three rounds of pre-season testing, with teams running an assortment fuel loads and test programs, Jenson Button has surmised that Ferrari might have a performance edge over the other top contenders, i.e. Mercedes, Red Bull and his own team, McLaren.
“I think the Ferrari is very [...]

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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 conditions, [...]

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