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Nico Rosberg Urges Mercedes Not to Give Up on 2010

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Mercedes GP pilot Nico Rosberg is urging his team to continue their focus on the 2010 car.  Ross Brawn has been making noises recently about shifting the team’s efforts towards the 2011 season if it appeared that their chances of mounting a serious challenge for the 2010 title had evaporated.  The season has almost reached [...]

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Nick Fry Reaffirms His Confidence in Schumacher

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While seven time champ has come in for a pasting recently by the F1 media, Mercedes GP CEO Nick Fry has come to his defense.  Schumacher jumped into a Merc cockpit after a three-year hiatus, at the grand old age of 41.  He’s nearly a generation older than some of the youngsters on the grid, [...]

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Merecedes GP CEO Nick Fry Defends Michael Schumacher’s Performance

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Mercedes CEO Nick Fry has defended his illustrious pilot, Michael Schumacher, against an array of sharp attacks by various media pundits this week.  Schumacher had a very scrappy race at Montreal last weekend, and the media aren’t about to let the German ace forget about it.  Schumi came into contact with no less than Robert [...]

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Mercedes Will Not Appeal Schumacher’s Monaco Penalty

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Mercedes GP have decided not to contest the 20 second penalty rendered against Michael Schumacher for his pass of Fernando Alonso in Rascasse in the final lap of Sunday’s Monaco GP.  The last lap had been run under safety car deployment, until the final portion of the lap, when the safety car peeled off the [...]

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Jackie Stewart Rates Schumacher’s Performance at 60 Percent

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Triple world champion Jackie Stewart has told The Daily Telegraph that he believes Michael Schumacher is little better than half the driver he used to be.  Specifically, he has indicated that the German ace is driving at about 60% of his previous performance level. “Whether it’s age, whether it’s wealth, whether it’s privilege, there’s no [...]

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Mercedes to Lengthen Wheelbase of W01 to Correct Understeer

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In an effort to change the handling characteristics of the W01 chassis, Mercedes will introduce a longer wheelbase to the car in time for the Barcelona grand prix in two weeks’ time.  While this is thought, in part, to be part of the natural evolution of the car, which has thus far underperformed, it’s also [...]

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Rosberg Says Critics Are Wrong About Schumacher

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Mercedes GP driver Nico Rosberg has been diplomatic in the face of mounting criticism of team mate Michael Schumacher’s performance, which has thus far failed to live up to expectations. While Rosberg might have played politics in the press in an effort to consolidate his position as de facto number one, he has conscientiously avoided [...]

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Mercedes Will Lengthen Wheelbase for Barcelona

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In an effort to repair the handling woes of the W01, Mercedes boss Ross Brawn has indicated that the team will lengthen the car’s wheelbase.  It’s been reported that the team has been unable to cure the car’s fundamental imbalance, which is causing understeer.  This seems to have affected comeback kid Michael Schumacher more than [...]

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Why is Schumacher Slow? Tire Deg, or Too Much Spare Tire?

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There’s an old adage in Formula 1 that you’re only as good as your most recent results.  Judgments are made quickly in this sport, and a driver can go from hero to zero (or vice versa) in the course of a single weekend.  Various predictions have been made as to how long it might take [...]

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How Would You Grade Schumi’s Comeback Thus Far?

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Formula 1 journalists are notorious for rushing to judgment.  Moreover, they tend to have remarkably short memories.  Most drivers and teams are only as good as their last race or two.  A case in point: just a couple of months ago, the F1 world was thrilled at the prospect of Michael Schumacher’s comeback, but now, [...]

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