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Is Paul di Resta on Merc’s Shopping List?

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One of the revelations of the 2011 season has been has been the rookie Paul di Resta.  The young Scot, who happens to be the cousin of IndyCar champ Dario Franchitti, replaced Tonio Liuzzi this year, and is now partnering Adrian Sutil, at Force India.  Thus far, on balance, he has outperformed the more experienced [...]

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Late Upgrades Pay Off: McLarens Top Timesheets in Practice 2 in Oz

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Although, to paraphrase Gertrude Stein, practice is practice is practice, and one must be careful about drawing conclusions prematurely, I think it’s safe to say that one surprise that’s come from Friday’s opening practice sessions in Australia is the pace shown by McLaren. Of course, McLaren has long had a reputation for sandbagging in pre-season [...]

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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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Schumi Says Simulators Not Much Help

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Last week Mercedes GP released an unusual statement to the effect that their star driver (or one of them) had been suffering from motion sickness whenever he used the team’s simulator for an extended period of time. This piece of information seemed to be on offer as at least a partial explanation for Schumacher’s troubled [...]

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Schumi Gets Woozy in Team Simulator

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Many excuses have been offered to explain Michael Schumacher’s lackluster performance during his comeback season in 2010, but perhaps the strangest of all has now been released by Mercedes GP.  They now claim that the team’s simulator makes Schumi carsick. According to the team, “Throughout his career, Michael from time to time has been susceptible [...]

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Rosberg on Schumi: ‘No Way He’s Going to Put Me in the Shade.’

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Nico Rosberg is obviously growing more comfortable in his position at Mercedes.  One year ago, he was a bit concerned once it had been announced that the legendary Michael Schumacher would be his team mate.  After all, not only was Schumi the most successful F1 driver in the history of the sport, he also had [...]

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Team Mate Duels: Schumacher and Rosberg

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As everyone knows, in Formula 1 even the best drivers are largely at the mercy of their equipment.  A brilliant driver might be able to flatter a mediocre car, but the odds are very much against his actually winning a championship with it.  Likewise, a decent but not great driver might be very capable of [...]

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Brawn Admits Schumi Hampered by Lack of Decent Simulator

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The ban on in-season testing, which took effect beginning in 2009, has, like many Formula 1 rules changes, been subject to the Law of Unintended Consequences.  The purpose of the ban was to help rein in team budgets.  The better funded teams had actually maintained parallel crews during the racing season: a primary squad for [...]

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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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Michael Schumacher Reveals More Technical Issues

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Michael Schumacher’s technical difficulties (although some would call them excuses) at Mercedes this year have been widely publicized, and the common consensus has been that he was unable to adjust to the inherent understeer of the W01, exacerbated by the narrow Bridgestone front tires which seemed to have a terminal lack of grip for the [...]

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