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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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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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Webber Quickest on Day One in Barcelona

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Mark Webber set the pace in the opening day of testing at Barcelona today, in the Red Bull RB6.  The Aussie set several quickest laps, with a best time of 1:21.487.  He was nearly a full second clear of the number two driver, Nico Hulkenberg, in the Williams, and the only driver to record a [...]

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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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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.
Vettel [...]

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Newey and Gascoyne Skeptical About CFD-Only Design

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In what might be a growing trend for less well-funded teams on the grid, the technical team of Virgin Racing, headed by Nick Wirth, has relied exclusively on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for the aerodynamic design of their new VR-01.  In so doing, they have eschewed what has now become a standard tool in aero [...]

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Hamilton and McLaren Quickest at Jerez on Day Four

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Today Lewis Hamilton in a McLaren was quickest overall in the final session of four days of testing at Jerez.  He managed to record the only lap of the day in the 1:19’s, and he was more than half a second clear of the timed runner up, Adrian Sutil, in the Force India.
Although the morning [...]

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