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The FIA Repeals Team Orders Ban for 2011

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In one of the most sensible moves the FIA has made since they mandated the return of slick tires, the F1 sanctioning body has announced that the team orders ban, introduced in 2002, will be repealed for 2011.  Specifically, the announcement said that “article forbidding team orders (39.1) is deleted.”  As a fallback position, however, [...]

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Jean Todt Ambiguous on Team Orders Ban

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At the German Grand Prix this year, Ferrari stirred a controversy by blatantly employing team orders, allowing Fernando Alonso to finish ahead of team mate Felipe Massa.  It wasn’t the first time that Ferrari had scored a a controversial victory in this way. You’ll recall that the Scuderia incurred the wrath of the crowd at [...]

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Rubens Out, Hulkenberg In, at Williams?

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The driver line-up at Williams still seems to be up in the air.  It had been thought earlier that Rubens Barrichello’s contract had been extended to 2011.  Barrichello had made positive remarks in this regard, and most of the paddock gossip has been around team mate Nico Hulkenberg’s future with the team. There was a [...]

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Eddie Jordan Thinks Schumi Is Ready to Quit

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As if the paddock pundits had nothing better to do, they’re back at it again speculating about Michael Schumacher’s future.  The latest round of gossip was sparked by comments by former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan.  Jordan, who is currently an F1 analyst for the BBC, famously predicted last year that Schumi would end up [...]

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Gerhard Berger Weighs in on Current Crop of F1 Pilots

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Former F1 pilot (Ferrari, McLaren and Benetton) and team owner (Toro Rosso) Gerhard Berger has been in the news lately voicing his opinions on most everything.  In a recent interview with Auto Motor und Sport, he weighed in with his evaluation of the current crop of German drivers in the field.  The Formula 1 grid [...]

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Gerhard Berger Defends Schumi’s Move on Barrichello

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Gerhard Berger, former F1 driver for Ferrari, McLaren and Benetton, former director of motorsport for BMW, and former co-owner of the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team, has come out with a defense of Michael Schumacher’s squeeze play move against Rubens Barrichello at the Hungaroring. Berger recently told the Austrian newspaper Tiroler Tageszeitung that during his [...]

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Ralfie Defends Schumi’s Move on Barrichello at the Hungaroring

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Former Formula 1 pilot Ralf Schumacher has been rankled by criticims of his brother Michael’s comeback efforts, particularly Schumi’s bully-boy tactic of nearly pushing former team mate Rubens Barrichello into the pit wall along the main straight at the Hungaroring. “There is certainly a lot of people with history with Michael,” Ralf recently told Welt [...]

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Schumacher Agrees His Squeeze Play on Barrichello Was Too Severe

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By rights, the major controversy of the Hungarian Grand Prix should’ve been Sebatian Vettel’s driver through penalty, handed out to the young German pilot for his putative attempt to use an accordion launch on the restart after the sole deployment of the saftey car during the race. But no, a greater hue and cry has [...]

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Barrichello’s Advice to Rosberg: “Get Out of There!”

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When Rubens Barrichello was recently asked what advice he might give to Nico Rosberg, who  be Michael Schumacher’s team mate at Mercedes GP this year, the Brazilian said he would tell Rosberg to “get out of there.” Barrichello, who is driving for Williams this year, was Schumacher’s team mate at Ferrari for the 2000-2006 seasons.  [...]

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Brawn Reveals Secret Behind Performance Drop

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When Ross Brawn was technical director at Ferrari, during the golden era when he, Michael Schumacher, chief designer Rory Byrne and team principal Jean Todt formed the brain trust  of that team, he proved to be a master at allocating team resources.  He was generally able to find an ideal balance between upgrading the current [...]

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