Australian Grand Prix organizers are planning on Mark Webber to attract even more fans to the Albert Park circuit for the 2010 Australian Grand Prix....
Lewis Hamilton zal in het Formule 1 seizoen van 2010 flink gestimuleerd worden door de aanwezigheid van Michael Schumacher, zo zegt BBC-analyst Eddy Jordan tegen The Daily Telegraph. Jordan weet zeker dat Hamilton bij de aanblik van de zevenvoudig wereldkampioen, naast hem op de grid, zijn motivatie en prestaties tot een hoger niveau zal willen brengen.
Williams F1 announced today that is has entered into a unique license agreement with Williams Sports, a US golf equipment company. Williams Sports has a very successful background in the golf business, building one of the most successful golf club companies in the industry during the mid to late 2000's, while producing golf equipment that was used to win 44 times on PGA Tours worldwide.
Lotus technical chief Mike Gascoyne says his team is on course to prove its credentials as a serious Formula 1 outfit this year, ahead of a return to the track for the famous marque on Tuesday.
Lotus technical chief Mike Gascoyne says his team is on course to prove its credentials as a serious Formula 1 outfit this year, ahead of a return to the track for the famous marque on Tuesday.
In a few days' time Virgin Racing will pit their 2010 car against those of their rivals at this week's Jerez test, becoming the first of this year's four new teams to debut their car alongside the more experienced squads. But thanks to a productive shakedown at Silverstone last week, the team are feeling confident that their VR-01 can more than hold its own.
“Our shakedown provided our very first opportunity to work together as a trackside operation...
BMW Sauber drivers Pedro de la Rosa and Kamui Kobayashi racked up exactly 1,001 kilometres in the first test of the 2010 season in Valencia, Spain, last week, with the team's new car showing some encouraging pace. Technical director Willy Rampf gives his initial verdictÂ…
The fact that Toro Rosso beat their senior team Red Bull to the test track at the opening Valencia session raised more than a few eyebrows up and down the pit lane last week. Whilst Red Bull focused on last-minute wind tunnel work with their RB6, the Faenza-based squad decided to test the new STR5 on the circuit.
Driver Sebastien Buemi couldn't have agreed more with his team's hands-on approach and here he gives his verdict on his new carÂ…
Legendary Scottish group Simple Minds and one of Australia's greatest rock bands, Powderfinger, are to perform special concerts in Melbourne's Albert Park during March's Australian Grand Prix weekend. The shows, which will be free to all ticket holders, follow in the footsteps of previous post-race concerts by Kiss and The Who in 2007 and 2009 respectively.
Powderfinger, whose latest multi-platinum album, Golden Rule, took the trophy for 'best album' at the inaugural Rolling Stone awards in January, will take to the stage on Saturday night, whilst Simple Minds, who have sold more than 40 million albums worldwide since 1979, will play a one-off concert on Sunday night after the race.
The BBC has confirmed that its on-screen television team will remain the same for 2010 after the federation took over the rights to air Formula 1 in the United Kingdom from ITV last year. Jake Humphrey will therefore continue to present the live shows with Jonathan Legard and Martin Brundle remaining in the commentary box.
2.4-litre V8 Formula 1 engines will not be the only music heard around Melbourne on the weekend of 26-28 March as race organisers for the Australian Grand Prix have once again put together a concert schedule, with a number of famous faces set to make appearances over the course of the weekend.
F1's struggling new teams could miss the season opener next month and
escape penalty.
Previously, failing to contest a round of the world championship for a
reason other than 'force majeure' resulted in a total loss of rights and
exclusion from the sport.
But under the new version of the Concorde Agreement, teams may now miss
three races before their official entry is handed back to the FIA,
according to a report in the British newspaper Sunday Express.
"I think we won't see Campos and I don't think we will see the Americans
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