Archive for January, 2010

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Felipe Massa has today tested a Ferrari F2008 in perfect conditions at the Circuit de Catalunya, driving 400km in the process, in a bid to restore his confidence behind the wheel of an F1 car. Massa said: “It was a perfect way to optimise my form here in Barcelona. I’m really happy that I had [...]

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19-year-old Spaniard Jaime Alguersuari will continue driving for the Toro Rosso team in 2010. Alguersuari has only 8 races experience in F1, from when he took over from Sebastien Bourdais in the latter half of last season. There had been a delay in conformation, but today it was announced that Alguersuari will partner Sebastien Buemi [...]

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9-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi has passed his Ferrari F1 test with flying colours. Following on from yesterday’s rain-dogged test, in the much improved conditions today Rossi was on fire in the Ferrari, setting a fastest lap 0.8secs quicker than the fastest lap at the 2009 Grand Prix at the same track. However it is [...]

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Spanish newspaper Marca is claiming to have exclusive images (below) of the 2010 Ferrari Formula 1 car on its website. The images show the car has white flashes on what has recently been an all-red car, and features heavy branding of Ferrari’s new sponsor, Santander. Do you think this is the 2010 Ferrari? Do you [...]

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Valentino Rossi has completed his first day testing the 2008 constructors title-winning Ferrari F2008, around the Circuit de Catalunya, setting a fastest lap of a 1:25.200. The MotoGP star drove more than 300 kilometres, or 68 laps, expressing satisfaction after a briefing with the technicians: “I’m happy. It was a good test, although it was [...]

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Jenson Button’s helmet design for 2010 could have been revealed thanks to @honeybee85 on Twitter. @honeybee85 or Melissa Nathoo, won McLaren’s competition to appear in the team’s 2010 campaign photoshoot, and went down to the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking for the shoot yesterday, meeting McLaren’s new driver – reigning world champ Jenson Button in [...]

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Oxford, UK. 19 January, 2010. The AT&T Williams team today confirmed that it had renewed its association with MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd as an official supplier of the race team. Since 2006, MAN power has been the driving force behind the team’s intensive road logistics programme that sees 35 tonnes of freight delivered [...]

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Double World Champion Fernando Alonso has defended Jenson Button’s move to McLaren despite his own bad season with the Woking team. Jenson Button’s move to McLaren is the subject on many lips this winter and the question of whether it was the right move or not. Some big name’s including Jackie Stewart and Stirling Moss [...]

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The 38-year-old Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa has been confirmed as driving for the BMW Sauber team in 2010, alongside rookie teammate Kamui Kobayashi. de la Rosa said: “I always firmly believed I would be given another chance as a team driver. Since the number of test drives were radically reduced, this was what I was working [...]

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9 time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi would be welcome to make the switch from two wheels to four and join Ferrari after team boss Stefano Domenicali and driver Felipe Massa both admitted they would like him at the Maranello team. The 30-year-old Italian Rossi has tested a Ferrari Formula 1 car twice, in 2006 and [...]

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