Posted by Colm Lawless 2 COMMENTS

Lotus have yet to score a point this year, but Heikki Kovalainen lapped the other new teams in finishing 16th in Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix. In qualifying for the Canadian GP, Heikki Kovalainen was just two hundredths of a second off beating the Sauber of Kamui Kobayashi, just showing the impressive performance by the Malaysian-owned [...]

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Below are images of the 2010 liveries. Vote in the polls at the bottom of the page to tell us which you think is the best and worst. Polls

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Formula One Management have today approved plans for the 2010 British Grand Prix to be held around the new Arena layout, Silverstone announced today. The only significant change from last year’s layout is from Abbey corner where, instead of heading into Farm Straight, Bridge and Priory, the drivers will now turn right at Abbey onto [...]

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A diagram of the supposed 2010 Ferrari F1 car, drawn by the F1’s technical journalist, Giorgio Piola has been published in the Italian sport newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The diagram suggests that the car is heavily based around the aerodynamically successful 2009 Red Bull car the RB5, taking ideas like the V shaped nose from [...]

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As Formula 1 gets closer and closer to Bahrain, most teams are finished in terms of their driver line-up, although Campos, Renault and Toro Rosso still have to confirm their second driver. However, it seems that USF1 is in more difficulty, as it to date has not confirmed either of its drivers. Many of the [...]

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Jenson Button has made his first public appearance as a McLaren driver. The McLaren team released a photo of Button on their Twitter feed in full McLaren kit. He was also seen on the McLaren website in the video shown above above, where he states: “It’s a real pleasure to be a part of the [...]

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Schumacher’s comeback has got many fans salivating at the idea of the old legend vs the fresh new talent but it has also slots in nicely with the many teammate rivalries we could see. Schumacher’s deal could have been decided after Button left Brawn and Nico was signed. If so, then Rosberg probably felt he [...]

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By the end of the 2009 season Ferrari had written off development on their F2009 car, abandoning what had been a disastrous year for them in order to focus on 2010. It’s not a new gamble – it paid off for Brawn (nee Honda) last season, and completely failed to pay off for BMW when [...]

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The Brazilian and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix have switched places in the 2010 calendar, meaning the finale will be held in the United Arab Emirates again. The race at the Yas Marina circuit had been planned as the penultimate race of the season, but the sport’s governing body decided to switch the fixtures. The returning [...]

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Today it has been announced that all 13 Formula 1 teams who will compete in 2010 will have a joint car launch. This cost-cutting initiative is likely to take place at the Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias complex in Valencia on January 30, and is backed by most teams. Mercedes Chief Executive [...]

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