Despite Renault’s 2010 car launch being just hours away, we all have a pretty good idea of what we are going to see. Drivers GP2 runner up Vitaly Petrov is expected to be unveiled as replacing Romain Grosjean at the launch in Valencia today. Petrov brings plenty of sponsorship, namely Russian gas giant Gazprom, rumoured [...]

A video of Schumi driving the GP2 car around Jerez yesterday. More info here.

Below are images of Michael Schumacher who has today tested a GP2 car at the Jerez circuit in Spain. Schumacher completed 52 laps as wind and rain battered the circuit. Schumacher said: “All my senses were on full alert – this alone was worth it. “I felt comfortable out on track from the very beginning. [...]

Renault have announced that Frenchman Eric Bouiller will replace the disgraced Flavio Briatore as team principal of the Enstone-based F1 team. Flavio Briatore was barred from any involvement in any FIA ran motorsport event for life after the Crashgate scandal in 2008 at the Singapore Grand Prix, where Nelson Piquet Jr who was at Renault [...]

Virgin Racing today made its driver announcement in London, where it was confirmed that Manor have teamed up with Richard Branson’s Virgin brand, and that Lucas di Grassi will drive alongside Timo Glock at the team. di Grassi said: “I could never imagine a F1 debut as perfect as this one. Entering F1 with John [...]

Campos are still holding talks with McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa over their remaining 2010 race seat. The Spanish team have already signed Bruno Senna, and the team have confirmed they have not ruled out the possibility of the Spaniard being his team-mate, although a lack of Spanish sponsors has been cited as [...]

Some would say it was about time, but today Lucas di Grassi has confirmed that he will be driving in F1 next year with one of the four new teams, be it; Virgin, USF1, Lotus or Campos. di Grassi said; “It will be in one of the four new teams entering the sport. It’s a [...]

Williams drivers Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg have spoken of their excitement to be racing for the team next year. Barrichello, the most experienced F1 driver in history, and GP2 champ Hulkenberg were talking during a session recorded for Al Jazeera. And team boss Frank Williams says the 2010 car will be better than this [...]

Campos Meta, the Madrid-based F1 racing outfit, could be closing in on a team-mate for Bruno Senna. It is being rumoured that 25-year-old Portuguese race driver Alvaro Parente is on the verge of taking the drive. Portuguese journalist Jorge Girao (of sportmores.com) said: “Some of the companies have interests in Spain so it would be [...]

Gary Paffett of McLaren topped the timesheets in today’s second young drivers test at Jerez, with the 2005 DTM champion and long-time McLaren test driver setting a fastest time of 01:18.718 in a day dogged by rain. The Williams driver Nico Hulkenberg with a 2010 race seat for the team set a time of a 1:19.184 in his [...]