You can now predict the Belgian Grand Prix in our Championship sponsored by Henri Lloyd, who will be providing F1 merchandise prizes for the top three finishers overall at the end of the season. The predictions form below will be open until qualifying on Saturday. Three, two, one…go! How the points are scored You predict [...]

BBC sources are reporting that Lotus are close to a Renault engine deal, and that the Malaysian-backed team will not stay with current suppliers Cosworth into 2011. Lotus have been the best new team of the season so far, and the engines are reliable and powerful enough, so it is surprising that the team are [...]

The latest rumour flying around the paddock is whether Robert Kubica will stay at Renault or join Mercedes in 2011. It sounds reasonable, but I believe that he will be staying put at Renault. Robert Kubica is undoubtedly a talented driver, and would certainly be winning races if he was at a better team further [...]

McLaren, Mercedes and two other teams have been ordered to adjust their double-diffusers after the FIA closed a loophole that had been exploited. Article 3.12.7 of the 2010 technical regulations states that: ”a single break in the surface is permitted solely to allow the minimum required access for the device referred to in Article 5.15. [supposed [...]

We may have already seen the livery, however that was only on the 2009 Brawn GP. Today Mercedes have unveiled their true 2010 challenger, the W01 to the world. It seems that the W01 has a high, V-shaped nose similar to that seen on last year’s Red Bull, and the 2010 Ferrari F10. Specification Chassis [...]

According to Motorsport-Total.com, 32-year-0ld Nick Heidfeld will be announced as Mercedes GP’s test driver when the 2010 car is launched on Monday in Stuttgart. Heidfeld would complete an all-German lineup at the new Mercedes team, alongside race drivers Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg. Motorsport-Total.com quoted Heidfeld’s manager Andre Theuerzeit as saying: “Nick wants to concentrate [...]

Mercedes Grand Prix have announced that they will launch their 2010 challenger on 25th January. The launch will take place at the Mercedes museum in Stuttgart. The car will debut at the Valencia circuit on 1st February, at the first pre season test. The Mercedes team will race under the Mercedes name this season after [...]

According to the German newspaper Bild, Mercedes are going to launch their 2010 car on January 25th at the Mercedes-Benz museum in Unterturkheim, Stuttgart. It also says that the chassis will be named Mercedes-Petronas RB1, with RB being the initials of team boss Ross Brawn. They also report that the returning Michael Schumacher will not [...]

Niki Lauda believes that Michael Schumacher will be competitive in his bid eighth world championship, but he is not willing to bet on it. The 60-year-old Austrian Lauda returned successfully in the 80s to win his third and last title in 1984. He said in German newspaper Bild: “Everything depends on the car, and at [...]

German newspaper Bild is reporting that Mercedes will launch its car at the Mercedes-Benz museum in Unterturkheim, Stuttgart. They also report Schumacher would not drive the car until an official test on February 10 in Jerez, meaning Nico Rosberg will drive the car first. Plans for a joint car launch were scrapped because it was [...]