Well, we all know Schumacher’s back and aiming for his eighth title after joining Mercedes and teaming up once again with Ross Brawn. But what will the Mercedes car be like in comparison to the rest of the grid? Well, Ross Brawn is clearly backing his new car after saying it’s already better than the [...]
Ross Brawn has dismissed suggestions that Jenson Button was forced out of Mercedes GP to make way for Michael Schumacher – but has admitted talks with the two drivers ‘overlapped’. Despite becoming World Champion and helping secure the Constructors Championship for Brawn GP, Button decided to join McLaren and form a British Dream Team with [...]
Michael Schumacher: “MERCEDES GP PETRONAS represents a new challenge for me both in a sporting and a personal context. It is a new chapter in my racing career and I am really looking forward to working with my old friend Ross Brawn and my companions from my days with the Mercedes Junior Programme. I am [...]
Despite the strong rumours that they would not return to F1 in 2010, even saying: “The years we were together with BMW and Sauber, we benefited from the lubricant business; for next year, we have no team and the only reason for us to go back into F1 is on a business deal for the [...]
Jenson Button and his team Brawn GP collected their Drivers and Constructors trophies and were officially crowned World Champions at the FIA Gala in Monaco last night. Jenson Button took the award for F1 World Champ, team boss Ross Brawn collected Brawn GP’s championship trophy and Sebastian Vettel and Rubens Barrichello took their second and [...]
McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh is set to replace Luca di Montezemelo as chairman of the Formula One Teams’ Association (FOTA) when Montezemolo’s one-year reign ends later this month. Team principals got together for a meeting of the Formula 1 Commission in Monaco today, to discuss FOTA’s plans for next year – which included the [...]
Well, they say great minds think alike, and I was only just thinking about writing a piece on Red Bull driver Mark Webber … and then he goes and bags an awards double. The Australian has been given the Innes Ireland award for the driver best displaying the qualities of courage and sportsmanship epitomised by the [...]
A new season of Formula 1 beckons, and already – only a few weeks since the season ended – so much has changed. Of course, you can follow all the latest developments here, but as the pieces of the driver puzzle have still yet to fall into their final resting place, let’s talk about something [...]
It’s a debate which has been bubbling under the F1 surface for years. Every now and again it crops up again, usually to be shot down in flames. And it’s a subject I’ve no doubt everyone has an opinion on… Should teams be allowed to run three cars on a Formula One weekend? Ferrari president Luca di [...]
