Mercedes F1 2010 Car and Michael Schumacher

Early this morning, Mercedes GP unveiled their new F1 car for the 2010 season. The relatively small launch in Valencia, by none other than Michael Schumacher and this seasons team-mate Nico Rosberg marked the start of official testing at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo this morning.

The 2010 car is a far cry from the 2009 Brawn car, with a longer body (to accommodate more fuel), a new nose cone (similar to the … Continue Reading

Flavio Briatore quits Renault F1

Flavio Briatore has quit as the team principal of the Renault F1 team amid race fixing alegations at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. Executive director of engineering Pat Symonds has also left the team.

Earlier this week, Nelson Piquet Jr and his father claimed the driver had been instructed to Continue Reading

Lotus will rejoin F1 next season, and compete in their first Grand Prix since 1994. They will join three other new teams; Campos Grand Prix, Manor and US F1.

The FIA now has a full quota of 14 teams (28 cars) for the 2010 season after increasing the size of the grid by choice. The FIA chose Team Lotus ahead of Epsilon Euskadi for the final place.

The original Team Lotus won seven constructors titles and six drivers’ championships during the 60’s and 70’s including titles for Graham Hill and Jim Clarke. The new team is far from Norfolk though, as it … Continue Reading

Michael Schumacher has called off his F1 return due to injury. After we broke the Schumacher return story a few weeks ago. Schumacher felt discomfort in his neck following a practice day in a 2007 Ferrari and has since been unable to practice. The injury is thought to have been from a motorbike accident suffered back in February this year.

Michael posted on his website;
“Unfortunately we did not manage to get a grip on the pain in the neck which occurred after the private F1-day in Mugello,”

“The consequences of the injuries caused by the bike accident in February, fractures in … Continue Reading

Schumacher to make a comeback

Update: Michael Schumacher comeback called off.

Update: Michael Schumacher will come out of retirement and replace Felipe Massa at the European GP next month on the 21 August 2009. Due to the new ban on in-season testing Schumacher will not be able to drive a 2009 car in the next few weeks.

“Ferrari intends to entrust Michael Schumacher with Felipe Massa’s car for as long as the Brazilian driver is not able to … Continue Reading

BMW to Quit F1 in 2010

BMW have announced they will quit Formula One at the end of the 2009 season. The German car manufacturer have cited, ‘current developments in motor sport’ as their reason for leaving the championship, which comes only 8 months after Honda’s withdrawal last December.

After taking over from the Sauber team in 2005, BMW stated their aim was to win the drivers championship within three years, but with only 8 points … Continue Reading

Overshadowing today’s excellent win at the Hungarian Grand Prix for Lewis Hamilton was Felipe Massa’s crash yesterday in qualifying. Massa suffered a fractured skull during after a spring from Rubens Barrichello’s car flew up and hit his helmet, this knocked him unconscious and the Brazilian hit a tyre wall at well over a hundred miles per hour. Of course our thoughts go out to Massa and his family.

The AJB team

Renault are the latest team to threaten to pull out of Formula 1 next season following the FIA proposed budget caps. Since Max Mosley announced the 40 million cap for the 2010 season we have already had Ferrari, Toyota and Red Bull declare their intentions to leave F1 if the proposed new rules stand.

The only surprising thing? McLaren sitting on the fence and not mentioning anything. Now it could be they do not want to rub FIA up the wrong way after their recent court case, or could it be that they have already decided to pull out of F1 … Continue Reading

Malaysian Grand Prix Review F1

Jenson Button’s near perfect start to the the F1 season continued in Malaysia after winning the race after the Grand Prix was stopped because of heavy rain. All drivers received only half points due to the early stoppage, only the fifth time in F1 history. Continue Reading

Jenson Button wins the Australian GP

Jenson Button has triumphed in the exciting and tense opening round of the 2009 Formula One World Championship. He lead from start to finish and did not put a foot wrong. Rubens Barrichello came in second despite a poor start and a few knocks that took him down the field. Lewis Hamilton finished third (he started 18th) after Trulli was given a 25 second penalty for overtaking Hamilton under … Continue Reading