Sauber and Renault join the fray, Petrov the trailblazer for Russia

Today in Valencia, the BMW Sauber and Renault teams revealed their new cars ahead of the first day of testing tomorrow.
BMW Sauber went first in the morning, Peter Sauber showing off the first car since acquiring the team back from BMW and showing off his two new drivers, Kamui Kobayashi and Pedro de la Rosa. [...]

Deals done over Campos, Stefan and ‘no shows’ in 2010

Stefan Grand Prix from Serbia, has announced that it has done a deal to use many of the Toyota F1 assets, a deal that was on the table for all the new teams entering F1 this season.
Meanwhile word is reaching me that A1 GP boss Tony Teixeira has now agreed a deal to acquire Campos, [...]

JA on F1 readers vote Hamilton as favourite for championship

It’s only early days and we have yet to see how fast the new cars are from each team. We have seen only the new Ferrari and McLaren cars, inert on a stage.
On Monday in Valencia, when most of the serious teams hit the track, we will start to see the picture forming of who [...]

McLaren drivers loved up ahead of competitive season

The two McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button were quite a double act today at the launch of the new McLaren MP4/25. Hamilton welcomed his new team mate warmly, even suggesting that Button would get priority treatment in the event that the team could only produce one new piece of equipment for a race. [...]

McLaren reveal highly developed car

McLaren today unveiled its new car the MP4-25 at a ceremony in Newbury at the headquarters of its main sponsor Vodafone.
“Our goal is clear, we aim to win”, said team principal Martin Whitmarsh. He went on to say that this car is the most highly developed car they have ever unveiled, “You never know of [...]

Survey shows Tifosi fear Hamilton

McLaren are putting the finishing touches to their new MP4/25 car in Woking this evening and in the early hours of the morning will be driving it down the motorway to Newbury for the launch tomorrow. Meanwhile Ferrari have unveiled their car today and are preparing to drive it to Valencia for its first test [...]

Ferrari pull covers off new F10 and talk of the championship

Ferrari has become the first team to launch its new car in a ceremony at Maranello this morning.
The tone was of renewal; a team leaving behind the skeletons of a disastrous 2009 campaign and striding forward confidently with powerful new people and new assets like Fernando Alonso and Santander. Alonso upped the ante when he [...]

Brawn doesn’t want Schumacher to “dominate” Rosberg

Mercedes boss Ross Brawn has had more to say on the dynamic between his two drivers this season. He said that he has great faith in Nico Rosberg and that he does not want Michael Schumacher to dominate the team. He makes it clear that he feels that favouring one driver damages the motivation of [...]

Check out F1 testing – starting next week

The Formula 1 test season starts next week in Valencia, the first of four official F1 tests before the opening Grand Prix in Bahrain on 14 March.
We will be analysing the testing performances here on JA on F1, looking at how the cars are developing. And on Monday of next week, to co-incide with the [...]

Mercedes launch: More Pics

Here are some more images of today’s Mercedes launch.

You can see the colour and effect of the Silver Arrow livery, which is much lighter than the colour of the McLaren Mercedes cars.

Petronas is the main sponsor, along with MIG, a Swiss brokerage which backed Brawn last season. Aabar, the Abu Dhabi investment vehicle, is a [...]

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