The drives line up for the traditional start of the season photo (click on the photo to enlarge) yesterday in Bahrain. This year also took their cars with them. Nice picture, but how long will the cast remain unchanged ?
There were no driver changes at all in 2008 (except of course Davidson and Sato loosing [...]
2010
How will similar photo taken in Abu Dhabi look ?
F1 Drivers
The last time 12 teams and 24 drivers turned up for F1 race …
We have been used to see 10 teams and 20 cars on F1 grid for the better part of the last decade – the most teams we had was 11, the biggest number of teams was 22. Twelve teams were on cards twice in the recent past. Once in 2002 when Toyota was to join [...]
2010
Lotus Racing partners with CNN
Lotus Racing and CNN International have today announced a partnership deal that sees the Lotus team entering into a long-term agreement with the world’s leading news network. CNN’s logo will feature on the T127 race cars, the drivers’ overalls and on all team clothing.
2010
2010 F1 Drivers Helmets
New season, new drivers helmet designs. Here is the collection of 2010 F1 drivers helmets (click on the thumbnails to enlarge the images). Most of the returning drivers seem to have selected to stay with their traditional designs (or switch back back to them like Jenson Button). The most obvious changes are related to team [...]
2010
2010 F1 Cars – Lotus Cosworth T127 revealed (photos, video)
The new F1 team Lotus Racing unveiled today the first Lotus branded F1 car since 1994 – its 2010 challenger, the Lotus Cosworth T127. The green/yellow Lotus Racing T127 is powered by Cosworth V8 engine and will use an Xtrac gearbox and as all 2010 teams, will be running on Bridgestone tyres. The car will [...]
2010
2010 F1 Drivers – Nick Heidfeld joins Rosberg and Schumacher
Nick Heidfeld has been finally confirmed by Mercedes GP as their Reserve Race Driver and Test Driver for the 2010 Formula One season.
“I am very pleased to be joining the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS Formula One Team. It’s the team which has attracted the most interest in the close season, not only because of the [...]
2010
2010 F1 Drivers – Jose Maria Lopez confirmed by USF1
USF1 team has finally confirmed their first driver for their debut F1 season – the Argentine José Maria López. Whether this was wise choice only time will tell. His only previous F1 experience is from his testing duties with Renault back in 2006 (the team claims he has 6,000 km of F1 test mileage under [...]
2010
2010 F1 Drivers – Pedro de la Rosa confirmed by BMW Sauber
Contrary to reports that Giancarlo Fisichella is closing on the race seat with Sauber the Hinwill team has picked Pedro de la Rosa to partner the rookie driver Kamui Kobayashi for the 2010 season.
“Pedro has spent many years working for a top team at the highest technical level. We as a team stand to gain [...]
2010
Fernando Alonso new helmet in Ferrari colours
Time to start catching up with things after my 2 weeks break. It is also time to start getting used to new looks of F1 drivers in their new team colours. Here is Fernando Alonso sporting Ferrari red and his new helmet. Well, the helmet design is similar to his 2009 one with few Ferrari [...]
2010
2010 F1 Drivers – Sauber confirms Kobayashi
The remaining F1 seats are going fast. Lucas di Grassi, Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen were confirmed by Virgin Racing and Lotus earlier this week. Today Sauber announced that Kamui Kobayashi will drive for the Swiss team in 2010.
“I’m very much looking forward to working together with Kamui. In the final two Grand Prix of [...]
2010
2010 F1 Drivers – Lotus confirms Trulli and Kovalainen
Team Lotus F1 has named single race winners Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen as its 2010 drivers. Malaysia’s Fairuz Fauzy will be the team’s third driver. The announcement was made today by Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek on behalf of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in Kuala Lumpur.
2010
2010 F1 Drivers – Sutil and Liuzzi to race for Force India
Force India F1 team are the fifth team to have officially confirmed their 2010 driver line up. There will be no changes – both Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi will retain their seats. All the hopefuls testing for Force India next week in Jerez (Paul di Resta and J.R. Hildebrand) can hope for now are [...]
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