Heikki Kovalainen has admitted he feels more comfortable at Lotus than he did in the last two seasons with McLaren.
The Finn took a big backwards step down the grid with the new Malaysian backed team in 2010, but he told Holland’s formule1.nl magazine that he is not complaining.
“Here at Lotus everything feels better,” said the [...]
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Audi Boss Ullrich Says No To F1: Audi has clearly rejected speculation its name might soon appear above a Formula One garage door. It has been reported for some time that the German carmaker’s parent Volkswagen could be interested in entering the sport as an engine supplier. [...]
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Mercedes ‘Not Dropping’ 2010 Car – Brawn: Mercedes is still working on its current car but has started to design the W01’s successor, team boss Ross Brawn has revealed. Michael Schumacher, who is 75 points behind the championship leader Lewis Hamilton, said in Canada that his attention [...]
Vitantonio Liuzzi has admitted his “dream” is to secure a race seat with McLaren.
The 28-year-old Italian, whose first Formula One test was with Williams in 2002, told Autosprint magazine he remains under contract to Force India for one more race season.
But Liuzzi, known in the paddock as Tonio, thinks the best period of his career [...]
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McLaren To Delay Debrief To Watch World Cup Match: McLaren may have to delay its usual post-qualifying debrief so that patriotic team members can watch England kick off its FIFA World Cup campaign. Saturday’s qualifying in Montreal conveniently finishes with half an hour to spare before the [...]
One of McLaren’s two chief engineers has left the Woking based team.
Pat Fry, who joined the team from Benetton in 1993, alternated the role with Tim Goss. Last year, 46-year-old Briton Fry developed the MP4-24, and in 2010 he was in charge of the 2011 car.
It emerged during Thursday’s press conference at Monaco that Fry’s [...]
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McLaren Drivers Can Battle: Unlike Red Bull and perhaps also Ferrari, McLaren’s two drivers are free to race when running first and second. Red Bull’s Christian Horner admitted in Shanghai that when his drivers are dominating, the actual wheel-to-wheel racing ends at the first corner. And although [...]
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‘Outboard’ Mirrors To Be Banned: This weekend’s Grand Prix will be the last for the sort of ‘outboard’ rear view mirrors that are becoming commonplace in F1. In Australia last week, veterans Rubens Barrichello and Pedro de la Rosa led the calls for better driver visibility, with [...]
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Todt Not Stepping Into To Solve McLaren Wing Saga: Jean Todt on Friday ruled out stepping in to end F1’s new ‘knee-gate’ controversy. The FIA’s Charlie Whiting this week declared legal an innovation on the 2010 McLaren that gives Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button a straight-line advantage. [...]
As the 2010 pre-season winds down Sunday, F1’s pecking order for the upcoming world championship, which begins in exactly 14 days, continued to develop.
On the final overcast morning of the Barcelona test, many runners took fuel out of their cars and fitted new tires to gauge raw qualifying pace.
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton went into the mandatory [...]
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