Posts Tagged ‘Mercedes’

All-Inkl Munnich Confirms Switch To Mercedes

The All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport team has confirmed that they will carry the Mercedes brand into battle in the 2012 championship with two SLS AMG GT3s sporting the German team’s livery. “The two years of construction and the great success of the format for our team speak their own language. We will continue to be there [...]

Nuts and Bolts

Some news tidbits from the world of Formula 1: Red Bull Still Planning Jerez Debut For 2012 Car: Red Bull plans to get its 2012 car up and running for the first test at Jerez next month. In an interview with Italy’s La Gazzetta dello Sport, the energy drink company’s motor racing consultant Dr. Helmut [...]

Formula 1 News and Notes

Some news and notes that involve the world of Formula 1: Pirelli Seeks To Confound Teams With New 2012 Approach: Pirelli will move to reinject excitement into F1 for 2012. Earlier this season, the high spectacle of the Grands Prix was attributed to the new supplier’s highly-degrading tires, with Pirelli adopting a deliberately different approach [...]

Formula One unlikely to tweak qualifying format

Formula One appears unlikely to tweak the current qualifying format despite concerns in 2011 about a flagging spectacle. Overall, the ‘knockout’ format has been popular in recent years, with fast drivers graduating from the Q1 segment to Q2, and then from Q2 to the decisive top-ten Q3 session.

Nuts And Bolts

Some news tidbits from the world of Formula 1: New Mercedes ‘Not A Bad Car’ – Brawn: Ross Brawn has admitted that Mercedes will be pushing for performance at the final test of the preseason next week. Asked by Auto Motor und Sport about his assessment of the new W02 car so far, the Brackley-based [...]

F1 Race Teams Delinquent On Payments

Force India pays bills later than most of its Formula One team rivals, according to a report. The Daily Mail said the Silverstone based team, which is owned by the Indian liquor baron, politician and billionaire Vijay Mallya, pays bills on average 30 days past due. “If Vijay sold his yacht, it would keep the [...]

Kubica To Replace Schumacher At Mercedes?

  According to an Italian website, Mercedes wants to secure the services of Polish driver Robert Kubica. Omnicorse.it claims that on Friday in the Valencia paddock, a member of the German team made an offer to accommodate Kubica, 25, in 2011. Kubica currently drives for Renault, and it had been expected he would remain with [...]

Nuts And Bolts

Some news tidbits from the world of Formula 1: 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 [...]