F1-Blog

Car launches

We have a few more cars to oggle over that were launched over the weekend.

First up is the Renault R30. The team seam to have changed colour scheme to yellow and black, and the car looks good for it. Although I’m sure Eddie Jordan might have some interesting words about it come the first race.

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McLaren Launch

Another day, another F1 car. Today was the launch of the MP4-24.

The car looks quite aggressive, and we are told that the rear diffuser is very aggressive, and was not allowed to be photographed (in fact it had a blanking cover over it).

More news and info on the launch over at F1 Fanatic as Keith was there.

Ferrari F10

Here we have the new Ferrari F10.

Remember the new rules of smaller front wheels and bigger fuel tank have been put into place on the new car, and it’s borrowed from a lot of last years cars (Red Bull, McLaren and Williams definitely in there)

Ferrari Sneak Peek

Here’s a sneak peek of the 2010 Ferrari colours. These are not on the 291 (2010) car, but rather the F60 (2009) car.

Obvious changes are the Santander logo on the rear wing, I’ll miss the Marlboro ‘Bar Code’

Fernando had the car out on the Paul Ricard track and he said the new car ‘is almost ready’ so lets hope we see it soon. Suppose McLaren/Lewis will have to stop making Lego bridges now.

Mercedes’ Launch

Some pics from the Mercedes’ Launch event. Note however this is not the 2010 car launch (the W01 will launch February 1st), rather the colour scheme launch.

Mercedes’ have this to say about the colour scheme  Read more... (207 words, 3 images, estimated 50 secs reading time)

Toyota Out

Akio Toyoda : "Based on the current economic environment, we realise we have no choice but to withdraw. This has been a very painful decision. I offer my deepest apologies to Toyota’s many fans for not being able to achieve the results we had targeted."

Seems that Toyota are not going into the next season of Formula 1. That will Leave F1 with just 3 Manufacturer’s in the sport next year, Mercedes, Renault and Ferrari.  Read more... (156 words, 1 image, estimated 37 secs reading time)

Historic

Nice post about some of the historic F1 cars over here. Great pics.

Translated version of the page here

Bridgestone Out?

Hiroshi Yasukawa – “The decision made by the board of directors comes after considerable and lengthy evaluations and has been based on the company’s need to redirect its resources towards further intensive development of innovative technologies.”

This today from the current exclusive tyre supplier to F1, saying they will not continue to supply tyres after the 2010 season is over. This means that they will pull out of the sport after their 3 year exclusivity contract expires. What this means to F1 is unsure at the moment. Will the FIA try get another manufacturer in on an exclusive deal? or will we have the ‘tyre war’ back that added so much spice to the sport while Michelin and Bridgestone competed?  Read more... (259 words, 1 image, estimated 1:02 mins reading time)

Abu Dhabi Quali

Interesting Qualifying session from the newest, and has to be said, most visually impressive track on the grid.

Hamilton with the KERS helping in sector 2 comes out on top, with the two Red Bull cars 2nd and 3rd on the grid.

Rubens is then followed by world Champion elect Jenson Button. Jarno Trulli lines the Toyota up to what looks to be his final drive with Toyota in 6th, closely followed by the two BMW’s of Kubica and Heidfeld on their last race under the German car manufacturers leadership.  Read more... (439 words, 1 image, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)