Vitaly Petrov has been confirmed as the second driver with the Renault F1 at the team’s launch in Valencia. The new R30 appeared in Spain in the team’s new colour scheme which, as we suggested, are a throw back to the old days of the old Renault Sport team with yellow and black being the [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Petrov confirmed as Renault F1 driver – R30 pictures
Posted in F1 Drivers, F1 Teams on January 31, 2010 | 18 Comments »
The new Sauber C29
Posted in F1 Drivers, F1 Teams on January 31, 2010 | 4 Comments »
BMW Sauber has presented its new Ferrari-engined C29 in Valencia. The car is the first since BMW decided to leave the sport and the car is currently lacking any sponsorship. The new livery is white with dark sidepods. It will be driven this year by Kamui Kobayashi and Pedro de la Rosa, both of whom [...]
Sauber and Renault to launch today
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 Teams on January 31, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Today in Valencia the wraps will come off the Sauber and Renault challengers in preparation for the start of testing tomorrow. The week ahead will see McLaren, Mercedes, Ferrari, Sauber, Williams, Renault and Toro Rosso all in action. The drivers expected to be seen are Gary Paffett, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button for McLaren; Nico [...]
Running fast and loose with reality
Posted in F1 people, F1 politics, F1 Teams on January 29, 2010 | 23 Comments »
There is some odd talk at the moment of Stefan Grand Prix, an obscure Serbian company with no international racing record, suddenly popping up and getting an entry in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship. This is simply not possible given the current rules, regulations and contractual arrangements. The FIA issued a 2010 Formula One [...]
If you happen to be in Paris on Dimanche…
Posted in F1 Drivers, F1 Teams, Humour on January 29, 2010 | 12 Comments »
I have just received an e-mail from Renault informing me that the visitors to L’Atelier Renault (a fancy name for a showroom) on the Champs Elysees in Paris will get the “exclusive” opportunity to get a first glimpse of the new Renault F1 Team R30 at exactly the same time as the car is presented [...]
Team Willy
Posted in F1 Drivers, F1 people, F1 Teams on January 29, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Willi Weber is a funny old cove. He made his name, of course, as Michael Schumacher’s manager but has long been a wheeler-dealer. Trained in hotel management, he made a fortune and decided to enjoy himself by becoming a gentleman racer. In 1983 he did a deal with engineer Klaus Trella and set up a [...]
Kimi in Lapland
Posted in F1 Drivers, F1 people on January 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Kimi Raikkonen made his debut on the Arctic Lapland Rally today but lasted just one and a half stages before he crashed his Citroen into a tree on the second stage, a 23km run called Aittajärvi through the snow-covered forests of Lapland. Neither Kimi nor his co-driver Kaj Lindstrom were hurt in the incident, but [...]
Ferrari’s young driver plans
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 Drivers, F1 people, F1 Teams, Sustainability on January 29, 2010 | 5 Comments »
All the attention yesterday was on the new Ferrari F10 and so there was not much coverage of the Ferrari Drivers Academy – a programme that Ferrari says will be “a new and very important initiative for young drivers” The project is headed by Luca Baldisserri, who has a long career with the team, dating [...]
A thought from a reader
Posted in F1 Drivers, F1 Teams on January 29, 2010 | 23 Comments »
One of my readers has been watching the McLaren launch at the same time as I have been and writes that the body language between Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button was interesting. “There is no love lost between those two drivers,” she says. “It reminded me of the scene in The Great Dictator, when Hynkel [...]
Meanwhile in Daytona…
Posted in F1 Drivers, F1 Teams on January 29, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Until last summer Nelson Piquet Jr was a Formula 1 driver. He was not doing particularly well, but then few drivers who have been in the second Renault have ever managed much. It was never really clear why this was the case, but it seemed to work out like that. It was one of the [...]
