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New Drivers for 2010
- Brawn: Schumacher back where he left off
Ross Brawn says working with Michael Schumacher at Mercedes feels just the same as it did when the two were at Ferrari together. - Schumacher changes mind after pessimistic comments
Michael Schumacher on Saturday steered away from claims his 2010 car might not be a winning one. - Trulli: Lotus “four seconds off the pace”
Jarno Trulli believes the pace shown by Lotus in his last day of testing will be much the same at the first race of 2010 at Bahrain in two weeks’ time. - Button says more to come from MP4-25
Jenson Button believes the updated McLaren MP4-25 he tested today will be quicker once the team have improved its set-up. - Hamilton tops ultra-close final test
Lewis Hamilton ended winter testing with the fastest time at Catalunya - but the most significant aspect of the final day of running was that just half a second covered the top eight cars. - Branson hits back at Ferrari
Virgin chief Richard Branson has expressed his annoyance at Ferrari's recent criticism of the new Formula 1 teams. - Rosberg hails Mercedes breakthrough
Nico Rosberg reckons Mercedes made an important set-up breakthrough in today's test at Barcelona. - Massa: Ferrari is getting even quicker
Felipe Massa has warned Ferrari's rivals that the Italian squad has got even quicker at the final test thanks to its latest upgrade package. - Chandhok 'close' to Campos agreement
Indian driver Karun Chandhok is close to securing a race seat at Campos Meta for the 2010 season, the squad’s newly-installed team principal Colin Kolles has confirmed. - Lotus confident of improving T127 pace
Mike Gascoyne says he has been content with Lotus’s first five days of testing with its T127 and is confident the team will now be able to start upping its headline pace as pre-season reaches its climax - Key to replace Rampf at Sauber
Sauber has announced that James Key, who left his post at rival Force India on Tuesday, will take over as its technical director in place of team stalwart Willy Rampf from April 1. - Alonso: I grew up during turbulent '07
Fernando Alonso says he heads into his first season at Ferrari “much more prepared” for all the challenges and pressures associated with Formula 1 than when he joined McLaren in 2007. - Ferrari blames Max for grid uncertainty
Ferrari has reignited its long-running criticism over the quality of the new teams entering Formula 1, blaming former FIA president Max Mosley’s “holy war” for the fact the composition of the grid is not yet certain just weeks ahead of the season. - Cosworth gear up for final test
Although last week’s Jerez test was battered by rain and wind, engine suppliers Cosworth are well satisfied with their pre-season progress as their CA2010 V8 continued to run reliably at the Spanish test. Cosworth, who are returning to Formula One racing in 2010 after a three-season absence, powered three teams in action - Williams, Lotus and Virgin. - Qantas become title sponsor for Australian Grand Prix
Australian Grand Prix organisers have announced that airline Qantas is to become the naming rights sponsor and premier partner for this year’s race. The 2010 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX will take place in Melbourne from March 26-28. - BMW Sauber to support young driver Esteban Gutierrez
BMW Sauber announced on Friday that they will support young driver Esteban Gutierrez this season. Eighteen year-old Gutierrez will attend a number of Grands Prix and will be incorporated into the team's driver development programme, which means he’ll follow the same training regime as race drivers Pedro de la Rosa and Kamui Kobayashi.
New Drivers for 2010