Preview to Virgin Racing’s GP Debut
Well, they say time flies and after an exhaustive nine month programme of car design and development, team-building and pre-season testing, Virgin Racing’s Grand Prix debut has finally arrived. The 45-strong race team are up and running in the Kingdom of Bahrain for the opening round of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship on [...]
Interview with Philippe Girard
Fuel is at the centre of the biggest regulatory change to Formula One this season. There will no longer be refueling during the race. As a consequence, TOTAL has developed a new fuel.
TOTAL supply the fuel and other fluids that keep the Renault F1 Team a well-oiled machine. Elf, which merged with TOTAL in 2000, [...]
Lotus Racing Set For Bahrain
By 3am on Saturday morning Lotus Racing had finally finished packing up the six airfreight boxes needed for the journey to Bahrain and the beginning of the 2010 Formula One™ season. Two cars and a 60-strong team have now made their way to the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Bahrain International Circuit for the first [...]
Q+A with Fernando Alonso
Just one week ahead of the 2010 Formula 1 Championship Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso spoke to Pino Allievi from the “Gazzetta dello Sport” daily.
Alonso, Italy is waiting for a miracle.
“My father always told me that a driver can win races and even titles, but if he doesn’t drive a Ferrari he hasn’t achieved anything. So here [...]
Q+A with Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa and the new season: the Brazilian ahead of the 2010 Championship talking to Arianna Ravelli, Corriere della Sera.
Before we start: how can you not like a driver who lost a Championship like Felipe Massa did in 2008, who had an accident like Massa last summer and who’s never the favourite, but always there [...]