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Silverstone renovations due to be completed in late March (+ pics)
1 hour 11 min agoThe organizers of the British Grand Prix have announced their plans for the completion of the new Northamptonshire circuit which will host the 2010 event, due to the Donington circuit failing to make it's updates a reality in time. The renovations to the track layout and spectator facilities are expected to finish late this March, months ahead of the 09-11 July GP date.
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Preview of the Bahrain GP by Bridgestone
6 hours 19 min agoBridgestone enters the final season of its contract as Official Tyre Supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship with the commencement of the Bahrain Grand Prix on March 14 with Bridgestone’s super soft and medium 2010 specification dry slick tyres.
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Williams optimistic for Bahrain with two new drivers on board
11 hours 43 min agoThe Williams F1 team are feeling optimistic ahead of the first Grand Prix of the season, which they will start with a brand new car, the FW32, and two new race drivers, Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg. Reliability is still a concern although the team is confident of pulling past those problems after nearly 7,000kms of winter testing.
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Looking very much forward to the start of the season - Schumi
15 hours 24 min agoThe world of Formula One is looking forward to the comeback of seven time World Champion Michael Schumacher on Sunday. Schumi, who retired in 2006, is ready for the new season and travels to Bahrain with confidence.
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Rome will come into the programme for 2013 - Ecclestone
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 21:35Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone confirmed that Rome, the capital city of Italy, will host a street race during the 2013 season. This means that the calender will expand from 19 Grands Prix this season to 20.
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McLaren and X-trade Brokers announce partnership
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 21:30X-Trade Brokers, a Warsaw-based brokerage house specialising in foreign exchange (FOREX), commodity and stock market investments, has today announced an historic partnership with the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 team.
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Ferrari signs 3 more drivers to driver academy
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:06The Ferrari Driver Academy (FDA) is taking its first steps and widens its group of participants. As of today there are three more young talents taking part in the project by the manufacturer from Maranello, joining Jules Bianchi: Mirko Bortolotti, Daniel Zampieri and Raffaele Marciello.
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Track Talk with Robert Kubica
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 04:03The Renault Formula One Team looks ahead to the Bahrain Grand Prix, the opening round of the 2010 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. Robert Kubica talks us through the challenge of racing at the Bahrain International Circuit.
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My first race will be a big learning experience - Petrov
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 04:00The Renault Formula One Team looks ahead to the Bahrain Grand Prix, the opening round of the 2010 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. As the first Russian driver in Formula 1, Vitaly Petrov has a big weekend ahead. He sums up his emotions ahead of his Grand Prix debut.
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Performance is always the best medicine - Kubica
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 03:58The Renault Formula One Team looks ahead to the Bahrain Grand Prix, the opening round of the 2010 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. Robert Kubica sums up winter testing and reveals his hopes for the year ahead.
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Our biggest strength is our people - Boulier
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 03:54The Renault Formula One Team looks ahead to the Bahrain Grand Prix, the opening round of the 2010 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The Team Principal Eric Boullier gives his verdict on winter testing and looks ahead to Bahrain.
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Lotus' main goal is to finish the race
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 03:49By 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 race of much anticipated 2010 season.
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Coulthard not thinking about comeback
Mon, 03/08/2010 - 21:50David Coulthard, who retired from Formula One at the end of the 2008 season, dismissed speculation that he might consider a return to the pinnacle of motorsport. Coulthard is at the moment Red Bull Racing's demonstration driver and he works for the BBC as F1 commentator.
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Points are our target - Liuzzi
Mon, 03/08/2010 - 21:37After a busy winter testing schedule, the Force India Formula One Team drivers can finally look forward to the first race of the 2010 FIA F1 Championship season. Tonio Liuzzi targets points at the Bahrain International Circuit and hopes to get into the top ten.
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Car good enough to be in top ten at Bahrain - Sutil
Mon, 03/08/2010 - 21:34After a busy winter testing schedule, the Force India Formula One Team drivers can finally look forward to the first race of the 2010 FIA F1 Championship season. Adrian Sutilis confident that the car is good enough to be in the top ten at Bahrain.
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Difficult to know where we are until we get to Bahrain - Mallya
Mon, 03/08/2010 - 21:312010 marks the third year of competition in the FIA Formula One World Championship for the Force India F1 Team. After a positive finish to 2009, the team is hoping this season will be the one that firmly establishes it as a strong, competitive outfit regularly challenging for points and podiums whenever possible.
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McLaren confident for opening race in Bahrain
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 17:33Next week the 2010 FIA Formula One Championship season gets underway with the Bahraini GP. The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, with the 2008 and 2009 Champions Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, feels ready to finally begin racing again.
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Alguersuari hoping for promotion into Red Bull
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 14:11As a driver for the Scuderia Toro Rosso, Jaime Alguersuari hopes that it will lead to a promotion to the more competitive Red Bull team, which shares the same owner, Dietrich Mateschitz. Although the youngster wishes to first be a positive influence on his current team before possibly being promoted.
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BMW Sauber aims for points in first race of the season
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 04:22One thing is certain: after it has slimmed down and transformed into a private team the BMW Sauber F1 Team is very happy to line up with two C29s for Pedro de la Rosa and Kamui Kobayashi at the season’s opening race. But just turning up is far from what the team is aiming for.
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Ian Phillips to depart from Force India F1 Team
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:57Force India F1 Team's long-standing Director of Business Affairs, Ian Phillips, is now leaving the outfit after 19 years with the team. In his tenure for the team, starting with Jordan GP, Ian has been responsible for sponsorship acquisition and activation, commercial direction and ongoing negotiations with the FIA and commercial rights' holder, FOM, and the signing of over 50 drivers.
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