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Bridgestone ready for big tyre loads in the Ardennes forest
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 05:49Bridgestone takes to the hills of the Ardennes with the hard and soft Potenza tyres for the thirteenth round of the season, the Belgian Grand Prix on August 27-29. The challenging 7.004 km rollercoaster that is the Spa Francorchamps circuit presents cars and drivers with a severe test.
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Scherzinger and Hamilton ready for children
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 02:49Nicole Scherzinger, the girlfriend of McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, is ready to start a family. The Pussycat Doll declared to a friend: "We are totally ready for children. Lewis told me several times that I would be the perfect mother".
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McLaren hoping to unlock hidden potential at Spa
Mon, 08/23/2010 - 17:54Heading into the last week of the summer break, McLaren are anxious to get back on track for the Belgian GP where they hope to "unlock" the hidden potential of their MP4-25. And although having been upgraded on a recent basis, the 2010 machine has been losing ground to the Red Bull's and Ferrari's, with the former regaining the lead in the championship.
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Senna and Yamamoto highly motivated for Belgian GP
Sun, 08/22/2010 - 03:50After a four week break, the Formula 1 Championship gets underway again at the fast, hilly and twisty track of Spa-Francorchamps. Hispania Racing, HRT F1 Team is well prepared for the historical Belgian Grand Prix.
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Sauber drivers divided about Spa weather
Sat, 08/21/2010 - 04:33After the summer break Formula One returns to the longest circuit on the Grand Prix calendar: One lap stretches over seven kilometers on the challenging uphill and downhill track of Spa-Francorchamps, where the Belgian Grand Prix on 29th of August will be the 13th of 19 World Championship Rounds in 2010. Peter Sauber’s team wants to continue its positive trend.
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Mercedes GP looks forward to get back to racing at Belgium
Sat, 08/21/2010 - 01:05After the summer break, Formula One returns to action next week with Round 13 of the 2010 World Championship, the Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps. Located in the forests of the Ardennes, the Spa circuit has been shortened over the years but retains much of its original character and is the longest track on the calendar at 7.004 km.
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The highs and lows of the season according to Nick Wirth
Fri, 08/20/2010 - 15:50As we are fast approaching the final seven races of the 2010 F1 Season, it seems like this would be a good time to look back and review the progress of the Virgin Racing Team and to look forward to the final seven Grands Prix of this, their first season in F1. Technical Director Nick Wirth has given his views on the highs and lows of 2010 and where his focus is for the last seven GPs.
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Pirelli satisfied with first step to F1 return
Fri, 08/20/2010 - 04:41As Pirelli's F1 tyre testing came to a close today, they are pleased with their first step back into the pinnacle of motorsport. The two day session at the Mugello circuit left the Italian manufacturer satisfied with a what they were focusing on; the profile and construction of the front and rear tyres.
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Mercedes GP releases Heidfeld to join Pirelli
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 20:28Mercedes GP confirm that Nick Heidfeld has been released from his contract as the team's Reserve Driver to take up the position of official test driver for Pirelli. As Pirelli prepares for its return to F1, Heidfeld will do a series of tests beginning in August to assist with their development work on the tyre compounds to be used by the Formula One teams in 2011.
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Bahrain returns to old track layout
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 07:18The Bahrain International circuit will revert to its original Grand Prix layout for the 2011 Formula One race, the organisers have announced. The usage of the "endurance track" is claimed to have been a one-off.
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Belgian GP organisers worried about future of Francorchamps race
Mon, 08/16/2010 - 20:30André Maes, the Director of Spa Grand Prix, is worried about the future of the Belgian Grand Prix. The organisers are hoping to extend the contract for the race at the historic Spa-Francorchamps venue beyond 2012, but are aware of the immense interest of other countries to host their own F1 race.
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Pirelli to take a conservative approach with tyre compounds
Wed, 08/11/2010 - 05:45Only a few months before the debut of the new Pirelli F1 tyres the Italian company is sure that the decision taken by the FIA to replace the departing Bridgestone will be a good one. And while much has been said about the past problems and inconsistencies Pirelli is quick to reassure us that those issues are in the past.
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Holiday doesn't mean our brains will stop working - Domenicali
Wed, 08/11/2010 - 04:25Inevitably, there had to be some talk of racing matters during the press conference for the launch of Ercole Colombo’s book on twenty years of Wrooom. As from tomorrow, the obligatory two week shutdown of work at the Gestione Sportiva begins: “We will be on holiday, but that does not mean our brains will stop working,” said Domenicali.
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On holiday, but without switching off completely - Alonso
Wed, 08/11/2010 - 04:20Just like everyone else at Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, Fernando Alonso is also on holiday as from tomorrow. Fernando spent Monday to Thursday at Maranello, to work alongside the team, both in preparing for the final part of the 2010 season and in defining the guidelines for the design of the 2011 car.
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Lotus sign 16 year old to development programme
Sat, 08/07/2010 - 06:13Lotus Racing has today confirmed its commitment to embracing young talent with the announcement that Nabil Jeffri, the 16 year old Malaysian karting prodigy currently competing in Formula BMW Pacific, will be driving for the F1 team at an aero test the team will be running in early September at an undisclosed location in the UK.
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First wind tunnel test already done by Epsilon Euskadi
Fri, 08/06/2010 - 02:31Well in advance of a possible admission into the F1 circus as the 13th team, Epsilon Euskadi have already tested their first wind tunnel model. The test was successful and encouraged the team in the bid to step up to the Formula One level of motorsport.
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FIA hearing on team orders scheduled for September
Tue, 08/03/2010 - 20:34The FIA has set the date for the disciplinary hearing of the World Motor Sport Council to judge Ferrari's team orders during the German Grand Prix. The hearing is scheduled for 8 September 2010 in Paris.
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Schumacher apologises to Barrichello
Tue, 08/03/2010 - 02:13Mercedes GP driver Michael Schumacher has apologised himself to former team mate Rubens Barrichello for the incident during the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday. During the interviews after the race, Schumacher and Barrichello disagreed on the manoeuvre, but on Monday, the German issued the following statement on his website:
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Second and fourth was best possible for Ferrari
Mon, 08/02/2010 - 08:23One Ferrari on the podium and the other at the foot of it: that was the outcome of the Hungarian Grand Prix for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, which saw Fernando Alonso finish second and Felipe Massa fourth.
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FIA to increase test loads for front wing
Mon, 08/02/2010 - 07:00Following the complaints of a number of teams regarding the flexibility of the Red Bull Racing and Ferrari front wings, the FIA has moved to increase the requirements regarding the strength of the front wings to prevent them from flexing too much.
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