Sunday, March 21, 2010

More testing, more teams: How will Red Bull, Force India, Virgin Racing add to the mix in Jerez?

February 7, 2010 by vmr  
Filed under F1B Op-Ed, Parc Fermé, Top Story, VMR on Sunday

In my opinion, the basic crux of the first 2010 testing last week at Jerez wasn’t so much that Ferrari and Fernando Alonso appeared quite fast and quite able to put a lot of laps on the car, but the important knowledge earned was that what the fans want, the fans get (all of my [...]

Red Bull to launch later

January 12, 2010 by Grace  
Filed under Prime & Option

Ah just like they did last year, however, that doesn’t stop this from being giant news apparently.
As the launch train moves on, Autosport has revealed (what happened to exclusively revealed or is that only saved for the big surprises?) that RBR is skipping the first round of preseason testing in order to get the [...]

Horner says don’t judge new teams too soon

January 7, 2010 by vmr  
Filed under People & Events, Top Story

In an interview published at Crash.net, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner makes an incredibly valid point that is likely soon to be lost in a melee of opinion, “ it’s wrong for anyone to judge them [the new teams] until we get into the racing season.”  While we here at F1B have certainly not refrained from [...]

Whitmarsh is new FOTA chair, what will the future bring?

December 10, 2009 by vmr  
Filed under People & Events, Top Story

Today, the Formula One Teams Association held a meeting in Monaco, also the location of the Motor Sport Business Forum being held this week.  Autosport just announced that Ferrari team principal and current FOTA chair Luca di Montezemolo, who will be stepping down from his position of authority in the team’s association at the end of [...]

Horner, Dominicali: Double diffuser was our downfall

November 2, 2009 by SJ Skid  
Filed under People & Events, SJ Skid

Both Red Bull and Ferrari’s team bosses are pointing to the double diffuser as the reason for Brawn GP’s success and their own failures in 2009.
In separate Q&As with Autosport, Christian Horner and Stefano Dominicali both hold little back about the design element that helped the Brawn GP cars jump to such overwhelming leads in [...]

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