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FIA invites new teams to apply for 2011

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:45:06 GMT

(GrandPrix.com) The FIA has announced the opening of a new selection process to find possible entrants for the 2011 Formula 1 season.

FIA starts seeking USF1 replacement for 2011

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:15:08 GMT

(ManipeF1.com) The FIA has announced the opening of a new selection process to find a replacement team for USF1 in 2011, after it withdrew its entry from the championship earlier this month. F1's governing body is ...

Webber - Things can only get better

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:30:15 GMT

(SkySports.com) Mark Webber is confident F1 can recover from its less-than-emphatic season-opener in Bahrain and deliver excitement in 2010.

FIA starts search for potential 13th team

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:15:07 GMT

(ITV-F1.com) F1's governing body asks interest parties to register interest in vacant slot for 2011 ahead of full application process.

FIA searches for new team

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:00:18 GMT

(SkySports.com) The FIA announced on Friday that it is to start the selection process for a 13th team to compete in Formula One from 2011.

Australia: FIA press conference schedule

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:00:16 GMT

(ManipeF1.com) Two of Formula One's recent debutants will be among the drivers present at next weekend's FIA press conferences in Australia, as the second round of the 2010 season gets underway. On Thursday, Petrov ...

FIA opens applications for 13th F1 team

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:00:03 GMT

(espnF1.com) The FIA has opened the selection process for a 13th team to join Formula One in 2011

McLaren looking forward to fantastic battle at Albert Park

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:45:07 GMT

(F1Technical.net) From Bahrain, the Formula One Teams packed-up their equipment to travel Down Under for the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park. The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Team is looking forward to a fantastic battle in Melbourne.

Teams to promote FIA's road safety campaign

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:30:11 GMT

(ManipeF1.com) Formula One teams will carry logos of the FIA's 'Make Roads Safe' campaign, as the Formula One Teams' Association looks to lend a helping hand in promoting the governing body's road safety campaign. ...

Massa: I had to be error-free on return

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:15:07 GMT

(ITV-F1.com) Felipe says he knew people would question him if he had endured a tough comeback race.

Di Resta to practice in Oz

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:46:04 GMT

(SkySports.com) Force India will become the first team to use a test driver in a Friday practice when Paul di Resta takes the wheel in Australia.

Australia: Mercedes preview

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:45:20 GMT

(ManipeF1.com) The second race of the 2010 Formula One season will take place in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday 28 March. Albert Park, a street circuit which uses the public roads surrounding the man-made Albert ...

Australia: BMW Sauber preview

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:45:20 GMT

(ManipeF1.com) The very unproductive opening race in Bahrain, with set-up troubles followed by failures in the race, has been analysed. At the Australian Grand Prix, held from 26th to 28th March in Melbourne, the ...

FIA invites teams for 2011 selection

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:45:18 GMT

(AutoSport.com) The FIA has invited possible entrants for the 2011 Formula 1 season, after announcing earlier this month that it will open a new selection process to find a 13th team.

McLaren confident of improved performance in Melbourne

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:45:04 GMT

(espnF1.com) McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh is bullish about his team's chances at the Australian Grand Prix and revealed the MP4-25 would run a number of minor upgrades at the race

Australia preview quotes - McLaren, Mercedes & BMW Sauber

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:30:14 GMT

(Formula1.com) After the spectacular but sparse desert setting of Bahrain, the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship heads to Australia and the bustling metropolis of Melbourne for round two. Both the city and circuit are favourites - not just with those in the stands, but also with those hard at work in the paddock and on the track�

BMW Sauber expect 'significant improvement' in Australia

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:30:14 GMT

(Formula1.com) Many pundits had tipped BMW Sauber as one of the dark horses for 2010 after their promising pace in pre-season testing. That promise failed to materialise in Bahrain with a double DNF, but having rested and regrouped the Swiss team are predicting far better things for round two in Australia....

FIA press conference schedule - Australia

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:30:14 GMT

(Formula1.com) Two 2010 newcomers combine with two old hands for Thursday's driver conference in Melbourne, while on Friday team principals from four title contenders field the questions. The line-up in full�

Lauda: Schumacher will be back on form by Malaysia

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:30:14 GMT

(Formula1.com) Returning from horrifying injuries in 1976 to take the second of this three drivers' titles the following year, Niki Lauda is the ultimate comeback kid. Who better then to assess Michael Schumacher's Grand Prix return at last weekend's season opener in Bahrain? Race winner Fernando Alonso, ill-fated pole sitter Sebastian Vettel and the three new teams also come under the scrutiny of the outspoken Austrian in�

Australia preview quotes: McLaren

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:30:11 GMT

(AutoSport.com) Australia preview quotes: McLaren

Stefanovic keeps pushing for F1 slot

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:00:08 GMT

(AutoSport.com) Serbian businessman Zoran Stefanovich is still pushing to get on to the grid in 2010, AUTOSPORT has learned, despite the FIA having told his Stefan GP outfit that it has not been granted an entry for this year.

FOTA backs FIA's road safety campaign

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:45:08 GMT

(AutoSport.com) The Formula One Teams' Association has announced that every car run by its member teams will carry a 'Make Roads Safe' logo from the Australian Grand Prix.

Kevin Magnussen signed up by McLaren

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:45:01 GMT

(GPUpdate.net) The son of former McLaren-Mercedes test driver Jan Magnussen, Kevin Magnussen, has been signed up by the McLaren team for its Young Driver programme. Magnussen was runner up in the Formula Renault 2.0 Nothern European Cup last year and will move to the German F3 championship in 2010.

Mercedes hoping for better results in challenging Albert Park

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:30:09 GMT

(F1Technical.net) The second race of the 2010 Formula One season will take place in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday 28 March. Albert Park, a street circuit which uses the public roads surrounding the man-made Albert Park lake just south of Melbourne city centre, hosts the Australian Grand Prix which is always one of the most atmospheric races on the calendar.

Renault allowed to make engine changes

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:15:10 GMT

(AutoSport.com) Renault has been given approval to make a 'large' number of improvements to its engines for cost and reliability reasons, AUTOSPORT has learned, even though the FIA has ruled out any form of power equalisation for this year.

Every FOTA team to run a 'Make Roads Safe' logo in Melbourne

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:15:08 GMT

(F1Technical.net) The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) is pleased to announce that from the forthcoming Australian Grand Prix onwards every car run by its member teams will carry a ��Make Roads Safe' logo to show full support to the campaign led by the FIA and the FIA Foundation.

We should be more competitive in Melbourne - De la Rosa

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:45:01 GMT

(GPUpdate.net) Pedro de la Rosa and the BMW Sauber F1 team has a difficult weekend behind them. De la Rosa wants to put the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend behind him and is hoping for a better weekend in Melbourne next week.

Williams hoping to hold onto Hulkenberg

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:30:03 GMT

(espnF1.com) Frank Williams is hoping to nurture Nico Hulkenberg at Williams and has tipped him as a star of the future

Q and A with Eric Boullier

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:15:08 GMT

(AutoSport.com) Q and A with Eric Boullier

Renault to keep aggressive development

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:15:08 GMT

(AutoSport.com) Renault has vowed to continue an aggressive development push at the start of the season after an encouraging start to its campaign in the Bahrain Grand Prix.

FIA seeking diffuser changes for Melbourne

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:00:06 GMT

(Pitpass.com) The FIA is understood to have told three teams to make changes to the diffusers on their cars ahead of next weekend's Australian Grand Prix.

Mercedes relying on developments to close gap

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:45:14 GMT

(espnF1.com) Mercedes has a development plan to close the gap to Red Bull and Ferrari over the next few races, according to team principal Ross Brawn

Mercedes not competitive enough says Brawn

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:45:01 GMT

(GPUpdate.net) According to Mercedes Grand Prix team boss Ross Brawn the team is not competitive enough to fight for the F1 championship. The Briton is realistic as he looks ahead to Melbourne as he admits there the team has work to do in order to close the gap to the leaders.

Vijay's Bahrain Debrief

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:30:02 GMT

(F1Network.net) The first race of 2010 was good for Force India, as Adrian Sutil qualified in the top 10 and Tonio Liuzzi finished ninth. The Italian was thus in the points, beaten only by the cars from the 'big four' teams. Adrian's race was spoiled by a first corner tangle with Robert Kubica. After that he put in a charging recovery drive, and set second fastest lap.

Brawn: Mercedes need to close gap at the front

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:15:09 GMT

(Forumula1.net) Ross Brawn has admitted that Mercedes GP are not yet on the pace of Formula One’s front runners, but is adamant that plans are in place to catch up as soon as possible. Although Nico Rosberg showed pace throughout Bahrain’s practice sessions, in the race both he and team-mate Michael Schumacher struggled to challenge Red Bull

Lauda impressed with Schumacher's comeback

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:45:01 GMT

(GPUpdate.net) Michael Schumacher officially returned to Formula 1 as a race driver at last week's Bahrain Grand Prix. According to Niki Lauda the German couldn't have done any better than he did. Lauda believes Schumacher will need just a few more races to adjust to the new kinds of Formula 1 cars.

Massa glad to be back

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:30:38 GMT

(SkySports.com) A relieved Felipe Massa says it was important to go well in his first race after returning from life-saving surgery.

McLaren and Mercedes GP among teams forced to change their diffusers

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:30:37 GMT

(Forumula1.net) Four teams will be forced to modify their double-decker diffusers, following the closure of a loop-hole by the sport’s governing body. Although two of the offending teams are not known, Autosport has revealed that both McLaren and Mercedes GP will have to alter the rear end of their cars, ahead of the Australian Grand Prix. Following discussions

Brawn confident Mercedes can close gap

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:30:21 GMT

(ITV-F1.com) Ross Brawn is confident Mercedes can catch early pace-setters Red Bull and Ferrari after disappointing first race.

Lauda tips Schumacher for Malaysia breakthorugh

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:30:09 GMT

(espnF1.com) Three-time champion Niki Lauda is confident Michael Schumacher will be back at his very best by the time the F1 circus reaches Malaysia for the third round of the season

Schumacher: Australia a highlight on the calendar

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:30:01 GMT

(GPUpdate.net) Michael Schumacher is looking forward to travel to Melbourne for next weekend's Australian Grand Prix. Schumacher still holds Melbourne's lap record set in 2004 with the Ferrari F2004M and managed to win the race a total of four times (2000,2001,2002,2004)

How should F1 be spiced up?

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:15:46 GMT

(Forumula1.net) A chorus of boos would have rung round the Sakhir track in Bahrain last week, if the vast majority of television viewers had been in the stands. After all the build-up, with four champions on the grid, the race was a dull affair, rendered so by myriad factors beyond the comprehension of most of those

Q and A with Richard Branson

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:15:36 GMT

(AutoSport.com) Q and A with Richard Branson

Virgin targeting early success

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:15:36 GMT

(AutoSport.com) Richard Branson believes Formula 1's move to cut down costs in the next few years will help his Virgin Racing team on a fast track to success.

Sauber confident it's on top of problems

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:15:22 GMT

(ITV-F1.com) Willy Rampf predicts a 'significantly more competitive' showing from the C29 in Australia.

Monza's contract extended until 2016

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:00:15 GMT

(Forumula1.net) Monza has secured its place as the host of the Italian Grand Prix until 2016, after reaching a new deal with Bernie Ecclestone. Speculation had surrounded the future of the event, with plans already in place to hold a street race around the city of Rome as early of 2013. However, the new deal guarantees the future

Australia preview quotes: Mercedes

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:00:10 GMT

(AutoSport.com) Australia preview quotes: Mercedes

Brawn confident Mercedes will catch up

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:00:10 GMT

(AutoSport.com) Mercedes GP team boss Ross Brawn is adamant the German squad will be fighting at the front soon thanks to its development plan.

We'll be more competitive in Australia - de la Rosa

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:00:04 GMT

(espnF1.com) Pedro de la Rosa is expecting Sauber to be more competitive in Melbourne after a disappointing start to the season in Bahrain

Australia preview quotes: Sauber

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:45:09 GMT

(AutoSport.com) Australia preview quotes: Sauber