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		<title>Ferrari and Alonso getting on terms</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/06/ferrari-and-alonso-getting-on-terms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Ferrari started the season with the best possible result, they beat everyone. Neither was it that unexpected, they had spent the best part of last year developing their &#8216;10 car at the expense of the &#8216;09 car, they had Felipe Massa back, and the former world champion Fernando Alonso joining to take them back to the front. Since then however it&#8217;s gone downhill and fast. We&#8217;re seven rounds in and they are only in touch because the other teams have squabbled over the wins. 
So what has happened? Some of it is simple mistakes, they got in wrong in qualifying for the Malaysian GP and then add to that Alonso practice crash in Monaco and his latest error in Turkey that ensured a 6th row start and it&#8217;s always going to be hard to rack up serious points. Massa hasn&#8217;t been himself all season though whether that is Alonso showing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking ahead to Malaysia &#8211; what&#8217;s in store at the next race?</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/looking-ahead-to-malaysia-whats-in-store-at-the-next-race/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/looking-ahead-to-malaysia-whats-in-store-at-the-next-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[half points]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reliability]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breathef1.com/?p=659</guid>
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The Malaysian Grand Prix has had a few shows in the past and has been a Ferrari stronghold at times but it&#8217;s the torrential rain that it&#8217;s famous for. Last year was the worst rain in recent history though for race day and the race had to be abandoned after just 36 laps with the win eventually going to Jenson Button though he only got half points.
The race retains it&#8217;s late afternoon start time so we&#8217;ll be hoping that the rain we had last year doesn&#8217;t make a reappearance on Sunday. The forecast doesn&#8217;t look that great though with Sunday having the least chance of rain at only 80%. If it does rain all weekend then the track is likely to be very green and the tyres will have a hard time, though if it rains in the race this won&#8217;t be an issue.
McLaren are trying to manage expectations ahead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the words &#8216;Red Wash&#8217; be spoken this year given the Ferraris performance in Bahrain?</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/will-the-words-red-wash-be-spoken-this-year-given-the-ferraris-performance-in-bahrain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/will-the-words-red-wash-be-spoken-this-year-given-the-ferraris-performance-in-bahrain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 season]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breathef1.com/?p=603</guid>
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The Ferraris put on a good show in Bahrain, they we&#8217;re surprised to see Sebastien Vettel take pole and I suspect that they may have had a little more to give had they thought he could put the Red Bull there. In the race they were reeling in the Red Bull before he had his problem and it seems that they were so much faster once released, it may have been a matter of time until they passed anyway, given that no one else seemed close could we have seen the first race of another so called &#8216;Red Wash&#8217; season?
I think from the second that Ferrari chose to give up on the 2009 car there has been the distinct possibility that 2010 would be a Ferrari year, they have poured more time and effort into the 2010 car than anyone else on the grid and given their technical capability that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Sebastien Vettel go one step further this season?</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/can-sebastien-vettel-go-one-step-further-this-season/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/can-sebastien-vettel-go-one-step-further-this-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breathef1.com/?p=458</guid>
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Sebastien Vettel stormed his way to second place in the World Championship in 2009 and he&#8217;ll want to go one step futher in 2010. The competition this season will be stronger for sure, McLaren and Ferrari won&#8217;t be off the pace and Mercedes will be in close company too so he&#8217;ll have to perform better than last year. 
Red Bull seem quietly confident about their car, it has done well in winter testing but rarely did it grab the headline times &#8211; it did run faster more consistently than some though. It seems that they won&#8217;t miss out on any technical oversights like last year with the double diffuser &#8211; they would probably be world champions if they had used one from the first race in 2009.
To beat Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher to the title Vettel needs to start the season with the same raw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Jenson Button retain the title this year?</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/can-jenson-button-retain-the-title-this-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/can-jenson-button-retain-the-title-this-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breathef1.com/?p=379</guid>
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Arguably Jenson Button has the least chance of retaining his world title since Jacques Villeneuve pulled on his Williams helmet in 1998. With Ferrari signing Alonso and Mercedes bringing back Michael Schumacher plus the fact that Lewis Hamilton is now Jenson Button&#8217;s team mate there will be much more competition this year for the top set of points, and I haven&#8217;t even mentioned the Red Bull team.
Jenson Button will first and foremost have to beat his team mate to win the title and that is going to be a tough ask, he&#8217;ll have to do better than Fernando Alonso did in 2007, Hamilton has improved since then too. Button moves to McLaren as the World Champion as Alonso did in in 2007 but he&#8217;s also British and Hamilton did alienate a portion of the McLaren team last year after his antics in Australia so Button&#8217;s in a stronger position. What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retirements in 2009 and what that means for 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/02/retirements-in-2009-and-what-that-means-for-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/02/retirements-in-2009-and-what-that-means-for-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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In 2009 there were 68 retirements from the races, that doesn&#8217;t seem very many considering what the sport was like only a few years ago. Even better when you see that 22 were accidents, 12 were spins, 1 was Hamiltons disqualification, 1 ran of of fuel and 1 withdrew. That leaves 31 mechanical retirements for the whole season, less than two a race.
What does this mean for 2010, bluntly that the drivers should be more careful. With so many rookies in the field this I&#8217;d expect accidents and spins to get worse not better this year but the established drivers should take note of these things. The cars are reliable and the drivers are now the weak link.
From these stats it seems that the engine homologation has at least done one thing, made the engines reliable. With only two failures last year and the engines running for two races it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What can Alonso expect in 2010?</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/02/what-can-alonso-expect-in-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/02/what-can-alonso-expect-in-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breathef1.com/?p=285</guid>
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Fernando Alonso moves from his Renault safe house to Ferrari this season and arrives finding it a little different to when he signed for the them a year or so ago. 2009 wasn&#8217;t kind to Ferrari and Alonso must be hoping that changes this year.
Partnering the Brazilian Felipe Massa who is quick and has pushed all his team mates hard Alonso won&#8217;t be left to relax. Massa had been building himself up to be the number 1 at the Italian team over the last couple years with losing out by just a point to Lewis Hamilton in 2008 and having the upper hand over Kimi Raikkonen until his accident last year. So Massa will want to come back strong and assert himself as much as Alonso wants to do the same at his new team.
Alonso will also have to content with all the other drivers on the track, Ferrari are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ferrari &#8211; a return to form</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/01/ferrari-a-return-to-form/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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For Ferrari 2010 is important, it will show whether the team can lose the key players that were a success and still be a driving force in F1. They will be under immense pressure to deliver at the very least multiple race victories to the tifosi, today they unveil the car that will in all likelihood help them do it.
The driver lineup looks like one of the best on the grid, they have Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso. There may be question marks over how Felipe Massa can come back from injury but I honestly think they are overstated, Felipe Massa wouldn&#8217;t be back driving if he wasn&#8217;t his best. It will be interesting to see what an influence Michael Schumacher had at Ferrari with regard to Massa and how he copes without this and how he deals with Alonso. Fernando Alonso needs no introduction and has shown over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renault &#8211; the sale</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/01/renault-the-sale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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After the fiasco last year Renault seem to have retreated to lick their wounds, the team has been sold &#8211; or a large stake of it at least to the investment firm Genii Capital and with a new owner will come new management. They haven&#8217;t exactly set the track on fire for the last couple of years even though they&#8217;ve had one of the best drivers in the field with Fernando Alonso so what they can achieve this year seems limited. 
With Alonso moving on and Piquet blowing his whistle 2010 was always going to be difficult, Renault seeming to want to pull out of F1 must also have an unsettling effect on the team. 2009 was a hard year with not much earned after the heyday of 2005/6 and with Alonso leaving again Renualt seemed a spent force but now they have been basically sold it seems that they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Round up of 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/01/round-up-of-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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So last year was eventful in F1, from scandal off track to fairytale on track. Brawn GP went from nearly closing to winning the World Championship in their first year, with some amazing victories along the way to prove that anything is indeed possible in F1.
What happened
Jenson Button took the world title, Brawn clinched the constructors title (I wonder if Honda still think they made the best call&#8230;), Ferrari lost all their form and we found out that they&#8217;re really hard to drive, McLaren made some big mistakes and Lewis Hamilton learnt some humility, we found out that Michael Schumacher might not be gone for good, that Japanese drivers do make for exciting racing and that Fernando Alonso can climb above any scandal.
Jenson Button started the season with a clean sweep which ultimately was the reason that he clinched the title, Rubens Barrichello followed Jenson home to start the season [...]]]></description>
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