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Jan201028

Rob

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Ferrari – a return to form

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’t be back driving if he wasn’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 [...]

Jan201026

Rob

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The Mercedes era begins

Mercedes officially launched their new F1 team yesterday in Stuttgart, unveiling the silver – we all knew it was going to be silver right? – livery and Michael Schumacher in Mercedes attire, oh and Nico Rosberg. Apparently they are going to have equal standing in the team.
It seems from the pictures of the launch that all trace of the Brawn boys are gone, replaced by the corporate feel of Mercedes, I wonder whether McLaren will go the opposite way now? The image of Michael Schumacher is more striking I think not for the man himself but for the lack of red, I haven’t seen an image of him for about 10 years without him being adorned with Ferrari motives, he looks younger again, perhaps with a new challenge we may see one hell of a return.
Mercedes will unfortunately start next year with what I think will [...]

Jan201019

Rob

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Will Michael Schumacher win the title

So the guys at Brawn are saying that Michael Schumacher will take some time to adjust but that he’s still got a shot at the title.
I’d be surprised to see him at the top of the time sheets at the beginning of the season as I can’t see how they’re going to have an awesome car or that he’ll be on top form from the get go – we’ve also seen from last year that those first few races are just as important as the last few.
The Mercedes that will run in this years Championship will have been designed last year by the Brawn Team who were going hell for leather for the title and didn’t have that many resources to spare given the staff that they let go at the beginning of the season so the car will in all probability not be as good as it could [...]

Jan201018

Rob

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So did Jenson Button make the right choice?

As the world champion you’d think that he’d be able to call the shots and get whatever he wants out of the team but Jenson Button chose to walk away from the championship winning Brawn team as they become Mercedes in favour of McLaren where he seems to be walking into the lions den, so was this a good choice?
Firstly this is the man who bought himself out of a Williams deal that seemed like a good plan at the time to drive a dog of a Honda that is until he won the championship last year – so we have to assume he has pretty sound judgement. Now we know that Mercedes had been courting Michael Schumacher it would seem that moving to the team that made the most progress last year and where as an arriving world champion he can make some demands is a good idea. McLaren [...]

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