New Mercedes Safety Car tested at Sakhir

Formula 1 governing body the FIA ran the brand-new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Safety Car in Bahrain on Thursday in the regular race weekend track inspection. The model makes its own F1 debut this year and will once again be driven by experienced touring car driver Bernd Maylander.
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Mercedes tests new Safety Car at Sakhir

Formula 1 governing body the FIA ran the brand-new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Safety Car in Bahrain on Thursday in the regular race weekend track inspection. The model makes its own F1 debut this year and will once again be driven by experienced touring car driver Bernd Maylander.
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Where’s the Mercedes GP Petronas gear you say? It’s here!

I was speaking with my friend Dan at Henri Lloyd–I use that term loosely as Dan probably wouldn’t consider me a close personal friend but then I am excited about his new merchandise offer so that may place me in good stead with the man–about the brand new Mercedes GP Petronas…
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Rosberg confident of fighting Schumacher

Nico Rosberg believes that he can match the pace of his team-mate Michael Schumacher in 2010.
After four years without a win at Williams, the young German steps up to partner the former seven-times champion at Mercedes GP and fully expects to be just as competitive over the course of 2010.
“I will definitely be on a [...]

Mercedes aim to win opening GP

Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn says that the outfit must aim to win in Bahrain, despite not having the fastest car in pre-season testing.
In an interview with the official Formula 1 website, Brawn stated that he expects the Brackley-based team to fight for wins from the onset of the 2010 season.
“Bahrain. Our objective is to [...]

Schumacher accepts Mercedes GP will not win in Bahrain

Michael Schumacher has conceded that Mercedes GP are not currently in race-winning trim after a second day testing at Barcelona saw the German only manage seventh fastest.
Although the team are yet to run the lowest fuel settings for their W01, Schumacher appeared to rule out the possibility of winning the first race in Bahrain.
“At the [...]

Schumacher now expects to fight for the title

Michael Schumacher believes that he will be able to fight for this year’s world championship, after declaring himself happy with the progress that Mercedes has made with the new W01.
However, the seven-times champion does admit that it is impossible to compare the competitiveness with the new Mercedes with last season’s all-conquering Brawn GP 001.
“I am [...]

Nick Fry out at Mercedes GP, Al-Husseiny in

Nick Fry and four other directors at the former Brawn GP have left the new Mercedes GP to make way for new team members from Daimler and Aabar Investments, the two companies who bought out the championship-winning Brawn GP team during the off season.  According to a list of documents filed on…
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Established top four still top, says Schumacher

Michael Schumacher has moved to give some indication of what the 2010 form is today by saying that he believes the established top four of Ferrari, McLaren, Red Bull and his Mercedes team are out in front.
The German said there was a clear performance discrepancy visible on higher fuel loads between the four and [...]
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Force India reveal VJM03 in online launch

Force India have become the latest team to present the car with which they will compete in the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship. The VJM03, which will be raced by the unchanged driver line-up of Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi this season, was unveiled online on Tuesday morning.
The team may have made a [...]