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Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011

Toro Rosso ready to promote next rookies - Marko

Feb.11 (GMM) Helmut Marko is refusing to rule out a change of driver lineup for Red Bull's second team Toro Rosso this season.

Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari are starting the year at the wheel of the Ferrari-powered STR5, but two highly rated ...

Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011

Raikkonen not ruling out F1 return

Feb.11 (GMM) Kimi Raikkonen has refused to rule out replacing the injured Robert Kubica at Renault.

Having launched his own world rally entry Ice1 for 2011, the 2007 world champion is already in Sweden for the season opener.

Moreover, after negotiat...

Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011

Kubica absence a 'heavy blow' to Renault - Boullier

Feb.11 (GMM) Robert Kubica will definitely be out of action for the first quarter of this season's 20-race calendar.

Earlier, medical specialists had predicted a one-year recovery from the Pole's multiple rally crash injuries, cautioning that athlete...

Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2011

Hulkenberg denies Mercedes contact over 2011

Feb.10 (GMM) Although he will not be on the Bahrain grid, Nico Hulkenberg will not be sitting idle in 2011.

The ousted Williams driver is set to drive Force India's new car on every Friday morning practice this year, and according to Auto Motor und S...

Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2011

McLaren testing forward exhausts at Jerez

Feb.10 (GMM) McLaren was testing a Renault-like forward-exiting exhaust concept on its newly launched MP4-26 car at Jerez on Thursday.

The car debuted by Lewis Hamilton at the Spanish circuit therefore differed fundamentally from the version launched...

Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2011

Haug happy to see Heidfeld push for race seat

Feb.10 (GMM) Mercedes is happy to see Nick Heidfeld return to F1 with a rival team in 2011.

After losing his BMW seat, the German kicked off last season as Mercedes' reserve driver, later becoming the Pirelli test driver before returning to the grid ...

Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2011

Heidfeld to race Renault in 2011 - reports

Feb.10 (GMM) Nick Heidfeld has been selected to drive in injured Robert Kubica's place this season, according to a German report.

Lotus-sponsored Renault has already announced that German Heidfeld, 33, will be testing at Jerez this weekend, but only ...

Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011

Rosberg first to test W02

Nico Rosberg will be first to test the Mercedes W02 at Valencia on February 1st, with the official unveiling at 9.20am “I am going first,” Rosberg told reporters at the Fashion Week in Berlin, according to the DPA press agency. “It will be interesting to see how it [the new car] feels. “You know pretty quickly how good it is going to be. It is probably unrealistic to go into the season saying we will win the championship, but we will succeed sooner or later. […]