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Mar.31 (GMM) Red Bull is "far ahead" and it will be very difficult for rivals including Mercedes to catch up.
That is the claim of Nico Rosberg, who after a promising winter campaign for Mercedes struggled for pace in the new silver W02 in Australia....
Mar.30 (GMM) McLaren has good reason to expect another step forwards in Malaysia next weekend.
After a dire winter period, the British team scrapped its complex 'octopus' exhaust system before Melbourne and moved onto the pace with a Red Bull-inspire...
Mar.28 (GMM) Christian Horner poked fun at Mercedes after the German team's bad start to the 2011 season.
As the paddock took shape last week in Melbourne, Michael Schumacher predicted the W02 car might be Red Bull's closest challenger this year.
Bu...
So the first proper day of the new F1 season started with a tame couple of sessions but certainly raised a few eyebrows. McLaren going 1st and 2nd in FP2 was certainly a shock for the majority of the paddock, who had written off the MP4-26 after an awful winter. It is only practice, but whatever McLaren has done appears to be working. Red Bull took the honours in the first session and it appeared to be that they focused on race pace in the […]
Mar.23 (GMM) Nico Rosberg has signalled a long tenure in formula one with Mercedes.
The 25-year-old showed impressively alongside the returning seven time world champion Michael Schumacher last year, and for 2011 the W02 car is expected to be better ...
Mar.17 (GMM) Mercedes could be "the big surprise" of the 2011 season, according to Andy Soucek.
Speaking to Marca in Spain, the former F2 champion and 2010 Virgin tester was asked to give his verdict about the looming world championship.
"I see it b...
Mar.15 (GMM) Norbert Haug has played down claims Mercedes would only retain Michael Schumacher beyond 2012 with a cut-price deal.
Haug was quoted in Germany last weekend that the marque will ink a new deal for 2013 "with pleasure" but only if the pri...
Mar.15 (GMM) The combined timesheet from the final test of the 2011 pre-season makes interesting reading just over a week before the season begins.
With Mercedes' admittedly "basic" launch car finally fully updated, it was seven time world champion M...
Mar.14 (GMM) Michael Schumacher is not ruling out staying in formula one beyond the end of his current contract.
Mercedes' Norbert Haug at the weekend said he can imagine teaming up with the famous seven time world champion in 2013 "If Michael wants ...
Mar.13 (GMM) Mercedes has not ruled out extending its contract with Michael Schumacher.
Currently, despite his disappointing return to F1 last year, the seven time world champion's deal is not set to expire until the end of next season.
But Norbert ...
Mercedes GP hit the track with its updated W02 at Barcelona on Friday, with the team hopeful that the updates will deliver the step forward in speed that they promise.With the new parts - which include a revised front wing, new turning vanes and other ...
Mar.11 (GMM) Mercedes' 2011 car is the shortest on the grid, according to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport.
Bild newspaper has therefore christened the W02 the 'mini Mercedes' after learning that the wheelbase is 9cm shorter than the Red Bull, 5 than t...