February 2010

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Bad News – USF1 Will Not Compete in 2010

February 28, 2010

The news just got a whole lot worse for USF1 fans. SpeedTV’s Bob Varsha reported today on the “Speed Report” that USF1 has lodged a formal request with the FIA to defer their entry until 2011. As part of the request Varsha also reported that the team is prepared to put up a seven figure [...]

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Barcelona Test Ends – Mclaren Top Time Chart

February 28, 2010

The sun returned to Barcelona for the final day of testing, with most of the teams making the most of the dry conditions. While Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren finished the day on top of the time charts it was very close at the top with eight teams finishing less than half a second apart. [...]

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Mercedes GP lead Barcelona Test Day 3

February 27, 2010

Lap times were generally slower today with intermittent rain during the late morning and early afternoon affecting the track conditions for the third day of testing with only Mercedes getting below 1 minute 21 seconds. Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes MGP-W01 made best use of the dry conditions early on, setting the fastest time of [...]

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Williams Top of Time Sheets on Day 2 in Barcelona

February 26, 2010

Nico Hulkenberg driving the Williams FW32 for the last time before the Bahrain Grand Prix season opener, narrowly claimed top slot over Fenando Alonso’s Ferrari, after Alonso spun his car off tack causing a red flag that prematurely ended the second day of the Barcelona test session. Commenting on Hulkenbergs performance Sam Michael, AT&T Williams [...]

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Red Bull RB6 Shows Pace in Barcelona

February 25, 2010

Mark Webber in the Red Bull Racing RB6 really showed off the pace of the new car today. Easily setting the fastest lap by almost a second over Nico Hulkenberg in the Williams FW32. A good start for Red Bull as the fourth and final pre season test started today at the Circuit de Catalunya [...]

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USF1 Sponsor Jumps Ship

February 24, 2010

With Sponsorship not easy to come by in this difficult economic climate the last thing any team needs is to loose existing sponsorship. Unfortunately thats what has just happened to USF1. Locstein, a global finances company headquartered in Geneva with offices in London and Washington has just that it is withdrawing its sponsorship, citing the [...]

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BMW Sauber Missing from F1 Entrants

February 23, 2010

In a Formula One season that just seems to be getting stranger and stranger another team goes missing. Already two new teams, USF1 and Campos Meta 1, have big question marks hanging over them as to their readiness and Financial condition. Then today the FIA published the offical list of entrants for the 2010 Formuala [...]

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USF1 – SpeedTV Video Update

February 22, 2010

SpeedTv’s Bob Varsha gives his take on what is happening at USF1. Varsha, a good friend of Peter Windsor and one of the few outsiders that have actually seen the inside of the USF1 facility should have good access to Peter Windsor and Ken Anderson but even he couldn’t get a response from the team. [...]

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Jerez Second Test Round Up

February 21, 2010

Jenson Button ends up on top of the time charts in a weather dominated third test of the season and the second test at Jerez, following last weeks test with yet more unseasonably wet conditions during the first two days, severely hampering the teams testing programs. Those drivers that were testing during the first half [...]

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Jenson Button Tops Last Day of Jerez Test

February 20, 2010

Jenson Button set fastest time of the last day of testing at Jerez. In dry sunny conditions Jenson set not only the fastest lap of the day but the fastest lap  of  the last 8 days of testing held at Jerez. The most consistent weather conditions of the entire test allowed Jenson Button and the [...]

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Bad News For USF1

February 20, 2010

The New York times is reporting that yesterday in a telephone interview USF1 Team Principal Ken Anderson finally confirmed that the team will not be able to make the first race of the season and that the future of the team is basically in the hands of the FIA. The problem has been caused by [...]

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