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Schumacher ready to flex Brawn at Mercedes

Schumacher ready to flex Brawn at Mercedes German drivers Nico Rosberg (L) and seven time World Champion Michael Schumacher (R) pose next to a Mercedes GP Formula One race car during the team presentation at the Mercedes museum in Stuttgart, January 25, 2010. [Photo/Agencies] Mercedes GP launched their new Silver Arrow car on Monday but the real fire power in the German team's camp is set to be the renewed partnership between Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn. Brawn was in Schumacher's...

First Russian racer to embark on F1 circuit

First Russian racer to embark on F1 circuit  Russian auto racing driver Vitaly Petrov is set to become Russia's first Formula One driver starting from next season, local media reported on Thursday. The 25-year-old Petrov, runner-up of the 2009 GP2 series, will partner with Polish Robert Kubica to compete for French F1 team Renault. Born on Sept. 8, 1984 in Vyborg of the Leningrad region, Petrov is known as "Vyborg Rocket" in Russia. According to local media, Petrov would possibly bring a...

Argentine driver Lopez to join F1 new member USF1

Argentine driver Lopez to join F1 new member USF1 Argentine driver Jose Maria Lopez confirmed Friday to join the new Formula One team USF1, according to his spokesman Miguel Mattos. The 26-year-old, will debut for the American team at the Bahrain Grand Prix, which will kick off the 2010 world championship on March 14. Local media said the USF1 team will officially present the driver on Monday as the USF1 team's co-owner Peter Windsor and Lopez's sponsors reached agreement in the Argentine...

Neck injury is no issue: Schumi

Neck injury is no issue: Schumi Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher said on Wednesday the neck injury which hampered his return to Formula One last August is no longer a factor as he prepares for the 2010 season. Despite retiring from F1 in 2006, Schumacher signed a three-year contract with Mercedes GP last December and has been testing with Mercedes in Jerez, Spain, but says last year's neck injury has long since healed. Schumacher insists any concerns over the injury he sustained...

Schumacher wraps up GP2 test ahead of F1 return

Schumacher wraps up GP2 test ahead of F1 return Michael Schumacher successfully wrapped up a GP2 test session Thursday that is expected to aid his return to Formula One. Formula One seven times world champion Michael Schumacher of Germany poses on a GP2 car during a test drive at Jerez circuit in southern Spain, January 12, 2010. Schumacher set his Formula One comeback rolling on Tuesday with a test of a GP2 development car. The 41-year-old German, returning with Mercedes after retiring as a...

F1 supremo proposes GP “shortcuts”

F1 supremo proposes GP "shortcuts" Bernie Ecclestone wants to introduce "shortcuts" on Formula One race tracks to encourage drivers' overtaking for the sport's promoted entertainment, the F1 supremo said on Wednesday. The idea would be another radical change to the sport with nothing similar ever having been adopted, but it needs to seek teams' support first. "I've tried to push the teams with a number of proposals. Imagine a shortcut which a driver can use five times every race. It would...

Hamilton expects most exciting F1 season yet

Hamilton expects most exciting F1 season yet Lewis Hamilton looked forward to his most exciting Formula One season yet on Monday while jokingly casting himself as 'just a number two driver' alongside Jenson Button at McLaren. Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton (R) of Britain leaves the track with his girlfriend, singer Nicole Scherzinger, after winning the 2008 FIA Formula One Championship at the Brazilian F1 Grand Prix in Sao Paulo in this November 2, 2008 file photo. Hamilton and Scherzinger...

Schumacher signs to race for Mercedes

Schumacher signs to race for Mercedes Michael Schumacher is seen posing for a photograph at the Brawn GP headquarters in Brackley, southern England in this December 22, 2009 handout photograph received in London on December 23, 2009. Michael Schumacher targeted an unprecedented eighth Formula One title on Wednesday after Mercedes announced he was coming out of retirement to race for them at the age of 41. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) ...

Renault reaches deal to remain in F1

Renault reaches deal to remain in F1 Renault is staying in Formula One racing after agreeing yesterday to sell a "large stake" in the team to a private investment firm to keep the cars on the grid in 2010.The French carmaker had been weighing whether to continue in F1 or pull out following a crash scandal that led to the departure of former team principal Flavio Briatore.After the proposed sale to Luxembourg-based Genii Capital, Renault said in a statement that the two companies would operate...

Hamilton to learn from Shanghai low

Hamilton to learn from Shanghai low Lewis Hamilton was a hair's breadth from securing his first world championship here in his rookie season last year but crashed out of the race and squandered a massive 17-point lead in the driver standings. McLaren Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates taking poll position in front of team mate Heikki Kovalainen after the qualifying session for Sunday's Japanese F-1 Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway in Oyama, central Japan, October 11,...