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The New Kids on the Block - German GP: Glock the survivor
Grandprix.com - Features &bull Yesterday
Timo Glock emerged as the best placed of the New Kids on the Block at the end of the German Grand Prix, a race that marked a complete contrast to the previous Grand Prix. Whereas in Silverstone Glock had battled it out with both Lotus drivers all the way to the last lap, in Hockenheim the German saw all his rivals fall by the wayside to inherit the lead of the group with just ten laps to go. Making the most of his grid position, after being comfortably the quickest of the group in qualifying, Jarno Trulli was up to… Full Story »
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Mind Games - Any sport in a storm for Alonso?
Grandprix.com - Features &bull Jul 28, 2010
These were Fernando Alonso's words on the morning of the 2006 Italian Grand Prix. Hours earlier he'd been given a five-place grid penalty for 'blocking' Ferrari's Felipe Massa in qualifying - though Massa was 100 metres away. This was part of a bizarre run of difficulties he faced as he fought off the Ferrari of retiring Michael Schumacher for his second championship. Alonso's public statement earned admiration from many F1 followers, who were glad to see someone with such profile taking a stand against outside manipulation. But any hope that this was the new Senna, a voice to challenge authority,… Full Story »
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The New Kids on the Block - British GP: A tight three-way battle
Grandprix.com - Features &bull Jul 16, 2010
The three new teams that have joined the Formula One fraternity this year were faced with the daunting task of putting together a package capable of making them race at a respectable level in a very short period of time. They've been taking some stick from people like Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, who'd rather field a third car for Valentino Rossi than to have six cars racing together in the back of the field. Obviously 2010 has been a tough season for Lotus, Virgin and HRT, but compared to Ferrari they had good reason to leave Silverstone with their… Full Story »
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Interview - Peter Sauber: Forty years on, mission accomplished?
Grandprix.com - Features &bull Jul 15, 2010
Q: Why did you decide, four decades ago, to go into business building racing sports cars? Switzerland isn't exactly the most popular place to set up this kind of company? Peter Sauber: My occasional amateur races in a VW Beetle and the work I used to do on the car brought me into contact with the motor sport community in Switzerland. Within these circles I met a like-minded enthusiast, and together we developed the project for building two-seater racing sports cars. If we'd looked into the economic wisdom of building and selling racing sports cars in Switzerland, there's no way… Full Story »
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Interview - Frank Williams: Adam's the man!
Grandprix.com - Features &bull Jul 13, 2010
The British Grand Prix at Silverstone was the 31st anniversary of Williams Grand Prix Engineering's first F1 win, with Clay Regazzoni in the FW07, after team mate Alan Jones took pole position in 1979 and led, but retired. There was no repeat on Sunday but fifth place from Rubens Barrichello immediately after the Brazilian's fourth in Valencia, has signalled an upturn in form. Sir… Full Story »
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Interview - Geoff Willis
Grandprix.com - Features &bull Jul 4, 2010
The Hispania Racing Team made a last minute arrival to the F1 paddock in Bahrain. Technical chief Geoff Willis talks about life for one of Grand Prix racing's new teams. We started quite late and the first race was a huge logistical challenge and more of a shakedown. We've been steadily improving our organisation because hardly any of the team had actually worked together before and certainly not in an F1 context. I think overall we've had a reasonable period of reliability and have been pushing the car harder as the… Full Story »
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Interview - Sam Michael
Grandprix.com - Features &bull Jun 23, 2010
Williams came away empty-handed for the third successive race in Canada after Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg made seven pit stops between them. Technical director Sam Michael talks about the state of play. The main thing was to see an improvement on Istanbul, where our performance was pretty lacking, so we brought an aero upgrade and a new fuel and those couple of things made quite a big difference. We saw a marked performance improvement, as demonstrated by the times the… Full Story »
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Interview - Mike Gascoyne
Grandprix.com - Features &bull Jun 16, 2010
Valencia will be the 500th Grand Prix for Lotus. In its latest guise, Lotus Racing is well set to take the honours as "the best of the new teams" in 2010. Chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne took time out to talk about how things have gone so far. We are very happy with our performance. We've been best of the new teams, have moved much closer to the… Full Story »
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Interview - Michael Schumacher
Grandprix.com - Features &bull May 6, 2010
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher's return to Formula One has not been as smooth as many have expected - how does the German driver see things leading into the fifth race of the season, and the first back on European soil? A: We have a new update that we feel quite good… Full Story »
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Interview - Colin Kolles: "We want to be the best new team!"
Grandprix.com - Features &bull Apr 30, 2010
The newly-renamed HRT Formula One Team my have yet to threaten the establishment, but the simple fact Colin Kolles got his team to Bahrain and both cars out for qualifying showed there's enough grit in the Spanish outfit to earn a place in Formula One as a permanent fixture. Even more impressive has been the fact that both Bruno Senna and Karun Chandhok tend… Full Story »
