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19-Mar-10: FIA Allow Renault to Improve Engine Reliability 19-Mar-10: FIA Allow Renault to Improve Engine Reliability

The FIA give Renault some dispensation, and tighten up on diffusers.

18-Mar-10: McLaren Buy Back Majority of Mercedes Shares 18-Mar-10: McLaren Buy Back Majority of Mercedes Shares

McLaren take more control of their team, whilst Bridgestone are still set to leave.

17-Mar-10: Lopez Hits out at US F1 Failure 17-Mar-10: Lopez Hits out at US F1 Failure

Lopez opens up regarding his short tenure at the team that didn’t make it.

16-Mar-10: Ecclestone Tells F1 Not to Panic 16-Mar-10: Ecclestone Tells F1 Not to Panic

Bernie believes there is nothing to worry about, whilst Webber disagrees.

15-Mar-10: Whitmarsh Believes McLaren Can Close the Gap 15-Mar-10: Whitmarsh Believes McLaren Can Close the Gap

Whitmarsh and others react to the Bahrain Grand Prix.

14-Mar-10: Alonso Leads a Ferrari 1-2 in Bahrain 14-Mar-10: Alonso Leads a Ferrari 1-2 in Bahrain

Alonso and Massa overtake an ailing Vettel to get a Ferrari 1-2.

13-Mar-10: Vettel Takes Pole Position in Bahrain 13-Mar-10: Vettel Takes Pole Position in Bahrain

Sebastian Vettel gets his year off to a good start, while Chandhok finally debuts.

Features

Tweets of the Week – 14th March 2010 Tweets of the Week – 14th March 2010

The first race of 2010 has been and gone, and given the volume of information coming out of Twitter, I’m narrowing this week’s Tweets of the Week down to solely drivers and teams. It was an amazing race, watching the teams be so open, and I hope they can keep it up all year.

Formula 1 is Back, and 2010 is Go! Formula 1 is Back, and 2010 is Go!

Whilst browsing through the available photographs for our required Free Practice schedule, we realised there are just too many good ones to narrow it down to one. Instead, we’ve selected our ten favourite photographs from today in an F1 Minute special.

How F1 Big Picture Covers a Grand Prix Weekend How F1 Big Picture Covers a Grand Prix Weekend

Last year, we introduced an F1 Big Picture format for the week leading up to a Grand Prix event. It probably slipped under the radar, as we made that age old rookie mistake of not telling anyone about it. Now that we have this new-fangled blog section of F1 Minute, it’s about time I told you what we’re up to.

Tweets of the Week – 7th March 2010 Tweets of the Week – 7th March 2010

Everyone is gearing up for the season to begin. The teams returned from Barcelona and got everything together to ship off to Bahrain. Plus, HRT became the newest team to launch a car.

Quotes Roundup – Week Ending 28th February Quotes Roundup – Week Ending 28th February

The very best from the mouths of those in the know.

Tweets of the Week – 28th February 2010 Tweets of the Week – 28th February 2010

Pre-season testing concluded this week in Barcelona, allowing teams and drivers to attempt to draw conclusions from their work. Preparations for Bahrai get underway, oh, and Mark Webber joined Twitter!

Quotes Roundup – Week Ending 21st February Quotes Roundup – Week Ending 21st February

The very best from the mouths of those in the know.

Tweets of the Week – 21st February 2010 Tweets of the Week – 21st February 2010

With four more days of Jerez testing to cover, the teams, drivers and media were tweeting like crazy to cover all the action – or lack of it due to the weather.

Press Releases

Williams – Bahrain Grand Prix Review

Q&A WITH SAM MICHAEL, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Q: Did the performance of the FW32 match your pre-season expectations? SM: We had quite a few issues to sort out in the days leading up to the Grand Prix and it became apparent early on that we would have some fire-fighting to do in the build-up to the race to ensure we finished on Sunday. Because of that,... [Read more]

Virgin Racing – Round 1 – Bahrain Grand Prix – The Race

After a positive result in qualifying yesterday, Virgin Racing’s Grand Prix debut ended in disappointment in Bahrain after both cars were forced to retire in the early part of the race. Timo Glock and Lucas di Grassi both got off to a great start, Timo gaining a place and Lucas making up three positions on the opening lap of his own F1 racing... [Read more]

Renault – 2010 Bahrain GP, Monday Debrief: Interview with James Allison

James, what was your assessment of Renault’s weekend in Bahrain? Overall, I’m disappointed that we’re going home empty handed because it’s not a fair reward for the effort the team has put in over the last few months or the underlying competitiveness of our car. On the flip side, I’m pleased that we’ve met our initial performance expectations,... [Read more]