The rear wings of the Lotus cars had sprouted changed rear wings when making appearances on-track in Bahrain on Friday. The T127 chassis of Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen are competing with an added element in the centre section of the wing’s main plane.
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The Force India of Adrian Sutil set the fastest lap time as the first practice session of the season commenced in Bahrain on Friday. The German driver led the way from the two Ferraris, Robert Kubica’s Renault and the pair of McLaren cars as 7-time World Champion Michael Schumacher rounded out the top ten and […]

The Renault team is not pleased with the FIA’s decision to confirm McLaren’s rear wing assembly as legal in Bahrain. The MP4-25 cars of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, containing an air vent which can be opened and shut by the drivers, successfully passed scrutineering on Thursday.
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4-time World Champion Alain Prost will line up as one of the FIA’s official race stewards for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend. The appointment of the former driver and team owner is one of the first changes to the steward setup since Jean Todt took presidency of Formula 1 governing body the FIA […]

Formula 1 commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that the sport recently came close to seeing a return to the calendar of South Africa. The Kyalami circuit last hosted a World Championship race for the country in 1993.
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Mercedes Grand Prix driver Michael Schumacher believes that he will have to keep a close eye on no less than seven other drivers this season to have a chance of clinching the Formula 1 world title for the eighth time. The German believes his main rivals are Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull’s drivers plus team-mate Nico Rosberg.
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