Valentino Rossi drove in a test session with Kimi Raikkonen’s F1 car, Ferrari F2008, and was just two tenths of seconds to beat his record.
It seems that Valentino Rossi is a serious candidate for Formula 1, a week ago testing on the Catalunya circuit for Ferrari. According to the New York Times, Rossi’s performance on four wheels was unexpectedly good, Rossi managing, at the steering wheel of Kimi Raikkonen’s last year Ferrari F2008 F1 car, to achieve time of 1:21.9. The time is only 2 tenths of seconds behind than Kimi’s record on the same circuit.
Furthermore, the engineers say that “Il Dottore” has begun to learn very fast and that he also go involved in changing the F1 car’s settings. The car on which Rossi has drove is the same one used by Ferrari two seasons ago, having instead a set of Bridgestone GP2 tires, in accordance with the regulations of this Formula 1
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Ferrari F1 Team
Ferrari has unveiled Wednesday the full program launch event for the new 2010 F1 car, which will be fully broadcast on the Internet.
Ferrari makes last minute preparations for the launching of the new Scuderia F1 car, which will take place in Maranello on January 28 starting at 11:30 (GMT). The Italians announced that the whole event, which will include a few laps on the Fiorano circuit, will be broadcast live on its website.
Thus, the launch of the Prancing Horse’s F2 car and the disclosure of his name would be held at 11:30 and will be followed by a press conference at which ill participate boss Stefano Domenicali, president Luca di Montezemolo and the two pilots of the team, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa.
Also, during the afternoon was scheduled a promotional event including a few laps with the Ferrari Formula 1 car on the Fiorano circuit, but it will only take place if weather
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Pierro Ferrari believes that Michael Schumacher has not betrayed the team that helped him won 5 world titles when he decided to return to Mercedes Formula 1 GP.
Michael Schumacher has confirmed just two days before Christmas that he will return to Formula 1 season in 2010, planning to compete for the new Mercedes GP team.
Schumacher’s move divided the Ferrari fans into two camps, as the German pilot saw the glory with the Scuderia through five consecutive world titles from 2000-2004. Some international publications labeled the German as a traitor, but Pierro Ferrari, one of the sons of the founder of the Rearing Horse said that the Maranello-located team could not provide a driver seat for Scumacher in the 2010 F1 season.
“We feel a little bad, because Michael was ours. I would have liked him to stay with us, but they are using the word ‘treason’ – in truth, he wanted to race
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Mercedes GP officially confirmed that Michael Schumacher will return in Formula 1 after he signed a three year contract with the German team, starting in 2010.
After several months of intense speculations in the international press, Michael Schumacher confirmed that he will make a sensational come back in Formula 1, four years after his retirement at the end of 2006 season.
The seven times world was champion confirmed on Wednesday as a driver of the new Mercedes GP team, which recently took over the majority stake of Brawn GP. In 2010, Schumacher will have as teammate his compatriot Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP becoming with this occasion a 100% German team.
The German driver unveiled that he was contacted for the first time in November by its former boss, Ross Brawn, and that he accepted almost instantly to return in F1, saying that the last three years brought him back the energy to return in competition.
“Mercedes GP will be a
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Tuesday, Michael Schumacher signed a one year contract with Mercedes GP, according to some unofficial informations unveiled by the German press.
Michael Schumacher’s come back in Formula 1 is closer than ever, after the German newspaper Bild unveiled on Tuesday that the seven times world champion signed a contract with Mercedes GP for the 2010 Formula One season.
The quoted source say that the deal was made Tuesday on Mercedes GP F1 Team’s headquarters, in Brackley (Great Britain) and that the German will have a €7 million (about $10 million) wage.
Until now, none of the parties implicated confirmed the informations, but it is speculated that the unveiling the contract official is iminent.
The information brought Tuesday night by Bild comes only days after Luca di Montezemolo, the Ferrari President, unveiled that he was informed by Schumacher that he is “very very close” to a Formula 1 comeback with Mercedes GP.
The German press unveiled in December that Schumacher reached
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