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Michael Schumacher To Get On The Wheel Of A GP2 Car

Published on 11 January 2010 by Liviu Anca in Formula 1/Racing

Starting Tuesday, Michael Schumacher will test a GP2 car on the Spanish circuit of Jerez.
It seems that the seven times world Formula One champion can’t stay too far from the track an the adrenaline for too long. After the the German signed a three year contract with Mercedes GP at the end of the last year, it is said that Michael Schumacher is ready to get back on the wheel of a race car this week.
Starting Tuesday, the German will test, for three days, Supernova GP2 car of the Supernova team on the Jerez circuit in Spain, the information being confirmed by Schumacher’s spokesman for Autosport. According to German press, the test have already been approved by FIA and will have a private character.

Schumacher is unable to test a F1 car in January, because the FIA sporting regulations prohibit this. The Formula tests 1 will begin in February and will take place on
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Ecclestone Wants To Buy Saab!

Published on 08 January 2010 by Liviu Anca in News, Saab

Bernie Ecclestone is behind the offer made by Genie Capital investment fund for the purchase of General Motors’ Saab.
Spyker is in talks with the Americans from GM these days for buying Saab, but the Dutch automaker was forced to improve their offer because of a last minute surprise appearance of an investor.
Genie Capital investment fund announced it is interested in acquiring Saab with a few minutes before the deadline imposed by General Motors. However, the Swedish press reports that behind the offer made by Genie Capital is Bernie Ecclestone (pictured), F1 commercial rights holder.
Led by businessman Gerard Lopez, Genie Capital hopes to complete the transaction with the American automaker as soon as possible. “Tremendous brand value in a number of key automotive markets, as well as an innovative image. We would aggressively work towards a successful closing of the transaction with all the relevant stakeholders of the company,” it is said in
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Mercedes GP Could Launch The New Mercedes Petronas RB1 F1 Car On January 25

Published on 06 January 2010 by Liviu Anca in Uncategorized

The German publication Bild said that the new Mercedes GP F1 car for 2010 will be released on January 25 and will be called RB1.
The cancelling of the common launched of the F1 car for the 2010 season made the teams teams to organize their own events and Sauber F1 Team was the first one that announced it will present their new weapon of attack in the last days of January.
The other teams are expected to make similar announcements in the coming period, but the German publication Bild said in the Wednesday edition that the Mercedes GP has already decided to launch the new car on January 25. Although the event location is not specified, it will probably take place at Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart.

Anyway, the cited source says that the Germans’ car will be officially called “Mercedes-Petronas RB1″, RB particle representing the initials of team boss Ross Brawn. We remind you that Petronas
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Ferrari: ” Michael Schumacher is not a traitor”

Published on 06 January 2010 by Liviu Anca in Formula 1/Racing

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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OFFICIAL: Schumacher Returns In F1 With Mercedes GP!

Published on 23 December 2009 by Liviu Anca in Formula 1/Racing, Mercedes

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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