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[Mini-Mad-Craig]

FIA Formula 1 2010 BUMP

Mercedes Grand Prix -
Nico Rosberg
Michael Schumacher

Red Bull Racing -
Mark Webber
Sebastian Vettel

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes -
Lewis Hamilton
Jenson Button

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro -
Felipe Massa
Fernando Alonso

AT&T Williams F1 -
Nico Hulkenburg
Rubens Barrichello

Renault F1 -
Robert Kubica
Vitaly Petrov

Force India F1 -
Adrian Sutil
Vitantonio Liuzzi

Scuderia Toro Rosso -
Sebastien Buemi
Jamie Alguersuari

HRT F1 Team -
Bruno Senna

Virgin Racing -
Timo Glock
Lucas di Grassi

Lotus F1 Racing -
Jarno Trulli
Heikki Kovalainen

Panasonic Toyota Racing -
Team announces withdrawl from the 2010 F1 Championship. Future of team likely to be reduced for participation in other racing series

BMW Sauber F1 -
BMW withdrew from Formula 1 at the end of 2009. Team sold to an investment company called Qadbak

Qadbak sale fails and team is sold back to Peter Sauber - Story

FIA awards BMW Sauber 14th place (if the other teams agree or if a vacancy becomes available)

US F1 Team
Team is hit by financial problems and drops out before taking part in the competition

[jayare]

Qualifying on TV NOW!!!!

JR

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Brilliant session! not that impressed with the Mclarens pace but wasnt expecting a whole lot in the first round anyway, Bring on tommorow!!!

[the.stroker]

Ive moved some threads and opened the new TMF F1 thread for 2010 , Keep on topic , no arguments LOL , ill tidy up from time to time , enjoy!!

[the.stroker]

Button and hamilton way off the pace , the ferraris were on fire during Q3 , in addition it is nice to see the name senna return to F1

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Thanks mate.

Yup it was very exciting. I was on the edge of my seat at the end of session 2 when Jenson was in the drop zone with 10 seconds to go! Hopefully we'l find some pace soon though. I think Jenson did his lap on the Hard tyre so wont have to pit so early as the front 2 rows

[the.stroker]

So what do we make of the race so far,ferrari P1 and P2 at the mo,i feel for vettel!

[MintecMiniSpares]

Very boring race!

[the.stroker]

Its all over , a 1 , 2 for ferrari , hamilton P3.
Next stop for the F1 circus , Australia in 2 weeks

[markxe]

Well if thats the state of things to come I for one will be switching off. How boring was that race.

[AndrewJ530]

Yeh i wasn't to impressed with that race either. However, bahrain has never been the most exciting circuit and never will be. Roll on australia. Melbourne should be good.

Also, it was good to see that rob smeadley hasn't lost his boro accent .

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

I thought it was brilliant. Not alot of overtaking going on, but Vettels problems added a cool aspect towards the end of the race, just goes to show that you can dominate with speed but if you dont have the reliability to match you wont get anywhere to quickly.

What do we all think will happen with that aerodynamic aid on the Mclarens? I dont see it being there by Australia, its a clever innovation, but the other teams didnt think of it so they will all complain. It doesnt breach the rules but will be twisted so it does.

[the.stroker]

As its driver operated I dont see the problem , charlie whiteing was more than happy for them to run with it , the other teams of course will *woman of ill repute* and moan.

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

As its driver operated I dont see the problem , charlie whiteing was more than happy for them to run with it , the other teams of course will *woman of ill repute* and moan.

Yeah, its not a moving aerodynamical part either, unlike the 2008 Rear wings, no problem there.

[Dan]

What do we all think will happen with that aerodynamic aid on the Mclarens?

It didn't seem to do very much for them though so people will probably just forget about it. I suspect it will stay in use until there is a proper battle going on during a race with one of the McLarens fighting another car and apparently getting a boost from the special duct. After that there will be complaints, trials, court battle, and ultimately it will be banned. Real innovation always gets banned before it gets a chance to make a real difference. The steering brake McLaren used in '97 was the big thing that should have really taken off but didn't get a chance.