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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Force India to unveil new car in Barcelona pit lane

This is the car from last year.

Force India have become the latest team to confirm the launch date of their 2016 challenger, revealing that the Mercedes-powered VJM09 will break cover in the Barcelona pit lane on the opening morning of the first pre-season test at Barcelona on February 22. Toro Rosso meanwhile are expected to officially launch their new car on February 29th, with the Ferrari-powered machine running in an temporary test livery until then. Here are the other key dates for your diary as it stands…

Confirmed car launches/roll-outs

TEAM	CHASSIS (POWER UNIT)	DATE	VENUE
Renault	R.S.16 (Renault)	February 3	Paris, France
Red Bull	RB12 (TAG Heuer)	February 17 (livery only)	London, UK
Ferrari	TBC (Ferrari)	February 19	Online
McLaren	MP4-31 (Honda)	February 21	Online
Haas	TBC (Ferrari)	February 22	Barcelona, Spain
Manor	MRT05 (Mercedes)	February 22	Barcelona, Spain
Force India	VJM09 (Mercedes)	February 22	Barcelona, Spain
Toro Rosso	STR11 (Ferrari)	February 29 (official)	Barcelona, Spain
Sauber	C35 (Ferrari)	March 1	Barcelona, Spain

Pre-season testing

VENUE	DATES
Barcelona, Spain	February 22 - 25
Barcelona, Spain	March 1 - 4

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Max Verstappen onboard F1 Show Run in the Snow

This is awesome!

Monday, February 15, 2016

New Ferrari to break cover on Friday

Ferrari have announced that they will unveil their 2016 car this coming Friday, three days before the start of the first pre-season test of the year in Barcelona.

The wraps will come of the as-yet-unnamed machine - the successor to 2015’s race-winning SF15-T - at 1400 CET (1300 GMT) on Ferrari’s official website.

According to Formula1.com's technical illustrator Giorgio Piola, Ferrari are set to make a raft of changes to their car for 2016, including radical innovations in the layout of their power unit, the introduction of pushrod front suspension, a shorter nose (which falls somewhere between what Mercedes and Toro Rosso used in 2015), lower sidepods with a narrower ‘coke bottle’ rear end, and a narrower gearbox.

The Italian team finished second in last year's constructors' championship, with Sebastian Vettel taking three wins. The German is expected to share driving duties with team mate Kimi Raikkonen when testing gets underway in Spain on February 22.

(source: f1.com)

Sunday, February 14, 2016

A Remarkable Recovery - Coulthard on Vettel's 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix

Take a look at this video from 2012. I have gotta say that this was a great moment in Formula One history. This is the kind of drama you would want in the last race of the season. Remember 2007 Kimi, Hamilton and Alonso? or 2008 with Massa and Hamilton? or with Vettel and Alonso in 2010? I hope 2016 will be like those years were. 2012 was very exciting in the last race and it has been almost 4 years since we have seen something like that.