Sauber and Renault to launch today
Today in Valencia the wraps will come off the Sauber and Renault challengers in preparation for the start of testing tomorrow. The week ahead will see McLaren, Mercedes, Ferrari, Sauber, Williams, Renault and Toro Rosso all in action. The drivers expected to be seen are Gary Paffett, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button for McLaren; Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher for Mercedes; Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso for Ferrari; Pedro de la Rosa and Kamui Kobayashi for Sauber, Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg for Williams; Robert Kubica and AN Other (probably Vitaly Petrov) for Renault; and Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari for Toro Rosso. We will not be seeing Red Bull Racing, Force India, Lotus, Virgin, Campos or US F1.
- Random Update on Several Topics (F1, Life, Music) Just a quick update as it’s 3AM and I need to try to get back to sleeping normally within 2 days for Christmas (yeah, that’s going to work! Haha!) F1 Firstly, F1. According to the BBC, who quoted German newspaper “Bild”, Michael Schumacher has signed for Mercedes for 2010 and it will be formally announced tomorrow. Good
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- Will Schumacher join Mercedes? Probably. Friday saw this correspondent seriously doubting these claims and scorning Andrew Benson’s limp ‘evidence’ of the proposed deal coming in the form of a rejected telephone inquiry with Sabine Kehm and the sight of the star on a Karting track. However, despite these frailties it is becoming ever more clear in my mind that
- Schumacher Says It Himself: driving for Mercedes F1 is a “very strong possibility” by Jonathon Ramsey (RSS feed) on Dec 21st, 2009 at 4:28PM There are hearts breaking all over Italy, and the biggest one of all is that which beats in the chest of Ferrari head Luca de Montezemolo. Michael Schumacher is still under contract to The Prancing Horse as a global ambassador and consultant for their road
- Ferrari will allow Schumacher to leave Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has said that he will let Schumacher leave to Mercedes-Benz GP if he chooses to do so. Michael Schumacher recently signed a three-year contract to help Ferrari develop road cars and be an ambassador for them, but di Montezemolo says the contract is “not binding” and he may leave if he
- Schumacher ends three-day GP2 test After the official confirmation that he will join Mercedes GP for the 2010 season, Michael Schumacher has been busy behind the wheel of a GP2 car. The German spent 3 days testing at the Jerez circuit in Spain in order to gather data for Mercedes and for himself, from a physical point of view. Michael’s test