Car Launches
Meet The Cars: Renault R30
Unveiled at the first group test of the year in Valencia, the Renault R30 was shown to the world with the backdrop of a pitlane and two new drivers to the team sitting on the wheels. Renault have endured a difficult few years, all starting when Fernando Alonso decided to switch allegiances for 2007 and [...]
Meet The Cars: McLaren MP4-25
The McLaren MP4-25 is, in many ways, quite a departure from the MP4-24 that graced the race tracks during the 2009 campaign. Although the old machine performed okay on occasion, last year was hardly a highlight in the team’s illustrious history. Although unlikely to be a clean-slate design, the 25 does have some interesting new [...]
Meet The Cars: Ferrari F10
Ferrari traditionally launch quite early in comparison to their rivals, and 2010 was no exception, the Maranello squad unveiling their machine ahead of everybody else. In a simple ceremony at the team’s headquarters in Northern Italy, the F10 was shown to the world and due to be shaken down at the test track enclosed within [...]
Caption Contest: #91
The ninety-first photograph to feature in BlogF1’s caption contest. You know the drill, think of something funny and witty to say and leave it as a comment below. I’m not entirely sure what is going on, but BlogF1 appears to have been taken over by Nick Heidfeld fans who are intent on publishing photos of [...]
Launches 2009: STR Unveil Car Number Four
While at the Circuit de Catalunya yesterday the Faenza-based Scuderia Toro Rosso team unveiled the fourth car to be built by the team. The STR4 was shown the press ahead of it’s public debut with Sebastien Bourdais. The car had taken part in a private shakedown at the Adria circuit last week, and after 96 [...]
Brawn BGP 001 Debuts At Silverstone
Given everything that has happened in the past few months regarding Honda and the subsequent stories of buyouts and takeover deals, today is a pretty momentous day. The photographs of Jenson Button driving a Formula One car around Silverstone are pleasing to the eye and undoubtedly it was an emotional day for Ross Brawn and [...]
Launches 2009: Force India VJM02 Makes Track Debut
Although among the last of the cars to be launched, Force India’s 2009 challenger, the VJM02, was given a shakedown at Silverstone earlier in the week. Today, photographs of the short test as well as some studio images that show the squad’s new livery have been spreading around the Internet. It is currently unclear as [...]
Williams Reveal Final 2009 Livery
Although it has been leaked twice already, Williams finally unveiled their 2009 livery at a media function held within the team’s factory in Oxfordshire a couple of days ago. The final version of the livery is quite different to what we have seen previously, the blue having been lightened a little. The car also featured [...]
