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From the 2010 season, German driver Nico Rosberg will drive for the new Mercedes team in the Formula 1 World Championship, Mercedes-Benz Motorsport announced today.
Three years after his father Keke had won the Formula 1 World Championship, Nico Rosberg, 24, was born in Wiesbaden, Germany on ...
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Nico Rosberg
Mercedes-Benz
Ross Brawn
Keke Rosberg
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Welcome to F1 Minute for the 20th November 2009.
Williams announced today that they have sold a stake in their team to an Austrian investment company, somewhere between 10 and 49%, which doesn’t really narrow it down. The head of that company Toto Wolff has ...
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Frank Williams
Ferrari
Nick Fry sits on the pitwall for Brawn GP during the British Grand Prix 2009. Fry has been quite open today about the team’s decision not to release Jenson Button from his contract with them before the end of the year. Although the Brit has signed for McLaren for 2010, he won’t ...
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Jenson Button
McLaren
British Grand Prix
Nick Heidfeld
Ross Brawn
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Today is the 19th November 2009, welcome to F1 Minute.
Autosport reports that Brawn GP aren’t going to be letting Button out of his contract with them anytime soon, as Nick Fry has confirmed the team are still working things out with him. He said: “Jenson will not ...
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Jenson Button
Ross Brawn
Toyota
Nick Heidfeld
Jarno Trulli
The Renault F1 Team’s 2010 driver, Robert Kubica, will take part in the Rallye du Var (27-29 November) behind the wheel of a Clio Renault Sport R3 Maxi.
Just two weeks after his first experience in a Clio Renault Sport R3 on the roads of the Rally Taormina-Messina in Sicily, Robert Kubica ...
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Renault
Robert Kubica
Renault F1
Kimi Raikkonen returns to the pitlane after winning the Belgian Grand Prix this year. It will be his last win in F1 for now, as Kimi’s manager confirmed the former Ferrari driver won’t be returning to the cockpit in 2010. Also in the news today , Spa Francorchamps received the ...
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Kimi Räikkönen
Spa-Francorchamps
Bridgestone
Belgian Grand Prix
Ferrari
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It’s the 18th November 2009 and this is F1 Minute.
It’s all happened today, with the first news to hit us this morning that Kimi Raikkonen wouldn’t be racing in F1 next year. It’s been a rumour, obviously, but his manager Steve Robertson confirmed that the Finn ...
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McLaren
Jenson Button
Lewis Hamilton
Kimi Räikkönen
Spa-Francorchamps
Sensational double World Champion driver line-up created as Jenson Button joins Lewis Hamilton at Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
Woking, 18 November 2009: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes is delighted to announce the signing of the reigning World Champion Jenson Button to a multi-year deal. He will be ...
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McLaren
Vodafone
Jenson Button
Lewis Hamilton
Ross Brawn
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This is F1 Minute, today is the 17th November 2009.
Timo Glock has confirmed his immediate future in Formula 1 by signing with the new Manor Grand Prix team. Glock says: “Every driver has the same overall objective – to win the world championship one day ...
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Timo Glock
Toyota
Mark Webber tests out the new GP3 chassis at Paul Ricard today. GP3 is a feeder series which is launching in 2010 to run alongside the GP2 events. The ten teams signed up to the series were invited to the circuit today to watch the car in action and talk to the technical partners involved in ...
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Mark Webber
Paul Tracy
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Welcome to F1 Minute, it’s the 16th November 2009.
There is only one topic of conversation today and that is Mercedes’ purchase of Brawn GP. The engine manufacturer confirmed they have taken 45.1% of the team, with the current stakeholders only keeping 24.9%. ...
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Ross Brawn
McLaren
Jenson Button
Lewis Hamilton
Nico Rosberg
Nick Heidfeld
A 1992 test run of the Sauber C12 saw the Mercedes-Benz brand re-enter Formula One for the first time since 1955. The V10 had been built by Ilmor in partnership with Mercedes and helped the Sauber team finish 7th that year with 12 points to their name.
Credit: Daimler AG
> > Brand New ...
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Sauber
Mercedes-Benz
McLaren
Ross Brawn
Mercedes-Benz will enter the Formula 1 World Championship with its own team, beginning with the 2010 season, and Daimler AG and McLaren Group will change their form of cooperation with effect as of 13 November 2009. This was announced by Daimler AG today.
Daimler AG together with Aabar ...
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Mercedes-Benz
Arrows
Ross Brawn
McLaren
McLaren and Mercedes-Benz are delighted to announce a realigned long-term strategic alliance.
The agreement covers the next six Formula 1 seasons (2010-15) and also provides mechanisms whereby the partnership may continue beyond 2015.
The reaffirmation of the two companies’ commitment to ...
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McLaren
Mercedes-Benz
Vodafone
Giancarlo Fisichella’s chassis hovers above Prague during a PR stopover in the Czech Republic. Back in September 2007, the ING Renault F1 driver visited children at the Motol Faculty Hospital before heading on to the Belgian Grand Prix.
Earlier today, circuit boss Toni Charouz said ...
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Renault F1
Giancarlo Fisichella
ING
Belgian Grand Prix
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Today is the 13th November 2009 and this is F1 Minute.
Autosport is reporting today that officials in the Czech Republic have their eye on hosting a Grand Prix at some point in the future, but they’re hoping to get a DTM race first. The track doesn’t exist yet ...
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Nick Heidfeld
Jenson Button
McLaren
Flavio Briatore discusses matters with Pay Symonds during the Grand Prix weekend at the Nurburgring in 2006. This week, information regarding Briatore’s case against the FIA has leaked into UK newspapers, and the FIA have condemned whoever is releasing the details. They defend their ...
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Flavio Briatore
Nürburgring
Renault
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This is F1 Minute for the 12th October 2009. Welcome.
It was only a matter of time before the FIA hit headlines again, and this time they are criticising whoever it is that is leaking vital documentation regarding Flavio Briatore. The Guardian newspaper has ...
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Flavio Briatore
Lotus
Mike Conway
Alex Wurz drives the Williams F1 round Jerez during a test back in January 2007. The Spanish circuit will see action again at the beginning of December when teams turn up with young drivers hoping for a chance behind the wheel. Renault, Toro Rosso and Red Bull have all picked their drivers ...
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Williams F1
Renault
Red Bull
Frank Williams
Alexander Wurz
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Hello and welcome to F1 Minute for the 11th October 2009.
It’s all about new drivers today as the teams gear up for a young driver test at the beginning of December. There are three days available from the 1st December for drivers that have competed in less than ...