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The absolutely last, final 2010 entry list. Probably.

No place for Stefan GP, an unfortunate renaming for Campos Meta and a footnote on USF1, who appear destined to be no more than that.

1. Jenson Button (GBR)                           McLaren
2. Lewis Hamilton (GBR)

3. Michael Schumacher (GER)                 Mercedes
4. Nico Rosberg (GER)

5. Sebastian Vettel (GER)                       Red Bull Racing
6. Mark Webber (AUS)

7. Felipe Massa (BRA)                            Ferrari
8. Fernando Alonso [...]

Someone, somewhere wants a message from you

Saturday 27th February 2010, Stefan GP headquarters, Belgrade:

“Stefan GP would like to inform the public that the containers we sent on the beginning of February arrived in Bahrain. During next week we will show our Stefan Formula One car to the press as the final evidence that should put us on [...]

On dead ducks and entry procedures

17 days before official scrutineering takes place in Bahrain, the exact composition of the entry list for the 2010 Formula One world championship remains unknown.

After a long silence, USF1 team principal Ken Anderson announced this weekend that the team are currently in discussions with the FIA over missing the first four races of the season [...]

USFGone

At least, it appears that way.

Several Argentinian media outlets are reporting that contracted driver Jose Maria Lopez is actively seeking another F1 drive, with support from Bernie Ecclestone, having been told yesterday by USF1 sporting director Peter Windsor that the team would not be able to give him machinery with which to make his F1 [...]

On new cars and new teams

F1 launch season is practically at an end, with all but two of the teams entered for the 2010 world championship having revealed their challengers.  If you’ve been meaning to seek out pictures of the Ferrari F10, McLaren MP4-25, Williams FW32, Renault R30, Scuderia Toro Rosso STR5, Sauber C29, Red Bull RB6, Mercedes MGP W01, [...]

Man out of time - a quick catch-up

There are reasons why nothing has been posted for a little while, all of them rather too mundane to detain you with here.  Time that might otherwise have been spent doing this had to be spent doing something else instead.  There is, of course, a quick and easy fix: match my current salary.

Shall we have [...]

Honestly, you look away for two days…

An awful lot of things happened these past few days, and I was ill so didn’t get to blog about any of them.  The topics that merit further attention will receive it in due course, so let’s recap quickly:

Mercedes have bought a controlling stake in Brawn GP.  The team will race in 2010 as Mercedes [...]

USF1’s American dream on hold

Is it just me, or is this a triple A-grade piece of waffle from USF1 principal Peter Windsor?

“Because of all the time we’ve lost, our ambition to run two young Americans is looking more difficult.  I’m still hoping we’ll be able to run one American, but that’s a tall order because there aren’t many Americans [...]

Alonso to Ferrari, floodgates to open

Formula One’s worst-kept secret is out, Ferrari confirming Fernando Alonso on a three year deal starting in 2010.

It has since emerged that a deal starting in 2011 was concluded in the summer but has since been brought forward, the recent race fixing scandal and Kimi Raikkonen’s acceptance that he is no longer wanted at Maranello [...]

Today’s the day for FOTA

Today sees the release of the official entry list for the 2010 Formula One world championship season.  FOTA and the FIA have been negotiating right to the last minute, but there’s no official word from either party on whether a set of universally appealing rules could be agreed upon.

A couple of things to consider in [...]