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Following a meeting at their Milton Keynes factory on Thursday, Red Bull believe they have drawn a line under the collision between drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber during the Turkish Grand Prix. Vettel, Webber, team principal Christian Horner, chief technical officer Adrian Newey and Red Bull Motorsport consultant Dr Helmut Marko all attended the meeting at the team’s UK factory
If the life of a rookie is tough, then the life of an F1 returnee is surely just as taxing.
BMW Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi has endured a difficult start to the 2010 season. A mixture of technical problems and accidents saw Kobayashi retire from five of the opening six races
McLaren marked the 40th anniversary of the death of team founder Bruce McLaren on Wednesday at their Woking headquarters. McLaren, who won four Grands Prix, died on June 2, 1970 while testing a McLaren Can-Am car at Goodwood. The entire company gathered outside the McLaren Technology Centre for a minute’s silence during the afternoon.
Lotus have announced a trio of new appointments to their technical department. Mark Smith will become the team’s technical director, working under the direction of chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne, following the end of his notice period at his current team Force India. Lewis Butler will join as Lotus’s chief designer, whilst Marianne Hinson will become head of aerodynamics.
Just days after clinching second place at the Turkish Grand Prix, McLaren’s Jenson Button took time to reflect on his title-winning success of 2009 on Wednesday, as he was awarded an MBE by Her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace in London. World champion Button, who took the title driving for Brawn GP, was named in the Queen’s New Year Honours list.
Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix saw Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg struggle home to 14th and 17th places respectively for Williams. Although a marked improvement on their double retirement at the Monaco race, it was a disappointing result for the British team, who are currently seventh in the constructors’ standings. But with the upgraded front wing set to be in place on both FW32s at the forthcoming Canadian race, technical director Sam Michael is optimistic they’ll enjoy an improved showing in Montreal
Lewis Hamilton has won the Turkish Grand Prix from McLaren team mate Jenson Button.
After the glitz and glamour of Monaco, in Turkey the paddock focus returned to the on-track action and some thrilling support races to this weekend’s Formula One competition…
Red Bull’s Mark Webber once again took the top grid slot during qualifying for Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix. But with McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton in second, Sebastian Vettel found himself down in third in the other RB6. Reigning world champion Jenson Button in the second McLaren and Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher make up the top five