Vitaly Petrov will become Russia’s first F1 driver Vitaly Petrov will race for Renault in 2010 and becomes Russia’s first ever F1 driver. The 25 year-old, who has spent the last three-and-a-half seasons racing in GP2, was announced as the team mate for Robert Kubica by Renault at the launch of their R30 today.

Renault have gone back to their classic yellow and black colours The Renault R30 has been unveiled by the team at Valencia. See the first pictures of the new car below. As was widely expected, the new livery marks a return to classic Renault yellow and black colours

2010 BMW Sauber C29 and 2009 BMW F1.09 (click to enlarge) The most striking difference between the new BMW Sauber C29 and its predecessor, the BMW F1.09, is the lack of and major sponsors on the new car. But there are some notable design changes on the new car. Designer Willy Rampf has followed the 2010 trend for high noses and smaller, more sculpted sidepod air intakes.

The BMW Sauber C29 has an almost sponsor-free livery BMW Sauber have revealed their 2010 F1 car. The car lacks any major sponsors although the team announced several deals into the run-up to the launch, some of which feature on the car

Top qualifiers face a tyre choice handicap in 2010 It comes as no surprise to learn there are yet more changes to the F1 rules planned for this year. Not only is a second change to the points system planned – the second in two months – but now some drivers may also be forced to start the race on the tyres they qualified on.

Fast cars and stars of the future in British F3 F1 Fanatic guest writer Ben Evans reminds us to take in more than just the 19 race on the F1 calendar in 2010. Over the past few weeks there has been plenty of discussion on F1 Fanatic about going to see F1 races, ticket prices and so on

Fast cars and stars of the future in British F3 F1 Fanatic guest writer Ben Evans reminds us to take in more than just the 19 race on the F1 calendar in 2010. Over the past few weeks there has been plenty of discussion on F1 Fanatic about going to see F1 races, ticket prices and so on.

All smiles for Hamilton and Button at the McLaren launch If yesterday’s Ferrari launch left us all worried that all the 2010 F1 cars were going to look like fat RB5s, the revealing of the McLaren MP4-25 put that thought from our minds. But just as interesting as the car was our first glimpse of how Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button get on as team mates

2010 Ferrari F10 and McLaren MP4-25 (click to enlarge) The McLaren MP4-25 has been launched today. So now we can see how it compares to arch-rival Ferrari’s 2010 car, the F10 , which was launched yesterday

I’m heading to Vodafone’s headquarters today for the launch of McLaren’s 2010 F1 car, the MP4-25. I intend to post updates from there throughout the day and McLaren are also broadcasting the launch online