Showing posts with label world champion. Show all posts
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Thursday, 27 January 2011

Ferrari names 2011 car F150

Ferrari has revealed that its new car will be called the F150, with it set to be revealed in Maranello live on Italian television this Friday. For 2011, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa remain as race drivers although, with Luca Badoer now in retirement, Jules Bianchi joins Marc Gené and Giancarlo Fisichella on the reserves bench.

‘The choice of name stems from Ferrari’s desire to pay tribute to this year’s 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy,’ reads an explanation on the Ferrari website. ‘The placement of the “Tricolore” Italian flag as part of the car livery will therefore have even more significance in 2011.’



The initiative has also received the appreciation of Italian Republic President Giorgio Napolitano, to which Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo replied: “Ferrari is an expression of Italian excellence, talent and creativity.

“All the men and women who put so much effort and passion into their work at Maranello share the pride and responsibility of representing our country around the world and it is in this spirit that we chose to dedicate this car to an event that is so important for the whole of Italy.”

Saturday, 11 December 2010

Vettel: Red Bull on schedule with RB7

Newly crowned Formula 1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel has revealed that Red Bull Racing should begin testing with their 2011 car, the Adrian Newey-designed RB7, right from the very first group test at Valencia in February.

In recent years the Milton Keynes-based outfit has always launched their new car quite late, but it appears the squad will take a different approach next season in a bid to improve reliability, something that was an issue at times with the RB6.

“At the moment it looks like our new car will be finished in time,” Vettel said in an interview with Die Welt. “The first tests are planned for the beginning of February at Valencia. Then we will be running each week, doing two-day tests [until Bahrain].”

Vettel meanwhile has conceded that 2011 will be a different challenge for him now he has the #1 on his car.

“It is the first time that I will be in this situation, one which I have always wanted to be in,” he added. “[But] I cannot continue in the same way as the past season.

"I will have to keep working and do everything I can to be stronger and faster. Formula 1 is not only a battle in which everyone has to build the fastest cars. There are also other things and drivers’ can make a difference - and I intend to do that,” he summed-up.