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Mercedes appoint Toto Wolff as director of motorsport

Toto Wolff, a shareholder in Williams, has been appointed Mercedes' motorsport boss and executive director of its Formula 1 team. The Austrian, 41, replaces Norbert Haug, who left Mercedes last month. Wolff will help run the company&# [...]

Posted On : Jan, 22 2013 | Comments : 0

Formula 1: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes - Spanish Grand Prix Pr...

Circuit de Catalunya facts & stats The Circuit de Catalunya was one of Barcelona’s many building projects during the build-up to the 1992 Olympic Games. It staged the start and finish of the time trial cycling event at the Games, a [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Formula 1: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes - Chinese Grand Prix Pr...

The scale of the Shanghai International Circuit is breathtaking. Built on marshland in 2003, the track sits on more than 40,000 stabilising concrete pillars and its infrastructure is bigger and bolder than at any other circuit on the Form [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Formula 1: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Pays Tribute to Pedro d...

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes today pays tribute to test and reserve driver Pedro de la Rosa, who leaves the team he initially joined in 2003 to start a new chapter in his life at Spain’s national Formula 1 team. Pedro very quickly e [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Formula 1: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes - Korean Grand Prix Pre...

“I had a pretty good race here last year, finishing second – it was a long, tough afternoon, but I’m glad we got the chance to put on a race for all the fans who’d come for the first-ever grand prix in Korea. &l [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Formula1: Mercedes loudest F1 car in 2011

That is the finding of the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, after testing the volume of this year’s field trackside in Monaco just over a week ago. The silver W02 registered 127.8 decibels, which is louder than the average human pa [...]

Posted On : Jun, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Formula 1: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes - Malaysian Grand Prix ...

“Sepang is a circuit I really love. It’s big, fast and wide with some really demanding high-speed corners where you can find a lot of time if you’re really able to get the car working to its full extent. “After th [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Schumacher, Mercedes look to turn F1 fortunes

Michael Schumacher''s hopesof turning around his return to Formula One began Tuesday intesting the new Mercedes car. The 42-year-old Schumacher, a seven-time F1 champion, wasset to drive at the Cheste Circuit after teammate NicoR [...]

Posted On : Feb, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Michael Schumacher targets F1 title with Mercedes team

The 41-year-old is returning to Formula 1 with new team Mercedes after a three-year spell away from the sport. "I am convinced Mercedes will be in a position to fight for the championships this season," said Schumacher. [...]

Posted On : Jan, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Formula 1 - Team McLaren Mercedes - Italian Grand Prix Prev...

Lewis Hamilton “Since we no longer test at Monza before the Santander Italian Grand Prix, it will take the drivers a bit of acclimatisation to get used to running in low downforce at this high-speed circuit. It’s a real c [...]