http://www.yallaf1.com Daily Formula 1 News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:59:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/02/09/meredes-boss-wants-schumacher-beyond-2012/ http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/02/09/meredes-boss-wants-schumacher-beyond-2012/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:28:51 +0000 Editor http://www.yallaf1.com/?p=94251
Feb.9 (GMM) Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche on Thursday indicated he would like Michael Schumacher to extend his Mercedes GP contract beyond 2012. Seven time world champion Schumacher's existing three year contract, dating back to his decision to return to F1 in 2010 after a three-year sabbatical, runs out this year. Zetsche is quoted by Seddeutsche [...]]]> http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/02/09/meredes-boss-wants-schumacher-beyond-2012/feed/ 7 http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/02/09/schumacher-im-around-to-fight-for-the-championship/ http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/02/09/schumacher-im-around-to-fight-for-the-championship/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:12:25 +0000 Editor http://www.yallaf1.com/?p=94060
Feb.9 (Reuters) Michael Schumacher was hoping the late arrival of his new Mercedes would pay off after doing nearly two race distances in last year's car on the second afternoon of Formula One testing on Wednesday. Despite that, and despite setting a quickest lap that was meaningless on a day when rivals were trying out [...]]]> http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/02/09/schumacher-im-around-to-fight-for-the-championship/feed/ 5 http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/02/08/mercedes-we-made-the-most-of-a-reliable-car/ http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/02/08/mercedes-we-made-the-most-of-a-reliable-car/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:02:41 +0000 Editor http://www.yallaf1.com/?p=94007
Feb.8 (Mercedes) Michael Schumacher was at the wheel of the MGP W02 today for the second day of this week’s test in Jerez, completing a total of 132 laps of the Spanish circuit. The morning's programme focused on comparisons and evaluation of the soft and hard compound Pirelli tyres Michael then concentrated on a set-up [...]]]> http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/02/08/mercedes-we-made-the-most-of-a-reliable-car/feed/ 0 http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/02/07/jerez-test-day-1-mercedes-report/ http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/02/07/jerez-test-day-1-mercedes-report/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:47:06 +0000 Editor http://www.yallaf1.com/?p=93840
Feb.7 (Mercedes) Mercedes AMG Petronas began its 2012 testing programme in Jerez today, using the team's 2011 car, the MGP W02.- Nico Rosberg tested during the morning while Michael Schumacher was in the car for the afternoon- Both drivers completed a set-up programme which focused on learning about the behaviour of the 2012 Pirelli tyres- [...]]]> http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/02/07/jerez-test-day-1-mercedes-report/feed/ 0 http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/02/01/button-we-have-every-reason-to-feel-optimistic/ http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/02/01/button-we-have-every-reason-to-feel-optimistic/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:57:38 +0000 Editor http://www.yallaf1.com/?p=93042
Feb.1 (McLaren) Jenson Button joined Vodafone McLaren Mercedes as the newly crowned world champion at the end of the 2009 season and re-signed a new multi-year deal with the team last autumn. His runner-up position in the 2011 world drivers’ championship, including victories in Hungary and Japan and a career-best last-to-first final-lap win in Canada, [...]]]> http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/02/01/button-we-have-every-reason-to-feel-optimistic/feed/ 0 http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/02/01/haug-justifies-mercedes-gp-late-launch/ http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/02/01/haug-justifies-mercedes-gp-late-launch/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:04:41 +0000 Editor http://www.yallaf1.com/?p=93006
Feb.1 (GMM) Mercedes GP will not stun the Formula 1 world with a secret 2012 innovation, insists motorsport boss Norbert Haug. The German marque's competition boss is referring to the fact that the Brackley based team is holding back its new car - the W03 - until the second test of the forthcoming winter pre-season [...]]]> http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/02/01/haug-justifies-mercedes-gp-late-launch/feed/ 0 http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/01/16/mercedes-copycat-lotus-braking-system/ http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/01/16/mercedes-copycat-lotus-braking-system/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:07:40 +0000 Editor http://www.yallaf1.com/?p=91979
Jan.16 (GMM) Mercedes GP  is the next team working on a copy of Lotus' innovative 'braking ride-height correction' system ahead of the 2012 F1 world championship season. Shortly after news broke that the former Renault team had devised a passive and therefore legal system to stabilise a car's ride height under braking, reports emerged that [...]]]> http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/01/16/mercedes-copycat-lotus-braking-system/feed/ 1 http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/01/11/top-mercedes-man-moves-to-ferrari/ http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/01/11/top-mercedes-man-moves-to-ferrari/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:04:09 +0000 Editor http://www.yallaf1.com/?p=91730
Jan.11 (GMM) The Ferrari team is congregating this week at Madonna di Campiglio, an Italian ski resort, for its annual Wrooom pre-season media event. One of the first pieces of news to emerge from the Dolomites is the move from Mercedes of Steve Clark to the famous Italian squad. Briton Clark was Brackley based Mercedes [...]]]> http://www.yallaf1.com/2012/01/11/top-mercedes-man-moves-to-ferrari/feed/ 1