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The Honda Racing F1 Team becomes the Brawn GP Formula One Team

admin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:21:28 +0000

Honda Motor Company and Ross Brawn has confirmed this morning that they have reached an agreement for the Honda Racing F1 Team. The ownership of the team has been passed to Ross Brawn and the Brawn GP Formula One Team has now been born.

The new team has made an agreement with Mercedes-Benz who will supply the team with their FO108W engines which will now power three teams (McLaren, Force India and Brawn GP).

The driver line-up was also confirmed and Brawn GP will rely on the extremely experienced team of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. Rubens Barrichello made his Grand Prix debut for Jordan in1993 while Jenson made his debut for Williams in the year 2000, after only two years of single seater racing.

It is now a race against time as there are only 20 days left until the new Brawn GP cars will take the first free practice of the 2009 season in Melbourne, Australia.

New Force India car more competitive

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:53:40 +0000

Force India team co-owner Vijay Mallya has told Indian media (and relayed by Reuters) a bit about the new Force India VJM02 and he seems to have big hopes for it. In last November Force India signed a five-year deal with McLaren Mercedes and this will benefit the Indian team in the coming season.

“The new car, VJM02, is under construction. It will have a McLaren gearbox and Mercedes engine, which is a big change from VJM01.”

The car, which will be unveiled at Jerez in early March, will also use KERS designed by McLaren Mercedes.

Perhaps Force Indias first Formula 1 point isn’t that far away now…

Barba and Baguette one step closer to Formula 1

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:10:00 +0000

Marco Barba and Bertrand Baguette has now moved one step closer to Formula 1 as their World Series by Renault team Draco has entered into a partnership with the Force India Formula One Team. The Draco team will run the Force India F1′s livery in the World Series by Renault and the team will be used as a learning school for young racing talents.

Draco team owner Adriano Morini commented on the partnership with the Force India F1 team: “With this project we hope to pave the road for young and talented drivers to Formula One. With the Force India F1 team we have found the kind of team to make this possible.”

“With this collaboration we will have a preferential way for our drivers to F1. As everyone knows, until now we have placed many talents, but this is a new and more direct way,” said Morini. “The world of F1 has changed, drivers are recruited very young and this project with the Force India is ideal for both.

“We have created a chain with the Draco Junior Team in Formula Renault 2.0, with Facondini by Draco and RedStep-Draco. We want to arrive to the kart, in order to have a full program. Now we enjoy with our team this beautiful day! I want to thank those who cooperated in this project.”