Calendar:

Round 1 - 14th March - Bahrain, Sakhir
Round 2 - 28th March - Australia, Melbourne
Round 3 - 4th April - Malaysia, Sepang
Round 4 - 18th April - China, Shanghai
Round 5 - 9th May - Spain, Barcelona
Round 6 - 16th May - Monaco, Monte-Carlo
Round 7 - 30th May - Turkey, Istanbul
Round 8 - 13th June - Canada, Montreal (back to the calendar)
Round 9 - 27th June - Europe, Valencia
Round 10 - 11th July - Great Britain, Silverstone
Round 11 - 25th July - Germany, Hockenheim
Round 12 - 1st August - Hungary, Hungaroring
Round 13 - 29th August - Belgium, Spa Francorchamps
Round 14 - 12th September - Italy, Monza
Round 15 - 26th September - Singapore, Singapore
Round 16 - 10th October - Japan, Suzuka
Round 17 - 24th October - South Korea, Yeongam (new circuit)
Round 18 - 7th November - Brazil, Interlagos
Round 19 - 14th November - Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi

Teams and Drivers:

McLaren-Mercedes
1. Jenson Button, 30 y.o., current world champion, ex-Brawn.
2. Lewis Hamilton, 25 y.o., former world champion.

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3. Michael Schumacher, 41 y.o., former 7x world champion, back from retirement.
4. Nico Rosberg, 24 y.o., ex-Williams.

Red Bull-Renault
5. Sebastian Vettel, 22 y.o.
6. Mark Webber, 33 y.o.

Ferrari
7. Felipe Massa, 28 y.o.
8. Fernando Alonso, 28 y.o., former double world champion.

Williams-Cosworth
9. Rubens Barrichello, 37 y.o., ex-Brawn.
10. Nico Hulkenberg, 22 y.o., rookie driver ex-GP2 Series.

Renault
11. Robert Kubica, 25 y.o., ex-BMW Sauber.
12. Vitaly Petrov, 25 y.o., rookie driver ex-GP2 Series.

Force India-Mercedes
14. Adrian Sutil, 27 y.o.
15. Vitantonio Liuzzi, 28 y.o.

Toro Rosso-Ferrari
16. Sebastien Buemi, 21 y.o.
17. Jaime Alguersuari, 19 y.o.

Lotus-Cosworth (new team)
18. Jarno Trulli, 35 y.o., ex-Toyota.
19. Heikki Kovalainen, 28 y.o., ex-McLaren.

Campos-Cosworth (new team) **
20. TBA
21. Bruno Senna, 26 y.o., rookie driver ex-Le Mans Series.

USF1-Cosworth (new team) **
22. José María López, 26 y.o., rookie driver ex-Turismo Carretera series.
23. TBA

Virgin-Cosworth (new team)
24. Timo Glock, 27 y.o., ex-Toyota.
25. Lucas di Grassi, 25 y.o., rookie driver ex-GP2 Series.

BMW Sauber-Ferrari ***
26. Pedro de la Rosa, 38 y.o., ex-McLaren test driver.
27. Kamui Kobayashi, 23 y.o., ex-Toyota.

* The Brawn team, winner of last year's championship, was purchased and re-branded by Mercedes.
** There remains large doubts over whether Campos and USF1 will appear in the races.
*** BMW has no involvement with the Sauber team anymore but the team will retain its name for now.

Cars:

McLaren MP4-25


Mercedes W01


Red Bull RB6


Ferrari F10


Williams FW32


Renault R30


Force India VJM03


Toro Rosso STR5


Lotus


Virgin VR-01


BMW Sauber C29


Regulation changes:

* Refuelling during the race will now be banned.

* The points system has been changed. The winner of the race will get 25 points, the second placed 18, then 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1, extending points scorers all the way up to 10th place. Previous points system was 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.

* The cars will no longer be forced to qualify with race fuel in the final part of qualifying.

* The top 10 quickest qualifiers will be forced to start the race with the same tyres they used in qualifying.

* The front tyres will be narrower.

* Wheel covers have been banned.

* Each car will now have 11 sets of tyres per weekend (previously 14).

* KERS is not directly banned by the regulations, but all the teams have agreed not to use it anymore.

* Drivers that stand-in for other drivers mid-season will now get 1 day of testing prior to their first race.

An interesting site about F1 and other motorsport:

* My blog.

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Last edited by noikeee on Feb-10-2010 at 22:37

Great thread..... will be using it soon.


I can no longer be a McLaren fan, even though i was one for like..... 10 years?


I really want shumi to do good, but i doubt ill be rooting for Mercedes.

I have officially become a fan of the redbull team.

I am also exited to see what kobayashi can do.

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I love the virgin livery, also Renault

I wonder if we'll be adding Stefan GP to that list

Funny how Williams and Lotus "spy shots" are taken in the same spot

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Originally posted by nchs09 I can no longer be a McLaren fan, even though i was one for like..... 10 years?

what's changed ?

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Originally posted by nchs09 I am also exited to see what kobayashi can do.

I'm super hyped for this ^ The Sauber looks rad and their testing times have been pretty decent for whatever that's worth at this point. This kid was super impressive in the last few races last year.

I love the McLaren exhausts.

I'm excited to see what Schu can do.

I want Lotus to win one for nostalgia-sake though I doubt that will happen.

I like the new points system and hope it will do as intended and make drivers fight for that one extra place.

I love the refueling ban. I think that will create an interesting dynamic especially early in the season while everyone gets used to it.

Ultimately, I don't know if there's one team or driver I will stick with all season. I'm excited for the unknown's this season and for the variety. I think there's a lot of positives going into it and hopefully it lives up to my own excitement

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Didn't realize it was so soon. Cant wait. I dont think Michael Schumacher will do very well though. Big mistake coming back.

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Originally posted by stren I love the virgin livery, also Renault I wonder if we'll be adding Stefan GP to that list Funny how Williams and Lotus "spy shots" are taken in the same spot what's changed ?

Jenson Button is a little bitch who cant drive a proper car.

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I love the sumakar.

I'm excited to see what sumakar can do.I want Lotus to win one for nostalgia-sumakar though I doubt that will happen.I like the new points system and hope it will do as intended and make drivers fight for that one extra place.
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I love the sumakar.

I'm excited to see what sumakar can do.I want Lotus to win one for nostalgia-sumakar though I doubt that will happen.I like the new points system and hope it will do as intended and make drivers fight for that one extra place.
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2 weeks till race day... giggitty....

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On OOKA-OOKA ME NACHOS ME PRESS KEYS ON COMPUTER GOOD

So no surprise, USF1 can't make the grid this year.

Shame that the Serbian guy who bought all the Toyota F1 kit wasn't allowed to field a team this year. I wouldn't have wanted to deal with Jacques Villeneuve racing (and bitching) again but at least there would be another team on the grid.

It just sounds like a cheap move by USF1 delaying announcing the inevitable until as late as possible so as to prevent any other team from taking their spot.

Looking forward to next weekend for the first race!!

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