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Seriously i am still trying to get used to it. Seeing Schumi standing beside the Mercedes logo, is still quite hard for me to believe it :p
Come the newest season of F1, Michael Schumacher and his teammate Nico Rosberg will be in town earlier than the race to promote F1 in Kuala Lumpur !

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This is a pretty interesting video of Team Red Bull promoting their F1 car by having Sebastien Buemi driving on the frozen lakes of Montreal. This is not normal slick / wet tires that are used in F1 races but a specially made tungsten-studded Bridgestone tyres.

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It looks like 1Malaysia F1 team are all working hard to have their Lotus F1 car ready by the next 5 months before the 2010/11 Formula 1 season starts. This pair of images are a full scale wind tunnel model that will be brought to the test. From the look of it, it seems [...]

Jean Todt is now the FIA President after succeeding the seat from Max Mosley. Todt defeated former Rally champion Ari Vatanen by 135 votes to 49.
It is my intention to offer continuity but also to encourage change to meet the new challenges facing the sport and motoring in the years ahead,” Todt said. “We are [...]

Straight from Alexander Yoong’s twitter profile, he got a job with Lotus F1. I am guessing that he will be some kind of advisory post or having a top overview of the whole F1 team. Anyhow he is one of few Malaysia that is expose very much to the F1.

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ING will not be sponsoring the French Renault team anymore with the main reason of the race-fixing crash in the Singapore race.
In the official statement, ING says that they are really disappointed about the race-fixing and that they will not be present in Formula 1 starting at the  end of this year championship.
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Looks like our prediction of Team Lotus Sauber will become 1Malaysia Lotus or 1Malaysia Sauber. Nevertheless, Malaysia very own F1 team will start other other F1 constructors at the racing grid next season. The picture above is a miniature mockup of the new team but sponsors are yet to be included. We are expecting [...]

With the breaking news of BMW withdrawing from F1 on July, it open up possibility of Lotus to return to F1 after 15 years (since 1994). With 7 constructor winnings, team lotus is one of the best F1 team and had made significant contribution to today F1 technology. Unfortunately, after founder Colin Chapman’s death and [...]

A 3D simulation of the actually freak accident that nearly took Felipe Massa’s life in Budapest, Hungary. As he is recovering from the injury in Brazil, Michael Schumacher will be replacing him as the Ferrari Driver for this season.
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Interesting enough, Michael Schumacher will be returning to Formula 1 replacing injured Felippe Massa for maybe the rest of the season !
I guess his job as “The Stig” was just not enough, as those cars that he have driven on Top Gear is really nowhere near the F1 car :p
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