Mercedes GP Petronas strengthens technichal team
Samstag, 1.Oktober 2011The MERCEDES GP PETRONAS Formula One Team is pleased to announce two new appointments as the team continues to strengthen its technical structure. Geoffrey Willis will join the team as Technology Director on 17 October and Aldo Costa will begin his role as Engineering Director on 1 December.
Aldo and Geoffrey will report to Technical Director [...]
2011 SPANISH GRAND PRIX – PRACTICE
Freitag, 20.Mai 2011MERCEDES GP PETRONAS drivers Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher finished today’s practice sessions at the Circuit de Catalunya in sixth and seventh places respectively on the timesheets.
• The team’s programme for today focused on evaluating the new developments to the MGP W02 car for this weekend.
• Tyre evaluations, particularly with the new Pirelli hard compound [...]
F1 Barcelona Test – Day 1
Samstag, 19.Februar 2011Formula One’s third pre-season test began at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona today with Michael Schumacher kicking off the programme for the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team. Nico Rosberg will take over the car on Saturday and Sunday, before Michael completes the four-day test on Monday.
With the track damp from overnight rain and [...]
Bob Bell joins Mercedes GP Petronas as Technical Director
Freitag, 18.Februar 2011MERCEDES GP PETRONAS is pleased to announce the appointment of Bob Bell in the position of Technical Director with effect from 1 April 2011, further strengthening the team’s engineering expertise.
Reporting to Team Principal Ross Brawn, Bob’s role will primarily be based at the team’s factory in Brackley with overall responsibility for the technical operations of [...]
2010 Year in Review: January to March
Dienstag, 28.Dezember 2010Slowly the year 2010 comes to an end. In the first part of review we look at the highlights of the months January to March.
E-Class Cabriolet
Positive signals underline the Mercedes-Benz presence at the 2010 North American International Auto Show. The highlight of the opening day was the debut of the new E-Class Cabriolet, which is [...]
F1 Singapore: Nico Rosberg Fifth
Sonntag, 26.September 2010Nico Rosberg continued his run of points-scoring finishes today with a strong drive to take fifth place at the Singapore Grand Prix from seventh position on the grid. Team-mate Michael Schumacher had a more eventful race with two out-of-sync pit stops compromising his track position and he finished the 61-lap race in 13th place.
1. F. [...]
Nico Rosberg explains a Formula One Start
Montag, 20.September 2010A Formula One race begins with the start. But importnt processes occur first for an optimal launch into the race.
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F1 Hockenheim: Nico Rosberg eighth, Michael Schumacher ninth
Sonntag, 25.Juli 2010Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher finished the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim in eighth and ninth positions today.
Michael made up three places at the start to be running in eighth position with Nico shadowing him in ninth place. He made his only pit stop on lap 14 with Nico staying out longer and making his [...]
Formula One German Grand Prix – Facts and Infos
Freitag, 23.Juli 2010The German Grand Prix, of the 2010 Formula One World Championship, takes place at the Hockenheimring. Following the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, the weekend will be the second home race in a row for MERCEDES GP PETRONAS.
Located in the middle of a forest, the Hockenheimring has a capacity of 200,000, with the best grandstand [...]
F1 German Grand Prix at Hockenheimring – Preview
Sonntag, 18.Juli 2010The German Grand Prix, Round 11 of the 2010 Formula One World Championship, takes place at the Hockenheimring on Sunday 25 July. Following the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, the weekend will be the second home race in a row for MERCEDES GP PETRONAS and held just 100kms from the Daimler and Mercedes-Benz headquarters in [...]
Deutsche Post teams up with Mercedes GP Petronas
Donnerstag, 13.Mai 2010MERCEDES GP PETRONAS and Deutsche Post are pleased to announce a new partnership between the team and the German communications company starting from the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo this weekend.
Mercedes-Benz and the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team will be supporting Deutsche Post’s new ‘Online Letter’ initiative and will be making use of this new [...]
Michael Schumacher tops fan survey
Donnerstag, 25.März 2010In an international survey of motor racing fans on behalf of F1 Racing magazine, LG Electronics and FOTA (the Formula One Teams Association), Michael Schumacher came out top of the favourite Formula One driver category.
The seven-time Formula One World Champion received 19.5% of the votes, with Fernando Alonso (9.7%) and Kimi Räikkönen (7.2%) in second [...]
Record title winners
Donnerstag, 11.März 2010For a long time Formula One driver Juan Manuel Fangio was considered most successful racing driver in his class. Five world champion titles in 8 years brought him immortality. In the racing season 1954 and 1955 he brought Mercedes-Benz two titles. Only one person has overtaken him: Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP Petronas team member – [...]
Pictures: Mercedes GP Petronas pre-season test in Jerez
Sonntag, 14.Februar 2010Here some pictures of the second Formula one pre-season test for the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team in Jerez/Spain. The next test for MERCEDES GP PETRONAS will start in Jerez on Wednesday 17 February.
Pictures: Mercedes GP Petronas
The final day of this week’s test in Jerez
Samstag, 13.Februar 2010The day started slowly with early morning rain leaving the track still very wet for the start of the session. Michael completed a few exploratory laps before returning to the garage to wait for a dry line to emerge.
Michael went back out once the track had dried sufficiently to run on slick tyres and made [...]
Nico Rosberg continues Jerez test action
Freitag, 12.Februar 2010Nico Rosberg was back at the wheel of the MGP W01 car in Jerez today for the third day of this week’s test session although the rain returned to southern Spain to once again interrupt the track activity.
Nico had just one short run on the dry track early this morning before the rain began to [...]
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