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Bahrain: V10 Faster than V8

{ Posted on Mar 11 2006 by dScribe }
After the first day of practice in Bahrain, the relative performance of each team's 2006 cars are being slowly revealed. It is always hard to judge the performance on free practice days. We usually have to wait until qualifying before ...Read More »

Top teams to run V10 after Bahrain?

{ Posted on Mar 09 2006 by dScribe }
There is a lot of talk in the paddock about how fast Scuderia Toro Rosso may be with their rev-limited V10 engine. So much so that there is a hot rumour that several of the top teams including McLaren have ...Read More »

Kimi Rejects $72m Offer

{ Posted on Feb 23 2006 by dScribe }
Kimi Raikkonen is rumoured to have rejected a $72 million offer from Ron Dennis to stay at McLaren until 2009. The deal would have seen him earn a cool $24m per year for 3 years. It looks increasingly likely that Kimi ...Read More »

2nd McLaren Team in 2007?

{ Posted on Feb 23 2006 by dScribe }
Mercedes may have a 2nd team in 2007 in the form of the Japanese-based Direxiv F1 Team. McLaren have been working with Direxiv since 2005. Last week they announced a driver development program with McLaren. Adding more fuel to the fire ...Read More »

2006 McLaren Livery – MP4-21 F1

{ Posted on Feb 12 2006 by dScribe }
Categories : Commercial, Formula 1 Teams
Once again McLaren are leading the way with a unique and innovative livery this season. This car literally is a Silver Arrow. The red wings most likely preparation for McLaren's 2007 Vodafone sponsorship. Despite not being a sponsor in 2006, I'm sure West ...Read More »