The Car Hub

A tough day ahead at Silverstone for McLaren who are striving to match the speed of the Red Bull cars
The new modifications which were expected to improve the McLarens performance have not produced the required results and on yesterdays practice laps the Red Bulls were 1.5secs per lap faster, an enormous distance in Grand Prix terms.

Following on from lessons learnt at the first GP of this season at Bahrain, this coming weekend’s Melbourne GP will provide further tests for the cars plus an “Aussie” special.
The Melbourne track is in Albert Park on normal street roads, there are a lot of “S” bends on the circuit which means cars will be racing in close proximity to each other and the overheating of engines could again pose a real threat.

The first GP event under the 2010 new rules was good news for the tea industry  what a boring event, you cannot, repeat cannot call that a race.
Perhaps the next GP in Australia which has a shorter lap will provide more of a spectacle but on this long track in Bahrain under these new rules what a bore yesterdays event was.

The man who stole the first headlines at the first practise session of the first race of the 2010 GP season was Germany’s Adrian Sutil in his Force India car. Betting favourite Alonso managed second place with Robert Kubica third.
The big boys – Button as current champion, Hamilton and the returning Schumaker will have another chance for this best pole position later but with the larger starting numbers on the grid first few races of the season could well result in some unexpected winners.
 

A new deal signed today will see the  Formula1 British Grand Prix safe at Silverstone for the next 17 years.
The deal has been signed following the Silverstone management agreeing to complete the redevelopment of the pit lane and paddocks by 2011.