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With no pre-season testing, the Bahrain Grand Prix was never going to be an easy undertaking for new team HRT. But following a disappointing double DNF at Sakhir, the Spanish outfit are targeting a much more successful outing at this weekend’s Australian race.
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[SinglePic not found]McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh is bullish about his team’s chances ahead of the Australian Grand Prix and revealed the MP4-25 would run a number of minor upgrades at the race.

McLaren finished on the podium in Bahrain after Lewis Hamilton took advantage of Sebastian Vettel’s engine problem to finish third. The car was off the pace of Ferrari and Red Bull in qualifying and was giving away time in the lengthily middle sector of the lap. Read the rest of this entry »

Discussions between the FIA and four teams – understood to be Force India, McLaren, Mercedes and Renault – took place in Bahrain about the size of starter motor holes in their diffusers which were believed to be too wide. While this was not a technical breach of the rules, the FIA’s view was that it was not in accordance with the spirit of them. Read the rest of this entry »

[SinglePic not found]A number of teams are set to be forced into changes to the diffuser fitted to their cars ahead of the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne next weekend.

The changes are set to be ordered by the FIA after a number of teams exploited a loophole in the rules linked to the hole in the diffuser used for the starter motor for the car. Read the rest of this entry »

[SinglePic not found]Michael Schumacher hopes his fond memories of driving the Albert Park circuit will stand him in good stead for next weekend’s Australian Grand Prix.

He has won four times on the parkland circuit and is aiming to draw on his past success and knowledge of the track to give him an advantage.
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[SinglePic not found]Mark Webber is hoping that the notoriously fickle Melbourne weather will provide the best chance of spicing up proceedings for the Australian Grand Prix.

Webber labelled the season opener in Bahrain as “boring” after the new regulations which prevent in-race refueling resulted in a lack of overtaking. Read the rest of this entry »

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International flights arrive at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport, 22 kilometres north west of the city. A taxi from there to the city centre is inexpensive. Alternatively, there is a regular bus service. Read the rest of this entry »

Despite not appearing on the modern day F1 calendar until 1985, the Australian Grand Prix has been a feature in Australian motorsport since 1928. The first race, held at the Phillip Island circuit, was won by Arthur Waite driving a modified Austin 7. The event was the centrepiece of the Tasman Series from 1964 to 1969 and was a round of the Australian drivers’ championship for numerous years between 1957 and 1983. Since its introduction to the F1 calendar in 1985, the Australian Grand Prix has only had two venues; a road circuit in Adelaide and the Albert Park venue in Melbourne. Read the rest of this entry »

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Australia is a modern, rich nation with a per capita income comparable to that of the U.S. Abounding in natural beauty and resources, it has very little pollution and a variety of different climates, some similar to California. Read the rest of this entry »