The Car Hub

Iogen Corporation a small high-tech company from Ottowa Canada are claiming their share of fame following Ferrari’s F1 win in Bahrain last Sunday.
Iogen produces its own type of ethanol made from wheat stalks,  Shell Oil who are investors in Iogen have provided the fuel for Ferrari who have been carrying out tests in recent months.

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.
 

Japanese F1 driving sensation Kamui Kobayashi (KK) is revealed as the first driver to sign up for Sauber  next season.
Prior to the end of last season hardly anyone had heard of KK until he took over the injured Timo Glock's ride at Toyota but the last two races of last season at Brazil and Abu Dhabi where he finished 9th and 6th respectively caught everyone's eye.

News form the Richard Branson camp today is that Manor GP will be rebranded as Virgin Racing in time for the coming Formula1 season. Timo glock is signed up as lead driver backed up by F1 newcomer Lucas di Grassi

Final approval is awaited today on a new points scoring system for Formula1 races for the 2010 season.
With the proposed 25 points for the winner, 20 points for 2nd., 15 points for 3rd., then 10, 8, 6, 5, 3, 2, 1, respectively down to tenth, F1 teams aiming for a safe finish just will not get near the top of the table.

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.

There always has been a lot of uncertainty about the happenings inF1, some uncertainty has been about whether the technical aspect of a car is correct or not, whether a circuit will continue to host GP races and who will drive for whom next season.
Regarding drivers the F1 rumour machine is well revved-up with Michael Schumacher in the spotlights.

All the banns have been heard and the marriage due to take place in March at the start of the next G.P. season.
But the question is? Will they be equal partners in a marriage where both will want to dominate?

So now we have it – official. The turmoil that has been brewing within the Formula 1 camp since before the start of the season in March has now come to a face-off. It really seems a make or break situation for one side.

Trouble started well before March with the "diffuser" row, 3 teams who interpreted newly introduced rules in a different way to all the other teams were backed up by a court of appeal. Evidence of the benefit to these 3 teams, Brawn, Williams and Toyota can be seen in the current championship tables.

Firstly this week we had Ferrari stating they are not going to continue participating in Formula One racing because of new rulings announced by the FIA on the 29th. April. Their main contention with these rulings was that there would be an optional cap in place for all F1 teams next season of £40 million.

Behind this FIA ruling is the idea of giving the smaller and newer racing teams a more even playing field to compete on.