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The wait is over and the race is on and today qualifying session was a thrill. Powerful teams and best drivers gave their best today on Bahrain, Vettel started his qualifying session with one thing in his mind and that was the pole, Ferrari needed to confirm once more that they are on the right track, McLaren with their little aerodynamic innovation did not achieved much as for Schumacher i would say that he had a poor qualifying session and some will try and sell excuses but let’s be honest a bit here, competition has changed younger faster drivers are on track with better cars and the will to win, best example is his team mate young Niko who already said that he wants to beat Schumacher and o boy he did, at least for now.

My guess is that we are going to have a great championship this year with lost of drivers and teams that can win a race and the championship and the new scoring method will help too, at least in my opinion, with this said i’ll give you the top 10 starting positions and invite you all tomorrow to see a fantastic race here in Bahrain, and to vote in our new poll. Ready, set go…

Bahrain starting grid

1º 5 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 00:01’54”101
2º 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 00:01’54”242
3º 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 00:01’54”608
4º 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 00:01’55”217
5º 4 Nico Rosberg MercedesGP 00:01’55”241
6º 6 Mark Webber Red Bull 00:01’55”284
7º 3 Michael Schumacher MercedesGP 00:01’55”524
8º 1 Jenson Button McLaren 00:01’55”672
9º 11 Robert Kubica Renault 00:01’55”885
10º 14 Adrian Sutil Force India 00:01’56”309

Less then 24h guys until friday practice in Bahrain will start, and we will have four (4) world champions on track, two of them team-mates at McLaren (Button and Hamilton) one racing for Ferrari  (Alonso) and of course the man with most titles racing for the brand new team Mercedes GP team (Schumacher). Today i woke up full with energy and with a worm feeling in my hearth even that last night some snow managed it’s way down to the ground and it’s covering most of the landscape, and to complete the greatness of this morning my girlfriend decided to make me a nice surprise for breakfast and indeed it was, as celebration for upcoming new Formula1 season and the first race of Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix because there can be no race watching and enjoying on an empty stomach, so because an image is worth a thousand words here it is:

P.S. New Poll posted, check it out. Enjoy.

Ok guys so second official training of formula 1 championship ended it’s 3′rd day today in Jerez Spain. All the big teams that we expect very much to see this year were there and a brand new one Virgin which did not had a very good start with Glock on board. But this morning the king of the track was young Spanish driver JAIME ALGUERSUARI from Toro Roso which established today fastest time on track just before the rain came.

So today’s final results looks like this:

1. Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) 1.19.919 – 76 laps

2. Pedro de la Rosa (Sauber-BMW) 1.20.736 – 58 laps

3. Adrian Sutil (Force India) 1.21.428 – 48 laps

4. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 1.21.603 – 72 laps

5. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 1.21.783 59

6. Vitaly Petrov 1.22.000  – 68 laps

7. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1.22.820  – 53 laps

8. Rubens Barrichello (Williams) 1.23.217 – 120 laps

9. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) 1.23.985   – 68  laps

10. Luca Di Grassi (Virgin GP) 1.37.107  – 8 laps

Tomorow a brand new day with Michael Schumacher, Felipe Massa, Pedro de la Rosa, Lewis
Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Barrichello and  Alguersuari on track and hopefully without rain.

The second practice day is over in Valencia, and Massa and he’s Ferrari were again the quickest ones on the track and the 15000 Formula 1 fans that were today at the circuit had even more reasons to be happy since they finally got to see Fernando Alonso appear at the track in the afternoon, and tomorrow i think will be a special day for all Spanish fans because all the three Spanish drivers that will race this season will practice. Schumacher did not race today but his team mate Nico did. Getting the 5th position on the final day results.

Nico at Cheste

Sauber and BMW have made a good impression today since Kamui Kobayashi has made almost 100 laps today and frankly after the fiasco that this team presented in last championship they are in need for a good car, and it seems that they are finally getting there since Kobayashi finished this day in front of Lewis Hamilton who tested his brand new MP4-25. Barrichello (Williams),  Kubica (Renault) and  Buemi (Toro Rosso) have also burn some rubber today and the Brazilian from William managed to stay of the troubles today. Tomorrow will be a great day since we are going to see on track four (4) Formula 1 champions since Alonso, Schumacher, Hamilton and Button will all practice tomorrow, and i have a new poll for you is going Alonso to beat Massa ? I guess we are all going to see tomorrow at 5 pm GMT+1. This being said i am going to present you the today performances and welcome you all tomorrow for some new infos. Cheers.

	Pos.	Pilot	Nat.	Team	Fastest lap	Total laps
	1	Felipe Massa	BRA	Ferrari	1.11.722	15/124
	2	Kamui Kobayashi	JPN	Sauber	1.12.056	24/96
	3	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	McLaren	1.12.256	78/108
	4	Robert Kubica	POL	Renault F1	1.12.426	114/119
	5	Nico Rosberg	GER	Mercedes GP	1.12.899	17/119
	6	Rubens Barrichello	BRA	Williams AT&T	1.13.377	40/102
	7	Sebastien Buemi	SUI	Toro Rosso	1.13.823	105/107

Massa and Ferrari are finally together again and they had quite a start, leading the training session and marking the fastest time for day 1 of the official trainings from the Valencia’s Ricardo Tormo circuit. For those of you out there that are unaware today was the first practice day off the winter sessions in Spain. These session are almost every year in the same place on Circuit de Valencia.

Today in front of more then 7100 fans seven teams presented their new cars to the track, and the pilots tested this mechanical jewelries.  The teams that show force today on the track were: Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes GP, Sauber, Renault, Toro Rosso y Williams, and as much as some of us wanted to see Alonso racing a Ferrari it seems that we have to wait a little longer, but today was a good day for the audience Michael Schumacher was there and he market the 3rd time, after Massa and Pedro De la Rosa. Here are the time tables from today practice:

Pos.	Pilot	Nat	Team	Fastest Lap	Total Laps
1	Felipe Massa	BRA	Ferrari	1.12.574	100/102
2	Pedro de la Rosa	ESP	Sauber	1.12.784	43/74
3	Michael Schumacher	GER	Mercedes GP	1.12.947	33/40
4	Nico Rosberg	GER	Mercedes GP	1.13.543	27/39
5	Gary Paffett	GBR	McLaren	1.13.846	57/86
6	Rubens Barrichello	BRA	Williams AT&T	1.14.449	40/75
7	Sebastian Buemi	SUI	Toro Rosso	1.14.762	17/18
8	Robert Kubica	POL	Renault F1	1.15.000	66/69

Also Schumacher said that he is very pleased with the car and with the team, and that the support that he received from the fans was very important.  I don’t know about you guys but i’m looking forward for the next practise days and for the championship to begin.

Now i know that i have promise a blog about Formula 1 news and tech’s data but from time to time is good for you to look around and enjoy the world with all it’s good, bad, normal and strange things. That’s why i’m going to tell you guys that it’s possible for each and every one of you out there which are using a computer to race a Red Bull car. I am sure the right about now you are all wondering how is that possible ? Well that’s nothing easier in the word, you get to an IT store or search the web for an official Trust – Red Bull Mouse. It seems that Trust Corporation being a Red Bull Formula 1 team sponsor decided to build a custom colors laser mouse and to celebrate this event they had an official launch in Carpe Diem Lounge Club in Barcelona, among the people present there were: Mr. Perridon, CEO of Trust International, Christian Horner, Team Principal of Red Bull Racing and Ex-Formula One drivers David Coulthard and Jos Verstappen. I kwon that this is kinda old news but i think is fun. So this is why i invite you all to share with us this kind of experiences. So without saying anything else here is the wonder:

Happy desktop racing everyone…

Well guys is clear now the Red Bull car is finally  done and it will be presented on 10th of  February on the Circuito de Jerez Spain. Vettel and Webber will dresup for test on this day and finally they will get to see how the new creation of the brilliant Adrian Newey will perform on the track.

Exactly as the last year they are the last team to present their car and if i remember correctly many of their innovations were adapted later on by many team on their respective cars, but as much as i hoped to see them in action in Valencia it seems that is not going to happen. Well not for the first round anyway, if this car will be as good as the one from last year, and since Mercedes GP will use the same car as Brawn did in last season maybe with a few tweaks, i think this season will be very exiting to watch. Many bets will be placed and i’m confident that Ferrari car will be a lot more competitive as for the McLaren too.

Today Mercedes GP finally presented their car for the 2010 Formula 1 Season.  Michael Schumacher is definitely back in the game with only one thing in his mind: winning the 8th world title for himself and the second the team as well. As for his teammate i am pretty sure that if there will be no orders from inside the team about who is the first and second pilot he we’ll do his best to beat Schumacher. Here is a little interview with Michael, Niko and the big names form Brawn, Mercedes GP Team. So i think the team has high hopes for this season and the future ones since as backup / test driver they hired Nick Heidfeld the pilot with the most races finished in the past 2 seasons. Surely his experience will be a great benefit for the team. I was just wondering what you guys are thinking about this “German F1 Dream Team” and everything related with Schumacher’s come back.

As a funny thing related to the story Michael Schumacher’s number of the car supposed to be 4 (four) but because he said that he’s very superstitious he convinced younger team mate Niko to switch numbers, but my guess is that he just could not accept the smaller number on his team mate car, something like admitting that he is better that him, but hey this is just a wild guess. Hope to see you all around here. Stay tunned for more news and interviews with our actors. Keep safe.

Next Monday will be a busy day at Valencia when the first official Formula One test of the year gets underway. Mercedes and Williams have already confirmed they will be showing their new cars for the first time and now Toro Rosso have announced they too will be debuting their 2010 machine at the Spanish circuit…

Although their 2010 car is still firmly under wraps, Mercedes GP have unveiled the new silver and green colour scheme with which they will contest the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship.

The team’s management and drivers Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg all attended the event, which was held at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in the German city of Stuttgart on Monday…