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Renault’s technical director James Allison discusses the team’s 2010 car, the R30, and explains how the latest rule changes have impacted its design and development…

Q: James, how different is the R30 compared with last year’s car, the R29?
James Allison: It’s very different and even my Mum could tell the exterior differences! The R30 is a considerably more svelte and attractive car than its predecessor. These changes are not made for aesthetic appeal however…

Following Sunday’s unveiling of the R30 in Spain, Renault drivers Robert Kubica and the newly-confirmed Vitaly Petrov give their thoughts on the new car and the season ahead…

Robert, you’ve had a long association with Renault throughout your career and now you’re racing for Renault in F1. How does it feel?
Robert Kubica: I’m very happy to be here and, as you say, I do have a long history with Renault. In fact my single-seater career started in a Formula Renault in 2001

Russian driver Vitaly Petrov will partner Robert Kubica at Renault, it was confirmed on Sunday. The news came as the team revealed their 2010 car, the R30, at Spain’s Valencia circuit, where pre-season testing begins on Monday.

Petrov, 25, was runner-up in the 2009 GP2 Series and will become the first Russian to compete in Formula One racing when he takes to the grid in Bahrain in March…

BMW Sauber became the third team to reveal their 2010 car on Sunday as the wraps came of the C29 at the Valencia circuit in Spain, where pre-season testing gets underway on Monday.

Drivers Pedro de la Rosa and Kamui Kobayashi were on hand to unveil the Ferrari-powered machine, with the team back under the leadership of founder Peter Sauber following the departure of BMW…

Virgin Racing, one of four new entrants to the Formula One grid for 2010, will reveal their first car next week. The VR-01 will be unveiled online on the morning of Wednesday 3 February.

The Cosworth-powered car, which has been designed entirely in the digital domain by technical chief Nick Wirth’s Wirth Research organisation, will be raced by former Toyota driver Timo Glock and team mate Lucas di Grassi…

Friday may have been the world’s first opportunity to glimpse the new McLaren, but surprisingly it was also the first time either of the British team’s drivers had laid eyes on the MP4-25. Unsurprisingly, both Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton seemed enthralled with their new charge and can’t wait to get behind the wheel. Here the pair reveal their first impressions and look ahead to next week’s debut test…

With the regulation changes for this season far less extensive than they were for 2009, you’d be forgiven for thinking McLaren’s 2010 car would bear more than a passing resemblance to its predecessor. The MP4-25, however, is a very different beast, with its distinctive dorsal fin just one of a number of major design changes. The British team’s director of engineering, Paddy Lowe, and the car’s chief engineer, Tim Goss, explain…

Hot on the heels of Ferrari, McLaren presented their 2010 car to the world on Friday, when the MP4-25 was unveiled at the UK headquarters of sponsors Vodafone. The team hope the new machine will maintain their strong momentum from the latter part of 2009 and put them firmly back in title contention.

With its dramatic looking engine-cover fin, the car will bear the prestigious number one, thanks to reigning world champion Jenson Button joining fellow Briton – and 2008 champion – Lewis Hamilton…

They had already named the date, but now the new Lotus team have also announced a venue for the launch of the car in which Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen will contest the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship.

The wraps will come off the Malaysian-backed squad’s first F1 car at London’s Royal Horticultural Hall in the UK on Friday 12 February. An expected audience of 400 guests will be the first to see the new Lotus livery…

Williams have confirmed the appointment of Finland’s Valtteri Bottas as the team’s official test driver. Bottas, a 20-year old from Nastola, will take up the role vacated by Nico Hulkenberg as he steps up as a team race driver…