Formula One News — January 2010

At Renault F1's launch of the team's R30 chassis, they also announced that Vitaly Petrov (25) will be the team's second driver alongside Robert Kubica.

Hot on the heels of the Sauber launch at Valencia, Renault F1 displayed their new R30 chassis in preparation for the start tomorrow of the first official test session of the year.

Launch photos from Sunday's Renault event.

BMW Sauber presented their new C29 chassis for the first time at Valencia on Sunday, in advance of the official testing that will start Monday at the track.

Launch photos from Sunday's Sauber event.

Virgin Racing has become the first of the four new Formula One teams to fire-up the new Cosworth CA2010 engine, when it started the car on Saturday evening.

World champion Jenson Button, and former world champion Lewis Hamilton made there first appearance as team mates at McLaren-Mercedes' launch of the 2010 MP4-25 chassis at Vodafone's headquarters in England.

Anthony Hamilton, father of world champion Lewis, is planning to launch a programme called GP Prep Drivers Academy to help young drivers to get testing experience in current F1 machinery.

Williams F1 announced today that it has signed Valtteri Bottas as the team's reserve and test driver.

Ferrari became the first Formula 1 team to unveil its 2010 chassis when they launched the F10. After struggling with the 2009 car,

Red Bull has announced their reserve drivers for 2010, with Daniel Ricciaro and Brendon Hartley alternating the duties for Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso race-by-race.

The USF1 Team has announced that they have signed Argentine driver Jose Maria Lopez to drive for the team in 2010.

Mercedes-Benz presented it's newly acquired Mercedes GP Petronas team, and it's livery, at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart.

Scuderia Toro Rosso has confirmed that Spanish driver Jaime Alguersuari will continue for 2010 with the Italian team.

Returning former world champion Michael Schumacher likes to be odd. The German driver has requested a number switch to the odd number "3" rather than "4" for superstitious reasons.

The Formula One Teams Association has elected McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh as its new Chairman for 2010.

BMW Sauber has signed Pedro de la Rosa to join Kamui Kobayashi for the 2010 season.

Ferrari F1 boss Stefano Domenicali says that he believes that the Formula 1 teams must reconsider the amount of testing that is currently allowed.

Tony Fernandes, the Team Principal of the new Lotus F1 team has said the team will hold the official launch of their new car on 12 February.

Michael Schumacher has completed a three-day test of a development GP2 chassis and the Jerez circuit in Spain.

The Renault F1 team has announced that they will present their new R30 chassis at the Valencia circuit on 31 January, one day before official testing begins on that track.

McLaren has announced that it will launch its 2010 MP4-25 chassis on 29 January.

The recently launched Virgin Racing has already announced a management reshuffle, as John Booth has taken over as Team Principal from Alex Tai.

Marussia, the Russian sports car maker that is planning to enter the market with a new car in 2010, is planning use Formula One to promote its brand.

The FIA has decided to appeal the verdict given by the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris.