Formula One News — January 2010

Seven-times World Champion Michael Schumacher will test a GP2 car at Jerez on Tuesday, in anticipation of his return to Formula One racing with Mercedes GP this season.

Campos Meta's entry in the 2010 Formula One World Championship has been put further in doubt with the news that Tony Teixeira has entered the frame to take over the Spanish outfit.

Following the purchase of the BMW Sauber F1 Team last November and the return of the BMW employees to Munich, Peter Sauber has now announced a new management structure.

With Genii Capital™s investment in the Renault F1 programme, their driver management company, Gravity Sports, might now axe it's young driver programme.

USF1 is reporting that the team will debut their new 2010 chassis on home soil at Barber Motorsport Park in Alabama.

Sauber has confirmed that it will reveal its 2010 car on 31 January at Valencia, the day before official testing gets underway for the new season.

In reaction to the outcome of the Flavio Briatore court case the FIA issued a statement.

Flavio Briatore issued a statement in a reaction to the French Court's decision on his case against the FIA.

Former Renault Team Principal Flavio Briatore has won his court case against the FIA in the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris.

Renault has announced that it is appointing Frenchman Eric Boullier as its new team principal, with immediate effect. The 36-year-old had visited Enstone before Christmas with new team owner Gerard Lopez.

Renault has issued a Q&A with their new F1 Team Principal, Eric Boullier.

McLaren-Mercedes has issued a Q&A with it's drivers, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton.

Maurizio Flammini says that he has an agreement with the Formula One group to host a street race in Rome. He says that the circuit has yet to be defined but that the race will happen.

The British New Year™s Honours List has been published with the news that motorsport has claimed three honours.