Renault F1 team - 0 Wins - 3 Podiums - 0 Pole Positions

The Renault team entered 2010 with as a fundamentally new team after the famous deliberate crash scandal that resulted in the FIA banning the two most influential persons within the team from the sport. Both of Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds were banned from conducting any activity within the sport after investigations proved both deliberately instructed Nilson Piquet Jr. to purposely crash during the Singaporean Grand Prix to bring out the safety car which helped his team-mate then Fernando Alonso who happened to just pitted at the same time and go to the race in fornt and win the race. Piquet was given immunity after coming out about the...

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Mercedes GP Team - 0 Wins - 3 Podiums - 0 Pole Positions

After a dream season which saw them crowned as World Champions, Brawn GP were taken over by Mercedes to become a fully manufacturer team for 2010 as Mercedes GP.  When Honda pulled off the sport at the end of the 2008 season, the team was going to be sold as a scrap along with its 2009 car that has been under development for over a year under the direction of Ross Brawn, nobody believed that the car parked in the team’s garage was a monster of a machine waiting to be unleashed, only Ross Brawn strongly believed that he had a definite winning formula beneath his hands, a belief that was materialized in him buying out the team from Honda....

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Ferrari - 5 wins – 10 Podiums - 2 Pole Positions

Ferrari’s 2010 season can be read from two very different views; first, a strong title campaign which saw Fernando Alonso going into the finale as points leader and title favourite, and second, a season filled with strategic mistakes by the drivers and the team which cumulated in losing the title at the end when they almost had it in hand.  They seemed to made a wise choice in bringing Fernando Alonso to lead the team after ditching Kimi Raikkonen, with Massa returning to racing after being absent for the majority of the 2009 season after his head injury in Hungary. At no point in the season Massa looked as a threat to Alonso as he grabbed...

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McLaren-Mercedes - 5 wins – 9 Podiums - 1 Pole Position

McLaren started the season on back of a somehow disappointing campaign in 2009, where they have managed to score some important wins in Hungary and Singapore but were unable to get anywhere near the Red Bulls and Brawn GPs. For the 2010 season, Jenson Button, the reigning world champion, was signed alongside Lewis Hamilton, forming an all-star team with two champions on board. Some said that the team is repeating the same mistake by combining two winning drivers which may result in internal fractions and rivalry that could cost the team dearly, a reminiscent of their ill-fated 2007 season when they literally handed the championship to Ferrari...

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Introduction to the second issue

Welcome to the second issue Gulf Air Formula One Blog which will continue the team-by-team review of the 2010 season. But, first, let’s take look at the latest development and news in the world of Formula One. - By now, all the teams have launched their 2011 challengers; Ferrari were first with their F-150 Italia (the “Italia” suffix was added after a suitcase from Ford for using one of its famous off-road trucks name). McLaren opted for a very radical design with their new MP4-26 with using L-shaped side-pods, while World Champions Red Bull’s RB7 has been produced as an evolution of their title wining the RB6. - Lotus-Renault’s star driver Robert Kubica has been injured in a high speed rally accident while competing for fun in a rally in Italy, he has suffered a very serious...

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GULF AIR – FORMULA ONE 2010 SEASON REVIEW

GULF AIR – FORMULA ONE 2010 SEASON REVIEW We are the proud title sponsor of the FORMULA 1™ GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX. Our sponsorship of this prestigious sporting event since 2004 has put Bahrain on the world sporting map, increased sport tourism and turned the country into the home of motor sport in the Middle East.Coincidently, in 2010, both Gulf Air and F1 celebrated 60 years, making the F1 season even more exciting. Welcome to the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix Blog which will start by a season review of last year’s exciting Formula One season, we take a look back at how the top five teams of 2010 and how they have performed during the season, in this first issue we review Red Bull Racing’s season and how it cumulated into its magical win at the end of the championship. The 2010 (and...

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