It's a new season again. Formula One is back again for yet another exciting season installed. What do we have? The reigning Driver's Champion, Jenson Button has joined McLaren along side fellow countryman Lewis Hamilton. Michael Schumacher returned after an absent of three years, joining rival Mercedes GP (formerly and reigning Constructor Champion, Brawn GP). Several new teams will debut this year - Virgin Racing, Hispania and Malaysia's very own Lotus. Now, since you are excited for the start of the new F1 season coming this weekend, here are Green Tea's three parts of the 2010 Formula One Preview!!PART 1 - The Competing TeamsPART 2 - The When And Where (Coming Soon)
PART 3 - The Rules Of All (Coming Soon)
PART ONE - THE COMPETING TEAMS
The insight of whos and whos. The 12 teams this year will featured a competitive results just like last year. However, there are few who already gone much further in front than the others, as evidently seen in the pre-season testing. Heading the field is Jenson Button, the reigining world Driver's Championship.
| Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Woking, Surrey, UK Team Principal: Martin Whitmarsh Technical Directors: Paddy Lowe, Neil Oatley Drivers: 1. Jenson Button 2. Lewis Hamilton Test Driver: Gary Paffett Chasis: MP4-25 Engine: Mercedes FO 108X
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| Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team Brackley, Northamptonshire, UK Team Principals: Ross Brawn, Norbert Haug Race Drivers: 3. Michael Schumacher 4. Nico Rosberg Test Driver: Nick Heifeld Chasis: MGP W01 Engine: Mercedes FO 108X
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| Red Bull Racing Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK Team Principal: Christian Horner Technical Officer: Adrian Newey Race Drivers: 5. Sebastian Vettel 6. Mark Webber Test Drivers: Brendon Hartley, Daniel Ricciardo Chasis: RB6 Engine: Renault RS27
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| Scuderia Ferrari Malboro Maranello, Italy Team Principal: Stefano Domenicali Technical Director: Aldo Costa Race Drivers: 7. Felipe Massa 8. Fernando Alonso Test Drivers: Giancarlo Fisichella, Marc Gene, Luca Badoer Chasis: F10 Engine: Ferrari Type 056
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| AT&T Williams Grove, Oxfordshire, UK Team Principals: Frank Williams, Patrick Head Technical Director: Sam Michael Race Drivers: 9. Rubens Barrichello 10. Nico Hulkenberg Test Driver: Valtteri Bottas Chasis: FW32 Engine: Cosworth CA2010
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| Renault F1 Team Viry-Chatillon, France and Enstone, UK Team Principal: Eric Boullier technical Director: Bob Bell Race Drivers: 11. Robert Kubica 12. Vitaly Petrov Test Drivers: Ho-Pin Tung, Jerome d'Ambrosio, Jan Charouz Chasis: Renault R30 Engine: Renault RS27 - 2010
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| Force India F1 Team Silverstone, Northampshire, UK Team Principal: Vijay Mallya Technical Director: Mark Smith Race Drivers: 14. Adrian Sutil 15. Vitantonio Liuzzi Test Drivers: Paul di Resta Chassis: VJM03 Engine: Mercedes FO 108X
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| Scuderia Toro Rosso Faenza, Italy Team Principal: Franz Tost Technical director: Giorgio Ascanelli Race Drivers: 16. Sebastian Buemi 17. Jaime Alguersuari Test drivers: Brendon Hartley, Daniel Ricciardo Chasis: STR 05 Engine: Ferrari Type 056
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| Lotus Racing Hingham, Norfolk, UK Team Principal: Tony Fernandes Technical Director: Mike Gascoyne Race Drivers: 18. Jarno Trulli 19. Heikki Kovalainen Test Driver: Fairuz Fauzy Chasis: T127 Engine: Cosworth CA2010
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| Hispania Racing F1 Team Murcia, Spain Team Principal: Colin Kolles Technical Director: Toni Cuquerella Race Drivers: 20. Karun Chandhok 21. Bruno Senna Chasis: Hispania HRT Engine: Cosworth CA2010
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| BMW Sauber F1 Team Hinwil, Switzerland Team Principal: Peter Sauber Technical Director: Willy Rampf Race Driver: 22. Pedro de la Rosa 23. Kamui Kobayashi Chasis: C29 Engine: Ferrari 056
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| Virgin Racing Dinnington, South Yorkshire, UK Team Principal: John Booth Technical Director: Nick Worth Race Drivers: 24. Timo Glock 25. Lucas di Grassi Test Drivers: Luiz Razia, Andy Soucek Chasis: VR-01 Engine: Cosworth CA2010
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