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VIDEO: BBC interviews Schumacher about his return to Mercedes-Benz F1

Let the rumors rest -- Michael Schumacher is back. As we reported earlier this morning, it appeared he was all set to sign with Mercedes-Benz, and now the deal is done. The newly named Mercedes GP Petronas team (nee Brawn GP) finally announced that they have signed the soon-to-be-41-year-old, seven-time World Champion to drive for the Silver Arrows team in 2010, and the BBC has already tracked him down for an extensive interview. Although most closely associated with Ferrari for returning that legendary marque to the winners circle ... Read more →

He's Back: Schumacher reportedly signs with Mercedes-Benz F1 for 2010 Jonathon Ramsey

All clearances given, the BBC is reporting that Michael Schumacher is officially a driver for the Mercedes-Petronas F1 team. The deal is understood to be a one-year agreement, with Schumacher being ...

Schumacher Says It Himself: driving for Mercedes F1 is a "very strong possibility" Jonathon Ramsey

There are hearts breaking all over Italy, and the biggest one of all is that which beats in the chest of Ferrari head Luca de Montezemolo. Michael Schumacher is still under contract to The ...

Renault stays in Formula One after selling stake in team Sam Abuelsamid

The Renault name will remain on the Formula One grid when the series resumes in 2010 thanks to a deal announced on Wednesday. There had been considerable speculation in recent months that Renault ...

McLaren's Whitmarsh reportedly elected to replace Montezemolo as FOTA chairman Noah Joseph

There's only so many chairs one man can sit in at once. But Luca di Montezemolo has made an art out of pushing the limits. In addition to serving as chairman of both Ferrari and the Fiat group, ...

2010 F1 grid comes into focus as Lotus signs Trulli and Kovalainen 9 days ago on Autoblog

The pieces to the puzzle that is the upcoming Formula One season are coming together bit by bit. In the latest development, the upstart Lotus F1 Racing team has announced the signing of two veteran drivers: Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen. A former Monaco Grand Prix race winner, Trulli has ...

Autosport: Drivers vote Senna as greatest of all time 10 days ago on Autoblog

Autosport recently held one of those this-has-to-be-about-creating-controversy polls to find the greatest F1 driver of all time. But this was more like the Screen Actors Guild Awards than the Oscars, in that it was 217 Formula 1 drivers -- going all the way back to 98-year-old Paul Pietsch, who ...

Star Search: Fresh talent descends on Jerez for F1 mega test 11 days ago on Autoblog

The biggest football fans don't just watch the NFL. They're watching college football too. If not because they say it's a better spectacle, then simply to see the future pros who'll ultimately be drafted by NFL teams. Formula racing works the same way. (Well, sorta.) There are countless ...

2010 F1 cars reportedly set to be unveiled at joint event in Valencia 13 days ago on Autoblog

We have to admit, it can get a bit tedious every January when each of the individual teams participating in the Formula One World Championship unveils its car for the upcoming season... one... at... a... time. This year, in fact, a couple of teams opted not to hold official debut events in light ...

Silverstone secures the British Grand Prix for the next 17 years 14 days ago on Autoblog

Following months of negotiations and uncertainty, the British Racing Drivers Club has signed a deal with the FIA and Formula One Management to keep the British Grand Prix at Silverstone for the next seventeen years, starting with next year's race. The deal is struck for the same amount of time ...

FIA gives Sauber the green light to fill Toyota's slot 15 days ago on Autoblog

After months in limbo, the FIA has released a short statement to announce that it has approved the Sauber F1 team – formerly owned by BMW – to fill Toyota's vacant spot on the grid for next year's F1 championship. The announcement puts an end to a long period of uncertainty for the ...

REPORT: Two bidders step up to acquire Renault F1 17 days ago on Autoblog

Renault looks set to be the next automaker to bail out of Formula 1, and it appears that there are two serious bidders in line to take over the operation. Renault will hold a special board meeting this week to decide on the racing team's fate, and it looks like it may go ahead and just line up a ...

Serbian team reportedly in talks to take over Toyota F1 23 days ago on Autoblog

Reports of Toyota F1's demise may prove to have been exaggerated as the latest rumors from the racing world suggest that the Japanese automaker is in discussions with a Serbian outfit about taking over the Cologne-based racing team. Stefan Grand Prix is backed by Serbian engineering firm AMCO ...

Canadian GP back on F1 calendar through 2014 24 days ago on Autoblog

It's official, Formula 1 and Montreal are in love again. Bernie Ecclestone's supersonic price increases in 2008 drove the Canadian venue (and North America entirely) off the map in 2009. It was the first time in three decades that the F1 club didn't visit Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, and by the ...

Rumormill: Volkswagen ponders becoming F1 engine supplier in 2012 24 days ago on Autoblog

There have been rumblings about VW getting into F1 by signing up with a specific team, but the chatter was always quashed. This time, reports suggest that VW is actively talking up the idea of getting into Formula 1 after 2012, but as an engine supplier to multiple teams. Hans-Joachim Stuck, ...

Bring the Noise: Belgium's Spa-Francorchamps reportedly safe... for now 25 days ago on Autoblog

Following earlier news that the Donington track, which was supposed to take over the British Grand Prix in lieu of Silverstone, had to declare bankruptcy comes a reversal of fortune for the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. The longtime host of the Belgian Grand Prix looked to be in serious trouble ...

VIDEO: Formula for Safety? Abu Dhabi Police unveil the F999 27 days ago on Autoblog

Wednesday evening before the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last month, crowds gathered along the Corniche, Abu Dhabi's seafront boulevard. Two police cars sped down the road, swerved to a stop, an officer got out, pulled out his gun and began opening fire at a masked man pulling a checkered ...

Williams sells minority stake to Austrian investor 28 days ago on Autoblog

With all the money that goes into running an F1 team, and the limited opportunity to make any of it back, we can't see why anyone would view owning a team as a sound investment. Evidently Herr Toto Wollf feels otherwise, as the Austrian financier and gentleman racing driver has acquired a minority ...

Officially Official: Mercedes GP confirms Nico Rosberg for 2010 1 month ago on Autoblog

Following earlier speculation, the newly-acquired Mercedes Grand Prix team has confirmed its first driver for the upcoming Formula One season. As expected, Nico Rosberg will be switching places with Rubens Barrichello, the departing Brawn GP driver who moves to Williams for next year. 24-year-old ...

REPORT: USF1 signs pay-drive deal with Jose Maria Lopez 1 month ago on Autoblog

Reports circulating the motorsport press indicate that USF1 has signed a provisional contract with Argentine driver Jose Maria Lopez to drive for the new team next season. The arrangement, however, depends on Lopez bringing with him $8 million in sponsorship dollars, of which the young South ...

POLL POSITION: Who was the Best F1 Driver of 2009? Team Principals say Vettel 1 month ago on Autoblog

The principle of Occam's Razor states that, all things being equal, the simplest explanation is usually the right one. So it stands to reason that the driver who wins the championship must be the best, right? Well, that's assuming all things are equal, and of course in reality they seldom are. ...

BREAKING: Schumacher likely to return to F1 racing with Mercedes 1 month ago on Autoblog

Say it ain't so, Schu! The Daily Telegraph is reporting that seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher is close to signing on with the newly formed Mercedes Formula 1 team. Mercedes is the new name of the former Brawn GP team, the current Constructors Champion. After a stellar rookie season ...

British GP track Donington Park declares bankruptcy 1 month ago on Autoblog

It's been one heck of a rollercoaster ride for Donington Park this year. The British racing circuit hosted a Formula One race back in 1993, and was set to take over the British Grand Prix from Silverstone until the race promoter fell on hard times. Donington Ventures Leisure Ltd signed a ...

Snow Drift: Dacia Duster debuts for Trophée Andros with Alain Prost 1 month ago on Autoblog

Let's set one thing straight here. The retirement of a leading Formula One driver is often portrayed as some sort of tragedy – for the driver himself especially. But the truth of the matter is that for a former World Champion, the world is his oyster. Retired F1 drivers can go on to ...

BREAKING: Jenson Button joins Hamilton for twin-champ McLaren "super team" 1 month ago on Autoblog

It's not every day that you see two World Champions teamed up together – especially not the two most recent. In fact, that bit has never happened before in Formula One history, but that's exactly what we'll see next year as McLaren has announced the teaming of Jenson Button and Lewis ...

REPORT: Ferrari figures Raikkonen, Schumacher and Montezemolo to leave their F1 posts 1 month ago on Autoblog

The times they are a-changin' in Maranello. As if the departures of Michael Schumacher, Ross Brawn and Jean Todt over the past few years wasn't enough to shake things up for the Scuderia, a new round of change-ups is looming on the horizon. First up is Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 World Champion ...

VIDEO: Montezemolo beaches Ferrari California at own World Finals in Valencia 1 month ago on Autoblog

Last week, we all watched in collective awe as a $1.8 million Bugatti Veyron drove into a pond. While the driver claimed that he was attacked by a pelican, close examination of the video would appear to reveal... no pelican whatsoever. Instead, there's just a supercar inexplicably jumping into a ...

Need a Formula One car design? 2010 Toyota racer reportedly for sale 1 month ago on Autoblog

Toyota only made the decision to abandon its Formula One program a few weeks ago, but the lead time for developing a new car is a much longer than that. The engineering team at Toyota's Cologne F1 headquarters had been working on the 2010 car for most of 2009, and the actual design is already ...

How Much is that F1 in the Window? Toyota reportedly looking to sell completed TF110 1 month ago on Autoblog

For many Formula One teams, work on next year's car starts halfway through a running season. So by the time Toyota announced it would not be back for next season, it had already completed its design for 2010. Now that it won't be needing the car, however, the Japanese automaker's scuttled ...

eBay Find of the Day: Michael Schumacher's controversial crowning 1994 Benetton B194 1 month ago on Autoblog

If you thought the Formula One World Championship was wrought with controversy these days, the scandals we've seen in recent years pale in comparison to the 1994 season. Historians will remember it as the year Ayrton Senna died (along with Roland Ratzenberger) at the San Marino Grand Prix. But ...

VIDEO: With F1 program scrapped, where will Toyota Motorsports land next? 1 month ago on Autoblog

As Toyota president Akio Toyoda announced the withdrawal of his company from the Formula One World Championship, he reiterated Toyota's commitment to motorsport competition. But while this may have been pure lip-service, the Japanese automaker has a long history in racing, leading to speculation ...

SEMA 2009: The geekiest thing we've found so far 1 month ago on Autoblog

Tire pressure monitoring systems. Not the sexiest thing here at SEMA, but bear with us for a few minutes to geek out on one of the coolest things we've seen at the show that doesn't involve a whole vehicle. Autometer – which recently bought Stack and its line of competition gauges – ...

Williams F1 signs Barrichello and Hulkenberg for 2010 1 month ago on Autoblog

The latest piece of the intricate puzzle that is the shake-up in drivers for the 2010 Formula One World Championship has come into play as Williams has confirmed its line-up for next season: Replacing Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima will be Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg. Barrichello ...

REPORT: Renault board considering following Toyota out of F1 1 month ago on Autoblog

Things have never been this bad for the Renault F1 team. Their performance is light-years behind where it used to be, their star driver is bolting once again, their top management has been thrown out of the sport in disgrace, and its biggest sponsors are leaving en masse. And now, following ...

Officially Official: Toyota confirms departure from Formula One 1 month ago on Autoblog

The buck's got to stop somewhere. Toyota has been pouring in hundreds of millions of dollars into its Formula One racing program for seven years now and has little to show for it. Now after both Honda and BMW have mothballed their F1 teams, Toyota has confirmed longstanding speculation by doing ...

Rumormill: Toyota may announce exit from Formula 1 1 month ago on Autoblog

According to the Japanese Mainichi newspaper, Toyota is poised to withdraw from Formula One competition and will not take part in the 2010 season. Though no source is given for the news, so far Toyota is neither confirming nor denying the report. Toyota has never had the kind of success in F1 ...

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Autoblog Podcast #158: 'Twas a couple nights before Christmas...

Chris, Editor Paukert, and Dan send the Podcast off for the Christmas holiday in proper fashion

 
 

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