Big week! Not only does the racing season begin down in Florida, but we will also see many of the 2010 cars for the first time this week including the new Ferrari. Mercedes F1 (formerly Brawn GP) unveiled its livery for 2010 on one of last year's cars already. Mercedes also announced that they signed Nick Heidfeld to be their test/reserve driver.
Ferrari has also (though not officially) unveiled its 2010 livery. The Ferrari is...wait for it...yep, that's right, it is RED. The new Santander livery is not too garish though.
The 2010 Ferrari will be unveiled on Thursday (Jan. 28), the McLaren on Friday (Jan. 29) and both Sauber and Renault will launch their 2010 cars on Sunday (Jan. 31). Williams, Torro Rosso and Mercedes will all launch their cars next Monday (Feb. 1). The first day of official testing is also next Monday in Valencia.
Current launch line-up at a glance (from f1.com):
January 28 - Ferrari, Maranello, Italy
January 29 - McLaren, Newbury, UK
January 31 - BMW Sauber/Renault, Valencia, Spain
February 1 - Mercedes GP/Williams/Toro Rosso, Valencia, Spain
February 10 - Red Bull/Force India, Jerez, Spain
Early February - US, Barber Motorsport Park, Alabama, USA
February 12 - Lotus
USF1 is scheduled to hold a press conference today to announce the signing of its first driver, Argentine Jose Maria Lopez. It apparently is only going to cost JMP a cool $8 million to drive the first USF1 toaster.
In other f1 news, the teams have agreed to a further tweaking of the F1 points system. The old points system scored the top 8 finishers at: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1, respectively. A new system was to be implemented this year would have awarded the top 10 finishers the following points 25-20-15-10-8-6-5-3-2-1. However, a revision to that system has been made that will provide a larger reward for victories 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1.
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