13 Hours to Go for the Beginning of a New Season

Only 13 hours to go for the first practice session of the first race of Formula one season 2010. Today I'm going to discuss about the rest four teams. The teams are Lotus Racing, HRT F1 Team, BMW Sauber and Virgin Racing. Except BMW Sauber, the other three are rookie teams.

Lotus Racing

Base: Hingham, Norfolk, UK
Team Principal (s): Tony Fernandes
CEO: Riad Asmat
Technical Director: Mike Gascoyne
Chassis: Lotus T127
Engine: Cosworth CA2010

Drivers: Jarno Trulli (Italy) & Heikki Kovalainen (Finland)
Test/Reserve Driver: Fairu Fauzy (Malaysia)


Hispania Racing F1 Team (HRT F1 Team)

Base: Murcia, Spain
Team Principal (s): Colin Kolles
Technical Director: Toni Cuquerella
Chassis: Hispania HRT
Engine: Cosworth CA2010

Drivers: Karun Chandhok (India) & Bruno Senna (Brazil)
Test/Reserve Driver: Yet to be announced


BMW Sauber F1 Team

Base: Hinwil, Switzerland
Team Principal (s): Peter Sauber
Technical Director: Willy Rampf
Chassis: Sauber C29
Engine: Ferrari 056

Drivers: Pedro de la Rosa (Spain) & Kamui Kobayashi (Japan)
Test/Reserve Driver: Yet to be announced


Virgin Racing

Base: Dinnington, South Yorkshire, UK
Team Principal (s): John Booth
Team Director: Nick Wirth
Chassis: Virgin VR-01
Engine: Cosworth CA2010

Drivers: Timo Glock (Germany) & Lucas di Grassi (Brazil)
Test/Reserve Drivers: Luiz Razia (Brazil) & Andy Soucek (Spain)

This season we will see five rookie drivers and three rookie teams.
The five  rookie drivers are Nico Hulkenberg (Williams), Vitaly Petrov (Renault), Karun Chandhok (India), Bruno Senna (Brazil) and Lucas di Grassi (Brazil)  The three rookie teams are Lotus Racing, HRT F1 team and Virgin Racing.
It's going to be a thrilling season, a very close contest.
Come back to you after the first race (in Bahrain) on Sunday, 14th.