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December 30th, 2009

Ferrari sporting director Stefano Domenicali says the arrival of the Spanish driver Fernando Alonso to Ferrari has boosted the whole team. In an interview with Italian newspaper La Stampa published today, Domenicali has said that Alonso, who visited Ferrari's headquarters twice in the last month, "calls every day to check

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January 19th, 2010

Spain has been included in the "Top 10" of the fifth edition of the Country Brand Index (CBI), which comprises the top ten "country brands" of the world, as reported by consultancy firm FutureBrand. FutureBrand, who conducted interviews

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January 20th, 2010

The Spanish driver Pedro Martínez de la Rosa has been announced as the second driver of the BMW Sauber team for the 2010 World Formula 1 championship, which kicks off on March 14th with the Bahrain Grand Prix. This was confirmed by the director of the team, Peter Sauber, who ...

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January 28th, 2010

Ferrari unveiled their new car this morning, the F10, with which Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa will compete to win the 2010 FIA Formula One world Championship, starting on March the 14th in Bahrain. Ferrari has high hopes

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February 3rd, 2010

Fernando Alonso made his Ferrari debut on Wednesday at the Circuit de la Comunidad Valenciana Ricardo Tormo and, in just a few hours on track, Alonso topped the timesheets to be the fastest of all the drivers involved in the

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February 10th, 2010

Rain dominated the first or four days Formula 1 testing at Jerez today, that will include all the main protagonists in this season's championship. The drivers were only able to get a few dry laps in during the early stages of the session,

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February 17th, 2010

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) recorded the fastest time on the first day of Formula 1 testing in Jerez with a best time of 1:22.593. The German runner-up in last season's championship, was the only driver to go under the 1 minute 23 second mark, easily outpacing

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February 23rd, 2010

The Virgin Racing F1 team has confirmed that the Spanish driver Andy Soucek, the current Formula 2 champion, will be their reserve driver for the upcoming 2010 Formula 1 season. Soucek, 24, who was previouly working with the troubled Spanish team

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February 26th, 2010

In his last practice day before the first Grand Prix of the season in Bahrain, on March the 14th, Fernando Alonso, with a low fuel and soft tyre setup, set some blistering times to top the time sheets in the morning session, with a best time of 1:20:614.

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March 10th, 2010

Fernando Alonso has been seen for the first time today at the Bahrein circuit, the venue of this weekend's first grand prix of the season and Alonso's official debut as a Ferrari driver. The driver, born in Asturias, walked for several minutes in the paddock and was seen cycling along ...

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