McLaren pass scrutineering, car is legal - The team are race ready, whilst the FIA open up their doors for 2011
Published by Christine
This is F1Minute and it’s the 11th March 2010.
Firstly, McLaren have passed scrutineering today, with the FIA giving the rear wing the all-clear. Other teams, including Red Bull and Lotus aren’t at all happy about it but as usual McLaren have stuck to the letter of the regulations if not the spirit.
The FIA also announced that they will be re-opening the selection process for a team to replace US F1 in 2011. All the teams that applied this year can have another go, if they so desire. A statement from the governing body also hinted at the fact that it’s not over for US F1 and they may face some penalties for defaulting on their entry this year.
Finally, two quick snippets, Renault have signed up HP as a major sponsor this year - the company previously sponsored Williams, whilst Alain Prost is the first former F1 driver to join the stewarding panel for 2010, taking up a spot amongst the Bahrain stewards. Other stewards at future races will include Johnny Herbert, Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Alex Wurz.
That’s all for now, I’ll be back tomorrow with another F1Minute.
