133 days have passed since we packed up in Abu Dhabi on 14th November 2010. In case you have been stuck in a cave somewhere, here are 133 things that have happened in F1 during the 'unusually and unbearably long' off-season period, which thankfully ends on 27th March 2011 in Australia. Enjoy!
Cars
1. McLaren launches MP4-26 in Berlin on 4th February 2011
2. Ferrari’s F150* makes it debut in Italy
3. Renault F1 (Fernando Alonso and Flavio Briatore’s old team) is now called Lotus-Renault and the new car is R31
4. Team Lotus retains its name (for now, pending the High Court hearing to decide whether or not both Lotus entries – Fernandes’ Team Lotus and Lotus Renault GP, formerly Renault F1 – should be permitted to use these names), and their car is T128
5. Virgin racing has new co-sponsor and is now called MarussiaVirgin Racing, 2011 car is the MVR-02
6. Force India’s team-name remains the same, but the new F1 car is called VJM04
7. Williams' new offering is the FW33
8. RB7 is the Red Bull 2011 car
9. Hispania Racing have returned in 2011 with the F111
10. Sauber finally get rid of 'BMW' and their car is called the C30
11. Mercedes GP's "MGP W02" easily wins the trophy for the longest F1 car name
12. Toro-Rosso return in 2011 with the STR6
Rule Changes
13. Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) makes a re-appearance this season
14. Adjustable rear-wings are now allowed
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
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