Qualifying – Saturday – 11th March 2006
11:00 gmt
Race at Bahrain International Circuit – Sunday – 12th March 2006
11:30 gmt

Grand Prix League on www.mclaren.com is now up and running. You have just eleven days to set your team up before the lights go out for the start of the season on Sunday 12th March in Bahrain.

The competition is free to enter, and there will be a public League and a separate competition exclusively for Team McLaren members only. Team McLaren members will be able to enter both Leagues for double the chance of winning!

set up your team here

Due To CBSE Class 12 board exams , blogf1.blogspot.com will be less freq. updated for a while

Here is the compilation of whats new this year

1.Tyre changes back

2.No Belgian Grand Prix

3.New Team Scuderia Toro Rosso

4.New Japanese Team Super Aguri

5.Red Bull has 2 teams (Red Bull Racing , and Toro Rosso)

6.Narain is williams new test driver

7.Massa Joins Ferrari

8.Barichello is now with Jenson Button at BAR-Honda

If you know anything else or if i have forgotten anything, plz comment and let ur voice be heard.

Woking, Great Britain, Tuesday 21st February 2006: Team McLaren Mercedes is pleased to announce that long-term Partner Henkel has extended its Partnership with the team in a new multi-year agreement.

The partnership began in 1995 through the Loctite?(r) brand. Henkel will continue to be an Official Supplier, but the Henkel logo has moved to the more visible top position on the rear wing end plate of the two MP4-21 racing cars.

The MP4-21 race cars are strengthened by a broad range of Henkel??(tm)s high-strength Loctite?(r) brand adhesives, securing everything from threaded bolts to wiring. Already in the design phase, engineers at McLaren Racing consult with Henkel to determine the best-suited products to meet the distinct demands of any particular application. In all, more than 100 different applications of Henkel products help the car hug the track and withstand immense G-forces, torsion levels, vibrations and shocks. Even the light-weight, sturdy carbon-fibre composite bodywork that makes up 80 percent of the MP4-21 is constructed using Henkel know-how. Here, products such as Henkel??(tm)s Frekote?(r) B-15 sealer and Hysol EA9686 film adhesive give the team the flexibility they need in moulding the car??(tm)s aerodynamic shapes.

“Through our relationship with Team McLaren Mercedes, Formula One acts as the ideal proving ground for us”, says Jochen Krautter, Executive Vice President, Henkel Technologies. “As world market leader we can put our products to the test at the pinnacle of motor racing and at the same time, demonstrate how they successfully perform even in extreme conditions.”

With Henkel as an Official Supplier, Team McLaren Mercedes can draw on the complete resources of the world??(tm)s leading supplier of adhesives, sealants and surface treatment products ??” with access to some 5,000 to 6,000 Henkel Technologies products used by leading manufacturers across all industries.

“In Formula One racing, having the right technologies and partners is as integral as having the right drivers and team,” explains Team McLaren Mercedes CEO Martin Whitmarsh. “Henkel is a leader in its field and brings to our program a broad range of expertise, new ideas and solutions that help us get an edge on the competition.”

McLaren Press Release