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Formula1 car launches schedule for 2012 season

31/01/2012
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Presentation Sauber 2011  With new season testing just around the corner and with the release dates of the new 2012 Formula1 Championship challengers more or less confirmed we decided to let you all know how the presentation schedule will look, just a day before the the launch of the McLaren’s MP4/27. Among the latest teams to conform the official launch was Williams F1 Team who just release the date of it’s FW34 this afternoon.

  The two teams that will suffer the longest delay are HRT F1 Team (no surprise here) and Marussia Racing, and it seems that both teams are struggling to put together the 2012 car, and while Marussia has a solid working base HRT is keep relocating itself, first from Germany to Valencia and then in the middle of the process a decision was made to move to Madrid complicating further the construction of the car.

  Another interesting thing is the Mercedes engine that will be supplied this year, with McLaren and Mercedes AMG Petronas sharing same engine Mercedes FO108Y while Sahara Force India will receive a slightly different one Mercedes FO108.

 Here is the full schedule for all cars launches that will compete in 2012 Formula1 Championship:

Team
Chassis
Engine
Date / Location
Caterham F1 Team
CT01
Renault RS27
26.01 / title page of "F1 Racing" magazine
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
MP4/27
Mercedes FO108Y
01.02 / Woking
Scuderia Ferrari
F2012
Ferrari 056
03.02 / Maranello
Sahara Force India
VJM05
Mercedes FO108
03.02 / Silverstone circuit
Lotus F1 Team
E20
Renault RS27
05.02 / Internet
Red Bull Racing
RB8
Renault RS27
06.02 / Internet
Sauber F1 Team
C31
Ferrari 056
06.02 / Jerez
Scuderia Toro Rosso
STR7
Ferrari 056
06.02 / Jerez
Williams F1 Team
FW34
Renault RS27
07.02 / Jerez
Mercedes AMG Petronas
W03
Mercedes FO108Y
21.02 / Barcelona
HRT F1 Team
F112
Cosworth CA2010
01.03 / Barcelona (?)
Marussia Racing
MR01
Cosworth CA2010
01.03 / Barcelona (?)

 
P.S. HRT & Marussia dates not officially confirmed.

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