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...aficionados of auto-racing and high-performance sports cars, Gordon Murray is a legend. He's designed championship-winning Formula One cars, as well as two iconic, drop-dead-beautiful sports cars: the McLaren F1, one of the fastest road cars ever made, and the Mercedes SLR McLaren. These cars were, of course, built for speed and power; fuel economy wasn't even an afterthought. So it's somewhat surprising that the 63-year-old South African engineer is now more interested in cleaning up the planet by reducing carbon emissions than cleaning up at a Grand Prix finish line...
...Schumacher will join fellow German Nico Rosberg on a Mercedes team that won both the drivers' and constructors' titles this year (in its former guise as Brawn). Rosberg could barely contain his delight at the news, saying, "It is fantastic Michael is returning to Formula One ... It's a great challenge for me to be up against one of the best drivers of all time." Brawn was also pleased with the announcement: "As seven-time world champion, Michael's outstanding record in Formula One speaks for itself and I am looking forward to working with him again." As for Schumacher...
...titles. Schumacher won't want to be remembered in 2010 for any unsavory incidents. "I think that the young guns are just as competitive today as he was when he was young," Aylett tells TIME. "And as always, they'll test the rule-makers to the extreme." (Read: "Formula One: Behind the Wheels...
...until the season opens in Bahrain, Formula One fans will only have one thing on their minds - the return of a legend to the sport and the prospect of seeing him on the podium again one day, spraying champagne with unbridled...
...Brief History of Formula...