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Mercedes launch new F1 car

Mercedes launch new F1 car
Mercedes launch new F1 car Credit: Mercedes AMG Petronas

Mercedes have launched their new formula one car at Jerez in Spain. It's the last of the three fomula one teams based in our region to reveal its new car. The Mercedes will be driven by Lewis Hamilton this season after he signed from McLaren.

Mercedes, based at Brackley, in Northamptonshire, had a disappointing season last year despite scoring their first win with Nico Rosberg, who will partnering Hamilton this season.

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Schumey to retire from F1 (again)

Michael Schumacher to retire at end of the season Credit: PA

Michael Schumacher will retire from Formula One for the second time at the end of the season.

The seven-time World Champion will leave the Northamptonshire-based Mercedes Petronas team at the end of the season.

Schumacher's seat at Mercedes will be taken by McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in 2013.

He said: "I have decided to retire at the end of the season. I still feel I am capable of competing against the best but the time sometimes comes to say goodbye and this time it might be forever."

F1 crash driver released from hospital

est driver: Maria De Vilotta
est driver: Maria De Vilotta Credit: Rob Griffith/AP/Press Association Images

Maria De Villota has been released from hospital following an accident that resulted in her losing her right eye while test driving for F1 team Marussia.

De Villota required two operations at Addendrooke's Hospital in Cambridge in the wake of a crash at Duxford Airfield.

She was admitted to Madrid's La Paz hospital last week and has since undergone plastic surgery, and a statement from the hospital released on her behalf revealed she has not suffered any neurological injuries.

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