After last years crashgate controversies it would have been wise for Renault to try not to draw any undue attention to themselves in the run up to the 2010 season.

But after launching their R30 car last week the entire F1 community were stunned to find that Renault have a livery that isn’t fucking hideous.

Whether this was deliberate or just an unlucky mistake in their highly secret random colour picker software calibration is unsure.

More when we get it…

autosport.com > Photo Gallery: Renault R30 (2010).

Today the new Mercedes team let the world see their first car proper.

Nico Rosberg was passed a note from Schumacher saying it was from Ross. In it he was told to head to a warehouse in East London for a photo shoot.

When he got there he saw the unmistakeable shape of an F1 car under a big blue blanket. As he was about to tear the cover off his phone dinged, it was an MMS from the seven time world champion, a photo of the Mercedes garage and a message saying love from Valencia, Wish You Were Here.

He unvielded the car he was standing next to, only to find a 1998 McLaren waiting for him.

At least, this is the only explanation we can come up with…

via Grandprix.com > Mercedes MGP W01 photos

Like a new cat being introduced to a house with lots of other cats, the BGP 001 has finally been allowed out to play and sniff the behinds of the others.

I don’t really know what that means.

but today, to prove it wasn’t just a mirage, jenson button went and drove the car that is actually real and not just made out of milk cartons and highlighter pens (despite how it looks) and actually went and set a bloody quick time. Maybe milk cartons are lighter than carbon fibre?

Obviously fuel weights and a driver so worried he hasn’t eaten since december mean the times are a little flattering. But still, despite my sarcasm, its good to have them back.

Torro Rosso have finally worked out how to paint over Red Bull’s design and have launched their car in Barcelona today.

they say it’s not just a rebadged Red Bull, but that is probably because without Vettel it will be a lot slower than the mother team this year.

Powered by Ferrari engines the two Sebastians have it all to prove this year as they fight it out amongst probably the lower half of the grid.

autosport.com > F1 News: Force India reveal their new VJM02.

The 2009 Force India racer was launched today in jerez, Spain. Using German Mercedes engines the team hopes that its Italian and German drivers can really make india proud.