Juan Manuel Fangio II, nephew of five-time Formula 1™ world champion Juan Manuel Fangio, will take to the track at the wheel of a Maserati 250F as the world’s biggest annual sporting series celebrates its 60^th anniversary at the 2010 Formula 1™ Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix on March 12-14.  As the first round of the 2010 season, Bahrain is hosting a landmark celebration with more than 20 title-winning cars and virtually every surviving world champion expected to attend.

Former sports car and IndyCar racer Fangio II will drive the evocative Maserati 250F in a spectacular cavalcade of title-winning cars that will form part of the on-track entertainment through the weekend.  In many minds his uncle remains the greatest driver of all time, and Fangio II is delighted to represent ‘the Maestro’ in Bahrain.

All eyes were on Maranello as Scuderia Ferrari launched its 56th single-seater racing car, primed for the Formula One circuits of the 2010 World Championship.

The new racing car, which Ferrari has named the F10, will compete in a season with one of the most talked about rule changes seen in Formula One for years, the ban on refuelling during a race.

Development for the Ferrari F10 started mid-season 2009 to ensure maximum competitiveness for the coming season. Ferrari is optimistic about the 2010 season, with a new driver line up and two extra races on the calendar.

Formula One’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), is always looking to increase the spectacle of the sport and 2010 will see some significant changes implemented as the perennial search for greater performance and efficiency continues.