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Discussion in 'Sport & Athletics' started by Kai-Petri, Mar 20, 2005.

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The FIA confirmed on Wednesday that from next season Formula One engines must last for three Grand Prix meetings. Engines were required to last for two events in 2008.

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I'm annoyed as several F1 teams were testing at the old airfield at Kemble last week & I didn't know until it was all over.

AT&T Williams F1 - Kemble Shakedown

Owen, Nov 20, 2008

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There he goes again....

Bernie Ecclestone receives support for Formula One gold medal plan: Formula One - Telegraph

Bernie Ecclestone said he has received overwhelming support to change the points system in Formula One and award gold medals to race winners.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who won his home race in Brazil, would have been champion under a medals system since he had six victories to the Briton's five.

Under Ecclestone's Olympic-style system, the top three drivers in every grand prix would get gold, silver and bronze medals instead of 10, eight and six points.

Those who finished fourth and below would not get points towards the drivers' championship but their placings would count for the overall rankings.

Kai-Petri, Nov 21, 2008

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Well he has to think up some mad ideas at the moment as old Bolt has split from his wife.

I don't think the teams will go for it...

Richard, Nov 21, 2008

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Hamilton has good taste...

Hamilton looking forward to Finland | Mercedes-Benz News

Hamilton will be joined by Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team-mate Heikki Kovalainen and test drivers Pedro de la Rosa and Gary Paffett for the camp at the Kuortane Sports Institute in western Finland.

The Brit has stated that during the camp the drivers spend time testing their own core strength and flexibility, while also completing further exercises that are of benefit when they get into their formula one car.

He said: "Travelling to Finland for our winter training camp is one of the best weeks of the year for me; it feels like you’re miles from anywhere and totally cut off from the outside world. It allows me to focus solely on my training, which is great.

"It’s certainly not an easy week: Finland in the winter is cold and icy and we’re pushed hard for day after day."

Hamilton is also on course to be crowned Sports Personality of the Year after becoming world champion this year.

The event takes place on December 14th.

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I think McLaren started this tradition with Mika Häkkinen and it seems they don´t like to take it elsewhere....

Kai-Petri, Dec 3, 2008

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So when is Mr Hamilton coming around for tea?

Richard, Dec 3, 2008

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I see Alonso has threated to quit F1 in 2010 if the spec engine comes in. And the bad news keeps coming, Honda looks like there about to go under.

Alonso would quit over spec engine.
Alonso would quit over spec engine. - Yahoo! Eurosport UK
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Honda to announce F1 withdrawal?
Honda to announce F1 withdrawal? - Yahoo! Eurosport UK
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Richard, Dec 4, 2008

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Honda out. Renault still considering next season....20 years ago there were more teams in F1 (20) than there are drivers (18) now...

Kai-Petri, Dec 9, 2008

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BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | F1 unveils cost-cutting blueprint

A raft of measures have been agreed that should cut the budgets of Formula One teams by at least 30%.

From 2010 there will be a ban on refuelling and, subject to market research, Grand Prix distances could be shortened.

Kai-Petri, Dec 14, 2008

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Has old bolt fired his last bolt or is this just hot air as the teams get tired of the FIA.

F1 boss faces battle with teams

Formula One teams appear to be on a collision course with Bernie Ecclestone over the way he runs the sport.
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo - who chairs the teams' association Fota - said he was unhappy with many of the ways in which Ecclestone operated.
Di Montezemolo believes the sport does not need a "dictator", adding the time was approaching when Ecclestone, 78, would have to step down.
"I think sooner or later he has to stop," Di Montezemolo told the Times.
Last week the Fota and the sport's governing body, the FIA, agreed a raft of compromises to cut costs over the next two seasons.
Di Montezemolo now wants the teams to use their unified stance to alter the balance of power in F1, which he believes is not being run in a "normal" fashion.
"Do you think it is normal that we don't have one race in North America?" he continued.
"Do you think it is normal we understand from newspapers that the Canadian Grand Prix is over?

"Do you think it is normal that we cannot discuss the timing of races?"
Di Montezemolo has already insisted on another meeting between Fota and the FIA to discuss the teams' earnings.
Under the current agreement, the sport's income is split 50-50 between the commercial rights holders - private equity group CVC Capital Partners - and all the teams.
"We want to know more about the revenues," said Di Montezemolo.
"There is no professional sport in the world where the players get less than 50% of the total cake.
"We have to open an important page with Ecclestone and [CVC boss Donald] MacKenzie, not only in terms of quantity of money but in terms of how to do things - circuits, spectators, hospitality, television, types of track and timing of races."

But Ecclestone hit back at Ferrari president Di Montezemolo by revealing how Ferrari receive a disproportionate share of F1's income.
"Ferrari get so much more money than everyone else," he told The Times.
"The only thing he has not mentioned is the extra money Ferrari get above all the other teams and all the extra things Ferrari have had for years.
"They get about $80m (£54m) more. When they win the constructors' championship, which they did this year, they got $80m more than if McLaren had won it."
The Italian marque has a special place in the sport as it is the only team to have competed since the first championship in 1950.
But Ecclestone revealed Ferrari earned further favour when they broke ranks with the other teams over plans for a rival breakaway series in 2003.
"They were the only team that broke ranks with the other manufacturers - why did they break ranks?" he said. "That's where the $80m comes in.
"What he (Di Montezemolo) should do, rather than asking for money, with all the extra money Ferrari gets, he should share all that amongst the teams." Di Montezemolo also said there would have been an exodus of the teams backed by major motor manufacturers if the FIA's plans to introduce a standard engine had been approved last week.

Instead, Fota and the FIA agreed a different package of changes, including plans to double engine life in 2009, to limit the revs and to cut the cost of engines supplied to independent teams by approximately 50% of 2008 prices.
"If the standard engine had gone through for all teams, at least four or five carmakers would have abandoned (F1)," Di Montezemolo said.
"I mean four or five plus Ferrari - that is all of them."
Di Montezemolo also accused FIA president Max Mosley of undervaluing and misrepresenting Ferrari's response to his standard-engine plan.
"Mosley said our board was full of people not well informed," he told the Guardian.
"Well there is on our board the vice-chairman of the FIA, Marco Piccinini, a member of the [FIA] world council, [former Ferrari team boss] Jean Todt, Mr Piero Ferrari [son of Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari] and myself. "So I don't think that is an ill-informed board. If Mosley thinks so, then he is ill-informed."

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BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | F1 boss faces battle with teams

Published: 2008/12/20 13:14:33 GMT

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Richard, Dec 23, 2008

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Kai-Petri said:

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Well they did race with out fuel stops many years ago. One thing is for sure the races will be a lot shorter.

Richard, Dec 23, 2008

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Formula One boss Ron Dennis tells tribunal that he is not a racist - Times Online

Not a dull moment in the world of F1.

Richard, Jan 12, 2009

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And first off the blocks is Ferrari with there new car.
The Official Formula 1 Website

2009 Drivers and teams list is out.
The Official Formula 1 Website

Raikkonen ready to regain top form

Monday, 12 January 2009 14:03
Kimi Raikkonen insists he has moved on from his disappointing title defence and is ready to fight to reclaim the drivers’ crown in 2009.

After finally winning his maiden championship at the end of his first season at Ferrari, Raikkonen failed to build on that achievement last year and slipped behind team-mate Felipe Massa as he struggled to consistently get the best out of the F2008.

But on the day the team launched its new F60 car, the 29-year-old was keen to look forward to the new campaign – one in which he is expecting Ferrari to adapt well to the major regulation changes.

“Last year was not exactly what I wanted and it’s in the past now and we try this year again,” he said in an interview with Ferrari’s official website.
“Of course it’s a big question mark over how good the car is and who makes the best car because the rules have changed a lot.

“But we are very confident that the car should be very good and we will see in the next few weeks how good it is against the others.

“For sure we will try to win both championships and we will go testing and see how it is and go from there."

While Massa was given the honour of giving the F60 its track bow at Mugello on Monday, Raikkonen was eager to get back to both testing and racing action following the winter break.

“Racing is the most important, most exciting thing for us and it is nice to get back in the car, especially with a new car as it is always good fun,” he said.

“But I’m also waiting for the first race and it will be very, very nice to get back in racing when we start in Melbourne.”

He also gave the thumbs-up to the aesthetics of the new Ferrari, saying: “It looks different because of the new regulations, but I think after looking at it for a little while you get used to it and for me, while it looks different, it looks very good.

“I’m happy to see it running on the circuit to see how it goes.”

Raikkonen ready to regain top form - F1 | ITV Sport
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And from his team mate.

Massa expects strongest year yet

Monday, 12 January 2009 12:36
Felipe Massa believes he is starting his seventh Formula 1 season stronger than ever following his championship near-miss in 2008.

The Ferrari driver, who lost out on the drivers’ crown by a single point to McLaren rival Lewis Hamilton at the final round, confounded many long-time critics with his performances last season as he emerged as the team’s main title contender.

And looking ahead to the new campaign at Ferrari’s F60 launch on Monday, the Brazilian is confident last year’s experiences will stand him in good stead for another assault on the world crown.

“If you look at my career from when I started until now, every year I feel stronger,” he told Ferrari’s official website prior to the unveiling.
“After so much experience in these last six years I feel stronger, I feel more experienced, especially after last year.

“How the championship came from the middle to the end of the season, how difficult it was, I think you learn and that makes me for sure ready and even more experienced for this year.”

For the second time in his Ferrari career, Massa was given the honour of giving the team's new car its track debut during a series of laps at Mugello on Monday morning.

The 27-year-old admitted it was a proud moment for him given the history of the team and the months of development time that had gone into the car’s design at its Maranello base.

“Especially when you race for Ferrari and you bring the car for the first time on the track it is always quite an important and emotional day for us,” he said.

“It is the second time I will bring the car to the track for the first time and I am very happy and proud because I think it is very important for a driver to bring the car for the first time to the track.

“But also it’s quite emotional because it is a very important day for the whole team, for the whole tifosi and that makes me quite happy and [full of] emotion at the same time.”

Massa added that he was pleasantly surprised by the appearance of the F60, having expected it to look much bulkier given the radical changes to the aerodynamic rules.

“When I was on the plane coming here I was thinking ‘how is the new car going to be like?’” he said.

“To be honest I’m quite surprised because I was expecting a big car like it was 10 years ago, for example.

“And when I get here the car is very small, very compact, in the rear end especially.

“It looks pretty nice, pretty cute and hopefully it will be as quick as it looks.”

And Massa acknowledged that the regulation overhaul, which has also seen the introduction of KERS energy recovery systems and the return of slick tyres, made it more difficult than usual to assess the likely front-runners so early in pre-season.

“Well I think it is quite difficult to [pin]point who is going to be really the most difficult car to beat for us,” he said.

“We expect that McLaren will be very competitive, maybe BMW – they are working very hard and growing a lot year by year – maybe Renault and maybe we can have some other teams which can show a great performance as well.

“So I think it is really difficult to say who is going to be the quickest car, but we are working very hard and hopefully it will be us.”

Massa expects strongest year yet - F1 | ITV Sport
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Richard, Jan 12, 2009

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Just read that Ron Dennis will leave Mclaren starting 1st march this year....Quite a surprise.

Kai-Petri, Jan 16, 2009

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The Official Formula 1 Website
Just hope this has nothing to do with that court case.

And next up McLaren have revealed the car.
The Official Formula 1 Website

Richard, Jan 16, 2009

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BMW Sauber have revealed the car.
BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | BMW Sauber target title challenge

And so has Renault...Alonso speaks big.
BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Focused Alonso sets sights on title

Ferrari and McLaren were good enough to fight in 2008 because they have an advantage over the years, but this year it is not like that any more

Fernando Alonso
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Williams as well in a low-key launch.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7837431.stm

Richard, Jan 20, 2009

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India will definitely host a Grand Prix in Delhi in 2011, Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has told the BBC Asian Network

BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | India 'will host 2011 Grand Prix'
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Are is this the plan to get out of the non smoking Europe?

Looks like it, I hear Russia could be on the agenda in 2012 or a bit later.

Richard, Jan 22, 2009

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BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | F1 drivers delay signing licences

Come on there loaded!

Richard, Jan 24, 2009

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What do you guys think of the new aero rules package from an appearance standpoint? From what I've seen so far I like the way the new cars look without all the bargeboards & winglets etc, & really like the fact that slicks are back, but the narrow rear wings look amateurish, like they stole them off of some lower formula car or something.

I guess if competition is closer I'll like the new package ok.

I don't like the current engine rules, particularly the fact that V8s are mandated & revs are restricted. I don't much like the look of the daytona prototypes, but love hearing the different engine notes.

But no matter how much I might bitch, unlike the vast majority of Americans I still love F1 far greater than NASCAR & think it's a terrible shame that there are no GPs in North America, even though the last one I was able to attend was the Debacle at Indy in '05...

WalkerBulldog, Jan 30, 2009

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F1 to scrap 'bad' pit lane rule

Formula One's governing body is to scrap the rule that saw drivers penalised for pitting early while the safety car was deployed.
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BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | F1 to scrap 'bad' pit lane rule

Good, this is one silly rule we need to see the back of.

Richard, Feb 2, 2009

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