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[tefnut]

In other news: more reason for the Diffuser-Protesters to stuff it.



http://www.autosport...rt.php/id/74282

Brawn: Laying it down, and calling out Flavor Flav in the process.

i like this team more and more

[Nacho]

i like this team more and more

Motion to hereby refer to Ross Brawn as "The Boss"

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

Motion to hereby refer to Ross Brawn as "The Boss"

already taken by jos and tony danza...

[Redliner]

[MrHahn]

Motion to hereby refer to Ross Brawn as "The Boss"

Not enough BOOOOOOOOORN IN THE USA!!

[chiuey]

already taken by jos and tony danza...

[MrHahn]

Change Alonso for Flava Flav and its 100% certified win

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As far as Italian sports fans are concerned, Ferrari made the right choice in signing Fernando Alonso for the future.

Speculation suggests that the Spaniard has inked a deal to move to the Maranello team either in 2011 or (depending on Kimi Raikkonen) even next year.

A survey conducted by La Gazzetta dello Sport claims the 27-year-old is the driver most Italian fans want Ferrari to put into a red car.

Alonso captured nearly 42 percent of the total vote, ahead of Robert Kubica (24.6%), Felipe Massa (16.8%) and Kimi Raikkonen (8.9%).

Of the five drivers cited, Lewis Hamilton netted the lowest percentage of the vote, with 8.2 percent.

Kimi barely above Lewis

[DrDickAction]

Change Alonso for Flava Flav and its 100% certified win

[Redliner]

Kimi barely above Lewis

Can you blame them?

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Can you blame them?

he's the only Ferrari driver in the past 4 seasons to win a world championship... at least show some love

[vietlol]

not really news but....

Italian fans want Alonso in a Ferrari

In a recent survey conducted by the Italian newspaper 'La Gazzetta dello Sport' nearly 42% of the voters chose Fernando Alonso as their favourite driver for a seat with Ferrari, interestingly beating out the current driver pair of Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen. Furthermore, it is highly speculated that Alonso already signed a contract with Scuderia as Raikkonen's contract expires in 2010.

1. Fernando Alonso 42%
2. Robert Kubica 24.6%
3. Felipe Massa 16.8%
4. Kimi Raikkonen 8.9%
5. Lewis Hamilton 8.2%

[Redliner]

not really news but....

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[Dr. Jimmmah!]

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[Dr. Jimmmah!]

Renault Roadshow ends up in a crash

By Jonathan Noble Thursday, April 9th 2009, 13:44 GMT

Multiple Middle Eastern Rally Champion Mohammed Ben Sulayem brought his involvement in Renault's Formula 1 roadshow in Dubai to an early end on Thursday, when he smashed up an R28 in a sizeable accident.

Ben Sulayem was taking part in a drag race with a Ford GT driven by Renault test driver Romain Grosjean at the Dubai Autodrome when he lost control of the car.

Having had huge wheelspin off the line, the Renault suddenly snapped right into the pitwall, nearly collecting the Ford GT, before skidding to a halt down the track. The car suffered heavy front end damage, as well as the left rear wheel getting ripped from the car.

Ben Sulayem remained in the cockpit for several minutes after the accident, as marshals attended to him, before getting helped out.

Renault has been conducting a week of activities in Dubai and it is not clear if the accident suffered today will force it to bring the Roadshow to an early close. The team does have two cars present in Dubai, but one of them has already been out of action with an hydraulic problem.

im a bit confused as to why they don't let grosjean drive the f1 car and the other dude drive the ford GT. it would make more sense to let your test driver drive the f1 car, and some other driver not related to the team drive the other car.

[Redliner]

im a bit confused as to why they don't let grosjean drive the f1 car and the other dude drive the ford GT. it would make more sense to let your test driver drive the f1 car, and some other driver not related to the team drive the other car.

WTF. pics?

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

WTF. pics?

"i knew it!"

and t-minus 10mins before it gets taken down..

[Skyliner]

Happy Birthday Jacques Villeneuve! And Jenna Jameson!

[MrHahn]

Happy Birthday Jenna Jameson!

Who's that first person you mentioned? Sounds like one of my bowel movements

[mads]

Lewis has to face the FIA by himself, since dave ryan got fired and theres nothing they can do to make him attend

[Nacho]

DC outta nowhere

David Coulthard believes the Court of Appeal will declare the diffusers of the Brawn, Toyota and Williams cars to be legal in next Tuesday's FIA hearing.

The Scot, although now retired as a racer, remains an advisor to Red Bull Racing, one of the teams that is questioning the legality of the rear aerodynamic solutions.

But Coulthard, also currently standing in as Red Bull's F1 reserve driver, is sure the FIA will tell the protesting teams that the designs are legal.

"I am not an engineer, so I have to rely on the judgement of the FIA technical people," he said in an interview with the Austrian sports website laola1.at.

"They said in Melbourne that the cars were legal and I think the FIA will confirm that judgement on the 14th," Coulthard added.

"The other seven teams are probably going to have to change their cars."

One of the arguments against the controversial diffusers is that declaring them legal will result in the other seven teams having to implement expensive and extensive car redesigns amid a global recession.

"That is right, but it does not mean that the diffusers are illegal," Coulthard insisted.

"You shouldn't necessarily be punished because you have interpreted the rules differently and thus taken an advantage. Those three teams also spent money to develop their aerodynamics, so that money would also be wasted.”

"Formula one is not just about saving money, it is also a championship!" Coulthard said.

Cool that he's not being forced to agree with his team/employer.

The former administrators of the now-defunct Super Aguri outfit claim the Formula One team could have been rescued.

Insolvency firm PKF are pursuing Honda for more than $400,000 in fees, saying they were dismissed as administrators last year after planning to sell the Leafield-based squad as a going concern.

According to the UK financial press, PKF had lined up a buyer for Super Aguri but the plan was rejected by Honda, the team's major creditor that was owed millions.

Honda ultimately appointed another insolvency group to oversee the team's voluntary liquidation.

"Any insolvency practitioner will say that (administration) was the only route for Super Aguri as there were buyers for it," said PDF partner Philip Long.

"Honda didn't want Super Aguri exposed to the marketplace," he added. "Smaller unsecured creditors voted for our proposals and fees."

And old F1 figures think that 'lie-gate' is far too out of control.... which I think we all agree with.

The seemingly out-of-control 'lie-gate' scandal is the result of unprofessional stewarding in Formula One, according to regular FIA critic Sir Jackie Stewart.

The Scot, seemingly perpetually locked in a war of words with FIA President Max Mosley, said the entire affair could have been avoided if the governing body's officials on duty in Melbourne were better organised.

Stewart, a triple world champion and ex-team owner, said McLaren rightly radioed race control during the Melbourne race for quick clarification about whether Lewis Hamilton should or should not give the place back to Jarno Trulli.

"But he (Charlie Whiting) was apparently unavailable, trying to sort out the Sebastien Vettel problem," the 69-year-old, referring to the German's crash with Robert Kubica, told the Scottish newspaper the Herald.


"It seems strange that only one person has the authority to deal with these inquiries which could be result-changing in a multi-million pound sport,” Stewart continued.

"As it is, we now have a potentially serious state of affairs for McLaren."

He believes McLaren will be harshly penalised, now that the affair has spiralled into formal admissions and sackings by team figures, and incontestable fraud to be assessed by the World Motor Sport Council later this month.

According to Ralf Schumacher, the FIA should have dropped the 'lie-gate' scandal in the interests of Formula One.

The six-time Grand Prix winner already admitted last weekend that lying is not a rare commodity at the pinnacle of motor racing.

"You could say that this is inexcusable," 34-year-old Schumacher is quoted as saying by the German press, "but I say it should be excused."

The scandal has claimed the scalp of sacked McLaren Sporting Director Dave Ryan, triggered an extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council, and thrown into doubt the futures at McLaren of Team Principal Martin Whitmarsh and reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton.

"I have to ask myself why the FIA draws this thing out even further," Schumacher continued. "It is unfortunate that at the moment such an exciting season is overshadowed by such things."

Also in the German press, experts and pundits are fearing the outcome of the FIA meeting on April 29.

Sporting sanctions may spark the already struggling Mercedes' withdrawal from the sport, while financial penalties would be disastrous amid the backdrop of the global recession.

Mercedes' racing boss Norbert Haug told the Cologne newspaper Express: "This situation is absolutely not positive for Mercedes.”

"I report directly to Daimler Chairman Dr Dieter Zetsche. If the situation should become intolerable, we will get together in Stuttgart and make a decision."

[Nacho]

From autosport:

USF1 considering Cosworth engine deal

Team USF1, which plans to be on the grid at the start of next season, is 'seriously' evaluating using the standard Cosworth engine in 2010, AUTOSPORT has learned.

Although team chiefs Ken Anderson and Peter Windsor said at the launch of their outfit in February that they would approach every manufacturer on the grid, it has now been revealed that a deal with Cosworth may actually suit it better than alignment with a car maker.

"The engine decision is part of the whole rebirth that F1 is going through right now," sporting director Windsor told AUTOSPORT.

"The Cosworth engine is certainly an attractive proposition. It is homologated, those guys were doing a great job with Red Bull Racing when Red Bull suddenly switched to Renault.

"A lot of people who were at Cosworth have left, but equally there are a lot of good people still there too. That is a really interesting thing for us. Apart from anything else, Cosworth is now owned by an American, Kevin Kalkhoven, and that is a nice little link for us as well.

"The idea of working with a small specialist company is kind of in-tune with the way we are operating as a race team as well."

When asked if Cosworth was Team USF1's preferred option, Windsor said: "I wouldn't say preferred, but it is definitely an option we are looking at very, very seriously."

Windsor also said that the team's official new name should be formalised in the next few weeks, with it needing to add the 'Team' moniker because of trademark implications in using the term ‘F1'.

"The USF1 name was basically a place mark name that Ken [Anderson] came up with. It is a great name! It was a working title for a work in progress that we began four years ago.

"Like everybody, we know that 'F1' is a protected name, and we always wanted to do the correct thing. But until we were an existing operation there was no point in doing that because it was just a working title. As soon as we had a position publicly, and we were going to become a team, then we needed to sit down and see what the situation was.

"Ken had registered several domain names for that situation, so we immediately kept everything on ice with another domain name to keep it ticking over. The new name, which is not too far away from the original name, is due to be announced soon.

"When the entry is formalised, when the 2010 championship is announced by the FIA, that is when we will come on line with a team name and a few other really good announcements as well."

Drivers in push to change start times

Formula 1 drivers are to push Bernie Ecclestone to bring the start times of the Australian and Malaysian Grands Prix forward for next year, following safety issues that marred the first two events of this season.

Poor light and a low sun in Melbourne, allied to atrocious weather and fading light that forced the abandonment of the Sepang race, have forced the drivers into action to urge a shift in the start time of the 2010 races.

Although Ecclestone has said he is keen to keep the races running at 5pm local time, because it boosts the European television audience, the drivers believe that safety could be improved if the starts are shifted forward by just one hour.

Sources have revealed that part of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA) regular post-race report to the FIA following the first two events will include a recommendation for the start times to be moved forward.

And it is understood that the GPDA will also write to Ecclestone to ask if he will consider shifting the start time so as to alleviate safety concerns for 2010.

A source within the GPDA told AUTOSPORT: "We already spoke to Charlie [Whiting, F1 race director] in the drivers' briefings to express our concerns about what could happen, and our fears came true. It was common sense that there would be problems

"In Australia it was very difficult. Because of the low sun, it was hard to see into Turn 1 and the pit lane exit line. While in Malaysia, the fading light made things very difficult.

"It wasn't the rain that was the problem in Malaysia, because it can rain just as heavily at 2pm as it did at 6pm. But there was no chance to restart the race when it started so late because it got too dark - and that was the problem.

[b]"I think even if the races are shifted to one hour earlier it will make a difference. We understand that there are commercial reasons for running the races so late, but safety always has to come first."[b]

Although Malaysian Grand Prix organisers have also expressed their desire to see the start time of their race moved forward, Ecclestone has so far remained adamant that things do not need to change.

When asked by AUTOSPORT at Sepang if he had regrets about the start time, because the race had to be abandoned, he said: "No. I just have regrets about the rain.

"I don't see anything wrong with the start time, we just didn't know about the rain. If we had started at 2pm then it would have rained as well."

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Lewis has to face the FIA by himself, since dave ryan got fired and theres nothing they can do to make him attend

Just read that, if I was Dave, I'd be all "fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, fuck you, i'm out"

dude put in 30 years, he's probably got a nice retirement and some pay package for being sacked... i'd be on some beach somewhere in the caribean sipping some pina coladas...

[MrHahn]

Just read that, if I was Dave, I'd be all "fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, fuck you, i'm out"

dude put in 30 years, he's probably got a nice retirement and some pay package for being sacked... i'd be on some beach somewhere in the caribean sipping some pina coladas...

If I was him - they wouldn't even be able to contact me. Where I'd be going - shit would be ballin'

[HighTachPres]

"i knew it!"

and t-minus 10mins before it gets taken down..

even when crashing it sounds sooooooooooo good

and wtf crowd? i don't see anyone there???
I doubt that video will be taken down, it's amateur