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[Dr. Jimmmah!]

holy shit.

Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster.

[Nacho]

The Formula One Teams' Association met on Tuesday, as a 'white paper' authored by the sport's governing body FIA revealed the shape of the next cost-slashing reform.

A wave of cost-cutting measures was recently fast-tracked for the forthcoming season, but it is for 2010 that the Paris based FIA intends to radically amend the technical regulations for what it believes will be a more sustainable future.

The Financial Times said the FIA is alarmed by Formula One's two and potentially three (including Honda) vacant team slots, the position of struggling carmakers, and the inability of new entrants to afford to fill the gaps.

Following the work done to freeze and de-tune engines, FOTA is therefore being urged to designate as 'non-compete' other areas of the technical regulations, with the FIA keen to shortly publish the new rules.

So-called 'non-compete' status would effectively mean the standardisation of components so that vast sums of money are not required to implement small performance gains in the heat of competition.

The FIA proposes that gearboxes, wheels, brakes and suspension may be eligible.

It is obvious, however, that the otherwise unified FOTA group will be tested by its new task, with key figures like Flavio Briatore and Ron Dennis quoted as disagreeing fundamentally on the issue of technical dilution.

"We believe that it is possible to cut budgets by 60 percent by 2012," Renault's Briatore said. "We want a sport which is for the fans, not for the engineers."

McLaren's Dennis added: "F1 should not be a prescriptive formula where engines and a large group of components should be standard."

[vietlol]

Why would you stand in the cold for 3 minutes I dont get it

[kngrsll]

Why would you stand in the cold for 3 minutes I dont get it

im in med school and i dont get it either

we use hypothermia during surgery to cool the patient to slow down their metabolic rate, but the latest research is pointing to the fact that more damage is done during rewarming, than we are preventing by going cold in the first place. anyways, this has nothing to do with broken bones or mark webber, so i dunno.

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

im in med school and i dont get it either

we use hypothermia during surgery to cool the patient to slow down their metabolic rate, but the latest research is pointing to the fact that more damage is done during rewarming, than we are preventing by going cold in the first place. anyways, this has nothing to do with broken bones or mark webber, so i dunno.

Vinnik, Iu S, et al. "[Application of cryogenic stimulation in treatment of chronic wounds]." Vestnik khirurgii im. I.I. Grekova 167.1 (2008):27.

The authors have studied alterations occurring both in the ultrastructure of the cell matrix and in the microcirculatory bed of the chronic wound after local exposure to cryoagent. The up-to-date effective methods including laser Doppler flowmetry were used followed by correct statistical processing of the data obtained. The cryogenic stimulation of the wound was shown to result in considerably improved perfusion of the microcirculatory bed, epithelization and remodeling of the scar. It allowed transformation of a chronic process into acute and thus led to considerably accelerated process of regeneration. The developed method of cryogenic treatment of the chronic wound was used in 35 patients, allowed quicker healing of the chronic wounds and made ambulatory treatment of the patients 3 weeks shorter.

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

woah... US F1 team and peter windsor back in a team role?

American team planning F1 entry

By Steven English Wednesday, February 4th 2009, 13:09 GMT

An American group is looking at putting together a team to enter Formula One in 2010, sources have confirmed to autosport.com.

The team, which is set to be called USF1, will be fronted by American design engineer Ken Anderson and former Williams team manager Peter Windsor.

Although there has been no official announcement about the plans yet, nor an official entry lodged, sources suggest that their bid has been approved by rival Formula One bosses and that they are currently attempting to raise sponsorship funding for the project in America.

An official USF1 website has already been produced. Investigations by autosport.com have revealed that the website is owned by Anderson, although at this stage it only has a logo.

Anderson was technical director of Ligier in 1988 and also worked for the Onyx F1 team before moving back to America. He was technical director of both Chip Ganassi Racing and AJ Foyt Racing before designing the G-Force IRL car in 1996 - which went on to win the 1997 Indy 500 with Arie Luyendyk - and the next generation chassis in 2000. Anderson then became technical director of NASCAR team Haas CNC Racing in 2003.

He is also the part owner of the Wind Shear Inc. full scale, 180mph rolling road wind tunnel in North Carolina which has been used by F1 and NASCAR teams.

Sources indicate that USF1 plan to construct their own chassis at their North Carolina base, with the ban on in-season testing making it more feasible for an F1 team to be based outside of Europe for all but the stretch of European races between May and September.

The Formula One Teams' Association's (FOTA) recent confirmation that each manufacturer is willing to supply customer engines for 5 million Euros per season and gearboxes for 1.5 million Euros now make is more feasible than it has been for years for an independent team to enter F1 in 2010.

[_R_]

holy shit.

i wonder who comes up with these ideas... i mean some medical practices and technologies blow me away, but who's the guy that was all "hey, your leg will heal faster if you're subjected to -130 temps a couple minutes at a time..."

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

i wonder who comes up with these ideas... i mean some medical practices and technologies blow me away, but who's the guy that was all "hey, your leg will heal faster if you're subjected to -130 temps a couple minutes at a time..."

with something like that i would probably guess they were studying cryogenics on cells for something else and noticed something 'interesting' with regeneration properties, which prompted the research to go into this sort of thing.. rarely do things just come out of the blue..

[DrDickAction]

woah... US F1 team and peter windsor back in a team role?

Hard to believe that he'd want to be involved in anything US themed considering how HARD he swings from louise's nuts in his columns

[MrHahn]

woah... US F1 team and peter windsor back in a team role?

Paint it like this:


I'll be the #1 supporter.

[kngrsll]

Vinnik, Iu S, et al. "[Application of cryogenic stimulation in treatment of chronic wounds]." Vestnik khirurgii im. I.I. Grekova 167.1 (2008):27.

cool thanks! :biggthumb:

[Nacho]

woah... US F1 team and peter windsor back in a team role?

Right now would be the time to get a team started.

And that rumor has been floating around since Super Aguri's demise.

[Nacho]

Expectations about the appearance of Red Bull's 2009 car are rising, as the team prepares to launch the RB5 next Monday.

Despite the questionable aesthetics of this year's bodywork regulations, Australian driver Mark Webber recently said the Milton Keynes-based squad is to buck the trend by revealing a 'beautiful' car.

"(The RB5 is) perhaps the most beautiful of the 2009 class, which under the new regulations was pretty difficult," he said.

Helmut Marko, the motor racing advisor to Red Bull chief Dietrich Mateschitz, confirmed Webber's claim about the shape of the Adrian Newey-penned single seater.

He is quoted as saying by the Austrian news agency APA: "Our car will look different to the majority of the others that have been presented so far."

Ahead of the last major technical changes in 1998, Newey designed the championship-winning McLaren.

Marko admits that fundamental rule changes can be an opportunity for unusual shifts of performance in F1. "We are relatively confident," he added.

I'm sort of excited to see the new Red Bull car.

[b7r]

I just hope the Red Bull car is fast

[yonson]

Webbah is

[yonson]

woah... US F1 team and peter windsor back in a team role?

Where is said website???

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

Where is said website???

http://www.autosport...rt.php/id/73121

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The rear diffusers of the Toyota and Williams teams have been cleared by Formula One's governing body, according to FIA president Max Mosley.

As reported by Autosport magazine last month, teams were to request a clarification about the design of the diffusers of Williams and Toyota, who have opted for a different design concept compared to their rivals.

The diffusers of the Williams FW31 and the Toyota TF109 appear to exceed the maximum height of 175 mm at their peak through clever aerodynamic shaping of the rear crash structure.

Mosley says, however, that the FIA has seen nothing illegal about the "clever" design, although he admitted a protest could not be ruled out during the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

"It will always happen when you have got new regulations," Mosley told selected reporters on Thursday.

"The current FIA view is that Williams and Toyota have been clever and have exploited the wording of the rules in a clever way. But somebody may challenge it and the stewards may take a different view - it could happen.

"It is a curious idea in a way - where you are not allowed two surfaces, you have a surface and then something that is not a surface because it is unsprung. The view on our technical people is that it is okay, we will wait and see if someone challenges it."

Autosport.com has learned that at least one other team are now developing a similar diffuser design ready for the start of the season.

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Sebastien Bourdais has moved a step closer to the second racing seat at Scuderia Toro Rosso, autosport.com has learned, as the Frenchman will test with the team next week at Jerez.

Toro Rosso are the only team yet to confirm their full line-up for the 2009 season, having only announced Sebastien Buemi so far.

However, autosport.com has learned that Bourdais is now on pole position to secure the second racing seat, and he will test with Toro Rosso in next week's test at Jerez.

Although there is no official confirmation yet, the four-time Champ Car champion looks certain to secure the seat.

Bourdais made his Formula One debut with Toro Rosso last season, but was largely eclipsed by teammate Sebastian Vettel in the second half of the season as the Frenchman felt the car did not suit his driving style.

With Bourdais now likely to secure the seat, Japanese Takuma Sato's chances of racing in F1 next year seems to have vanished.

The former Super Aguri driver tested for Toro Rosso at the end of last year and was one of the candidates for the second seat at the Italian squad.

[Nacho]

Boo Bourdais, yay Sato.


In other news:

I dunno who this guy is, but he's fucking pissed.

Marc Surer, a Swiss Grand Prix driver of the 80s, has issued a damning appraisal of Formula One’s powerbrokers Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley.

The 57-year-old, today a German-language television pundit and commentator, told the Swiss car magazine Automobil Revue that he thinks Ecclestone, F1's long time Chief Executive, has now passed ‘his zenith’.

"In the beginning, when he began taking money for the delivery of races, he fought also for Formula One. Today it seems nearly completely about the money," Surer said.

He is most scathing about the 78-year-old billionaire's recent tendency to replace customary Grand Prix hosts with those of ‘sheikhs’.

Surer is also critical of Max Mosley, President of the FIA since 1993; particularly his ideas about how to contain costs in F1.

"When I hear about Mosley's plans, I think the FIA should not be designing the cars.
It is not for them to prescribe how an engine should perform and make everyone use the same transmission. I hope F1 does not move towards being a spec-series because I think the interest would reduce."

Surer also said he thinks the stewards hand down too many penalties to the drivers.

[b]"Formula one should be about action, and overtaking is already difficult enough without punishing it when it happens."

Speaking of which

[b]F1's governing body has only limited power to safeguard historic destinations on the annual calendar, FIA President Max Mosley told journalists in London on Wednesday.

With traditional host nation France missing from the 2009 calendar, it is now feared that the forthcoming switch of the British Grand Prix rights from Silverstone to Donington could result in another established nation dropping out of F1.

It was believed that the FIA has the power to step in and prevent F1's commercial rights holder from replacing certain of the sport's traditional races with new venues.

But Mosley insists it is not as simple as that, revealing that while the FIA does have a say, Formula One Management Chief Executive Bernie Ecclestone is not bound to preserve historic venues.

"We have to be reasonable as to the financial terms and facilities (of races on the calendar)," Mosley said. "The FIA can't put pressure on Bernie to race in the UK for less than other countries would pay for us to race elsewhere."

Mosley did, however, seem to express concern about the endangerment of the British round, describing the country as ‘the home of Grand Prix racing’, having hosted the very first world championship race in 1950.

[Skyliner]

Where is said website???

Can we go back to quoting sources for news posts? It's not that I think anyone would make something up, but it's helpful when discussing the issue with other people to have a source to determine "reliability".

[Robert]

I dunno who this guy is, but he's fucking pissed.

I don't know who he is either but I'd like to buy him a beer.

[yonson]

Can we go back to quoting sources for news posts? It's not that I think anyone would make something up, but it's helpful when discussing the issue with other people to have a source to determine "reliability".

He got it from autosport.com I read that, I was meaning where the USF1 website was, but there isn't anything there yet...

[Nacho]

Can we go back to quoting sources for news posts? It's not that I think anyone would make something up, but it's helpful when discussing the issue with other people to have a source to determine "reliability".

F1-live is basically the only place besides here that I get info from.

But it seems they all copy each other, as the USF1 story was on f1-live, citing autosport nearly word for word.

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

SATNOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Bourdais confirmed at Toro Rosso

By Matt Beer Friday, February 6th 2009, 08:17 GMT

Toro Rosso have confirmed that Sebastien Bourdais will return to the team for a second season in 2009.

The four-time Champ Car champion's Formula One career looked like it might be short-lived when he seemed to be falling out of contention for the second STR seat over the winter as the team sought additional funding.

But yesterday autosport.com revealed that Bourdais would return to testing duties with them next week and was set to be announced as GP2 graduate Sebastien Buemi's teammate for 2009.

"It has been a very long and difficult winter, but now the waiting is finally over and I am really excited about tackling my second season with Scuderia Toro Rosso," said Bourdais.

"I would like to thank Red Bull and Dietrich Mateschitz for this opportunity to continue with a team that made so much progress last year.

"Now, I can focus on preparing for the coming season. It promises to be a very interesting one, thanks to all the rule changes and I'm also looking forward to establishing a good relationship with my new teammate, Sebastien Buemi, to ensure both of us do the best possible job for the team and for Red Bull."

Buemi, Bourdais and former Honda and Super Aguri driver Takuma Sato had taken part in a testing shoot-out for the Toro Rosso drives before Christmas, although it was clear that the team's need for sponsorship was going to be an important consideration as well as the drivers' performances.

Bourdais struggled to match former teammate Sebastian Vettel for much of his F1 debut season. But he made progress in the latter part of the year - and team boss Franz Tost hopes he can build on that in 2009.

"After one year with Toro Rosso, we expect him to profit from the experience he gained last season," said Tost.

"He now knows the F1 environment, the race tracks and the team. In addition, the slick tyres, which make a comeback this year, should suit his driving style very well.

"Therefore he will tackle the coming season with much more experience under his belt. This will be especially valuable given that our other driver, Sebastien Buemi, is an F1 rookie, who has come up through the ranks of the Red Bull Junior Driver programme."

Today's announcement means that all the spaces on the F1 grid are now filled pending developments with the sale of Honda Racing.

http://www.autosport...rt.php/id/73147