[F1] F1 nieuwtjes topic deel 39

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Op zondag 30 november 2008 22:38 schreef bodylotion het volgende:
punt voor pole ben ik niet zo'n voorstander van. vooraan staan is op zich al een hele belangrijke beloning

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2009 Testing Dates & Tracks

2009 F1 testing is under way and we’ve already seen most of the F1 teams in action.
Here’s a summary of the known dates for 2009 testing, along with maps of the tracks they will be visiting.

<sup>Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Dates: November 17-19th

Mugello Circuit, Italy
Dates: November 20th-21st

Pista di Fiorano, Italy
Dates: November 26th</sup>

Circuito Permanante de Jerez, Spain
Dates: December 9-11th

Bahrain International Circuit
Dates: December 10-12th

Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, Portugal
Dates: January 20th-22nd

Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo, Spain
Dates: January 20th

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Hockenheim's F1 future in doubt

The future of Formula One at the Hockenheim circuit is in doubt unless the government decides to help financially, a track official has said.

"Without grants from the state there will be no more Formula One in Hockenheim," Karl-Josef Schmidt told the Der Tagesspiegel newspaper.

The track will be absent from the calendar next year because it is alternating the event with the Nurburgring.

According to the newspaper, Hockenheim made a loss of 5.3 million euros this year after hosting the German Grand Prix.

The Canadian and French Grands Prix will not be on next year's schedule due to financial reasons.

Schmidt believes only Arab countries will be able to afford hosting a Formula One race if the future unless they start to get better deals.

"Formula One will disappear not just from Hockenheim but from Germany as a whole. Then it will only be run in Arab countries," he added.

There are currently five German drivers racing in Formula One, plus companies such as BMW and Mercedes.

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Giorgio Pantano says he feels abandoned by Formula One with no teams looking at him despite him winning this season's GP2 championship.

The 29-year-old Italian, who raced for Jordan in 2004, beat Bruno Senna and Sebastien Buemi - who are both being considered for F1 race seats - to the GP2 title this year, but has no options himself - the first time since GP2's inception in 2005 that its champion has not found a drive in F1.

"I challenge anyone to have a CV as good as mine," Pantano told Autosprint. "I won two karting world titles, three European, three Italian, German F3, GP2 and was always at the front in F3000. But now I don't have a seat in F1, is this a joke?

"That's what it's like now, if you don't get in touch with people, no one looks for you. I feel abandoned.

"The only person behaving fairly has been Ecclestone. I called him a few days ago and after ten minutes he called me back. The only real drives still available are at Honda and Toro Rosso. Bernie told me that if anything moves, I'll be the first to know.

"But I feel total indifference towards me. I read of Senna and Buemi but, really, what have they done? At this point, a guy in my situation must think that being a racing driver is not advantageous, doing another job would be better."

Pantano believes that a driver's talent is no longer relevant if he cannot bring substantial financial backing to a team.

"Money is becoming the priority in order to race, talent doesn't exist any more," he said. "I think I could still do six or seven years in F1 at high levels.

"I would just like someone to let me test an F1 car. Once the test is done, they'd tell me whether I could be a possible world champion or not. That would give me peace of mind.

"I just want a credible test, a real chance that puts me in the conditions of being properly assessed."

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Alonso in quit threat over rules

Fernando Alonso has warned he could walk away from Formula One if plans to introduce a standard engine for all teams go ahead from 2010.

F1's governing body the FIA has made the engine proposal as one of three options to cut what it views as the sport's excessive costs.

But Renault's double world champion said: "If they approve a single engine that would be the last straw.

"It would be time to start thinking about retirement."

FIA president Max Mosley insists F1 must reduce costs by 2010 to stay credible amid a global financial crisis.

But his proposal to introduce a standard engine has met with disapproval from the road-car manufacturers.

Ferrari threatened to review their participation in the sport arguing; "the use of same engines would deprive F1 of its competition and technological development".

The teams have already agreed to cut the cost of customer engines by more than £12m from 2011 - and are working with the FIA on changes for 2010.

The FIA has given the teams three options to reduce engine costs.

The first is a standard engine produced by a supplier, with current engine makers free to build their own to the same design. The road-car manufacturers in F1 have made it clear they are opposed to this idea.

A second option is for a teams' consortium to obtain a low-cost engine.

And a third, which was initially the idea of the teams, would result in independent teams receiving a complete power-train (engine, gearbox and transmission) for less than 5 million euros (£3.9m) a season.

Alonso's Renault team have made it clear they are opposed to standard engines, but the Spaniard spoke positively about next season's rules changes.

New regulations for 2009 will see the return of slick tyres, the introduction of the new kinetic energy recovery system (Kers) and aerodynamic alterations.

The changes are, in part, designed to make overtaking easier and to increase competitiveness - and Alonso says that will help him in his quest for a third world title.

"The advantage is that practically everybody is starting from zero," said Alonso, who won the Singapore and Japanese Grands Prix last season.

"Next year I will try to be champion. You can't allow yourself to start the championship without thinking you're going to win.

"My objective is to win the title. It's a very clear objective, although it may have to be altered as the year goes on."

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Op woensdag 3 december 2008 15:18 schreef Atreidez het volgende:
Hij is kampioen GP2, maar daar had ie wel 4 seizoenen voor nodig

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Op woensdag 3 december 2008 19:19 schreef vosss het volgende:
Offtopic:

Ik lees net dat Doornbos bij HVM gaat racen

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Op woensdag 3 december 2008 22:39 schreef Atreidez het volgende:
http://sport.fok.nl/f1/nieuws/56698?ref=SPT

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Op woensdag 3 december 2008 19:44 schreef 4-elements het volgende:

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Bron?

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Op donderdag 4 december 2008 12:53 schreef Googolplexian het volgende:
ehh ... geen F1 maar toch zonde

Audi scraps LMS programme

We zullen wel meer teams uit allerlei series zien verdwijnen met de kredietcrisis.

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Op donderdag 4 december 2008 12:53 schreef Googolplexian het volgende:
ehh ... geen F1 maar toch zonde

Audi scraps LMS programme

We zullen wel meer teams uit allerlei series zien verdwijnen met de kredietcrisis.

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Op donderdag 4 december 2008 13:39 schreef Fir3fly het volgende:
Ik kijk wel uit naar die R15, die is alvast voor 2010 gemaakt begrijp ik.

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Op donderdag 4 december 2008 21:08 schreef Alleskids het volgende:
http://www.f1today.nl/nie(...)an-de-start-in-2009/
HIONDA STAPT UIT DE FORMULE 1

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Honda looking to sell F1 team by Christmas?

Multiple sources are now reporting that Honda Racing F1 is being put up for sale and that if the sale is not completed by Christmas the team will be closed down. There is no confirmation from any Honda company officials, but teams across Europe are reporting that they have received a rush of applications from Honda F1 personnel in the course of the day.

The fact that the team is not responding to requests for statements is a bad sign, as if the rumours are not correct they would need to be killed as quickly as possible.

The official announcement of such a move is unlikely to come from the United Kingdom and thus the F1 world is waiting for Japan to wake up in around five or six hours to see if the news will be made official by the company.

Given the lack of credit available in the world at the moment it is not going to be easy for Honda to find a buyer, although big companies that might have an interest in running their own Formula 1 team do exist.

We will keep you informed as more news come to light.

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Op donderdag 4 december 2008 21:08 schreef Alleskids het volgende:
http://www.f1today.nl/nie(...)an-de-start-in-2009/
HIONDA STAPT UIT DE FORMULE 1

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Op donderdag 4 december 2008 21:16 schreef sasquatsch het volgende:

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Dat betekent dat als er geen kopers worden gevonden er slechts 18 auto's op de grid staan. Volgens mij moeten er volgens de contracten met de circuits minimaal 20 auto's aan de start staan.

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Op donderdag 4 december 2008 21:45 schreef Kleffe_Dop het volgende:
Wow.. dat is wel op heel korte termijn.
Heeft moedermerk Honda het zo zwaar te verduren op het moment?

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The Financial Times newspaper recently wrote that the team was the highest spending of the F1 outfits and had got through £147 million in 2007, about £40 million more than McLaren.

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I understand that the package being put up for sale does not involve the potential new owner running Honda engines but instead involves Ferrari engines, a deal which one imagines Ross Brawn would have put together.

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Op donderdag 4 december 2008 21:46 schreef Peterselieman het volgende:
Ik hoor net dat het begin maart is dat de alleruiterste deadline voor verkoop is

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Op vrijdag 5 december 2008 09:33 schreef ShaoliN het volgende:
Ik hoop echt dat iemand de plek van Honda overneemt. Het wordt zo wel erg rustig bij de startgrid.