[F1] F1 nieuwtjes topic deel 54; Waar Fisi z'n kans krijgt

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Monza voorziet chicanes van hogere kerbstones
08 september 2009

De eerste twee chicanes van Monza zijn voorzien van hogere kerbstones, waardoor de coureurs deze bochten niet zomaar meer kunnen afsnijden. Het gaat om de Variante del Rettifilo, de eerste bocht na de start, en de Variante della Roggia.

In deze twee chicanes zijn zogenaamde combinatie-kerbstones geplaatst, die ook te vinden zijn in de Veedol-chicane op de Nürburgring en in de nieuwe chicane van Barcelona. De coureurs zullen voortaan dus iets voorzichtiger moeten zijn in deze bochten, om schade aan de voorvleugel of de bodem van de auto te voorkomen.

Bron: http://f1.gpupdate.net/nl(...)n-hogere-kerbstones/

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Op woensdag 9 september 2009 15:27 schreef Noud_ het volgende:

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Toevallig dat Monza juist nu dit besluit neemt.. Juist het nemen van die kerbstones met veel snelheid is een zwakte van de F60, en dankzij deze aanpassing moeten alle bolides het in die chicanes rustiger aan doen.

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Op woensdag 9 september 2009 15:27 schreef Noud_ het volgende:

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Toevallig dat Monza juist nu dit besluit neemt.. Juist het nemen van die kerbstones met veel snelheid is een zwakte van de F60, en dankzij deze aanpassing moeten alle bolides het in die chicanes rustiger aan doen.

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Op woensdag 9 september 2009 12:57 schreef Giem het volgende:

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Alle mooie circuits hier gaan we verliezen door van die saaie zandbak races.. :S Als we ook weer zagen wat er dit weekend in Spa allemaal gebeurd, een grote crash, inhalen binnen door en buitenlangs.

Spa zou nu al moeten afwisselen met duitsland, krijgen we dus een leuke race om het jaar..

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Nico Rosberg is going to switch to Brawn to drive a silver-coloured car in 2010, according to the authoritative Swiss publication Blick.

In an article penned by the well-connected journalist veteran Roger Benoit, it is claimed that Mercedes will allow its contract with McLaren to lapse at the end of 2011, and by then the German manufacturer will own 75 per cent of Brawn GP.

Blick said the Brawn buyout is in conjunction with Arab partners, and will see the Brackley-built cars painted silver and with prominent Mercedes branding as of 2010.

Benoit also wrote that Rosberg is in fact not heading to McLaren, the British team that is currently 40 per cent owned by Mercedes, but to Brawn, despite chief executive Nick Fry saying recently he was happy to keep Rubens Barrichello alongside Jenson Button.

Rosberg said coyly last week that although still with multiple options for 2010, he had now at least honed in on one in particular.

"Nico is an option," Mercedes' motor sport president Norbert Haug said on Tuesday. "He is a candidate."

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Op woensdag 9 september 2009 16:19 schreef Tarado het volgende:
Rosberg to drive Mercedes owned Brawn in 2010
09/09/2009
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Link naar het originele artikel in blick.ch http://www.blick.ch/sport(...)-holt-rosberg-128169

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Op woensdag 9 september 2009 16:34 schreef bodylotion het volgende:

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Kun je daaruit opmaken dat BrawnGP straks het febrieksteam van Mercedes wordt? En misschien zelfs onder de naam Mercedes verder gaat?

Interessant trouwens, in deze setting zou Kimi wellicht volgend jaar terugkeren naar McLaren

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Race-day meeting key to Renault case

A meeting between Nelson Piquet, Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds hours before last year's Singapore Grand Prix is central to the race fixing allegations surrounding the Renault team, AUTOSPORT has learned.

With the FIA's World Motor Sport Council due to meet on September 21 for Renault to answer charges that the team caused a deliberate crash in Singapore last year to help Fernando Alonso win, sources have confirmed for the first time background details of the case.

AUTOSPORT understands that key to what happened in the race is the discussion that took place in one of Renault's offices at the Singapore track on the Sunday, where race tactics were discussed between Piquet, team principal Briatore and director of engineering Symonds.

Sources claim that in evidence submitted to the FIA by Nelson Piquet, the Brazilian driver says he was asked by Briatore and Symonds to crash deliberately early in the race so as to help Alonso win.

Piquet says that he agreed to do so because he felt uncomfortable about his situation at the team, with Renault having not renewed his contract for 2009 at that time - and Briatore was stalling on making a firm commitment. Piquet suggests that he only went ahead and caused the accident because he felt he would be rewarded for his actions.

In his evidence, Piquet claims that he was taken aside by Symonds after the first meeting and instructured that he should crash on lap 13 or 14, shortly after Alonso's scheduled first stop, at Turn 17.

The reason this part of the track was singled out was because there were no cranes present there to lift the car away, so any accident would virtually guarantee a safety car.

Piquet's claims have, however, been denied by both Briatore and Symonds in documents that are believed to have been submitted with the FIA. Although they confirm that the meeting between the three of them took place, both suggest that it was Piquet's own suggestion to cause an accident.

Sources claim that the Singapore race-fix matter came to light on July 26 - the day of Piquet's last race for Renault in Hungary - when his father Nelson contacted FIA president Max Mosley to make him aware of what had happened.

Piquet Jr. then visited the FIA's headquarters in Paris on July 30 to present a statement to FIA representatives, believed to be stewards' advisor Alan Donnelly, and external investigators from the Quest agency.

Following Piquet's testimony, the three stewards from the Singapore Grand Prix, plus two external investigators from Quest, were flown to the Belgian Grand Prix to conduct interviews with Renault representatives.

A report in Italian magazine Autosprint also suggests that telemetry data from Piquet's car has emerged as another reason why the matter has gone to the WMSC.

At Turn 17 where Piquet crashed, normally the rear wheels of the Renault would lose grip on the exit - requiring the driver to ease off the throttle briefly. However, on the lap he crashed, Piquet kept accelerating even though the rear wheels had lost grip.

Briatore is reported to have claimed that he was: "a victim of extortion by the Piquet family.

"I confirm the meeting with Piquet on Sunday morning, but nothing like that was ever talked about. I also remember that Piquet at Singapore was in a very fragile state of mind. Besides that, there are the audio recordings where I express disappointment when I see on the screens that Piquet had crashed."

Symonds is also reported as saying: "It's true, during the Sunday meeting with Piquet the issue of deliberately causing a SC deployment came up, but it was proposed by Piquet himself. It was just a conversation."

Renault has said it will not comment on the matter officially before the WMSC hearing later this month.

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Op woensdag 9 september 2009 18:51 schreef ElmarO het volgende:

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Op woensdag 9 september 2009 19:11 schreef Tarado het volgende:

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Lees ik het nou goed? Dat er plannen waren of suggesties te crashen geven alle drie toe maar alleen over van wie de suggestie kwam zijn ze het niet eens.............dat ziet er niet goed uit

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Op woensdag 9 september 2009 18:51 schreef ElmarO het volgende:

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I confirm the meeting with Piquet on Sunday morning, but nothing like that was ever talked about. I also remember that Piquet at Singapore was in a very fragile state of mind. Besides that, there are the audio recordings where I express disappointment when I see on the screens that Piquet had crashed.