[F1] F1 nieuwtjes topic deel 58 - Seizoensfinale 2009!

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Op donderdag 29 oktober 2009 21:50 schreef Schunckelstar het volgende:

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veel treffender kun je het idd niet zeggen.
het erge is dat iedereen dat vind, behalve die seniele oude gek...het word tijd dat hij eens naar de fans gaat luisteren

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Op donderdag 29 oktober 2009 21:57 schreef sasquatsch het volgende:

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Vind ik toch niet van Abu Dhabi. Minder uitloopstroken, en ook de lay-out lijkt niet verkeerd. Maar we zullen de race moeten zien om te kunnen oordelen.

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Q and A with Kimi Raikkonen

Outgoing Ferrari champion Kimi Raikkonen has yet to secure a deal for the upcoming 2010 championship and while it appears as if his future will be in the pinnacle of Motorsports, there is still a chance that the Finn will turn to the Rally Championship instead. Here he speaks to the press about his options, thoughts on the new Abu Dhabi circuit and the new President of the FIA.....

What are your reactions to seeing the Yas Island Circuit for the first time. The facilities? The circuit?
I have only seen the paddock area so far. I haven’t been around the circuit yet. It looks all new and you can see a bit that it is last minute but, overall, it is a very big, massive thing and it will be one of the nicest when everything is ready.

What are your thoughts on leaving Ferrari?
KR: Well, it is not any different than a few races ago. I don’t have a contract anymore with them. It is the last race and we try to make a good result and we will see what happens in the future.

Is your focus totally on Formula One or would you like to pursue your rallying career?
Basically I have a few different options and we will see what is the best one overall and then make my decision.

Would rallying be a consideration?
It is definitely one of them, but I mean it is not just Formula One and rallying. There are other things I could do and we will see what happens.

Just looking back at the second part of the season. You have only scored two points less than the person who has scored the most points. Considering that development has stopped on the car it is a pretty remarkable record, isn’t it?
Yeah, I think we had a good second half. The car is definitely not the fastest but we found a pretty good way of working with the car and getting the best out of. It has been more normal to drive than for a long time before. Once you get something that you have a good feeling with, then usually you get good results. The bigger teams or the better teams who have been faster this year should have done better; better cars, better results and better points overall in the last part but they haven’t and I think we did pretty well.

It seems almost unfair that the focus has been on your teammates and how fast they have been going whereas you have been racking up points all the time.
It makes no difference for me really. I don’t think they have been going very fast and they can talk to them as much as they want. We just try to score points and get good results. That has been our aim and is still our aim in the last race and hopefully we can get a bit more than McLaren.

Jean Todt is the new President of the FIA. What would you like to see him achieve and accomplish for Formula One?
I think he is going to do good work. I think he is a good guy for this work and he is very straightforward and not too much politics. But I know from working with him that he is going to be the right guy.

About the late start: starting in the afternoon, going into the evening. We had a situation in Australia, first race of the year, with a similar kind of timing. Towards the end of the race there were complaints from the drivers about the sun getting in their eyes, complaints about the track cooling down, so the grip wasn’t as good. Do you have concerns here for the same reasons?
I don’t think there will be any problems. Of course, it might look a little bit different at some point when the sun disappears but the lights, at least in Singapore, were so good that you hardly see the difference between day and night. Here, it will be quite hot anyhow, so it should be OK.

Kimi, we heard something about you taking a sabbatical next year in 2010. Is that true, it’s an option or not?
I can if I want. I can do whatever I want, but like I said before, I haven’t made my decision what I want to do yet.

Do you think that Jenson Button is a good champion for the sport, or just that he had the best car this year?
Yeah, he had the most points, also at the end of the season but whoever gets the most points deserves it, so he’s definitely the right man for that.

Kimi, what would like to tell Fernando as he’s joining Ferrari to replace you?
I don’t think I need to tell him anything; for sure he will find out. He’s been in Formula One a long time and he’s not going to have any issues there. I think he’s probably been there before and met the people already, so there’s not much to say.

You talk about your options. I just wondered how important it would be if you decided to stay in Formula One, if you found another team, that you could do some rallying as well, like you did with Ferrari or whether that’s something of a stumbling block, wanting to do another form of motor sport as well as doing Formula One?
It’s definitely going to be Formula One, it’s going to be in the contract that I’m allowed to do it (rallying). It’s not going to hurt you. Any kind of driving is always going to give you some experience, so I don’t see what’s the issue. It’s been working well this year, so as long as it doesn’t disturb what you’re doing in Formula One or whatever you do, I don’t see that there’s any problem.

Both championships have been settled. Will this race be the last opportunity to show yourselves for next year?
You always try to do your best – at least, I try and it’s the same story in the last race: we try to get back third place in the championship for the team. I think it’s a bit late if you only try to do your best in the last race to try to prove yourself to some other team, then you shouldn’t be there. It’s the same story as any race this year: we try to do the maximum.

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Glock now likely to leave Toyota

Timo Glock has admitted it is now likely he will leave Toyota at the end of this season, with the German's future now set to be either with Renault or the new Manor outfit.

Although AUTOSPORT understands that Toyota has made him a firm offer for next season, sources suggest that Glock is keener to follow a new path in his career.

He is close to a deal to partner Robert Kubica at Renault, but it is also believed that he has not totally ruled out an option he has at the soon-to-be Virgin-backed Manor team.

Speaking in the Abu Dhabi paddock, Glock said he had no doubts that he would be racing in F1 next year - even though he is adamant nothing is signed for 2010 year.

"100 percent," he said, when asked by AUTOSPORT about how he rated his chances of competing in F1 next year. "We have, let's say, a good conversation with the teams. I am quite positive on that."

He added: "There are a lot of rumours going on at the moment, and we have a couple of good possibilities. And there could be maybe a surprise in the next one or two weeks, where nobody has been thinking in that direction. We will see... The possibilities are there and we just have to sort it out now."

Speaking about whether Toyota remained a possibility for him, Glock hesitated before saying: "It could be, but the chance is a bit lower I would say."

Glock said there were many factors for him to consider – and made it clear he would not rule out the gamble of going with a new team, rather than an established outfit like Renault.

"Everybody says that the new teams are not interesting, but next year everything is possible," he said. "With the new rules, 150-160kg on board, it will be different. When you see the rule changes this year, and the ups and downs during the season, even a smaller team like Force India had the chance to come up to the top five.

"Brawn GP won the championship and Red Bull – there is no real constructor at the moment fighting for the championship. Sure, McLaren-Mercedes-Benz is really, really strong again at the moment, but the point is that it is more equal.

"I think you have to look in every direction because nobody knows what is going on next year. That makes it interesting and you can make the right decision, or you can make the wrong decision.

"It doesn't matter where you go, you never know what is going on next year. Sure the strong teams like McLaren and Ferrari, they will be on the top and fighting at the top, but you have to be open for everything."

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Op donderdag 29 oktober 2009 21:57 schreef sasquatsch het volgende:

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Vind ik toch niet van Abu Dhabi. Minder uitloopstroken, en ook de lay-out lijkt niet verkeerd. Maar we zullen de race moeten zien om te kunnen oordelen.

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Op vrijdag 30 oktober 2009 21:49 schreef bodylotion het volgende:
Senna zou hebben getekend

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'Ik geef Trulli wel een tekening van Donald Duck'
31 oktober 2009

De strijdbijl tussen Adrian Sutil en Jarno Trulli is nog lang niet begraven. Het duo had al een verbale strijd in de persconferentie op donderdag, waarbij de Italiaan beweerde dat hij fotobewijs had dat Sutil schuldig was aan de crash in Brazilië. De Duitser wil de strijd nu achter zich laten en heeft nog wel wat ideeën voor Trulli.

"Hopelijk is het nu over", zei Sutil tegen Autosport. "Hij blijft misschien nog wat weken met zijn plaatjes rondlopen en zijn eigen visie vertellen. Misschien teken ik ook nog wel een plaatje voor hem, van Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck of Goofy of zo. Voor mij is het klaar, ik wil er niets meer over horen."

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Op zaterdag 31 oktober 2009 02:18 schreef Schunckelstar het volgende:

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ik ben benieuwd, ik was enorm fan van senna, en op de een of andere manier zit ik eigenlijk niet te wachten op een nieuwe senna , heel vreemd, ik weet het.. eigenlijk zou ik het dus juist moeten toejuichen dat de naam weer terugkomt.
ik hoop dat ie zijn familie eer aan doet...

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Fisichella: Force India return possible

Giancarlo Fisichella has not ruled out the possibility of returning to Force India next season, ahead of discussions with his Ferrari team about racing opportunities in 2010.

Although Fisichella's only confirmed plans for next year are as reserve driver for Ferrari, the Italian openly said that he would be interested in a chance to carry on racing as well.

Speaking in Abu Dhabi ahead of last grand prix for Ferrari, Fisichella said that he would sit down with his bosses after the season to look at what is on offer for 2010.

"After this race we will see what the possibilities are," said Fisichella. "We are now just talking about this race.

"So far, I am not thinking of racing with a new team. But if there is a good possibility to race with a team that has experience from the past then I prefer that. But to start from the beginning, like Force India last year, I think is difficult."

When asked if there was a chance of him returning to his old Force India team, Fisichella said: "Why not? It is open. It could be Force India. There are a lot of teams without drivers so far."

Fisichella's move to Ferrari from the Italian Grand Prix has not delivered the results that he or the team had hoped for, and he admitted that he would be far from pleased if he ended the season having not scored a single point for the Maranello outfit.

"It is a bit frustrating," he said. "I would be disappointed, but I am doing my best. It is not easy to jump from Force India and jump to the Ferrari car, which has completely different handling and completely different behaviour.

"I have driven for 14 years in F1 how I want and now I need to change, in braking and downshifting, my style of driving. I am doing my best. In the last couple of races, the race pace was good, the problem was the qualifying session. Here in the long runs I had the same pace as Kimi."

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Op zaterdag 31 oktober 2009 10:21 schreef ElmarO het volgende:

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Op zaterdag 31 oktober 2009 10:16 schreef kepler het volgende:
Misschien heb ik het gemist, maar is er ooit bekend geworden wat er gebeurde bij de pitstop van Kovaleinen? Was hij te vroeg, of de lollypopman?

GP Brasil - Pit Incident ( Kimi Räikkönen - Heikki Kovalainen ) - Dutch

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Op zaterdag 31 oktober 2009 11:12 schreef ElmarO het volgende:
Filmpje van de persconferentie met Trulli en Sutil. Helaas praten ze er in het Italiaans overheen.

AbuDhabi Press Conf Thursday 29 10 09

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Op zaterdag 31 oktober 2009 18:22 schreef Wombcat het volgende:

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Met Hill ging het toch wel goed.

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Op zaterdag 31 oktober 2009 18:22 schreef Wombcat het volgende:

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Met Hill ging het toch wel goed.