[F1] F1 nieuwtjes topic deel 59: Op naar 2010

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Op woensdag 25 november 2009 20:03 schreef Googolplexian het volgende:
Watch the Royal Television Society award-winning film from the opening race of the Formula 1 season in Australia.

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Op woensdag 25 november 2009 20:23 schreef bodylotion het volgende:

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"Coca Cola Zero presents..."

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Op woensdag 25 november 2009 20:30 schreef Googolplexian het volgende:

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Reclame heet dat ... filmpje komt erna

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With the Qadbak buyout reportedly in tatters, another investor is set to step in and rescue the Sauber team, according to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport.

It was reported this week that, in the wake of BMW's withdrawal from F1, the Qadbak takeover was the poorly funded brainchild of convicted fraudster Russell King.

The collapse of the Qadbak deal would explain the FIA's reluctance so far to grant Sauber the thirteenth guaranteed slot on the 2010 grid, vacated when Toyota announced its decision to leave formula one. But Auto Motor und Sport insists there is still hope for the Hinwil based team, in the form of American investors.

The report did not name the investors, but said they are "known" and would be welcomed into the paddock by Bernie Ecclestone, who is keen to bring the US back to his annual race calendar.

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Analysis of F1 engine performance in 2009


There is a great piece of work on Auto Motor und Sport’s website with an analysis of the engines in this year’s world championship. The analysis is based on collating the information each engine builder has about each other.

I’ve checked it out with some of the F1 engineers and it seems that the data is a pretty accurate reflection of the numbers they are working with.

The result is that Mercedes comes out top, with Toyota at the bottom.

Throughout the year one kept hearing stories about how much the Renault in the back of the Red Bull car was down on power compared to the Mercedes in the Brawn, Force India and the McLaren. In fact Renault were allowed to improve their engine quite a lot from 2008 to 2009 and it ended up not far off the performance of the Mercedes.

Most teams reached the conclusion, based on acoustic analysis and GPS, that the spread of engine power from the best to the worst engines was less than 2.5% this year. This means that, if the Mercedes is believed to have had 755hp, the least powerful engine was 18hp down, which is worth just under 3/10ths of a second per lap.

The BMW and Mercedes were at the top, with the Ferrari just behind, then the Renault and the Toyota. On this basis, given how close the lap times were between teams this year, the Toyota and Williams chassis must have been pretty good to withstand losing 3/10ths of a second through engine performance alone. Both teams had the double diffuser from the start of the year, of course.

Responding to rumours in the paddock about the performance of the Mercedes, the FIA took a Mercedes’ engine apart and tested it after Monza, giving it a clean bill of health.

The Renault won out this year on fuel efficiency, however, which was pretty important this year and will be much more important next year with no refuellling. Compared to the Mercedes, the Renault would go four laps longer on a full tank of fuel, which is worth about 3/10ths of a second per lap next year. The Ferrari was less efficient than the Mercedes, as we saw on several occasions this year.

As for next year, Cosworth is believed to be quoting a figure of 770hp, which is up on the Mercedes, but the fuel efficiency is still an issue and the unit is well short of the reliability testing of its peers.

Mercedes was given clearance by the FIA to supply a fourth team next year, but is not able to do so, due to the terms of its agreement with McLaren. Mercedes now owns the Brawn team, while McLaren has a technology partnership with Force India. So it is not in McLaren’s interests to add another competitor.

Red Bull is in limbo at the moment, waiting to see whether Renault, on whose engine its 2010 car is designed, will continue in F1. A decision is expected at the end of the year.

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De Formule 1 is en blijft de koningsklasse van de autosport. Niet alleen vanwege de glamour, snelheid en uitdaging, maar ook vanwege het spektakel en de grandioze klappers. Alle kampioenen en helden uit de F1-geschiedenis zijn wel eens hard op hun plaat gegaan, van Michael Schumacher tot Fernando Alonso. Ook de mindere goden waren regelmatig goed voor spectaculaire beelden. RaceXpress.com vond een filmpje met enkele zware klappers.

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Peter Sauber wordt weer volledig eigenaar van BMW-Sauber, op voorwaarde dat het team een startbewijs voor volgend jaar krijgt. Zo heeft BMW vrijdag bekendgemaakt. De overname door de Zwitserse investeerdersgroep Qadbak gaat dus niet door.

"Ik ben erg opgelucht dat we tot deze oplossing zijn gekomen", reageerde Sauber, die het team begin jaren negentig oprichtte. "Dit betekent dat we de fabriek in Hinwil en het meerendeel van de banen kunnen behouden. Ik ben ervan overtuigd dat het nieuwe team een goede toekomst kan hebben in de Formule 1. We hebben zeer competente en gemotiveerde medewerkers en ik kijk ernaar uit om samen met hen deze nieuwe uitdaging aan te gaan. Ik wil BMW bedanken voor de vier seizoenen dat we hebben samengewerkt. Het was over het algemeen een erg succesvolle periode."

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Op vrijdag 27 november 2009 12:27 schreef ArcticBlizzard het volgende:
http://f1.gpupdate.net/nl(...)ug-aan-peter-sauber/
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Op vrijdag 27 november 2009 12:27 schreef ArcticBlizzard het volgende:
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The birds of Cologne

And while all this was going on I got a call at some point from a little bird in Cologne who told me that the staff of Toyota have been told that their entry has been sold on to someone else – and that some of them are going to be asked to stay on to build and run their car for a man called Stefan from Serbia. Apparently the government down there is paying for “Stefan Grand Prix” to become a reality.

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Op vrijdag 27 november 2009 14:27 schreef bodylotion het volgende:
Analysis of F1 engine performance in 2009

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There is a press conference scheduled for Montreal later to confirm the return of the Canadian Grand Prix. Great news for F1

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Op vrijdag 27 november 2009 18:20 schreef Trystar het volgende:

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Bron: twitter Jon Noble.

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Op vrijdag 27 november 2009 21:57 schreef vosss het volgende:

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