[F1] Nieuwtjes topic deel #68 "VauWee" in der F einz?

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Op vrijdag 19 februari 2010 13:18 schreef Mr_Moon het volgende:
Stefan GP heeft de de eerste auto klaar en draaiende. Tevens worden Nakajima en de geruchten rond Villeneuve bevestigd...

Van mij mogen ze komen...

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Op vrijdag 19 februari 2010 13:38 schreef Atreidez het volgende:
Zaken zijn goed, financien wat minder.. Kan me toch niet voorstellen dat Toyota hun auto's wil laten rondrijden eer ze betaald zijn, of was dat weer zo'n gerucht wat helemaal niet waar is?

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Carabante takes over Campos team

The Campos Meta team has confirmed that Jose Ramon Carabante has taken full control of the Spanish outfit, with former Midland, Spyker and Force India boss Colin Kolles being appointed as team principal instead of team founder Adrian Campos.

After weeks of speculation about the future of the team, it was announced on Friday that a deal had been reached with Campos to make Carabante, who was already a shareholder in the team, the new majority owner.

Carabante said he has secured a deal that will see the team competing in the 2010 championship.

"I would like to thank Bernie Ecclestone, who worked tremendously to support our efforts to keep the team viable," said Carabante.

"The whole rescue operation has been a race against time with the goal of always having the team run two competitive cars at the first Grand Prix of the F1 season in Bahrain.

"We have a lot of hard work still ahead of us but we are excited about making our F1 debut and looking forward to a competitive season."

Carabante said the team's base will remain in Spain and that Kolles will also act as managing director to ensure the team is fully operational and ready to make its Bahrain debut next month.

Kolles added, however, that the team needed to find 'extra funding' to guarantee its presence in Bahrain.

"I could not resist this tremendous challenge and am very excited to join forces in this new team," said Kolles.

"Over the next ten days we will review the entire operation, find the extra funding to ensure the team will make the first race in Bahrain, announce the line-up for 2010 in due time and make the operation viable under Jose Ramon Carabante's new ownership."

The team has a contract with Brazilian Bruno Senna, with rumours having linked Jose Maria Lopez with the second seat, despite the Argentinean having a contract with the US F1 squad.

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Op zaterdag 20 februari 2010 11:29 schreef Atreidez het volgende:
Het is vandaag weer lekker droog zo te zien, Button heeft al een 1m18 neergezet.

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Verstappen als een duiveltje uit een doosje

Max Verstappen maakt deze week zijn Internationale debuut tijdens de Wintercup in Lonato. De zoon van Nederlands succesvolste F1 coureur kende een drukke week. Vooral de laatste paar dagen stonden in het teken van trainen en testen, maar dat deden niet alleen de Verstappens. De deelname in de KF3 is heel zwaar met meer dan honderd concurrenten.

Tijdens de testdagen op het circuit van South Garda Karting moesten er nog verschillende zaken gestroomlijnd worden, maar langzaam maar zeker kwam men bij het fabrieksteam van CRG bij de goede afstelling. Ook Max moest nog wat wennen bij zijn eerste krachtmeting met alle toppers ter wereld. De vele deelnemers, de nieuwe banden, welke afstelling en ga zo maar door.

Vanmiddag stond de kwalificatie op het menu en de eerste serie. Verstappen Junior pakte de draad goed op met een vierde positie in de kwalificatie. In de eerste serie had Max de smaak te pakken en won. Een beter debuut kon hij zich niet wensen. “Het was verschrikkelijk nat, maar Max heeft zichzelf en zijn rijstijl goed aangepast aan de situatie. Hij won met een straatlengte voorsprong”, zei Jos Verstappen tegenover RaceXpress.com. “Maar we moeten niet gelijk te hoge verwachtingen hebben van Max. Het is tenslotte pas zijn eerste internationale race. Dat moeten we niet vergeten. We moeten hem de kans geven om te rijpen en we doen ons best, maar de concurrentie staat ook niet stil.”

In ieder geval is de kop eraf en met de eerste zege in de pocket kan men zich in het kamp van CRG gaan voorbereiden op morgen, wanneer er nog meer series op het programma staan. RaceXpress.com houdt u op de hoogte.

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Op zaterdag 20 februari 2010 11:57 schreef vosss het volgende:
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Eerste internationale race winnen op een kletsnatte baan. Ik denk dat hij zn vader achterna gaat en dat we hem over een aantal jaar best wel eens in de F1 zouden kunnen zien

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USF1 seeks permission to miss races

USF1 co-founder Ken Anderson has admitted that he is in discussion with the FIA to reach an agreement that will allow for the new team to miss the first four races of the 2010 Formula 1 season.

While rival Campos now looks likely to make the start of the season after Jose Ramon Carabante took control of the project and installed Colin Kolles as team boss, speculation that USF1 has fallen behind in preparations and is struggling to secure the necessary funding has intensified in recent weeks.

In an interview with the New York Times yesterday, Anderson revealed that USF1 was unlikely to make it to Bahrain on March 14, and was seeking to miss the Australian, Malaysian and Chinese Grands Prix as well.

"We're working with the FIA to clarify how many races we can miss," Anderson told the newspaper. "In an ideal world, we can miss the first four races and show up in Barcelona."

Despite recent revelations that the Concorde Agreement includes a clause allowing teams to miss up to three races before officially being deemed to have failed to participate, the FIA made it clear earlier this month that new teams would breach the regulations if they missed any event.

Anderson indicated however that he believed the governing body sympathetic to USF1's predicament and wanted to assist him in ensuring it made the grid.

"I guess anything's possible," he said when asked about incurring fines for missing races. "But what would be the point of that? Why would they give us a franchise and just, the first time there's a bump in the road, yank it and put it out of business?

"That's definitely not the message that I'm getting from them. They want to help us, not shut us down."

Anderson insisted that both co-founder Peter Windsor and investor Chad Hurley, who co-founded YouTube, are still involved with the project. Windsor told AUTOSPORT's Grapevine column earlier this week: "I am still with the team", while the latter responded with: "Peter is still here at the moment, not sure what he is up to, stay tuned."

But the American revealed to the NYT that the project's progress was dependant on sponsorship falling in to place soon: "We have a timeline in place that if we get a decision quickly, that triggers funding and we're good to go.

"If it takes another week or two to make a decision, it keeps backing up," he added.

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Button: Ferrari strongest at present

By Steven English and Mark Glendenning Friday, February 19th 2010, 17:59 GMT

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, Jerez testing February 2010Jenson Button believes the Ferrari is the strongest-looking car after the first full dry day of testing at Jerez this week.

Mark Webber set the best time of the day for Red Bull, with Fernando Alonso second quickest for Ferrari and Button's McLaren third. Alonso and Button both completed several long runs today and Button was impressed by the consistent pace of the Ferrari.

"I think the Ferrari is a very strong car," he said. "If you look at their runs today, they're very consistent. I think they have better consistency than anyone at the moment.

"It's always interesting to observe what they're up to. I think our pace is good, but there are still areas we need to work on for me to be happy with the car."

Button spent some time behind both Alonso and the Mercedes of Michael Schumacher on track today and reckons the Ferrari is handling best so far.

"I followed a few drivers today, Fernando, Michael. It's always interesting to see what's happening," said Button. "You never know what fuel loads people are on but you can see what sort of balance they have.

"The Mercedes to me seemed like it was a little bit twitchy at the rear, and braking it looked like it was locking the rears, but if they're on 150kg it's understandable. It's interesting. The Ferrari looked good on the circuit, good consistency."

And on the performance of the MP4-25, he says McLaren is heading in the right direction but the car is not yet where he wants it.

"For me, our car over one lap is getting there," Button added. "We're improving step by step. And on the long runs, we're improving every run we do. There's so much information we've got from today - more than any other test day, for me anyway. We'll go through all of that this evening and hopefully have another good day of testing tomorrow."