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quote:Two Formula One Teams Still Stranded In China
Most of the Force India and HRT teams are still stranded in Shanghai, it emerged on Thursday.
Four days after the chequered flag waved at the end of the Chinese grand prix, it was reported that most teams - and the crucial F1 freight and cars - are now arriving back on European soil.
Red Bull's Christian Horner said the air travel delays due to the famous volcanic ash cloud will have little effect on the team's plans for Barcelona, while Lotus' Mike Gascoyne said planned developments for Spain will be applied "to both cars".
But a Force India spokeswoman said in Shanghai on Thursday that while the drivers are back in Europe, "the majority of the team" is still in China.
With the team owned by the Kingfisher airline magnate Vijay Mallya, she told Reuters that they are hoping for their charter to leave "at some point tomorrow".
Indian rookie Karun Chandhok also revealed that most of the HRT team is still in China, amid reports that hundreds of other F1-related personnel are in a similar situation and face waits for flights that could extend well into the weekend.
Calm down, please!
quote:Stefan attempting 2011 F1 entry
Stefan GP has renewed its efforts to try and get a place in Formula 1, despite seeing its plans to get on the grid this season rejected by the FIA.
Team owner Zoran Stefanovic had worked hard to try and secure a place in F1 this season by using the 2010 Toyota cars, with Jacques Villeneuve and Kazuki Nakajima as drivers.
But despite Team US F1 having failed to get ready in time, the FIA ruled out letting Stefan GP in as replacement - and instead opened up the entry process for new teams.
Now Stefan GP has not only confirmed that it is eyeing one of the slots for next year, the team has also revealed plans to build a Serbian track that he hopes could host F1.
"Stefan GP would like to make a public announcement that the AMCO Corporation and its owner Zoran Stefanovic have today signed an agreement with the Mayor of Stara Pazova, located 25km from Belgrade, Serbia, to build the Stefan Technology Park," said a statement on Stefan GP's newly revamped website about the plans for the 3.5km circuit.
"This will include a racing circuit suitable for the competition of Formula 1, and a technical complex that will serve as Stefan Grand Prix's team headquarters upon completion in two years time."
The statement also said that Stefan GP would: "Like to officially announce our bid for the FIA 2011 Formula 1 world championship."
Team owner Stefanovic said: "I think this is an excellent development for our team, Stara Pazova city, region and country.
"This is proof that we want to put ourselves on the map as a serious high-tech company, and that we are serious about competing in Formula 1 for the long term."
"Bearing in mind that we will soon be on a par with top teams, in terms of facilities and organisation, as Stefan Technology Park looking to be compared with them, we expect many positive improvements in the future."
Stefan GP's website also revealed the drivers that the team held talks with for a potential seat for this year.
As well as confirming Villeneuve and Nakajima, the list included world rally champion Sebastien Loeb, and former F1 drivers Ralf Schumacher, Christian Klien and Takuma Sato.
quote:F1 considering gas turbines?
25/04/2010
Mat Coch writes:
Following Pitpass' exclusive revelation that Formula One could return to turbocharged engines in 2013, it's believed another engine technology has been submitted to the FIA which could spark an engine war.
Andreas Andrianos, CEO of Project 1221, has revealed exclusively to Pitpass that his company has approached Bernie Ecclestone with a gas turbine engine developed for Formula One. He also claims that a proposal is now with the FIA for evaluation and, if approved, Project 1221 could supply engines to teams as early as 2013.
Formed in 2001, Project 1221 has developed gas turbine technologies for a number of automotive, aeronautical and military applications. The company is best known for its seemingly aborted super car, the MF1, a mid-engined sports car which was said to be capable of over 400kph.
Andrianos claims a gas turbine engine would be a much cheaper solution than an internal combustion unit, together with other benefits which he believes make it an attractive proposition.
While fuel consumption is inferior to that of current spec Formula One engines, through the use of bio-diesel fuel the engines are more environmentally friendly. Coupled with greater 'green' credentials a single turbine engine is expected to be capable of racing almost an entire season without maintenance, meaning lower ongoing costs. Furthermore, as there is no traditional cooling system the engine can be more easily packaged into a modern Formula One car - stresses on the engine during competition are expected to be similar to that in helicopters and aircraft and could therefore easily handle the demands of Formula One.
There are potential problems in relation to the gearbox however. An electric motor would be needed to engage the reverse gear, while teams would have to address their fundamental design as turbine engines cannot be a structural member of the car. It would mean reverting to a space frame design to support the rear suspension, rather than bolting it to the engine block as has been the standard since the Lotus 49 in 1967.
Ironically the man who developed the Lotus 49, Colin Chapman, tinkered with turbine power in the early 1970's. Inspired by the performance of turbine cars in the US during the 1960's Chapman produced the Lotus 56B, a four-wheel-drive car powered by a Pratt & Whitney turbine engine. In three championship starts it achieved a best result of eighth at the 1971 Italian Grand Prix in the hands of Emerson Fittipaldi. Plagued by problems, most notably turbo lag, the 56B was abandoned in favour of the Lotus 72 and a traditional Cosworth power plant.
With developments in technology, Andrianos believes gas turbine engines are now more advanced and, if given the opportunity, could race alongside turbocharged or normally aspirated rivals. By limiting the air intake of the engine Andrianos believes the FIA could effectively equalise engine performance, creating an environment where multiple engine configurations could compete on equal footing.
Such a move could potentially open the way for unheralded engine innovation within the sport. Volkswagen, for example, has produced a 2.0-litre TSI engine powered by natural gas, which it claims reduces CO2 output by as much as 80%, and has already raced at the Nurburgring 24hr in a VW Scirocco, winning its class. The German company has been forever linked with Formula One, and giving more engineering freedom for 'green' technologies may provide the catalyst for its entry.
An engine development race may go against the cost cutting initiatives the FIA has been championing, but, within reasonable guidelines, it could be seen as a golden opportunity for the sport to become a leader in 'green' technology. It would also allow the FIA to fulfil its mandate of assisting the development of technology relevant to road cars, giving motor sport a chance to be seen as part of the cure, rather than part of the cause.
Calm down, please!
Ach zonder een beetje duw en trekwerk toe te staan krijgen nooit meer gevechten als deze:
so get yourself a car and drive it all alone
get yourself a car and ride it on the wind
get yourself a car and drive it all alone
get yourself a car and ride it on the wind yea
get yourself a car and ride it on the wind
get yourself a car and drive it all alone
get yourself a car and ride it on the wind yea
mijn parkiet doet het geluid van een f1 na 
eerst optrekken en daarna terugschakelgeluiden
het heeft lang geduurt maar eindelijk doet ie het (sporadisch)..beter als wat ie eerst nadeed, mijn sms-toon
(waarschijnlijk interesseert het jullie niet, maar ik vind het echt grappig )
eerst optrekken en daarna terugschakelgeluiden
het heeft lang geduurt maar eindelijk doet ie het (sporadisch)..beter als wat ie eerst nadeed, mijn sms-toon
(waarschijnlijk interesseert het jullie niet, maar ik vind het echt grappig
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haha dat is wel lachenquote:Op dinsdag 27 april 2010 17:27 schreef Schunckelstar het volgende:
mijn parkiet doet het geluid van een f1 na
eerst optrekken en daarna terugschakelgeluiden
het heeft lang geduurt maar eindelijk doet ie het (sporadisch)..beter als wat ie eerst nadeed, mijn sms-toon
(waarschijnlijk interesseert het jullie niet, maar ik vind het echt grappig
Please, make yourself uncomfortable.
Filmpje!quote:Op dinsdag 27 april 2010 17:27 schreef Schunckelstar het volgende:
mijn parkiet doet het geluid van een f1 na
eerst optrekken en daarna terugschakelgeluiden
het heeft lang geduurt maar eindelijk doet ie het (sporadisch)..beter als wat ie eerst nadeed, mijn sms-toon
(waarschijnlijk interesseert het jullie niet, maar ik vind het echt grappig
quote:
quote:Op dinsdag 27 april 2010 19:15 schreef Schunckelstar het volgende:
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ik ga mijn best doen
maar hij doet het niet op commando, dus dat word nog best lastig..
het klinkt overigens wel "op zijn parkiets" dus verwacht geen f1-mp3 geluiden, maar je kunt duidelijk horen wat ie nadoet
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We wachten in spanning af. 
quote:Williams favours early KERS return
Williams technical director Sam Michael says his team is now in favour of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems returning to Formula 1 as early as 2011 having been convinced that the devices are now cost-effective.
Amid continuing discussions on the future of KERS - which remains available in the regulations, but which the teams have agreed not to use in 2010 on cost grounds - Michael admitted that Williams had previously preferred to wait until the major rules overall due in 2013.
But he said Ferrari and Renault had made a presentation to the rest of the teams that had convinced Williams that an early reintroduction of KERS would be financially viable.
"[Waiting until 2013] was our position up to when Ferrari and Renault submitted a proposal to FOTA that they could do it for less than a million euros," Michael said.
"So our position now is we're doing KERS for 2011, and so is theirs."
Michael is confident that the Ferrari/Renault proposal makes KERS much more realistic than it was last season, when all the major teams spent large sums on developing the technology, but few actually raced it.
"I wouldn't say that's incompatible with cost saving, because it's got to be less than a million euros, so that's quite different to spending money on a new engine development programme, for example," said Michael
"It's not like the KERS of old, when you were spending 10 to 20 million, or even more. It's [now] a million euros for the running costs."
He said Williams had always been in favour of the KERS concept, and was only concerned about the financial implications.
"We're supportive of KERS at Williams, but our [original] position was that we would rather it was integrated properly in the 2013 engine," said Michael.
"It's something F1 can contribute to. A lot of road cars are going with KERS now, so it makes sense for F1 to have it. We thought '13 was a better introduction point, but we've got to go with the agreement that everyone signed, and that was if someone proved by the end of March that they could do it for a million euros, then they can.
"The attraction from my point of view is it makes the car go faster. If someone's got KERS then you can't afford not to have it. You're talking three or four tenths [per lap].
"It was quicker [to have KERS] by the end of last year. If you look at McLaren, in Ahu Dhabi they were very competitive until they had the brake failure, and that was with the old front tyre as well. Now with the narrow front tyre it will be even easier to make KERS work."
Michael is happy that the rules are sufficiently restrictive to prevent KERS turning into a costly development race.
"If you didn't have power and energy limits it would be a different question, but you do," he said.
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quote:INTERVIEW-Motor racing-Formula One teams offered cut-price KERS
LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - Formula One's KERS systems, scrapped by teams last year as too costly at a time of financial belt-tightening, could make a comeback next season in a cheaper and more powerful guise.
Williams technical director Sam Michael told Reuters after a meeting of the teams' association FOTA on Wednesday that Ferrari and Renault had offered to supply systems at affordable prices.
"Basically Ferrari and Renault put forward proposals that they could do KERS for less than a million euros ($1.33 million)," said the Australian.
"Those have been accepted but what Ferrari and Renault are both saying is that unless we increase the energy level from the current 400 kilojoules up to 600 or 800, to make KERS more beneficial, they are not prepared at this stage to commit that they will actually do KERS."
The old kinetic energy recovery systems, which stored energy generated under braking to give drivers a short boost of power at the push of a button, helped McLaren and Ferrari win races last year but cost 10-20 million euros to develop.
Although KERS remains in the regulations, with the governing body backing the systems as relevant to ordinary road users and important for the sport's environmental credentials, teams have agreed not to use them this year.
"I think that by Barcelona (next week's Spanish Grand Prix), the FOTA executive is due to try and make a decision on KERS for 2011. It's all pretty split at the moment on that," said Michael.
"Renault will supply anyone who asks for it on the grid and Ferrari will supply any of their customers, anyone who is running a Ferrari engine," said Michael.
Williams, who own 78 percent of a hybrid power company developing flywheel technology, would expect to use their own.
TYRE CHOICE
The FOTA meeting also discussed the 2011 tyre supply, with Bridgestone pulling out at the end of this season.
"The conversations really, at this point, are between Michelin and Avon," said Michael.
"Avon's a lot cheaper (than Michelin) but it's a less proven product although they've done plenty of highly competitive tyres.
"They are a bigger unknown than Michelin because Michelin did it (in F1) very recently. But there is a significant difference in cost and you are probably talking over three times the difference in cost to the teams. So that's what's being debated at the moment."
While Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali suggested after this month's Chinese Grand Prix that a tyre deal could be announced before Barcelona, Michael said that looked unlikely.
"I think the discussion in FOTA is just acknowledgement that you've got to take into account a lot of different factors, it's not a straight financial decision and it's not a straight technical decision," he added.
"All this needs to be discussed with (F1 commercial supremo) Bernie (Ecclestone) as he's traditionally looked after tyre supply."
Former champions Williams, with experienced Brazilian driver Rubens Barrichello and German rookie Nico Hulkenberg, are just seventh of the 13 teams with just six points after four races.
Hulkenberg even finished behind Finland's Heikki Kovalainen, driving for newcomers Lotus, in Shanghai on April 18 but Michael dismissed the significance of that and said better times were coming.
"We've got a lot of stuff coming to the car over the next three or four races, particularly aero-dynamic performance parts which is always the quickest and most effective way of adding performance to the car," he said.
For Spain, there will be a new front wing and possibly a redesigned rear diffuser that had been set for introduction at Monaco, a week later.
"I would say by Monte Carlo, the second race from now, we should have taken a good step and then we've got a pretty steady stream past that," said Michael.
Calm down, please!
Recente foto van het vernieuwde Silverstone. Ik kijk al uit naar de Engelse GP
Where facts are few, experts are many.
Petrov volgde Hamilton ook gewoon, dus er was ook geen sprake van blokken. Petrov hoefde alleen maar rechtdoor te rijden en dan kon 'ie er langs (behalve dat 'ie niet voldoende snelheid had).quote:Op dinsdag 20 april 2010 22:03 schreef Waffle het volgende:
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Tsja Hamilton gaat soms wat ver, maar aan de andere kant is dit volgens mij wel wat het publiek (waaronder ik) wil zien. Tenminste wat actie op de baan. Hamilton is een agressieve rijder en dat zorgt altijd voor wat spectaculair acties. Dat met Vettel in de pits ging wat ver en was redelijk gevaarlijk, maar dat met Petrov was wel leuk om te zien.
Bovendien was het circuit breed genoeg en liet Hamilton steeds voldoende ruimte voor Petrov om er evt. langs te gaan. Het is niet dat 'ie Petrov op het gras/in de muur dwong oid.
Wie vroeg mij een tijd geleden eens voor de hele race uit 94? 
Als het goed is krijg ik die deze week van iemand die het complete weekend inclusief de trainingen, de crash van Rubens, de kwali met Ratzenberger en de race zelf op DVD heeft.
Dus als daar interesse in is kan ik die wel op usenet butsen
Als het goed is krijg ik die deze week van iemand die het complete weekend inclusief de trainingen, de crash van Rubens, de kwali met Ratzenberger en de race zelf op DVD heeft.
Dus als daar interesse in is kan ik die wel op usenet butsen
De oude oude layout was veel beter!!
vosss is de naam,
met dubbel s welteverstaan.
vosss is de naam,
met dubbel s welteverstaan.
Met je racing underground account had je m allang in je bezit gehad vosss 
Where facts are few, experts are many.
Ja man, die site werkt nooit mee bij mij. Om de haverklap is mn account weer gewist of iets 
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De oude oude layout was veel beter!!
vosss is de naam,
met dubbel s welteverstaan.
vosss is de naam,
met dubbel s welteverstaan.
quote:Op zaterdag 1 mei 2010 18:06 schreef THEFXR het volgende:
Ayrton rust zacht, je zal voor altijd mijn held blijven.
Mensen vragen wel eens, onder welke steen je geslapen hebt, maar dit slaat alles
Goed, dan toch maar de vraag: Onder welk hunnebed kom jij vandaan ?
1 mei is zijn sterfdagquote:Op zondag 2 mei 2010 09:02 schreef Meike26 het volgende:
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Mensen vragen wel eens, onder welke steen je geslapen hebt, maar dit slaat alles
Goed, dan toch maar de vraag: Onder welk hunnebed kom jij vandaan ?
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Oké... never mind
*Uit m'n hoofd was dat op 10 Mei 1994... Vergissing van 9 dagen...
*Uit m'n hoofd was dat op 10 Mei 1994... Vergissing van 9 dagen...
SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.
F2 op Marrakech nu op Eurosport, als je nog wat racen wilt zien t weekend
Where facts are few, experts are many.
dikke crash nuquote:Op zondag 2 mei 2010 13:03 schreef Atreidez het volgende:
F2 op Marrakech nu op Eurosport, als je nog wat racen wilt zien t weekend
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Begon al te twijfelen of ik niet naar de Red Bull Airrace zat te kijkenquote:
Where facts are few, experts are many.
hij heeft echt geluk dat ie niet vol met de neus dat hek inklapt
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Ze hadden beter die race stil kunnen leggen.. Met maar 19 rondes is 7 rondjes gewoon een derde van de race achter de SC. Waarom hebben we in het Racing gedeelte van SPT eigenlijk geen SC topic, nu zitten we F1 nieuwtjes te vervuilen
Oh, god, ze gaan er nog een zandbak van maken ook
Oh, god, ze gaan er nog een zandbak van maken ook
Where facts are few, experts are many.
het word er niet beter op volgens mij, zoveel poeder heb ik nog nooit gezien
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Straks nog MotoGP (20min.) ook
Ik dacht dat superleague formula op rtl 7 kwam. Alleen is er nu al 3 kwartier cobra 11 voor..
“Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.”
quote:Only one upgraded Virgin for Spain
Virgin Racing will only have one of its upgraded cars ready for this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, with plans to lengthen the fuel tanks on both cars wrecked by the recent volcano-caused travel chaos.
With the team having realised that the fuel tank on its VR-01 was not large enough to get it comfortably through all races, designer Wirth Research had embarked on an revamp plan to lengthen the cars for the Barcelona event.
However, with the team having faced delays in getting its race cars back from the Chinese Grand Prix because of the volcanic ash cloud, the team has been unable to modify both its chassis in time.
With only one car ready, the team has elected to give the modified version to its more experienced driver Timo Glock.
Technical director Nick Wirth said: "Having worked tirelessly to prepare the new car for the race, including its successful rehomologation, it is a bitter pill to swallow that we are unable to complete the second car due to the 'volcanic delays'.
"Running two fundamentally different specification cars at Barcelona will certainly challenge the team, but as the reliability fixes apply to both specifications, we'll keep our heads down and focus solely on getting both cars to the chequered flag."
Glock admitted that the challenge the team faced in operating cars to different specifications would be a tough one this weekend.
"The last few weeks haven't exactly gone according to plan thanks to the Icelandic volcano, but what this has enabled us to do is draw a line under the disappointment of Shanghai and focus on better things ahead," he said. "We have taken a good hard look at the first four races and now have a very clear picture of where things have gone well for us and where we need to improve.
"It's a shame that we couldn't bring two new modified chassis to Spain, because we would have had two sets of data to work from, but we will work with what we have and hope that it brings the kind of results we are hoping for."
Di Grassi added: "Though I'm disappointed that I will be driving the previous specification chassis, as we didn't have enough time to modify two cars, I hope with all the work we've been doing to make our race weekends go more smoothly we can have a positive European debut."
zo'n ding deed vorige week zondag wat rondjes na de Superbikes op Assen.quote:Op zondag 2 mei 2010 14:45 schreef Waffle het volgende:
Ik dacht dat superleague formula op rtl 7 kwam. Alleen is er nu al 3 kwartier cobra 11 voor..
Dik geluid, de rest was wat minder vond ik
Please, make yourself uncomfortable.
Mooie wagen. Hij ziet er erg bekend uit en nou weet ik niet helemaal omdat je duidelijk ziet wie zn voorganger was of omdat ie ergens anders op lijkt.
Ik ben even in de war
Maar mooie auto, dat zeker
Ik ben even in de war
Maar mooie auto, dat zeker
De oude oude layout was veel beter!!
vosss is de naam,
met dubbel s welteverstaan.
vosss is de naam,
met dubbel s welteverstaan.
Beetje Tommy Kaira ZZIIquote:Op dinsdag 4 mei 2010 17:11 schreef vosss het volgende:
Mooie wagen. Hij ziet er erg bekend uit en nou weet ik niet helemaal omdat je duidelijk ziet wie zn voorganger was of omdat ie ergens anders op lijkt.
Ik ben even in de war
Maar mooie auto, dat zeker
Calm down, please!
Een mix van die samen denk ik en dan met een McLaren susje eroverheen
De oude oude layout was veel beter!!
vosss is de naam,
met dubbel s welteverstaan.
vosss is de naam,
met dubbel s welteverstaan.
Mijn eerste ingeving was dat de voorkant wel iets weg leek te hebben van de Ferrari F430.quote:Op dinsdag 4 mei 2010 17:11 schreef vosss het volgende:
Mooie wagen. Hij ziet er erg bekend uit en nou weet ik niet helemaal omdat je duidelijk ziet wie zn voorganger was of omdat ie ergens anders op lijkt.
Maar dat kan ook aan mij liggen.
Klien to test HRT on race weekends
http://adamcooperf1.com/2(...)-on-race-weekends-2/quote:Christian Klien has signed as test and reserve driver for HRT, and will make his debut in the car in place of one of the regular drivers at Barcelona in Friday morning practice.
The 27-year-old last raced for Red Bull in 2006, and had since had spells as test driver for Honda and BMW Sauber. He has also tested for Spyker. HRT has already announced Sakon Yamamoto as an extra driver.
Team boss Colin Kolles said in a statement: “We are very proud to welcome Christian Klien to HRT F1 Team. He is a young and fast driver. I have been keeping a close eye on him since his first races in the ADAC series as I believe he has great potential. We look forward to having Christian alongside us in Barcelona later this week so he can spend some valuable familiarisation time with the team. As a young team we are looking for drivers who can grow with us.”
Meanwhile Klien, who also has Peugeot sportscar commitments, added: “I am thrilled to be joining HRT F1 Team. This role offers me the opportunity to rejoin the Formula One environment and drive again, which is naturally where my longer-term ambitions lie. I was in Bahrain and China and had a close look at the car already.
“I have also met the team members and I know quite a number of them from my previous race seasons. I would like to thank Dr. Colin Kolles for the interest he has shown in me at this stage. It is exciting and very motivating to be part of a new team structure in such a challenging sport. At only 27 years with six seasons of F1 under my belt I am sure I can bring a lot of experience and enthusiasm into HRT F1 Team.”
It’s an interesting opportunity for Klien, but it remains to be seen how much the regular drivers suffer when they have to give up their places, albeit only for the opening session of the weekend.
Autosport.comquote:FIA approves Ferrari engine changes
By Jonathan Noble Tuesday, May 4th 2010, 22:13 GMT
Ferrari has been given the green light by the FIA to make modifications to its engine on reliability grounds following the problems it has had in the early stages of the season.
Both Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa have suffered engine issues in the opening flyaway events - with Alonso suffering two blow-ups that has left him in particular on the back foot in terms of his supply for the season.
With customer team Sauber having also encountered its share of engine issues, Ferrari conducted a detailed investigation into the matter after the Chinese Grand Prix.
And after finding out that there was an intrinsic problem with the design of the engine, Ferrari applied to the governing body to be able to make some improvements to the power units on reliability grounds.
The Maranello outfit was duly given approval and the modifications will be ready in time to be fitted to the F10 cars at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix.
Although Ferrari has not outlined exactly what the issues were with the engine, they are believed to relate to air consumption, which could have been caused by leaking pneumatic valves.
A statement by Ferrari said: "A lot of work was carried out on the test bench, completing several long runs and this work produced some solutions which it is felt will solve the reliability problems experienced in Bahrain and Malaysia. The team therefore requested and received authorisation from the FIA to make some changes within the framework of the current engine regulations and these modifications will be fitted to the engines to be used in Spain.
"While since China, everyone in the Gestione Sportiva has been working hard as always on their various areas of activity, it is fair to say that over the past weeks, the staff in the engine department really produced a major effort, working night and day to analyse, evaluate and solve issues that have affected engine performance in past races."
The Spanish GP will also see Ferrari fit the full version of the F-Duct to both drivers' cars for the first time in practice, although a decision about whether the concept will be used for qualifying and the race will only be made after the results of the Friday sessions are in.
]http://www.racexpress.nl/index.php?nav=Artikel&nid=23999[/quote][/url]quote:Michael Schumacher omzeilt testverbod en rijdt in het geheim met nieuwe Mercedes
Uitgegeven door Jordy Stuivenberg 5 mei 2010 10:42 - Print artikel
Komend weekend staat Michael Schumacher aan de start van de F1 Grand Prix van Barcelona. Met een gloednieuwe bolide van Mercedes moeten de prestaties van de afgelopen vier races vergeten worden. Schumacher heeft ondertussen al kennis gemaakt met de nieuwe Mercedes GP-wagen tijdens een geheime test.
Voor ‘promotionele activiteiten’ reisde de 41-jarige Schumacher met Mercedes GP af naar Groot-Brittannië, zo schrijft Bild vandaag. Op het circuit van Rockingham, dat volledig werd afgesloten werd van de buitenwereld, reed Schumacher maarliefst 100 kilometer met de vernieuwde Mercedes.
De kennismaking van Schumacher met de nieuwe Mercedes valt niet onder het testverbod, omdat Mercedes aangaf dat er voor promotionele doeleinden werd gereden in Rockingham. In het verleden maakte Schumacher bij Ferrari ook gebruik van deze maas in de wet.
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"Ik heb nog nooit een zak geld een doelpunt zien maken"
Ach Red Bull heeft daar eveneens gebruik van gemaakt evenals een aantal andere teams.
I killed. But I didn't just kill fifty, I didn't kill a hundred. I killed TEN thousand! And I was good at it. It wasn't for vengeance, it wasn't for greed. It was because...I liked it
Let us leave, no trace of tears upon our dead faces
Let us leave, no trace of tears upon our dead faces
autosport.comquote:Ferrari removes barcode design
By Jonathan Noble Thursday, May 6th 2010, 15:54 GMT
Ferrari has removed the controversial 'barcode' design from the side of its car from this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix following controversy about it being subliminal advertising for title sponsor Marlboro.
A report in The Times newspaper last week revealed that leading doctors were putting pressure on governments to investigate whether the red, white and black bar code that had featured on the Ferrari cars for several years was a clever way of promoting its title sponsor's cigarette brand.
Ferrari reacted angrily to the claims - suggesting that the barcode design was not copyrighted by Marlboro owner Phillip Morris and that it had chosen the concept alone. The bar code also featured on the Ducati MotoGP bikes too, though.
Earlier this week, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo labelled any claim that the design was promoting Marlboro as 'nonsense.'
"Frankly, I find this argument completely pointless and it is verging on the ridiculous to claim that the colour red or a graphic design which shows a bar code could induce people to smoke," di Montezemolo said on Ferrari's website.
"At a time when, on the other side of the Atlantic they are fighting to provide a more equal health service, in the old continent of Europe, so called experts are racking their brains to come up with theories that have no scientific basis: I think there are more important matters to think about than a bar code.
"Therefore, it's best not to waste any more time replying to this sort of nonsense or to those who are instrumental in wanting to stoke up the story."
Despite that stance, Ferrari opted on Thursday to remove the barcode design from its cars immediately.
A statement issued by the team said: "Together with Philip Morris International we have decided to modify the livery of our cars starting with the Barcelona Grand Prix.
"This decision was taken in order to remove all speculation concerning the so-called 'barcode' which was never intended to be a reference to a tobacco brand.
"By this we want to put an end to this ridiculous story and concentrate on more important things than on such groundless allegations."
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