http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93016quote:Formula 1's row over the off-throttle use of blown diffusers is now at an end, after Ferrari and Sauber agreed to join other teams in backing plans to ditch the ban on the concept.
Although the two outfits were alone in failing to support the offer from the FIA to revert engine mapping settings to how they were in Valencia during a Sunday morning meeting, the two have now indicated that they will support the move.
It means that the FIA will approve teams using off throttle blown diffusers from the German Grand Prix - although the ban on outfits changing engine mapping settings between qualifying and the race will stand.
More to follow.
Nou nu weten we dat hij ook snel is in een trage autoquote:
"I have my knuckles on the wheel and just go straight"quote:
Heerlijk stukje om te kijkenquote:
Idem, kan ie niet altijd zo zijnquote:Op maandag 11 juli 2011 13:49 schreef Kw4Kje het volgende:
Ben geen Vettel fan, maar zo te zien kun je met hem lachen, leuke gast.
Dat meisje achter Vettel, met een redbull jacketquote:
En hij is nog snel ook. Heerst over de F1 zoals alleen een Duister kan, net als Schumacher. Nu kijken hoelang hij dat volhoud en of hij nog een keer de uitdaging aan gaat om een team te helpen opbouwen, ook zoals Schumi bij Ferrari.quote:Op maandag 11 juli 2011 13:49 schreef Kw4Kje het volgende:
Ben geen Vettel fan, maar zo te zien kun je met hem lachen, leuke gast.
Zou wat zijn als hij naar Williams gaat... Want zoveel opties zijn er niet, mocht hij RBR willen/moeten verlaten.quote:Op dinsdag 12 juli 2011 17:21 schreef Meike26 het volgende:
Idd ! Vettel naar Williams, zou het erg tof vinden als Williams weer dat top team kan worden uit begin jaren 90 !
Goeie, alhoewel die al een talent hebben rijden, bij Force India, weet niet meer hoe die heet. Maar ik denk dat ze voor Vettel wel plek zullen maken en budget hebben ze genoeg...quote:
quote:Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner hopes that the fresh team orders row with Mark Webber at Silverstone does not hurt the chances of the squad renewing its contract with the Australian.
Webber was left fuming at the British Grand Prix when the team instructed him to hold position behind his team-mate Sebastian Vettel in the closing stages of the race.
However, despite repeated calls from the pitwall, Webber ignored the instructions and continued to fight Vettel until the chequered flag - although ultimately failing to get past.
Horner has vowed to sit down with Webber to talk about what happened at Silverstone, and he said after the race that he was keeping his fingers crossed that the incident did not have implications regarding a deal for next year.
AUTOSPORT understands that team and driver have been on course to finalise a one-year contract extension that would keep Webber at the British-based outfit for 2012 - although it is not yet signed.
When asked whether the Silverstone incident would change what the he thought would be fairly straightforward talks to finalise a deal, Horner said: "I sincerely hope not. "But, at the end of the day, it is about the team. I can understand that sometimes a driver will be frustrated with an instruction, but my responsibility is to ensure the team optimises its results.
"And there would have been absolutely no benefit in both cars coming back on a tow truck today if they had got together, as we so nearly saw Hamilton and Massa do on that last lap."
Although Horner has faced criticism for the team orders instruction - with him having publicly criticised Ferrari for instructing its drivers at Hockenheim last year – he says that there was no choice but to try to stop his two drivers colliding at Silverstone.
Asked to respond to recent claims from Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz that the team would never impose team orders, Horner said: "Mr Mateschitz would not thank us for having both cars in the fence in the last lap, with so many points having got ourselves into a very good position.
"If you look we also gave Mark an undercut at the first two stops. We did not stop them racing each other at the start. But there comes a point in a race, with two or three laps to go, when you have a lot of points, and both cars on the podium, that it would be absolute stupidity to allow them to keep fighting.
"We saw it get very, very close between the two of them. And we would have looked pretty stupid if they had both ended up in the fence."
quote:Op woensdag 13 juli 2011 18:44 schreef SjaakVilleneuve het volgende:
Vettel / Kimi .. ik zou er voor tekenen,
quote:Perez to test Ferrari's 2009 Formula 1 car later this year
Mexican Sergio Perez will test a Ferrari Formula 1 car later this year, the Maranello squad has revealed.
Perez, making his Formula 1 debut this season with Sauber, is part of Ferrari's driving academy.
The rookie will test Ferrari's 2009 Formula 1 car at Mugello or Fiorano in September, when he will be joined by GP2 driver Jules Bianchi, also part of Ferrari's academy.
"It will be a very interesting test, because we will be putting Jules Bianchi and Sergio Perez up against one another," said FDA director Luca Baldisserri
"I think they will both be very motivated and for us it will be the perfect opportunity to assess both drivers."
Op de een of andere manier begin ik steeds sterkere vermoedens te krijgen dat mijn post van een tijdje geleden toch gaat uitkomen: [F1] F1 nieuwtjes topic deel 89: Zonder hete lucht diffusersquote:
quote:Op dinsdag 28 juni 2011 18:01 schreef Sinister-D- het volgende:
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Is idd al een paar dagen/weken op gang. Maar Ferrari lijkt me iig sterk, die hebben Perez in het opleidings programma zitten. En laat Sauber nu ook toevallig met Ferrari krachtbronnen rijden. Denk dat Massa nog 1 jaar aandoet en dan komt Perez daar voor in de plaats. Ongeveer hetzelfde traject als met Massa: 2 jaar Sauber en dan hup die rooie bak in. Verschil zit 'm erin dat Perez al in het programma zit, en Massa tussendoor 1 jaar testrijder bij Ferrari is geweest om het team te leren kennen.
*knip*
Toch niet als die rijdt als een zak zout zoals in 2009.quote:Op woensdag 13 juli 2011 18:44 schreef SjaakVilleneuve het volgende:
Vettel / Kimi .. ik zou er voor tekenen,
En via Perez kunnen ze ook gelijk kijken hoever Bianchi is.quote:Op woensdag 13 juli 2011 20:28 schreef Sinister-D- het volgende:
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Op de een of andere manier begin ik steeks sterkere vermoedens te krijgen dat mijn post van een tijdje geleden toch gaat uitkomen: [F1] F1 nieuwtjes topic deel 89: Zonder hete lucht diffusers
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quote:Op woensdag 13 juli 2011 20:40 schreef Sinister-D- het volgende:
Voor de quotes zou 't dan wel weer goed zijn
Funny Kimi Raikkonen quotes
quote:What kind of an atmosphere do you think McLaren has right now (the spy saga)? - I bet it’s fucking great.
quote:The helmet has a special meaning for many drivers. How important is it to you? -
It protects my head.
quote:Martin Brundle: “Kimi Raikkonen doesn’t seem interested in the proceedings going on up there. Kimi, you missed the presentation by Pele.”
Kimi (nonchalantly): “Yeah.”
Martin: ”Will you get over it?”
Kimi: “Yeah. I was having a shit.”
Martin: “OK, thanks for that! Obviously you’ll have a nice light car on the grid, then.”
Vettel zal alleen maar meer afstand nemen van zijn teamgenoot als dat Raikkonen is, terwijl die nou ook niet echt bekend staat als een coureur die veel bijdraagt aan de ontwikkeling van de auto. Hij is uiteindelijk toch door de mand gevallen, heel lang heeft het fabeltje de ronde gedaan dat hij wel heel snel was, bij gebrek aan andere sterke punten, maar ook dat bleek niet het geval.quote:Op woensdag 13 juli 2011 18:44 schreef SjaakVilleneuve het volgende:
Vettel / Kimi .. ik zou er voor tekenen,
Mannen zoals Kimi hebben gewoon een snelle bak onder hun "reet" nodig ..quote:Op woensdag 13 juli 2011 21:09 schreef Weltschmerz het volgende:
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Vettel zal alleen maar meer afstand nemen van zijn teamgenoot als dat Raikkonen is, terwijl die nou ook niet echt bekend staat als een coureur die veel bijdraagt aan de ontwikkeling van de auto. Hij is uiteindelijk toch door de mand gevallen, heel lang heeft het fabeltje de ronde gedaan dat hij wel heel snel was, bij gebrek aan andere sterke punten, maar ook dat bleek niet het geval.
quote:Op woensdag 13 juli 2011 21:09 schreef Weltschmerz het volgende:
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Vettel zal alleen maar meer afstand nemen van zijn teamgenoot als dat Raikkonen is, terwijl die nou ook niet echt bekend staat als een coureur die veel bijdraagt aan de ontwikkeling van de auto. Hij is uiteindelijk toch door de mand gevallen, heel lang heeft het fabeltje de ronde gedaan dat hij wel heel snel was, bij gebrek aan andere sterke punten, maar ook dat bleek niet het geval.
quote:Op woensdag 13 juli 2011 22:43 schreef Atreidez het volgende:
Interviewer: The most exciting moment during the race weekend?
Kimi: I think so it's the race start, always.
Interviewer: The most boring?
Kimi: Now.
Wat dat betreft mis ik Kimi wel, het zijn nu bijna allemaal van die brave jongetjes..
quote:Formula 1 teams discussing plans for in-season testing return
By Jonathan Noble Friday, July 15th 2011, 14:28 GMT
Teams set to reject testing return planFormula 1 teams have begun talks to see if there is a way for in-season testing to return next year, with FIA president Jean Todt having said he wants to free up the rules to allow more running.
Todt revealed at the Turkish Grand Prix earlier this year that he was keen to get teams to have some limited running during the season, rather than have testing limited to just a few events in the build-up to the first race.
His calls initially fell on deaf ears, with teams worried that a return to testing would lead to a big escalation in costs at a time when budgets are being kept tightly under control.
However, F1 think tank the Sporting Working Group has now begun discussions to see if consensus can be reached on a way to re-introduce testing without it having too big an impact on expenditure.
One suggestion that has been mentioned is to hold an extra young drivers' test during the summer - to add to the one that takes place at the end of the year.
Speaking about the idea of getting testing back during the season, Williams technical director Sam Michael said: "That is being reviewed in the sporting working group right now and we had a meeting at Silverstone about it. There has not been a vote yet. All they have done is put a few ideas out there about what you could potentially do, which might involve doing an extra young drivers' test during the season.
"It's just being discussed. There's not been any agreement or votes or anything. Now it's been discussed the teams will go away, discuss it internally and think about it. We haven't done anything more than that."
Michael said that although Todt had been pushing for the testing return for several months, other issues - including the future engine formula in F1 and the row over blown diffuser – had proved a distraction from sorting out this issue.
"I think everyone has got a pretty similar idea on it and it's in everyone's interest," he said. "It was a proposal put on the table, and from reading the minutes there was just an initial thought.
"There have been too many other things to sort out. It's been pretty far down the list of priorities especially in terms of V6 engines and exhaust blowing. It's the sort of thing that could be sorted out in an afternoon if need be."
Todt said during a media briefing in Turkey that he felt it was ridiculous that teams did not test at all once the season had got underway.
"For me, it is a stupid decision to have no testing during the season," he explained. "In the past it was crazy to have unlimited testing during the year, but to go from unlimited to completely banned, it is not the right measure.
"It doesn't allow young drivers to test, it doesn't give the opportunity for young drivers to learn some experience in F1, and I will make sure that this situation will change for the future.
"It cannot come back to free testing, but teams now have simulation facilities in the factory, so we are not talking about [a testing ban] being a cost-saving for the big teams.
"So we will push for a few days of free testing during the season as soon as possible but by respecting the rules."
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