F1 nieuwtjes #94: Waar we al uitkijken naar 2012

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Op dinsdag 8 november 2011 20:57 schreef Glijdt_licht het volgende:

Pantano
In 2008 Giorgio Pantano. Een faalhaas die in 2004 nog bij Jordan heeft gereden en oud was. bovendien had ie al 4 jaar ervaring in de Gp2, en was hij al Duits F3 kampioen in 2000. Het feit dat zelfs een Albers en Kaneishi kampioen konden worden in de Duitse F3 zegt genoeg. ENORM zwak seizoen. Bruno Senna werd tweede, maar daar moet ik het potentieel ook nog van inzien.

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Op woensdag 9 november 2011 16:20 schreef Kleffe_Dop het volgende:

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Nico Rosberg has extended his Mercedes contract with a multi-year deal, following the trend set by Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button.

The news puts an end to any speculation about the German heading to Ferrari any time soon.

Rosberg was already under contract for 2012. The team has not put a date on the new deal, saying only that it includes 2013 and beyond.

Rosberg said: “I am very excited to have extended my contract with the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team. To win in a Silver Arrow will be one of the highlights of my life so far, and I greatly enjoy helping to lead our team in our quest to become the best in Formula One.

“I have every confidence that the team will provide me with a winning car, and that we will be able to contribute to the fantastic racing heritage of the Silver Arrows. I look forward to great times in the years ahead with the Mercedes-Benz family.”

Ross Brawn added: “We are delighted to have extended our contract with Nico as we know that he is a driver who can win races and championships. Nico has performed exceptionally well for our Silver Arrows team over the past two seasons, achieving results at the very limit of the technical capabilities of our
current car.

“He has an excellent work ethic and, together with Michael, this gives us a driver pairing who consistently push the team to improve and progress. As we continue to strengthen our team for the future, we look forward to providing Nico with a car which will enable him to compete right at the front of the field and achieve his deserved first win in Formula One.”

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The Formula One Teams’ Association (FOTA) has confirmed to GPUpdate.net that 2012 will see the F1 community gather for in-season testing for the first time since 2008. Italy's Mugello will be the scene in May, before the European season begins in Barcelona. This means that only three tests being staged in the pre-season period.

This year, testing should have started with three meetings in Spain before a fourth and final gathering in Bahrain, scene of the opening Grand Prix; however, due to the unrest in Manama, the final test was rescheduled as a second visit to Barcelona.

The 2012 Formula 1 testing calendar is as follows:

Jerez 7-10 February
Barcelona (1) 21-24 February
Barcelona (2) 1-4 March
Mugello 1-3 May

The Mugello test will be of particular assistance to tyre supplier Pirelli, which will be able to analyse its modified compounds following the opening four ‘flyaway’ races.

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Op donderdag 10 november 2011 13:43 schreef vosss het volgende:
hmz, op zich wel goed dat men test op een circuit waar niet gereden wordt, maar ik had toch liever gezien dat ze in spa of duitsland ook een test zouden doen, simpelweg vanwege het feit dat wij daar zo naar toe kunnen rijden zonder een halve week vrij te moeten nemen

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Op donderdag 10 november 2011 20:19 schreef SjaakVilleneuve het volgende:
Verwachten we morgen al het nieuws rond Kimi, of juist na de race?

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Williams Aims to Secure It's Future
10 November 2011

"Frank Williams is finalising a big deal with the Qatar business world. This includes the supply of hybrid technology for the train network that's being prepared for the 2022 football world cup event.

According to Auto, Motor und Sport magazine the Qatar companies would support Williams with 30-60 million dollar yearly sum with which the British team would secure it's future for the next 10-15 years.

The Qatar tycoons will be very pleased if Williams' second driver will be the 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen."

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F1's blown exhaust saga is not over quite yet.

The controversy over aggressively using engine gases for an aerodynamic effect came to a spectacular head at Silverstone in July, but it was ultimately resolved that the practice should be banned for 2012.

Then, recently, it emerged that the FIA was clamping down even more vigorously in next year's regulations to guarantee that the exhausts cannot be used to increase downforce.

But when asked by O Estado de S.Paulo in Abu Dhabi if Red Bull will still dominate in 2012 even without a blown diffuser, Mark Webber answered: "Maybe we can still enjoy this concept."

What? "There are rumours that it (exhaust blowing) will continue," the Australian explained.

Indeed, it is the FIA's latest clampdown that has reinvigorated the saga, according to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport.

Reportedly, with an unlikely ally in the form of McLaren, Red Bull is pushing back, arguing that the designs of their 2012 cars were too far advanced when the latest FIA clampdown was issued.

On the other side of the debate is Ferrari, Sauber and HRT, vehement that the 2012 rules should not permit any 'blown exhaust' loopholes of any kind.

The new problem has arisen because Red Bull and McLaren refused to approve the revised clampdown rules ahead of the recent F1 Commission, with those rules needing to be agreed before they can be ratified by the FIA in December.

HRT is the joker in the pack, with rumours in the paddock that the non-FOTA Spanish team might break the current peace by protesting the legality of the current exhaust layouts.

The Colin Kolles-led team would presumably justify the action by claiming their rivals have broken their Silverstone promise to agree to a total blown exhaust ban in 2012.

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No off-throttle blowing allowed in 2012 as teams block bid to allow the practice

Formula 1 teams will be unable to use any form of off-throttle blowing of exhausts next season after a fresh bid to allow the practice was blocked by Ferrari, Sauber and HRT ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

A move to ban blown diffusers in 2012 through the mandatory use of periscope exhausts had not been enough to quell fears that some outfits could still try and make use of hot gases to help boost the aerodynamic performance of their cars - perhaps by blowing air over suspension components or wings.

Those suspicions resulted in the FIA issuing a technical directive last month informing teams that there will be severe limitations on engine mapping next year to minimise the possibilities of off-throttle blowing.

The timing of that decision left several teams unhappy, because they had already begun designing their 2012 cars assuming that blowing could still be implemented – a practice that uses up fuel so would require a larger fuel tank.

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh said in India: "The clarification is a bit late and a few people wasted a bit of time, money and effort, but that is the same for all of us. We will look forward now."

Outside of that move, teams were pushing for the 2012 regulations to allow off-throttle blowing – with sources suggesting that unanimous approval was reached among them for this prior to their submission to the Formula 1 Commission last week for ratification.

However, the rules were rejected by the F1 Commission – with Ferrari, Sauber and HRT all deciding to vote against the regulations as they stood and forcing them back to think tank the Technical Working Group for amendment.

The TWG met in Abu Dhabi to discuss the exhaust regulations again and, although agreeing on most of the elements, a clause that would have allowed off-throttle blowing was again rejected by Ferrari, Sauber and HRT, so has been ditched for now.

Sources have revealed that the rule would have allowed any blowing of exhausts that interferes with the aerodynamic of the cars to be deemed as 'incidental' so therefore not illegal.

It is understood, however, that the TWG has agreed to re-look at the blowing rules for 2013.

With the practice effectively outlawed, the situation means that any team that uses off-throttle blowing next season will be in breach of Article 3.15 of the Formula 1 Technical Regulations – which states any part of the car that uses 'driver movement as a means of altering the aerodynamic characteristics of the car is prohibited.'

With the FIA having clarified its position on this matter, it means there is the possibility of a team protesting any rival that runs off-throttle blowing next year – as HRT pondered doing this year when the issue first came up.

The exhaust blowing saga has upset several teams, because they have already committed to elements of their 2012 design based around the idea that they would off-throttle blowing – so now their fuel tanks could be too big.

Renault boss Eric Boullier said at the Indian GP: "You have to take a decision now on car concepts and it is already too late.

"Some teams like ours have already started producing concepts of the car, so the concept has been finalised weeks ago. We need to stop changing the regulations all the time."

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HRT aims to run 2012 car in first test

The HRT team says it is hoping to have its 2012 car ready for the first test of the pre-season next year.

The Spanish squad will enter its third Formula 1 season in 2012, having made its debut in 2010.

Both last year and this the team has been unable to test its new car before the first race of the year, but HRT's Saul Ruiz said on Friday in Abu Dhabi it is hoping the new car will be ready in time for the first group test in February.

He also said the team will move under one roof in a factory in Valencia, although the design office will still be in Munich.

"Our policy is to be very discreet in the things that we are doing so we are only announcing things that we have already been working on for some time and we reach a point where it is obvious that somebody will notice like we have a headquarters in Valencia so we have to tell," he said.

"One thing is we are moving the race and test team and most of the back office to be under the same roof to this very nice building that we will have in Valencia. The different thing is that the technical office, we will still keep it in Munich where the car is being designed and developed since the end of August.

"Also, different to last year we hope not only be at the first race but also the first test with the new car."

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Het is twijfelachtig of de Grote Prijs van de Verenigde Staten volgend jaar op het nieuwe circuit van Austin doorgaat. Dat zei formule 1-baas Bernie Ecclestone vandaag bij de GP van Abu Dhabi. "Ik hoop er het beste van, maar ik zet mijn geld er niet op'', aldus de 81-jarige Brit.

De Formule 1 kwam vorig jaar een 10-jarig contract overeen met de Texaanse stad. De eerste race staat gepland voor 18 november 2012. Volgens Ecclestone is er een conflict gerezen tussen de bouwer van het circuit en de promotors van de race. "Er is iemand die het land bezit en is gaan bouwen en er is iemand die een contract heeft met ons. En zij zijn vergeten met elkaar te overleggen.''

De bejaarde baas van de koningsklasse was wel optimistisch over de GP van Bahrein, die dit jaar vanwege de politieke onrust niet kon doorgaan. "Er zijn daar naar mijn mening geen problemen meer. De race staat op de kalender en we zullen er heengaan.''

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Op zondag 13 november 2011 20:43 schreef Nober het volgende:
Räikkönen heeft toch helemaal niets te zoeken bij Williams? Laat hem Schumacher of Webber vervangen!

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Op zondag 13 november 2011 13:45 schreef Nieuwschierig het volgende:
Wat is het voordeel die rammelende voorvleugels?

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Op maandag 14 november 2011 10:33 schreef sasquatsch het volgende:

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Meer downforce. Hoe lager de vleugels bij grond hangen hoe meer downforce ze genereren.

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Maldonado and Alguersuari handed time penalties

Williams’ Pastor Maldonado and Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari have been given post-race time penalties by the Abu Dhabi stewards. Both were punished for ignoring blue flags during Sunday’s Grand Prix at Yas Marina.

Alguersuari was handed a drive-through penalty, but as it was awarded after the race the Spaniard instead had 20 seconds added to his race time.

Maldonado, meanwhile, had already received a drive-through penalty for ignoring blue flags earlier in the race and so was given a stop-go penalty for his second offence. As it too was awarded post-race, it was converted into 30 seconds added to the Colombian’s race time.

Maldonado’s and Alguersuari’s 14th and 15th place finishes are unaffected by the penalties.

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Op woensdag 9 november 2011 15:30 schreef sasquatsch het volgende:
Voorlopige line-up van de Young Driver Testen in Abu Dhabi van volgende week:

Red Bull: Jean-Eric Vergne
Ferrari: Jules Bianchi
McLaren: Gary Paffett, Oliver Turvey
Mercedes: Sam Bird
Renault: Robert Wickens, Kevin Korjus, Jan Charouz
Force India: Max Chilton, Johnny Cecotto jr.
Toro Rosso: Stefano Coletti, Kevin Checcon
Sauber: Esteban Gutiérrez, Fabio Leimer
Williams: Vatteri Bottas, Mirko Bortolotti
Hispania: Dani Clos, Nathanaël Berthon
Lotus: Alexander Rossi, Luzio Razia, Rodolfo Gonzales
Virgin: Adrian Quaife-Hobbs, Charles Pic, Robert Wickens

* Sinister-D- was begin vorig jaar helderziend

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Op dinsdag 15 november 2011 19:08 schreef Karstman het volgende:
Wat is dat voor raar roostertje tussen dat wiel en die wing end plate?

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Op dinsdag 15 november 2011 19:08 schreef Karstman het volgende:
Wat is dat voor raar roostertje tussen dat wiel en die wing end plate?

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Ferrari are running an innovative exhaust system that stores gas in a supplementary closed-ended chamber, potentially to recover power loss caused by their exhaust-blown-diffuser system. (Autosport magazine)

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Op woensdag 16 november 2011 15:10 schreef M.Melandri het volgende:Een tweede race in India lijkt mij overigens ook een goed idee.

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Petrov legt hoofd op hakblok met tirade tegen Renault
Vitaly Petrov heeft gesolliciteerd naar een ontslag, met een behoorlijke uitbarsting op de Russische televisie. In een interview met Russia 2 haalde Petrov keihard uit naar het team van Renault en liet hij weten dat hij uit het team gewerkt wordt.

"Ik mag niks slechts zeggen over het team", begon Petrov. "Want dat staat in mijn contract. Maar er is al zo veel in de media geschreven. Men zegt dat het team kritisch is op de coureurs, maar sorry hoor. Lees mijn interviews maar. Ik heb nog nooit iets negatiefs gezegd over het team, ondanks alles wat we verloren hebben. Hoe veel hebben we wel niet verloren met de strategie?"

"In tien of meer races verloren we posities. En ook zonder een snelle auto hadden we echt wel punten kunnen scoren. Als de strategie maar goed was. Maar dat kon ik niet zeggen in de interviews en nu zou ik ook mijn mond moeten houden. Maar dat doe ik dus niet meer. Ik kan niet alles meer voor me houden."

"Aan het begin van het jaar, in de eerste vijf of zes races, waren we echt heel sterk. Ferrari, McLaren en Red Bull waren buiten bereik, maar we waren veel sneller dan Mercedes. Maar toen de nieuwe onderdelen uit de windtunnel kwamen, werkten ze niet. We hebben gewerkt aan de voorvleugel, de achtervleugel, diffusers, de vloer, maar het had allemaal geen zin. We hebben nog altijd min of meer dezelfde auto als aan het begin van het seizoen."

Het lijkt er opeens op dat het zitje van Petrov voor volgend jaar bijzonder twijfelachtig is. En dat beseft hij zelf ook. "Ik heb een contract, maar zoals ik al eerder zei: iemand kan zelfs wereldkampioen Kimi Raikkonen de Formule 1 kan laten verlaten met een zak geld. Het is moeilijk om iets gedaan te krijgen als iemand je weg wil hebben."

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Op vrijdag 18 november 2011 14:26 schreef Nober het volgende:
Waarom zou Petrov dat niet mogen zeggen?

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Op vrijdag 18 november 2011 14:26 schreef Nober het volgende:
Waarom zou Petrov dat niet mogen zeggen?

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"Ik mag niks slechts zeggen over het team", begon Petrov. "Want dat staat in mijn contract. Maar er is al zo veel in de media geschreven. Men zegt dat het team kritisch is op de coureurs, maar sorry hoor. Lees mijn interviews maar. Ik heb nog nooit iets negatiefs gezegd over het team, ondanks alles wat we verloren hebben. Hoe veel hebben we wel niet verloren met de strategie?"

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Op vrijdag 18 november 2011 20:26 schreef SjaakVilleneuve het volgende:
Dit lijkt me wel gepast ..

☆ Vettel Schumacher Coulthard Joking in Canada F1 Grand Prix 2011 - Carjam Radio

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Driver Test distances:

Jean-Eric Vergne 949.734 RB7
Garry Paffett 516.522 MP4/26
Oliver Turvey 688.696 MP4/26
Jules Bianchi 1,566.228 150°
Sam Bird 1,388.500 MGP W02
Robert Wickens 427.658 R31
Kevin Korjus 449.874 R31
Jan Charouz 455.428 R31
Valtteri Bottas 772.006 FW33
Mirko Bortolotti 410.996 FW33
Max Chilton 883.086 VJM/04
Johnny Cecotto Jr 466.536 VJM/04
Esteban Gutierrez 960.842 C30
Fabio Leimer 372.118 C30
Stefano Coletti 749.790 STR6
Kevin Ceccon 733.128 STR6
Alexander Rossi 410.996 T128
Luiz Razia 494.306 T128
Rodolfo Gonzalez 483.198 T128
Dani Clos 377.672 F111
Nathanael Berthon 333.240 F111
Jan Charouz 311.024 F111
Robert Wickens 188.836 MVR/02
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 177.728 MVR/02
Charles Pic 777.560 MVR/02

Team Test Distances:

Red Bull-Renault 949.734 RB7
McLaren-Mercedes 1,205.218 MP4/26
Scuderia Ferrari 1,566.228 150°
Mercedes GP 1,388.500 MGP W02
Lotus Renault GP 1,332.960 R31
Williams-Cowsorth 1,183.002 FW33
Force India-Mercedes 1,349.622 VJM/04
Sauber-Ferarri 1,332.960 C30
STR-Ferarri 1,482.918 STR6
Team Lotus-Renault 1,388.500 T128
Hispania-Cosworth 1,021.936 F111
Marussia Virgin-Cosworth 1,144.124 MVR/02

Engine Test Distances:

Renault RS27-2011 3,671.194
Mercedes FO108Y 3,943.340
Ferrari 056 4,382.106
Cosworth CA2011 3,349.062

Gearbox Test Distance:

Red Bull Technology 3,821.152
McLaren Applied Technologies 2,554.840
Ferarri 2,899.188
Mercedes 1,388.500
Renault GP 1,332.960
Williams Grand Prix Engineering 2,204.938
Xtrac 1,144.124