[F1] F1 nieuwtjes topic deel 99 Waar preseason tests bezig zijn!

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Wurz mentor bij Williams

De Oostenrijker Alexander Wurz keert terug in de Formule 1. De 38-jarige Wurz gaat bij Williams aan de slag als mentor van de vrij onervaren coureurs Bruno Senna en Pastor Maldonado.

Wurz reed zelf elf jaar in de Formule 1, waarvan een deel als testrijder.
De Oostenrijker debuteerde in 1997 in de koningsklasse van de autosport. In 69 Grands Prix haalde hij drie keer het podium.Wurz reed voor Benetton, McLaren, Williams en Honda.
''Ik kijk ernaar uit om Williams te helpen met mijn ervaring'', meldde de Oostenrijker maandag op de website van de Formule 1-renstal.Wurz won in 1996 (met Porsche) en 2009 (Peugeot) de 24 Uur van Le Mans.

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New Mercedes W03 Formula 1 car will not feature 'big surprises' says Norbert Haug
Monday, February 20th 2012, 10:07 GMT

Norbert Haug has warned that the new Mercedes MGP W03, which will break cover tomorrow, will not feature any dramatic innovations.

Glimpses seen of the car so far show that it features a stepped nose, in common with eight of the other teams to have launched 2012 machinery. But despite speculation that Mercedes' decision to skip the first test might be motivated by a desire to hide an as-yet unseen technical innovation, Haug insists that the priority has been to come up with a well-packaged car rather than pursing any eye-catching new concepts.

"I don't think that your eye will be caught by any big surprises when you see the car during the unveiling," Haug told AUTOSPORT. "But I certainly hope that we have some clever solutions and we have some good ideas incorporated on the car.

"It's a good base to work from and certainly we will not turn the world upside down, but we do need to make a good step [with this car]."

The new car has already taken to the track twice, once during a filming day at Silverstone last Thursday and in a private test at Barcelona yesterday. Haug is hopeful that the W03 will prove the effectiveness of the changes that have been made at the team over the past year, but stopped short of saying it marked a new beginning for Mercedes.

He is determined for Mercedes take on the top three teams, but admitted that this has to be viewed as a long-term project given the intensity of competition.

"I wouldn't say that it's a new start," said Haug. "This car is the product of what we have learned in the last two years.

"We had three podium finishes in the first year, but last year we did not head in the right direction. We had some highs, like the Chinese Grand Prix when the track was front-tyre limited and the performance was a little better. But over the course of the year it wasn't good enough.

"To be a regular contender with Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren is quite a task. We need to learn, we need to develop our team in that direction and I'm sure that we can do that."

The new Mercedes will break cover at Barcelona on Tuesday morning ahead of the start of the second pre-season Formula 1 test.

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Op dinsdag 21 februari 2012 00:20 schreef MoriniStylr het volgende:

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Uhuh , geloof er niks van.

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10:02 Two-hour recap time: Vettel quickest on a 1m24.348s, ahead of Hamilton, Ricciardo, Alonso, Hulkenberg, Grosjean, Perez, Senna, Kovalainen and Pic. Schumacher yet to set a proper time, and HRT yet to produce a 2012 car.

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Op dinsdag 21 februari 2012 11:05 schreef vosss het volgende:

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Die zijn toch zo onderhand ook een karikatuur van zichzelf aan het worden

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Op dinsdag 21 februari 2012 12:54 schreef Kleffe_Dop het volgende:
Ik neem al niet eens meer de moeite om uitgebreid naar de testtijden te gaan kijken.

Ieder jaar zijn er wel weer een paar teams die de boel belazeren en eenmaal in Melbourne 1,5 seconde langzamer blijken te zijn.
Als je al die teams tussen 2000 en 2011 op zou gaan opsommen krijg je een mooie waslijst.

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Op dinsdag 21 februari 2012 12:03 schreef Garisson72 het volgende:
Die Mercedes-variant van de 2012-neus vind ik tot nu toe nog de minst lelijke, eigenlijk.

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The Lotus team has been forced to wrap up its first day of testing at Barcelona early because of a problem with its car.

Romain Grosjean managed just seven laps with the second E30 chassis in the morning session before the team decided to stop running.

Lotus said it had to send the chassis back to Enstone to carry out checks.

"This morning was our first shakedown of our second chassis," said Lotus's Alan Permane. "Once the car was on track it was soon evident that everything wasn't quite as it should be.

"As a precaution we are returning the chassis to Enstone for further investigation. Chassis E20-01, which we used in Jerez, is being sent over and we expect to be on track with that chassis tomorrow."

Team boss Eric Boullier downplayed the issue, saying it was a "minor setback".

"This is a minor setback to our overall test programme. Fortunately we accumulated good mileage in Jerez. If this is the only issue we have during testing then we will still be well prepared for the start of the season.

"We'll be back on track tomorrow with chassis E20-01 and assessing chassis E20-02 back at Enstone."

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Op dinsdag 21 februari 2012 13:52 schreef sasquatsch het volgende:
Lotus rijdt vandaag niet meer

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Op dinsdag 21 februari 2012 12:54 schreef Kleffe_Dop het volgende:
Ik neem al niet eens meer de moeite om uitgebreid naar de testtijden te gaan kijken.

Ieder jaar zijn er wel weer een paar teams die de boel belazeren en eenmaal in Melbourne 1,5 seconde langzamer blijken te zijn.
Als je al die teams tussen 2000 en 2011 op zou gaan opsommen krijg je een mooie waslijst.