[F1] F1 nieuwtjes topic deel 137: Op weg naar de eerste testsessie

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Op donderdag 16 januari 2014 17:06 schreef SiGNe het volgende:

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Helaas ja, heb de film onlangs gezien en 't zou tochminstens een oscar voor CGI en special effects moeten krijgen..

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Op donderdag 16 januari 2014 12:34 schreef sasquatsch het volgende:
Volgens Ecclestone zijn er twee nieuwe teams geinteresseerd in de F1 (duits)

Er zou sprake zijn van twee nieuwe namen, maar geen autofabrikanten. Volgens Motorsport-Total.com wordt een Amerikaans team en een team van een voormalige F1 teambaas genoemd. Ook de naam van Zoran Stefanovic (StefanGP) wordt genoemd, maar of dat serieus is?

Daarnaast wil Eccelstone de huidige teams in de Formule 1 behouden en stelt voor de uitgaven van de teams te beperken tot 200 miljoen.

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NASCAR team owner Gene Haas is behind a US effort to gain an F1 entry for 2015, according to reports.

On December 11 the FIA announced a formal tender process, with a very short lead time, suggesting that interested parties had already been in contact. Late last year there were rumours of a potential F1 project in the USA.

The deadline for expressions of interest was January 3, with February 10 noted as the closing of full formal applications.

Germanys AmuS says that Haas plans to utilise a Ferrari power train and that the operation would be run by former Toro Rosso boss Guenther Steiner. The Austrian, who runs a composite facility in North Carolina ironically very close to the site of the failed US F1 effort was an interested observer in the paddock in Austin in November.

The 61-year-old Haas owns one of the worlds leading CNC companies, and also owns the Wind Shear wind tunnel, which has been used by F1 teams. He first entered the NASCAR world in 2002, and latterly has been in partnership with Tony Stewart. Together they won the 2011 Sprint Cup title.

AMuS says that former Force India and HRT boss Colin Kolles and Stefan GP have also expressed an interest in fielding teams.

Bernie Ecclestone said this week that he had been in contact with two candidates.

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De nieuwe auto van Lotus is deze week succesvol door de laatste crashtest van de internationale autosportbond FIA gekomen. Zo heeft het Britse Formule 1-team donderdag laten weten.

Nick Chester, de technisch directeur van Lotus, deelde twee weken geleden mee dat de E22 al voor verschillende verplichte crashtests van de FIA was geslaagd en dat alleen de voorkant van de auto nog aan een dergelijke proef moest worden onderworpen. Dit laatste is nu dus met succes gebeurd.

Desondanks zal Lotus niet met de nieuwe auto in actie komen tijdens de eerste test in Jerez. Het baandebuut van de E22 staat gepland voor de tweede testweek van het jaar, die plaatsvindt in Bahrein.

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McLaren has announced that Ron Dennis, the chairman of the McLaren Group has been appointed to the additional role of Group Chief Executive Officer of McLaren Group, with immediate effect.

Dennis, a shareholder of McLaren since 1980 and the architect of the company in its modern era, was the CEO of the Group from 1982 to 2012 and the Team Principal of the McLaren Formula 1 racing team from 1982 to 2009 before becoming Chairman of the Group in 2013.

“My fellow shareholders have mandated me to write an exciting new chapter in the story of McLaren, beginning by improving our on-track and off-track performance,” he said. “Over the coming weeks I intend to undertake a thorough and objective review of each of our businesses with the intention of optimising every aspect of our existing operations, whilst identifying new areas of growth that capitalise on our technologies, and where appropriate further investing in them. During February, I will articulate a new Group strategy and implement the organisational structure best suited to achieving it. I am excited by the prospect of returning to the role of Group Chief Executive Officer and working with my many colleagues and fellow shareholders to fulfil our objective – which is to win at whatever we do.”

Dennis remains chairman of McLaren Automotive, the high-performance road car company.

Where this leaves Martin Whitmarsh remains to be seen. He is currently team principal of McLaren Racing and chief operating officer of the McLaren Group. Ron Dennis spoke to the team on Thursday afternoon and said that the name of the team principal would be announced next month. My spies tell me that he told the staff that “there will be change” and that “McLaren will win again”.

As far as I can ascertain, there has been no shareholder movements, although Mansour Ojjeh stood down from the board of directors a few days ago.

One wonders whether Ross Brawn might be making a comeback at some point soon.

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Op vrijdag 17 januari 2014 12:15 schreef Joene het volgende:

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Nee dat vind ik niet , Ross is een tactisch brein en heeft alle wereldtitels van Schumacher begeleid.

Ik denk dat die man , samen met adrian newey de 2 meest briljante mensen uit de f1 zijn.