[F1] F1 nieuwtjes topic deel 142: Formula Strap-on

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Op donderdag 27 februari 2014 20:41 schreef alwaysonhold het volgende:
Het gaat de eerste races tussen Hamilton en Rosberg, de rest is veld vulling.

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Op donderdag 27 februari 2014 20:41 schreef Fir3fly het volgende:

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Ik zet er 100 euro op dat dat niet waar is.

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Op donderdag 27 februari 2014 20:51 schreef Fir3fly het volgende:
Wat mij betreft hebben we nog helemaal niets gezien. Iedereen die denkt nu al voorspellingen te kunnen doen is wat mij betreft of naïef of biased.

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Op donderdag 27 februari 2014 18:25 schreef Sinister-D- het volgende:
Voor zover ik weet heeft Williams, sinds de eerste meters van de FW36, gezegd dat de uiteindelijke livery in Melbourne gepresenteerd gaat worden. Via geruchten en dergelijke zijn wel eens andere data naar voren gekomen, maar Williams heeft dat nooit officieel bevestigd.

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Williams' new Martini-themed 2014 livery will be unveiled on 6 March, a week before the F1 circus gathers in Melbourne for the season opener.

Initially, it was believed the Grove team would pull the official wraps off its highly-anticipated new title sponsorship deal during Bahrain testing.

But that theory was dismissed on the basis that alcohol advertising is not allowed in Arab countries.

So Speed Week reported that Williams' deal with the iconic Italian vermouth label would be announced on the Wednesday or Thursday of Australian grand prix week.

But according to France's Auto Hebdo, the British team has finally confirmed the real launch date -- March 6, exactly a week before the paddock bursts to life in Melbourne.

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Op donderdag 27 februari 2014 10:13 schreef Blijepeen het volgende:

Btw, iemand een idee wanneer de F1 manager 2014 online is?

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Op donderdag 27 februari 2014 20:41 schreef Fir3fly het volgende:

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Ik zet er 100 euro op dat dat niet waar is.

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The FIA is due to make a decision on Friday over whether it will grant a 2015 F1 entry to Gene Haas or the Romanian project fronted by Colin Kolles.

The FIA announced a “call for expression of interest” on December 12, and noted that a decision would be made on February 28 – although it remains to be seen whether that schedule still holds, or if so when the result will be communicated to the world at large.

Haas is tied to Ferrari, and will be able to take advantage of the fact that the FIA is relaxing the rules on sharing technology between teams next season. In effect it means that the NASCAR team co-owner can buy almost everything he needs from Maranello. However, he has to own the IP of his chassis and bodywork.

As revealed here some time ago, the Romanian project is believed to involve state funded backing and is in theory closer to being realised than its American rival. Lotus LMP1/LMP2 constructor Kolles, who ran HRT from his base near Munich, can provide existing race team and manufacturing facilities.

The two candidates paid a $130,000 fee and went through a vetting process which culminated in meetings with key FIA figures on Tuesday of this week. It’s believed that Jean Todt, who incidentally celebrated his birthday on Tuesday, was not directly involved with the meetings.

The original FIA announcement gives some idea of what was discussed: “All applicants will be expected to undergo thorough due diligence. By way of indication only, the applicable selection criteria will include: (a) the technical ability and resources of the team; (b) the ability of the team to raise and maintain sufficient funding to allow participation in the Championship at a competitive level; (c) the team’s experience and human resources; (d) the FIA’s assessment of the value that the candidate may bring to the Championship as a whole.”

The FIA also noted that if no suitable candidate was found no entry would be awarded.

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Today is the day on which the specification of the F1 engines of 2014 must be homologated.

What does that mean? Well, homologation is basically another word for “certification” or “accreditation” and means that the engines are given official approval by the FIA. This is achieved by the engine manufacturers each delivering an engine and all auxiliaries to the federation to be a yardstick for the rest of the year. All additional units used this year must be the same specification. The FIA can carry out checks at any time to ensure that the engines are the same.

This presents a problem for Renault because its engines have been suffering from reliability trouble in the tests thus far. The good news is that there is an allowance for reliability problems. The manufacturer writes to the FIA and explains the problem and indicates how this can be solved without an improvement in performance and if the FIA agrees it asks the other manufacturers if they have any objections to a change.

There can be performance changes made this time next year when the engines will be homologated for 2015. There will be a similar opportunity before the start of 2016 as well, although the changes will be more restricted at each stage. In theory this means that performance gaps will narrow and development costs will be contained. Like most things in F1, however, there is always potential for change, based on lobbying. F1 needs to maintain the support of its engine manufacturers and so has to be a little flexible if a car company says it needs change or it will quit. This is obviously controversial, particularly as the federation is run by a Frenchman, and Renault is a French company. The FIA will need to be careful that it does not stir up accusations of favouritism from the rival engine manufacturers who all want to win, competing on a level playing field.

The obvious thing for all of the engine makers is to homologate engines that have the highest spec possible, but the risk is that there will be blow-ups. Reliability fixes can then be applied but World Championship points may be lost in this process. Titles are won and lost over the course of the whole season, so deciding on the spec of engine to homologate is a pretty important decision.

And a bit of a balancing act…

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The attempt to solve the overheating problems in general, Red Bull has led to the adoption of unusual solutions

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Op vrijdag 28 februari 2014 10:27 schreef sasquatsch het volgende:
Vandaag is ook de homologatie van de motoren. Dat betekent dat elk team een motor met aanverwante onderdelen aan de FIA moet geven, die gebruikt gaat worden om de racemotoren gedurende het seizoen te controleren.

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Feb.28 (GMM) Renault has asked for an extension to Friday's deadline for the development 'freeze' of its troubled turbo V6 power unit.

Actually, the homologation deadline is Friday at mightnight, when the basic performance specifications of Mercedes, Ferrari and Renault's new power units are set to be formally homologated by F1's governing body.

But Auto Motor und Sport reports that Renault, grappling so obviously with its new V6 and related systems, asked the FIA for a postponement of the deadline on Thursday.

Correspondent Michael Schmidt claims Renault, supplier to the reigning world champion team Red Bull and three others, has asked for "two to three" more months to get to the bottom of its technical problems.

Renault's request will be on the agenda at Friday's meeting of the strategy group in London, Schmidt added.

It is reported Renault president Carlos Ghosn has already met with FIA president Jean Todt "to convince him of the seriousness of the situation".

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PeterDWindsor twitterde op vrijdag 28-02-2014 om 13:07:01 Amazing actually to hear tyre squeal in #F1 now; I don't recall that even from the early 1980s (quiet) Renault turbo days. reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 28 februari 2014 13:02 schreef JohnB52 het volgende:
Olav Mol tweette dat de Renault motoren 160 pk te kort komen op Mercedes...

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Op vrijdag 28 februari 2014 11:52 schreef Breaker.Faker het volgende:
Ik zie dat KPN, UPC, Ziggo, Caiway, DELTA, SK Veendam en Canal Digitaal is Sport1 zender van de maand maart.

Ik ben benieuwd of ik Sport1 kan volgen via de volledige scherm en niet waar zo banner ik beeld is. En of het in HD te volgen is.

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Op vrijdag 28 februari 2014 13:22 schreef LWD-Godius het volgende:

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Sport 1 was vorig jaar ook al eens rond deze tijd zender van de maand. Van wat ik me kan herinneren was het geen hd-kwaliteit maar er kwamen geen banners of dergelijk door het beeld (KPN). Prima te doen.