Well, it's sure not hard to tell the "brand" name cars from each other - Ferrari in red, big Mac in dark silver or grey, Williams in blue, Renault in yellow/blue, Farce India in orange and white and so on.... In any major sport today it's all about maximizing the $$$$, there's realy no sport in it anymore, it's all about the show - that's what they call it too....the show. Used to be the sport was the show, now the show is the show..... I'm in the same camp, just watch it for what it is, but the more it becomes like All Star Wrestling (it's not fake, it's staged! :frown2, the less inclined I am to watch. Instead, I go to one of my local events at the road course and watch SCCA or one of the club events, or head out to the local drag strip for some real one on one stuff! You think there's cries of favoritism for Ferrari in F1 now, can you imagine if they had a substantial ownership stake in the series?
Be careful what you wish for... Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and Agnelli family's Exor confirm F1 plan Follow the money here... Exor, the investment company owned by the Agnelli family and chaired by its scion John Elkann, who also heads up the Fiat Group... which in turn owns Ferrari. And runs the FIA...none other then Ex-Ferrari team leader Jean Todt. There are back hollows deep in the WV woods where the family all looks like they were fathered by one person that are less incestuous.
Vettel did very unkind things to Kinky Kylie* during P1 today. This is the ugliest of the damage but all four corners hit the Armco to some degree and he missed P2 entirely...no surprise. Video here if you're interested. * For any who haven't heard, that's how Vettel named his car this year.
A fair question given he obviously didn't set a lap time in the 107% zone, but every mention of Kobayashi I've read talks about his having to start from the back of the grid. Not a word about not qualifying.
From F1 website: "This order, however, becomes Kovalainen, Trulli, Liuzzi, Glock, Karthikeyan, D'Ambrosio, Kobayashi (granted permission to race without a qualifying time by the stewards) for the grid once D'Ambrosio's five-place penalty for ignoring yellow flags on Friday is taken into account."
Beat that! says Redbull.......as they take one lap in Q3 and park the cars. Result, Redbull P1 and P2.....pretty confident, wouldn't you say? Rosberg looking better every race, MSC not quite so much.... Looks to me like Redbull, Big Mac and Mercedes have got it going on.....should be fun tomorrow morning!
There's clearly no reason to wonder why RB poached Newey from McLaren... 'Last dinosaur' Adrian Newey has vision to drive Red Bull's F1 dominance (guardian.co.uk)
Thanks for sharing that! It truly amazes how certain people come along and for a time.....just get it like no one else!
Have to take a chance on it, yes. Although I hope that fuel system bug does not rear its ugly head on Sunday.
Weak! Who cares what the FIA's goals are or whether you hit them spot on right away? You have to start somewhere. If you ask me, these are weak, weak excuses used to avoid having to take on competitive risks associated with the unknown. Ground effect return to be called off (autosport.com)
Bring back the old days when race cars were race cars, Bernie was just a mechanic the FIA made the rules and the teams went by what the FIA said. F1 is so political now it has become boring to listen to. It's also become boring to watch. IMSA/Grand Am and ALMS offer far better racing that is racing.
I'm surprised to admit the teams have rather convincing arguments about why Todt's in-season testing proposal is a bad idea. I'm more convinced than ever that the idea of turning race weekend Fridays into full test days with extra tires, etc, is the way to go. Either that or just add a race weekend Thursday full test day a few times during the season and leave Fridays alone. Seems like either would add useful testing without having to form separate test teams. Teams set to reject testing return plan (autosport.com)
Interesting comments from Newey re the crash that killed Ayrton Senna, esp. at the end... Puncture a likely cause for Senna's accident - Newey (ESPNF1 Staff)
Alonso signs with Ferrari thru 2016 Wow, just ......wow....... Formula One superstar Fernando Alonso has extended his contract with Ferrari until the end of the 2016 season, the team announced on Thursday prior to this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix. Until the extension, Alonso was committed to the Scuderia only for next season. The length of the extension is unpredecented in F1 terms, and it means that the Spanish two-time world champion will be with the Prancing Horse for at least seven seasons. He joined the team last year. The announcement is also noteworthy for any other drivers who have ambitions of driving for Ferrari, since Alonso will now be there for the foreseeable future. "It is a great pleasure to have renewed our agreement with a driver who has always demonstrated a winning mentality, even in the most difficult circumstances," said Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo. "Fernando has all the required qualities, both technically and personally, to play a leading role in the history of Ferrari, and I hope he will be enriching it with further wins very soon." Alonso added, "I am very happy to have reached this agreement. I immediately felt comfortable within Ferrari and now it feels to me like a second family. I have the utmost faith in the men and women who work in Maranello and in those who lead them. It is therefore natural for me to decide to extend my relationship in the long-term like this, with a team at which I will no doubt end my Formula One career one day." Read more: Formula One: Fernando Alonso extends Ferrari deal to 2016 - AutoWeek