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| Great ending of the IndyCar championship. Franchitti wins it on a fuel mileage. Very risky strategy because one caution would have ruined everything. Dario really deserves it and he dedicated the title to Greg. Next month it will be 10 years ago that Moore passed away and the attention on him so far has been great. Good to hear nobody has forgotten about one of the best IndyCar drivers ever. Anyway looking forward to 2010. |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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Apparently A1GP won't race at Surfer Paradise and it could be the end of the short lived championship. It seems the V8's will run two extra races to make up for the loss of the single seaters. If only they would have gone through with the crazy idea of getting DTM to visit.  |
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The new Ford Fiesta S2000 made by M-Sport. Have to say it looks quite good with the M-Sport livery and those rims.
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Chaotic day at Macau. First they leave d'Aste's car out on the track, only for it to be hit by Thompson many minutes later. Then they put loads of cement dust down on that corner so when the next session started we had a major pileup involving title contenders Muller and Tarquini, plus Menu. Thommo, Yvan and Gabrielie had to pay a visit to the hospital but are all okay.
So the session ended in the dark, which was awesome to see (much better than Singapore). Huff now has pole, followed by Priaulx and Farfus.
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Here's the new Formula Renault 2.0. According to test driver Felipe Albuquerque this new car is much more difficult to drive. Its more technical and has more aerodynamics, making it possibly more difficult to pass.
There are also new regulations. Next year you can only enter Eurocup, NEC or WEC. The only way to enter another championship if you have already signed up with one, is to get a wildcard. Also if you win the Eurocup you get 500.000 Euro's to spend on a 3.5 drive, which could scare some drivers away.
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| Very weird nose if you ask me |
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Audi press release about the R15.
| Quote: | Inaugural Le Mans Intercontinental Cup
In the future, the so-called "Le Mans Intercontinental Cup” will consist of the major races of the Le Mans Series in Europe, the USA and Asia and aims to continue the heyday of the legendary World Championship for Makes. In its debut year in 2010, the 1000-kilometer race at Silverstone (Great Britain), the "Petit Le Mans” race at Road Atlanta (USA) and an event on the Asian continent. Further races are to be added in 2011.
Audi will contest the new Le Mans Intercontinental Cup in the 2010 season with two R15 TDI cars fielded by Audi Sport Team Joest. Three cars are planned for the 24-hour race at Le Mans on June 12/13. Audi Sport Team Joest plans also to contest the 1000-kilometer race at Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), which Audi would like to use as a dress rehearsal for Le Mans, with three cars.
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I think the 2010 1000K's of Spa could be even more exciting than last year. I now really can't wait to go. Peugeot used Spa last year also as a practice session for the big race and had planned for three cars. So maybe in 2010 we could like 2008 see a mini Le Mans at Spa. I wish it was May already. |
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Here´s a very honest article from John Surtees about his late son, Henry.
| Quote: | John Surtees: Remembering Henry
Former world champion John Surtees shares his memories of his son Henry, who was killed at the age of 18 in a freak accident in a Formula 2 race a Brands Hatch in July
By John Surtees
1964 Formula 1 world champion
For Henry's situation, Formula 2 was a welcome revival because it gave opportunity for people to compete at a world level at sensible budgets. People criticise that the structure doesn't teach people things, but I would disagree with that. From a concept point of view, F2 was welcome.
He'd sat in a Formula 3 car and won in the National Class at Donington first time out, and his data showed that he could compete with [Jaime] Alguersuari, [Oliver] Turvey and such. But we were confronted with the fact that the best team had signed up people that finished behind him in Championship Class cars, because they had £650,000.
Well, we didn't have £650k to go racing, particularly with the intense testing programme of F3 and school – the two were not compatible. Education was important, and would give him options. But we couldn't go along spending those vast sums.
We had another intriguing possibility which was to take an active part in the rebirth of the Mygale and join with the Tandys. That was something which was very interesting, but it was to involve me in the organisation of it. I already had an involvement in a motorcycle project, but then something intervened which changed our lives. I had a heart attack. The motorcycle programme had to be largely forgotten and there was no way I could be sure I could involve myself in the running of a race team.
I'd had a meeting with Jonathan Palmer and I'd been impressed by his vision. I had one or two reservations, I didn't want it to be too close to Palmer Audi, it had to be Formula 2. It had to create its own identity.
What convinced me was the good people that were coming. In a team you're judged by how good you are against your team-mate. If you can't see your team-mate off, you've got problems. The same applies to a formula. You need to race against good people. There's no point having all the success in the world if the people are frankly second rate. But when you saw the quality of the entry that went into F2 this year, you realised that 50 per cent of them had been on the world stage and were knocking on the door of GP2 and potential F1 tests. We thought it was good company, so we made the decision together while I was in hospital.
I hate to think about luck in racing, but Henry was very unfortunate to get involved in other peoples' mistakes and accidents. He had set the fastest time at a pre-seaon test at Silverstone. Then when he went and put it on pole at Brno, three of the main contenders had their clutches fail on the line. Disaster. But the most important thing was that he'd shown he could compete having come back from adversity.
At the start of the second race at Brands Hatch, he was pushed up on the kerb and got sideways. Others had gone off so the race director suspended the race under new Formula 1 rules. Because Henry had to wait for everyone to go by, he was at the back of the field – always a dangerous place to be…
People talked about Felipe Massa's accident in Hungary the following week. He had a 0.8kg hit him, Henry had 29kg. That was the mass which hit him – so it was instant.
I looked after the sensible first race he drove at Brands and thought ‘I've got no worry here'. It was all coming together. We had Donington coming, where Henry had been very quick, and Imola where he'd driven a Formula Master car and loved it, so I thought he could quite easily have at least a couple of wins on our hands there. The engineers he'd worked with were totally convinced about him.
He'd suddenly become a changed person since finishing his exams and leaving school. We'd always been on about this bit of extra weight he carried, but he went and did a session with the Racing Steps [Foundation] trainer in Italy where they went through exactly what he needed to watch for and work on.
Once he'd finished his exams he showed us this plan for how much time he needed to spend in the gym, how much body fat he had, what weight he could achieve without losing any strength. Brands Hatch was the first race that he was dead down to weight. He'd lost 8kg through training and eating carefully. And on the Monday morning after Brands he was due to come into my office and take over a desk. He was going to run his website, look into sponsorship and try to put together some areas for next season.
It has split the family down the middle – the rest of the family doesn't want to know anything about motorsport, although they appreciate that this was a freak accident and that I would find it very difficult to walk totally away from something that has dominated so much of my life.
I met my wife after my racing career had finished so they were never involved in that. In my house, you won't see trophies or anything else – other than the odd one in my study. The kids never really realised my background. We just lived our life as it was and I was no longer a racing driver by then.
It wasn't even me who introduced Henry to karting. He went, came back and said that's what he wanted to do. It wasn't because of me, I never pushed him. My eldest daughter wanted to do it to as well, but my wife said no to two of them doing it and put her on something even more dangerous – horses!
I tried to make certain I was a supporting force and not a driving force. I've seen people who if it wasn't for their fathers would probably rather be doing something else, and I didn't want that to happen. The driving force had to come from within him. That had stepped up a gear since he finished school, and we were yet to see the best of him.
I have to be very careful about not getting angry. At times I feel very empty – a very large part of my life has disappeared. I remember from the days karting with the truck, I'd be chief cook, bottle washer, everything. Motorsport was very much a part of his life and we were very close with those common interests.
It would have been easier if he'd over done it, got it wrong and crashed. But to be taken out by someone else's accident is hard to take. It's the cruellest thing. I get near the edge at times but I have to think at least we had 18 and a half years of a loving son and brother, and a lot of exciting and wonderful experiences together.
Everybody in Formula 2, Jonathan Palmer, Henry's school, have been fantastic. We saw what happened on all the various websites and such, Henry touched so many people. In these very difficult times for all of us we have been so grateful for so much support that has come from all over the world and thank everybody for their kind thoughts and sentiments.
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The question now is: "Will there be any cars left this year?". Also I think the FIA should look at a replacement for S2000, it has run its course. Without manufacturers running cars we also won't see many new cars. Funny though that S2000 touring cars are dying while the rally cars are gaining more and more momentum.
| Quote: | WTCC: SEAT pulls out of WTCC
SEAT is going to pull out of the World Touring Car Championship ahead of the 2010 season according to the second largest newspaper in Spain, El Mundo. This one step in a bigger lay off within SEAT.
"We need committed workers to maximize the profit of SEAT," said James Muir, chairman of SEAT.
SEAT is going to lay off a total of 350 staff members. 50 of those work within SEAT Sport that is going to be closed down.
Some of the SEAT Sport employees are going to stay with the Spanish manufacturer and be assigned to other areas.
The 350 staff members represent 3 % of the total SEAT workforce of 13 000 persons.
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Having seen the Fiesta S2000 in action today on the Monte I have to say I really like it. However Citroen's S2000 car, the DS3, isn't really my cup of tea. Maybe with a livery it looks better.
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| Quote: | Entry list revealed for 2010 WTCC
By Steven English Friday, February 19th 2010, 13:34 GMT
The World Touring Car Championship today released its full entry list for the 2010 season and series bosses remain confident, despite the loss of several works entries.
The factory SEAT team has been withdrawn, while BMW has scaled back from five to two cars and Lada has also pulled out.
But independent team SUNRED Engineering will run five diesel SEATs, four under the SR Sport name with support from the SEAT factory, while BMW and Chevrolet return with expected title contenders.
"We are proud that we managed to maintain a high quality field in this challenging economic environment," said series promoter Marcello Lotti. "Most of our regular drivers and teams are still with us, which guarantees continuity in the growth of the championship's popularity.
"We are grateful to BMW and Chevrolet, who renewed their trust in the championship confirming their factory programmes. And we also thank SEAT because, although no longer competing with an official team, the brand made a big effort to guarantee a strong representation of customer teams that will be provided by SEAT Sport with the necessary technical support."
There has also been an influx of new teams to the series with Zengo-Dension running a diesel SEAT for Norbert Michelisz and British outfit Bamboo Engineering running two Chevrolet Lacettis.
"It is very rewarding for us to see young drivers and teams joining the championship," added Lotti. "The new entries from Bamboo Engineering and Zengo-Dension Team, the arrival of promising youngsters like Michelisz and [Harry] Vaulkhard, and the full commitment of drivers coming from new regions - [Mehdi] Bennani from Morocco and [Darryl] O'Young from China – are testament to the WTCC's worldwide reputation."
About Lada, Lotti said: "We were surprised and disappointed because in 2009 they undertook a commitment for a three-year programme. This is now a matter for the FIA to deal with."
WTCC 2010 entry list
#1 Gabriele Tarquini SR Sport SEAT Leon TDi
#2 Tom Coronel SR Sport SEAT Leon TDi
#3 Tiago Monteiro SR Sport SEAT Leon TDi
#4 Jordi Gene SR Sport SEAT Leon TDi
#5 Norbert Michelisz Zengo-Dension SEAT Leon TDi
#6 Yvan Muller Chevrolet (RML) Chevrolet Cruze
#7 Rob Huff Chevrolet (RML) Chevrolet Cruze
#8 Alain Menu Chevrolet (RML) Chevrolet Cruze
#10 Augusto Farfus BMW (RBM) BMW 320si
#11 Andy Priaulx BMW (RBM) BMW 320si
#15 Franz Engstler Team Engstler BMW 320si
#16 Andrei Romanov Team Engstler BMW 320si
#17 Michel Nykjaer SUNRED SEAT Leon TDi
#19 Harry Vaulkhard Bamboo Chevrolet Lacetti
#20 Darryl O'Young Bamboo Chevrolet Lacetti
#21 Mehdi Bennani Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si
#23 Marin Colak Colak Racing SEAT Leon
#24 Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si
#25 Sergio Hernandez Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si
#26 Stefano D'Aste Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si
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Not too bad if you ask me, 20 cars already and maybe some more when the season gets underway. Its also kinda ironic that SEAT is the one that made the biggest effort to get their cars onto the grid. Also a real shame about the Lada. The new car had some real potential which both Van Lagen and Thompson showed. Hopefully Jaap can find a decent somewhere else, maybe sports car racing. |
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The new Audi R15 Plus, can't wait to see it at Spa.
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| Man, I just put on the television and the first thing I see is the replays of the SEAT Leon Eurocup crash from Brands. That has to be one of the scariest accidents in a long time. Very, very lucky that nobody in the crowd got injured. |
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