Jimmy_D Posted 18 November, 2010 Share Posted 18 November, 2010 Preparation for the new F1 season has already started. The Young Driver Test took place over the last two days, with Red Bull still fastest with their RB6, it'll truly go down as one of the great designs in F1 history. Dean Stoneman, a driver from Southampton and reigning Formula 2 Champion, did very well to go as fast as he did in the Williams. Daniel Riccardio could be one to watch, with his quickest time out of 77 laps faster than Vettel's qualifying lap on the same circuit, looks like the ability is there, next it'll be a question of consistency and doing it when the pressure is on. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/11/11547.html http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/11/11553.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 18 November, 2010 Share Posted 18 November, 2010 Only driver change so far is Williams dropping Hulkenburg for Maldonado. Bad move IMO. I'm guessing they were somewhat forced into it by financial reasons having lost their sponsorship from RBS and Air Asia, but Hulk trounced Maldonado in GP2 in '09. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerBadger Posted 4 December, 2010 Share Posted 4 December, 2010 Maldonado comes to Williams with 10 million euros of sponsorship, blimey. Crazy that these days drivers are picked on what omey they can bring with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 4 December, 2010 Share Posted 4 December, 2010 Maldonado comes to Williams with 10 million euros of sponsorship, blimey. Crazy that these days drivers are picked on what omey they can bring with them. It's not exactly old news, Just ask Pedro Diniz, Jean Denis Delatraz and Giovanna Amati. Money talks in F1, it always has. The privateer teams have always needed the pay drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 5 December, 2010 Share Posted 5 December, 2010 TBF Diniz did give us the best F1 headline ever... Diniz in the oven! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 5 December, 2010 Share Posted 5 December, 2010 (edited) It's not exactly old news, Just ask Pedro Diniz, Jean Denis Delatraz and Giovanna Amati. Money talks in F1, it always has. The privateer teams have always needed the pay drivers. Tarso Marques, Gaston Mazzacane, Sakon Yamamoto the list goes on My favourite was Giovanni Lavaggi who raced for Minardi '95/'96 time. He got himself his racing licence and literally paid Minardi lump sums of money out of his own pocket to race in a few GPs for them Edited 5 December, 2010 by JackFrost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 8 December, 2010 Share Posted 8 December, 2010 http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88616 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 8 December, 2010 Share Posted 8 December, 2010 (edited) So 2 Lotus teams on the grid next year then. Both using Renault engines unless I'm much mistaken and with a black and gold livery. Renault to become "Lotus Renault GP". Feckin' stupid decision if you ask me. This is the Group Lotus (i.e. Renault (the one Kubica drives for)) livery mock up. Edited 8 December, 2010 by Lighthouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 9 December, 2010 Author Share Posted 9 December, 2010 Does this mean your job is going to be affected Ponty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 10 December, 2010 Author Share Posted 10 December, 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9275796.stm Two new rules coming in to aid overtaking, could make for a very interesting season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 10 December, 2010 Share Posted 10 December, 2010 Does this mean your job is going to be affected Ponty? Yeah, I might get some new work clothes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted 10 December, 2010 Share Posted 10 December, 2010 sorry, I dont get it. Moveable wing to aid in overtaking. Now, ok with kers the other car might not have a boost charged, but with a moveable wing, surely both cars can lower wing and no advantage is gained? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 10 December, 2010 Share Posted 10 December, 2010 (edited) sorry, I dont get it. Moveable wing to aid in overtaking. Now, ok with kers the other car might not have a boost charged, but with a moveable wing, surely both cars can lower wing and no advantage is gained? I'm guessing not... "The wings will be operated by the drivers, who will be able to use them when they are within a second of a car in front which they are trying to overtake" It's a good idea IMO, but I'm guessing as soon as the car behind gets 1mm infront of the car they are trying to overtake, technically the overtakee is within 1s of the car in front and can use the moveable wings too. I predict lots of juicy controversy over this rule. Edited 10 December, 2010 by Lighthouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 12 December, 2010 Author Share Posted 12 December, 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9275796.stm Team orders make a return, mainly due to the fact they never went away and it was an unenforcable rule. It's a shame, but it was always going to happen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint137 Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 Legard replaced Coulthard? http://www.crash.net/f1/news/165559/1/legard_exit_and_replacement_to_be_confirmed_by_bbc.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerBadger Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 Ref. movable wings there a good run down on scenarios on the McLaren blog: http://mclaren.com/search?q=blog I reckon it's gonna mix it right up, also some big offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 7 January, 2011 Share Posted 7 January, 2011 So for 2011 I believe we have Red Bull Sebastian Vettel Mark Webber McLaren Lewis Hamilton Jenson Button Ferrari Fernando Alonso Felipe Massa Mercedes Michael Schumacher Nico Rosberg Lotus Renault Robert Kubica Vitaly Petrov Williams Rubens Barrichello Pastor Maldonado Force India ? ? Sauber Kamui Kobayashi Sergio Pérez Toro Rosso ? ? Lotus Jarno Trulli Heikki Kovalainen Hispania Narain Karthikeyan ? Marussia Virgin ? Jérôme d'Ambrosio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 10 January, 2011 Share Posted 10 January, 2011 So 2 Lotus teams on the grid next year then. Both using Renault engines unless I'm much mistaken and with a black and gold livery. Renault to become "Lotus Renault GP". Feckin' stupid decision if you ask me. This is the Group Lotus (i.e. Renault (the one Kubica drives for)) livery mock up. Team Lotus to stick with the Green & yellow http://www.thelotusforums.com/latest-news/f1-news/team-lotus-to-stick-with-green-yellow/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 12 January, 2011 Author Share Posted 12 January, 2011 So Brundle replaces Legard in the lead commentator's role, and Coulthard takes Brundle's old spot. Also confirmed that F1 will be broadcast in HD this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surrey1saint Posted 13 January, 2011 Share Posted 13 January, 2011 Can't wait to see F1 in HD......no Legard either,great result! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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