- Formula 1 - Season 2009 -

[genius83]

@raptor21

I don't think we miss any of those type of things the only difference that comes with no refuelling pitstops is it take less time to go in have tyres change and comeout. So lets say nowadays it takes about 25 secs to go in take new tyres and fuel and comeout on the same position. With this new regs the time is cut down to 18 to 20 secs may be even lower then 18 secs. Imagine the driver leadin from the front is having some trouble with his tyres he have 20 secs advantage so he goes in the pits take new tyres and comesout again most likely in the lead but here comes a twitch the new tyres are cold and now he has to bring the temperature up to the required level. Why the tyres are cold the answer is FIA also banning tyre warmers from next season. I am expecting some real racing in season 2010.

[genius83]

Prodrive considering 2010 F1 entry

Prodrive boss David Richards says the British team is now seriously considering entering Formula 1 in 2010, if the rules are right.

Heidfeld: Lack of updates hindering BMW

Nick Heidfeld believes the lack of updates is the main reason why his BMW Sauber team has struggled to make an impression in the early part of the season.

Raikkonen won't use KERS at Sakhir[/url]

Kimi Raikkonen has confirmed that he will not use KERS in Friday practice at Sakhir, although Ferrari will reinstate the system on his team-mate Felipe Massa's car.

Legal bid prompts new British GP doubts

The British Grand Prix's future has been thrown into fresh doubt after Donington Park's owners, Wheatcroft & Son Limited, commenced legal proceedings against the track's operator - Donington Ventures Leisure Ltd - over unpaid rent.

Aston Martin also considering cut-price F1

Aston Martin, headed by former BAR team boss Dave Richards, could be persuaded to enter F1 next season in the wake of F1's proposed budget cap.

[url=http://www.planetf1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5227249,00.html"s']'Red Bull pairing is second only to Ferrari's'

Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz reckons that in Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber he has the best line-up on the grid with the exception of Ferrari's.

'McLaren could be forced to quit if sponsors withdraw'

Agents for McLaren's sponsors have reportedly approached the FIA pleading for leniency at next week's WMSC hearing, fearing a "disproportionately large" punishment could see the Woking team forced out of F1.

[SLR]

h2Lola considering F1 entry/h2
Lola are considering entering the Formula One championship next year now that the sport has moved to slash costs, the British-based company said.

[SLR]

btw what is this Lola thing never heard of it before??

[genius83]

@SLR

First I have already posted the Lola news piece. Second Lola is an England based F1 team been out of F1 arena for 12 years last time they contest in the F1 circuit in 1997 known as Mastercard Lola and been pulled out of the season before the season ends.

[SLR]

h2Domenicali Reveals Ferrari Fear/h2

Ferrari Boss Stefano Domenicali fears further "suffering" this weekend which could result in an unwanted slice of Formula One history for his misfiring team.

[SLR]

@ genius_83
Are Prodrive and Lola the two names of the same company??
Sorry for this stupid question.

[UncleKracker]

I for one will not miss refueling one bit. It should have been banned a long time ago in my opinion. Races being decided mostly by strategy, and not by the driver and car always. Pole position, the clocking of the fastest time, an exercise in style, became a joke 2003 onwards. The fastest driver and the best car was not on pole, instead pole went to the guy who had ten laps less fuel from the second guy on the grid.

I am interested in how they will go about qualifying next year. Whether the teams will be asked to qualifying on full tanks or will they go back to the good old days and drivers will be let loose on bare minimum to qualifying with stipulated number of laps per driver.

As for Mclaren and it's sponsors, the British media is floating all sorts of things in the hope to soften the blow. Planetf1 should be renamed planethamiltonf1, with all their driver bias.

@genius83

I am looking forward to the rumored Prodrive and Aston Martin entry. That is a mouth watering prospect, and with so many teams looking to enter F1, yes we might be going back to the pre-qualifying days.

[genius83]

@SLR

Not a stupid querry I would say. No they both are two different companies well the thing is Prodirve was about to enter in the F1 arena in 2008 and they were to be the 12th on the grid with Super Aguri Honda as 11th and the rest normal field we are watching now. They are so close to enter at that time that even the season 2008 rules were written with taking them into acount. But for some reason most likely financial they could not enter at that time. This season they drop the idea after knowing FIA's cost cap plan ad now in contention to be on the grid in season 2010.

@UK

Well Lola Mastercard team also have some classic jokes attach with them one of them is based on Mastercard Ad. Here goes the joke

Season entry: 48mil pound

Season budget: 30 mil pound

The looks on the team boss face when knowing their car is 15 secs off the pace: priceless.

[mehrozniazi1]

ferrari ever worst performance yet

[SLR]

@rozzzzz
u r right bro the worst performance in 27 years by ferrari.

[UncleKracker]

@genius83

LOL! good one. They were called Forti Fords i think, and they used to be outside the 107% rule. Remember a Brazilian Roberto Mareno, not sure of the spelling, used to drive one of the cars.

Again using my favourite word "hate", i hate Dave Richards, and i am happy he missed the boat this year when he almost bought the Honda team.

The thing which might deter these teams is the 40 something million cost to buy a spot on the grid especially with some teams not even sure if they will be in the race if we end up with more than 26 cars. Then again, we are likely to lose Renault from F1 in the near future, Mercedes has admitted their long term future in the sport is in doubt and Toyota need very good results this year to continue in F1.

[genius83]

@UK

On planet F1 forum a member have said this and I am only quotting him "F1 is undergoing negative evolution and they are going back to the old days." I am adding something into this that yes most of the last decade innovations are going out of F1 whether its groove tyres, or Aero regs or any other innovations. The only thing that is now most likely on the card is the ground effect which is in someway coming back this season with the DD diffusers and in the same way most of the factory based teams all ready in the line of thought to reconsider their status in F1 and apart from Ferrari I don't think any other Factory based team want to be a part of F1 in this financial crunch.

Here is a picture for those who don't understand ground effect. Ground effect is a term used to describe the car being so closed to ground that on a bumpy sparks starting to produce from the underneath plate of car chasis. This increase the car's speed as car have more grip on the surface.

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UK this one tells you how bad Kimi is feeling nowadays.

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[UncleKracker]

@genius83

The car manufacturers don't stick around in F1, even at the best of times. They are running a business, and F1 is one of the steps to success in that. As soon as they have success they decide to leave when the going is good. Others like Toyota, throw millions and millions at F1, but all in the wrong direction and end up having to quit. The way F1 was going tin he last ten odd years, it was inevitable that something had to be done. Can't have the car giants come in, spend big bucks, choke teams like Williams, who are the heart of F1. There are some car manufacturers like Renault, who got success with a small budget and never spent anything close to what others threw at F1, but they have to leave for other reasons.

Ferrari is the only exception to the rule.

[UncleKracker]

The never-ending story

G
erhard Berger is adamant that Fernando Alonso will head to Ferrari at the end of 2009, despite the fact that the double world champion is under contract to Renault next year and Ferrari also has both of its drivers under contract.

The former Toro Rosso co-owner said he ‘negotiated intensively’ with the 27-year-old Spaniard last year, when he needed to replace the Red Bull-bound Sebastian Vettel.

[genius83]

@UK

Looks like GB is an old and faithful team mate of Ferrari and just want to push Alonso so much that at the end of season when Ferrari announces they are retaining their current drivers Alonso again bamboozled just like last season and have nowhere else to go other then remaining in Renault for one more season.

[UncleKracker]

@genius83

Alonso has a signed contract and the only question is whether he will be a Ferrari driver come 2010. The way Ferrari are going right now, and the way Renault will improve this season, I hope he doesn't go especially if the Renault is pretty competitive come the end of the season. With no major rule changes for 2010, the cars will be an evolution of this year's cars and he would do well to add a third feather to his cap before moving to the prancing horse.

[raptor21]

I am all for the budget cap for next year. i believe success should not be bought rather be earned. However, if money alone could have sorted all the problems in F1 then we wouldn't have seen Renault being successful in 2005 and 2006. Moreover, Ferrari should not have been in this deep shit hole they have created for themselves.

Its a good prospect for F1 if we see new teams on the grid. Having a budget cap may put them on the grid but being successful in F1 takes a whole lot more than that.

I am surprised that Sheikh's havent hinted at buying a team as yet. :o i am sure they can spare some change.

As far as Alonso is concerned, i still believe he should make the switch to Ferrari next year. Delaying this would only be delaying the inevitale especially due to Renaults future in F1 at stake. I believe the sooner he switches the better it would be for him to consolidate his position in the team and grow with them as the car evolves in 2010 and hopefully to reap the benefits later.

[genius83]

Button hoping for dry Bahrain race

World championship leader Jenson Button is hoping for stable conditions in Bahrain this weekend, despite extending his points advantage in the rain-hit Malaysian and Chinese Grands Prix.

@UK

Here is the Lola Mastercard history thanks to wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MasterCard_Lola

MasterCard Lola is a former Formula One team that contested one race in the 1997 Formula One season.

Competition history

Team principal

Eric Broadley

didn't cover himself in glory with the effort, which sometimes is not even recognized on that season's entry list. After years of providing chassis to other teams, mainly

Larrousse

, Broadley planned a team that was the culmination of years of development. A prototype chassis was first tested in

1995

with

Allan McNish

and in late

1996

Broadley announced the team's participation in the near future. The team had originally intended to enter F1 in

1998

, but entered a year early in

1997

as

MasterCard

wasn't forthcoming with financial support.

Stewart Grand Prix

, headed up by Grand Prix legend

Jackie Stewart

, had his new team all prepared with the Alan Jenkins-designed SF01 launched before Lola got started on their own. The Lola chassis, dubbed the T97/30, was based on most of their

IndyCar

technology yet never saw the inside of a wind tunnel and barely had on-track tests.

Vincenzo Sospiri

and

Ricardo Rosset

were signed to drive, but wound up as the victims of the project. By the time the ungainly car made it to the

1997 Australian Grand Prix

, the complete lack of symmetry on the car in all aspects made it painful to watch. Sospiri and Rosset never even got near a good enough time to qualify, 11 and 13 seconds respectively off the pace.

End of the road

On 26 March 1997, the Wednesday before the Brazilian Grand Prix, Lola announced it was withdrawing from the Brazil race due to "financial and technical problems". Lola's staff, which had already travelled to Interlagos, returned to the team's base in Huntington, England. Shortly afterwards, Lola withdrew from the World Championship outright.

In its short existence as a Formula One constructor Lola incurred £6 million in debt; the company never recovered from this and went into receivership several weeks later.Irish entrepreneur Martin Birrane purchased the company and oversaw a revival in the company's fortunes; however, Lola has not been involved in Formula One in any capacity since.

On 22 April 2009, Lola announced its intention to launch a full scale works effort for the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Talking of having teams outside the 107% rule remember Life F1 1990 Look at the 2 pre-qualifying of 1990 in SanMarino and Mexico.

San Marino Pre-qualify 1990

Mexico Pre-qualify 1990

Here is the wiki link Life F1 team.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_(Formula_One_team)

[SLR]

Free Practice- (1) Bahrain GP.

1.Lewis Hamilton 1:33.647

Lewis tops the timesheets.

@everyone i cant copy the whole timesheet here so sorry.