-Formula 1 - Season 2010 -

[UncleKracker]

@genius83

Hmmm, so you have started posting Virgin news;) Virgin reliability problems solved, lol if you insist Ferrari has found a new way to mess up their pitstops i suppose with that wheel nut.
Now only if they would ban cricket in this country as part of my third and final wish. I don't care about losing as far as ones team gives its best. Not the way we have been losing, sometimes within 3-4 days in test matches, being bowled out chasing 120 something runs etc etc.

@alliereyaz
Non taken and everyone, all of us started like that at some stage in our life, little or no knowledge of F1. Nothing wrong about that or a need to feel embarrassed. We all ask each other questions here and try to understand it better. So, if ever you have a question about any aspect, please ask freely. All that are regulars of this thread will try their best to answer it. More will start visiting the thread in the coming weeks, regulars like Beglar, Nightsurfer, Comtrak, sub7er, raptor and others.

@RedBull_ar
That's a better avatar than the red helmet:)

[genius83]

Kovalainen admits Lotus lacks downforce
Heikki Kovalainen admits that his Lotus car's main problem is the lack of downforce, but the Finn is hopeful the team will be able to make progress with time.

Carabante takes over Campos team
The Campos Meta team has confirmed that Jose Ramon Carabante has taken full control of the Spanish outfit, with former Midland, Spyker and Force India boss Colin Kolles being appointed as team principal instead of team founder Adrian Campos.

Button: Ferrari strongest at present
Jenson Button believes the Ferrari is the strongest-looking car after the first full dry day of testing at Jerez this week.

@UK
You are one naughty person;), Well apart from Frank William's daughter, I think RedBull's Twitter guy is the best and with a good sense of humour.

[mani1]

There were a couple of interesting indicators though, most interesting was Alonso and Schumacher on track at the same time with the same compound of tires and almost identical stint. Alonso's being 2 laps longer and this is how their times went;
14:21 And Schumacher pits too. His stint was 10 laps, averaging 1m22.4s and with a best of 1m21.9s.

14:21 Alonso comes in after a 12 lap run averaging 1m21.8s and with a top time of 1m21.427s.

AND

Button spent some time behind both Alonso and the Mercedes of Michael Schumacher on track today and reckons the Ferrari is handling best so far.

"I followed a few drivers today, Fernando, Michael. It's always interesting to see what's happening," said Button. "You never know what fuel loads people are on but you can see what sort of balance they have.

"The Mercedes to me seemed like it was a little bit twitchy at the rear, and braking it looked like it was locking the rears, but if they're on 150kg it's understandable. It's interesting. The Ferrari looked good on the circuit, good consistency."

Source: autosport.com - F1 News: Button: Ferrari strongest at present

So both Ferrari and Mercedes were on similar compounds and on the track at same time. Buttons observations suggests Mercedes had more fuel on it. Based on this observation and comparing the times of both cars, I reckon Mercedes a bit faster compared to the Ferrari. But what beats me is that if that is the case, why are they testing on heavy fuel loads all the time

[genius83]

Webber cautious over RB6 testing pace
Mark Webber says he is not taking anything for granted ahead of the new Formula 1 season after the Red Bull driver set a new benchmark time of 1m19.299s time in testing at Jerez on Friday.

Kobayashi plays down loss of mileage
Kamui Kobayashi has shrugged off the fuel system problem that sidelined his Sauber for most of today's Jerez test session, and is confident the squad can catch up with its programme tomorrow.

@mani1
They are doing heavy fuel runs to understand the Tyre wear at the start of the race. They could do some glory runs but that will not give them any thing good to understand about the tyre wear plus with so many wet testing days until now all the teams are not so well prepared for the season and thatswhy they are doing heavy fuel runs.

[genius83]

US F1 seeks permission to miss races
US F1 co-founder Ken Anderson has admitted that he is in discussion with the FIA to reach an agreement that will allow for the new team to miss the first four races of the 2010 Formula 1 season.

[genius83]

Button quickest on final day at Jerez
Jenson Button set the fastest lap of the Jerez testing fortnight on today's eighth and final day of pre-season running at the Spanish venue.

Jerez Testing II Day 4

Button heads combined Jerez times
For the second test in a row, McLaren came out on top on combined times at the end of this week's Jerez action.

Jerez Testing II Combine Timings

[genius83]

Alonso: Ferrari best car I've ever had
Fernando Alonso has declared the Ferrari F10 the best car he has ever driven - and says the team is yet to show what it can really do.

[UncleKracker]

Decoding Jerez – Button tops times, but it’s all to play for

From what we saw this week, the field is close enough for this to change the order, if someone finds a significant aerodynamic step. It is all to play for.
Engineers tell me that the established teams are covered by no more than 7/10ths of a second. Ferrari and McLaren are close but Ferrari has so far been more reliable. Red Bull follow. They don’t seem to have the advantage I expected them to have, given where they finished last season and it will be interesting to see what new parts they bring next week and where they end up. Mercedes are in pursuit as well, as are Force India.

[UncleKracker]

This guy is dangerous. The Simtek experience was hard for everyone and cost a driver's life, who was only starting out in his young career, and now this expedition he has undertaken with Virgin GP. Hope it's not a year like that, his car has been breaking wings again in testing.

Wirth admits Virgin behind schedule
Virgin Racing technical director Nick Wirth has admitted that the persistent hydraulic problems his team suffered at Jerez this week have delayed its test programme. Wirth said the intention had been to bring aerodynamic developments to Barcelona next week, but with Lucas di Grassi and Timo Glock only able to complete 144 laps between them over the past four days at Jerez, Virgin will now have to keep focusing on reliability work in the final test.

[UncleKracker]

Ferrari slams FIA's new team 'holy war
Ferrari has attacked the FIA's push to bring new teams into Formula 1, in the wake of the problems currently surrounding Team US F1 and Campos Meta.
With neither outfit yet having a car ready to run, and US F1 hoping to miss the first few races of the season, the sport is facing up to the fact that it will probably not have as full a grid as it had hoped to have for 2010.

Alonso happy to uncover 2007 'spygate
Fernando Alonso says he was 'very happy' to help Formula 1's ruling body, the FIA, uncover the spy saga that hit the sport in 2007. McLaren was excluded from that year's championship and fined $100 million after it was discovered the team was in possession of Ferrari technical data.

Stefan GP cancels Portimao test
Stefan GP has abandoned plans to test at Portimao in Portugal this week after failing to secure a supply of tyres to run on, AUTOSPORT can reveal.
The Serbian-based team has its new car, the Toyota-based Stefan 01, all ready to hit the track following a fire-up in Cologne last week, but its failure to obtain tyres from Formula 1's official tyre supplier Bridgestone has scuppered its bid to begin testing.

Button, Alonso to start Barcelona test
Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg will kick off the final Formula 1 pre-season test at Barcelona this week as teams make their final preparations ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix.

One bit of news left out, which will be brought to you by genius83 personally, stay tunned;)

[genius83]

@All
Sorry guys, my computer has crashed windows and I have to go through the whole windows reinstalling again.

@UK
I am posting some news if the one that you left is not present in them then please post it.

Briatore steps down as QPR chairman
Former Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore has stepped down from his role as chairman of Queen's Park Rangers Football Club.

Former Malaysia PM opens Lotus factory
Lotus's Formula 1 factory in Hingham was officially opened by the former Malaysian prime minister Tun Dr. Mahathir on Monday.

Soucek joins Virgin as reserve driver
Formula 2 champion Andy Soucek has joined the Virgin Racing team as its reserve driver for the 2010 season, it was announced on Tuesday.

Soucek confident he will drive soon
Andy Soucek is confident he will get to drive the Virgin VR01 very soon after signing a contract to be the new team's reserve driver.

Kubica pins hopes on Renault upgrade
Robert Kubica is hopeful his Renault team will take a significant step forward when it introduces some planned upgrades to this car for this week's test in Barcelona.

[UncleKracker]

@genius83

Nah, bro, i wanted you to be the one reporting all the news on that "virgin"....car i mean;) which you have done. Like how it handles, who is testing the Virgin, it's drivers etc:D

Alright, so here is something else which is important to discuss. Thought i would check the yahoo fantasy f1 league page and see if they had started registration for this season. This is what i found on the page;
Fantasy F1 2010
The Yahoo! Fantasy Sports F1 Racing game is on hiatus for the 2010 season. Please check back next year for an all new edition of F1 Racing.

There, we don't have the Fantasy F1 league for this season at least. So, have to look around for another game we can all participate in. This is what i found so far, which i thought was interesting apart from the other usual ones which we have discussed over the past couple of years. Posting the link Here, have a look. I will request all who visit the thread especially those who have been participating in the PFL to go through this and suggest an alternative if they have one in mind.

[genius83]

@UK
Excellent, so don't tell me you have hacked my computer:P this is the same league I have found a week or so ago I already have six team in that game and I have a personal league too will post further details by tomorrow morning INSHAALLAH.

Alternatively I have played ESPNSTAR's F1 Fantasy League last season and that league was so easy that by after 2 races I don't have to change my team at all.

[alliereyaz]

tell me is there any other channel or internet tv software where i can see uninteruppted f1 season. prefer (itv). my connection is 1mb.

coz this season ive decided not to watch F1 on starsports. they are pathetic.

[UncleKracker]

@genius83

I tried to hack your computer but no luck:P Maybe partially to do with the fact that i am not really computer literate Do share your experience about that game and others you might have tried. I am not a big fan of those games, given budget, buy a chassis, engine, driver and be stuck with it for the rest of the season. We''ll have to find something and i don't know how many of the old ones will be participating.

@alliereyaz

Genius83 has posted a couple of links on this page. You'll see them if you scroll up. They provide live feed during races but mostly you 'll have problems getting the right feed. Itv does not have the rights to F1 anymore. BBC has been covering it for a couple of years now and Jonathan Legard's commentary can put the most hyper of people to sleep but, Martin Brundle is a class act. The best way to get the BBC feed is if you can watch the races on super sport. They even show the practice sessions, a couple of them live and yes, i am totally with you about not watching Starsports coverage. I don't know what your issue with them is but I can't stand the voice of Steve Slatter.

[alliereyaz]

thnks i really appreciate that....i have to check every link one by one.

[UncleKracker]

Technical boss Key leaves Force India
Force India has announced that its technical director James Key has left the team. Design director Mark Smith will be promoted to replace him. Key has been with the team since its Jordan days, initially joining as a data engineer in 1998. He progressed through the ranks to become technical director by 2005.

Sauber recruits Key as new technical director
Former Force India technical director James Key is to replace Willy Rampf as head of Sauber's technical team. Key announced yesterday that he had decided to leave Force India - having been with the team since its Jordan days in 1998. Sauber has now revealed that Rampf is to step down as head of its technical team at the end of April, with Key joining shortly beforehand to take his place.

US F1 insider: Hurley can save team
Team US F1 backer Chad Hurley is the man who has the best chance of saving the outfit from its current troubles, claims a senior staff member at the American operation.
With the team's car development plans weeks behind schedule, while it bids to try and skip the opening four races, there are mounting fears that the outfit could lose its place on the grid entirely if matters are not turned around.

Lopez manager admits Campos talks
Jose Maria Lopez's manager Felipe McGough says talks are underway between Campos owner Jose Ramon Carabante and US F1 investor Chad Hurley to secure a deal that will ensure Lopez can race in Formula 1 this year.

[ToofaneBatameezi]

Ladies: Can I move your thread to a newer place if I may have your permission?

Get Togethers / Motor Shows / Motor Sports - PakWheels Forums

[genius83]

@Toofan
As you wish bro, transfer this thread to the one you mentioned. But remember moving from professional to casual means that we will have more replies and chances of some verbal fights so think about that too.

[UncleKracker]

Why does it need to be moved? Am not interested in a casual forum. Just my two cents.

@genius83

Can you explain that game to me? 80 million budget, even the non existent US f1 drivers are for 6 million:rolleyes: