Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion

News + Test Times of Jerez :

Lotus disappointed with FIA decision on ride height system :
Lotus F1 team fed that the FIA banned the innovative system ride height for this season.The Federation was initially agreed, but after a real scramble scrambled signals for the federal return. To the dismay of Lotus. " We have much time, energy and money invested in this technology. It took us a few years to develop and integrate into the suspension. We are not stupid. In such a process, we communicate extensively with the FIA ​​and gives feedback. If a system is forbidden when we are ready to use it, is that really frustrating. We must respect the rule, but it's definitely frustrating. "

Drivers feel good with lower seating :
The seating position of the drivers has been reduced/loward, it seems the trend in the paddock. Several riders spoke after the first day of testing at Jerez on their new attitude in the cockpit and did so full of praise. The comfort is increased.

Marussia hopes to maintain Charles Pic after 2012

Adrian Sutil is appealing against suspended prison sentence :
Adrian Sutil will appeal against his suspended sentence. The German was last week suspended sentence of eighteen months imposed and a fine of 200,000 euros. Manager Manfred Zimmermann said today that they do not accept this punishment.

Michael Schumacher delighted with return of Kimi Raikkonen

DRS can not appeal Raikkonen: "It is ridiculous" :
"Overtaking must be art, that it is this way not. You put just the wing flat and then quickly passes the car for you. And your car in front is defenseless, which can do nothing. All I recognize is that DRS contributes to a better show. "

Jerez: Schumacher makes with old Mercedes for distorted picture :
Michael Schumacher is at the second official day of testing at Jerez in the first place . The German clocked a 1:18.561 and was thus more than six tenths faster than the runner-up Mark Webber. The only difference between the two is that the Mercedes of Schumacher is from 2011 , including blown diffuser that generates a lot of downforce, while Webber as Red Bull Racing in the RB8 does not have one.
Four drivers broke through the frontier of a hundred rounds, with Heikki Kovalainen as top boss boss with 139 laps. Jules Bianchi drove today for the first time since he became a Force India reserve driver for the Indian racing stable . Pedro de la Rosa carries the red lantern on behalf of HRT and thus ended the two cars from 2011 on both ends of the time list, with al l2012 cars between.

1. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP W02 : 1:18.561 laps 132
2. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing RB8 : 1:19.184 + 0.623 laps 97
3. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso TR7 : 1:19.587 + 1.026 laps 100
4. Jules Bianchi : Force India VJM-05 : 1:20.221 + 1.660 laps 46
5. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus E20 : 1:20.239 + 1.678 laps 117
6. Paul di Resta : Force India VJM-05 : 1:20.272 + 1.711 laps 69
7. Felipe Massa : Ferrari F2012 : 1:20.454 + 1.893 laps 95
8. Jenson Button : McLaren MP4-27 : 1:20.688 + 2.127 laps 85
9. Sergio Perez : Sauber C31 : 1:20.711 + 2.150 laps 68
10. Pastor Maldonado : Williams FW34 : 1:21.197 + 2.636 laps 97
11. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham CT01 : 1:21.518 + 2.957 laps 139
12. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team F111 : 1:22.628 + 4.067 laps 64

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Short News + Result Test Times :

Williams FW34 launch: First pictures of their 2012 F1 car :
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Here is a link of some beautifull taken photos of todays test at Jerez !
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Toro Rosso renews commitment with sponsor NOVA Chemicals

Kimi Raikkonen reunited with race engineer Mark Slade :
Kimi Raikkonen will be reunited again with an old friend at Lotus . From the last test in Barcelona ​​the Finn will be teamed up with engineer Mark Slade. He comes over from Mercedes GP and was several years ago the engineer for Raikkonen at McLaren.

Jerez: Raikkonen finishes at the top
Kimi Raikkonen and Lotus F1 Team can look back after the first official test day on the first showdown between the new teams. The Finn posted a 1:19.670 as the best time and came with it at the top . Force India driver Paul di Resta finished one tenth behind in second. In the field of eleven teams Mercedes and HRT were the only participants with old cars. From the top teams Red Bull Racing had to wait the longest. The Austrian racing stable had to wate until early afternoon to start with the program because it had parts that had to flew over for the RB8. The most rounds come in the name of Kamui Kobayashi and the Sauber C31. The Japanese put up 106 laps and including with a problem. In the last hour he parked his car on the back straight, heading for Turn 6. It was also equally wrong with Daniel Ricciardo, who came to a standstill and stranded in Turn 1 with the Toro Rosso STR7. Pastor Maldonado drove the least number of laps. His employer had the Williams FW34 morning presented, but he did on the first day so little experience with the car of this .

1. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus E20 : 1:19.670 laps 75
2. Paul di Resta : Force India VJM-05 : 1:19.772 + 0.102 laps 101
3. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP W02 : 1:20.219 + 0.549 laps 56
4. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing RB8 : 1:20.496 + 0.826 laps 54
5. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso TR7 : 1:20.694 + 1.024 laps 57
6. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP W02 : 1:20.794 + 1.124 laps 42
7. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber C31 : 1:21.353 + 1.683 laps 106
8. Jenson Button : McLaren MP4-27 : 1:21.530 + 1.860 laps 62
9. Felipe Massa : Ferrari F2012 : 1:22.815 + 3.145 laps 69
10. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham CT01 : 1:23.178 + 3.508 laps 28
11. Pastor Maldonado : Williams FW34 : 1:23.371 + 3.701 laps 25
12. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team F111 : 1:23.676 + 4.006 laps 44

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Ps: @ Piggy ..Welcome back

Test time F1 Jerez day one:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus -Renault 1m19.670s 73
2. Paul di Resta Force India -Mercedes 1m19.772s + 101 0102
3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m20.219s + 56 0549
4. Mark Webber Red Bull -Renault 1m20.496s + 53 0826
5. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso -Ferrari 1m20.694s + 57 1024
6. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m20.794s + 41 1124
7. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber -Ferrari 1m21.353s + 1 683 106
8. Jenson Button, McLaren -Mercedes 1m21.530s + 1 860 60
9 . Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m22.815s + 69 3145
10. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m23.178s + 28 3508
11. Pastor Maldonado Williams -Renault 1m23.371s + 25 3701
12. Pedro de la Rosa HRT -Cosworth 1m23.676s + 44 4006

as promised i come back to F1 threads.... missed me ?

may be not lol .. btw

my bet this year goes to.... KIMI+LOTUS !

Christian Klien 7th February 1983
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Happy Birthday to your 29th anniversary

Short News :

Lotus E20 Launch :

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Sauber C31 launch :

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Red Bull RB8 launch :

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Toro Rosso STR7 – first pictures of Toro Rosso’s 2012 F1 car :

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Clear en Rexona new sponsors of Lotus :
Logos of deodorant brand Rexona and Clear shampoo brand will adorn/grace the car of Lotus this year.

Eeckelaert no longer working for HRT :
Jacky Eeckelaert appears to no longer work for HRT .The Spanish formation has decided not to renew contract with the Belgian, which ended in late January . Eeckelaert led the design department of HRT since the departure of technical director Geoff Willis last summer . Work on the new car, which is in the final phase, is now overseen by chief designer Jean-Claude Martens, who has since september working for HRT . HRT test this week in Jerez with the car from last year. The team hopes later this month to drive in Barcelona with the new car .

The test days in the southern Spanish city Jerez starting at 9:00 and end at 17:00

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Ps : I will post the times of testing tomorrow after i'm home from work

unveiled at valencia the new red bull
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aesthetically, I do not like the new Ferrari F2012, I hope will be fast, but that step is really ugly
Also, Sahara Force India and Caterham have the step
better, however, the McLaren MP4-27,without step(the only one until now) with a very low nose. With these rules is difficult to make elegant cars. Today will be presented the Lotus Renault and tomorrow we will see the new Red Bull RB8 of Adrian Newey
on Tuesday, at Jerez. there will also be the Grand Inquisitor Charlie Whiting.

Some F1 News Round up of this week :

Links of the New Ferrari F1 car for season 2012 :
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Ferrari F2012 key changes explained
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Sky F1 2012 - Force India unveil VJM05
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Narain Karthikeyan takes final F1 seat at HRT

With the confirmation of Narain Karthikeyan at HRT are all racing seats filled for next season.
Here is a list of all teams and their drivers for this season :

Red Bull Racing
1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Mark Webber

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
3. Jenson Button
4. Lewis Hamilton

Scuderia Ferrari
5. Fernando Alonso
6. Felipe Massa

Mercedes AMG Mercedes
7. Michael Schumacher
8. Nico Rosberg

Lotus F1 Team
9. Kimi Raikkonen
10. Romain Grosjean

Sahara Force India
11. Paul di Resta
12. Nico Hülkenberg

Sauber F1 Team
14. Kamui Kobayashi
15. Sergio Perez

Scuderia Toro Rosso
16. Daniel Ricciardo
17. Jean-Eric Vergne

Williams F1 Team
18. Pastor Maldonado
19. Bruno Senna

Caterham F1 Team
20. Heikki Kovalainen
21. Jarno Trulli

HRT F1 Team
22. Pedro de la Rosa
23. Narain Karthikeyan

Marussia Racing
24. Timo Glock
25. Charles Pic

Caterham announce Giedo van der Garde as third driver
Dutchman Giedo van der Garde has been announced as Caterham’s third driver.
Van der Garde finished fifth in GP2 last year, his best result in three years of competing in the category.
According to the team, van der Garde’s duties will include some appearances in first practice sessions during the season.

Yet no shakedown for new Williams
Williams appears Thursday on a last minute dash to have put the shakedown of the new FW34, at the circuit of IDIADA in Spain. "We have not driven the car because of the bad weather ." The car, which is presented on 7 February, is going to be for the first time on the track at the first week of testing in Jerez .Pastor Maldonado takes the first two days of testing on his behalf, Bruno Senna drives the last two days.

Santander extends Ferrari sponsorship deal
Santander sponsors the Ferrari Team at least until the end of 2017 .Santander, a major Spanish bancassurance, is sponsor of Ferrari since 2010 .

Sauber technical director James Key says goodbye after two years
The roads of technical director James Key and team Sauber divorce after two years. The Brit is in a position with another team . The further design and development of the new C31 is taken over by the department .

Next week the F1 teams are awakening from their hibernation. At the Jerez test most teams show their new cars for the first time. The final line-up for this four-day test session is also fixed. Only Caterham must still disclose its choice.Only Marussia Racing is missing but this because they dont have there new car ready

Red Bull
Tuesday : Webber
Wednesday : Webber
Thursday : Vettel
Friday : Vettel

McLaren
Tuesday : Button
Wednesday :Button
Thursday : Hamilton
Friday : Hamilton

Ferrari
Tuesday :Massa
Wednesday : Massa
Thursday : Alonso
Friday : Alonso

Mercedes
Tuesday : Rosberg - Schumacher
Wednesday : Schumacher
Thursday : Rosberg
Friday : /

Lotus
Tuesday : Raikkonen
Wednesday : Raikkonen
Thursday : Grosjean
Friday : Grosjean

Force India
Tuesday : Di Resta
Wednesday : Di Resta
Thursday :Hülkenberg
Friday : Hülkenberg

Sauber
Tuesday : Kobayashi
Wednesday : Perez
Thursday : Perez
Friday : Kobayashi

Toro Rosso
Tuesday : Ricciardo
Wednesday :Ricciardo
Thursday : Vergne
Friday : Vergne

Williams
Tuesday : Maldonado
Wednesday : Maldonado
Thursday : Senna
Friday : Senna

HRT
Tuesday : De La Rosa
Wednesday e La Rosa
Thursday : Karthikeyan
Friday : Karthikeyan

Caterham
Tuesday : TBC
Wednesday : TBC
Thursday : TBC
Friday : TBC

(* = To Be Confirmd )

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

brudgon wrote:latest news

Narain Karthikeyan will occupy the last available seat in F1 in 2012 since he announced his engagement on the part of HRT . The Indian will join Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa .
The 35 year old, 40 year old with his colleague, will form the older couple's premier class this year.

Great news for F1.
I can't wait see Karthikeyan driving.
We can also put some bets,like how many rounds he will be back at the end of the race or how many pilots (he is not) will he stall and so on.
Well,this man must have a lot of money to spend just for his pleasure.

btw, does someone know when HRT and Marussia will show us their cars? I didn't find any terms from them.

latest news

Narain Karthikeyan will occupy the last available seat in F1 in 2012 since he announced his engagement on the part of HRT . The Indian will join Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa .
The 35 year old, 40 year old with his colleague, will form the older couple's premier class this year.

Here is the timing of the next announced unveilings of new cars:

February 3 - Ferrari February 3 - Force India
February 5 - Lotus
February 6 - Red Bull
February 6 - Sauber
February 6 - Toro Rosso
February 21 - Mercedes

Yes, F2012 won't be one of prettiest cars, here we've got a bit better look

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Anyway we forgot about Force India:

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Great discussion about the nose.