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Sergio Pérez 26th January 1990
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Luca Badoer 25th January 1971
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Marussia confirms Timo Glock's departure Marussia has confirmed German driver Timo Glock is leaving the team ahead of the start of the 2013 Formula 1 season. Marussia said they had agreed to part company by mutual consent. Glock had joined the team when it made its F1 debut at the start of the 2010 season, and he had extended his contract until the end of 2014. The team has failed to score a point in F1 and lost the vital 10th place in the constructors' championship to Caterham in the final race of 2012 season in Brazil. The news means Marussia will need to find another driver to race alongside rookie Max Chilton. The team said it will announce its final line-up in due time. Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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Jenson Button 19th January 1980
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Post: #1344 Last edited: 17.01.2013, 21:31 17.01.2013, 21:30 Re: Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion
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2 other Teams have released a date to present there car : Toro Rosso - february 4 Mercedes - february 4 Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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Pedro de la Rosa gets Ferrari Formula 1 development role : Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa will join the Ferrari team as a development driver for the 2013 Formula 1 season, the Italian squad said on Wednesday. De la Rosa, 41, was left without a drive for this year after the HRT team, with which he had a contract for 2013, folded at the end of last season. Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali said the Spanish driver will join compatriots Fernando Alonso and Marc Gene at the team to assist with simulation work during the year. "We must anticipate problems we have and focus on simulation," said Domenicali. "We think Pedro is the right person to develop this type of activity. We think he is a driver that fits well within our group." Domenicali denied that de la Rosa's friendship with Alonso was key to his signing. "Clearly the fact that Pedro has a good relationship with Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa is a positive factor, but the decision is purely technical," said the team chief. De la Rosa, who made his Formula 1 racing debut in 1999 with Arrows, had already spent several years working as a test driver for McLaren before he returned to racing first with Sauber and then with HRT in 2012 . Pedro de la Rosa 'can't wait' to start Ferrari Formula 1 role Pedro de la Rosa says he is extremely motivated by his new role at the Ferrari team after being signed as a development driver for the 2013 Formula 1 season. De la Rosa joins friends and fellow Spaniards Fernando Alonso and Marc Gene at the Maranello squad after being left without a racing seat when the HRT team failed to find a buyer at the end of 2012. The 41-year-old Catalan will assist Ferrari with its simulation programme, and he admitted he cannot wait to get started. "It is amazingly motivating to be working for a team like Ferrari, not just because of what it represents in the history of Formula 1 and motoring in general, but also because it will be a completely new and very stimulating experience for me," said de la Rosa. "I really hope I can get to work as soon as possible and to help in the development of the car. I am happy to be collaborating with Fernando again and also to be working with Felipe [Massa]. "There's not much time until Australia, but there is a lot to do and I am available to help the team from right now." De la Rosa has a total of 104 grand prix starts to his name, with his best result a second place in the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, where he raced a McLaren. DE LA ROSA'S F1 CAREER 1998: Becomes Jordan test driver after winning Formula 3, Formula Nippon and Super GT titles in Japan. 1999-2000: Arrows race driver. 2001-2002: Starts '01 as Prost test driver before replacing Luciano Burti at Jaguar from Spanish Grand Prix. 2003-2009: McLaren test driver. Makes several starts in place of Juan Pablo Montoya in 2005 and '06, and takes first podium in Hungary '06. 2010: Makes surprise racing return with Sauber, but dropped after Italian GP. 2011: Becomes test driver for Pirelli for a spell, before rejoining McLaren as reserve. Makes a one-off return to a Sauber race seat to deputise for injured Sergio Perez in Canada. 2012: Back on the grid again with HRT, but team folds at end of season Ferrari to launch new Formula 1 car on 1 February Ferrari will unveil its 2013 Formula 1 challenger on February 1, team boss Stefano Domenicali confirmed on Wednesday. Domenicali said during the Wrooom event that the new car, whose official name is yet to be revealed, will be launched at Maranello. The Italian squad finished in second place in the constructors' championship last year The team revealed last month it had also began work on new facilities at Maranello, which will house the offices and workshops for the F1 team in the future. 2013 pre-season dates Car launches Team Date McLaren - January 31 Ferrari - February 1 Force India - February 1 Sauber - February 2 Red Bull - February 3 Testing Venue - Date Jerez - 5-8 February Barcelona - 19-22 February Barcelona - 28 February-3 March Felipe Massa resurgence won't shake Fernando Alonso, says Ferrari : Ferrari has no concerns that Felipe Massa's resurgent form in Formula 1 will create tension with Fernando Alonso. The Brazilian driver bounced back from a difficult start to 2012 to end the campaign as one of the highest-scoring drivers, and even outqualified Alonso at a few races. Massa's form contributed to Ferrari taking the bold decision to deliberately hand him a grid penalty at the United States Grand Prix to try and help move Alonso on to the cleaner side of the grid. If Massa can carry his strong performances into 2013, then Ferrari could find itself facing similar tough strategic calls. But this does not concern its team principal Stefano Domenicali. "I consider it is a strength for us," he said at the Ferrari Wrooom media event at Madonna di Campiglio on Wednesday. "If you look from another angle, last year, in the first half of the season, we were not able to maximise the points and that cost us a lot in the second half. "The fact that Fernando and Felipe are coping with it very well is a strong point we have in the team. And if we compare this situation with other teams, it is the best situation we can have. "To count on a Felipe that has finished the championship in such a way, I believe is a good motivation point for Fernando. At the end of the day, no one can sit on anything. "It is important to push from the inside in a very constructive way; to have this kind of atmosphere in the team is a positive thing. You can count on transparency in the relationship, and that is something we have." Domenicali is convinced that Massa will be as strong this season as he ended last year. "I believe that the most difficult moment of Felipe's career is behind him," said Domenicali. "He did the switch I would say in the summer break and the Felipe we saw in the second half of season was the driver we would want." Ferrari rules out Alonso/Vettel line-up in the future Ferrari has ruled out the prospect of a 'dream team' line-up of Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel. The Italian outfit has made no secret of the fact that Vettel is a driver that it is interested in for the future when Alonso retires, but there has been speculation that the Formula 1 world champion could do a deal even sooner and race alongside the Spaniard. Speaking at Ferrari's Wrooom media event at Madonna di Campiglio in Italy on Wednesday, team principal Stefano Domenicali reckoned having two top talents like Alonso and Vettel would not necessarily be a good thing. "We have always said, and I think that the president [Luca di Montezemolo] also declared, that a dream team is something extraordinary if it is well managed and if things work well," he said about the prospects of Vettel being signed as a future team-mate of Alonso. "For now, I think that this is not our goal. We have to maximise the balance of our performance of the team. We must be very careful. "It is not just in F1 because it is true also in the world of sport. If you put all the number ones together around the table it can be more damaging than positive. So for the time being, this is not our goal." Domenicali also said that Alonso will respond to criticisms from Red Bull's Helmut Marko that he is 'too political' only on the track. Marko caused a stir earlier this month when he suggested that Sebastian Vettel had gained a decisive edge in the world championship because he had not dabbled in the political games that he reckoned Alonso wasted time with. Domenicali said he was completely happy with Alonso's approach to his job with Ferrari. "Honestly, I think Fernando is extremely focused on performance and, as always, there are some persons who think they can stimulate reactions in others - to try to tickle them, to attack what they think, and that they may be weaker," said Domenicali. "But from my viewpoint I can assure you that my focus is to give an answer, a response, on the race track rather than with words - because words don't count for much. "We are simply going to try and answer to all this by being strong and being in front." Ferrari not writing off any rivals for 2013 F1 season : Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali is not counting on the forthcoming Formula 1 title battle turning into a straight fight with Red Bull, despite both McLaren and Mercedes starting the season with new challenges. McLaren's prospects have been dealt a blow with the departure of Lewis Hamilton, while Mercedes endured a troubled end to the 2012 campaign. Although the situation of those two teams points to Ferrari and Red Bull having the edge in 2013, Domenicali says he will not allow his outfit to rule out any its rivals. When asked at Ferrari's Wrooom media event at Madonna di Campiglio if he shared the view that 2013 would be a sole Red Bull and Ferrari fight, he said: "Based on paper analysis, it seems to be correct. "But, as usual, we have to very, very careful in this field. I prefer a mental approach to considering that our opponents are as many as there were in the past season. Surprises may take place each year. "My approach is fearing everyone and not considering anyone outside of the championship." Ferrari will launch its new car in Maranello on February 1, with Domenicali suggesting that the car will be an evolution of the current design, albeit with a big focus having been applied to the design of the exhausts "It is clear that with continuity in the regulations, you cannot make any incredible changes from an aesthetic point of view," he said. "We will focus attention on trying to maximise the exhaust effect within the regulations, because that is where you can get some additional performance." Ferrari is determined not to endure a repeat of the difficulties it faced at the start of last season, when it went in to the campaign with an uncompetitive car. One of the factors in its difficulties was a calibration problem at its Maranello windtunnel, which has forced it to shut down the facility for a revamp and shift its efforts to the Toyota facility in Cologne. Domenicali is confident that its on-track form will not suffer, which will be crucial because teams will have to balance work on both the 2013 car and '14 regulations over the forthcoming months. "We have started the development of the 2013 car in the Toyota windtunnel and we will work on that tunnel this year with no need for a correlation check," he said. "This will allow us to be more efficient and effective - and not worried by the fact that we are not in Maranello. We have seen another competitor [McLaren] develop the car in the same facility and they have done a pretty good job." Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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Narain Karthikeyan 14th January 1977
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Kazuki Nakajima 11th January 1985
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