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31/01/1966 happy birthday to jj lehto former finnish f1 driver
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chrispocz wrote:Quote of the Polish media:

How unofficially learned Italian media, Robert Kubica will be in the upcoming season of Formula 1 test driver for Ferrari. With the Maranello team is to present the Pole in this role as early as 3 February during the presentation of a new car.

The information came circusf1.com service, and to this message refer to other Italian media. According to the site, Robert Kubica is to serve as a test driver in the first half of the season, and then - in the case where Felipe Massa wrote down is not the best - he could go back to law enforcement during the competition for the Grand Prix.

Pole would begin the season on the simulator, but soon would get a chance at one of the Friday practice. If the end of the year would come to full strength and was in good shape, according to media reports in the 2013 season would be a partner Fernando Alonso.

Ferrari hopes that Kubica employment as a "strong" third driver, mobilized to an even greater effort to Felipe Massa, who - according to the heads of the Italian company - in recent years, he wailed.

I am glad very much for Robert Kubica.
He is a great pilot and it was a big misfortune what happened to him.
Also, it will be a good help for Alonso, since they two are very good friends.

Quote of the Polish media:

How unofficially learned Italian media, Robert Kubica will be in the upcoming season of Formula 1 test driver for Ferrari. With the Maranello team is to present the Pole in this role as early as 3 February during the presentation of a new car.

The information came circusf1.com service, and to this message refer to other Italian media. According to the site, Robert Kubica is to serve as a test driver in the first half of the season, and then - in the case where Felipe Massa wrote down is not the best - he could go back to law enforcement during the competition for the Grand Prix.

Pole would begin the season on the simulator, but soon would get a chance at one of the Friday practice. If the end of the year would come to full strength and was in good shape, according to media reports in the 2013 season would be a partner Fernando Alonso.

Ferrari hopes that Kubica employment as a "strong" third driver, mobilized to an even greater effort to Felipe Massa, who - according to the heads of the Italian company - in recent years, he wailed.

29/01/1950 happy birthday to Jody Scheckter former f1 world champion
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F1 News from this week :

Jerome D’Ambrosio ( Belgium) joins Lotus as third driver for 2012 ( )
The team has confirmed that Jerome D’Ambrosio will be Lotus’s third driver in 2012 . D’Ambrosio raced for Virgin in 2011 but was dropped by the team at the end of the year.Jerome will take the place of Kimi Raikkonen or Romain Grosjean if either are unable to race.
Team principal Eric Boullier added: “In Jerome we have someone we know well who integrates beneficially with the squad. He impressed as reserve driver for us in 2010 and at the end of that year he made a strong showing in the young driver test.”

Marussia to miss first pre-season test
The Russian-backed Marussia Formula One team have ruled out taking part in next month's first pre-season test in Spain because their new car will not be ready until March. “Marussia said on Tuesday their revised plan was to run last year’s car at the second test in Barcelona from February 21st and then the new car at the same circuit from March 1st.”
"We had been looking to take part in that (first) test with the 2011 MVR-02 for the purpose of providing Charles (Pic) with some valuable running to assist with the preparation for his debut season," team principal John Booth told autosport.com.This was with a view to introducing the new car, the MR01, at Barcelona two weeks later." "Unfortunately our programme has slipped and there seems little point in fielding the new car before we can optimise the run plan for it," said Booth.

Pedro de la Rosa is confident new HRT F1 car will be ready for second test
Pedro de la Rosa insists HRT's production of its new car is going to plan and is still hopeful he will be able to drive it during the second pre-season test at BarcelonaThe Spanish squad is working flat out to have its new single-seater ready in time for testing and, despite suggestions that there are delays with it, de la Rosa says he is staying calm.HRT is set to test its 2011 car in the opening session at Jerez, but de la Rosa is still hopeful the team will be able to run with the 2012 machine in the second test at Barcelona on February 21.
"The plan is to test with the old car at Jerez, and then run the new car in the Barcelona test on February 21. That's the plan," de la Rosa told AUTOSPORT.

Pirelli reveal softer compounds and new tyre colours for 2012
Pirelli will supply softer tyres in 2012 in a bid to further improve the standard of racing in Formula 1.
The tyre manufacturer revealed its 2012 F1 tyre range on Wednesday, including new soft, medium and hard tyre compounds. The super-soft compound remains unchanged, but all four dry-weather tyres will have a different construction in 2012 with a squarer profile.
Pirelli will also introduce a new wet-weather tyre. The intermediate tyre remains unchanged but the colours used to distinguish them will be revised – the intermediate tyre now has green colouring and the wet-weather tyre uses blue.
The dry-weather tyres will retain their 2011 colouring: red for super-soft, yellow for soft, white for medium and silver for hard.
According to Pirelli the banning of exhaust-blown diffusers has influenced their choice of tyres for 2012.
Pirelli added they intend to reduce the performance gap between the compounds from the 1.2-1.8 seconds seen last year to 0.6-0.8 seconds.
The new tyres will make their first appearance at the start of F1 testing at Jerez on February 7th.

Gascoyne says EBD ban and KERS introduction will help Caterham
Caterham chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne says the team stand to benefit from the ban on exhaust-blown diffusers in 2012.

Gascoyne said: “The fact it’s banned this year certainly plays to our advantage. Other teams had so much more development time, they were able to get much more out of it than we were ever able to, so that eliminates a little of the competition in terms of technical development.
“But really, aerodynamics is always one of the main features of development and that’s why we’ve put so much additional resource into it.”
He added the introduction of KERS to the team’s new F1 car will also help them close the gap to the midfield.
Having KERS embedded into our 2012 car is another good step forward for us. We had our best ever qualifying in relation to the cars ahead of us in Brazil, and with KERS we could have possibly out-qualified a few of them. So, again, we have another good reason to be very positive about 2012″“It’s the first year of real stability for us on the technical side, and by keeping the Renault Sport F1 engine and Red Bull Technology gearbox, we know exactly what we’re working with and what we can expect. Each year so far we’ve effectively not only had a new design team but also a new gearbox and engine combination.
“Now, however, we have a very stable design team under our technical director Mark Smith, and this means we can take a much bigger step forward in terms of the detail of the design – and that really showed in the homologation process.

Jules Bianchi gets third driver role at Force India
Jules Bianchi will be Force India’s third driver for the forthcoming season.

The team confirmed Bianchi will drive in at least nine Friday practice session during the year and will drive the team’s new car in pre-season testing.
Bianchi, who is part of the Ferrari driver development programme, said: “Being regularly in a current car is the best way to learn quickly and I hope it will put me in a strong position to one day move into a race seat.
“The next few months will be really exciting as I get to know the team, see how they work, and prepare for my time in the car. I would like to thank everyone for believing in me and especially Sahara Force India for giving me this great opportunity.”
Bianchi finished third in GP2 in 2010 and 2011.

Ferrari extends tests agreement Rigon
Davide Rigon has recently signed a new contract with Ferrari. The 25-year-old Italian, who last year broke his tibia and fibula in a heavy crash in the GP2, will be the principal test and demonstration rider of the team in 2012 and 2013 .Rigon last year already conducted an aerodynamic test for Ferrari .

Raikkonen wants to bring Lotus to forefront

Lenny Kravitz occurs in Australian GP
Lenny Kravitz has been confirmed as headliners of the Australian edition of F1 Rocks. The American rocker, known for songs like "Are You Gonna Go My Away ',' Fly Away 'and' American Woman ', he will be performing in the weekend on Saturday and Sunday at the Australian GP Sidney Myer Music Bowl .

French Prime Minister agrees with Grand Prix at Paul Ricard in 2013
Only the organization of the Grand Prix of Belgium can stand in the way for a return of a Formula 1 race in France . That report RMC Sports.French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has its blessing to a Grand Prix at Paul Ricard, as part in a rotation system ( )with the race at Spa-Francorchamps ( ).Paul Ricard could already shine on the calendar in 2013 . The negotiations with Bernie Ecclestone can officially begin, following earlier informal discussions. Fillon had in a meeting with his ministers given his approval the Grand Prix. Also the region Var region agreed. Only the department Alpes-Maritimes ironed not all the wrinkles out. And Belgium has yet to agree on a shared spot on the F1 schedule.

Berger predicts, "Schumacher stops, Red Bull Racing favorite"
Former F1 driver Gerhard Berger has embarked on a forecast for the 2012 season. The Austrian expects Red Bull Racing and Sebastian Vettel again at the top, and that Michael Schumacher at the end of the year retires.


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Sergio Perez 26th January 1990
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25/01/1971 happy birthday to luca badoer former italian f1 driver
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Short News :

Lotus unveils new car on February 5 :

Lotus launches new car on Sunday, February 5 at the website of the team and Kimi Raikkonen will drive one day later, the first meters at the Jerez circuit. The team of Enstone announced it on Friday .Raikkonen, who after two years absence makes his comeback, will be sending the new car on February 6 at 14:00 hours on the track for a few rounds and kicks on 7 February the first collective test session for Lotus.Romain Grosjean, who after winning the GP2 championship gets another chance in F1, he will takes place in the new Lotus car for the first time on February 9 .

The full test schedule of Lotus is as follows:

Jerez
February 7 - Kimi Raikkonen
February 8 - Kimi Raikkonen
February 9 - Romain Grosjean
February 10 - Romain Grosjean

Barcelona
February 21 - Romain Grosjean
February 22 - Romain Grosjean
February 23 - Kimi Raikkonen
February 24 - Kimi Raikkonen

Barcelona
March 1 - Romain Grosjean
March 2 - Romain Grosjean
March 3 - Kimi Raikkonen
March 4 - Kimi Raikkonen

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And now back on track with some F1 news :

Pirelli promises more variety and aggressiveness with tires
Tire supplier Pirelli last year earned much credit for the way it returned to Formula 1. The Italian tire manufacturer has opted for tires wear more quickly than those of predecessor Bridgestone, which caused a spectacular show in the races. Not anymore, promised Pirelli motorsport boss Paul Hembery against ESPN F1. "We made it somewhat easier for the teams throughout the year to use a soft compound, so they had a base which they set-up and could optimize the driving style .
Next season we do that no longer. We are going to rotate much more compounds, the choices will be much more aggressive and that also applies to the performance of the tires. " We know we have impact on the races and we want to challenge the teams. "

Bruno Senna takes up the second seat at Williams
The team of Williams is about complete there line up for 2012 . Bruno Senna has signed on monday a contract with the British racing stable, report Grande Premio Autosprint . The Brazilian replaces his countryman Rubens Barrichello .Senna owes primarily his seat at Williams with his rich sponsor pockets .He brings along fourteen million with sponsors OGX, Embratel and Gilette !

Sauber reserve rollout and first day of testing C31 for Kobayashi
The Japanese drives the car on Feb. 6 for the first time at the Circuito de Jerez.On that day after the presentation it will be just a roll-out , on February 7 begins the real work and again Kobayashi will be behind the wheel of the C31 .Sergio Perez drives the second and third day, and return the car on day four again to his teammate .

The team of Caterham has no definitive date for the unveiling of the CT-01, but the intention is at the end of January

Red Bull Racing teams up with supplier Sonax
The team of Red Bull Racing has managed to snare a new supplier. It is Sonax, a German company specializing in car care.

Ecclestone encourages Barcelona and Valencia to share race
Spain can secure his place to host a Grand Prix on the F1 calendar by rotate Barcelona and Valencia .That message bears from Bernie Ecclestone in The Financial Times. Currently the two locations are still on the schedule.The two Spanish cities're both not broad and that has implications for the Formula 1 races.

Force India presents there new car on February 3 at Silverstone
At nine o'clock in the morning at Silverstone shall Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg take of the cloth of the car.


Red Bull Racing will be presenting its new car for 2012 on February 6

Preliminary presentation calendar 2012
01-02: McLaren
03-02: Ferrari
03-02: Force India
06-02: Sauber
06-02: Red Bull Racing

The documentary about the life of Ayrton Senna is on the shortlist for three BAFTA Awards. These are prestigious film awards, which the British Academy of Film and Television Arts reaches out."Senna" is nominated in the categories Extraordinary British Film and Documentary Editing. The documentary about the life of the triple world champion crashed in 1994, has been highly decorated and praised.

The team of HRT requires at least six million euros for the second race seat for 2012. The new team-mate of Pedro de la Rosa has to pay, writes the Spanish newspaper Marca.

Caterham F1 Team moves in August to plant in Leafield
The Malaysian team leaves the facility in Hingham and settled in the former Arrows factory in Leafield and Super Aguri. The current base is developed in a building for Caterham Composites.

The team of Williams let Pastor Maldonado be the first to become acquainted with the new car for 2012. The FW34 is on schedule for a baptism of fire in the first week of testing at Jerez, from 7 to 10 February. The British racing stable dedicates the first two days of testing for Maldonado.

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Jenson Button 19th January 1980
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19/01/1980 happy birthday to jenson button british f1 driver
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14/01/1973 happy birthday to giancarlo fisichella italian f1 driver
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Here are the dates of testing :

Test schedule

Circuito de Jerez ,Spain
February 7
February 8
February 9
February 10

Circuit de Catalunya,Spain
February 21
February 22
February 23
February 24

Circuit de Catalunya,Spain
March 1
March 2
March 3
March 4

Mugello , Italy
May 1
May 2
May 3

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F1 News :

Ferrari recruit top Bridgestone tyre technician
Ferrari has recruited former Bridgestone technical director Hirohide Hamashima to improve its understanding of tyre performance.
Ferrari suffered persistent problems getting the harder of Pirelli’s tyre compounds to work with its car in 2011.
Hamashima oversaw Bridgestone’s supply of tyres in F1 until the manufacturer left at the end of 2010. He will report to technical director Pat Fry along with another new hiring, Steve Clark.
Clark, who takes the role of track engineer, joins the team from Mercedes.

Kubica suffers injury setback after fall
Robert Kubica’s recovery from injuries sustained in a rally accident last year has suffered a setback.
Kubica injured his right leg after slipping on a patch of ice near his home in Italy.
After being taken to hospital in the vicinity Kubica request to return to the clinic in Pietra Ligure where he had treatment after his rally crash last year.
According to Autosport, Kubica reopened the fracture in his right tibia in the fall.

Marko: "Buemi and Alguersuari no winners"
Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has explained why Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari had to leave at Scuderia Toro Rosso.Although the Austrian find them good enough for Formula 1, he does not think that the two drivers are potential Grand Prix winners ."Toro Rosso was created to give young drivers a chance. Alguersuari and Buemi have had an opportunity of three years and during this time we where able to properly evaluate their development, "said Marko talking to the Italian sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport.We have not seen opportunities for growth. Both drivers are certainly worthy Grand Prix drivers, but that's not enough for us: we want winners" .Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniel Ricciardo, who last year drove for HRT,will come out this year for the Italian team. Buemi is being kept as a reserve driver for Red Bull and Toro Rosso.

Drivers mourn death physiotherapist
Raniero Giannotti deceased on Sunday(08/01) during a cycle training from a heart attack.The Italian was the last two seasons the physical therapist of Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi of Toro Rosso, and has previously worked with Sebastian Vettel and Rubens Barrichello. Gianotti was only 46 years.

Barcelona thinks about future races
Last week, Valencia came already in the news, because the organization wants to pay less for hosting the European Grand Prix, which takes place annually on the street circuit. Now think the government of Catalonia carefully about the future of the race in Barcelona.We may need to rethink our Formula 1 - and MotoGP races. It is not clear whether in the current climate we are still able to fund, "said the Catalan Minister of Economy and Andreu Mas-Colell knowledge in conversation with radio station Rac1. "It will not be the first things we reject, but we must now look carefully where we spend our money on. There are contracts that cost more when we comply with them, than if we break those contracts. "
Barcelona has a deal until 2016 for organizing the Spanish Grand Prix .

Call for boycott Bahrain Grand Prix
An Bahraini organization calls the Formula 1 teams again for not coming this year to Bahrain. According to the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, the population is still suppressed and there is still talk of violence."We will ask the teams and drivers to boycott the race, "said Nabeel Rajab of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights to Arabian Business." The government wants to use Formula 1 to the rest of the world to know that everything is back to normal in Bahrain. If the race continues, it helps the Formula 1 to spread that message. Therefore, we prefer that they did not come. I'm sure the drivers and teams have respect for human rights ".Even Human Rights Watch is concerned. "The political situation in Bahrain is still very unstable," said Mariwan Hama-Saeed in Arabian Business. Last year, the Bahrain Grand Prix was canceled due to political unrest.

Verstappen accused of more crimes
Former Formula 1 driver Jos Verstappen, in addition to attempted murder also of three other suspected crimes. Says the Limburgian L 1 channel.Which additional facts Verstappen is suspected of the prosecution would not disclose.

Schumi sings " Bohemian Rhapsody " at Mercedes party
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Official: Ferrari unveils car on February 3
Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali officially announced during the Wrooom event that the team's new car will be present on February 3 at Fiorano.


Walloon government requires clarity on future Spa-Francorchamps soon .
The government of Wallonia wants to know within four to five weeks what the future of Formula 1 race at Spa-Francorchamps looks like.It seems that Belgium and France intended to be and to host a Grand Prix. Walloons who intend to also , although it still awaits a definitive answer from the French.Jean-Claude Marcourt, the Walloon Minister of Economy, imposes on RTL Belgium Sport: "We have a French non-binding document on the subject exchanged. The question was to the end of 2011 to respond, but on January 1, 2012 we had nothing. But the French now seem awake. Within four or five weeks we have cleared everything. I do not want this long engaged the minds and that we are soon at the end of our contract, not knowing what to do. We await a response from France. "

HRT deletes candidates Liuzzi, Clos, Alguersuari and Barrichello
The team of HRT has no interest in the services of Tonio Liuzzi for 2012, despite a self-claimed by the Italian continuous contract. A second Spanish rider is not an issue, so Dani Clos and Jaime Alguersuari and weight loss candidates.And Rubens Barrichello will also not make a chance. "I do not think in the interest of the team is to have two Spanish drivers. And for drivers who are approaching retirement, we have no place. What Liuzzi is concerned, he has been given several chances, but never really proven themselves. We are looking for a young rider with potential, "said technical director Jacky Eeckelaert La Libre.

Domenicali: "2012 is the year of the truth for Massa"
Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali is quite explicit what is expected this year's from driver Felipe Massa . The Brazilian is after two lean years under discussion, and he can not even afford a disappointing season. Otherwise the story end for Massa at Ferrari. Domenicali: "As you can imagine is 2012 an important year for Felipe. We expect a lot from him and he expects much of himself. We must be realistic, this is the year of truth, a crucial year for the future of Felipe ! We do everything to help him. I am confident that Felipe will get everything out of himself and he has the potential to be very strong for the days to come. I know that worldwide is lot of attention for him, but Felipe performs well under pressure and I count on a great season from him. "

Caterham: "New car bigger step forward than the previous"
The team of Caterham F1 Team is on the eve of an important season. A new look (formerly Team Lotus, red) and with two years experience hunting the middle open. The connection end of 2011 was almost a reality, and the CT-01 should ensure that final step.Technical Director Mike Gascoyne looks ahead for Sky Sports: "The new car is much more modern than the previous two designs. The CT-01 probably represents a larger step forward than its predecessor. In 2010 the car was pretty standard, since we had little time for us to prepare. We always said that we would put a big step 2011, and we did.


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Adrian Sutil 11th January 1983
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