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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 Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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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    [hidden link - please register] 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. Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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Adrian Sutil 11th January 1983
[hidden link - please register] Happy Birthday to your 29th anniversary
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Aldo that i have not a brain that works for the 100% because i have a small one
 ( brain that is !!!  )..i'm allready brainstorming since a couple of weeks some ideas for this years " F1 season game " .. i lift the curtain a bit ..what would you say if i make a little game allready on saturday ? ..the points that are scored on saturday will be added on sunday ..i'm not 100% sure if i'm going to do it ..because i'm still thinking about some things for this year  but it's a pad (road) that i could chooze ....about the rest i will be silend Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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Lewis Hamilton 7th January 1985
[hidden link - please register] Happy Birthday to your 27th anniversary .....btw. he is my favourite driver for winning the F1 World Championship in the new season
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news
This time the pit stop is not the most welcome: Jos Verstappen ends up in jail custody. The former Dutch driver of Benetton , Stewart and Minardi was arrested because he invested his ex-girlfriend. The woman, who suffered bruises and abrasions, filed a complaint and now fears retaliation. The Dutch abused former wife that she then promptly denounced for multiple contusions. |
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Short News :
Red Bull have announced Sebastien Buemi will be their reserve driver for 2012. Buemi drove for Toro Rosso from 2009 to 2011, but was dropped at the end of last season. He will also be Toro Rosso's reserve driver in 2012. Mark Webber will next month drive as the first with the new Red Bull car, when the first test begins at Jerez . So post Auto Motor und Sport. The Australian willtake the first two days of testing with RB8 on his behalf, after that Sebastian Vettel takes the wheel from him. The German is therefore less prone to the teething problems that may occur with a new car. The test session at the Spanish Jerez begins on February 7. Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen has visited Thursday the Lotus factory in British Enstone for a race seat to foam. Daimler AG is official as of today no longer a shareholder of the McLaren Group !!! McLaren announced the end of 2009, 40 percent owned by Daimler to buy back after Daimler bought the Brawn GP team.Starting today, Daimler has for the first time in twelve years time any shares in McLaren. ! Daimler had in 2010 only 11 percent owned by McLaren , and in 2012 this is 0 percent. At present, the Bahraini Mumtalakat Holding Company has 50 percent of the shares, while Ron Dennis and TAG Group each own 25 percent.As a result, McLaren and Mercedes are for the first time in years two completely separate companies, McLaren must pay from 2013 for the engines of the German manufacturer. Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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Short News :
FIA clarifies rules on defensive driving : The FIA has published the 2012 F1 sporting rules which includes an explanation of how drivers may defend their positions. This was a matter of considerable debate in 2011 following an exchange between Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton during the Italian Grand Prix. Article 20.3 of the 2012 FIA Sporting Regulations says: “More than one change of direction to defend a position is not permitted. Any driver moving back towards the racing line, having earlier defended his position off‐line, should leave at least one car width between his own car and the edge of the track on the approach to the corner.” This does no appear to constitute a change in practice – the rule is consistent with how defensive driving has been policed in recent years. However as it is now written in the sporting regulations there is less room for ambiguity. Teams also face new restrictions on what cars they may use in testing. A rewritten clause states: “Track testing shall be considered any track running time not part of an event undertaken by a competitor entered in the championship, using cars which conform substantially with the current Formula 1 Technical Regulations in addition to those from the previous or subsequent year, with the exception of promotional events carried out using tyres provided specifically for this purpose by the appointed supplier.” There is also a proviso for teams to be allocated an extra set of option tyres in practice if it is deemed necessary – the previous rule applied only to the prime compound. Another new rule states that if a part is removed from a car while it is being worked on in parc ferme, it must be reattached before the car leaves the pits. In China last year Lewis Hamilton left the pits prior to the start of the race with part of his engine cover missing as the team conducted last-minute repairs to his car. For more and complete details of thz f1 season 2012 look at the official webside of the FIA : [hidden link - please register] the parts to look at are : 2012 F1 Sporting Regulations - published on 04.01.2012 2012 F1 Technical Regulations - published on 04.01.12 Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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Michael Schumacher 3rd January 1969
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F1 News of the day :
The team Marussia has unveiled a new logo. The British racing stable was the last year as Marussia Virgin on the grid, but is now only from this season named Marussia . Although Virgin is no longer part of the team name, the company of Richard Branson continues an important partner of the team, this was sayd by the team management a few months ago. Marussia is not the only team that has the name changed for 2012. Mercedes has replaced the letters GP for this year with AMG and is official called Mercedes AMG Petronas, Lotus Renault GP F1 Team continues as Lotus and Team Lotus for 2012 renamed Caterham F1. The helmet that Kamui Kobayashi had at the Grand Prix of Brazil raised on an online auction nearly $ 15,000 for charity. This announced Sauber . The helmet was designed by one of the band members of Linkin Park ! The proceeds from the safe goes to Music For Relief, an organization that was established in 2005 by the American rock band and dedicated to victims of natural disasters and projects that can help prevent such disasters.The idea was a special helmet to be auctioned during the weekend of the Singapore Grand Prix, where the Japanese driver had a meeting with the band. Nico Rosberg is not worried about the fact that the Mercedes Team skips the first test session in Jerez . Team principal Ross Brawn previously announced that the new Mercedes makes his debut at the second collective test session of the year . It begins on February 21 at the Barcelona circuit. AT & T will stop immediately as title sponsor of Williams !!! The consequences of poor performance of Williams now appear in sponsorship to make sense. AT & T will immediately stop as sponsor of the British team. An official statement, the team has not yet given, but is likely to Qatar National Bank, the successor to AT & T.The team website has now changed from [hidden link - please register] to [hidden link - please register]. Also, the domain [hidden link - please register] already identified and recorded by an unknown user. There are also the logo of the team clues to the impending change of sponsor. AT & T logo has disappeared and is now only a 'W'. AT & T will probably still be active as a partner of Williams, but a much smaller sponsors. The website of the team, the company continues under the title "partner". Ferrari enhanced aerodynamic department at the expense of McLaren ! Ferrari's aerodynamic department has strengthened some former engineers from McLaren . Some time ago, only Ferrari engineers to accept from Italy, but this design does not seem to succeed. Due to poor results, the team has now strengthened its staff. We have a great and long tradition in mechanical engineering, but unfortunately not in the area of aerodynamics, "said president Luca di Montezemolo. Pat Fry was the first employee of McLaren who switched to Ferrari in 2010 when hes ucceeded technically Director Aldo Costa .Fry's departure from McLaren made a moment later that Giacomo Tortora, an aerodynamics specialist, made the move to Ferrari. From 2012 are also former McLaren engineers Rupad Darek, Heal and Chris Lawrence Hodge for Ferrari. In addition, the Italian project Bdukoski Martin managed to get away from Woking. After leaving his post at Toro Rosso Sebastien Buemi should not take long to find a new seat for 2012.According to the German Blick's ,because Buemi appointed test and reserve driver for Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso.He exchanges this position with Jean-Eric Vergne who has managed to get a race seat at Toro Rosso. Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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Drivers List + starting number for 2012
Red Bull : 1. S. Vettel 2. M. Webber McLaren : 3. J. Button 4. L. Hamilton Ferrari : 5. F. Alonso 6. F. Massa Mercedes Grand Prix : 7. M. Schumacher 8. N. Rosberg Lotus Renault : 9. K. Raikkonen 10. R. Grosjean Force India F1 : 11. P. di Resta 12. N. Hulkenberg Sauber : 14. K. Kobayashi 15. S. Perez Scuderia Toro Rosso 16. D. Ricciardo 17. J. Vergne Williams : 18. P. Maldonado ********* Caterham : 20. H. Kovalainen 21. J. Trulli HRT F1 Team : 22. P. de la Rosa ********* Marussia 24. T. Glock 25. C. Pic **** = Have to full in a 2nd driver Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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The 1st News post of the New Year :
Background: what is different in 2012 ? In 77 days starts in Australia the 63rd Formula 1 season .This year there are again some new names on the grid and the rules changed again slightly.Furthermore, for the first time since 2007 there's again a U.S. Grand Prix held on a brand new track in Austin, Texas. There are still two teams that have fill in a driver for 2012, Williams and HRT, but as it seems, this year there are two new faces on the grid: Charles Pic en Jean-Eric Vergne.Pic is driving for Marussia, the last two seasons have named/called Virgin. Vergne, who in 2011 became vice-champion in the World Series by Renault, boards at Toro Rosso, where he and Daniel Ricciardo will be the drivers for that Team. Furthermore in 2012 a few riders who return. Kimi Raikkonen is of course the biggest name ! The World Champion of 2007, who have done two years rallying is going to work at Lotus, the former Renault team.The 32-year-old Finn become the team-mate of reigning GP2 champion Romain Grosjean, .The Frenchman gets a second chance, after eight races earlier in 2009 for the Enstone team driven to have to replace the fired Nelson Piquet Jr. .Nico Hülkenberg will be joining again on the track ,this time at Force India . The German drove a strong debut season in 2010 at Williams, culminating in the pole position for the Brazilian Grand Prix, but was nevertheless not a race seat for 2011 to decorate.After one year reserve driver to have been at Force India, he can go racing for the team. Pedro de la Rosa meanwhile starts his umpteenth F1 adventure. After raced for Arrows, Jaguar, McLaren, BMW Sauber and have , the 40-year-old Spaniard is now trying it at HRT. Note: Lotus Renault, this year marked only as Lotus. What in 2011 was Lotusis called Caterham this year. Virgin is, as said Marussia. The key rule change for 2012 is the introduction of a Mimimum height for the outlets. That may sound trivial, but as a result, the teams can no longer use the effect of the blown diffuser in 2012 , where the warm air from the vents to diffuse run thus creating extra downforce.The teams matched last year the engines so that a constant stream of warm air to the rear of the car went to optimally use the blown diffuser. Because there was much to do to the legality of the so-called off-throttle blown diffuser, FIA decided to adjust the rules for outlets for this year .Also, the FIA rules for the crash tests tightened. A car must also get passed all crash tests, before they can take it on the circuit.HRT risks for the latter a problem. The Spanish Team fears that the car get not ready in time for the crash test and therefore for the third consecutive year start the season with an untested car again . Safety car rules. They are not tesame every season. For 2012 it was decided that all cars during a round neutralization lag, get the chance to pass the safety car and to retrieve to the back of the field . This means that at the restart the forefront runners no longer suffer from back beams .The FIA has also decided to race a maximum duration of four hours to prevent situations like last year in Canada which eventually lasted more than four hours.This led in particular by television stations for several problems. The introduction of a maximum duration racing know the channels, but also all other stakeholders, will be better where they stand as a race threatens to walk out. If all the races this year continue, 2012 will go into the books as the longest ever Formula 1 season ! As in 2011 there are twenty races on the calendar, but last year the Bahrain Grand Prix not due to political unrest in that country. This year the Formula 1 goes back to the oil state, though some say it's still not pais and quiet in Bahrain.New on the calendar is the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin. Construction of the new circuit had delays for some various reasons , but according to the organization, the date of November 18 is still easily achieved. The race in Texas is the penultimate race of 2012 and at the expense of Turkey that disappears after seven years of the calendar . Adrian Newey and Nigel Mansell started with a happy feelingthe new year. The two Brits received a royal decoration on the last day of 2011 . They may be now called OBE (Officer of the British Empire) and CBE (Commander of the British Empire) .Newey has been named Commander for his achievements in motorsport. The British 53-year-old Red Bull designer is responsible for the titles of the Austrian team and made earlier in his career winning cars for Williams and McLaren. Mansell, who has been MBE (Member of the British Empire) was called, has been recognized for his work with children and young people.The World Champion of 1992 is President of UK Youth, a foundation focusing on the youth of Britain. Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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The last Short News for this year :
Patrick Head ends F1 involvement Patrick Head, one of Formula 1’s most influential figures, has ended his illustrious career today ( saturday ). The Williams icon, who has been involved in the sport for more than 30 years, will relinquish his Board of Directors role with immediate effect.Having co-founded Williams back in 1977, Head has fronted the team’s engineering department ever since, picking up a total of nine Constructors’ and seven Drivers’ titles, plus 113 Grands Prix victories. However, despite his withdrawal from F1 and his successful partnership with Sir Frank Williams, the 65-year-old will continue his work with Williams Hybrid Power Limited, a subsidiary of the Grove-based outfit. Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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