Too much money is wasted in F1 – Klien
Christian Klien: "Perhaps too much money is wasted. Take for example Jenson Button: he uses 18 helmets per season and every one costs 6,000 euros before the paint."
Piquet says he was ‘green’ on F1 debut
Nelson Piquet Jnr said: "It wasn't the season I dreamed of. I had a lot of ups and downs and problems but learnt a lot. I was very green in the beginning of the championship." Were two years in GP2 and a year as a test driver not adequate preparation?
Renault highlight flaws in engine freeze
Renault's Flavio Briatore demands engine performance be equalised before he accepts further restrictions on testing.
Paul Dacre: The threat to our press
Mail group editor-in-chief Paul Dacre attacks Justice Eady over the Max Mosley verdict ahead of the Society of Editors conference.
Honda visits Meninos do Morumbi
"Following the Brazilian Grand Prix Qualifying session last Saturday the entire Honda Racing Formula One Team visited the Meninos do Morumbi project, funded by the earthdreams project, in Morumbi, Brazil. Founded in Sao Paulo by professional musician Flávio Pimenta 11 years ago, Meninos do Morumbi – one of nine projects supported by earthdreams – supports and cares for more than 4,000 young people through an inspirational blend of musical teaching, sports, information technology, environmental education, arts and English. The organization also feeds in excess of 1,000 young people daily."
Toro Rosso sounded out Montoya
Toro Rosso asked ex-F1 racer Juan Pablo Montoya if he would return to the sport – sadly the NASCAR driver turned them down.
Montezemolo smashed television
Luca di Montezemolo reacted badly to Hamilton passing Glock at the end of the Brazilian Grand Prix. Fortunately he had a spare television to watch the podium ceremony on.
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Lustigson
10th November 2008, 11:27
Wasn’t that the story last season, too?
DG
10th November 2008, 11:35
Piquet presumably had it easy in GP2, since his daddy was paying for the cars…..No doubt life under Flavio is a lot stricter, and being team-mate to Alonso must be a real reality-check!
I have often wondered how much input the test-drivers have on a team, and how much they can learn about racing, since there is never the pressure on them.
Becken
10th November 2008, 15:07
Keith,
Autosport has designed an interesting visual concept of what could be the 2009 car under the new aerodynamics rules:
http://f1around.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/conceito-visual-para-a-formula-1-em-2009/
sidepodcast
10th November 2008, 19:54
nice becken.
love the diffuser, but any idea how come the wheel rims are still allowed?
DG
12th November 2008, 11:32
If its being discovered that next years aero/power package isn’t going to be doing the job properly, surely this is the time for the car designers to come up with revolutionary designs of F1 car?
Bernie and Max could hardly complain about it, since they were behind the extra-ordinary Fan Car all those years ago – which dealt with the same problems!