F1 Fanatic round-up: 19/8/2010

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The Secret Life of Robert Kubica (Formula1.com)

?óÔé¼?ôHe?óÔé¼Ôäós Polish; he?óÔé¼Ôäós driven for BMW Sauber and Renault; in five seasons on the Formula One grid he?óÔé¼Ôäós scored one win, 11 podiums, one pole position and 226 points; and many tip him to be a future world champion. These are just some of the things you probably do know about Robert Kubica. Now find out a few you don?óÔé¼Ôäót, with the help of the latest instalment in our Secret Life series?óÔé¼?ª?óÔé¼?Ø

Adrian Sutil interview: Waiting for the big break (Autosport)

?óÔé¼?ôAfter quite a difficult start in Formula 1, Adrian Sutil has made a name for himself on the grid with some impressive performances. With Force India getting stronger, can he start challenging for wins? Edd Straw finds out.?óÔé¼?Ø

Mercedes may not replace Heidfeld (ESPN F1)

?óÔé¼?ôMercedes may elect not to appoint a replacement for departing test driver Nick Heidfeld after the team released the German from his contract to become Pirelli’s official tyre development tester.

?óÔé¼?ôSpain’s daily AS sports newspaper initially reported that Andy Soucek, who last week left his role as Virgin’s reserve driver, was one candidate to fill the vacant position.

?óÔé¼?ôAccording to Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport, however, Mercedes may not appoint a permanent replacement as a full-time reserve driver is not required by the sporting regulations.?óÔé¼?Ø

Comment of the day

Patrickl has his own suggestion for best reply to a team order:

My favorite response to a ‘team order’ would be Rubens?óÔé¼Ôäó ?óÔé¼?ôDon?óÔé¼Ôäót make me laugh?óÔé¼?Ø when the team informed him that Button was 2 seconds quicker.
Patrickl

From the forum

Martin Brundle One Liners

Happy birthday!

Nico H?â??lkenberg is celebrating his 23rd birthday today.

If you want a birthday shout-out tell us when yours is by emailling me, using Twitter or adding to the list here.

On this day in F1

Gerhard Berger made his first start in Formula One on this day in 1984 at the Austrian Grand Prix.

This was the first of four races for ATS during his first season, before moving to the Arrows team for his first full year in Formula One. That led him to Benetton (formerly Toleman) for 1986 for whom he scored an opportunistic maiden win from driver, team and tyre supplier (Pirelli) at Mexico.

Between 1984 and his retirement in 1997, Berger had total of 240 race starts, 385 career points, 48 podiums and ten wins. His final win came at the 1997 German Grand Prix for Benetton.

46 comments on “F1 Fanatic round-up: 19/8/2010”

  1. US_Peter
    19th August 2010, 0:04

    Every day further into the summer break we get, the news seems to slooooow even further. Only a week now until the circus arrives at Spa!! Wish I was going.

  2. Hamish
    19th August 2010, 0:10

    1) Sutil interview requires subscription.
    2) You realise the Mansell interview is from 2007?

  3. Dan Selby
    19th August 2010, 0:12

    That Mansell quote is 3 years old :) haha I’m not sure if that’s meant to be in “On this day X years ago”.

    Selby

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      Cari Jones (@cari-jones)
      19th August 2010, 0:20

      Thanks for the heads up guys.

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    Nehpets (@nehpets)
    19th August 2010, 0:25

    Big LOL at the Mansell link!

    We need Keith back ASAP.

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      Cari Jones (@cari-jones)
      19th August 2010, 0:26

      I’m sorry you feel that way – must try harder, eh?

      1. Dan Newton
        19th August 2010, 0:48

        I would’t worry, your keeping things going just fine.

      2. f1yankee
        19th August 2010, 0:59

        tough crowd. i hope they got their money’s worth

        1. US_Peter
          19th August 2010, 1:54

          No kidding, Nehpets needs to chill. Keith will be back soon enough. In the meantime Cari is doing a fantastic job keeping things running smoothly.

          1. Mike
            19th August 2010, 8:14

            I agree, Cari is doing great,

            The fact that Ned hasn’t taken over and the site isn’t called FlandersF1.co.uk is good enough for me!

      3. Hamish
        19th August 2010, 3:56

        Cari you are doing fine. I think we can all acknowledge the job is no walk in the park.

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        Nehpets (@nehpets)
        19th August 2010, 4:05

        Sorry Cari, I take it back, you’re doing a great job. But I’m not sure how a story with Mansell saying Hamilton will wrap up the 2007 title this Sunday in Brazil could be mistaken for current news. ;)

      5. Maksutov
        19th August 2010, 4:45

        Actually I was going to say Cari Jones round-up’s are awesome, lots of info. Great job so far!

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          wasiF1 (@wasif1)
          19th August 2010, 7:31

          Cari you are doing a good job. Keep it up.

      6. BasCB
        19th August 2010, 7:21

        You can try harder, but the occasional mistake will happen anyhow.

        Don’t worry your doing a very nice job there.

        The Renault factory visit was a very good read and reactions to news coming in (Pirelli/Heidfeld, Piquets interview) was timely and the poll a great idea.

        1. gabal
          19th August 2010, 8:29

          You are doing a good job, Keith makes mistakes (especially in spelling) regularly…

          1. LewisC
            19th August 2010, 9:41

            Haha, I was going to say that.

            They both do a great job but Cari’s spelling is better ;)

        2. rob
          20th August 2010, 12:47

          ..and I (more surprised than anyone) got a “Comment of the Day”.

      7. Maciek
        19th August 2010, 8:46

        +1 Cari – keep up the good work.

        1. Einar AI
          19th August 2010, 9:06

          excellent job Cari. It’s taken me a while to realize Keith’s away and you’re maintaining the site. That means you’re doing a top-notch job. The only difference I spotted was the increased length of the round-ups, which is by all means a positive.

      8. Calum
        19th August 2010, 16:25

        I’d give him the benefit of the doubt and say it was a joke, so don’t take it personally Cari, you’re doing fine :)

    2. Yeamon
      19th August 2010, 18:02

      “We need Keith back ASAP.”

      What lack of respect. Hopefully you’ll be leaving, ASAP.

  5. spawinte
    19th August 2010, 0:27

    Is there no requirement to have a third driver? What happens if they have a situation similar to Toyota when they had to bring in Kobayashi?

    1. BasCB
      19th August 2010, 7:18

      They are allowed just not to race (like Ferrari did in Hungary last year) or get someone from another team.

      I suppose Mercedes would have no trouble finding someone to drive the car, if they would have one of their drivers injured (Paffet, Di Resta, Sutil, maybe even get Heidfeld back, and others would be interested as well).

      1. daykind
        19th August 2010, 18:30

        I also believe that the Brawn GP team didn’t have a test/reserve driver in 2009.

  6. Jack Peekoc
    19th August 2010, 0:28

    “I would not say that we can become a winning team,” he admitted.

    Brave words from Sutil. Either he knows he wont be in F1 next year, or he has a drive with another team.

    1. Dan Newton
      19th August 2010, 0:51

      Or he’s just being honest and he and his team know it. Nothing against Force India, I like seeing them up front, makes things interesting..

      1. gabal
        19th August 2010, 8:33

        Not to mention that paddock rumors are saying their 2011 development is seriously hampered because key technical personnel left the team.

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    Macca (@macca)
    19th August 2010, 5:35

    Not actully F1 but I thought Australian fans might be interested in this.

    http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/cup/08/17/mambrose.jtg.daugherty.rpm.leaving/index.html

    Australian NASCAR driver Marcos Ambrose has signed a multi-year deal with Richard Petty Motorsports.

    1. plushpile
      19th August 2010, 7:17

      Thanks Macca ;)

      1. Eric
        20th August 2010, 3:24

        Cheers Macca,
        Ambrose on a mission, personal i think he will do well.

        1. Macca
          21st August 2010, 5:32

          Well it was a great drive last week at Britol to come from 37th and be sitting in 5th with 20 laps to go.

          In a good outfit next season I think he can certainly make the chase.

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    cyanide (@cyanide)
    19th August 2010, 5:41

    Robert Kubica is BORING :X

    1. Joey-Poey
      19th August 2010, 6:21

      Except for his comments on films, he actually seems like the kinda guy I’d want to meet and hang out with, really. Pretty down to earth with a few harmless quirks and passions.

    2. US_Peter
      19th August 2010, 6:45

      Ha! That was exactly my thought. Then I felt bad for thinking it, ’cause he seems like a really nice guy and I really like him behind the wheel. Then again if he lightened up a little he might not be the driver that he is.

    3. BasCB
      19th August 2010, 7:15

      I actually find it refreshing to have a guy telling us, he has no great collections or exasperous ideas, just relax at home.

      At least we did not get the 100th confession of liking chocolates or sweets!

      I’m all for a barbecue with Robert.

    4. Maciek
      19th August 2010, 8:52

      Maybe – but the fact is what’s boring is these pointless interviews. At least if they’d write them up word for word rather than rephrasing in nicely concise britishy/international English we might get a feel for these guys’ genuine personalities.

      It was kind of funny though: Do you… No. How about… No. Will you… Maybe. Actually, no.

      1. bosyber
        19th August 2010, 14:45

        I would like to see one done like that with previously driving Fins: imagine Raikonnen having an interview, and Hakinnen was good that way too :)

  9. BasCB
    19th August 2010, 8:40

    I think someone mentioned it yesterday, but SpeedTV did a telephone interview with Mark Webber.

    Below is a link to the video (from the Speed TV studio)
    http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid626910340?bctid=585736243001

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      Macca (@macca)
      19th August 2010, 10:13

      His doing another one tonight in Australia on a show called Thursday Night Live.

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        BasCB (@bascb)
        19th August 2010, 14:41

        It’s nice to hear from Webber, i would like him to win the championship.

        By the way, Pitpass noticed a curious similarity between Australian WDC that would fit with Webber as well: They all won the first WDC their team had.

        http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=41745

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    BasCB (@bascb)
    19th August 2010, 14:17

    Seems Pirelli is satisfied with the data gathered in its test, http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/240844/pirelli-completes-first-successful-formula-1-tyre-test/

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      Steph (@)
      19th August 2010, 14:31

      It’s a good surface to start with the tyres there but Nick’s quite light on tyres so I doubt he’s mashed them up too much. Glad it’s going well, everything should be fine but it is early days. I’m more interested with seeing who fails/triumphs with the tyres next season as there’s bound to be some surprises.

    2. Patrickl
      19th August 2010, 15:03

      Why on earth do they test on Mugello? Wouldn’t it make more sense to use Jerez or Barcelona?

      At least on those tracks all the teams will have tested which would allow them to interpret the data.

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    BasCB (@bascb)
    19th August 2010, 14:22

    Some people seem to think, that Glock stating to be committed to Virgin is only part of negotiating tactics between Renault, Glock and Virgin apparently involving a deal between them and Esteban Guerrieri (which they claim will be financed by the Argentinian government, ring a bell anyone?).

    Not sure what to make of that, but there might still be some movement between those back end cars.http://formula-1.updatesport.com/news/article/1282206282/formula_one/F1headlines/Glock-to-move-on/view.html

    1. bosyber
      19th August 2010, 14:46

      Sounds like typical F1 silly season stuff. No idea if it is true. Might as well be!

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