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Whoever emerges as a contender, it'll be an interesting season with no refuelling, grid position is going to be more important than ever as they don't yet seem to have solved the problem of overtaking. I think my money is on McLaren. It will be interesting to see how strong teams like Red Bull, Mercedes, McLaren and Ferrari will be. Ferrari and McLaren will be strong for sure since they started early on the car. I'm curious if Red Bull can live up to the expectation. My money will be on Mercedes for now, they have the car, the drivers and the momentum. |
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But still much of the interest for me will be in the qualis. We are so used to different tactics based on length of first session and how much fuel each team or even car has decided upon that with everyone ready for the whole race on the fuel they have we have indeed a totally different ball game.
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mikey
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But still much of the interest for me will be in the qualis. We are so used to different tactics based on length of first session and how much fuel each team or even car has decided upon that with everyone ready for the whole race on the fuel they have we have indeed a totally different ball game. There are also rumors that points may be awarded for qualis, I think that will also change some Teams tactics.   |
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I also seem to have read that the actual race points were to be changed to reward cars further down the line so as to widen the interest. Has anything come of that?
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Perhaps we should also spare a thought for all those brave and tough guys handling the fuel rigs that made pit stops so exciting. Once redundant I'm not sure what next job that qualifies you for.
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So Briatore has won his case in the French Courts to have his lifetime ban thrown out.
I can't be sure yet what that really means will any team really want him managing? |
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In fact, Briatore’s ban concerned everything including his business as a driver manager. So he had to clear his name for that. And there was also the problem of his ownership of a British soccer team - where he could have been found to be unfit to continuing owning it.
In any case, this is an interesting development that has certainly not yet ended. Mosley is now out of the FIA, and it will be interesting to see how Jean Todt, the new president, reacts. At the same time, it is significant that Renault chose this afternoon also to announce Briatore’s replacement as team boss, in Eric Boullier, who used to run the DAMS GP2 team. Ah the politics of the off-season!!! In any case, perhaps now we will have a different and more complete story coming out about the Nelson Piquet Jr. crashgate affair? AutoHebdo, the French auto racing magazine, last week published the whole transcript of the Renault team engineers and Piquet talking during the Singapore Grand Prix of 2008, and as AutoHebdo pointed out, there was nothing in the transcript that would indicate that anyone knew that the crash was planned in advance. Still, today’s court judgment does not deny that the crash was deliberate - it just overturns the punishment and makes the FIA trial look illegal. Cheers |
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mikey
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In any case, this is an interesting development that has certainly not yet ended. This site [url]http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-fia...and-change-its-own-rules/[/url] says "In addition, the FIA intends to consider appropriate actions to ensure that no persons who would engage, or who have engaged, in such dangerous activities or acts of intentional cheating will be allowed to participate in Formula One in the future.” It sounds to me like Jr may not be allowed back into F1 racing after all! They also say "The Court’s decision is not enforceable until the FIA's appeal options have been exhausted. Until then, the World Motor Sport Council’s decision continues to apply." Which as any lawyer knows is a load of BS, the last Court you go to is the ruling you have to abide by. That is why they made the appeal process way back when. |
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