Kraven VanHelsing

Aerodynamics power! Più riesci ad andare contro all'istinto e tenere giù, più forte vai. Mi pare lo dicesse Lauda nel libro in cui parlava delle vetture ad effetto suolo.

“We are in show business,” he said. “The minute we stop entertaining, we’re in trouble.” Asked about past comments that F1’s rule-making process had become “too democratic”, Ecclestone answered “I don’t think there’s any place for democracy, full stop. Anywhere.” However he also claimed Formula One is only superficially democratic. “It appears to be a democracy, perhaps,” he said. “I think, if you can get people to, more or less, fall in line with what you’re trying to do and support you, then it seems like democracy, which is exactly what democracy should be seeming like.”

Ecclestone admits he felt the possibility of Red Bull leaving was legitimate, but he believes the matter has now been resolved. When asked if he thought Red Bull would pull out, Ecclestone told Autosport: "I think now, with what's happened, no. "But before, I thought yes." Asked to clarify what had happened to make him so confident, he added: "Things are sorted."

New #F1 regs confirm 1 or 2 wastegate tailpipes must be used & exit in the same region as the current tailpipe. So NO scope for blowing aero - Craig Scarborough Continuano gli sforzi per rendere più rumorose le vetture.

Former team boss Flavio Briatore has made clear his dislike of the current breed of F1 engines, and says that the rules have to change.Briatore has been advising Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn on the French company's F1 future. The Italian also remains close to Bernie Ecclestone, who also believes the current engine formula is a failure. "The world is changing now," said Briatore in an interview with Sky. "You have these new engines. New engines, new problem. "The engines create this situation, completely destabilising F1 at this moment. I hope Renault, if Renault come back in F1 [as a team], have the finance to support the engine programme. "The more you invest in the technology, you take away the driver effect. "The people want the drivers fighting. Motorbikes – this is a sport, when you see Valentino Rossi, [Marc] Marquez. "F1, when you see the radio, 'Be careful because you're using so much fuel...' We call F1 a drivers' championship, it's not an F1 engineering championship. "Let's see. But it's not easy for Renault to be competitive in a short time." Briatore said he would like to see Renault, who is in talks to take over the Lotus team, stay in the sport. "I'd love it. It's good for F1. Renault is a great brand, we won the championship with Renault, it's a super brand. "But I believe the rules need changing in F1, about engines, so it's much easier for everybody to participate in F1." The Italian concedes, however, that the bad press Renault got from Red Bull following its criticisms of the power unit, is not good for the marque. "In F1 the people forget very quickly what happened. Red Bull won a few championships with Renault. Now the competitivity is not there, and all the fault is on the engine. "So for Renault, they have only the bad media. If you want the bad results like this, it's not healthy to continue to be the supplier of engines." http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/hybrid-engine-formula-destabilising-f1-briatore/

Finalmente si potrebbe tornare a riconoscere una monoposto "ad occhi chiusi" rispetto alle altre.

Quando quest'inverno lo diceva Newey erano frignate, secondo qualcuno http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112318

“I think this is their job today, to be in a position to fight for the world title in the next two or three years.” Ma hanno davvero le risorse per riuscirci? Da dove le tirano fuori?

Bell'articolo con foto commentate del propulsore Renault: http://en.f1i.com/magazine/27681-exclusive-pictures-of-the-renault-power-unit.html

Correrà il terzo pilota al suo posto, che problema c'è? Anzi magari Mallya ringrazia.

Io credevo l'avessero già fatto per l'intero 2014 (come minimo). E invece...

Comunque riguardo alla Force India e alla seconda motorizzazione Honda: le ultime news parlavano di una seconda fornitura eventualmente per il 2017. Nulla per il 2016.

If Grosjean goes, then Jean Eric Vergne is a contender for the Renault seat, as he has great support from Renault’s Alain Prost, while Sergio Perez has also held off signing his new deal with Force India to assess the situation. Perhaps this latest news has made it more likely he will stay put. Performance-wise, it is hard to judge whether the new Renault team or the Mercedes-powered Force India team will be better placed in 2016. Much depends on how much Renault has invested in its 2016 engine development programme as all the uncertainty has swirled around its continued involvement in F1, with the divorce from Red Bull and Toro Rosso. Renault has not produced any development engines this season and its allocation of ‘tokens’ remains untouched.

http://tv.liberoquotidiano.it/news/sport/11827147/Ferrari-ai-limiti-del-regolamento-.html Fregnaccia? Non ne sapevo niente.

Le PU attuali hanno una parte "incontrollabile" che è quella di gestione elettronica. Se anche fisicamente le parti fossero identiche, ci sarebbe comunque un enorme svantaggio per chi lo riceve e non lo sa usare nel modo più appropriato. Vedere McLaren con Mercedes nel 2014 da separati in casa.

Dovrebbero proibire le forniture clienti ai costruttori di motori che possiedono anche un team. I mancati ricavi potrebbero aiutare a riequilibrare i giochi, sottraendo risorse "indebite".

Attenzione: Sources suggest the regulations will be tweaked to permit different specifications to be supplied during the season and known as "Current -1" to differentiate them from the latest iteration. Crucially, there are to be discussions with regards bringing down the cost of these units - which at present cost £15m-£20m per season compared to £7m during the V8 era. Should the rules be tweaked to allow the supply of one-year old engines, it would allow Manor to acquire 2015-spec Mercedes engines for 2016 should talks come to fruition. It could also allow Red Bull, which will not run Renault engines next season and has had the door shut on hopes of using Mercedes power, to use Ferrari engines without posing a major threat to the Scuderia's works team. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/120732 Non ci credo finché non lo vedo a una RBR con il motore Ferrari in specifica "anno precedente".

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has announced its compound nominations for the Singapore, Japanese and Russian Grands Prix, with a softer step for Sochi the only change to 2014. For Singapore's Marina Bay street circuit, Pirelli sticks with its usual soft/super-soft combination and the high-speed Suzuka track is given hard and medium. But Russian venue Sochi will switch from medium and soft to soft and super-softs for this year. A Pirelli statement said: "The asphalt has not changed significantly since its debut last year, and looking at the data from 2014, a softer step is possible." Last season's Sochi tyre choice proved particularly durable. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg changed from softs to mediums at the end of the opening lap after flat-spotting his tyres and went to complete the remaining 52 laps on that set, doing his best time of the day on the 51st lap of his stint.

Citroen fa parte di PSA insieme a Peugeot. Renault è loro fiero avversario commerciale e sportivo

Lotus libererebbe lo slot, se venisse comprata da Renault.

Facile: Vergne No, per me terranno comunque Maldonado: con quella valigia che si ritrova è impossibile trovare il coraggio di mandarlo via.

Era appunto ciò cui si riferiva Mauro. Ti confido un segreto: sui forum il sarcasmo è una parte fondamentale della comunicazione Detto questo, magari Pirelli con il suggerimento di alzare le pressioni ha tradito la vera causa... ciò quello che hai detto tu: temono i cordoli, non dei fantomatici "detriti".

Potrebbero pensare a due campionati all'anno: dopo metà gare si riparte da zero col punteggio. Doppio cliffhanger, doppie classifiche, doppio divertimento

Da dove altro arrivano soldi? E quanti? Sull'aspetto finanziario non sono molto informato.

Dipende dal saldo spesi-incassati. Con queste nuove PU "esserci" e basta in stile Manor potrebbe anche non bastare.