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Daniel Ricciardo says next season will be a crucial one for his career as he bids to prove he has what it takes to land a Red Bull seat for 2014. The Australian will be starting his second full campaign with Scuderia Toro Rosso and will go up against team-mate Jean-Eric Vergne once again. With Red Bull's bosses eager to find out if either of the youngsters has what it takes to deserve a seat at its main team, the Australian is not hiding away from the fact that there is now pressure to deliver. "I'm aware of that, and I know that my targets in 2013 will have to be more ambitious," he said in an interview with Italian magazine Autosprint. "I won't hide and I say that I must and can obtain a podium. I will push to the maximum to make it. "My Achilles heel is that this year, in the first part of the season, I wasn't aggressive enough in the races. In some aspects I was the opposite of [Romain] Grosjean. Now, however, I think I've found the right balance in showing my capabilities." Ricciardo also says that he has high hopes for Toro Rosso's new car, which he reveals will not be a straightforward evolution from this year's STR7. "I can tell you I've already seen it and, when looking at it closely, it's very different from the old one," he explained. "I think it will be better than the one I've raced with this year. In any case, it won't be one of those cars that looks the perfect copy - barely evolved - of the one that raced the previous year." http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8372808/Ricciardo-2013-make-or-break

Pedro de la Rosa may have gained many plaudits as McLaren's test and reserve driver but he isn't holding his breath about a return to the team. "One must know how to move on and look forward, but it is true that I am a realist and everything that has happened has been very unpleasant for everyone who works at HRT," he told Marca newspaper, "There are very few years in my career that I've eaten grapes knowing what I was going to do next year. So it's hard, but it's normal. "I took a road and I live with my decision, so I'm not going to expect McLaren to throw its doors open wide, especially because I've left them twice. I've been unfaithful and so I must start from scratch. It is normal. "However, I am confident that I will continue in F1 as a test driver or reserve. I think I will continue with a steering wheel in my hands, but there is no guarantee of anything." http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8372168/De-la-Rosa-not-expecting-McLaren-return

don't forget the nismo sticker.

i see.

so you'll be building it yourself then?

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Mercedes and Ferrari are the latest teams to have passed the mandatory FIA crash tests ahead of the 2013 season. According to reports in German publication Auto Motor und Sport, Mercedes' W04 will have a smaller gearbox, a Coanda exhaust with different sidepods as well as a rear suspension designed to be sensitive to geometry changes to suit the new Pirelli tires. http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8366339/Two-more-teams-pass-crash-tests Despite the circuit's troubling financial situation, the 2013 German Grand Prix will take place at the Nurburgring as originally scheduled after all. Management of the circuit has previously terminated talks with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, but now track spokesperson Karl-Heinz Steinkuehler insisted to Sport-Bild that 'the F1 world has long known that the [race on] 7 July will run at the Nürburgring'. The date of the German GP was changed after a European circuit was awarded the 20th race of the season, following the postponement of the event that is being held in New Jersey. http://planetf1.com/driver/18227/8366356/Nurburgring-to-host-German-GP

we need more motorbike owners in here..

Rumors and Leaks http://au.ign.com/wikis/grand-theft-auto-5/Rumors_and_Leaks

they had a 50% off sale.

my mum bought me this for christmas. http://store.ferrari.com/en/watches/watches/scuderia-ferrari-chrono/scuderia-ferrari-full-black-chrono.html

that's what i thought too. it looks like it's going to be another very frustrating year for nando.

Ferrari will develop their car for the 2013 Formula One season exclusively at the Toyota facility in Cologne, according to reports. After encountering problems at their Maranello wind tunnel earlier this year, the Ferrari facility will be out of order until August 2013. http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8363892/Toyota-lends-Ferrari-a-hand

wait.. you said it was darker on the inside right? so the paint has faded on the outside making the paint on the inside look darker. remember it's a 17 year old car.

paint fade dude. i totally would be interested if i was looking..

bad luck with the engine roy, will you be going rb20det, rb20de or maybe a rb20de neo?

so how's this going? ps happy birthday for last week.

i love that colour on a gtr.

i look forward to reading near life experiences 2013.

many laughs here. http://www.planetf1.com/features/8355550/Sky-And-BBC-Quotes-of-the-Year

Robert Kubica admits he misses Formula 1 dearly, but says there is little chance of him returning to the sport in the near future. "I find it difficult to watch F1 races," he told the Daily Express. "I miss racing, that is the biggest problem. After the race, when I am at home, I think I am living a boring and monotonous life. When I am driving, thanks to concentrating, the limitations are not really affecting me a lot. I am grateful for what I have. "You cannot get out of life everything you want. When I am driving race cars it is for sure much better than it was six months ago and it is very close to what I was doing before the accident. So it is very good. "If I can move my arm again [freely], there is a chance that I will return. But until that happens, we'll have to see. There's no chance of me coming back to Formula One soon." Kubica's injuries have mended enough to allow him to compete in other forms of motorsport, but the physical demands of F1 still makes returning to the pinnacle of the sport an impossibility. "The strength, the power in the arm is not as good as it was, but if this was the only problem then two months of treatment and that would be gone," said Kubica. "Unfortunately, there are bigger problems which you need to concentrate on solving than the power. "I have limited functionality of the hand and the fingers but this is something I am convinced will come back slowly because the nerves need a lot of time. "There has been slow progress this year. That is life. I will not gain anything by being frustrated. It is very simple. There is no other option than to keep pushing, keep working." http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8353740/Kubica-I-find-it-difficult-to-watch-F1 Their rivals may wish it wasn't the case, but Sebastian Vettel and design guru Adrian Newey are set to continue their successful partnership at Red Bull in 2013. "Red Bull is a great team to work for," said the 53-year-old Newey, widely considered to be one of the chief architects of Red Bull's recent success. "I've always maintained I do not want to spend my entire career in motor racing and certainly not F1 - but right now I am enjoying it. "And as long as that is the case and people offer me work, then I'll keep doing it. "At this team we keep egos and politics to a minimum and try to keep an atmosphere where there's no finger-pointing. "We encourage creativity. And our results and titles show how all that has paid off," added the Brit, who is the only designer to have won Constructors' Championships with three different Formula One teams. Vettel's record in a Newey-designed car makes for impressive reading: 26 wins, 46 podiums, 36 pole placings and three successive titles in 100 races. Vettel said: "You need to feel happy in the team you're in and it is essential to have a competitive car. Right now I have them both. "This is where Adrian is so brilliant. He gives me confidence and he designs world-beating cars. It is an incredible experience to work with him. "I think we can do even better," he added ominously. http://planetf1.com/driver/3213/8353781/Vettel-and-Newey-staying-put Pirelli is confident that Formula 1 teams are now much better prepared for a move to more aggressive tyre compounds in 2013 than they were at the start of this season. The Italian tyre manufacturer is going to switch to new constructions and even softer compounds next year in a bid to improve the spectacle and ensure teams are still challenged. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104924

82 days to go..

Sky Sports has confirmed its race coverage for 2013 which will include live coverage of every practice session, qualifying session and race from each grand prix weekend with 10 exclusively live. Every race will be screened on the dedicated Formula 1 channel Sky Sports F1 HD. http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/news/12433/8349083/Sky-Sports-F1-HD-to-show-the-Monaco-GP-as-one-of-10-races-exclusively-live-in-2013 i is jelly.

Jules Bianchi is one of those heading the queue to land a Force India drive, according to his manager. http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8347800/Bianchi-to-Force-India- Former MotoGP presenter Suzi Perry has been named as the new anchor of the BBC's Formula One programme. http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8349221/Perry-gets-BBC-F1-gig Timo Glock expects Pat Symonds' clearance to return to the Formula 1 paddock in 2013 to be a major boost to Marussia. Symonds was banned from F1 in the wake of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix scandal, in which he was one of those held responsible for Nelson Piquet being asked to deliberately crash his Renault to trigger a safety car that would help team-mate Fernando Alonso win. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104912