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Williams to run aggressive new rear wing design in practice for Canadian GP

Pastor Maldonado will evaluate an aggressive new rear wing design for Williams during free practice for the Canadian Grand Prix.

The team has admitted that the performance of its DRS has held it back at times this year, particularly in qualifying.

Maldonado added that the new design, which has a more curved profile than its predecessor, is part of a raft of updates for this weekend.

"In Barcelona it was OK," Maldonado told reporters about the performance of the DRS. "We have a new rear wing here, and I hope it will be better for the DRS but also for all the weekend.

"It's all to discover. We need to test tomorrow and analyse many things on the car. We have a completely new aero package, so let's see."

At the Chinese Grand Prix earlier this season, Maldonado's team-mate Bruno Senna said that he felt the team could make big gains with an improved DRS.

"If you can get three tenths from the DRS effect, which is not impossible, then you are already jumping three or four positions," said Senna.

"We know all the other teams have a bigger effect [from DRS], so on tracks with long straights it is hard."

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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100177

Dany Bahar dismissed from Group Lotus role

Dany Bahar has been dismissed from his role as CEO of Group Lotus with immediate effect, the Malaysian-owned sportscar manufacturer announced on Thursday.

Just a fortnight after it was revealed that Bahar was being suspended following a complaint about his conduct, Group Lotus said that his employment contract had been terminated.

In a statement issued by Group Lotus, it said: "The decision was made by the Board of Group Lotus plc following the results of an investigation into a complaint made against him by the company's penultimate holding company, DRB-HICOM Berhad."

Bahar was the man who spearheaded the idea of rebranding the Renault team as Lotus for this season. That plan put him in conflict with the ambitions of current Caterham team principal Tony Fernandes - who embarked on reviving the Lotus name before Bahar joined Group Lotus at the end of 2009.

Group Lotus said that Aslam Farikullah would be its new Chief Operating Officer.

Group Lotus' owners DRB-Hicom insist that they remain fully focused on securing a bright future for Group Lotus, despite speculation that it was open to selling the sportscar company.

Dato' Sri Haji Mohd Khamil Jamil, Group Managing Director of DRB-HICOM Berhad said: "I would like to assure you that we remain committed to ensure the ongoing and future business operations of the Lotus Group as we take the Lotus Group to the next level to remain relevant in the global automotive industry.

"I look forward to bringing mutual benefits to not only DRB-HICOM and PROTON Holdings Berhad but also the Lotus Group and its employees as well as contribute to the growth of the British automotive industry."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100172

NISMATT Rising Star

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Haha where do you find these Formula 1 memes?

http://forums.autosp...26&st=0&start=0

10 pages of them here, some funny, some very funny but many are just begrudged fans trying to discredit drivers they dont support, like every other thread on autosports. :sick:

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what an ingrate

teams could have formally protested the result and he would have gotten nothing

they didnt, he and his team were given a reprieve and he's still not happy

They weren't 'given a reprieve'. At the time of the race it was passed as legal during its inspections, if it wasn't then they would have had to modify it pre race, they passed it so it was legal full stop. If the rules are interpreted differently after the fact you can't penalize Red Bull for that. It's the FIA's fault not Red Bulls.

Now that the FIA have change their minds Red Bull are changing their design, what more can they do than that?

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They weren't 'given a reprieve'. At the time of the race it was passed as legal during its inspections, if it wasn't then they would have had to modify it pre race, they passed it so it was legal full stop. If the rules are interpreted differently after the fact you can't penalize Red Bull for that. It's the FIA's fault not Red Bulls.

Now that the FIA have change their minds Red Bull are changing their design, what more can they do than that?

The whole thing is bullsh!t anyway. Other teams (eg a certain nominally Italian team with red livery have a similar hole but it is not "enclosed" The cut in the floor to make it open you cant even fit a single sheet of paper through.

http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2012/869/967.html

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lots of things have been deemed legal only to be somehow outlawed for no particular reason

look at renaults mass damper system. Team Spaghetti protested and while the FIA deliberated the outcome renault were forced to drop the system in fear of a retrospective penalty. Surely the same thing would have happened here

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lots of things have been deemed legal only to be somehow outlawed for no particular reason

look at renaults mass damper system. Team Spaghetti protested and while the FIA deliberated the outcome renault were forced to drop the system in fear of a retrospective penalty. Surely the same thing would have happened here

As much as I am willing to slate Ferrari for their massively dodgy actions down the years I dont think you can really blame them for this non story. Really the RedBull was legal - there was some vagary in the rule and it has been cleared up. Webber is, reasonably, annoyed by the sniping over stuff all after what was a really good drive.

Anyway Canada will be interesting (I hope). Wonder which of the MB powered cars wins.

ctjet Grand Master

ctjet

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As much as I am willing to slate Ferrari for their massively dodgy actions down the years I dont think you can really blame them for this non story. Really the RedBull was legal - there was some vagary in the rule and it has been cleared up. Webber is, reasonably, annoyed by the sniping over stuff all after what was a really good drive.

no, in this instance team fuzz have kept their nose clean

Mass damper-gate was just an example of team protests having championship changing consequences

Anyway Canada will be interesting (I hope). Wonder which of the MB powered cars wins.

the schu FTW

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