Formula 1 2013

[MattR]

http://www.planetf1.com/editorial/8379525/Change-The-F1-Rules-in-2013

some interesting thoughts on what could be changed to make the formula better.

[sh@un]

*insta-boner

panty-droppin'

[sh@un]

new Lotus scheme is turd

more red was exactly what to not do

[tweety bird]

top one is a short clip and the bottom one is the full launch.

[Angus Smart]

http://www.superbru....tournaments.asp

F1 starts late FEB. by the looks of it sports guru has merged with this one and we can keep same name. Doesnt look like we can start the league until then.

im keen though

yep thats the one from 2011 they didnt start until a few days before the Aussie gp last year which is why i used that horrible castrol thing

[MattR]

well im up for it. will just have to keep a eye out on their site. maybe make another topic just for the Tipping?

[89CAL]

I think the new Lotus will look better on track. At the moment I think the old one is still a bit nicer but its like anything I guess, I'm used to the old car

[tweety bird]

Italian Davide Valsecchi, current GP2 champion, has been appointed as Lotus's third driver for the 2013 Formula 1 season.

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8451777/Valsecchi-named-third-driver-at-Lotus

[benm]

[Roy]

I don't think the German GP will be droped entirley, it will probarly just be transfered to hockenhiem

They have wiped their hands of it as they cant afford it either after hosting and busting ass in 2012. Its Ring or no go. Sachsenring etc etc and other German circuits dont have the money or interest to host the round!

[25GTT]

Red goes faster..... Nice tactic Lotus....

[mattie4270]

I think Im used to the stepped nose,a fill in panel might look weird and useless?

[89CAL]

I think Im used to the stepped nose,a fill in panel might look weird and useless?

On the lotus its not so bad. The Mercedes version was awful. Especially the first version. Red bull and lotus managed to make it look ok

[tweety bird]

[tweety bird]

A group of Canadian and American investors are pushing to try and secure HRT's entry slot in Formula 1, AUTOSPORT can reveal, but they may have to wait until 2014 before being allowed to join the grid.

Sources have revealed that negotiations to purchase the HRT company and secure an entry are at an advanced stage, and the plan for a team known as Scorpion Racing appears to have the blessing of F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

The investors behind Scorpion Racing are hoping to complete due diligence of the buy-out plans in the next few days.

That means the viability of their plans should become clearer by the end of the week.

Scorpion is hoping to run its effort from a facility at Silverstone, using updated HRT F112 cars that will be powered by Cosworth engines and use a Williams gearbox.

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/105319

Red Bull driver Mark Webber has hit out at former friend Lance Armstrong and offered a curt response to Helmu Marko's criticism.

Webber, who became friends with Armstrong through his own love for cycling and admired the American for the way in which he battled back from cancer - having lost his grandfather to the disease when he was just 14 - now realises he was just one of the many people that Armstrong treated "like idiots".

In truth, their friendship ended in 2008 when Armstrong failed to show "without a word of an apology" for the 2008 Monaco Grand Prix after Red Bull "had gone out of their way to meet all his demands", an incident that now makes much more sense to Webber in light of the damaging revelations revealed in Armstrong's recent interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Writing in his final BBC column, Webber said: "I think what's staggering to everyone is the amount of people he was prepared to take out on the way up; people who were morally on the right side of the bridge.

"He wasn't worried about the ramifications and the position he may have put these people in; it was all about Planet Lance.

"That's why, Lance, using your words, the "death penalty" (regarding his life ban from cycling) isn't too heavy. You rubbed a lot of people's noses in it for so long and treated the rest of us like idiots.

"Whenever I think of Armstrong now, I think of the clean cyclists who competed in the system Armstrong was fuelling week in, week out.

"We'll never know but some of them on their day could have challenged the likes of Armstrong, Ivan Basso, Jan Ullrich, Alexander Vinokourov, Alberto Contador, Richard Virenque and so on.

"Sadly, we don't even know their names, but in my reckoning they're morally streets ahead of those guys. Life is full of choices. Sure, none of us are perfect, but ultimately karma always triumphs."

In other news surrounding Webber, the Australian has finally responded to the fairly stinging criticism he received from Red Bull Racing advisor Helmut Marko earlier this month.

Speaking to Red Bull's own Red Bulletin magazine, Marko claimed Webber "can't maintain this form throughout the year" and "falls relatively easily into a downward spiral" when things start to go wrong in the closing stages of a season, like in 2012.

In a pre-season Q&A on his own website, Webber responded to Marko's claims, saying simply: "Look, everyone at this level has their own agendas and it's been evident for a long time now that I've never been a part of Marko's."

http://www.planetf1....Armstrong-Marko

[sh@un]

go eat a helmet, Marko

[wolverine]

I understand that these sorts of issues happen behind the scenes but surely the team doesn't need to publicly air their dirty laundry like Helmut continues to do.

[sh@un]

bit unprofessional really

[JAS-25T]

who is going to tell him otherwise?

[wolverine]

Maybe Dietrich Mateschitz?