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<title><![CDATA[Worst Pit Stops of the 2009 Formula1 Season]]></title>
<link>http://onanysundaythesedays.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/f1-worst-pit-stops/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Victoria Reid</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[What Happens When the Lists Continue, Part 6 1:54am EST &#8212; Continuing the best and worst lists ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hungary- Hungaroring 2009.10.25.]]></title>
<link>http://mausephoto.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/hungary-hungaroring-2009-10-25/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[GT1 világbajnokság a Hungaroringen is!]]></title>
<link>http://lemanshirek.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/gt1-vilagbajnoksag-a-hungaroringen-is/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gócza Dániel</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Preview for Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup round 10 at the Belgian Grand Prix]]></title>
<link>http://porschebahn.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/preview-for-porsche-mobil-1-supercup-round-10-at-the-belgian-grand-prix/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>porschebahn</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[  René Rast strives for fifth win There is no time for rest in the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup: Just one]]></description>
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<div><strong>René Rast strives for fifth win</strong></div>
<p>There is no time for rest in the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup: Just one week after the race on the street circuit in the harbour of Valencia, the popular brand trophy series now heads to the legendary Spa-Francorchamps track for Sunday’s race. René Rast, who convincingly underlined his title aspirations with his fourth straight win in Spain, is particularly looking forward to his trip to Belgium – the difficult circuit in the Ardennes is his absolute favourite.</p>
<p>“Spa is a real challenge with its many corners that require backbone – like Eau Rouge for instance,” says the VELTINS MRS Racing pilot from Germany. Last year, he started from pole position here with his Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, “but things didn’t go so well in the race. I hope it’ll be different this year.”</p>
<div><strong>Impressive season</strong></div>
<p>Jeroen Bleekemolen, however, is determined to prevent this. The title defender from the Netherlands can look back on an impressive season so far: Of the nine races to date, he has won three and climbed the podium at every single round. His clear lead in the championship, which he has held since the season-opening round in Bahrain, is now coming under increasing threat thanks to René Rast’s winning streak. With four races left on the calendar, Bleekemolen lies 30 points ahead of his closest rival. The Dutchman would very much like to win a race again, but with an eye on the title he is not prepared to take any great risks. “We are now in a phase where points are more important than wins,” says the third place-getter from last year. The points’ leader hopes, however, to put his title rivals in their place in Belgium. “For a driver, Spa is very demanding. It’s easy to make a mistake here, especially when the weather is bad. That’s where I see my chance.”</p>
<p>No less gripping than the title fight between Jeroen Bleekemolen and René Rast is the close battle for third in the overall classification. Patrick Huisman, the Supercup stalwart from the Netherlands competing for the SPS Performance squad, snatched back third overall in Valencia after a breathtaking charge through the field ahead of Slovakian Stefan Rosina (Walter Lechner Racing School), who had clinched it at the previous round.</p>
<p>Ireland’s Damien Faulkner is hoping for good results for the rest of the season: After a rather disappointing year, the vice champion of 2007 and 2008 and pilot for Walter Lechner Racing School made an impressive comeback in Spain – but only in qualifying. Taking up the race from third on the grid he only made it to the first corner before being nudged out of contention in a collision. He now anticipates bringing home his first podium result of the season.</p>
<p>Television stations “Eurosport 2” (11.45 hrs) and “Sky Sport 2” (11.40 hrs) broadcast the race in Spa-Francorchamps live on 30 August. In addition, “Eurosport” televises highlights on Sunday evening in its “Motorsport Weekend Magazin” programme.</p>
<div><strong>Statistics</strong></div>
<p><strong>Drivers’ classification after 9 of 13 races<br />
</strong>1. Jeroen Bleekemolen (NED), 172 points<br />
2. René Rast (GER), 142<br />
3. Patrick Huisman (NED), 111<br />
4. Stefan Rosina (SVK), 108<br />
5. Richard Westbrook (GBR), 78<br />
6. Damien Faulkner (IRL), 75</p>
<p><strong>Rookie classification after 9 of 13 races</strong><br />
1. Matt Halliday (NZL), 69 points<br />
2. Siso Cunill (ESP), 52<br />
3. Abdulaziz Al Faisal (KSA), 28</p>
<p><strong>Team classification after 9 of 13 races</strong><br />
1. Konrad Motorsport, 246 points<br />
2. VELTINS MRS Racing, 209<br />
3. Walter Lechner Racing School, 186</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Driver Consistency and Badoer - Europe]]></title>
<link>http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/driver-consistency-and-badoer-europe/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rubbergoat</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This will be a short post as I covered a lot of the race in detail in my special post on whether Bar]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p align="justify">This will be a short post as I covered a lot of the race in detail in my <a href="http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/european-gp-was-barrichello-fast-or-fortunate/" target="_blank">special post on whether Barrichello was Fast or Fortunate</a>.  If you haven’t read it yet, you really should because I think it is a good summary of the race action.</p>
<p align="justify">Anyway, let’s get right to it then.  As usual, here is a graph of the average lap times and standard deviation spread for the European GP:</p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/eur_09_race_laps_av1.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="eur_09_race_laps_av" src="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/eur_09_race_laps_av_thumb1.jpg?w=504&#038;h=356" border="0" alt="eur_09_race_laps_av" width="504" height="356" /></a></p>
<p align="justify">(By the way, if you need more info on my calculation methods then please refer to my post on <a href="http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/faq/driver-consistencies-explained/" target="_blank">Driver Consistency Explained</a>)</p>
<p align="justify">What does this graph tell us?  As usual, the average lap time increases the further we move down the order.  Also, if you have a mechanical problem, your slowing down laps leading to your retirement really increase your average!  Finally, while not last, Badoer’s average lap time is three seconds a lap slower than Barrichello (The race winner), almost two seconds a lap slower than his team mate Raikkonen and almost a second or two seconds slower than Alguersuari and Grosjean.</p>
<p align="justify">A fairer way of measuring Driver Consistency is to remove the laps where pit stops were made, any laps containing mechanical problems and also any safety car/penalty laps (I’m looking at you, Badoer!).  So here is the graph:</p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/eur_09_race_laps_av_nopit.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="display:inline;border-width:0;" title="eur_09_race_laps_av_nopit" src="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/eur_09_race_laps_av_nopit_thumb.jpg?w=504&#038;h=356" border="0" alt="eur_09_race_laps_av_nopit" width="504" height="356" /></a></p>
<p align="justify">Now things are a little bit more interesting.  <a href="http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/european-gp-was-barrichello-fast-or-fortunate/" target="_blank">As mentioned in my previous post</a>, Hamilton has a slightly faster average lap time but this may be because Barrichello decided not to push the car once he knew he had won the race.  Rosberg just pips Kovalainen, Glock moves up the order as he set some fast times near the end, Vettel and Grosjean improve by a couple of places (while Nakajima and Buemi, the other retirees do not) and Fisichella moves down the grid as he was running a one-stop pit strategy.</p>
<p align="justify">But the main focus for me must be how poor Badoer is.  Again, he is over three seconds slower on average than Barrichello and two seconds slower than Raikkonen.</p>
<p align="justify">In fact, the gap between himself and Raikkonen is greater than that of the race winner (Barrichello) to 19th (Buemi).  Now, I know he wasn’t allowed to test the car beforehand and he has had no race experience for something like ten years, but it was a very poor performance and I don’t think Ferrari should have put him in a situation like this where he was seemingly doomed to fail…</p>
<p align="justify">If we study Badoer’s individual lap times compared to the other drivers, it becomes even more revealing how badly he did:</p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/badraigroalgbarlapszoom1.jpg"><img style="display:inline;border-width:0;" title="BAD-RAI-GRO-ALG-BAR Laps Zoom (1)" src="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/badraigroalgbarlapszoom1_thumb.jpg?w=504&#038;h=400" border="0" alt="BAD-RAI-GRO-ALG-BAR Laps Zoom (1)" width="504" height="400" /></a></p>
<p align="justify">Here is the same graph again, zoomed in on the racing laps:</p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/badraigroalgbarlapszoom.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="display:inline;border-width:0;" title="BAD-RAI-GRO-ALG-BAR Laps Zoom" src="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/badraigroalgbarlapszoom_thumb.jpg?w=504&#038;h=400" border="0" alt="BAD-RAI-GRO-ALG-BAR Laps Zoom" width="504" height="400" /></a></p>
<p align="justify">It’s a bit messy, but we can see that Badoer is consistently slower than all the other drivers except for Alguersuari, who had probably never driven the circuit before.  Grosjean (the other rookie) does significantly better than both of them after he pits to replace a damaged wing around lap 9.</p>
<p align="justify">But in F1, they say that the first person you have to beat is your team mate, so here are the same two graphs again, but with just Badoer and Raikkonen:</p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/badrailaps.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="display:inline;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;border-width:0;" title="BAD-RAI Laps" src="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/badrailaps_thumb.jpg?w=504&#038;h=400" border="0" alt="BAD-RAI Laps" width="504" height="400" /></a></p>
<p align="justify">…And zoomed in:</p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/badrailapszoom.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="display:inline;border-width:0;" title="BAD-RAI Laps Zoom" src="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/badrailapszoom_thumb.jpg?w=504&#038;h=400" border="0" alt="BAD-RAI Laps Zoom" width="504" height="400" /></a></p>
<p align="justify">What is shocking here is that Badoer seems to completely lose it after his first pit stop, where he gave way to Grosjean behind him and crossed the white line, incurring a drive through penalty.  But if you look at his second stint, his lap times vary by up to <strong>Four Seconds Per Lap!</strong> Now, I know he would have been lapped a few times during the race, but there’s no way you would have to yield that much to let a car past?  For example, Grosjean gets lapped on Lap 12 but only loses a second of time on that lap.</p>
<p align="justify">Clearly Badoer was having major issues with the car and did spin off a few times during this stint.  By contrast, Raikkonen’s race is very different.  He drives super consistently over the whole race, almost as consistent as Barrichello, which is very impressive!</p>
<p align="justify">One final point, I have noticed a few comments on the web defending Badoer which I would like to address:</p>
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<p align="justify"><em>“Well, Badoer improved by three seconds a lap over the course of the race so he can’t be that bad…” </em></p>
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<p align="justify">Look closely at the graph with all the drivers and you will see that they all improved by the same amount.  In fact, when you look at the final graph, Badoer is <strong>1.5 seconds</strong> slower than Raikkonen at the beginning and the end of the race.  The only time he gets closer is after Raikkonen pits and has a heavier car.</p>
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<p align="justify"><em>“Badoer’s best lap was 103% of the winner’s best lap – far below the old 107% cut off that they used to enforce for qualifying…”</em></p>
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<p align="justify">This got me thinking … what has been the gap across the field for each race this season?  Here’s what it looks like, with an added data set of the gap between the two Ferraris and the Ferrari Gap to pole:</p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/gaptopole2009fergapbadanalysisall.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="Gap to pole 2009 ( Fer Gap BAD analysis all)" src="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/gaptopole2009fergapbadanalysisall_thumb.jpg?w=504&#038;h=327" border="0" alt="Gap to pole 2009 ( Fer Gap BAD analysis all)" width="504" height="327" /></a></p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/gaptopole2009fergappole.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="Gap to pole 2009 ( Fer Gap pole)" src="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/gaptopole2009fergappole_thumb.jpg?w=504&#038;h=327" border="0" alt="Gap to pole 2009 ( Fer Gap pole)" width="504" height="327" /></a></p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/gaptopole2009ferdiff.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="Gap to pole 2009 ( Fer diff)" src="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/gaptopole2009ferdiff_thumb.jpg?w=504&#038;h=327" border="0" alt="Gap to pole 2009 ( Fer diff)" width="504" height="327" /></a></p>
<p align="justify"><em>Note: where the Ferraris did not both qualify in Q3 I have taken the best times from the last session where both Ferraris participated.</em></p>
<p align="justify">Ignoring the fact that being three seconds a lap <em>on average</em> slower than Barrichello (which implies his average speed was just over 103% of Barrichello), the fact that Badoer’s time was a whole percentage point than the second to last guy (Alguersuari in the Toro Rosso) is very telling.  Although he did not have the worst percentage difference over the whole season, it is his gap to 19th (Alguersuari) which is bad – a whole percentage point, or <strong>1.5 Seconds!</strong></p>
<p align="justify">It is worth noting that the honour of worst performance in qualifying this year goes to Fisichella in a Force India… but this was in Spain, with a massively underdeveloped car.  The Ferrari in Valencia has been proven to be competitive – in fact, Raikkonen finished in third place.</p>
<p align="justify">If you look at the gap between the Ferrari’s it is often very small – the largest was <strong>1%</strong> in Spain – yet Badoer is <strong>2.5% </strong>slower than Raikkonen (about <strong>2.5 Seconds</strong>).  If Badoer had equalled Massa’s worst qualifying performance relative to Raikkonen (Spain), then <a href="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/eur09_q3times_fuelcorrected_ham.jpg" target="_blank">allowing for fuel corrected times</a> he could have set a fuel-corrected qualifying lap of <strong>1:39.831</strong> which could have put him in the top 10 or just outside of it.</p>
<p align="justify">What this means is that the idea that Badoer’s time falls within a long-outdated method of measuring if a driver was worthy of starting a race may not justify his performance, because he was clearly a lot slower than expected of a Ferrari driver.  What amazes me most is that Ferrari must have <em>tons </em>more data than I have to analyse Badoer’s woeful performance – yet they insist on giving him a seat for Belgium!</p>
<p align="justify">I reckon Ferrari should have never hired him in the first place &#8211; he was never going to be ready and I think they should save face and get another driver for the rest of the season.  Do you agree?  Who would you pick?  Or have I been too harsh on the poor guy?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Race report for Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup round 9 at the European Grand Prix]]></title>
<link>http://porschebahn.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/race-report-for-porsche-mobil-1-supercup-round-9-at-the-european-grand-prix/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>porschebahn</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[    René Rast keeps title fight open with fourth win René Rast is the man of the day in the Porsche ]]></description>
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<div><strong>René Rast keeps title fight open with fourth win</strong></div>
<p>René Rast is the man of the day in the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup: On the street circuit in the harbour of Valencia, the German celebrated his fourth win in succession with the 911 GT3 Cup of VELTINS MRS Racing, and with this keeps the fight for the title open. In a gripping duel at the head of the field, he again beat Jeroen Bleekemolen (Netherlands), the Konrad Motorsport pilot, title defender and current points’ leader. Surprisingly, third place went to Lance David Arnold (Germany) competing for SPS Performance who had started from twelfth on the grid.</p>
<p>Taking up the race from pole position, René Rast got away well and successfully held off the constantly attacking Jeroen Bleekemolen in the early phase. The Dutchman turned the fastest lap on the Grand Prix circuit in the Spanish America’s Cup harbour in his attempt, but did not manage to overtake. With his victory and four races to go, the reigning Carrera Cup champion Rast reduced his gap to Bleekemolen, who has led since the beginning of the season, to just 30 points.</p>
<p>For two drivers who took off with great hopes, their race was already over in the first corner: Jiri Janak from the Czech Republic (Konrad Motorsport) braked too late and sent not only himself but Damien Faulkner into retirement. For the Irishman from Walter Lechner Racing School, and vice-champion from 2007 and 2008, this was particularly tragic: His third in qualifying was his best starting position so far in a season that has been rather disappointing. The Brazilian newcomer Valdeno Brito (Konrad Motorsport Austria) also didn’t return from the first lap.</p>
<p>Finishing behind the former Porsche Junior Lance David Arnold, who used the start collision to catapult himself from twelfth to third place, his SPS Performance teammate Patrick Huisman saw the flag in fourth after a spectacular charge through the field. With this result, the Supercup record winner from the Netherlands moved back into third place overall in the points’ standings – a fitting gift on his 43rd birthday. Also driving for SPS Performance, Richard Williams from Great Britain received the flag in fifth place. Slovakia’s Stefan Rosina (Walter Lechner Racing School), who had also fallen back in the first lap due to the collision, fought his way through the field to finish sixth.</p>
<div><strong>Drivers&#8217; comments</strong></div>
<p>René Rast (winner): “Four straight wins – I’m simply ecstatic. Again we did everything right. A huge thanks to my team. I got away well, but early on Jeroen was a little faster, I made some slight errors and once I didn’t get the right gear in correctly and he immediately pulled alongside me. I managed to regain my lead and go on to control the race successfully.”</p>
<p>Jeroen Bleekemolen (second): “That was a great race. After the start I was actually quicker than René but didn’t manage to overtake him. I didn’t want to go all out and risk everything. Taking the championship into account, I’m happy with second.”</p>
<p>Lance David Arnold (third): “Sometimes it’s just important to be in the right place at the right time. My start was fantastic because I still had a set of new tyres from qualifying. My team order was to attack in the first two laps and then wait to see how the race developed. Then suddenly the collision happened in front of me and I knew I had to use the chance. A great race.”</p>
<div><strong>Statistics</strong></div>
<p><strong>Race result</strong><br />
1. René Rast (GER), VELTINS MRS Racing, 30:52.084 minutes<br />
2. Jeroen Bleekemolen (NED), Konrad Motorsport, + 2.539<br />
3. Lance David Arnold (GER), SPS Performance, + 17.784<br />
4. Patrick Huisman (NED), SPS Performance, + 33.202<br />
5. Richard Williams (GBR), SPS Performance, + 38.734<br />
6. Stefan Rosina (SVK), Walter Lechner Racing School, + 39.408</p>
<p><strong>Drivers’ classification after 9 of 13 races<br />
</strong>1. Jeroen Bleekemolen (NED), 172 points<br />
2. René Rast (GER), 142<br />
3. Patrick Huisman (NED), 111<br />
4. Stefan Rosina (SVK), 108<br />
5. Richard Westbrook (GBR), 78<br />
6. Damien Faulkner (IRL), 75</p>
<p>Round 10 of the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup takes place on 30 August as support to the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps.</p>
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<link>http://sportsdemon.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/f1-renault-pick-on-piquet-jr/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Fresh from the their court victory&#8230; yeah they haven&#8217;t been able to do much on track, Ren]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Fresh from the their court victory&#8230; yeah they haven&#8217;t been able to do much on track, Renault have decided to turn aggressive for the rest of the season. As if the driver was the only problem they had, Renault have decided to throw out Piquet. He will be replaced with Frenchman Grosjean.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Now as much he&#8217;s been the test driver and all, does this have to do something with no French driver on the starting grid post Bourdais&#8217; exit from Toro Rosso. Whatever that may be, the fact is that this is classic Head-in-Sand behaviour. Yeah, the rookie did not perform! But you were too eager to put him in the car&#8230; expecting another Hamilton! And the car is not even close to what Lewis got!!!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">So get real get the car in place and please be rest assured that Hungaroring was the exception for you guys! Don&#8217;t get used to leading the races! Definitely not thinking about winning them; for if you were to you will most probably be doing it with 3 wheels still attached!!! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[La FIA modifica la sanción a Renault]]></title>
<link>http://lacocteleraradioblog.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/la-fia-modifica-la-sancion-a-renault/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jesusdematias</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[No todo son malas noticias para el Gran Premio de Valencia. Tras el anuncio de Michael Schumacher de]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">No todo son malas noticias para el Gran Premio de Valencia. Tras el anuncio de Michael Schumacher de que volvía a competir -como sustituto de Felipe Massa- con Ferrari las ventas de las entradas para asistir al Gran Premio de Valencia de este fin de semana; y con la decepción del comunicado de Michael Schumacher en el que anunciaba que debido a sus dolores en el cuello no podría competir, se temía que la afluencia de público descendiera, más teniendo en cuenta que una sanción a Renault impedía al español Fernando Alonso competir en Valencia; pero al final la FIA ha levantado esta sanción y el Gran Premio de Valencia tendrá a Fernando Alonso.<!--more--></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">La Federación Internacional de Automovilismo (FIA) había sancionado a Renault en el último Gran Premio (Hungaroring), y esta sanción provocaba que la escudería francesa no tuviese pilotos en la parrilla de salida del siguiente Gran Premio. Pero ayer se conoció que el Comité de Apelación de la FIA ha levantado la sanción que impedía a los pilotos de Renault su participación en Valencia, y en su lugar ha impuesto una sanción económica de 35.500 €.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Renault había sido sancionada sin pilotos para el siguiente Gran Premio tras el de Hungría porque los mecánicos habían asegurado mal una rueda del monoplaza de Fernando Alonso, siendo un peligro para el resto de pilotos (y más después del accidente de Felipe Massa provocado por un muelle que había salido disparado del coche de Rubens Barrichello, que circulaba por delante del Ferrari de Massa).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">La sanción fue impuesta porque Renault había actuado de manera deliberada contra la seguridad de los pilotos, y por no avisar a Fernando Alonso de que una rueda de su monoplaza no estaba bien colocada (el piloto asturiano habló por la radio con su equipo pensando que tenía un pinchazo en la rueda). Esta imprudencia de los mecánicos de Renault y del equipo provocó que una zona pesada del vehículo de Alonso (tal y como rezaba el comunicado) se desprendiese del monoplaza, cometiendo una infracción del reglamento deportivo de la Fórmula 1.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Renault, disconforme con la sanción impuesta, recurrió y ayer el Comité de Apelación comunicó el cambio de sanción. Desde la escudería francesa se alegaba que era mentira que dejaran pilotar a Fernando Alonso sabiendo que una rueda del monoplaza estaba en mal estado; lo que no se negaba era el incumplimiento de los artículos 23.1.i y 3.2 del reglamento deportivo de la FIA.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">De esta manera, <a title="Fernando Alonso correrá el 23 de agosto en Valencia" href="http://www.publico.es/deportes/244842/fernando/alonso/podra/correr/valencia/aceptar/fia/modificar/sancion/renault" target="_blank">el Gran Premio de Valencia verá a Fernando Alonso pilotando un Renault</a>, tras ser modificada la sanción de la FIA a Renault en el pasado Gran Premio de Hungría, que impedía a Renault tener pilotos en el Gran Premio de Europa (que de disputará en Valencia este fin de semana).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Una buena noticia para el Gran Premio de Valencia, que de esta forma podrá tener una buena afluencia de público durante los días de entrenamientos y el domingo, día en que se disputará el Gran Premio.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Fuente:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a title="edición digital del diario Público" href="http://www.publico.es" target="_blank">www.publico.es</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Michael Schumacher no correrá en Valencia]]></title>
<link>http://lacocteleraradioblog.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/michael-schumacher-no-correra-en-valencia/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jesusdematias</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Todas las dudas acerca del estado de forma del piloto alemán Michael Schumacher se han despejado con]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Todas las dudas acerca del estado de forma del piloto alemán Michael Schumacher se han despejado con su anuncio -publicado en la página web del piloto- de renuncia a disputar el próximo Gran Premio de Fórmula 1 en Valencia (el día 23 de agosto). Los dolores en el cuello del siete veces campeón del mundo -los cinco últimos títulos conseguidos con Ferrari entre los años 2000 y 2004, ambos inclusive, le impiden subirse de nuevo en un monoplaza, esta vez para sustituir al lesionado Felipe Massa.<!--more--></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Tal y como se ha publicado esta mañana en las ediciones digitales de varios periódicos españoles (El Mundo, Marca, As&#8230;), Michael Schumacher ha escrito un comunicado en su página web anunciando que no correrá en el Gran Premio de Europa. Sus problemas de cuello lo impiden, y la decisión ya está tomada, tal y como lo saben desde ayer lunes Luca di Montezemolo (Presidente de Ferrari) y Stefano Dominicale (jefe de la escudería), a los que Michael Schumacher informó sobre su decisión.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Desde que Michael Schumacher anunció que él y Ferrari habían decidido su vuelta a los circuitos para sustituir a Felipe Massa (tras sufrir el piloto brasileño un accidente en el Gran Premio de Hungaroring -Hungría- en el último Gran Premio), los aficionados de Ferrari se vieron con la miel en los labios: el heptacampeón de la Fórmula 1 volvía a los circuitos, el espectáculo regresaría a tener el nombre de Ferrari, en esta temporada automovilística en el que la escudería  Brawn GP está dando la sorpresa relegando a un segundo escalón a escuderías como McLaren y la propia Ferrari. De hecho en la clasificación por escuderías Brawn GP está en primer lugar (114 puntos), mientras que Ferrari está en el tercer lugar (40 puntos) y McLaren Mercedes en el quinto (28 puntos).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Pero el estado de forma de Schumi no era el apropiado, y los dos pilotos probadores de Ferrari -Luca Badoer y Marc Gené- habían sido retirados de la carrera por competir en sustitución de Felipe Massa. Todo para que Schumi tuviese el viento a favor, pero en algunas ocasiones el viento no es lo más importante. El cuello de Schumacher no le da demasiados problemas y por este motivo <a title="Michael Schumacher anuncia en su web que no correrá en Valencia" href="http://www.marca.com/2009/08/11/motor/formula1/1249976580.html" target="_blank">no correrá en Valencia el día 23 de agosto</a>. Una mala noticia para Ferrari, que tal vez esperaba una muy buena actuación del piloto alemán que acercase a la escudería italiana un poco más al primer puesto de la <a title="Clasificación por escuderías del Campeonata de la F-1" href="http://www.thef1.com/gp-resultados" target="_blank">clasificación por escuderías en esta temporada</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">En lugar de Michael Schumacher, tal y como ha publicado la edición digital del diario El Mundo, será uno de los pilotos probadores de Ferrari, <a title="Luca Badoer sustituirá a Felipe Massa, en lugar de Schumi" href="http://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/2009/08/11/motor/1249976537.html" target="_blank">Luca Badoer</a>, el que sustituya a Felipe Massa dentro de doce días en el Gran Premio de Europa, que este año se disputa en el Circuito de Valencia.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"> </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Fuentes:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a title="edición digital del diario Marca" href="http://www.marca.com" target="_blank">www.marca.com</a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a title="edición digital del diario El Mundo" href="http://www.elmundo.es" target="_blank">www.elmundo.es</a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a title="página web española de la Fórmula 1" href="http://www.thef1.com" target="_blank">www.thef1.com</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Michael Schumacher to Win an F1 Race in 2009?]]></title>
<link>http://betyourbottomdollar.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/michael-schumacher-to-win-f1-race-in-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sportingbet have odds of 3.25 for MS to win a race this year. Sounds good, and any race odds of 3.25]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Sportingbet have odds of 3.25 for MS to win <em>a</em> race this year. Sounds good, and any race odds of 3.25 is pretty tempting for MS but I&#8217;m not so sure the F60 is up to it. Not with the tracks left anyway, the only tracks the F60 has performed well have slow corners and not much overtaking (Hungary and Monaco) both of which Kimi finished on the podium. Then again you can never under-estimate a certain &#8216;M Schumacher&#8217;, can you?</p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Nelson Piquet decidiu dar uma conferência de imprensa, na qual anunciou que abandona a equipa Renaul]]></description>
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<p>Nelson Piquet decidiu dar uma conferência de imprensa, na qual anunciou que abandona a equipa Renault até ao fim da temporada. Não digo que abandonou a F1, porque o piloto ainda alimenta a esperança de regressar para o ano. Será na Piquet F1, pelas cinzas da BMW?</p>
<p>Muito dificilmente&#8230; O piloto tomou uma atitude muito parecida à de Sebastien Bourdais: culpou tudo e todos, menos a si próprio, pelos fracos desemprenhos nas corridas. Estes procedimentos não são do agrado das equipas, que perdem o interesse em pilotos que não sabem assumir as culpas quando lhes compete&#8230;</p>
<p>É que mesmo sendo Briatore aquele director de equipa que não consegue dar aos dois pilotos o mesmo material, as culpas não podem recair completamente no italiano, não nos podemos esquecer que o brasileiro nunca foi dono de uma rapidez constante, característica de jovens que têm futuro na F1. O piloto já tem substituto agendado sob a forma de Romain Grosjean.</p>
<p><a href="http://yfrog.com/eq002aozj"><img alt="Briatore tem uma solução, no caso de a Renault abandonar" src="http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/1672/002aoz.jpg" width="400" /></a>
<p>No entanto não é esse o principal problema da equipa, que continua com vários problemas relacionados com a casa-mãe. Carlos Ghosn estão empenhads no programa de F1, e os resultados (tanto financeiros como a nível de performances) têm sido positivos.</p>
<p>Apesar de todos esses resultados, <a href="http://formula1dp.blogspot.com/2009/07/bmw-abandona-f1.html">o recente abandono da BMW</a> colocou em causa todos os dados que estão em jogo&#8230; Apesar disso, mesmo que a Renault cesse o envolvimento na F1, isso não deverá afectar a continuidade que parece estar assegurada por Briatore &#8211; <a href="http://formula1dp.blogspot.com/2009/05/renault-abandona-f1.html">ver parágrafo final do texto deste link</a>.</p>
<p>Há ainda o problema da suspensão da equipa, após <a href="http://formula1dp.blogspot.com/2009/07/renault-suspensa.html">os incidentes da roda direita de Alonso</a> no Hungaroring. É que o apelo da decisão dos comissários pode muito bem levar a suspensão de uma corrida até duas ou três, caso corra mal, como aconteceu com Eddie Irvine em 1994 na Jordan. A diferença é que na altura a penalização foi ao piloto&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://yfrog.com/0u003rdej"><img alt="A Renault pode incorrer numa penalização pior que a inicial..." src="http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/1627/003rde.jpg" width="400" /></a></p>
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<link>http://sportmenu.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/talmacsi-nap-a-hungaroringen/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Talmácsi Gábor Talmácsi Gábor élete egyik nagy álma teljesült, amikor a MOL segítségével júniusban a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_6055" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 146px"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-6055" title="DSC_0062_portre" src="http://sportmenu.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/dsc_0062_portre1.jpg?w=136" alt="Talmácsi Gábor" width="136" height="150" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Talmácsi Gábor</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Talmácsi Gábor élete egyik nagy álma teljesült, amikor a MOL segítségével júniusban a Scot Racing Honda 800 köbcentis motorjával első magyarként a MOTO GP királykategóriájában állhatott rajthoz.<!--more--></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Azóta &#8220;újoncként&#8221; Németországban egy, és Nagy-Britanniában már négy pontot szerzett a motorsport csúcsának számító versenysorozatban. Hogy a pontszerzés folytatódik-e a Cseh Nagydíjon Brnoban, még nem tudni, ám még a következő futam előtt a csapat és a motor egy kis kitérőt tesz, hogy a magyar szurkolók is élőben láthassák a versenyzőt motorozni.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Augusztus 10-én, hétfőn ingyenes nyílt napon várja a rajongókat a MOL főtámogatottja Talma, így azoknak, akik éppen szabadságukat töltik, nem kell külföldre utazniuk ahhoz, hogy meghallják a MotoGP motor dübörgését. Talmácsi Gábor 13 órától Honda RC212V versenymotorjával tizenöt kört tesz majd meg a mogyoródi Hungaroringen. Ezt követően élménybeszámolót tart a célegyenesben a lelátók előtt a szurkolók számára. Talma előtt a fiatal tehetségeké a pálya, déltől a Talmácsi Motoros Iskola növendékei által tartott bemutató színesíti még a programot.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Az érdeklődők számára a belépés a 8-as kapunál! A kilátogatóknak javasoljuk, hogy hozzanak magukkal enni-innivalót, mert a rendezvény ideje alatt a büfék nem üzemelnek.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Mindenkit sok szeretettel várunk augusztus 10-én a Hungaroringre!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Forrás: Faster Management</p>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8230; o la crónica, aunque atrasada, del GP Hungría 2009 de Fórmula 1. El pasado domingo vimos en ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>&#8230; o la crónica, aunque atrasada, del GP Hungría 2009 de Fórmula 1.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://estaticos01.marca.com/albumes/2009/07/26/formula1_gphungria_2009/1248622232_extras_albumes_0.jpg" alt="" width="396" height="252" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">El pasado domingo vimos en Hungría otra vuelta de tuerca que parece llevarnos en los últimos grandes premios de vuelta a una situación de la que muchos aficionados piensan que no se debería haber salido nunca, y que a punto ha estado de cargarse la Fórmula 1. Esta situación es, nada más y nada menos, la normalidad. Es decir, que los grandes ganen carreras y estén arriba y los modestos luchen por puntos y, en días especiales, buscar un podio. Aunque parezca de perogrullo, parece que es lo único que puede devolver el interés a una categoría excesivamente descafeinada en este principio de temporada, casi exclusivamente por el <em>difusorgate</em>, trampa para unos y genialidad para otros, pero que ya disfrutan todos los equipos, con mayor o menor éxito. Parece mentira que en el deporte tecnológicamente más avanzado, la mejor solución sea volver al pasado.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Y en ese pasado, no tan lejano aunque lo parezca, empezaba a sobresalir un chaval que iba para genio de esto del volante. Lewis Hamilton volvió a ganar, muchos meses después, dando una lección de ganas y agresividad (vaya salida y vaya ataque a Mark Webber) a la primera ocasión en que ha tenido un coche realmente competitivo. <img class="alignright" src="http://www.elpais.com/recorte/20070806elpepidep_1/LCO340/Ies/Hamilton_victoria.jpg" alt="" width="238" height="175" />Es una gran noticia que el inglés siga queriendo hacer cosas grandes, y es posible que todos estos grandes premios en la sombra -sobre todo en la sombra de Jenson Button- le hayan servido como una lección para el futuro. Aunque vamos a seguir hablando del pasado, de sus duelos con Fernando Alonso. Aunque no recuerdo que se llegase a producir ninguno en pista en 2007, su rivalidad estaba destinada a ser la que marcase estos años de Fórmula 1 -¿qué sería de la F1 sin los Senna-Prost, Schumi-Hakkinen y decenas de grandes rivalidades dentro y fuera de la pista?-. Ambos volvían a compartir protagonismo en pista en un GP después de mucho tiempo, y el mero hecho de pensar en que pudiesen disputarse la carrera en un mano a mano ponía los pelos de punta a cualquier aficionado. Finalmente todos sabemos lo que pasó.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Y es que, aunque Alonso diga que no, a todos nos vino a la cabeza aquel maravilloso GP de Hungría de hace 3 años. El asturiano dió una de las mayores lecciones de pilotaje sobre agua que se recordaban en mucho tiempo. Con el diluvio universal cayendo sobre Hungaroring, y a pesar de salir desde la mitad de la parrilla, en la vuelta 15 ya estaba doblando pilotos, entre ellos al mismísimo Michael Schumacher -¡qué memorable adelantamiento por el exterior de la última curva!-, rival directo por el título. Aquel día, con todo a favor para dar un golpe de efecto en el mundial, a uno de sus mecánicos se le olvidó apretar convenientemente la rueda trasera derecha y, dos curvas más tarde, Alonso perdía la tuerca correspondiente -a la que le faltaba alguna que otra vuelta- a la par que el control del coche y se estrellaba contra las protecciones. Se acababa ahí una actuación que iba camino de ser mítica. Lo del domingo no era ni mucho menos lo mismo, pero quizás sí era igual de simbólico. Al igual que Hamilton, resurgía de sus cenizas tras una temporada instalado en los resultados mediocres, dando sensación de una cierta solidez, pero de nuevo volvió a fallar la tuerca y todo se fue al garete, aunque esta vez tenga peores consecuencias porque Alonso fue capaz de mantener el coche en pista y al final acabó perdiendo la rueda.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.thef1.com/galerias/fotos-grandes-premios/gp_hungria_2006_domingo/hungria_domingo_24.jpg/image_large" alt="" width="420" height="280" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Y tabién viene a cuento recordar aquella carrera por los tres protagonistas del podio:</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">A Button y Brawn parecen habérsele acabado las rentas y, posiblemente, el dinero. La fulminante superioridad de las primeras carreras ha dado paso a una lucha por arañar puntos ante equipos que vienen pisando fuerte tras la incorporación del doble difusor. Incluso Barrichello ha acabado fuera de los puntos en este GP. Mientras, los Red Bull, recortan las distancias a grandes pasos, que podrían ser mayores si Vettel no cometiese una pifia cada tres carreras. Ahora el que más acecha el primer lugar en la clasificación de pilotos en Mark Webber, que se encuentra en una situación pintiparada para proclamarse campeón mundial, algo impensable hace sólo 6 meses.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">El segundo puesto en 2006 fue para Pedro de la Rosa, quién parece haber firmado un contrato con Campos GP para volver a competir en F1, donde no lo hacía desde aquel año. Todo esto, por supuesto, si finalmente el equipo español liderado por Adrián Campos consigue entrar en la parrilla el año que viene, toda vez que la FIA ha accedido a las peticiones de la FOTA, con lo que Campos GP sería, casi con seguridad, muy poco competitiva en la próxima temporada.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Y de una entrada, pasamos a una salida, la de BMW Sauber, que había logrado su primer podio desde su formación en ese mismo GP de Hungría, de manos del constante Nick Heidfeld. Precisamente aquel día debutaba en la Fórmula 1 una de las grandes promesas del momento, también a los mandos de un BMW, Robert Kubica. Hoy, el polaco es una realidad, pero una realidad sin equipo para la próxima temporada, al igual que Nick Heidfeld. A buen seguro que a ninguno de los dos les faltarían ofertas, pero parece que el anuncio de abandono de la escudería germano-suiza no es definitivo. Tanto la FOTA como el copropietario Peter Sauber tendrían intención de reflotar el equipo, aunque seguramente sin la participación de BMW, por lo que podríamos estar ante la vuelta del equipo Sauber, predecesor de la actual escuadra. Otro que también tendrá muchas ofertas si el nuevo invento no cuenta con los suficientes apoyos en Mario Theissen, genial ingeniero y mejor director de equipo.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[L'altra faccia della medaglia]]></title>
<link>http://f1allostatobrado.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/laltra-faccia-della-medaglia/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Partiamo dalla fine: è notizia di oggi che Schumacher guiderà la Rossa di Massa tra le vie del porto]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="alignleft" style="border:20px;margin:20px;" title="massa-sostituito-da-schumacher" src="../files/2009/07/massa-sostituito-da-schumacher.jpg?w=150" alt="massa-sostituito-da-schumacher" width="150" height="93" /><span style="color:#333333;">Partiamo dalla fine: è notizia di oggi che Schumacher guiderà la Rossa di Massa tra le vie del porto di Valencia colonizzate dallo scorso anno da Sir Ecclestone. Ufficialmente dice “Lo faccio per gratitudine” ma la realtà è che l’avrebbe evitato volentieri perché, seppur non da vincente, avevo mollato il colpo in tempo, ancora da Re…</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#333333;">Anche Felipe non fa i salti di gioia. Ufficialmente scherza: “Schumy a Valencia? Se non ci sarò io!”, ma qui la realtà è che anche lui l’avrebbe evitato volentieri perché il supplente è indigesto, di quelli scomodi, di cui pensava aver già pagato pegno ed essersene liberato…</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#333333;">Il tedesco nell’ultima gara della carriera disputata ad Interlagos mise in pista, è proprio il caso di dire, una rimonta pazzesca con una cattiveria pazzesca culminata con un sorpasso pazzesco tra muretto box e il suo futuro successore in Ferrari Kimi Raikkonen. Che classe, tanto di cappello! Ci aveva salutato così, e andava bene così…</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#333333;">Il problema è che, da una parte, “il ragazzo” in Svizzera sulla riva del lago si annoia e quindi di tanto in tanto scorrazza in giro per circuiti in modo deve tenere a bada l’istinto, l’istinto della competizione, della gara. Dall’altra parte però c’è un blasone da tutelare. C’è il rischio, vista la stagione dei furbi che sta attraversando la F1 e la conseguente scarsa competitività Ferrari, che quello che per alcuni è un mito non si dimostri all’altezza. Non occorre andare troppo indietro per imbattere con il precedente di Jacques Villeneuve e del Suo rientro in F1 con Renault…</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#333333;">Chi nel paddock ci ha vissuto per anni 13 non può essere così stupido da sottovalutare l’aspetto marketing che di quel mondo è cardine. L’esempio Villeneuve-Renault fu un’operazione, guarda a caso a firma Briatore, buona per il team ma disastrosa per il pilota. Troppe similitudini con la vicenda di oggi: c’è aria di buon affare per la Ferrari, ma c’è anche aria di cantonata per la controparte…</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#333333;">È Questo che c’è dietro quel “lo faccio per gratitudine”. La differenza tra la cosa giusta e quella sbagliata è infinitesimale. Bisogna addirittura essere più bravi a lasciar perdere le opportunità che a prenderle, bisogna evitare il rischio di “bruciarsi”. Vedi Giorgio Pantano, unico vincitore campionato GP2 non promosso in F1 a causa di una carriera macchiata da un’apparizione non entusiasmante su una Jordan alla deriva. Oppure vedi Bourdais competitivo quanto, o per lo meno quasi quanto il tanto osannato Vettel però colpevole di non aver colto la grande occasione a Monza dello scorso anno quando 3° in griglia al via lì rimase. Purtroppo per lui, quest’anno, nel giochino dei diffusori la Toro Rosso è arrivata tardi, ha preferito licenziare presto…</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#333333;">Questa opportunità che era meglio lasciar perdere ma che Schumy è stato costretto a prendere, potrebbe rivelarsi l’ennesimo colpo di fortuna del tedesco . Eh già, forte sì, ma altrettanto fortunato. Per raccogliere tutto quello che ha raccolto è lui il primo consapevole che negli in cui ha corso il terreno era fertile, non ha trovato grandi avversari e, la cosa che fa più male, è che quando li ha trovati ha anche perso. Vedi contro Hakkinen, vedi contro Alonso, vedi contro la Williams (la corretta codifica del mondiale di Villenueve)…</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#333333;">Il caso vuole che l’ultimo Gp in Ungheria abbia dimostrato una Ferrari inspiegabilmente competitiva. Nessuno se lo aspettava ma forse la Ferrari può vincere. Nonostante 2 anni trascorsi senza salire su una monoposto, nonostante una monoposto che non conosce e che niente ha a che vedere con quelle che guidava lui, nonostante un circuito nuovo e mai visto, nonostante in squadra c’è un ex-campione del mondo da battere (mica l’ultimo arrivato), nonostante tutto questo… Anche Schumacher può vincere?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#333333;">È questo che c’è dietro quel “Schumy a Valencia? Se non ci sarò io!”, è questa l’altra faccia della medaglia.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#333333;">il colpo di fortuna dell’uno può tradursi in un colpo di sfortuna dell’altro. L’altro che lo scorso anno ha perso il mondiale all’ultimo km dopo averne assaggiato tutto il fragore, l’altro che lo scorso sabato s’è preso incolpevolmente una molla in testa a 280 km/h e che, quindi, ha francamente già dato.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#333333;">Quale storia da raccontare ci piacerebbe di più sul mondiale 2009? Che quel giorno a Valencia Schumacher quello forte è fortunato tornò e fece quello che i 2 piloti ufficiali non avevano fatto durante tutta la stagione? O che quel giorno (non a Valencia) Massa, quello un po’ meno forte e un po’ più sfigato, rientrò e fece lui in prima persona quello che non gli era ancora riuscito in quella stagione?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#333333;">Chi non tiferà per Massa al suo rientro?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#333333;">Per gli appassionati come il sottoscritto ognuna delle due ipotesi è carica di fascino ci fa riscoprire quello che ha reso grande questo sport, vale a dire gli uomini che l’hanno creato: piloti, tecnici, team manager.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#333333;">L’incidente di Massa con la sua drammaticità ci ha riavvicinato a lui. E qui sta il guaio, non deve essere la tragedia sfiorata a risvegliare la passione per questo sport troppo appiattito. Lasciamo liberi gli attori di esprimersi.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#333333;">Per un triste precedente analogo è tornato in cronaca l’incredibile circuito di Clermont Ferrand… ecco, chiediamoci quanto incideva la componente umana nella F1 di allora e quanto incide adesso soffocata dall’immane business che lei stessa ha generato.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Michael Schumacher vuelve a ser piloto de la F1]]></title>
<link>http://lacocteleraradioblog.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/michael-schumacher-vuelve-a-ser-piloto-de-la-f1/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[En el último Gran Premio del campeonato mundial de la F1 la tragedia sobrevoló el circuito de Hungar]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">En el último Gran Premio del campeonato mundial de la F1 la tragedia sobrevoló el circuito de Hungaroring cuando el piloto brasileño de Ferrari, Felipe Massa, tuvo un brutal accidente después de que un muelle que salió despedido del monoplaza de su compatriota Rubens Barrichello golpease el casco de Massa. Por fortuna, el estado de salud del piloto brasileño mejora cada día, y en el día de ayer abandonó los cuidados intensivos del hospital de Hungría donde fue ingresado el sábado pasado tras su accidente. Ferrari necesita a un sustituto, y no han conseguido a nadie mejor que al alemán Michael Schumacher.<!--more--></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">El piloto alemán, el mejor piloto de la historia de la F1, vuelve a montarse en un monoplaza para competir en el lugar de Felipe Massa en el próximo Gran Premio de Europa, que se disputará el día 23 de agosto. Michael deja de esta manera, temporalmente, su puesto de consejero en la escudería de &#8220;il cavallino rampante&#8221; para regresar a las pistas, de nuevo al calor sofocante del asfalto, a las subidas de adrenalina, a la emoción de ponerse al volante de un coche que supera los 300 km/h en algunos puntos de los circuitos del Mundial. Un hecho sorprendente, resumiendo, la vuelta de Schumacher.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">El piloto alemán ha dado durante los últimos años la máxima gloria posible a la escudería de Ferrari. Los títulos mundiales en las categoría individual y por escuderías eran una realidad campeonato tras campeonato en la última etapa de Schumacher como piloto de Ferrari. Y ahora regresa, aunque en un estado de forma muy inferior al de sus años gloriosos. Los meses sin competir pasan factura, y por eso Schumacher va a someterse a un entrenamiento especial para intentar estar a punto de cara a la próxima cita en el campeonato mundial de la F1. Y lo va a necesitar, no sólo para querer acabar la carrera en los primeros puestos, sino incluso para poder rendir a un nivel medio. La forma física de los pilotos de F1 tiene que ser muy buena para poder resistir una carrera, y además de un cuerpo en perfectas condiciones, la cabeza tiene que estar igualmente bien. Y Michael Schumacher no está preparado todavía. De ahí el entrenamiento especial lógico al que se va a someter.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Sorprende la vuelta de Michael Schumacher al volante de un monoplaza de Ferrari. En la escudería italiana se ha podido dar la oportunidad de competir a sus pilotos probadores, que llevan más kilómetros a sus espaldas esta temporada que el todopoderoso piloto alemán. El piloto español es uno de los dos probadores de Ferrari, y su estado de forma de cara a las próximas citas debe ser mejor que el de Michael Schumacher. Y si no se le da la oportunidad a Gené, no dudo de que la forma física del otro piloto probador, Luca Badoer, sea mejor que el del piloto alemán.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Pero la decisión está tomada. Ferrari parece que no confía en sus pilotos probadores, y ante la baja temporal del brasileño Felipe Massa la escudería italiana ha decidido que su sustituto sea el alemán Michael Schumacher, como se ha publicado, por ejemplo, en la <a title="Michael Schumacher, sustituto de Felipe Massa" href="http://www.as.com/motor/articulo/michael-schumacher-sustituira-massa-recupere/dasmot/20090729dasdasmot_10/Tes" target="_blank">edición digital del diario As</a> y en la propia <a title="El retorno de Michael Schumacher como piloto de Ferrari" href="http://www.ferrari.com/Italian/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">página web oficial de la escudería italiana</a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Fuentes:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.as.com">www.as.com</a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a title="página web oficial de la escudería Ferrari" href="http://www.ferrari.com/Italian/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ferrari.com/Italian/Pages/Home.aspx</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Formula 1 Ungheria: Analisi]]></title>
<link>http://motoranto.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/formula-1-ungheria-analisi/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>baylisstic82</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Lewis Hamilton &#8211; Galattico. Partenza fulminea, sorpasso d&#8217;altri tempi a Webber e passo-g]]></description>
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Lewis Hamilton &#8211; Galattico</strong>. Partenza fulminea, sorpasso d&#8217;altri tempi a Webber e passo-gara da paura. Sembra esser tornati al 2008 ed invece siamo nel 2009, dove solo un paio di gare fa Lewis era costretto a combattere con Bourdais, Sutil e compagnia. L&#8217;inghippo è sempre lo stesso; questi sono fenomeni, dategli una macchina che va e vedrete.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><strong>Kimi Raikkonen &#8211; Iceman</strong>. Ne aveva, eccome se ne aveva. Fa a cazzotti con tutti in partenza e anche grazie al kers da settimo passa quarto. Poi in corsia box fa abbassare lo sguardo a Webber e da quel momento si lancia verso un secondo posto che da un pizzico di morale ad un team troppo scosso dall&#8217;incidente di Massa. Se supportato come una prima guida, Kimi sa andare forte.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><strong>Mark Webber &#8211; Confuso</strong>. Eppure i pretendenti per il titolo sono dietro. Evidentemente i due tizi la davanti era un bel pò che non li vedeva sul podio. Manda giù amaro un terzo posto che poteva rivelarsi una possibile vittoria visto il passo record con le gomme morbide. Ma oggi ha dovuto fare i conti con chi il talento ce l&#8217;ha puro e cristallino. Si avvicina alla vetta del mondiale e questa è la cosa importante.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><strong>Nico Rosberg &#8211; Maturo</strong>. Per un grande team. Oramai non si contano più i quarti posti e le belle prestazioni in gara a ridosso dei primi. Conduce senza errori spingendo sempre al massimo e tira i remi in barca soltanto quando alla fine Webber accende i reattori alla sua Red Bull.<br />
Porta la Williams a ridosso delle migliori e visto che è in scadenza di contratto se fossi un team manager di un top team non me lo lascerei scappare.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><strong>Heikki Kovalainen &#8211; Inspiegabile</strong>. Durante le prove libere volava letteralmente. Dava paga persino al caposquadra Hamilton, poi in qualifica e in gara retrocede. Evidentemente fa la parte della cavia per le scelte tecnico/strategiche per Lewis, subendone poi i lati negativi in gara.<br />
Pare però che il team lo abbia tranquillizzato per il posto in squadra nel 2010 nonostante i risultati siano pressochè scarsi. </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><strong>Jenson Button &#8211; Disperso</strong>. Dopo aver vinto sei gran premi nelle prime sette gare la Brawn GP sembra aver alzato bandiera bianca. Non ci sono i soldi per lo sviluppo e tenere il ritmo dei top team pare impossibile.<br />
Button però non fa nulla per metterci una pezza e va in difficoltà insieme a tutta la baracca.<br />
Il margine di vantaggio sta lentamente ma inesorabilmente calando e presumibilmente sparirà negli ultimi GP a meno di un miracolo.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><strong>Sebastian Vettel &#8211; Ridimensionato</strong>. Il piede non si discute, ma ancora deve maturare, fare esperienza, capire come cavarsela in tutte le situazioni.<br />
Quando parte in testa ed impone il suo ritmo diventa imprendibile (alla Pedrosa), ma quando è nel gruppo ed è costretto a sgomitare va in confusione e non sembra nemmeno lontano parente del fenomeno che tutti noi abbiamo ammirato in gare come Shangai e Silverstone.<br />
Se poi ci si mettono anche i gusti meccanici come in Ungheria allora la corsa al mondiale si inizia a fare dura. Soprattutto se Webber continua ad andare cosi forte. </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><strong>Felipe Massa &#8211; Senza parole</strong>. Le probabilità di vedersi arrivare in piena fronte una molla persa da un&#8217;auto mentre si sta percorrendo il giro di rientro ai box a circa 200 km/h dovrebbero essere pari allo zero.<br />
E invece accade l&#8217;imponderabile.<br />
Nell&#8217;immensa sfortuna però Felipe è stato fortunato; si perchè se la molla lo avesse colpito un paio di centimetri più in basso ci avrebbe lasciato.<br />
I tempi di recupero per poterlo rivedere in pista sono però ancora sconosciuti. </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><strong>Jamie Alguersuari &#8211; Sorpresa</strong>. E&#8217; il più giovane della storia ad aver debuttato in F1, a poco più di 19 anni.<br />
Dimostra di saperci fare, preparato, costante, senza strafare e senza sfigurare.<br />
Sembrava un azzardo farlo debuttare senza alcun test (grosso limite del regolamento) e invece Jaime supera il primo giorno di scuola senza problemi. </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><strong>Formula 1</strong> &#8211; In Ungheria ci si aspettava una gara ultra noiosa, invece in pista si sono visti diversi sorpassi (Hamilton su tutti) e discrete lotte. Oltretutto i tempi in pista fra le varie monoposto sono sempre stati molto vicini (circa un secondo e mezzo tra i primi e gli ultimi) a dimostrazione del fatto che le squadre &#8220;cenerentola&#8221; non ci sono più; e questo non può che far bene alla competitività di questo sport.</span></span></p>
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<link>http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/hungary-driver-consistency/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Time to break out the Goulash and Palinka and see who was the most worthy of a bad pun involving the]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p align="justify">Time to break out the Goulash and Palinka and see who was the most worthy of a bad pun involving the word “Hungary”.  Yes, it’s Driver Consistency time!</p>
<p align="justify">If you want more info on how I make these calculations, please refer to my post for the <a href="http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/driver-consistency-spain/">Spanish Grand Prix</a>.  I promise to write a proper post in the break about my calculation methods, by the way!</p>
<p align="justify">Anyway, here are the average lap times for all drivers during the Hungarian GP:</p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/hun_09_race_laps_av.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="Hun_09_race_laps_av" src="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/hun_09_race_laps_av_thumb.jpg?w=504&#038;h=356" border="0" alt="Hun_09_race_laps_av" width="504" height="356" /></a></p>
<p align="justify"><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Note:</span> As Massa did not start the race he is not included.  Similarly for Sutil as he only managed one lap…</em></p>
<p align="justify">There are not too many changes in this graph to the actual finishing order, except to say that Trulli and Nakajima drop below Barrichello and Heidfeld.  Alonso’s three-wheeler lap really increases his average by a significant amount.</p>
<p align="justify">Now we take out the lap times where pit stops were made.  Note that I have removed Alonso’s laps after the pitstop and Vettel’s laps where the car started to break as these are not indicators of true performance.  However, I have left Buemi’s slow laps in <a href="http://www.f1minute.com/2009/07/26/toro-rosso-gp-hungary-sunday-race/" target="_blank">as he was stuck in traffic and then damaged his front wing</a>, but did not make a pitstop to try and rectify the problem.</p>
<p align="justify">As always, I found out which laps the drivers pitted on with the help of the BlogF1 post on <a href="http://blogf1.co.uk/2009/07/26/hungary-2009-pitstop-tyre-strategies/" target="_blank">Pit stops and Tyre Strategies</a>.  Here is the graph with only racing laps considered:</p>
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<p align="justify"><a href="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/hun_09_race_laps_av_nopit.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="Hun_09_race_laps_av_nopit" src="http://f1numbers.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/hun_09_race_laps_av_nopit_thumb.jpg?w=504&#038;h=346" border="0" alt="Hun_09_race_laps_av_nopit" width="504" height="346" /></a></p>
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<p align="justify">What is interesting here is Alonso’s average speed being seventh fastest.  <a href="http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/hungary-for-success/" target="_blank">Although he was on a lighter fuel load than the other cars around him</a>, this means he could have been on for a points finish had he not had a problem in his first pitstop which caused his wheel to fall off.  Vettel’s pace is way down in fifteenth which is very low for him – possibly due to <a href="http://www.f1minute.com/2009/07/26/red-bull-gp-hungary-sunday-race/" target="_blank">problems he had in the first corner</a>.  The new Toro Rosso driver is half a second quicker than Buemi, which must worry him, traffic problems or not!  Finally, Nakajima ends up thirteenth fastest which implies he must have had some good pitstops to stay ahead of the train and end up in ninth!</p>
<p align="justify">There we go then.  An interesting and eventful weekend – I am pleased to say that at the time of writing, I am very pleased to tell you that <a href="http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77411" target="_blank">Felipe Massa’s condition is improving very well</a>.  That was an horrific accident and hopefully one which will not be seen again for a while.  It’s amazing how well the helmets protect the drivers these days.  Also, <a href="http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77354" target="_blank">Renault have been banned for the next race for what happened to Alonso</a>.  For me this is totally a knee-jerk reaction and an overly harsh penalty set <a href="http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_feature_item.php?fes_art_id=38585" target="_blank">without precedent</a>.  Word is that <a href="http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/renault-f1-suspended-from-european-gp/" target="_blank">Renault could race in Valencia under appeal</a>, but if they lose, the penalty could end up being harsher.  I personally wonder if all this could be a way to get Alonso into Massa’s Ferrari seat…</p>
<p align="justify">So what did you guys think of the Hungarian Grand Prix?  Do you think Massa will return to F1?  Was the penalty given to Renault a fair one?  Will Alonso move teams?  Will anyone actually turn up to see the Valencia GP, given that the local contingent only care about Alonso?  As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts… <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<link>http://formula1dp.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/ing-magyar-nagydij-2009-corrida/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>voaridase</dc:creator>
<guid>http://formula1dp.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/ing-magyar-nagydij-2009-corrida/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Após um dos mais emocionantes GP&#8217;s da Hungria, se é que isso existe no Hungaroring, Lewis Hami]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/hami_mcla_hung_2009-9.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MxfkAXbAFcI/SnAoZFjEhKI/AAAAAAAABoI/k0MUfuv2h-0/s400/001.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:arial;"></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Após um dos mais emocionantes GP&#8217;s da Hungria, se é que isso existe no Hungaroring, Lewis Hamilton conquistou o melhor resultado da temporada, devendo também aliviar a pressão que a equipa tinha nos seus ombros após os brilhantes resultados da Brawn terem tentado a Mercedes. O britânico aproveitou da melhor maneira o KERS na largada, e assim que percebeu que era a melhor hipótese de uma vitória nesta temporada, Lewis passou Webber por fora e perseguiu Alonso até este abandonar, chegando a ter uma liderança de 15s. O seu companheiro foi menos impressionante, pois com dois abandonos à sua frente, ganhou apenas uma posição, ganhando mais pontos dentro da equipa do que na prova&#8230; </span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mass_ferr_hung_20091.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MxfkAXbAFcI/SnAoh2damwI/AAAAAAAABoQ/2gnsOmyf098/s400/002.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:arial;"></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Na Ferrari, o acidente de Massa na qualificação, deixou um ambiente pesado, com a equipa a prestar-lhe homenagem antes da largada com uma placa: &#8220;Força Felipe, estamos sempre contigo&#8221;. Raikkonen deve-se ter sentido na obrigação de animar a equipa, pois fez uma brilhante performance, agressiva (valeu-lhe uma investigação dos comissários) e digna do Iceman que foi em tempos. A Renault parecia estar no caminho certo para, pelo menos, um pódio, mas uma roda mal aparafusada valeu a suspensão para o próximo GP. Assim que o espanhol abandonou, Briatore abandonou o seu posto, pois, na sua opinião, por Piquet não valia a pena ficar&#8230; O brasileiro deverá mesmo ser substituído por Grosjean para Spa. </span> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/webb_redb_hung_2009-10.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MxfkAXbAFcI/SnAouMhjI2I/AAAAAAAABoY/iwiYFYdOM44/s400/003.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:arial;"></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Nos candidatos ao título, Webber foi o melhor classificado numa corrida em que foi excessivamente cuidadoso, perdendo a oportunidade de diminuir a margem de Button e aumentar a vantagem para Vettel que abandonou com problemas de suspensão como resultado do toque de Raikkonen. A Brawn fez pior, numa corrida em que devia ter voltado a ganhar, Jenson Button voltou a não conseguir andar bem, ficando com apenas dois pontos e uma liderança pontual muito magra. Barrichello não conseguiu recuperar da má qualificação, ganhando duas posições apenas por abandonos. A Williams está cada vez melhor com Rosberg a chegar num quarto posto, não ameaçado por Kovalainen. Nakajima é que não está a dar o que devia, e mesmo pressionando Trulli nas últimas voltas, continua a zero no campeonato, enquanto o seu companheiro faz exibições brilhantes.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/trul_toyo_hung_2009-41.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MxfkAXbAFcI/SnAo4NwVduI/AAAAAAAABog/Xl1XhbH2ecM/s400/004.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:arial;"></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Os dois Toyota recuperaram bem após a péssima qualificação, num circuito onde é complicado ultrapassar, conseguindo entra nos pontos, com Glock a bater Trulli. Toro Rosso e Force India não tiveram tantas melhoras como o esperado com Buemi a ser batido por Alguersuari, e Fisichella não impressionou após o abandono do seu colega. Kubica perdeu a paciência com a equipa, pois o polaco não gostou do facto de a equipa quase ter celebrado o facto de terem sido mais rápidos na corrida que na qualificação&#8230; O comunicado do abandono da F1, mesmo assim, apanhou todos de surpresa, pois esperava-se que Toyota ou Renault o fizessem primeiro.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Schumacher ne vend te Felipe Massa!?]]></title>
<link>http://funkyfish.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/schumacher-ne-vend-te-felipe-massa/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Funky Fish Production</dc:creator>
<guid>http://funkyfish.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/schumacher-ne-vend-te-felipe-massa/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nderkohe qe Felipe Massa gjendet ne nje spital ne Hungari pas aksidentit te ndodhur te dielen e shku]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft" src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/504x_Schumacher_Yawn.jpg" alt="" width="302" height="202" /><strong>Nderkohe qe Felipe Massa gjendet ne nje spital ne Hungari pas aksidentit te ndodhur te dielen e shkuar kane filluar te qarkullojne zera se kush do te ngase makinen &#8220;e lene bosh&#8221; nga piloti brazilian, Massa.</strong></p>
<p>Michael Schumacher beri garen e tij te fundit me Ferrarin ne tetor te vitit 2006 ne çmimin e madh te Brazilit; nje gare heroike ajo ne te cilen zuri vendin e katert. Karriera e tij gjashtembedhjete vjeçare ne Formula 1 e pa ate 91 here fitues nga 248 gara dhe ka fituar 7 here titullin kampion bote; ka arritur te jete 76 here me i shpejti ne piste (xhiro me e shpejte), 68 nisje nga vendi i pare (pole position) dhe eshte ngjitur 154 here ne podium.</p>
<p>Lind pyetja: Nje nder pilotet me te mire ne historine e Formula1 dhe qe ne janar te ketij viti mbushi 40vjeç eshte teper i vjeter per te ndalur karrieren e tij; dhe ne keto kushte qe gjendet Ferrari tashme a mund te jene te vertete zerat qe qarkullojne per nje rikthim te mundshem te tij si pilot ne kete sezon!?</p>
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<p>Do te rrojme dhe do te shohim se çdo te ndodhe, por nje gje eshte e sigurt: Te gjithe ne do te donim te shikonim rikthimin e nje miti ne piste!</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/Massa_Accident.jpg" alt="" width="340" height="465" />FELIPE, SIAMO CON TE!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Hungarian Health Care and F1]]></title>
<link>http://lemarietta.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/hungarian-health-care-and-f1/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://lemarietta.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/hungarian-health-care-and-f1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I guess everybody has seen the video which shows how a spring from Rubens Barichello&#8217;s car hit]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I guess everybody has seen the video which shows how a spring from Rubens Barichello&#8217;s car hit the head of  the Ferrari driver Felipe Massa at <a href="http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungaroring" target="_self">Hungaroring</a> in Hungary. He is now at the AEK Hospital (<a href="http://www.mhkhk.hu/" target="_self">Honvéd</a>) in Budapest which is a military hospital and it seems to be the best in the whole country at the moment. Last year my brother was there and when I visited him I was shocked by the spectacle. I mean when I last was at a hospital it was very spooky and I was scared to be operated so I just didn&#8217;t go back the next day. I don&#8217;t want to tell where it was because that would hurt the hospital&#8217;s reputation. But so AEK Hospital is the one that you see in USA tv-series, totally modern, everything arranged, everybody is caring and helpful.</p>
<p>Yesterday <a href="http://www.wikio.co.uk/news/Peter+Bazso" target="_self">Péter Bazsó</a> the medical director of AEK was present in a Hungarian morning talk show program Napkelte (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nap-kelte" target="_self">Sunrise</a>). Before that the program had a politician guest talking about the bad condition of Hungarian hospitals and generally the stringency of Hungarian health care. They were representing the current situation as a kind of triumph that even if we have so bad conditions we have at least one representative hospital. Péter Bazsó confirmed that the family of Felipe Massa and also his team was content with the Hungarian health care and they don&#8217;t want to take him to Paris as the gossips said. They will wait in Budapest the 10 days that must be expired till the recruitment of Massa, so he can leave the hospital.</p>
<p>I was really surprised when Péter Bazsó said that he feels a bit sad too because it&#8217;s only about that they are a quite new hospital (totally rebuilt 3 years ago) and that their &#8217;spectacle&#8217; is very nice which other, poorer hospitals don&#8217;t have so they don&#8217;t have the chance to show their professionality.</p>
<p>So&#8230; At least one has.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/2_RyFhH4eAo&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/2_RyFhH4eAo&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Massa podría "recuperarse del todo"]]></title>
<link>http://paucaamanho.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/massa-podria-recuperarse-del-todo/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://paucaamanho.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/massa-podria-recuperarse-del-todo/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[El piloto brasileño de Ferrari, Felipe Massa, que está &#8220;grave, pero no crítico, sufre una leve]]></description>
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<p style="margin:0 0 17px;padding:0;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">El piloto brasileño de Ferrari, Felipe Massa, que está &#8220;grave, pero no crítico, </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">sufre una leve lesión en el nervio óptico izquierdo</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">&#8220;, según informó el médico Robert Veres, uno de los galenos del equipo médico que está tratando al carioca en el hospital AEK de Budapest.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 17px;padding:0;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&#8220;</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">Podemos decir que </span><a style="text-decoration:none;margin:0;padding:0;" href="http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/487171/0/massa/mueve/manos/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">se han superado las condiciones de la <span style="text-decoration:none;">inminente amenaza de muerte</span></span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;">, pero una complicación podría hacer que llegara de nuevo. Ahora mismo está en estado grave, pero no crítico, está estable&#8221;, explicó el doctor Robert Veres.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 17px;padding:0;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Poco después, el doctor Lajos Zsiros, jefe de cirugía de las Fuerzas Armadas de Hungría. señaló que &#8220;</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">su condición continúa siendo estable</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">. Hemos parado la sedación y Massa ha sido capaz de mantener el contacto &#8220;.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 17px;padding:0;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Por último, el director del hospital dijo que &#8220;no podemos decir nada porque la visión no ha sido examinada aún, pero </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">no es imposible que se pueda recuperar del todo</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">&#8220;. Además, el médico que le trata cree que el brasileño podría volver a casa &#8220;en una semana&#8221;.</span></p>
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<link>http://realchamp.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/waren-de-ongevallen-van-surtees-jr-en-massa-vermijdbaar/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[De autosportwereld is geschokt door de dramatische ongevallen van Surtees Jr en Felipe Massa. Henry ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>De autosportwereld is geschokt door de dramatische ongevallen van Surtees Jr en Felipe Massa. Henry Surtees, de 18-jarige zoon van oud-wereldkampioen John Surtees, overleed een week geleden nadat hij in een F2-race op Brands Hatch een afgebroken wiel op het hoofd had gekregen. En afgelopen zaterdag raakte Felipe Massa tijdens de kwalificaties voor de GP van Hongarije levensgevaarlijk gewond toen een losgekomen veer van de wagen van Rubens Barrichello op zijn helm terechtkwam.</p>
<p>Twee ongevallen met merkwaardige gelijkenissen. Twee keer een kans van één op honderdduizend. Twee &#8216;freak accidents&#8217; waarbij formule-wagens op hun zwakste plek werden getroffen: de piloot in de open cockpit. In welke mate de bestaande veiligheidsvoorzieningen tekort hebben geschoten, is een uitermate moeilijk te beantwoorden vraag. In het geval van Massa zou zelfs kunnen gesteld worden dat de geavanceerde FIA 8860 helm de Braziliaan heeft behoed voor nog zwaardere kwetsuren.</p>
<p>Naar aanleiding van de gebeurtenissen van de afgelopen week heeft de FIA vandaag een rapport besteld bij zijn Safety Commission. Het is te verwachten dat het open wheel racing de komende jaren naar een nieuw veiligheidsniveau zal evalueren met de mogelijke introductie van windschermen of zelfs gesloten cockpits. Maar het risico op zware incidenten zal nooit tot nul kunnen worden herleid, dat heeft de voorbije week alvast duidelijk gemaakt.</p>
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<link>http://porschebahn.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/race-report-for-porsche-mobil-1-supercup-round-8-at-the-hungarian-grand-prix/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[René Rast achieves hat-trick on the Hungaroring With his third win in succession, René Rast (Germany]]></description>
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<p><strong>René Rast achieves hat-trick on the Hungaroring</strong></p>
<p>With his third win in succession, René Rast (Germany) underlined his title ambition in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. Driving the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup fielded by VELTINS MRS Racing, he secured a clear light to flag victory at the hot race on the Hungaroring on the outskirts of Budapest ahead of Jan Seyffarth (Germany) and points’ leader Jeroen Bleekemolen (Netherlands) after starting from pole position and also turned the fastest race lap.</p>
<p>On the twisty Grand Prix circuit, the reigning Carrera Cup champion made an excellent start to hold onto his lead followed by guest start Jan Seyffarth (tolimit/Seyffarth Motorsport) and Jeroen Bleekemolen (Konrad Motorsport). Trailing the trio, Slovakia’s Stefan Rosina (Walter Lechner Racing School) passed his teammate Damien Faulkner from Ireland after getting away well at the start to bring home fourth place. Rosina, who had secured second place from the race on the Nürburgring, attempted several times to overtake the stalwart title defender, Bleekemolen, but to no avail. Nevertheless, he moved up the points’ table into third place to now put pressure on Patrick Huisman (SPS Performance). The Supercup record winner from the Netherlands received a stop-and-go penalty after jumping the start and finished eleventh.</p>
<p>The surprise of the race was Supercup newcomer Siso Cunill. Driving for Konrad Motorsport, the Spaniard turned his strong drive in qualifying into his best performance to date in the series with sixth place. With this, he held much more experienced pilots at bay like the Austrian Norbert Siedler (VELTINS MRS Racing) and Jiri Janak (Konrad Motorsport) from the Czech Republic, who had to settle for seventh and eighth respectively.</p>
<div><strong>Drivers comments</strong></div>
<p>René Rast (winner): “I’m simply over the moon. Three pole positions, three wins – that is incredible, particularly because I haven’t tested at all this season and due to drive-shaft problems we only drove half the free practice. Jan was really strong in the first laps, but then I managed to pull away and bring victory home without too many problems.”</p>
<p>Jan Seyffarth (second): “At the beginning I was actually a bit faster than René, but I just couldn’t find a way past him. After the halfway point in the race I lost contact with him and then concentrated on Jeroen who was shadowing me and trying to overtake. But it’s really difficult to overtake on this circuit so I knew my second place was relatively safe.”</p>
<p>Jeroen Bleekemolen (third): “I was as fast as the drivers in front of me, but unlike Jan, who started as a guest and had nothing to lose, I was fighting for the championship. I had the Lechner boys trailing me and they were determined to get by, so my first priority was to keep them at distance. That’s not easy, so the strategy here is to get away well at the start and pull away – then you don’t have these problems.”</p>
<div><strong>Race result &#8211; round 8 of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup 2009:</strong></div>
<p>1. René Rast (GER), VELTINS MRS Racing, 26:18.224 minutes<br />
2. Jan Seyffarth (GER), tolimit/Seyffarth Motorsport, + 3.353 seconds<br />
3. Jeroen Bleekemolen (NED), Konrad Motorsport, + 8.374<br />
4. Stefan Rosina (SVK), Walter Lechner Racing School, + 10.121<br />
5. Damien Faulkner (IRL), Walter Lechner Racing School, +10.361<br />
6. Siso Cunill (ESP), Konrad Motorsport, + 30.578</p>
<div><strong>Drivers’ classification after 8 of 13 races</strong></div>
<p>1. Jeroen Bleekemolen (NED), 154 points<br />
2. René Rast (GER), 120<br />
3. Stefan Rosina (SVK), 98<br />
4. Patrick Huisman (NED), 96<br />
5. Richard Westbrook (GBR), 78<br />
6. Damien Faulkner (IRL), 75</p>
<p>Round 9 on the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup takes place on 23 August as support to the European Grand Prix in Valencia/Spain.</p>
<p><a href="http://porschebahn.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/ah1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8934" title="Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Ungarn 2009" src="http://porschebahn.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/ah1.jpg" alt="Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Ungarn 2009" width="500" height="266" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://porschebahn.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/ah2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8935" title="Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Ungarn 2009" src="http://porschebahn.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/ah2.jpg" alt="Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Ungarn 2009" width="500" height="266" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://porschebahn.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/ah3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8936" title="Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Ungarn 2009" src="http://porschebahn.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/ah3.jpg" alt="Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Ungarn 2009" width="500" height="266" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://porschebahn.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/ah4.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8938" title="Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Ungarn 2009" src="http://porschebahn.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/ah4.jpg" alt="Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Ungarn 2009" width="500" height="266" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://porschebahn.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/ah5.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8939" title="Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Ungarn 2009" src="http://porschebahn.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/ah5.jpg" alt="Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Ungarn 2009" width="500" height="266" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://porschebahn.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/ah6.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8940" title="Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Ungarn 2009" src="http://porschebahn.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/ah6.jpg" alt="Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Ungarn 2009" width="500" height="266" /></a></p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mysticalmeril</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Motoros programunk (2009. július 31.)  péntekre A Forma 1 verseny okozta közel egy hónapos szünet ut]]></description>
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Motoros programunk (2009. július 31.)  péntekre</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">A Forma 1 verseny okozta közel egy hónapos szünet után július 31.-én (pénteken) folytatódik a Motoros Napok sorozata a Hungaroringen.<br />
Az eredeti szabályoknak megfelelően 14 nappal korábban, azaz a mai naptól lehet Online jelentkezni erre a napra.<br />
Ezt követően augusztusban heti rendszerességgel (6, 13, 21, 25) szerveznek Motoros Napot.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Motoros Nap a standard időterv szerinti lebonyolítással. Délelőtt az Erste Leasing Motoros Akadémia csoportja, valamint egy közúti csoport, délután egy utcai és két versenyzői csoport licences versenyzők számára.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Erre megyünk mi is <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Még lehet jelentkezni akit érdekel&#8230;<br />
A következő címen:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">www.brorganisation.hu</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">(vagy katt a képre)</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.brorganisation.hu"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-427" title="brLogo" src="http://mysticalmeril.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/brlogo1.jpg" alt="brLogo" width="275" height="47" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">( sajnos regisztrálni kell, de 2 percet vesz igénybe)</p>
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<description><![CDATA[FIA International Court of Appeal overturned the ban on Alonso for his flying wheel experiment at Hu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">FIA International Court of Appeal overturned the ban on Alonso for his flying wheel experiment at Hungaroring. This was based on the precedent of the Vettels 3 wheel excursion in Australia&#8230; And the penalty then was a 50 Large US and hence should be the same.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">FIA said Renault knew that one of wheels was not fastened properly but still let Alonso go&#8230; but Renault refuted by saying that this was only known half way into the next lap (once they say it flying off). Anyways this has ended and we will have one more ex-champion at Valencia driving a crappy car besides Hamilton.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">And others present also said the only reason Spain has 2 races is for Alonso. People come to watch him race! That was acceptable 2 seasons back, but today seems kinda far-fetched. Not that they come to see him, but to see him RACE!!!</p>
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