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<title><![CDATA[Not Another Jimmie Johnson Post - Racers We Like No. 1: Juan Pablo Montoya]]></title>
<link>http://onthelimit.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/not-another-jimmie-johnson-post-racers-we-like-no-1-juan-pablo-montoya/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bloomsm</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[When Juan Pablo Montoya arrived for his first Indy 500, the story is that he took a tour bus around ]]></description>
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<p>When Juan Pablo Montoya arrived for his first Indy 500, the story is that he took a tour bus around the track.</p>
<p>10 years later, the Colombian is probably the only driver to have raced at Indy in two different directions and three kinds of machinery.  Montoya won the Indy 500 in 2000, has competed in F1 races at the Brickyard (driving clockwise), and now competes in the Brickyard 400 as a Nascar driver.</p>
<p>Bus tours not included.</p>
<p>Name any other driver who can claim such a feat.  For good measure, throw in wins at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.  Say what you want about Jimmie Johnson and his four titles, Montoya is the most versatile and talented driver on the grid.  There is no arguing with Johnson&#8217;s dominance, nor that of his crew chief, Chad Knaus.  But for sheer talent and the raw ability to get into a race car&#8211;any kind of car&#8211;no one beats Montoya.</p>
<p>In Nascar, success begets success.  This goes a long way towards explaining the Hendrick team&#8217;s dominance in the sport (although it does not explain why Dale Earnhardt, Jr. continues to flail on the same team as a four-time champion).  Johnson is at the peak of his abilities right now, and his team is right there with him.  He finds a way to win, and he has learned to be consistent week in and week out (something Kyle Busch hasn&#8217;t grasped).  The Chase, contrived as it is, rewards consistency.</p>
<p>Montoya finished 8th in the Chase this year, but this year he delivered the goods.  Many thought Montoya was foolish to trade the rarefied air conditioning of F1 for the cold beer and corndogs of Nascar.  Why would anyone making tens of millions of dollars in F1 trade that for a grueling 36-race calendar?  <em>Racers</em>, that&#8217;s who.</p>
<p>This is a driver who won the Indy 500 in 2000, and was &#8220;traded&#8221; to the Williams F1 team for 2001.  In the Brazilian Grand Prix that year, Montoya forced world champion Michael Schumacher onto the grass in an overtaking maneuver that shocked and thrilled the paddock.  Wheel-to-wheel with one of the best racers in history, and no backing down.  Yet, after a few seasons, Montoya lost patience with Williams, with the utter <em>Englishness </em>of it all.  He joined McLaren.</p>
<p>McLaren was a terrible fit for Montoya, and many wondered what Ron Dennis was thinking with that move.  It was hard imagining Montoya in the cool calm collective that is McLaren.  It did not help Montoya&#8217;s case with the team that he also injured himself off track, under circumstances that probably involved reckless behavior.</p>
<p>At the US Grand Prix in 2006, Montoya collided with his teammate.  There are many forms of sin in racing, but the most unforgiveable sin is to take out your own teammate.  Montoya&#8217;s F1 career&#8211;his driving career&#8211;seemed done.</p>
<p>After a telephone chat with Chip Ganassi, Montoya announced a shock switch to Nascar for 2007.  He was ridiculed by those in F1 who said that Nascar was beneath his talents, and others who said he was beneath Nascar.  Yet, to his credit, Montoya produced a road win at Sonoma in his first year (although, in fairness, he took out his teammate for the win.  <em>La plus ca change&#8230;.</em>)   He even joined Ganassi drivers for a win at the 24 hour race at Daytona.  Fast in any kind of machinery indeed&#8230;..</p>
<p>This year Montoya reached the next level and was competitive in the Chase up to the bitter end.  Perhaps Ganassi&#8217;s tie-up with the DEI organization made the difference, maybe it&#8217;s just maturity and experience finally showing through.  His driving remains aggressive, but he is showing more patience in races.</p>
<p>Montoya has won the Monaco Grand Prix in F1, the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, and the Indianapolis 500.  He&#8217;s won twice in Nascar and regularly finishes in the top five.  Find me a more complete racer.</p>
<p>Juan Pablo Montoya is always on the limit.  And that&#8217;s why he&#8217;s a racer we like.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Driver Market: it's a mad mad mad mad world]]></title>
<link>http://onthelimit.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/drivers-market-its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bloomsm</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In a matter of weeks, the driver market has upended itself.  The world champion has left his team an]]></description>
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<p>In a matter of weeks, the driver market has upended itself.  The world champion has left his team and joined the 2008 world champion.  The 2007 world champion is out of racing, his spot taken by the 2005-2006 world champion.  A seven-time world champion is thinking of returning to the grid. </p>
<p>Got it? </p>
<p>No one was surprised when two-time world champion Fernando Alonso was announced at Ferrari.  Then, with Kimi Raikkonen seemingly ousted from the <em>scuderia </em>and Toyota announcing its withdrawal from the sport, Jenson Button landed at McLaren.  This earth-shattering news came just weeks after Button won the 2009 title for Brawn. </p>
<p>My head is beginning to hurt.</p>
<p>At first blush, Button&#8217;s move seems hard to explain.  Brawn had thrown him a lifeline after Honda pulled the plug on its adventure in team ownership.  Brawn cleverly exploited the regulations in creating a double-diffuser that placed its car at the sharp end, landing Button his first world championship and a second consecutive British champion.</p>
<p>Button predictably increased his salary demands.  Brawn should have seen this coming, and to not have recognized Button&#8217;s increased worth was a mistake.  Perhaps Brawn thought Button would stay out of loyalty.  A quick glance at some of Button&#8217;s career moves suggests that he is less than reliable when it comes to cashing in on a promise.</p>
<p>My theory is that Button sensed a resurgent McLaren at the end of the year, once the other teams had caught up to Brawn and Red Bull&#8217;s &#8220;unfair advantage&#8221;.  We saw the title contenders close in on Button at the end of the year.  Possibly, Button calculated that Brawn would never meet his salary demands, whereas McLaren was happy to shell out for two British champions .  Button&#8217;s move is characteristic of his career trajectory, similar to his on-again, off-again move to Williams several years ago. </p>
<p>Raikonnen&#8217;s disappearance from the grid next season is hard to explain, although rumors are floating that he will replace Button at the newly rebranded Mercedes F1 team, the three-pointed star having bought Brawn (and presumably thinking Button as well), being shocked to find out that longtime &#8220;partner&#8221; Ron Dennis had just bought Button for McLaren.  I saw that as a nice &#8220;f&#8211; you&#8221; to Norbert Haug for buying Brawn, and a middle finger firmly directed at Ross for sorting out the double diffuser first.</p>
<p>Now Eddie Jordan, of all people, is saying that Mercedes is in negotiations to sign Michael Schumacher.  The Schumacher-Raikonnen pairing was a near-miss when Michael retired, but it&#8217;s obvious from his aborted comeback of earlier this year that the fire burns.   Remember that his comeback was stopped cold by a neck injury.  This could be a pairing for the ages, or a disaster for either driver.</p>
<p>I questioned this story but wondered why Eddie Jordan would put it out without having some sense of the facts.  Eddie&#8217;s been known to stretch the truth (in fact, one might argue that&#8217;s what got him in to F1), but this is a big chunk of gossip to throw out there without a firm belief in its truth.  Eddie still likes his credibility.</p>
<p>It has all the makings for an incredible 2010.  Alonso in a Ferrari is mouth-watering.  With a decent car, Alonso could easily win his third title and bring the championship home to Maranello next season.  Notice I don&#8217;t mention Felipe; I&#8217;m sorry but his injuries are too severe for him to be the same driver who nearly won the title in 2008.  Michael in a Mercedes, alongside Raikonnen, is the matchup we all waited for when Kimi went to Maranello.  And two world champions in silver cars, rising above it all.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[McLaren F1 MP4/13 (1998)]]></title>
<link>http://damiencharles.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/mclaren-f1-mp413-1998/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Damien Charles</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Dessin réalisé au stylo bille, crayon de couleur et feutre en 1999 et remis à jour sur Photoshop ces]]></description>
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<p>La McLaren MP4/13 est la monplace qui permit de voir pour la première fois le duo McLaren-Mercedes enlever les championnats Pilotes (avec le Finlandais Mika Häkkinen) et Constructeurs de F1 en 1998, mettant un terme à plusieurs années de disette pour l&#8217;équipe de Ron Dennis.</p>
<p>Cette MP4/13 est pourtant apparue tardivement durant les essais d&#8217;intersaison et est considérée comme la première McLaren d&#8217;Adrian Newey, le concepteur de génie qui remporta le plus de succès en F1 dans les années 90. De ce fait, elle a rapidement fait partie des favorites pour la saison avec la Ferrari F300 et la Williams FW20.</p>
<p>source : wikipedia.org</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Bruno Senna lamenta comparações injustas com Ayrton e visa pontuar na F-1]]></title>
<link>http://f1sms.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/bruno-senna-lamenta-comparacoes-injustas-com-ayrton-e-visa-pontuar-na-f-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>f1shortmessage</dc:creator>
<guid>http://f1sms.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/bruno-senna-lamenta-comparacoes-injustas-com-ayrton-e-visa-pontuar-na-f-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Piloto disse que sempre lidou com pessoas comentando seu estilo de pilotagem O piloto brasileiro Bru]]></description>
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<p><strong>Piloto disse que sempre lidou com pessoas comentando seu estilo de pilotagem</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">O piloto brasileiro Bruno Senna, que estreia na Fórmula 1 em 2010 pela equipe Campos, comentou sobre as comparações feitas com o tio, o tricampeão mundial Ayrton, e disse que precisa estabelecer metas &#8220;razoáveis&#8221; na principal categoria do automobilismo mundial, como marcar seus primeiros pontos.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Bruno convive com intensas expectativas a seu respeito desde que entrou pela primeira vez num carro de corrida, e esse ônus só deve aumentar quando ele estrear na F-1, no ano que vem.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Mesmo que preferisse ser um anônimo, podendo se dar ao luxo de pilotar sem chamar a atenção da mídia, o brasileiro de 26 anos não se queixa de seguir os passos de seu tio mais famoso, o tricampeão Ayrton Senna.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em><strong>- Sempre tive o peso da expectativa, da exigência e da pressão sobre mim. Desde a minha primeira corrida, sempre tive equipes de TV, pessoas dando suas opiniões sobre a minha pilotagem, quando eu não tinha experiência nenhuma, comparando-me com o tricampeão Ayrton quando eu estava no meu primeiro ano na Fórmula 3. Sempre foi assim. Não é necessariamente justo, mas o mundo é desse jeito.</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">O paulistano sabe que o assédio &#8220;se tornará muito mais forte na F-1, porque estou muito mais exposto às opiniões de todos&#8221;.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em><strong>- Tenho de acreditar em mim, tenho de estabelecer metas factíveis e razoáveis. Tive de aprender a fazer isso, e agora estou bastante confiante de que conseguirei.</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Bruno tinha dez anos quando Ayrton morreu no Grande Prêmio de San Marino, em Ímola, em 1994 &#8211; foi o último piloto da categoria a morrer durante uma prova. O jovem Senna levou então uma década para ingressar nas pistas, e só o fez na companhia da irmã Bianca e do seu agente, e com apoio da mãe, a empresária Viviane Senna.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ele começou na Fórmula BMW britânica e, em 2005, transferiu-se para a Fórmula 3. Em 2007, passou para a GP2, onde foi vice-campeão em 2008.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Teve alguns acidentes impressionantes na sua carreira, especialmente na Fórmula 3, quando capotou em Snetterton a cerca de 240 km/h, mas saiu ileso, para alívio da mãe.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">No final de 2008, quase foi contratado pela Honda, que, no entanto, deixou a F-1. Em 2009, ele participou de categorias de turismo, até finalmente assegurar uma vaga em uma das novas equipes da categoria máxima.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><em>- Este é o começo de um sonho se tornando realidade, e acho que vai ser muito duro. Preciso de muito esforço para que dê certo, mas vale a pena.</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">O brasileiro não receberá salário, mas tampouco pagará para correr. Se tudo sair conforme o planejado, trará patrocinadores para a equipe e para si.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><em>- Se eu pudesse, adoraria vencer corridas, mas o primeiro objetivo que temos de ter é ir lá e ser a melhor das novas equipes em cada corrida. E também marcar pontos. Queremos marcar pontos, e acho que será possível.</em></strong></p>
<pre style="text-align:justify;"><em>[Fonte: <a href="http://esportes.r7.com/automobilismo/noticias/bruno-senna-lamenta-comparacoes-injustas-com-ayrton-e-visa-pontuar-na-f-1-20091117.html" target="_blank">esportes.r7.com</a>] - Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009</em></pre>
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<title><![CDATA[Brawn F1 Becomes Mercedes]]></title>
<link>http://mikedean88.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/brawn-f1-becomes-mercedes/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mikedean88</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Mercedes Buy Out Brawn GP Just a couple of weeks after Brawn GP ended their maiden formula 1 season ]]></description>
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<p><span class="currency_converter_text">Just a couple of weeks after Brawn GP ended their maiden formula </span><span class="currency_converter_link" title="Convert this amount">1</span><span class="currency_converter_text"> season with both driver&#8217;s and constructors championships, it was announced today that Mercedes will be taking over the Brackley based team. This comes as rumors are suggesting, stronger than ever, that Jenson Button will be teaming up with Lewis Hamilton over at McLaren.</span></p>
<p><span class="currency_converter_text">In some respects it is a shame that the team which rose from the ashes of the Honda F</span><span class="currency_converter_link" title="Convert this amount">1</span><span class="currency_converter_text"> team will not have a chance to repeat their success under the same name the next year, however, it looks as if Mercedes will bring some stability to the turmoil which has rocked the sport with regards to teams pulling out. This is not to say that Brawn were ever looking likely to follow in the footsteps of Honda, Toyota and possibly Renault, however having a car manufacturers name on the teams list can give a little hope to the future of Formula </span><span class="currency_converter_link" title="Convert this amount">1</span><span class="currency_converter_text">.</span></p>
<p><span class="currency_converter_text">McLaren will still have engines supplied to them for free until </span><span class="currency_converter_text">2014</span><span class="currency_converter_text"> and this news allowed Ron Dennis to doll out some top notch &#8220;Ronspeak&#8221;</span></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><span class="currency_converter_text">&#8220;I&#8217;ve often stated that it&#8217;s my belief that, in order to survive and thrive in </span><span class="currency_converter_text">21</span><span class="currency_converter_text">st Century Formula </span><span class="currency_converter_link" title="Convert this amount">1</span><span class="currency_converter_text">, a team must become much more than merely a team. That being the case, in order to develop and sustain the revenue streams required to compete and win grands prix and world championships, companies that run Formula </span><span class="currency_converter_link" title="Convert this amount">1</span><span class="currency_converter_text"> teams must broaden the scope of their commercial activities.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span class="currency_converter_text">Going back to Jenson&#8217;s situation, it would be fantastic to see two, British, championship winning drivers in the same team and I doubt there would be too much of a problem with rivalry, even though McLaren is Lewis&#8217; team at the moment. Plus it is looking likely that McLaren will be strong next year, having missed out on </span><span class="currency_converter_text">2009</span><span class="currency_converter_text"> car development due to the </span><span class="currency_converter_text">2008</span><span class="currency_converter_text"> championship. We saw just how strong the team is at the back end of this season, running at the front of the pack and being on the podium a number of times but just missing out on another win at the final race in Abu Dhabi after a very strong weekend.</span></p>
<p>If you have read the BBC post regarding Button&#8217;s possible move (in my Delicious bookmarks) then you may have noted the valid point on the different driving styles. Whilst this could prove a problem, if there is a team which can pull it off, it is McLaren and Ferrari are in a similar situation with Alonso and Massa.</p>
<p><span class="currency_converter_text">On a final note I heard somewhere that a film was being planned on Brawn GP&#8217;s rise to dominance this year. The news of the take over can only give this story a more dramatic and positive ending. People will be saying, &#8220;Do you remember the &#8216;</span><span class="currency_converter_link" title="Convert this amount">09</span><span class="currency_converter_text"> season with Brawn&#8230;&#8221; for years to come!</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[What Has Made the 2009 Season Different and Longer?]]></title>
<link>http://onanysundaythesedays.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/why-09-f1-different/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[What Happens When Everything Is Happening Now 12:17am EST &#8212; It seems as though no Formula1 sea]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Brawn GP vira Mercedes GP]]></title>
<link>http://barrildeporva.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/brawn-gp-vira-mercedes-gp/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Um conflito de interesses entre os acionistas da McLaren fez a montadora Mercedes-Benz vender a sua ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://barrildeporva.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mercedes111.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4509" title="mercedes111" src="http://barrildeporva.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mercedes111.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="200" /></a>Um conflito de interesses entre os acionistas da McLaren fez a montadora Mercedes-Benz vender a sua participação na equipe para comprar a Brawn GP, campeã do último Mundial de Fórmula 1. Ao anunciar o fim da sociedade, a Mercedes também revelou que a parceria continua, já que o contrato de cessão de motores para a McLaren será renovado por mais seis anos. Com apenas 40% das ações, a Mercedes tinha poder limitado nas decisões dentro da McLaren. Agora, a montadora passará a ter 75,1% das ações da Brawn GP, que vai se chamar “Mercedes GP”, assim como nos campeonatos em que a empresa alemã competiu sob seu próprio nome, em 1954 e 1955, quando conquistou dois títulos mundiais com o argentino Juan Manuel Fangio.<!--more--><br />
Um dos sócios da equipe McLaren e responsável por conduzir a parceria até a temporada passada, Ron Dennis entende que o fim da sociedade é benéfico para as duas empresas.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[ Dennis hails new Mercedes agreement ]]></title>
<link>http://chrishf1.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/dennis-hails-new-mercedes-agreement/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[McLaren Group boss Ron Dennis believes that his company&#8217;s Formula 1 team will come out of its ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>McLaren Group boss Ron Dennis believes that his company&#8217;s Formula 1 team will come out of its revised partnership with Mercedes-Benz a stronger force thanks to its increased independence.</p>
<p>Mercedes-Benz announced on Monday that it was to focus its efforts on Brawn GP , and bring an end to what had been an exclusive tie-up with McLaren.</p>
<p>Although those plans mean McLaren will not enjoy the financial support from Mercedes-Benz it has had in the past, Dennis believes that the benefits of being free to run its own car company, McLaren Automotive, will actually be a help to its F1 efforts.</p>
<p>His stance comes after a deal was struck with Mercedes-Benz to confirm the German car maker will supply engines until the end of 2015 at the earliest &#8211; with options available to keep the partnership going beyond then.</p>
<p>McLaren will also continue to run in the silver and red colours that have been a hallmark of its tie-up with both Mercedes-Benz and title sponsor Vodafone.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is a win-win situation, for both McLaren and Daimler,&#8221; said Dennis, who is chairman of McLaren Automotive and a founding shareholder in the McLaren Group.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve often stated that it&#8217;s my belief that, in order to survive and thrive in 21st-century Formula 1, a team must become much more than merely a team.</p>
<p>&#8220;That being the case, in order to develop and sustain the revenue streams required to compete and win grands prix and world championships, companies that run Formula 1 teams must broaden the scope of their commercial activities.</p>
<p>&#8220;Nonetheless, all of our partners will of course continue to play a crucial role in our Formula 1 programme. For that reason, and because the engines they produce are very competitive, we&#8217;re delighted that Mercedes-Benz has committed to continue not only as an engine supplier but also as a partner of ours until 2015 – and perhaps thereafter.&#8221;</p>
<p>McLaren plans to buy back the 40 percent stake in the company that Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler has had in the team, which will further strengthen McLaren&#8217;s independence.</p>
<p>Dennis added: &#8220;The next few years will be a very exciting time for McLaren, during which period we intend to become an ever-stronger technological and economic force. Formula 1 will always be a core activity, for sound business reasons as well as for historical sporting reasons: to be clear, our Formula 1 business has traditionally enjoyed great financial security, largely as a consequence of the longevity of our contracts with our partners, many of which have exceeded 15 years of continuous involvement with McLaren. Indeed, two of our partners have been with us for more than 25 years.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re risk-averse by design. Over the past two years we&#8217;ve analysed in great detail the challenge of entering the high-performance production sports car market. In the MP4-12C, which will be introduced to market in 2011, we have a car that has inherited the genes of the iconic McLaren F1 of 1994 and has already been the subject of much global media acclaim.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is proposed that it will be produced in a new state-of-the-art production facility adjacent to the existing award-winning McLaren Technology Centre at Woking.&#8221;</p>
<p>Have your say and share your views in the comments  – get writing now…<br />
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<p><strong>Reference: Autosport.com</strong></p>
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<link>http://britsonpole.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/sadness-for-fans-as-brawns-perfect-year-ends-in-mercedes-buyout/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[One perfect year &#8211; and then it was all over. The news today of German motoring giant Mercedes ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>One perfect year &#8211; and then it was all over.</p>
<p>The news today of German motoring giant Mercedes shifting its weight from McLaren to Brawn GP means that this season&#8217;s double champions will become the ultimate motorsport one-hit wonder.</p>
<div id="attachment_17493" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><img src="http://www.britsonpole.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/brawn-2-300x199.jpg" alt="Brawn GP: one glorious season is all we get" title="Brawn GP: one glorious season is all we get" width="300" height="199" class="size-medium wp-image-17493" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Brawn GP: one glorious season is all we get</p></div>
<p>The new Mercedes Silver Arrows team will be many things &#8211; a formidable, well-resourced contender first among them. But one thing it will not be is the team that thousands of fans fell instantly in love with as they watched its journey from the edge of extinction to the summit of the sport.</p>
<p>Mercedes has announced today that it is &#8220;re-aligning&#8221; its relationship with McLaren and will become merely an engine supplier to the team with which it has won three drivers&#8217; titles and a constructors&#8217; championship since the current partnership began in 1995.</p>
<p>It will instead be running the former Brawn GP as a silver-liveried works team with one, and possibly two, German drivers and is expected to revive its Silver Arrows branding for the occasion. </p>
<p>Twelve months ago, Brawn GP didn&#8217;t even exist as Honda announced on December 5 2009 that it would be pulling out of F1 with immediate effect. That left its staff at Brackley, from cleaners, engineers and caterers to designers, executives and drivers, with no clue if they would even have jobs in six months&#8217; time.</p>
<p>During an uncertain winter a rescue bid was put together by the management team of Ross Brawn and Nick Fry who bought the team to run as an independent outfit. McLaren gave its permission for its engine supplier, Mercedes, to help the new squad make it to the grid.</p>
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<p>That new squad took part in January testing with plain white, sponsorship-free cars emblazoned with the legend &#8216;Brawn GP&#8217;. Fans rallied behind the new outfit in their thousands.</p>
<p>The cars, driven by the old Honda partnership of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello, both of whom might have justifiably have wondered if they would ever drive in F1 again, blew the socks off the other teams and it was clear that the championship-winning Ross Brawn was back in business.</p>
<p>Brawn GP managed an unbelievable inaugural year in which it won both the drivers&#8217; and constructors&#8217; titles from its inauspicious start as December&#8217;s child. More and more fans got behind it &#8211; and revelled in its success.</p>
<p>Now those fans, like Minardi&#8217;s in 2006, are facing the prospect of a new season with their team bought out by a bigger entity, re-named, re-branded and changed beyond recognition. </p>
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<h3>Who will drive?</h3>
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<div id="attachment_17491" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><img src="http://www.britsonpole.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/brawn-3-300x199.jpg" alt="The new world champion - still job-hunting despite the silverware" title="The new world champion - still job-hunting despite the silverware" width="300" height="199" class="size-medium wp-image-17491" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The new world champion - still job-hunting despite the silverware</p></div>
<p>Jenson Button may have won the world championship for Brawn. But &#8211; unlike the formerly eponymous team principal &#8211; that doesn&#8217;t mean his services are considered essential for next year. </p>
<p>Nico Rosberg is widely accepted as one of the team&#8217;s 2010 drivers. And Lewis Hamilton is locked into one of the McLaren seats. Who fills the other two gaps still seems very much up for grabs.</p>
<p>Button could well find himself in the thoroughly disadvantageous position of backing up Hamilton in a team and a car built around the 2008 champion &#8211; whose driving style and requirements from a car are very different to the current champion&#8217;s.</p>
<p>At first glance, a Button-Hamilton partnership might appear to turn McLaren into Britain&#8217;s equivalent of Force India, US F1, Ferrari or Malaysia&#8217;s new Lotus team &#8211; but each driver has partisan fans that are unlikely to warm to the other. </p>
<p>And McLaren strategists, led by Ron Dennis, have grand plans for their business that are unlikely to include turning the race team into a new Team GBR (more on this later).</p>
<p>If Button stays at Brackley &#8211; as most insiders still expect &#8211; the partnership with Rosberg will be a strong one. But it might not best suit Mercedes, which seems likely to be as German a team as Ferrari is Italian. Unlike the Maranello outfit, and unlike McLaren, that could extend to requiring a pair of drivers of the same nationality.</p>
<p>The name that seems set to be the fourth partner in this dance is Nick Heidfeld &#8211; quick, reliable, non-controversial, a known team player, a former McLaren development driver, German, and unlikely to overshadow a star lead driver. He could end up at whichever team doesn&#8217;t take Button.</p>
<p>Either way, Button is unlikely to be the ultimate loser. Increasingly, there seems no vacancy for Kimi Raikkonen&#8217;s questionable commitment, high wage demands and lack of enthusiasm for commercial and promotional work.</p>
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<h3>Mercedes buy-out &#8211; and McLaren&#8217;s future</h3>
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<p>Car-maker Mercedes seems determined to be the manufacturer that bucks the trend and makes its involvement in F1 pay as its peers desert the sport in droves. </p>
<div id="attachment_17492" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><img src="http://www.britsonpole.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/brawn-1-300x199.jpg" alt="Brawn GP today released this heavily-Photoshopped concept of a Mercedes Silver Arrow car" title="Brawn GP today released this heavily-Photoshopped concept of a Mercedes Silver Arrow car" width="300" height="199" class="size-medium wp-image-17492" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Brawn GP today released this heavily-Photoshopped concept of a Mercedes Silver Arrow car</p></div>
<p>Last year it extended its engine supply from its traditional McLaren partners to Force India and Brawn. Now it plans to go the whole hog and renew its rivalry with Ferrari from the earliest days of racing.</p>
<p>In doing so it moves in the opposite direction to rival German carmaker BMW, which has this year abandoned its own solo effort &#8211; and the parallels are striking.</p>
<p>Like Mercedes, BMW ended a successful partnership with one of the big independent names in F1 because it wanted more control over its investment. And, like Mercedes, when BMW split with Williams its new plan was to buy control of a smaller privateer team run by a respected pitlane figure.</p>
<p>Employees at Brackley, who still bear the scars of Honda&#8217;s withdrawal, will be hoping that Mercedes prove more committed to them than BMW did to Peter Sauber&#8217;s workers at Hinwill.</p>
<p>And McLaren fans and even employees may have one eye on Williams and the fate that befell that championship-winning side after its partnership with BMW was terminated. The team undoubtedly sees itself as a member of F1&#8217;s elite top table, and works constantly to return to the front of the grid, but has not yet made up the lost ground. </p>
<p>Some of the most interesting developments in this saga, at least when it comes to the future, seem to involve McLaren and its plans for the next few years. </p>
<p>According to its press statement released today, it comes out of the deal able to buy back the 40 per cent of the team owned by Mercedes&#8217; parent company and with an engine deal for at least the next six years.</p>
<div id="attachment_17490" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><img src="http://www.britsonpole.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/mclaren-1-300x200.jpg" alt="Ron Dennis has a strategy for McLaren that might not have room for Mercedes" title="Ron Dennis has a strategy for McLaren that might not have room for Mercedes" width="300" height="200" class="size-medium wp-image-17490" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ron Dennis has a strategy for McLaren that might not have room for Mercedes</p></div>
<p>But the economic red meat of the story is in this sentence: &#8220;McLaren Automotive has been spun out of the McLaren Group and from 2011 will begin to manufacture its own range of high-performance production sports cars, targeted to penetrate a series of meticulously-selected premium automotive market segments.&#8221;</p>
<p>Those segments are the ones currently filled with Mercedes SLKs and coup&#233;s. And it looks very much as if, in order to keep even this level of connection between the two companies, McLaren has been required to put clear blue water between its car production division and its racing team. </p>
<p>Let&#8217;s give McLaren Automotive chairman and race team architect Ron Dennis the final word. Here&#8217;s what he had to say about the development. This being Ron, it&#8217;s not a particularly brief or pithy quote, but do read it through to the end, it will prove worthwhile:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The next few years will be a very exciting time for McLaren, during which period we intend to become an ever-stronger technological and economic force. </p>
<p>&#8220;Formula 1 will always be a core activity, for sound business reasons as well as for historical sporting reasons: to be clear, our Formula 1 business has traditionally enjoyed great financial security, largely as a consequence of the longevity of our contracts with our partners, many of which have exceeded 15 years of continuous involvement with McLaren. Indeed, two of our partners have been with us for more than 25 years.</p>
<p>&#8220;We’re risk-averse by design. Over the past two years we’ve analysed in great detail the challenge of entering the high-performance production sports car market. In the MP4-12C, which will be introduced to market in 2011, we have a car that has inherited the genes of the iconic McLaren F1 of 1994 and has already been the subject of much global media acclaim. It is proposed that it will be produced in a new state-of-the-art production facility adjacent to the existing award-winning McLaren Technology Centre at Woking.&#8221;</em></p>
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<p>In April this year, when Dennis handed over the team principal&#8217;s role to Martin Whitmarsh, we wrote of the development under the headline <a href="http://www.britsonpole.com/mclaren-diversifies-away-from-f1-post8010" title="Brits on Pole: McLaren diversifies away from F1">McLaren diversifies away from F1</a>.</p>
<p>It still looks to us as if this is exactly what McLaren is doing &#8211; realising Dennis&#8217; long-held ambition of turning his outfit into the British Ferrari. Because, as the proverb goes, you can&#8217;t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. </p>
<p>And that&#8217;s a saying that applies even more strongly to the brutally unsentimental way in which Brawn GP &#8211; for all its 2009 success and committed fanbase &#8211; has been dispatched to the pages of F1 history after just one glorious season.</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220;No século 21, uma equipe precisa ser mais que uma equipe na F-1&#8243;, diz Um dos sócios da ]]></description>
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<p><strong>&#8220;No século 21, uma equipe precisa ser mais que uma equipe na F-1&#8243;, diz</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Um dos sócios da equipe McLaren, Ron Dennis não se mostrou preocupado com a retirada gradual da Mercedes como parceira até a temporada de 2015.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">O dirigente, que conduziu esta parceria até a temporada passada e pode retornar à categoria no próximo ano após um campeonato sabático, ressaltou que uma equipe de F-1 não pode se restringir aos circuitos e precisa expandir suas operações.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;Esta é uma situação de vitória ou vitória, tanto para Mercedes quanto para a Daimler. Vinha citando uma crença minha de que, para sobreviver no século 21, uma equipe precisa ser mais que uma equipe na F-1&#8243;, explicou.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;Para desenvolver e sustentar as pesquisas necessárias para competir e vencer campeonatos, as empresas que gerenciam a F-1 precisam ampliar os alvos de suas atividades comerciais&#8221;, continuou o dirigente, que tem esperança em ver os alemães seguirem no time após 2015.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;Todos os nossos parceiros continuarão com um papel crucial em nosso programa de F-1. Por esta razão, e pelos motores que produzem, estamos contentes em ver quer a Mercedes-Benz se comprometeu a continuar não só como fornecedora de motores, mas como parceira até 2015 _quem sabe, até após&#8221;, afirmou.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">O desafio de voltar a ser uma equipe independente também anima Dennis: &#8220;Os próximos anos serão excitantes para a McLaren. Pretendemos nos tornar mais ainda uma força tecnológica e econômica. A F-1 sempre teve grande apoio financeiro, como uma consequência de nossos parceiros, muitos com mais de 15 anos de envolvimento contínuo conosco. Aliás, temos dois parceiros há mais de 25 anos conosco.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;Nos últimos dois anos, analisamos os detalhes de entrar no mercado de carros esportivos de alta performance. No MP4-12C, que será introduzido no mercado em 2011, temos um carro que herdou os genes do icônico McLaren F1 de 1994 e já é assunto da imprensa especializada.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;Além disso, será erguida uma nova fábrica, que terá o máximo de tecnologia empregada, próximo ao já vencedor Centro de Tecnologia em Woking&#8221;, encerrou Dennis.</p>
<pre style="text-align:justify;"><em>(Fonte: <a href="http://tazio.uol.com.br/f-1/textos/15056/" target="_blank">tazio.uol.com.br</a>)</em></pre>
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<title><![CDATA[Peter Sauber continua à espera]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[O abandono da Toyota abriu as portas à Sauber para ficar com o lugar da marca japonesa, mas até agor]]></description>
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<p><strong>O abandono da Toyota abriu as portas à Sauber para ficar com o lugar da marca japonesa, mas até agora a FIA ainda não tomou qualquer decisão a esse respeito. Em primeiro lugar porque ainda aguardar a confirmação oficial da Toyota de que não vai participar no Mundial de 2010 nem vender a sua equipa.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Depois porque vai requerer que o misterioso grupo Qadbak dê garantias acerca da origem dos seus fundos, pois a sua entrada recente no futebol inglês, com o Notts County, não tem sido isenta de controvérsia.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Mas em Hinwill a confiança está em alta e as negociações com a Petronas, para a renovação do milionário contrato de patrocínio aceleraram, o mesmo se passando com as negociações com pilotos: Heidfeld, Klien, Kovalainen, Kobayashi, Nakajima, Fisichella e Petrov, estão à cabeça duma longa lista, mas são a preocupação menor de Peter Sauber que quer segurar os seus melhores elementos da equipa técnica para garantir um 2010 de boa qualidade.</p>
<pre style="text-align:justify;"><em>(Fonte: <a href="http://autosport.aeiou.pt/gen.pl?p=stories&#38;op=view&#38;fokey=as.stories/78983" target="_blank">autosport.aeiou.pt</a>)</em></pre>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ao jornal espanhol Marca, Fernando Alonso produziu as primeiras declarações &#8216;by Ferrari&#8217;]]></description>
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<p><strong>Ao jornal espanhol Marca, Fernando Alonso produziu as primeiras declarações &#8216;by Ferrari&#8217;, numa altura em que permanece sob contrato com a Renault.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Autorizado pela equipa francesa a marcar presença nas finais Ferrari em Valência, o bicampeão do Mundo não deixou de dizer que &#8220;para mim é um dia muito importante, pois é o primeiro em que pude experimentar o mundo Ferrari e a verdade é que estou muito impressionado também muito feliz. Espero lutar pelo título com a Ferrari&#8221;, referiu o espanhol.</p>
<pre style="text-align:justify;"><em>(Fonte: <a href="http://autosport.aeiou.pt/gen.pl?p=stories&#38;op=view&#38;fokey=as.stories/78982" target="_blank">autosport.aeiou.pt</a>)</em></pre>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A McLaren vai manter os motores Mercedes pelo menos mais seis anos, até ao fim de 2015, mesmo com a ]]></description>
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<p><strong>A McLaren vai manter os motores Mercedes pelo menos mais seis anos, até ao fim de 2015, mesmo com a compra da Brawn GP por parte da Mercedes, o que permite o regresso às pistas dos &#8220;Flechas de Prata&#8221;, os monolugares oficiais da Mercedes.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">A Mercedes bem tentou terminar o contrato que tem com a McLaren, mas teve forte oposição por parte de Ron Dennis e Mansour Ojjeh, que lutaram afincadamente pelos seus direitos pelo que no final, uma mão lava a outra. Dieter Zetsche, CEO da marca alemã, vai vender a participação da Mercedes na equipa inglesa, de que detém 40 por cento, nos próximos dois anos, e em troca, os homens da equipa de Ron Dennis, Mansour Ojjeh e o grupo Mumkalatat (accionistas da McLaren), terão motores até 2015.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Os factores que contribuíram para esta situação passam pela a construção dum carro de estrada pela McLaren, que entra em concorrência directa com alguns dos seus produtos e feito contra a vontade da marca alemã; o veto ao fornecimento de motores à Red Bull que impede a Mercedes de se ligar a Sebastian Vettel, que começa a ser muito popular na Alemanha; e as dificuldades que a marca de Woking estava a colocar ao novo relacionamento entre a Mercedes e a Brawn, ao ponto de ter tentado impedir a marca de Estugarda de publicitar o seu sucesso em conjunto com a equipa de Ross Brawn.</p>
<pre style="text-align:justify;"><em>(Fonte: <a href="http://autosport.aeiou.pt/gen.pl?p=stories&#38;op=view&#38;fokey=as.stories/78978" target="_blank">autosport.aeiou.pt</a>)</em></pre>
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<description><![CDATA[As most expected, earlier today Mercedes bought into Brawn GP, a 75% share is the believed holding. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>As most expected, earlier today Mercedes bought into Brawn GP, a 75% share is the believed holding. McLaren have dismissed rumours of a McLaren engine, at least in the next few years, by releasing this statement:</p>
<blockquote><p>McLaren and Mercedes-Benz are delighted to announce a realigned long-term strategic alliance.</p>
<p>The agreement covers the next six Formula 1 seasons (2010-15) and also provides mechanisms whereby the partnership may continue beyond 2015.</p></blockquote>
<p>Read the full release over at the <a href="http://www.mclaren.com/latestnews/mclaren-news.php?article=380">Vodafone McLaren Mercedes</a> website.</p>
<p>McLaren have bought back the 40% share that Mercedes owned.</p>
<p>The question of Jenson Button and Kimi Raikkonen and who, or if, they will drive for next year has not been answered. What is only speculation so far, seems to be leaning more and more in the direction of Jenson Button driving for McLaren in 2010 with the all German team of Nico Rosberg and Nick Heidfeld at Brawn GP.</p>
<p>On the their <a href="http://twitter.com/TheFifthDriver">official F1 Twitter feed</a> McLaren have just tweeted the following:</p>
<blockquote><p>Ron Dennis made an inspiring speech to the whole company today, discussing the long-term strategy for the entire McLaren Group.</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;ll be looking forward to a return to the red and white livery if that does indeed happen. </p>
<p>Forever in the news, McLaren, Mercedes and Brawn GP are at least making this off season an exciting one so far. The next few weeks, and possibly months, of driver roulette will ensure the 2010 season will be here in no time.</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Mercedes Benz have announced that they have purchased a controlling 75% stake in the Brawn GP team. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Mercedes Benz have announced that they have purchased a controlling 75% stake in the Brawn GP team.</p>
<p>The German automobile giant had been speculated with a move to Ross Brawn&#8217;s championship winning team, which it supplied engines too in 2009, since September and today&#8217;s announcement seeked to tidy up the paddock thoughts ahead of 2010 preparations.</p>
<p>It is now likely that Brawn, who won both titles in their maiden season, will be re-named Mercedes Benz Grand Prix however Ross Brawn will stay on as Team Principal alognside Norbert Haug of Mercedes Motorsport.</p>
<p>Mercedes Benz will also be pulling out of McLaren with the team having to buy back the 40% shares over 2 years, but remain with the German&#8217;s as an engine supplier until 2015.</p>
<p>Jenson Button is now set to go to McLaren to race alongside Lewis Hamilton, the Briton visited the factory earlier this week.  He claims not to be motivated by cash in the move, however his salary is likely to be greater than the £3.5million Brawn offered him.</p>
<p>With Nico Rosberg looking ever more likely to head to the new Mercedes GP team, Nick Heidfeld is a suprise team mate choice, Norberg Haug says he has held various meetings with the perennial underperformer ousted from BMW this season.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are speaking with Nick Heidfeld as well,&#8221; Haug told DPA.</p>
<p>&#8220;Mercedes-Benz supports the idea of signing an experienced and capable German driver. There is however no reason to finalise the driver situation too hastily.&#8221;</p>
<p>More news this evening.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ron Dennis de volta aos boxes]]></title>
<link>http://f1around.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/ron-dennis-de-volta-aos-boxes/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Becken Lima</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[UFFICIALE: E' Jean Todt il nuovo Presidente FIA!]]></title>
<link>http://tuttoblogsport.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/ufficiale-e-jean-todt-il-nuovo-presidente-fia/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Marco Santini</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tuttoblogsport.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/ufficiale-e-jean-todt-il-nuovo-presidente-fia/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Come da titolo, è Jean Todt il nuovo Presidente della FIA. Il francese, ex direttore generale della ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Briatore Out!]]></title>
<link>http://anatomiadozeroinfinito.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/briatore-out/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Paulo Heleno</dc:creator>
<guid>http://anatomiadozeroinfinito.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/briatore-out/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Crédito: Tony Albir/EPA Já se sabia que a mão da FIA ia ser pesada, não apenas porque Briatore não c]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_365" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-365" title="Flavio-Briatore-001" src="http://anatomiadozeroinfinito.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/flavio-briatore-001.jpg?w=150" alt="Crédito: Tony Albir/EPA" width="150" height="90" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Crédito: Tony Albir/EPA</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Já se sabia que a <a href="http://desporto.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1401629&#38;idCanal=4759" target="_blank">mão da FIA ia ser pesada</a>, não apenas porque Briatore não colhia grandes amizades no <em>paddock</em>, mas igualmente porque estávamos perante um dos casos mais graves dentro de uma equipe de F1 de que existe memória. Para mim, a pena é importante porque finalmente marca uma posição clara e dura da FIA sobre estas situações, mas também porque suspendendo a pena da equipe passa uma clara mensagem de que não admite bodes expiatórios. Não me parece sinceramente que a Renault F1 devesse ser excluída devido aos actos de uma só pessoa, o que torna a decisão, a meu ver, bastante justa. Quanto a Briatore, a sua expulsão desonrosa do <em>paddock</em>, assim como o afastamento de Ron Dennis (na sequência do escândalo de espionagem que envolveu a Mclaren face à Ferrari), marca o fim de uma era que incutiu na F1 a figura do Big Boss mediático, sempre omnipresente numa aura de poder que transcendia as equipes. É um facto muito positivo no desporto, que agora entra numa fase mais <em>corporate</em> da sua história, com os líderes mais diluídos na equipe, fazendo-a emergir como unidade fundamental do desporto. Sou daqueles que defendem que faltam líderes à F1, mas não como as figuras protagonizadas quer por Briatore, quer por Dennis&#8230;enquanto esses líderes não surgem, este regresso do enfoque na equipe é por demais saudado.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ok, Max: adesso, te ne vai?]]></title>
<link>http://ilpandadevemorire.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/ok-max-adesso-te-ne-vai/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ilpandadevemorire</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ilpandadevemorire.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/ok-max-adesso-te-ne-vai/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sottotitolo: Ode a Briatore. Cerco sempre di parlare di cose che possano interessare un po&#8217; a ]]></description>
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<p>Cerco sempre di parlare di cose che possano interessare un po&#8217; a tutti ma oggi vorrei trattare un argomento che mi interessa(va) molto: la Formula Uno.<br />
Cercherò di rendere interessante la cosa anche a quelli che &#8220;nun &#8216;ie ne pò fregà dde meno&#8221; sposando una mia linea editoriale consolidata che prevede un uso smodato di parolacce che, come le donne nude in copertina, funzionano sempre.</p>
<p>E se qualcuno non ama le parolacce?<br />
Beh, quello può sempre andare a dar via il culo da un&#8217;altra parte.<br />
Visto? Ho già cominciato.</p>
<p>Allora, che qualcuno riuscisse a trombare Flavio Briatore, francamente non me l&#8217;aspettavo.<br />
La notizia è di poco fa: il Piemontese più astuto del mondo ed il direttore tecnico della Renault, Pat Symonds, hanno dato le dimissioni dai loro rispettivi incarichi.</p>
<p>E &#8217;sti cazzi? esclamerà chi non segue la F1.<br />
Per dare a costoro un&#8217;idea della gravità del fatto, dirò che è come se Moratti e Mourinho, dall&#8217;oggi al domani, venissero cacciati dall&#8217;Inter: come minimo, a Milano ci sarebbero problemi di ordine pubblico; tutto questo al quadrato, visto che, al mondo, esistono migliaia di squadre di calcio ma solo dieci team di F1.</p>
<p>Per la mentalità anglosassone, che poi è quella dominante in F1, i pezzi grossi sono quelli che pagano per primi, però Briatore è italiano, e se un italiano importante dà le dimissioni, significa che siamo di fronte ad un E.L.E. (<em>Extinction Level Event</em>, una catastrofe epocale tipo l&#8217;asteroide che ha tirato una riga sulla voce &#8220;Dinosauri&#8221;).<br />
In effetti, teoricamente si è trattato di un gravissimo reato sportivo, anche se, secondo me, <strong>Briatore ha fatto bene</strong>.</p>
<p>Cos&#8217;è successo?<br />
Quando l&#8217;anno scorso si correva il GP di Singapore, la lotta era tra Ferrari e McLaren, mentre la Renault non se la inculava nessuno; serviva un buon risultato, visto che in tempo di crisi imminente erano in forse i finanziamenti della Renault Automobili al team di F1 e che buona parte degli investitori del Circus si trova in Oriente: una bella figura a Singapore sarebbe stata molto più evidente agli occhi degli sponsors.</p>
<p>Briatore, sulla figa ne ha fatte diverse, di belle figure, ma quella macchina non c&#8217;era verso di farla andare, così, essendo tutto meno che scemo, ha fatto questa pensata:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Ho un pilota, Alonso, e un cretino, Piquet jr: faccio partire leggero di benzina il pilota, così si può avvantaggiare in partenza, solo che così si deve fermare prima degli altri a rifornire; appena ha rifornito, dico al cretino di ammucchiare la macchina contro un muro, in un punto <strong>lento</strong> (<em>sembra impossibile, ma anche la stupidità di Piquet ha un limite</em>&#8230;) del circuito, così entra in pista la Safety Car (<em>quella che raggruppa tutte le macchine e le costringe ad andare piano finchè si libera la pista</em>)&#8221;.</p></blockquote>
<p>Il geniale regolamento dell&#8217;anno scorso prevedeva che in quel frangente (Safety Car) fosse proibito entrare ai box, un po&#8217; come se fosse vietato salire sulle scialuppe quando la nave affonda o, se preferite, come nascondere il Viagra quando Berlusconi ha la casa piena di belle topolone.</p>
<p>Senza scendere troppo nei tecnicismi, così facendo Alonso si sarebbe ritrovato in testa ed avrebbe avuto buone chances di vittoria, come poi è stato.</p>
<p>Mi è sempre stato detto che è meglio aver a che fare con un disonesto che con uno stupido: il disonesto ti fotte quando gli conviene, lo stupido ci prova anche quando il primo culo che parte è il suo.</p>
<p><a href="http://ilpandadevemorire.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/lo-scemo.jpg"><img style="border-width:0;" src="http://ilpandadevemorire.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/lo-scemo_thumb.jpg?w=144&#038;h=183" border="0" alt="Lo Scemo" width="144" height="183" /></a></p>
<p>Per chi non lo conoscesse, questo è Nelson Piquet jr., il figlio del tre volte Campione del Mondo di F1, nonchè la prova vivente di quanto un padre si possa rincoglionire per un figlio.<br />
È un bel pivello; peccato che, a parte il fatto di essere un uomo di merda, al volante sia come Mister Magoo.<br />
Quando ha deciso di fare il pilota, suo padre non gli ha comperato la macchina, gli ha comperato la scuderia, con tecnici e meccanici; è sempre stato così: a quattordicianni si ritrovava ad essere il titolare della squadra ed il pilota.<br />
All&#8217;età in cui Alonso e quasi tutti gli altri giravano l&#8217;Europa in macchina con il padre per andare a correre, lui si spostava in First Class o sul jet di papà; questo fino a ventanni, poi suo padre gli ha comperato l&#8217;aereo privato.<br />
<em>Dall&#8217; dall&#8217;, se scassa &#8216;o metall&#8217; </em>dicono a Napoli; tanto ha fatto il papà, che &#8217;sto pirla si è ritrovato in F1 con la Renault, senonchè, trattandosi di pippa di prima grandezza, dopo due anni Briatore lo ha incamminato.<br />
Questo accadeva circa un mese fa.</p>
<p>E lui, per vendicarsi, ha spifferato tutto il momò di Singapore.</p>
<p>Max Mosley, il presidente della Federazione Internazionale, quello beccato a farsi frustare le chiappe da due puttanoni vestiti da SS, prima di lasciare il suo posto, come richiesto da tutti data l&#8217;impresentabilità del personaggio, aveva solo due desideri: metterlo nel culo a Ron Dennis, boss della McLaren, ed a Flavio Briatore.<br />
Con Ron Dennis è stato quasi un gioco da ragazzi: se tutti abbiamo uno scheletro nell&#8217;armadio, in quello di Ron Dennis c&#8217;è l&#8217;Ossario di Redipuglia; tra la Spy Story ed altri smerdi (non sto ad annoiarvi coi particolari) aveva abbastanza elementi per mandarlo non solo in pensione ma al patibolo.</p>
<p>Col Cuneese Gaudente era più dura: l&#8217;uomo non è uno stupido, quindi serviva giocare più sporco di lui, tipo servendosi di un infiltrato, se non un vero e proprio traditore.</p>
<p>Giuda si è impiccato, Gano di Magonza è stato squartato e Jago torturato a morte: si direbbe che sia dura, la vita dei traditori.<br />
La pena di Piquet jr. sarà quella di essere considerato un <em>ommimmerd&#8217;</em> vita natural durante, col rischio che una volta morto qualcuno vada a cagargli sulla tomba: al posto del cero ardente con l&#8217;immagine di Papa Giovanni -l&#8217;immagine di <a href="http://ilpandadevemorire.wordpress.com/2009/02/21/la-guerra-di-carlo/">Quellolà</a> no, porta sfiga&#8230;- un bello stronzone fumante.</p>
<p>Ma almeno suo padre, non poteva dirgli di stare zitto?<br />
A pensarci bene, sembra che il padre sia più incazzato del figlio, e di sicuro tutte le mosse necessarie le ha concordate lui con qualche vecchio amico&#8230;</p>
<p>Con il suo comportamento, il piccolo Nelson ha dichiarato al mondo di essere:<br />
1) <strong>considerato</strong> <strong>un galoppino</strong>, visto che gli chiedono di fare una porcata simile;<br />
2) <strong>un galoppino che sa di esserlo</strong>, visto che ha accettato;<br />
3) <strong>una carogna</strong>, visto che l&#8217;ha fatto;<br />
4) <strong>un infame</strong>, visto che l&#8217;ha confessato;<br />
5) <strong>un coglione a vita</strong>, per quanto sopra e per il fatto che non troverà più un briciolo di considerazione in giro per il mondo (salvo che il vecchio amico di papà non gli abbia fatto qualche promessa&#8230;)</p>
<p>Si consolerà coi soldi di papà, mi auguro fino al giorno in cui, nella tentacolare Rio, dopo una serata passare a gavazzare, due<em> banditonji</em> di favela gli spareranno al cuore; in testa no, il proiettile trapasserebbe l&#8217;osso senza danneggiare nulla: sempre in ambito F1, Enzo Ferrari diceva che &#8220;Ciò che non c&#8217;è, non può rompersi&#8221;.</p>
<p>Il comportamento del fenomeno carioca mi ricorda una vecchia storiella.</p>
<blockquote><p>Un tale racconta ad un amico:<br />
- L&#8217;altra sera, al cinema, mi si siede vicino uno che comincia a toccarmi&#8230;<br />
- E tu?<br />
- Lascio perdere e vado in bagno; questo mi segue e, mentre piscio, me lo prende in mano&#8230;<br />
- E tu?<br />
- Lo lascio fare: poi si sbottona i pantaloni e me lo butta nel culo&#8230;<br />
- E tu cos&#8217;hai fatto?<br />
- A quel punto ho stretto le chiappe, l&#8217;ho trascinato fino in sala e gli ho fatto fare una figura di merda!</p></blockquote>
<p>Chiuso il capitolo Piquet jr.</p>
<p><strong>Perchè Briatore ha fatto bene?<br />
</strong>Perchè ha approfittato della follia di un mondo allo sbando -cosa che, per altro, gli è sempre venuta bene&#8230;- un mondo il cui regolamento fa sì che le macchine si sorpassino ai box anzichè in pista e che -per fortuna ora non più- in situazioni di emergenza come durante il regime di Safety Car i piloti non potessero rientrare ai box per rifornire, anche se rischiavano di rimanere senza benzina e  se lo avessero fatto, sarebbero stati pesantemente penalizzati.<br />
Un mondo, la F1 di Mosley, in cui non si possono toccare i motori, le gomme sono uguali per tutti e la ricerca è limitata all&#8217;aerodinamica, fatto positivo se si parlasse di alianti ma molto meno se si tratta di auto; inoltre è vietato provare in pista -per risparmiare- così si ingrassano solo produttori di mega-computer e simulatori.</p>
<p>Briatore non è mio amico, non lo invidio per ciò che è ma lo ammiro per quello che ha saputo fare in trentanni, partendo dal suo paesello del Profondo Nord -e mi dicono anche pieno di debiti&#8230;- per diventare il simbolo stesso del successo e della ricchezza.<br />
E poi rischia di essere uno simpatico, testa a testa.<br />
Di sicuro è furbo e, a breve, lo vedremo tornare, magari con la BMW, che se ne va, magari con la Toyota, che cerca un modo dignitoso per <em>fare la bella</em>, sempre che Flavione non ne abbia le balle piene .<br />
Flavio, torna, che <em>t&#8217; vogliobbene</em>&#8230;</p>
<p>Io odio Max Mosley.<br />
Lasciamo stare le orge sado-maso; come per Berlusconi, non mi riguarda quello che un uomo fa quando si toglie i pantaloni, mi basta non essere nei paraggi.<br />
Lo odio per quello che ha fatto al mio ex sport preferito, la Formula Uno.<br />
Dicono che la gestione Mosley ha aumentato la sicurezza.<br />
Ero capace pure io: avrei messo mia nonna ai box, che avrebbe detto &#8220;Andate piano!&#8221; tante di quelle volte, che nessuno si sarebbe fatto male, salvo vedere le gare trasformate in overdosi di Lexotan.</p>
<p>Prossimamente vi racconterò cosa è diventata la F1 di Mosley, per oggi chiudiamo qui.</p>
<p>Solo una cosa, ancora.<br />
Max, adesso che hai le teste di Dennis e di Briatore conficcate su due picche, adesso che hai dimostrato a tutti quanto sai essere stronzo, adesso, vero che te ne vai?</p>
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<link>http://gustavosirelli.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/verbetes-e-expressoes-6/</link>
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<link>http://24houressay.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/max-mosley-and-formula-1/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>With Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds having resigned from Renault just a week before the hearing into accusations that the team fixed the Singapore Grand Prix in 2008, allowing Fernano Alonso to win thanks to a pre-arranged Nelson Piquet crash, it&#8217;s clear that Formula One must tread carefully. But what is Max Mosley&#8217;s role? In this exclusive <a href="http://www.24houressay.co.uk/essays/man/mosley.html">essay about Mosley</a>, Robert Holmes looks at the FIA President and his controversial tactics.</p>
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<link>http://onanysundaythesedays.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/musings-on-the-future/</link>
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<link>http://foreverdriven.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/update-more-mp4-12c-videos/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Interview with Chairman Ron Dennis. I thought I would upload some more videos of the Mclaren MP4-12C]]></description>
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<p>I thought I would upload some more videos of the Mclaren MP4-12C. Not only do these videos give you a much better look at this car in HD but you also get to hear Mclaren Chairman Ron Dennis and Antony Sheriff talk about all the aspect of making the 12C what it is.</p>
<p>Some last extra thoughts: I must admit after watching this video and seeing some more angles of the car I am really starting to take a liking to it. They have kept a bit of the Mclaren F1 spirit alive in this new addition while giving it it&#8217;s own character. I think this Formula 1 inspired sports car will be a big hit. Don&#8217;t you?</p>
<p>Thumbs up. It really grows on you when you give it a chance to seep in. No matter what though, I&#8217;m still not a big fan of those wheels.</p>
<p>Interview with Managing Director; Antony Sheriff</p>
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<link>http://f1around.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/mclaren-apresenta-oficialmente-o-mp4-12c-de-ron-dennis/</link>
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<p style="text-align:left;">O preview ilustrado em 3D do MP4-12C feito pelas revistas especializadas em carros esportivos não chega nem perto do quão magnífico visualmente é o novo esportivo produzido pela McLaren sob a direta supervisão de Ron Dennis.</p>
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<p>Eu imagino que Ron Dennis e a sua obsessão patológica por perfeição e limpeza tenham levado à loucura a equipe encarregada do desenvolvimento do seu novo super esportivo — o P11 agora intitulado <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_MP4/12" target="_blank">MP4-12C</a>. Aparentemente o resultado não será nada menos que soberbo.</p>
<p>Sim, há uma ambição meio desmedida em sua intenção de transformar o seu super esportivo em uma espécie de “Ferrari inglesa,” mas não duvide de um homem que em 18 anos no comando da McLaren, obteve mais sucesso na Formula 1 em termos de resultados que o alcançado durante todos os anos que Enzo Ferrari esteve no comando da equipe de Maranello (Ron Dennis: 2765.5 pontos  X  Enzo Ferrari   1475 pontos).</p>
<p>Já o carro trará todas as interfaces tecnológicas presentes nos últimos super esportivos — interação com a internet via conexões wireless, acesso ao Google maps, download de MP3, etc — e certamente alguns das últimas inovações desenvolvidas para a Formula 1: talvez o KERS (não há confirmação ainda!) e uma suspensão variável que parece ser parente do J-DAMPER — o amortecedor inercial desenvolvido pela McLaren em conjunto com a Universidade de Cambridge e que pode ser uma das grandes inovações na Formula 1 dos últimos anos.</p>
<p>O motor é um mistério, <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/new_car_reviews/article6822589.ece">mas espera-se que o MP4-12C seja empurrado por um V8 de 6.2 litros desenvolvido e construído in-house</a> — algo que explicita a seriedade em construir um carro com DNA 100% McLaren.</p>
<p>Especula-se que quarta-feira seja o dia da apresentação oficial do carro, que custará a módica soma de US$ 264.000 cada unidade. A McLaren Automotive gastou uma montanha de dinheiro no desenvolvimento do carro, algo em torno de US$ 264 milhões, dinheiro que financiou os serviços de Frank Stephenson, ex-Diretor de designer da Ferrari.</p>
<p>Junto com a apresentação do carro a companhia talvez anuncie o investimento de aproximadamente US$ 492 milhões em uma nova fábrica automotiva a ser construída ao lado do seu quartel-general em Woking — investimento proveniente da Ásia e do Oriente &#8211; médio.</p>
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