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Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that Magny Cours is the only circuit he will consider if the French GP returns to the calender. http://www.planetf1....for-2013-return- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4q0DeZVusM McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has confirmed that the team intend to run with Mercedes engines for some time to come. "It is going to be McLaren Mercedes for quite a few years to come," Whitmarsh told the the Daily Mail. "It is a good partnership and it works well. We've been together for 18 years and it is going to continue for quite a few years to come. "I think we have got a very good deal with them, but I think more importantly than that is we have got a good partnership. "Obviously I've been involved with Mercedes personally. I ran the engine side so we know the people, and we are proud to be part of the Mercedes-Benz family." http://www.planetf1....n-with-Mercedes

no luck here..

i won't know till tomorrow.

there are bars/clubs here, but i've been told they're more for meeting errr........... ladys of the night then drinking.

Tony Fernandes has revealed that he will step down as Caterham team principal before the end of the 2012 season. The Malaysian tycoon have been at the helm of the squad since they made their debut under the Lotus Racing banner in 2010, but he had always maintained that he didn't want to stay in the job on the long-term. The 48-year-old, along with deputy chairman Dato' Kamarudin Meranun, has decided now is the right time to move on and focus on developing his road car business. "On the racing side we have come to the conclusion that it is better if someone else takes over the team principal role to move forward," Fernandes said in an interview with Autocar. "We are definitely better at business than finding tenths of seconds around a lap. "It was right for us to lead the team initially and set a template of how it should be. That vision is now set and the team is ready to move forward to the midfield." Although he refused to reveal who his successor will be, Fernandes says it will be someone in the Formula One circle. "I know who it will be - and can tell you that today as I had confirmation earlier," he said. "[but] I cannot tell you their name yet. All I can say is that they are from within F1." http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8229143/Fernandes-to-step-down-as-team-boss good news there.

mean to paul or his car?

did anyone else find vettels attempt at being kimi a bit much?

yep.

bahahahahahahahaha.

also i pissed off just about every english person in my stand when i jumped up and cheered when homo pulled off to one side. i was like.

why would you go to abu dhabi you said the racing will be shit you said... go kimi!!!!!!!!!

ok............so maybe i was a little off on webber.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrDDn8ZY9wk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46u81sdxEkY

i have been talking to the people that live here and it seems no one here has heard of the v8 supercars...

Abu Dhabi GP: Red Bull says Vettel's car had enough fuel Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is convinced that the necessary fuel for the mandatory one-litre sample was in Sebastian Vettel's car but that regulations preventing the removal of bodywork meant that it could not be extracted. The FIA stewards' decision stated that scrutineers found "an insufficient quantity of fuel for sampling purposes", which led to Vettel being excluded from qualifying. But Horner, who accepted that the penalty was fair, insists that the fuel was there, but that a full litre could not be extracted without removing bodywork, in contravention of Article 6.6.4 of the Formula 1 technical regulations. "The rules dictate that one litre has to be able to be provided without the removal of bodywork, without manipulating the car," said Horner. "We believe that the fuel is in the cell, according to what Renault have told us, but you cannot dismantle the cell to give the sample. "The car will be worked on tonight, so it is out of parc ferme, and we should have a better understanding and hopefully a cure for tomorrow." The need for fuel sampling is covered by Article 6.6 of the F1 technical regulations, which reads: 6.6 Fuel draining and sampling 6.6.1 Competitors must provide a means of removing all fuel from the car. 6.6.2 Competitors must ensure that a one litre sample of fuel may be taken from the car at any time during the Event. Except in cases of force majeure (accepted as such by the stewards of the meeting), if a sample of fuel is required after a practice session the car concerned must have first been driven back to the pits under its own power. 6.6.3 All cars must be fitted with a -2 'Symetrics' male fitting in order to facilitate fuel sampling. If an electric pump on board the car cannot be used to remove the fuel an externally connected one may be used provided it is evident that a representative fuel sample is being taken. If an external pump is used it must be possible to connect the FIA sampling hose to it and any hose between the car and pump must be -3 in diameter and not exceed 2m in length. Details of the fuel sampling hose may be found in the Appendix to these regulations. 6.6.4 The sampling procedure must not necessitate starting the engine or the removal of bodywork (other than the cover over any refuelling connector). http://www.autosport...t.php/id/104004 Abu Dhabi GP: Red Bull baffled by Vettel fuel problems Red Bull says it is baffled as to the nature of the fuel cell problem on Sebastian Vettel's car that resulted in him getting thrown out of qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Vettel will start from the pitlane at the Yas Marina circuit on Sunday after he was disqualified from his third place slot on the grid for not having enough fuel in his car for a mandatory one-litre fuel sample to be taken. With the team and Renault both convinced there was enough fuel in the car to provide the sample - but the limits of the regulations preventing it being extracted – the FIA had no choice but to exclude Vettel from the results. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said on Saturday night that his outfit and Renault had no immediate answers for what had gone wrong, which is why Vettel's car was being pulled from parc ferme so a full investigation could be undertaken. "It is frustrating. It's annoying. It is one of those things," explained Horner, whose team had successfully proven that there was a 'force majeure' reason for stopping Vettel after his qualifying effort. "It is an issue that was reported on the in-lap. The instruction from Renault was clear. They wanted us to stop the engine immediately due to an issue that they saw within the fuel cell. We did that. "The FIA accepted that, they accepted the technical issue that Renault reported to us, and unfortunately as the regulations dictate there has to be a one litre fuel sample to be able to taken from the car, and it is only 850ml that has been extracted. "Renault are convinced that the rest of the fuel is in the tank but we have taken the car out of parc ferme tonight to further investigate." He added: "It is a frustrating scenario and we need to get into the fuel cell to understand what the issue is. We are working with Renault on it, and they dictate the amount of fuel that goes into the car. "They are happy with the margins, they are happy with the amount of fuel that should be in the car but for whatever reason we have had this issue on the slow down lap." Vettel's car being taken out of parc ferme means he will now start from the pitlane, which is a blow to his hopes of further extending his points advantage over Fernando Alonso in the championship table. Horner said, however, that there were still opportunities for Vettel to limit the damage of what has happened. When asked what impact he believed the result would have on the title battle he said: "It is difficult to say. "There is a long race ahead of us and there is an opportunity, so we will go into the race, we will attack the race and I am sure Sebastian will demonstrate to everybody why he is a great racer. "He has come from the back and produced great races before and I have no doubt he can do it again. There is no reason why Sebastian cannot salvage something. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104005 enjoy that read..

that could be explained by his lack of p3 time. or because he was crying under his helmet. who knows???

both the RB would have been in the top 5 (originally second and third) where's the other mac? button would of been seventh.. homo got mad and pulled one out of his arse.

the caterham and the williams look really good in the sun over here.

there's no way homo can hold that type of pace through out the race, he was really violent with the throttle the whole way around the track and he was also on the limiter for what sounded like 3/4 of the back straight, if mark can get close homo will have no defence against him.

no one else here makes for good spectating for me.

will i have computer program problems (like running games/cad programs if i buy the programs in aus) if i buy a computer here then take it back to aus?

the interesting thing about homos fastest p1 time was that he was told by mac to come in for a set up change the lap before so he could try the new set up on the same tyres he was on but homo said no, he was told by mac that if he stayed out that they would not be able to change his set up in time to go out again and use the same tyres mac asked homo if he still wanted to stay out, homo chose to stay out. ego??? p1 Times 01 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:43.285 21 laps 02 Jenson Button McLaren 1:43.618 0.333 19 laps 03 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:44.050 0.765 23 laps 04 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:44.366 1.081 21 laps 05 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:44.542 1.257 22 laps 06 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:44.694 1.409 23 laps 07 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:45.115 1.830 26 laps 08 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:45.194 1.909 19 laps 09 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:45.347 2.062 25 laps 10 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:45.422 2.137 15 laps 11 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:45.567 2.282 24 laps 12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:45.587 2.302 20 laps 13 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:45.722 2.437 20 laps 14 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:45.743 2.458 20 laps 15 Jules Bianchi Force India 1:45.769 2.484 22 laps 16 Sergio Perez Sauber 1:45.811 2.526 22 laps 17 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:46.649 3.364 24 laps 18 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:46.708 3.423 26 laps 19 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 1:47.418 4.133 23 laps 20 Timo Glock Marussia 1:47.891 4.606 21 laps 21 Pedro de la Rosa HRT 1:48.354 5.069 22 laps 22 Max Chilton Marussia 1:48.887 5.602 22 laps 23 Ma Qing Hua HRT 1:50.487 7.202 20 laps Giedo van der Garde Caterham 3 laps http://www.planetf1.com/driver/3213/8218758/Prac-One-Hamilton-dominates p2 Times 01 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:41.751 33 laps 02 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:41.919 0.168 33 laps 03 Jenson Button McLaren 1:42.412 0.661 35 laps 04 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:42.466 0.715 21 laps 05 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:42.500 0.749 34 laps 06 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:42.532 0.781 27 laps 07 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:42.587 0.836 30 laps 08 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:42.823 1.072 32 laps 09 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:42.998 1.247 37 laps 10 Sergio Perez Sauber 1:43.106 1.355 35 laps 11 Bruno Senna Williams 1:43.191 1.440 33 laps 12 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:43.200 1.449 35 laps 13 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:43.255 1.504 34 laps 14 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:43.267 1.516 31 laps 15 Paul di Resta Force India 1:43.578 1.827 33 laps 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:43.689 1.938 31 laps 17 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:44.260 2.509 26 laps 18 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:45.073 3.322 19 laps 19 Vitaly Petrov Caterham 1:45.245 3.494 35 laps 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 1:45.782 4.031 32 laps 21 Timo Glock Marussia 1:46.589 4.838 35 laps 22 Charles Pic Marussia 1:46.671 4.920 31 laps 23 Pedro de la Rosa HRT 1:46.707 4.956 26 laps 24 Narain Karthikeyan HRT 1:47.406 5.655 34 laps http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/8219582/Vettel-edges-Hamilton-in-second-practice