Formula One 2012

[tweety bird]

Come on F1 fans, support Spa...If you would like for the GP to stay at the best circuit in the world. All in French but get on and sign the petition http://www.grandprixf1.be/

done 95**.

[tweety bird]

Katy Perry joins Singapore entertainment line-up.

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/4/13188.html

[tweety bird]

Red Bull's advisor Helmut Marko says the team have sent their manager to Marussia and HRT after Sebastian Vettel's run-in with Narain Karthikeyan in Malaysia.

World Champion Vettel's frustrations got the better of him at Sepang after he finished P11 following a collision with the HRT driver.

The German showed his middle finger to Karthikeyan shortly after the incident and then called him a "cucumber" during an interview, adding "just like on the normal roads you have some

idiots driving around, it seems like there is also one driving here".

The Indian driver was punished by the stewards for causing the collision, but that clearly wasn't enough for Red Bull as they asked their team manager to have a word with HRT and Marussia.

"We have told our team manager to talk to both Marussia and HRT about getting their drivers to pay more attention," Marko told Austria's Servus TV.

He added: "They drive in a different league, they are six or eight seconds slower, and so they need to watch out more.

"The 12 points which Vettel lost could be crucial in the World Championship."

http://www.planetf1....-to-backmarkers

[R31Nismoid]

Shell & Ferrari 2012

[ctjet]

Red Bull's advisor Helmut Marko says the team have sent their manager to Marussia and HRT after Sebastian Vettel's run-in with Narain Karthikeyan in Malaysia.

http://www.planetf1....-to-backmarkers

just when you thought Max Mosely was the biggest toss to ever hold a position of any power in the sport, along comes Marko

[dori34]

10118

i do hope they keep Spa!!

woohoo to Katy perry

[sh@un]

"The 12 points which Vettel lost could be crucial to the World Championship"

could life ever be that perfect?

one lives in hope...

[tweety bird]

Ferrari will be unveiling the front half of a F2012 and the rear half of the Sauber C31 when they launch their B-spec car at Mugello next month.

Although Ferrari clinched the victory last time out in Malaysia, in dry conditions their 2012 car is sorely lacking compared to its rivals - even the Sauber if the latter stages of the Malaysian GP are any indicator.As a result, Ferrari are set to unveil a dramatically altered car at the only pre-season test at Mugello at the start of May.

According to reports, the 'new' car will look very similar to Sauber's C31 at the rear so much so that Autosprint have dubbed it the 'Ferrauber'.

Incorporating Sauber's exhaust layout, rear solution and sidepods, the two models will not only share looks but also engines and gearboxes as Sauber use Ferrari's.

The B-spec Ferrari, though, will stay retain its current front-end design.

The car is expected to be unveiled on the first day of a three-day in-season test at Mugello on May 1st.

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/7651800/Ferrari-to-launch-the-Ferrauber-

[tweety bird]

also wtf is it with this three week gap?

[Owgasm]

Fear not.

Your complaint is late .

Only one week to go!!

[ctjet]

easter break shafted us

and if they cancel bahrain, its a month with no racing

[tweety bird]

[Tai1or Made]

Meh, I can take or leave Bahrain.

[sh@un]

and if they cancel bahrain, its a month with no racing

well there's also a 5 week summer shut-down between Hungary and The Best Track of the Year

[N1GTR]

Ferrari will be unveiling the front half of a F2012 and the rear half of the Sauber C31 when they launch their B-spec car at Mugello next month.

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/7651800/Ferrari-to-launch-the-Ferrauber-

Just like the RBR front wings last year on Massa's car

Good work Ferrari

[tweety bird]

not the f1 news.

Some of the stories not making the news across the F1 media network - for one essential reason...

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GETTING LESS COMPLICATED

In a surprise move, Group Lotus have ended their title sponsorship with the Lotus team with immediate effect. Group Lotus owners, Proton, have sold the business to a Malaysian automotive conglomerate - they have also cancelled an option to buy 50% of the team from owner Genii Capital. F1 fans will remember that last year there was a protracted legal battle between Team Lotus and the Group Lotus sponsored Lotus-Renault team over who owned the rights to name their car Lotus. Now with Group Lotus exiting and Team Lotus changing to Caterham, and with the Lotus-Renault team needing a new title sponsor, we could end up with no Lotuses on the grid. One pitlane pundit commented: "It's like two dogs wrestling over a stick. It wasn't about the stick, it was about who won the wrestling. Now it's all finished, nobody cares about the stick."

Stick owner Gerald Lopez says he'd like to keep the name Lotus as he's already painted the cars black.

DECISION ON W-DUCT BEFORE CHINA

Ross brawn is getting a little testy after his innovative wing-stalling device got referred back to the FIA for a third time. The DRS-activated 'F-duct' - sometimes dubbed the W-duct - has been called into question by the Red Bull team on several occasions. FIA technical delegate Charlie Whiting has deemed it legal on two occasions and Brawn revealed that their device has been under discussion for quite some time.

"We are confident the system is legal. As far back as 2010, in working group meetings, the FIA was stating that it considered such a system to be legal. I think the FIA has been fairly consistent in their position, they've looked into our W-duct and given it the all clear."

Results from Charlie Whiting's colonoscopy will be available before the Chinese Grand Prix but nobody is much looking forward to the photographs.

FERRARI LOOK TO SAUBER FOR INSPIRATION

Ferrari say that they will have their new B-spec F2012 ready for the Mugello test at the end of May. According to reports in Autosprint magazine the new car will retain the original front half of the F2012, but have a near-as-damnit Sauber C31 rear half. That's because Sauber already use a customer Ferrari engine and gearbox, and as was proved in the Malaysian GP, they can make the combination go very quickly. Jourmalists at Autosprint have quickly dubbed the new car a 'Ferrauber' and eagerly await the debut of the new machine at Mugello on May 31st where it will be driven by Felipe Perez and Fernando Kobayashi.

BBC DELUGED WITH VETTEL COMPLAINTS

The BBC are investigating over 100 complaints from viewers after the screening of the Malaysian GP highlights. During the transmission, the on-board footage showed Sebastian Vettel making repeated middle-finger gestures to Narain Karthikeyan as the two clashed in the race. The programme went out on Sunday afternoon in family viewing time, and unlike a 'live transmission' could have had that footage edited from the tape. A spokesman for the BBC said they were very sorry if they had upset people by showing the offensive material and assured viewers it would not happen again. They also asked for 34 appearances of Eddie Jordan to be taken into account.

"SEB'S AN ARDENT WILDLIFE FAN"

In a separate development Christian Horner refused to condemn his driver for his actions and pointed out that the educated Sebastian is a big wildlife fan. "He's always got his head in wildlife books in the motorhome and he was probably imitating the Madagascan lemur, the Aye aye, which has a long boney middle finger," revealed Horner. "The slow-moving, nocturnal Aye-aye uses his extraordinarily long middle finger to tap on the bark of trees to reveal insects which it feeds on. Sebastian was simply saying "don't be such a lemur!". "And not, 'go f--------'"

HILL RED FLAGS BAHRAIN

Damon Hill has said that maybe the FIA should look at cancelling the Bahrain Grand Prix after he'd previously given it the thumbs up in December. The former F1 World Champion said that the situation in the kingdom had deteriorated since his visit and he no longer thought that it would be a unifying event. Hill's comments come at the same time as a British MP, Richard Burden, is calling for the race to be vetoed. With unrest on the streets and escalating tension, several human rights organisations have also said the race should not go ahead along with a blind man on a galloping horse.

http://www.planetf1.com/off-on-f1/7655914/Not-The-F1-News-Seb-s-Wildlife

[Tai1or Made]

Get it over and done with and cancel Bahrain.

I know Bernie's daughter needs more handbags, but tell her to suck it up.

Or get on the corner......

[Roy]

Danny Bahar is a total disgrace. All these fly by night millionaires with plans for world domination...as long as they dont have to spend his own money, or actually do anything

[tweety bird]

has anyone played f1 2011 yet?

reviews?

[chef_stagea]

Yeh its good. I liked 2010 better