Formula 1 2013

[sh@un]

Crazy that Force India is substantially in front of McLaren in the constructors at the moment

gutted

[ctjet]

Force India’s switch to McLaren sees the team enjoy Mercedes-Benz power next year, as well as the use of McLaren’s Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS), and access to the Woking squad’s part suppliers.

The Anglo-Indian outfit will also be allowed to use McLaren’s gearbox and hydraulic unit should they desire.

In addition, McLaren’s Operations Director Simon Robert will become Force India’s COO, working full-time at the factory, while the Silverstone-based outfit will also be expanding their computational fluid dynamics (CFD) using the Brackley Aero Centre.

Theres a bit more than a box involved

Also their drivers are also quite good, especially Sutil who i am a big fan of

[djr81]

Theres a bit more than a box involved

Also their drivers are also quite good, especially Sutil who i am a big fan of

Are you really a fan, or just saying that because you are afraid he is going to glass you?

[wolverine]

You glass just one person and suddenly everyone is a critic...sheesh.

[sh@un]

[ctjet]

just unbelieveable

[blackrex]

Never realised that a Ford Focus was a GT car...

[Ants]

just unbelieveable

wow!

side note - did everyone see the R35 in that vid?

[Roy]

LOL, that's is a thrown comparison as I go through Eau Rouge faster than those suposed GT cars

[tweety bird]

Lotus owner Genii Capital has sold a 35 per cent stake in the team to new investor Infinity Racing.

After a long-running effort to find suitable partners, Genii boss Gerard Lopez has agreed that the Infinity Racing group - made up of private investors from America, Abu Dhabi and an unidentified oil producing nation – will take a minority shareholding.

Lopez will remain chairman of the Lotus team, with Eric Lux, who is CEO of Genii Capital, continuing on the team's Board of Directors.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108129

Mercedes confirmed on Tuesday that Ross Brawn will represent the team at the FIA International Tribunal which meets on Thursday to decide whether the Brackley-based outfit had contravened the sport's rules during an unscheduled tyre test.

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8781563/Brawn-to-represent-Mercedes

methinks it will be like Larry Perkins V the rule makers.

Ross and Mercedes will be cleared.

[sh@un]

Reading about the corporate structure of Lotus racing is the perfect insomnia cure

[Roy]

As one of only two manufacturers with a team in F1...Nothing will happen to Mercedes today imo. They are a protected species, politically speaking!

[89CAL]

protested or protected?

[Ants]

protested or protected?

I would say both

[Roy]

yep...oops

[sh@un]

stupid huge gaps between races

[Ants]

stupid huge gaps between races

I know I hate waiting until the next race but I guess moving races between different countries / continents around the globe will do that.

Edited June 20, 2013 by Ants

[89CAL]

Mercedes might be in some hot water. Waiting to see the outcome of this FIA hearing

[ctjet]

[Ants]

lol.....

It may be just me but I feel for quiet some time that 'Fasta Pasta Nando's' is just reckless in F1? I'm so surprised he still in an F1 seat after all the reckless accidents he has caused????