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02-12-2005, 05:55 AM
damn...
wuz really looking fwd to havin an extra team on the grid...
poor Sato... lolz
[01/12/05 - 18:46]
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2006 F1 Championship: the official entry list
Super Aguri F1 not on the list
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Like every year, the first day of December is the moment when the FIA announces the entry list for the Formula One World Championship of the upcoming season.
Ten teams will compete in the 2006 championship, which confirms that the Super Aguri F1 Team will not be part of this elite group, at least not for next season.
Only three spots remain unconfirmed in the driver selections: two at Toro Rosso and one at Red Bull Racing. It seems very likely that Christian Klien will remain at Red Bull while Vitantonio Liuzzi and Scott Speed should drive for Toro Rosso.
2006 Formula One Championship entry list
1. Fernando Alonso (E) - Renault F1 Team
2. Giancarlo Fisichella (I) - Renault F1 Team
3. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) - McLaren Mercedes
4. Juan Pablo Montoya (CO) - McLaren Mercedes
5. Michael Schumacher (D) - Scuderia Ferrari
6. Felipe Massa (BR) - Scuderia Ferrari
7. Ralf Schumacher (D) - Panasonic Toyota Racing
8. Jarno Trulli (I) - Panasonic Toyota Racing
9. Mark Webber (AUS) - WilliamsF1 Team
10. Nico Rosberg (D) - WilliamsF1 Team
11. Rubens Barrichello (BR) - Honda Racing F1 Team
12. Jenson Button (GB) - Honda Racing F1 Team
14. David Coulthard (GB) - Red Bull Racing
15. TBA - Red Bull Racing
16. Nick Heidfeld (D) - BMW Sauber F1 Team
17. Jacques Villeneuve (CDN) - BMW Sauber F1 Team
18. Tiago Monteiro (P) - MF1 Racing
19. Christijan Albers (NL) - MF1 Racing
20. Tonio Liuzzi (I) - Scuderia Toro Rosso
21. Scott Speed (USA) - Scuderia Toro Rosso
Hugo GIGUERE
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Super Aguri team a non-starter for 2006
Friday Dec 2 06:12 AEDT
Japan's planned Super Aguri Formula One team will not take part in next season's championship, the governing FIA said.
An official list of entrants had just 10 teams, the same number as this year.
"We have notified the team that their application has been refused," said a spokesman for the International Automobile Federation.
Super Aguri, run by former Formula One racer Aguri Suzuki, had hoped to enter the championship with Honda engines and technical support.
They had been talking to former Minardi owner Paul Stoddart about buying four-year-old Arrows cars due to problems in overcoming the regulations preventing teams from using cars designed and built by existing entrants.
While no reason was given for the FIA's rejection, new applicants to the championship must pay a $US48 million ($A65.15 million) bond before they can be accepted and sources suggested that had not been forthcoming.
Their omission from the official entry list dashed the immediate hopes of Takuma Sato, dropped by Honda-owned BAR at the end of this season, of being on the starting grid next year as well as Briton Anthony Davidson. It also left Japan without a grand prix driver.
However a late entry remained a possibility, albeit unlikely, if the team can secure the unanimous agreement of all the other entrants before the first race of the season in Bahrain on March 12.
The official list, headed by champions Renault who retain their Mild Seven tobacco backing, also confirmed that Portugal's Tiago Monteiro would take the second seat at the new Midland team replacing Jordan.
McLaren, runners-up in the 2005 championship despite winning more races than Renault, were listed without a title sponsor following the departure of cigarette brand West.
BAR's name changes to Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 team following Honda's decision to buy out founders British American Tobacco.
No drivers were listed for Scuderia Toro Rosso, who replace stragglers Minardi after that Italy-based team was bought out by Red Bull and renamed.
American Scott Speed is likely to be one of them, becoming his country's first Formula One racer since Michael Andretti left McLaren in 1993, alongside either Austrian Christian Klien or Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi.
Either Liuzzi or Klien will go to Red Bull's main Ferrari-powered team.
The other vacant slot on the list was at the new BMW team but that was filled earlier when they confirmed that Canadian former champion Jacques Villeneuve would be seeing out his Sauber contract.
BMW announced in June that they were buying Sauber to enter their own team after six years as engine partners to former champions Williams.
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©AAP 2005
wuz really looking fwd to havin an extra team on the grid...
poor Sato... lolz
[01/12/05 - 18:46]
http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/img/vide.gif
2006 F1 Championship: the official entry list
Super Aguri F1 not on the list
http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/img/l3.gif
http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/img/vide.gif
http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/photos/imgactu/05/suzuki-suzuka-z-wri-21_071005.jpg (http://javascript<b></b><img%20src=)
Like every year, the first day of December is the moment when the FIA announces the entry list for the Formula One World Championship of the upcoming season.
Ten teams will compete in the 2006 championship, which confirms that the Super Aguri F1 Team will not be part of this elite group, at least not for next season.
Only three spots remain unconfirmed in the driver selections: two at Toro Rosso and one at Red Bull Racing. It seems very likely that Christian Klien will remain at Red Bull while Vitantonio Liuzzi and Scott Speed should drive for Toro Rosso.
2006 Formula One Championship entry list
1. Fernando Alonso (E) - Renault F1 Team
2. Giancarlo Fisichella (I) - Renault F1 Team
3. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) - McLaren Mercedes
4. Juan Pablo Montoya (CO) - McLaren Mercedes
5. Michael Schumacher (D) - Scuderia Ferrari
6. Felipe Massa (BR) - Scuderia Ferrari
7. Ralf Schumacher (D) - Panasonic Toyota Racing
8. Jarno Trulli (I) - Panasonic Toyota Racing
9. Mark Webber (AUS) - WilliamsF1 Team
10. Nico Rosberg (D) - WilliamsF1 Team
11. Rubens Barrichello (BR) - Honda Racing F1 Team
12. Jenson Button (GB) - Honda Racing F1 Team
14. David Coulthard (GB) - Red Bull Racing
15. TBA - Red Bull Racing
16. Nick Heidfeld (D) - BMW Sauber F1 Team
17. Jacques Villeneuve (CDN) - BMW Sauber F1 Team
18. Tiago Monteiro (P) - MF1 Racing
19. Christijan Albers (NL) - MF1 Racing
20. Tonio Liuzzi (I) - Scuderia Toro Rosso
21. Scott Speed (USA) - Scuderia Toro Rosso
Hugo GIGUERE
© CAPSIS International
Super Aguri team a non-starter for 2006
Friday Dec 2 06:12 AEDT
Japan's planned Super Aguri Formula One team will not take part in next season's championship, the governing FIA said.
An official list of entrants had just 10 teams, the same number as this year.
"We have notified the team that their application has been refused," said a spokesman for the International Automobile Federation.
Super Aguri, run by former Formula One racer Aguri Suzuki, had hoped to enter the championship with Honda engines and technical support.
They had been talking to former Minardi owner Paul Stoddart about buying four-year-old Arrows cars due to problems in overcoming the regulations preventing teams from using cars designed and built by existing entrants.
While no reason was given for the FIA's rejection, new applicants to the championship must pay a $US48 million ($A65.15 million) bond before they can be accepted and sources suggested that had not been forthcoming.
Their omission from the official entry list dashed the immediate hopes of Takuma Sato, dropped by Honda-owned BAR at the end of this season, of being on the starting grid next year as well as Briton Anthony Davidson. It also left Japan without a grand prix driver.
However a late entry remained a possibility, albeit unlikely, if the team can secure the unanimous agreement of all the other entrants before the first race of the season in Bahrain on March 12.
The official list, headed by champions Renault who retain their Mild Seven tobacco backing, also confirmed that Portugal's Tiago Monteiro would take the second seat at the new Midland team replacing Jordan.
McLaren, runners-up in the 2005 championship despite winning more races than Renault, were listed without a title sponsor following the departure of cigarette brand West.
BAR's name changes to Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 team following Honda's decision to buy out founders British American Tobacco.
No drivers were listed for Scuderia Toro Rosso, who replace stragglers Minardi after that Italy-based team was bought out by Red Bull and renamed.
American Scott Speed is likely to be one of them, becoming his country's first Formula One racer since Michael Andretti left McLaren in 1993, alongside either Austrian Christian Klien or Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi.
Either Liuzzi or Klien will go to Red Bull's main Ferrari-powered team.
The other vacant slot on the list was at the new BMW team but that was filled earlier when they confirmed that Canadian former champion Jacques Villeneuve would be seeing out his Sauber contract.
BMW announced in June that they were buying Sauber to enter their own team after six years as engine partners to former champions Williams.
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©AAP 2005