What they chopped off the end... "as long as he abides by the Ferrari team orders." :DQuote:
"I would have no problem driving with him (Raikkonen) at Ferrari,"
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What they chopped off the end... "as long as he abides by the Ferrari team orders." :DQuote:
"I would have no problem driving with him (Raikkonen) at Ferrari,"
Same goes for those dogs at Renault.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vivski
"Alonso, your faster then Fisichella overtake him"
I was so angry, Fisichella needs a good race finish, but Renault seem to be his enermy. Stuff up his pit stops, let Alonso through, try new aero or mech and it turns unreliable.
Scott Speed is set to become the first American driver employed full-time by a Formula 1 team since Michael Andretti’s 1993 stint with McLaren, when Red Bull Racing announces him as an official test driver during the upcoming Italian GP weekend.
The fact that the Californian is also running Team USA’s A1GP car in this week’s Paul Ricard test sessions, however, prompted doubts about his availability to perform double duty as an F1 tester and A1 racer during the winter months.
But RBR has confirmed this Friday that Speed’s A1 involvement is in both parties’ best interest.
"It will be good for him to be busy over the winter and get more experience," Red Bull officials told Autosport-Atlas.
The inaugural A1 season, set to kick off on September 25 at Brands Hatch in England, does not conflict with Speed’s GP2 commitments either. The Californian put Team USA on top of the timesheets on both the Wednesday and Thursday sessions at Ricard
The Formula 1 team bosses met in Turkey to try to work out what to do about qualifying next year and the opinions seem to be somewhat split, unusual in this age of detente, although the general feeling now appears to be to maintain the status quo with one or two modifications. The problem is that at the moment the team bosses do not agree on what to do to spice things up now that it is too late for the designers to change their cars for next year.
There seems to be a movement towards an arrangement in which the qualifying order on Saturday would be established with a session which would see the cars running with low fuel and new tyres. This would probably be on Friday afternoon but could also be the fourth session on Saturday. The running order for this session would be established based not on the result of the last race but rather on the championship positions at that moment, obviously reversed so that the slower cars ran first.
Qualifying would remain as it is on Saturday afternoon with the cars running once again with race tyres and fuel loads. This would mean that drivers would get a chance to run the cars as fast as they will go, which would keep fans happy rather than having qualifying sessions which are fundamentally meaningless. It would also offer the teams more chance to calculate the fuel loads of the rival cars.
The teams are currently going through the process of trying to decide what they want and this will then be presented to FIA President Max Mosley when everyone gets together on August 31 at the Automobile Club di Milano.
man if these rumors are proved accurate.... its BIG news
Rossi n Raikkonen @ Ferrari...... Michael possibly @ Mclaren :eek:
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Rossi and Raikkonen at Ferrari in 2007?
A three year deal for Valentino Rossi?
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Rossi (left) is not stranger at Maranello
Valentino Rossi is on the verge of clinching his fifth straight MotoGP title at Motegi in a three weeks time as rumours and reports from Italy, specifically La Repubblica suggest that the Italian star has signed a three year deal to join Ferrari in 2007 for an estimated 80 million Euros.
La Repubblica suggests that Rossi and Kimi Raikkonen will be the 2007 lineup for the once dominant champions.
There has been nothing official on this from Ferrari who just took up an option on the services of Felipe Massa to partner Michael Schumacher next year. Schumacher himself is under contract to the squad until the end of 2006 and according to reports, will await the first tests of the F2006 before making any decision as to whether he will remains with the team, move to pastures new, or retire from the sport.
The Rossi-Ferrari link is nothing new, but recent test with the teams seem to indicate the two parties are moving closer to a long- term working relationship and Rossi is believed to be conducting another two tests this year for Ferrari. His new contract with Yamaha is a one year extension and is up at the end of 2006.
Of course, a lot of Ferrari's 2007 lineup will depend on how competitive the team is next year and how well Felipe Massa performs alongside Schumacher. As it stands, Ferrari and tyre partner Bridgestone are between one and two seconds a lap off the pace at many Grand Prix. Should the team return to its winning ways in 2006, Raikkonen and Rossi may well be more inclined to make the move.
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$90 000 000 :eek: :eek:
is Jenson really worth that much? lolz...
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(GMM) A staggering $90 million, it is reported, may convince Sir Frank Williams to let Jenson Button stay at BAR next season.
UK tabloid 'News Of The World' said that, although Williams seemed recently unwilling to negotiate, the ballpark figure was hit back into the Honda co-owned team's court after Frank knocked back an earlier $36m plea.
''Frank can play hardball on this,'' a supposed 'insider' told the newspaper, ''because we have a watertight contact with Jenson for next season.''
BAR principal Nick Fry is unwilling to put a figure on the value of 25 year old Button to the Brackley team, but he did say that it's 'a lot.'
''There has been a number of letters going backwards and forwards,'' he also revealed, ''and ... discussions.''
Button is, no doubt, perhaps keener than all to find a compromise. As well as baulking at the concept of a Cosworth-powered Williams, he reportedly has a five year, $18m per-year BAR deal in sight.
Written: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 08:38:10
lol rossi and kimi at Ferrari, id like to see that!
Would they allow Rossi to simply jump in a Ferrari for 2007 championship?
I honestly cannot see Michael leaving Ferrari, even when he retires he will be heavily involved:thumbsup:
Is this a death trap for Red Bull? They want to buy Minardi and run 2 teams in 2006. One the current Red Bull Racing team and the 2nd a team named Red Bull Team USA.
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Maybe they will get lots of cash from American companies?Quote:
Originally Posted by Petronas
I'd buy Schumacher for $90 million, fuk Jenson!
Rather Kimi, Shumi is old now, he doesnt have the same motovation anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by LUD02C
Yes michael is getting older, but Kimi hasn't built a team like Ferrari, or have the experience/knowledge that Michael does to share with the team.
Michael could make Sato finish finish 25% of the season if he went to BAR, thats a massive improvment for Sato :D