Admin Lineker Posted June 9, 2013 Author Admin Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 Exclusive BBC Sport interview with Robert Kubica. Sadly, it seems as if he has given up the F1 ghost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazz Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 Thomas Kubica? Typical BBC journalism. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted June 9, 2013 Author Admin Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 7 days straight with Nelson on death's door has scrambled my mind. Where did I even get Thomas from!!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katsuya Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 Bit of a damp squib of a race bar some good fighting with Alonso-Hamilton-Webber-Rosberg. Nowhere near as good as some of the past Canadian GPs. Didn't even get a safety car Sadly it sounds like a marshall was seriously injured too, apparently he was run over by the crane that picked up Gutierrez's car. Hope he makes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 It really is unfortunate that Kubica suffered such a bad injury. I think he was on course to becoming one of the best F1 drivers in the modern era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katsuya Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 Apparently the marshall has now died, which is a real tragedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted June 10, 2013 Author Admin Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 Horrific tragedy. The incident is the first incident of its kind since the 2001 Australian Grand Prix, when marshal Graham Beveridge was killed when he was struck by a wheel that had flown through a gap in the safety fencing in a collision between Jacques Villeneuve and Ralf Schumacher. He'd have been fine if Gutierrez hadn't crashed . Brundle did say on commentary that they should have left the wreckage there until post-race as it would have been safer... Elsewhere: In-season testing will return to Formula 1 next year, after teams approved plans for four post-race sessions in 2014. Following a lengthy meeting of think-tank the Sporting Working Committee in the Montreal paddock on Saturday night, a majority of teams voted in favour of a testing rethink for next year. The plans, which now just need final approval from the FIA's World Motor Sport Council which meets at the end of this month, will open the way for four two-day test sessions that will take place after selected grands prix. It is understood that the tests will take place on the Tuesday and Wednesday after the nominated races. Pirelli will not race with its new rear tyres at the British Grand Prix following inconclusive testing of the developments in Canada last weekend. Giedo van der Garde has been given a five-place grid penalty for the British Grand Prix for an incident with Nico Hulkenberg in Canada; and Mark Webber has slammed the Caterham driver as "a pay driver with no mirrors" after the pair's collision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katsuya Posted June 10, 2013 Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 I think that Giedo being penalised for the thing with Nico was harsh, as it did seem that Nico moved over on him rather than the other way around. The Webber one was him being completely useless though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted June 11, 2013 Author Admin Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 Vettel has signed a contract extionsion at Red Bull, keeping him there for the 2015 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted June 13, 2013 Author Admin Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Good news for Lotus and Force India fans - Pirelli has confirmed the construction of its tyres will remain unchanged at least until the Hungarian Grand Prix, scrapping its initial plan of introducing them at Silverstone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted June 17, 2013 Author Admin Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Red Bull Formula 1 team boss Christian Horner has been awarded an OBE for services to motorsport in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. The 39-year-old has led Red Bull Racing since it took over the Jaguar team in 2005. Horner had made his name running the Arden team in Formula 3000 after calling time on his own racing career. Red Bull has assumed a dominant position in F1 in recent years, winning the last three constructors' championships and taking Sebastian Vettel to three straight drivers' titles. "I'm naturally shocked," said Horner. "It's all a bit unexpected, incredible really. "To be in the company of men and women who have achieved such great things for the country is something very, very special. "This is right up there with what I have achieved in motorsport." Jose Froilan Gonzalez, the first man to win a world championship Formula 1 race for Ferrari, has died at the age of 90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Murray Walker has been diagnosed with cancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted June 17, 2013 Author Admin Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Fuck. Fucking fuck. It's a form of lymphatic system cancer, which was diagnosed during tests after a fall in which he broke his pelvis last month. So in a way, he's fortunate he fell! Apparently he's said that it's a mild cancer and hopefully he can beat it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazz Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Murray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted June 20, 2013 Author Admin Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 Lotus owner Genii Capital has sold a 35 per cent stake in the team to new investor Infinity Racing. The FIA's International Tribunal opens for session today at 09:30 local time in Paris. Indian Grand Prix organisers have dismissed "baseless and malicious" rumours that the event could be in doubt after its 2014 edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Ted Kravitz on Twitter FIA find Mercedes guilty-ish! They get a reprimand and are banned from the young driver test. Pirelli reprimanded. No fines, no points dock Red Bull will NOT be happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieG Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 What about Ferrari? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainiac Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Ferrari escaped punishment because while they also participated in the tests, they did so with an obsolete car model (2011's I think, but don't quote me on that) and therefore didn't gain any real advantage from the testing. The rules state you can't use current cars in testing during the season, a rule which only Mercedes broke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted June 21, 2013 Author Admin Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Mercedes has been banned from taking part in this year's young driver test, and given a reprimand, for using a 2013 car during Pirelli testing. Following a seven-hour hearing at the FIA's headquarters in Paris on Thursday relating to the matter, the International Tribunal panel announced its verdict at lunchtime on Friday. It said that Mercedes was guilty of a breach of the regulations and would be reprimanded, and suspended from taking part in the young driver test at Silverstone. Pirelli was also reprimanded. The Tribunal panel of Edwin Glasgow, Christy Harris, Patrick Raedersdorf and Anthony Scott Andrews heard arguments that Mercedes and Pirelli had brought the sport into disrepute. During closing speeches at the hearing in Paris, Mercedes' legal representative Paul Harris had suggested that if the team was found guilty, then a reprimand and ban from the young driver test would be appropriate. He said: "[The young driver test] is a three-day test, and it is a car test over which teams have full control and teams know everything about the tyres and cars. "If we are in this territory then it is open to the International Tribunal to impose exclusions from events that are under FIA jurisdiction, and the young driver test is that." The costs of the Tribunal case will be split between Mercedes, Pirelli and the FIA. This year's young driver test takes place on July 17-19. Mercedes reserves Sam Bird and Daniel Juncadella were likely to have run. Mercedes says its reprimand and ban from the Formula 1 young driver test is a "proportionate" punishment for its tyre test with a 2013 car, and they therefore will not be appealing. Red Bull boss Christian Horner has welcomed the fact that the FIA Tribunal confirmed Mercedes broke the rules in testing its 2013 Formula 1 car - but drew short of saying whether the penalty handed to the team was enough. Ferrari has described the FIA International Tribunal's penalties for Mercedes' test with a 2013 Formula 1 car as 'perplexing'. They have not made any official comment on the outcome of the hearing into the Mercedes secret test, it has used its 'Horse Whisperer' column to express its confusion. Elsewhere! Renault has unveiled its 2014 turbocharged Formula 1 engine at the Paris airshow. The firm has named it the Energy F1, as it is Renault's first design for the sport's new turbocharged, energy-recovery technology era - and this is what it will sound like!! Amusingly (but unsurprisingly), Lotus are saying that Pirelli now being too conservative with their tyres. Ahead of Silverstone, Lotus have also said, "There's a new front wing, suspension profiles and suspension upgrades in addition to various other aero upgrades, which combine to give us what should be our biggest step forward of the year." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonM Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Eh the whole Pirelli stuff is just pretty damn banal throughout. Every driver is entitled their opinion, but when the top 3 are the ones complaining about tyre wear whilst they are leading the standards (Vettel reasonably comfortable too), I don't feel it's warranted to complain about tyre wear. Personally I feel they need to get off their high horses and do what all the teams before them have done, adapt to the new way and look to get the most out of it. One of the reasons personally that some drivers are underperforming is just a culmination of the cars becoming closer and closer in terms of competitiveness and you are seeing guys like Button falter because there are some great talented drivers out there, better than Button arguably. PdR will probably be a leading name to take Button's seat away when the season is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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