Naujienos, gandai...

Manau, kalba eina apie variklius po 2021 - iki tol nieks su naujo motoru neateis.

Aišku, kad neateis. Per kelis metus nepasieks TOP lygio, sukiš pinigus į balą ir viskas. Tiesiog gali pradėt ruoštis nuo dabar, kai žinos, ko tikėtis ateity.

Honda targets top three with Toro Rosso in 2018. Lol. Kas kada juos nuleis ant žemės?

Aston Martin badged Mercedes engines ;) Niekas su naujais varikliais iki 2021 savo sveikam prote neis. Arba, Honda rebadginta, irgi, pvz. į Acura :D

Mercedes motoru jiems niekas neduos, nebent kokius Williams Hondai prastumtu - nors Honda siemet atsisake su Williams susideti

Del Honda dar sitas idomu: Masashi Yamamoto, general manager of Honda's motorsport division, admitted that McLaren had been trying to exit its deal "since the beginning of the season" and that "it is for us a shame and a disappointment that we have to separate".

Panasu, kad McLaren tikrai norejo in season switch

Dar dėl Red Bull variklių, sklando kažkokie gandai, kad Cosworth kažką ten buvo naujam variklių formatui pradėjęs krapštyt, bet neatsirado komandų, kurios norėtų toliau paremt variklio kūrimą. Bet čia toks labai long-shot. O Aston Martin turi dideles ambicijas, bet kol kas per mažus finansus. Ėjimas į F1 sudegintų kompaniją finansiškai su dabartiniu variklių formatu. Juo labiau, kad pajėgumas kažin ar Hondą siektų.

Buvo gandas, kad McLaren, Cosworth, Aston dirba kartu prie motoro pagrindu, o toliau uzbaigines kaz kaip nores atskirai

Klepsidra > Tokio konkretaus gando negirdėjau. Būtų įdomu, tik ar prie šitos variklių formulės? Žiauriai brangu tą variklį pagamint.

Nuo 2021, bet man kazkaip tokiu bendradarbiavimu sunku patiketi, nors Aston jau dabar su Cosworth dirba

Engineers do know numbers (is esmes tas pats, ka Sky pries savaite sake Fry): https://youtu.be/PFf7gM85y3Q

- Force India said today that they will sign a new contract with Perez, after that the management of Charles Leclerc visited them.

- Marchione and Arrivabene visited Hinwill and their target is to put Giovanazzi or Leclerc into the 2nd cockpit

- Williams put Massa on hold until October related to a new contract, it seems that they management wants to have a 2nd driver next to stroll which challenges the engineers more.

- Candiates for Williams are Kubica, which was in the simulator already and another one could be Joylon Palmer

- Kvyat looks like to be the 2nd Toro Rosso Driver next to Gasly, as Buemi signed a multi year contract with DAMS in the Formula E.

Word is that Williams are in negotiations to sign Kubica, he is already using team's simulator.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/41296229 Hamiltonas veganu ruošias tapti.

Singapore lyja lietus ir trasa slapia :)

gal kas vsb linka gales?

Aha ir nenustoja ir toliau lyti...

The team is set to offer Kubica a test in a 2014-spec F1 car some time before next month's Japanese Grand Prix.

It is believed Williams is aiming to do the test at a European circuit and on the Friday of either the Malaysian or Japanese GP to avoid media attention.

There are lots of people who do not really understand the stories about Red Bull going with Honda in 2019, following the first year of a deal between Honda and Red Bull’s sister team Scuderia Toro Rosso. Surely, they say, that would be a backward step, as Honda engines are no good, etc etc etc. The deal makes sense to me for one very simple reason: money. Many folk in F1 are now convinced that Red Bull will leave F1, to all intents and purposes, at the end of 2020. It would have gone sooner if there was not a penalty clause in the deal between the Austrian drinks company and the Formula One group. This was agreed because Red Bull was given additional money on the understanding that it would remain in the sport for the full term of the commercial agreement. This means that if Red Bull quits as a team owner it would be required to pay $100 million for each year remaining, thus $300 million for 2018, 2019 and 2020. Doing a deal with Honda for both of its teams means that Red Bull will, at the very least, be a*** to save five seasons’ worth of engine bills (about $150 million): three with Toro Rosso and two with Red Bull Racing. Given that Honda was also paying McLaren substantial sums of money, Red Bull may also be a*** to get a similar deal, which would reduce its F1 spending still further. The word is that Red Bull wants to sell both teams. It might not look that way because the last time Red Bull split with a team (Sauber in 2001) the team continued to be Red Bull-branded for three more seasons, with free space for Red Bull on the cars counting towards the price of the sale. Thus, if similar deals were done today, extracting the maximum value for Red Bull, we can expect to see Red Bull liveries until the end of 2023. If the Honda engines do become successful then that will be a bonus. In the end, success would probably lead to Honda wanting to buy a team and Scuderia Toro Rosso would be a good choice in that respect – although there is a long way to go before that will be on the agenda.

Cia ne gandas o vieno zmogaus asmenines fantazijos ir pasvaisciojimai. Ypac kai jis nieko nezino (ir zinoti negali) apie piniginius reikalus ir pinigines motyvacijas tarp RBR, F1, Honda ir t.t. Is serijos "kazkam forume susisviete"

Is serijos "susisviete vienam is labiausiai zinomu F1 zurnalistu su begale inside informacijos"

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/131915/roebuck-alonso-the-greatest-of-this-century?_ga=2.80688023.1458115180.1505849992-1163810985.1494350190

siek tiek kito asmens fantazijos, bet irgi is forumo

Boullier revealed that the team began considering the future of its partnership with Honda already in pre-season testing, when it was clear that the Japanese engine had failed to deliver the performance that McLaren expected.

"The crucial moment was after the Barcelona testing, when we tried to work and help Honda to improve the situation in a very short time, including having discussions with the other engine manufacturers, and without going into details, it became obvious that they again would miss the target that we had agreed for the season.

"Then by the summer we knew that we had to take a decision, to stay or not to stay. I can't say a date, but there had been a couple of targets missed by summer."

Charles Leclerc to drive for Sauber in four Friday practice sessions

Sauberis tikrai priima sprendimus nepriklausomai. TIKRAI. Independent nR.1.

Siaip ne I tema, bet kaip supratau Ferrari naudoja 3 varikli pries Mercu 4. O gal skaite ar zino kaip su kitais komponentais? Nes kiek man teko skaityti Mercai visur 4 naudoja, o Ferrari dar tik trecius, nes sutvarke anksciau gedusius komponentus. Galimos nuobaudos dar galetu intrigos inesti, nes kitu atveju intrigos.nelabai yra

Niekas nedraudzia Mersams paimti ir isideti antraji varikli, poto kitame etape vel isideti ketvirtaji ir t.t. Pagavai minti?

Stalke> taip, Ferrari nera pristate spec 4 motoro varianto (bent jau kai kuriu jo daliu), o Mercedes ta padare Vengrijoje, bet tai nereiskia, kad Mercedes visa laika vaziuoja su spec 4 motorais - pvz Singapure bent jau Hamiltonas vaziavo su tuo paciu motoru, kuris buvo naudotas Barcelonoje - spec 2. Gedimu ir intrigos dar gali buti is abieju stovyklu.

Idomios izvalgos apie Alonso, kaip pilota:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSDmr1xZI6k

Heiteriams siulau neziureti, realybe gali nepatikti. Visiems kitiems turetu buti idomu.

Kubica to do further test in Williams, paid by Lotos. 3 options for Williams 2018: Kubica, Di Resta, Massa.

Na jau Di resta tai atsiprasau....tegul jis toliau komentuoja Sky

AFAIK sim run will confirm Renault worries or put Williams mind at ease. If not RK, Massa favourite. Di Resta outside shot. Only 3 in it.

Stroll tested the 2014 Williams at Suzuka twice – in the week before the Singapore Grand Prix and again two days after. An initial plan for Kubica to test the day after Stroll was thwarted by the Strolls, who preferred to have their two cars shipped to Austin in readiness for Lance to gain further experience ahead of the American Grand Prix there. This has left Williams looking at the feasibility of using its remaining 2014 car to conduct a Kubica test somewhere in Europe – and with the driver potentially looking for financial backing to cover the cost of the test. Although the Strolls do not run the team and the choice of driver alongside Lance Stroll is the prerogative of the Williams board members, and Paddy Lowe in particular, Lawrence Stroll does pay for Lance’s test programme in the 2014 cars. He does not pay for Williams to test other drivers in those cars. Hence the political difficulties of Kubica’s test.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/9/f1-aston-martin-red-bull-title-sponsor-2018.html

Aston Martin to become Red Bull title sponsor in 2018

"For 2018, our goal is to fight for third place in the constructors' championship," the Frenchman is quoted by the Spanish sports daily Marca.

"But I hope we can do more than this and get a win after so many years.

"I will not start to create false expectations or put hope in our fans that we cannot fulfil, but I believe that we will at least win a race (next year)," Boullier added.

At the latest World Motor Sport Council meeting, the original plan to move from 4 to 3 engines in 2018 was ratified.

Not only that, La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that "In 2018, only two MGU-K, batteries and ECUs may be used" per driver without penalty for the entire 21-race calendar.

BAM:
The discussions around future F1 engine technology continue, driven by Ross Brawn and his team, but the latest noises are that the manufacturers seem to be pushing for the continuation of the MGU-H component of the hybrid system, which is the costly and complex element.

Williams has confirmed that Robert Kubica is one of the drivers it is evaluating for a race seat in 2018, as the Pole continues his journey towards a potential full-time return.

Ferrari ir MB zino kaip pagaminti MGU-H, ir nenori papildomos konkurencijos is Renault/Honda/Nauju veikeju.

ant sito MGU-H reikalo is esmes pastatyta netolima F1 ateitis - su MGU-H tikriaus nebus jokiu 3rd party gamintoju kaip Cosworth, trauksis Red Bull ir t.t.

Pierre Gasly is poised to make his Formula 1 debut for Toro Rosso as soon as this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix, with multiple sources suggesting that the Italian team has decided to rest Daniil Kvyat.