Naujienos, gandai...

Just marketing operation?

"The approach of Renault was a nice surprise. Marketing? No, because they held the tests secret as much as possi***. I only know that I didn't expect it, and now I can drive a Formula 1 car."

About tests:

"Fine feelings inside, I know that despite my limitations I can do what I did six years ago. I worked so hard for this opportunity. I have been training as hard as never before. What will happen? I don't know, all I can do is work for more opportunities."

Are you ready for F1?

"I'm glad everyone's interested. Perhaps more to the story that unfortunately or fortunately experienced in recent years. With so much sacrifice, though, I said I wanted to try an F1 car. So far I've only done a test but it was a wonderful thing and an important goal to achieve. I do not hide that at this point, having had good mental and physical sensations [in F1 car], I want to go all the way. I don't know what will happen in the coming months, but we'll see. A person who has worked with me during the test said 'you're an F1 driver', which explains pretty much everything and means a lot to me".

If we can see you in the F1 paddock this year

"Returning to my character ... I promised myself that if I come again I will do it with the helmet to drive a car. I promised myself this goal. For now I did it for a test, then we'll see. It begins a new path and I hope it will take me this way. I will try with all my strength!"

The German report said McLaren has calculated with GPS that it is losing 1.3 seconds around Montreal due to Honda.

“With a top engine, we could have done Bottas’ time,” an unnamed team member said. “Only Vettel and Hamilton would have been out of reach.”

Fernando Alonso just said live during the Texas IndyCar race on the phone with the reporters that he would consider a full time IndyCar ride next year if he can't find a race seat in F1 that would allow him to win races!

Bertrand Gachot was co-commenting the Canadian GP on tv today.

He said that he is currently working for Force India, he didn't say in which capacity.
He also said that there are today still some people working for Force India who were already there when he drove for Jordan back in 1991.

palyginimui: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZcLqaMlols
ir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNzKU6nFq3g

Apie Alonso naujiena - eilinis nonsensas - paimtas vienas sakinys is konteksto, kai jis pasake n+k. "Why not" dabar reiskia, kad jis jau eis i Indy. Ir siaip idetas pacio Alonso paaiskinimas auksciau, kuo skiriasi Indy ir F-1 - pagrinde tuo, kad is kiekvieno pasakyto sakinio Indy nieks toli siekianciu isvadu nedaro.

"They have a job to do which is not so difficult in my opinion and they cannot do the job properly," said Kvyat. "They were clearly sleeping today in their office, so maybe they needed some coffee there.

"They should cancel this stupid rule. Who is this rule for? Are we taxi drivers here or Formula 1 drivers? I don't understand this. It's a circus, a stupid f****** circus.

"I will go and talk to Charlie. It's annoying me, it's really annoying me. A simple job, and he can't even do that job properly.

Sportsmail understands McLaren will drop their current engine partners, Honda, after patience with the Japanese manufacturers’ uncompetitive and unrelia*** engines finally ran out.

The report adds that the move may cost McLaren close to €90-million and the deal with Mercedes, which is in the last stages of being finalised, will be announced before the Formula 1 summer break at the end of July or early August.

Nemanau, kad su Honda deal done - kas done tai preliminari sutartis su Mercedes, jei pavyktu Hondos atsikratyti - matyt dave Hondai kazkoki galutini termina

90 mln. mažas nuostolis, palyginus, kiek kasmet patiria dėl to, kad yra rikiuotės gale, šiemet apskritai nusimato paskutinė vieta. Kontrakte su Honda turėtų būti sąlygos, kiek taškų per metus turi komanda iškovoti, kad kontraktą būtų galima nenutraukti.

Klausimas tik kiek čia tas dailymail patikimas su savo naujienom, nes niekas kitas to per daug neaprašo. Panašiau, kad tiesiog čia visų sklandančių gandų susumavimas straipsnio pavidalu.

Beje, iš to paties gandų malūno - yra svarstomas variantas, jog McL bandys nušauti du zuikius vienu šūviu - kitiems metams susitardami su Mercedes dėl whitelabel variklio naudojimo (kaip kad Red Bull naudoja Tag Heur variklius...), o Honda tuo tarpu per kitus metus bando susitvarkyti visas problemas ir naudoja Sauber kaip testų platformą. O po metų pertraukos Mcl ir Honda vėl susijungia tolesniam bendradarbiavimui.

Paskutinis scenarijus turetu priminti iki puses nescio asmens apibudinima - tikrai abejoju, kad komanda gali sau leisti zaisti su dviem gamintojais vienu metu, pritaikyti bolida abiems ir t.t.

Dailymail nera vienintelis saltinis - visokie bloggeriai kelis kartus minejo, kad McLaren tikriaus turi preliminaria sutarti su Mercedes ir iesko way out su Honda

Plius dar gandai, jog mersai planuoja parduoti komandą ir likti tik variklių tiekėju, tai McLarenam apskritai nebelieka nei vieno argumento likti su Honda.

Dailymail yra vienas iš nepatikimiausių šaltinių.

The driver market for next year was also a big talking point with Ferrari being the key over what happens with Kimi Raikkonen. If there is a change then the rest of the market will move. The current thinking is that Ferrari would go for Max Verstappen if he was a*** to get out of his Red Bull contract, which might be possi*** given performance clauses. The team had denied this but no-one believes the denials.

sakau, kad Dailymail tiesiog perspausdina kazkieno info. Pvz Sawardo komentaras:
The word continues to be that a divorce in coming with Honda and it is really a question of when, rather than if. The replacement engines would come from Mercedes and some would like to see this happen after the summer break, rather than at the end of the year. Honda is not happy about the idea but to be fair to McLaren it has been pretty patient and Honda has not delivered the goods.

dar dadekim apie Renault:
There was also lots of talk of a mid-season switch of a different kind over at Renault where Jolyon Palmer’s season continues to be fairly poor. In part this is due to technical problems he has had but getting close to Nico Hulkenberg is what is required and the word is that Renault want to give someone else a try. That someone will likely to Sergey Sirotkin. There are some romantics who think that Robert Kubica might make a comeback in F1, but that seems rather unlikely and the suggestion for 2018 is that the team cannot afford Fernando Alonso, if he was interested, and that it may be more likely that Sergio Perez comes on board. This depends on what happens with Force India and Vijay Mallya.

There is, by the way, an undercurrent in F1 circles that the drivers could soon become subject to a salary cap, as teams look for ways to reduce F1 costs. This would mean a limit on what a team could pay a driver, but sponsors could no doubt provide additional earnings if they wished to do so.

Užuojauta Alonsui, Hamiltonui ir Vettelui, kažkoks komunizmas...

"I felt like a little kid, the impression was big and I still feel it now. I thought it would be harder to control my emotions but concentration and work did the job. I was home, I was back to work, because I treated it like it was testing again."



"One of the nicer moments was driving into pits for the first time and realising that everything is under control, that nothing has changed. After the first three laps I felt like my break wasn't longer than a month. I felt very confident behind the wheel. I was preparing for this for a very long time physically. I never was in such good form, even when I was racing in F1. The F1 car was one of the easiest to drive after the accident with my limitations."



"To drive an F1 car again was my target for the past 16 months. I managed to get my weight down, I have the dedication and the will to work. I have something to work on now but less than I thought before the test. I sleep better now because I know I still can drive an F1 car but I don't know what will happen in the future and what will be my main target. Anyway, I'm preparing myself just like always and take it step by step. I want to quietly pursue another goal which I hope I will get to someday."



"A man who worked with me in 2010 and was present for this test summed up my driving in Valencia in the best way: "The most important thing is, you're still an F1 driver". To hear such words from someone who saw many brilliant drivers means something and it's a very cool feeling. On the other hand there's no point in getting overexcited, time will tell. I think that 2 years ago people were giving me very small chances of returning to an F1 car but what happened went very well in my opinion."

Del salary cap jokiu problemu - Schumacheriui salary mokejo Marlboro, Alonsui siuo metu moka Honda.
Problema butu nebent su tiesioginiais mokejimais (pvz Vettel is Ferrari), bet tai lengvai apeinama per sponsorship deal.
Peace of cake.

F1 cost cap: €150 million including €100 million ‘participation fund’
…the notion of a cost-capped budget set somewhere around the $150m per season mark appears to be crystallising, although it’s far from being universally agreed. Under one model seen by F1 Racing, teams would receive $100m per season from Liberty as a ‘participant’ fund. They would then be free to source a further $50m from sponsors and other backing. Their total audited spend would not be allowed to exceed the notional $150m, with $10m ‘fixed’ as engine spend and driver salaries also bundled into that total. End-of-season prize money distribution, based on championship position, would be shared on a sliding scale from a maximum of around $70m, to a minimum of $10m.

Totto, tik ne Alonso:
“Yes, with Valtteri it is different,” Hamilton told Bild.

“It just feels better than a one and two with Nico. Valtteri supports me a lot. It is a completely different level professionally.

Wolffas neeme Alonso uz 0 EUR ziema, po Rosbergo. Kokio velnio jam persigalvot?

Anyway,: "Kubica comfortably outpaced him (Sirotkin), both over one lap and a full race distance" says Nigel Roebuck.

Nezinau, ka Wolffas galvoja, bet Hamiltonui kazkas svyla - nesustabdomos liaupses Bottui, pasakojimai, kaip blogai su Alonso ir pan.

At Suzuka the qualifying lap left him afterwards speechless and in a daze, so much of himself had he given, so close to an accident had he been for much of the lap. The team's chief race engineer of the time (now trackside operations director), Alan Permane, recalled: "I've never seen a driver give that much in a lap. That was him - he's totally committed in a way most other drivers wouldn't even understand."

Ferrari had seen enough; it's since been confirmed he'd signed to drive for the Scuderia alongside Alonso from 2013.

Čia apie kubicos 2010 kvalifikacinį ratą?

Lyginamas su lėtais pilotais Kubica atrodo tikrai gerai.

He's consumed by driving and by cars, in a way that is extreme. His understanding of every facet of the car's performance and his drive to improve everything all the time - including himself - is remarka***.

If his driving had a weakness it was that it was too dependent upon a specific chassis balance which - as with Vettel - made him super-quick at his peak but prone to a sudden fall from the peak if the car or tyres couldn't give him that. In this way he was less adapta*** than Hamilton or Alonso perhaps, but with a different combination of qualities could well have been the most formida*** of them all.

Kubica, in fact, joined Hamilton's F3 team Manor for the Macau Grand Prix. The two hottest properties in junior racing at the time as team-mates. It was Kubica who stuck it on pole.

Valencia last week suggested we may not have seen the last of him.

Fingers crossed matysim roberta back. Bent jau FP.

"Wolffas neeme Alonso uz 0 EUR ziema, po Rosbergo. " kas cia per rasliava? gal galima placiau :)

tariamai Wolffas galejo imti Alonso ir jis toks desperate butu vaziaves uz dyka. oficialiai sakoma, kad Dennisas paeme Alonso tik be exit clauses tai neaisku, kuo tiketi. daktaras Marco dabar irgi pasakoja, kad Red Bull pilotai neturi exit clauses, bet Vettelis lyg ir turejo. zodziu, aisku, kad niekas neaisku - kaip kas nori taip ir enterpretuoja.

griztant prie Kubicos - tiek ant to "frukto" Alonso privaryta, bet pamirstamas vienas epizodas sitoje istorijoje - Alonso pushino Ferrari paimti Kubica. Alonso nepasakojo visiems, kaip jis myli Massa, kaip jie vienas kita gerbia ir kaip 1-2 su juo yra nuostabiausia - Alonso advokatavo, kad Ferrari paimtu jam konkurenta. Taip, Alonso ir Kubica draugai, Alonso advokatavo, kad Renault Kubica imtu po jo isejimu bet anyway - Alonso gi nera naujasis Senna.

Viskas ten gerai su Alonso ir Kubica.

O stai, beje, sitas dede yra girdejes apie darbo teise kazka, ar nelabai?

"Ricciardo and Verstappen have fixed contracts, Ricciardo for 2018, and Verstappen with some clauses for even much longer."

He stated that Red Bull aren't willing to let any of them go, going on to say: "That also applies to Carlos Sainz, He is also bound to us in the longer term. Until 2019. Only we can end contracts - the drivers cannot."

Ne į temą bet šiaip buvęs pilotas http://automanas.tv3.lt/kamui-kobayashi-su-toyota-bolidu-pagerino-le-mano-trasos-iveikimo-rekorda

Again it must be said he had little to lose – Ocon would try and do the Red Bull and if unsuccessful tuck in behind Perez – and he would have shown himself to be a team player. Not only to his team but also to team managers who may be considering him… Ferrari for instance.

The Reds need a team player in their books to partner Sebastian Vettel if Kimi Raikkonen does depart the team at the end of the season. Perez is an option, but I would venture he did himself no favours on the day because teamwork wins constructors’ championship s and that’s what pays team manager’s salaries.

Indeed I would even go as far as saying that if team managers do have a list of drivers they watch every weekend with a view to hiring them should the need arise, then Perez would have dropped a notch or two on their lists, while Ocon may well have risen up the list.

"I have never been so fit, even in my 'golden years' when I was still competing in F1.

"For example, for the first time in my life my body weight is lower than in 2008.

"It turned out that [driving an F1 car] is not as scary and remote as it seemed to be.

"I can even admit that an F1 car was one of the easiest machines to drive with my limitations after my accident.

"Now I can sleep better because I know that I can drive a Formula 1 car without any limitations, I can drive quickly and consistently."

Kubica says he was in "shock" after the very first laps because of how comforta*** he was driving an F1 car again.

"One of the best moments was returning to the pits after my first run when I realised that everything was under control and nothing had changed," he said.

"After the first three laps it seemed that the break had not lasted more than a month.

"It was a shock as I had a lot of question marks after so many years [out of action].

"I felt very confident in the cockpit. I felt at home."

Imola management have confirmed that FIA Formula 1 Race Director has approved the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari as a grand prix venue.

Round Grand Prix Circuit Date
1 Australian Grand Prix[17] Australia Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne 25 March
2 Chinese Grand Prix China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 8 April
3 Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 15 April
4 Azerbaijan Grand Prix[18] Azerbaijan Baku City Circuit, Baku 29 April
5 Spanish Grand Prix[19] Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona 13 May
6 Monaco Grand Prix[20] Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo 27 May
7 Canadian Grand Prix[21] Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal 10 June
8 French Grand Prix[22] France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 24 June
9 Austrian Grand Prix[23] Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 1 July
10 British Grand Prix[24] United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 8 July
11 German Grand Prix[25][26] Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 22 July
12 Hungarian Grand Prix[27] Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest 29 July
13 Belgian Grand Prix[28] Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 26 August
14 Italian Grand Prix[29] Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 2 September
15 Singapore Grand Prix Singapore Singapore Street Circuit, Marina Bay 16 September
16 Russian Grand Prix[30] Russia Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 30 September
17 Japanese Grand Prix[31] Japan Suzuka International Race Course, Suzuka 7 October
18 United States Grand Prix[32] United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas 21 October
19 Mexican Grand Prix[33] Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 28 October
20 Brazilian Grand Prix[34] Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 11 November
21 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Marina 25 November

https://www.f1today.net/en/news/f1/-227800/verstappen-to-move-to-ferrari-in-2018 įdomu :)

Porsche could be contemplating a future move into formula one.

The Volkswagen-owned German sports car maker has just won its third overall victory at Le Mans on the trot -- and F1 could now be on the horizon.

That is the claim of Germany's Auto Bild, saying Porsche has accepted an invitation to attend the next meeting to discuss F1's post-2020 engine rules.