I just laughed so hard I choked… and our commercials are awesome.
I was doing the same thing… last corner, last lap, last race… you can’t argue with that. I guess I would agree with altering the points system so there is more emphasis on winning because that needs to return to racing.
Testing from yesterday, interesting to see McLaren using the '08 interim car with '09/'08 combo wings when they’ve already debuted their '09 car… clearly it’s not ready for testing.
i think alonoso is guna carry on this year where he left off last year. hopefully all these rule changes dont hurt the renault to much this year. he still is the best driver in F1
Ferrari’s newly launched 2009 single seater, the F60, has been declared “illegal” by a specialist German motoring publication.
Auto Motor und Sport said the car, revealed last week at the Mugello circuit in Italy, features rear exhaust outlets that contravene the sweeping new technical regulations.
The magazine said some of the Italian team’s rivals have noted that because of the new rules cracking down on bodywork appendages like aerodynamic winglets, exposing the exhausts in the way the F60 is designed is not allowed.
A glance at the other new cars revealed so far - the Renault, Williams, McLaren and Toyota - shows that their exhausts have all been mounted in-board.
Auto Motor und Sport said it should not be too much of a problem for Ferrari to redesign the exhaust housing, but it may help to explain the team’s retreat from the Portimao group test this week to Mugello.
Officially, Ferrari decamped to Mugello because of adverse weather forecasts for this week, but the magazine said the F60 also showed a significant problem with its front wing when tested last week.
It is suggested that, in light of these challenges, Ferrari concluded that it should be conducting the car’s first major test as close as possible to its Maranello base.
Source: GMM
We’ll see how this plays out, I hope they are allowed to keep them exposed. FOM and the FIA should take note, keeping things like exhaust pipes exposed ties public minds to the fact that they are “real cars” with internal combustion engines. It enhances the show/increases the spectacle by making it easier to see the engine blowing fireballs. That way it MIGHT be visible at races other than Singapore. Not only that, but it looks AWESOME.
Yesterday’s test session, interesting to see McLaren is still running the interim 2008/9 car AND their new 2009 car. I dont see the point of running obsolete aero?
Sebastien Buemi - 1.29:435 - 56 laps (Red Bull)
Nico Rosberg - 1.33:816 - 64 laps (Williams)
Fernando Alonso - 1.34:610 - 52 laps (Renault)
Lewis Hamilton - 1.38:962 - 27 laps (McLaren)
Timo Glock - 1.41:923 - 44 laps (Toyota)
Keep in mind the Red Bull is still the RB4 and not the new 2009 model, so it’s definitely going to be faster during initial testing.