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BMW Sauber Should Scrap KERS all Together
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The off season when following the development of the KERS KERS system was an exciting, but up and down time for BMW Sauber and now early in June KERS hasn’t featured on the F1.09 since before the Spanish Grand Prix and even then it was Robert Kubica’s only race with the system on board. Kubica’s weight issue prevented his usage of the system and during the process of introducing 2 major revisions to the car in Spain and Turkey with Monaco in between, it’s usage has almost disappeared. Now with the British Grand Prix only a week and a half away, Theissen isn’t even sure it will re appear then either.
BMW Sauber has been a major proponent of the KERS system and it’s development from the get go and only a few days ago was the system voted down for next season by FOTA. Theissen still believes in the system, but as a member of FOTA will go along with their decision to not use it for 2010.
What Happened at bmwf1blog in Jan
Posted by: | Comments- BMW Sauber F1.06 – F1.08 Series: F1.08
Posted on Sunday, January 4th, 2009 in Team News – Comments: (5)The 101 points in 2007 with a very good F1.07 once again had the designers and engineers working overtime to produce an even better car and aerodynamics and balance were once again at the top of the list.”Our aim was to build a car with impressive aerodynamic efficiency, but which also boasted a very stable aero balance,” he said. “This means that it hardly loses any downforce when the wheels are turned in, and thus gives the driver a lot of confidence.
- BMW Sauber F1.09 in Photos
Posted on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 in Team News – Comments: (3)
The Kubica KERS
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Still miles away from the next season and the teams are putting their KERS powered cars on test tracks more and more with some reported good success. However, a few things of note are beginning to peek their heads up. First is Ferrari who have admittedly gone over budget on their KERS development in a time where cost cutting is on everyone’s minds.
Honda F1 Pulling Out of F1 by March 2009
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In my previous post discussing the car manufactures funding races, I gave reasons for this and now one BIG reason has surfaced and I am not surprised. It is breaking news and very disturbing news for F1 and that is that Honda F1 is withdrawing from F1 by March 2009. They can no longer justify spending in the neighborhood of 200 million pounds on the team and looking for a buyer in the meantime. ITV is reporting that what is being put up for sale does not involve running Honda engines, but Ferrari engines instead. Granted there has been no official confirmation from Honda as of yet, but as was reported earlier, many other teams have been inundated with applications for employment from Honda F1 employees.
Another Honda employee who may not be getting too much sleep at all is Jenson Button. There are simply not too many seats left in F1.
The cause of course is the global economic situation that has hit every auto manufacturer extremely hard and this is also the reason Honda may not find a buyer for the team.
No doubt Bernie must be on the verge of a breakdown and Max, who knows, but they better get their acts together and find out the financial state of the rest of the teams.
Pit Lights vs. Lollipop
Posted by: | CommentsPit lights or lollipop? Hmmm. After what we have seen this season from Ferrari, my choice is fairly clear, lollipop! So why is Ferrari using this new pit light system that seems to constantly cause problems for Massa and Raikkonen? Reaction time. Simple as that.
Pit stops have become such an integral part of a grand prix that they can easily make or break a drivers race. Passing is a constant issue at most F1 circuits and with no solution in sight to encourage more overtaking, the pits are where a great deal of overtaking is done and are often a highlight (or low light for Ferrari in Singapore) of a grand prix and so driver reaction time to fuel rig removal has become extremely important.
Ferrari is the only team using the pit light system, but all other teams have looked into it and in doing so have analyzed the job of their mechanics and the driver reaction times and found that any gains by using this system have been so minimal, it’s not worth the potential problems it may create.
Massa’s run to end at Spa – Hamilton
Posted by: | CommentsSep.3 (GMM) Ferrari’s Felipe Massa is on a run of strong form, but championship leader Lewis Hamilton believes the Brazilian will have a fight on his hands for victory in Belgium this weekend.
Massa, 6 points behind McLaren’s Hamilton in the drivers’ standings, dominated the recent Valencia race, and would also have won the previous Hungarian grand prix if not for an engine failure.
But Briton Hamilton, 23, disagrees that his chief rival should be considered favourite to win again as F1 moves on to the famous Spa-Francorchamps venue.
“I think Ferrari have been strong when we have had the softest two (Bridgestone) tyre compounds,” he is quoted by Motorsport Aktuell as having said at the recent DTM race at Brands-Hatch.
Hamilton points out that, at Spa, the formula one field must use Bridgestone’s medium and hard tyres.
He said: “The last two races for Massa were impressive but I actually consider our car the most competitive overall.”
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and Massa finished first and second in Belgium last year, with Hamilton fourth, behind his then McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso.
The Briton also qualified fourth, behind the same aforementioned drivers.
Raikkonen – I must qualify better to win title
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World champion Kimi Raikkonen admits he cannot defend his drivers’ title this season if he fails to find a quick fix to his qualifying struggles. Once out of Fernando Alonso’s slipstream, the Finn and his F2008 was the fastest car at the Hungaroring last Sunday, setting the fastest lap of the race.
“It was good to drive, it felt nice, but it was much too late to fight for the victory,” the Ferrari driver, who had to nurse a failing rear suspension to the chequered flag, said.
Raikkonen qualified just sixth in Budapest and admits he currently cannot make the car work over a fast lap on Saturday afternoons.
Teammate Felipe Massa and championship rival Lewis Hamilton’s problems meant he actually closed in on the points deficit in Hungary, and Raikkonen now lies just 5 points behind with seven races to go.
But the 28-year-old said this week:
“It’s obvious that you cannot win the championship if you start every time from the sixth place in the grid.
“You can be one second quicker than anybody else, but if you start from the sixth at Hockenheim or Hungary, you cannot use that speed at all,” Raikkonen explained.
Kimi Eager to Recharge His Batteries
Posted by: | CommentsFormula One’s mid-season break couldn’t have come at a better time for Ferrari, according to Kimi Raikkkonen.
Ferrari, and Raikkonen in particular, have had a lot of setbacks in recent races with Felipe Massa’s engine failure three laps before the end of the Hungarian Grand Prix their most recent disappointment. Read More→