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Tag: motorsportThe full 2010 provisional schedule is as follows:
March 14 – Bahrain (Sakhir)
March 28 – Australia (Melbourne)
April 4 – Malaysia (Sepang)
April 25 – Turkey (Istanbul)
May 9 – Spain (Barcelona)
May 23 – Monaco (Monte Carlo)
June 6 – Canada (Montreal)
June 27 – Europe (Valencia)
July 11 – Great Britain (Donington Park)
July 25 – Germany (Hockenheim)
August 1 – Hungary (Budapest)
August 22 – Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps)
September 5 – Italy (Monza)
September 19 – China (Shanghai)
September 26 – Singapore (Singapore)
October 10 – Japan (Suzuka)
October 24 – Brazil (Interlagos)
November 7 – Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina)
An agreement has been reached between Formula 1′s governing body and the teams to prevent a breakaway series, says FIA president Max Mosley. The two parties had been engulfed in a bitter row over planned budgetary and technical changes for the 2010 season.
But it appears a resolution has now been found and, as part of the deal, Mosley has agreed not to stand for re-election as president. For their part, the F1 teams have agreed to bring costs back to the level of the early 1990′s and also to help the 3 new entrants Campos, US F1 and Manor with engines and chassis.
The news follows a breakthrough meeting of the World Motor Sport Council in Paris, and a cost-cutting deal being struck between the FIA and the eight members of FOTA – Ferrari, McLaren, BMW Sauber, Renault, Toyota, Red Bull, Toro Rosso and Brawn GP.
Sky has been made 11/8 favourites to secure the TV rights to FOTA’s proposed breakaway Formula 1 championship.
Ladbrokes have ITV at 9/4, the BBC at 11/4 and Five on the outside at 6/1.
The Formula One Teams Association, comprised of Williams, Sauber, Brawn, Force India, Renault, Red Bull, Ferrari, Toro Rosso, Toyota and McLaren, said last night that they intend to set up a rival championship for 2010 because of a row over the FIA’s proposed budget cap and governance of the sport.
“Sky have demonstrated in the past their willingness to snap up breakaway competitions,” said Ladbrokes spokesperson Nick Weinberg.
Congratulations to Team Ireland on their first win of the A1GP Championship, here is the final table:
1 Ireland 112pts,
2 Switzerland 95,
3 Portugal 92,
4 Netherlands 75,
5 France 47,
6 Malaysia 43,
7 Australia 36,
7 New Zealand 36,
9 Monaco 35,
10 Great Britain 28,
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McLaren have today been handed a suspended three-race ban as the ’lie-gate’ saga reached its conclusion today. The team’s pro-active approach in the run up to the extraordinary hearing of the World Motor Sport Council in Paris played its part in softening the blow as McLaren could have been more heavily penalised. However, the WMSC appear to have taken into account a number of mitigating circumstances after McLaren pleaded guilty on all five counts of breaching the International Sporting Code.
via BreakingNews.ie
Lewis Hamilton and McLaren have been disqualified from the Australian Grand Prix after stewards decided that Hamilton had deliberately misled them when providing evidence about an incident that saw him passed by Jarno Trulli during a safety car period.
The Italian was handed a 25-second penalty following the incident on lap 57 at Melbourne, which relegated him from third to 12th in the final classification and saw Hamilton promoted from fourth to third.
But both drivers were called before the stewards in Sepang today to address new evidence on the incident.
Following the hearing, the stewards decided to reinstate Trulli’s third place and to sanction Hamilton and McLaren by excluding them from the race classification.
Thank you jesus for the new F1 season. I watched the qualifying and the race last weekend and it was one of the more entertaining Grand Prix weekends I have watched in a long time. Even the qualifying was great. Non-stop changing of P1 right up until the last seconds. And even though I did confess to not being able to stand Jenson Button, I did find myself secretly routing for the new Brawn GP team.
What a start for the new team, although it should really be “new” in quotations. Honda have been working on that car since last season, when they gave up hope on the 2008 car and dived into developing the 2009 car – and didnt it pay off. Well remains to be seen if the diffuser used by Brawn, Williams and Toyota will stand up to the scrutiny of an appeal. I hope it does. It looks like a bit of a tantrum from the teams that complained about it, throwing their toys out of the pram etc.
I dont think it will be long before the rest of the teams catch up. And Lewis Hamilton showed what a talented driver he really is by claiming a third spot (but no podium though – ha ha) when starting from practically the back of the grid in a less than perfect (ie shite) car. Of course the crashes, retirements, 2 safety car periods and a 25 second penalty for Jarno Trulli did work in his favour.
Next race is Malayasia this weekend, another early race, or very late if you stay up to watch it. I dont, thank god for sky+
Have you heard about Bernie Eccelstones latest hair-brained idea? He wants to scrap the current points system where the top 8 receive points and replace it with a Gold, Silver and Bronze medal for each race. The world champion will be crowned based on the number of wins he has accumulated over the season.
How can anyone think this is a good idea? It is basically the final nail in the coffin for the smaller privateer teams who generally would not have much chance of finishing in the top 3 places. A single point for the smaller teams at the back of the grid could be like a win to the likes of Ferrari or Maclaren. Look at how pised off the Force India team were after Kimi Raikonnen crashed into the back of their driver in Monaco.
This idea he thinks will increase the amount of overtaking, as drivers will have to go all out to get the win. That may indeed be the case, but is it worth it when there will be a reduced field when all of the “back markers” pull out of F1 as there is nothing in it for them anymore?