Yeah, I mean like... his birthday should be a national holiday or something =D
Yeah, I mean like... his birthday should be a national holiday or something =D
Update on Stefan GP
And how exactly would Stefanovic have been supposed to buy Toyota's operation, then? Surely not with only a few euros.
Besides, we know for a fact that there is some kind of check done on teams to make sure that they're really serious (FIA sends inspectors), so even if Stefanovic had somehow tricked Toyota into letting him buy their team with his alleged non-money, the FIA would have probably uncovered the fraud and publicly announced that StefanF1 was not a considered entry as a new team, now or in the future.
Besides, we know for a fact that there is some kind of check done on teams to make sure that they're really serious (FIA sends inspectors), so even if Stefanovic had somehow tricked Toyota into letting him buy their team with his alleged non-money, the FIA would have probably uncovered the fraud and publicly announced that StefanF1 was not a considered entry as a new team, now or in the future.
A Karun's GP2 results good enough for a superlicense? Apparantly they are...
money can ?
Was thinking about setting up a USF1 server.....will be postponed for the first 4 weeks . 
You might aswell just call it off.
India is a key market for F1's future expansion, and Ecclestone acknowledged that Chandhok's arrival was therefore well-timed.
"India is rapidly growing to be one of the most important and powerful players in the world of business, culture and sport and at FOM, we look at India very seriously," he said.
"We have an Indian F1 team on the grid, we will have an Indian Grand Prix thanks to the Jaypee Group in 2011 and so it seems only right that there should be an Indian driver in Formula 1."
thats why he got a licence
Chandhok was consistently beaten by Alvaro Parente this past gp2 season. By a lot.
But, money talks higher
1. Toyota wouldn't give a damn who they sold their stuff to, as long as they know for sure themselves they'll get the money. It wouldn't matter to them if it's just some rich kids deciding to waste a lot of money, or whether it's some "team" in F1.
2. If the FIA knows more about Stefan GP, it doesn't mean they would need to publicly announced it. If FIA did it might just open the door for Stefan GP to sue them for defamation or something. If FIA don't publicly announce anything, it won't harm the FIA in anyway at all, so there're basically no point for doing so.
the way the Superlicense system work is that it usually care a lot more about mileage, rather than actual talent~
Karun's performance wasn't brilliant, but he did get a points finish (and sometimes podium) every now and then, although officially one do need to be in the top 3 in the final classification of the series to get the super license...
having said that, I don't remember Karun having done the required mileage, so it probably came down to the FIA granting him the license anyway...
checked again, Karun had done 2 days of testing in a Red Bull a couple of years ago, and most probably done more than enough miles to earn the super license...
Kobayashi was worse.
IIRC Raikkonen got his super license (on some sort of probational condition) despite having very little single-seater experience. I think they made the right choice that time.
Schumacher was karting 10 km from my home this weekend :O (Genk outdoor circuit)
Preparing for the Bahrain GP.
I wish i knew he was coming, would have checked him out.
Preparing for the Bahrain GP.
I wish i knew he was coming, would have checked him out.
I love how people bashing Karun's GP2 results forget the fact that Kobayashi was a complete reject to GP2.
I think this just proves that GP2 isn't that great of a tool to judge F1 success anymore...heck...just look at the GP2 car...IndyCars would be a better preparation tool for F1...(the modern 1996 one...not CART/ChampCar)
I think this just proves that GP2 isn't that great of a tool to judge F1 success anymore...heck...just look at the GP2 car...IndyCars would be a better preparation tool for F1...(the modern 1996 one...not CART/ChampCar)
I don't think it's the car, it's more about the reality of professional racing not always giving a clear indication on real ability.
By that standard not even F1 cars are a proper tool to judge F1 success potential. Just look at Button's history prior to Brawn.
Vain
In F1 it's widely acknowledged a driver doesn't make a huge difference in result. It's mainly car based.
However series like GP2 and others are single make and sold as true 'driver talent classes'. I personally feel they are the complete opposite. All these classes do is hide the fact that wealth can buy good results under the veil of so-called 'driver equality'.
Wealth buys results in all forms of motorsport.
What these single make series really do is force all the teams to get their kit from a select few companies and contractors, at massively inflated prices due to the lack of competition.
Agreed but especially in the single seater stuff where you need budgets of up to £250,000+
If a race series however is manufacturer based and requires to hire drivers on a professional basis then pay-drivers struggle a bit more. Of course to reach the level where you actually 'get noticed' you need to have invested thousands. But this is why F1 teams sign up younger and younger drivers. single-seater single-make racing is a mine field in regard to spotting talent at times
Might been discussed before, but I didn't knew we were going to Korea...
http://www.formula1.com/races/ ... _840/circuit_diagram.html
http://www.formula1.com/races/ ... _840/circuit_diagram.html
Another anti-clockwise circuit added to the rota, interesting
There was little media interest in that yes, but the dedicated motorsport sites did bring the story... Another one that's been built while the season gets underway: on the photo you can even see that there isn't anything built yet - I think they only recently started laying down tarmac...
Just like Abu Dhabi (even more, come to think of it), one asks himself what kind of market the F1 administration sees in Korea... Now, if it were a virtual GP, that would have the whole country watching...
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