Eitherway 'choosing' a nationality is bullshit, you don't choose your nationality, you are what you are, you shouldn't get a choice.
If I have Dutch and German parent but I live in Holland then I'm Dutch and visa-versa, just like Nico Rosbergs mother is German so he is classified as a German (which is correct). If you live in a country but your family aren't of that nationality then you should race under their nationality.
read that Toyota most likely uses the same base 3.8 V8 (destroked 3UZ-FE) they provided to Rebellion racing this year, which is Toyotas allround race engine, used in SuperGT and Formular Nippon cars.
If you are more than one nationality, but your parents are not, then what?
Nico Rosberg is not identified as German because it is "correct". He is identified as German because he happens to travel on a German passport for convenience. He identifies himself neither as Finnish nor German. If he chooses to use a Finnish passport and race under the Finnish flag, there would be nothing wrong with that.
Then there is the odd case of Ho-Pin Tung. Born in the Netherlands, a Dutch citizen, born of Chinese parents. He races using a Chinese license. If he chooses to use a Dutch license instead, who are we to say that's wrong because his parents are Chinese? The choice is up to him.
Of course there are common sense limits. If a person is not a citizen and doesn't live in a particular country, then obviously that person cannot identify him/herself as that nationality. But if a person holds multiple citizenships, they should - by right - have a choice under what flag they race under, regardless of parents' nationality.
Sensible choice for them. It's a proven engine. Reliable, with plenty of power and potential to tune further. I wonder where the electric unit will come from.
Yea, then he ain't Dutch. My belief is that you should only be classed with an alternate nationality (in this case) after 3 generations of the family have lived in a country. Nowadays you get brothers on different national football teams etc. Soon nationality won't mean anything other than the place where you were born. Which is irrelevant to the person you are in alot of cases.
If I was born in Holland, I sure as hell wouldn't call myself Dutch, because I wouldn't be. Just like if my son was born in another country he will be the same nationality as me and my wife.
It's quite a subjective matter, I'm not gonna beat down on anyone who does it, but I just feel there has to be a line drawn soon or everyone is going to have their fingers in everyone elses pies.
Anyway, my point was that deciding the flag shown on tv based on the driver's passport(s) makes a lot more sense in most cases than showing the license. License is illogical because most viewers expect the flag to mean the nationality. It would be almost better to show no flag at all instead of the license because it's irrelevant information.
March 17 - 60th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring (USA)
May 5 - Six Hours of Spa (Belgium)
June 3 - Le Mans Test Day (France)
June 16-17 - 24 Hours of Le Mans (France)
Aug. 25 - Six Hours of Silverstone (UK)
Sept. 16 - Six Hours of Sao Paulo (Brazil)*
Sept. 30 - Six Hours of Mt. Fuji (Japan)
Oct. 20 - Six Hours of Bahrain (Bahrain)**
Nov. 11/18 - Six Hours of China (TBA)
Pending riots? Why not just drop it and put, oh I don't know, a good track in its stead? So many easy picks: Nurburgring, Jerez, Portimao, Imola, Istanbul, Red Bull Ring, or even Abu Dhabi.
I wonder which track they will use in China. Surely only Shanghai would be up to standard.
WEC director Gerard Neveau confirmed to SPEED.com that they're in negotiations between Zhuhai International Circuit, site of this weekend's ILMC finale, and the Shanghai International Circuit.
Same, RLM a bit delayed for me, but it's worth it. Lets hope McNish can get 3rd and 2nd back, hopefully close down for the win.
EDIT : just used the 'on-board' feature on audi livestream, so awesome to hear everything, even drivers swapping small notes about car performance on driver switch. You can even hear the drivers talking on the radio!
First photo is from 2007 and it was then thought to be the ACO's illustration - the second photo is a scale model sitting at Pratt & Miller's shop. Looked cool but I prefer full prototypes.
The fact that that "Corvette" is only a bodywork... might lead to interesting combinations. The chassis will still be Riley/Dallara/whatever and could end up having non-GM engine (or will the bodywork be bundled with the engine choice?)
I think it's better looking than the old DP. I think it's better looking than alot of things. In that blue livery, to me it kinda has a Dauer 962 flava about it.
