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The Formula 1 2011 Season of Vettel Fingering the Competition |OT|

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RomanticHeroX

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I have to imagine it's only a matter of time before Kobayashi overtakes Sato and becomes the most successful Japanese driver. Sato had some fairly impressive drives but they were really few and far between. Kobayashi is like Sato's promise fulfilled.
 
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DrM

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Best pic of Takuma Sato
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mclaren777

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The Truth About Trucks

It's not just a lot of people who need to get to each circuit on the Formula 1 world championship calendar – there's plenty of equipment to be moved too.

The Turkish Grand Prix marks the first time this year that the fleet of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes trucks will be used to take what's needed – the last three races were "flyaways", meaning all the team's equipment was flown to the circuits.

Some 28 Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks are currently in use by the team, and 22 of those will be heading to Istanbul Park. All are 16m long, 2.5m wide and 4m tall, and can haul loads of up to 40 tons. They're powered by diesel Mercedes-Benz V6 engines, which are turbocharged and intercooled. Their fuel tanks can hold 400 litres of fuel at maximum capacity, giving them a range of 1100-1200km. Top speed is 90km/h.

They have a total of 18 wheels – six on the cab and 12 on the trailer. There's a larger number on the trailer because there are double wheels on each of the trailer's three axles. The Brand Centre fleet consists of 15 trucks, while a further six trucks are used by McLaren Group's events and catering company Absolute Taste, or for non-racing events.

As we speak, the Brand Centre trucks are well on their way to the circuit. The racing team trucks are due to leave MTC on Monday. We'll be travelling in the engineering truck, which is part of the racing team fleet, to give you an insight into what it takes to get our equipment to and from each Formula 1 race.

The journey from MTC to Istanbul Park involves a 1733km trip to the port of Trieste, which is on Italy's Adriatic coast. The distance is the longest our drivers will drive this year, and the journey takes about 26 hours.

To get the trucks to Trieste, 34 drivers are needed. This is because they don't stop on the way – they're driven continuously with the drivers taking shifts at the wheel. This means that the driver who gets a truck to the circuit won't necessarily be the same driver who left MTC in it – drivers swap at predetermined waypoints along the route. After that, it's a two day ferry crossing which will see us head down the Adriatic Sea and into the Ionian Sea, going round the Greek islands before heading up the Dardanelles strait to the port of Pendik in Turkey. Once the ship docks, it's a short 30 minute drive to Istanbul Park.

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mclaren777

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Episode 15 is great if you care about F1 history. Hearing Dan Gurney explain the invention of the Gurney Flap is truly fantastic.

Episode 17 is much more focused on modern F1 and whether the changes this year (KERS, DRS, Pirelli, etc) have made the races unnecessarily artificial.



 
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These men are their respective countries' top paid athletes according to ESPN the Magazine.

Raikkonen (Finland) — $26,333,333
Alonso (Spain) — $22,736,842
Rossi (Italy) — $20,800,000
Hamilton (England) — $18,473,684
Massa (Brazil) — $17,052,632
Kubica (Poland) — $10,657,895
Montoya (Columbia) — $5,088,410

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1.6L, 4 cylinder, turbo-charged, turbo-compounded, 4x more powerful KERS, hybrid, running all electric in the pitlane.

Is that really the future of Formula 1 in 2013? Maybe.

(Reuters) - A new Formula One engine being designed for 2013 will sound fantastic and be good for the sport however much Bernie Ecclestone dislikes it, according to Williams chairman Adam Parr.

Speaking to Reuters at the Chinese Grand Prix at the weekend, Parr made clear he was a big supporter of the technology despite increasing opposition in certain quarters.

Formula One's commercial supremo Ecclestone has used recent interviews to criticise the smaller 'greener' 1.6 litre four cylinder hybrid engine, expressing concern that it will sound 'terrible' and alienate fans.

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, whose company's luxury sportscars use V8 or V12 engines, has also called for a rethink about ditching the current V8s.

Parr, whose British-based team are nine times world champions but have yet to score a point in three races so far this season, said he had a very strong view on the matter and felt it was time to speak out.

"Formula One is ultimately defined by its technology and Formula One's constant reinvention of itself, whether it's on the chassis side or the engine side, is fundamental to the nature of the sport," he said.

"The people who don't want things to change are the people who for whatever reason feel they have an incumbent advantage by not changing things.

"The problem with that is the sport will lose its interest very quickly if people think that it is standing still," added the Briton, whose team use engines provided by independent manufacturer Cosworth.

"Why do we need a new engine? Well, we've got this V8 which essentially in one shape or another...has been going for years. The technology is dated, it's not what's going on out in the real world and I think it's a major, major barrier to bringing in new partners and growing the sport."

Parr said the new engine would be turbocharged and turbo-compounded. The KERS (kinetic energy recovery system) will be four times as powerful.

"It will have one fan generating electricity to super-charge the engine, another fan to recover energy from the exhausts which will recharge a battery and then be usable," he said.

"You are going to have a powertrain generating well over 800hp from four cylinders. I think its going to sound fantastic. It's going to run on pure electric in the pitlane.

"You've got cutting edge technology, I mean really the future of road cars, you're going to have a very powerful message about environmental performance and what technology can do. And the racing will be just as exciting, if not more."

Parr said Renault, who currently provide engines to three of the 12 teams, wanted the new technology while Mercedes, who supply another three, were also positive.

"I don't want to speak out of turn, but I remember Ferrari chairing the FOTA (teams association) executive committee meeting at the first Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and Luca saying we must have a new engine and saying I want it if possible in 2012 and not 2013," he added.

"There are people who fiercely opposed KERS who are now big supporters of it, including Ferrari. The world is changing, we have to change."
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Ark

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I am 100% fine with the new 2013 engine regs as long as:

1) The great sound is retained
2) They're just as fast, if not faster.
 
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Versipellis

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Seeing how F1 has so many standards to follow, I tend to forget that just a bunch of years ago engines could be so different one from the other in the same season (Ferrari was using a V12, but there were a lot of V8 and V10 too).
 
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Indian battery company joins Hispania

Hispania Racing has announced that Base Batteries is now its official battery supplier. The Indian company has signed a deal with the Spanish team, which runs Narain Karthikeyan as a driver ahead of the country's inaugural Grand Prix this October.

The three-year deal means that Base Batteries logos will now be 'prominent' on the cars of Karthikeyan and Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi, although their exact locations remain to be seen.

"We're very happy to have reached an agreement with Base Batteries, one of the leading battery companies in India," comments Jose Ramón Carabante, President of Hispania Racing.

"We are setting the base for the project we are still shaping out since last year. I am convinced that this deal will help us to keep growing, enabling us to evolve into a more competitive team which desires to accomplish its targets."

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AndyD

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Hard to say on the new regs. It would be nice to see electric running, but I also hope the sound is retained, I am worried the turbo whine would be unbearable.

Also what is turbo-compounded?
 
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Ponti

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Bernie is batshit insane most of the time, but on this new engine issue he is spot on. Slower, worse sounding cars = no deal.
 
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AcridMeat

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Weren't they talking about these 4 cylinder turbo-charged engines by 2013 a season or two ago? It should be a safe bet that it's happening right?
 
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RomanticHeroX

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There's nothing like the sound of the V10s. It's the kind of sound that makes your vision blur. By not wearing any ear protection I'm assuming I did some long lasting damage to my hearing but it was so worth it.
 
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AcridMeat

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I don't feel like bumping the 2010 thread, is anyone else watching the Aus V8s right now?

Shaneus you have a Webber sense don't you.
 
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DrM

Redmond's Baby
I was 9 years old i still remember that race very vividly

First Ratzenberger on Saturday and Senna on Sunday... tragic weekend.
 
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DrM

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Daniel Dantas said:
Remember the Barrichello's crash on fryday? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSI27en56tg


Jesus, worst GP ever.
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Wow, forgot about that one . If I recall correctly, he was also injured in this crash and also quite lucky to be alive.

That old Imola layout was insane, high-speed corner after high speed corner, combined with quite narrow track, with insufficient runoff zones....
 
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