This could be great news for British F1 fans who can't afford to go to the race. I used to regularly attend Silverstone's test sessions, allowing you to get up close to the cars without paying extortionate prices.
With this and his BBC gig, 2012 could be quite a pleasant (if not especially lucrative) year off for Alguersuari. A good knowledge of the Pirellis might raise his stock for 2013, too.
Massa has twitter now ---> https://twitter.com/#!/Felipe1massa https://twitter.com/#!/alo_oficial/status/185642570498580480
Sutil has dropped his appeal against his assult of Lux. This comes after Lux accepted Adrians apology over the matter during a nightclub 'brawl' He also sent a parting shot to Lewis Hamilton
Nothing to do with F1 but Autosport writers are revelling in a delightful WRC quote from Ford tech chief Christian Loriaux after his cars crashed out. Equally applicable to any number of F1 scenarios, such as Turkey 2010:
A great interview with Hembery. The top bit says: "Alonso is a magician with the tyres" Hembery "Hamilton has changed his style for the Pirelli Massa? Who does not win looks for the excuse of the tyres" The third column says: I haven't bothered translating the rest of the article because it would take too long and the rest has no mention of Massa, Hamilton or Alonso (the interesting stuff).
His opinion on Mercedes is interesting. Doubtless we and the media are keen to see things as more polarised than they actually are and therefore exaggerate specific attributes for the sake of argument but the team has also said it is struggling with tyre degradation relative to its competitors (i.e. their car design rather than just saying "the tyres are crap" or that it's Rosberg's problem).
Without having read Forza's link - but taking what he and Genji have quoted him as having said - I agree with Hembery's assessment; and in particular, the view that Mercedes do not have disproportionate difficulties with the tyres. My belief is that, unlike Hamilton and Webber, the Mercedes drivers (particularly Schumacher) have so far been unable to adapt their driving style sufficiently. This is something where Alonso and Button really set the bench-mark. P.S. Perez would appear to have the right idea too, although my view is that he is actually overdoing it!
It's everywhere. Despite being signed in, it was also displaying them for me on not606. Fortunately you can cancel it.
In addition to Marrusia's support for his suggestion of a budget cap, Ecclestone can now count on non-FOTA member Sauber's, who want it in place from 2013 onwards. UPDATE: JAonF1 believes a budget cap is unacceptable to the bigger teams but that they would support "putting the RRA into a new structure whereby it is managed by a third party and subject to arbitration in the event of dispute." Christian Horner has said Red Bull are firmly against allowing the FIA to enforce the RRA, so who would be the third party that is "agreeable to the likes of Ferrari and Red Bull"?
Silverstone increasing capacity by another 3,500. http://www.silverstone.co.uk/news/l...apacity-for-the-Formula-1-British-Grand-Prix/ Glad I already sorted my tickets out last year
Extracts from his Thursday press conference in Melbourne have apparently been released today (or at least people like Scarbs are discussing it as if it's been released today).
Pirelli have chosen the tires for the next three races: Bahrain - Soft - Medium Spain - Soft - Hard Monaco - Super-soft - Soft
