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About to find out about FRIC? Mark Hughes ‏@SportmphMark 6m Is Sauber considering running FRICS? And if so might Caterham protest it? Proxy action on behalf of Ferrari and Red Bull? #skyf1
I'm curious as to what happened in the race he won. Because judging by the number of points he picked up through the rest of the season, it can't have been entirely on merit. Edit: Turns out I'm being unduly harsh, pole and win in a fairly normal race. Built a good lead to Razia early on, and then ran out of tyres leading to Razia pressuring him late on, but he held on. Slightly confused though as the video is from 2012, with him in the Rapax team, which doesn't appear in that record at all. He also supposedly won German F3 in 2010. Last season he was Sam Bird's team-mate at Russian Time, finishing 9th overall (coincidentally on the same number of points as Rossi) to Bird's second.
I think Forza was talking about Nathanael Berthon who has joined Caterhams driver program but isn't the one replacing Rossi.
Ferrari have denied that Pat Fry has been sacked amid claims that the team’s engineering director has paid the price for the Scuderia’s lacklustre campaign. Contacted by Sky Sports Online on Monday evening, a team spokesman rejected reports Fry had been sacked in the wake of their dismal start to the 2014 season. However, according to Sky sources, Fry has been dismissed in the latest act of behind-the-scenes bloodletting following the team's underwhelming performances at the dawn of F1’s new hybrid era. Team boss Stefano Domenicali was replaced by Marco Mattiacci in April while engine chief Luca Marmorini is also understood to have left the Scuderia earlier this month. Speaking at Silverstone following reports of Marmorini’s ousting, a Ferrari spokesman said: “I have no comment to make on this. We are re-organising several areas of our structure and when we’re ready to make an announcement, we’ll let you know.” Fry joined Ferrari in 2014 and his departure would leave James Allison, recruited from Lotus just twelve months ago, as the undisputed head of Ferrari’s technical set-up. Despite, like runaway championship leaders Mercedes, being able to build their 2014 car and engine in-house – a capability seen as critical for the launch of the sport’s rules revolution and an advantage denied to both McLaren and Red Bull to telling effect – Ferrari have struggled to compete throughout the year. While their engine has been exposed as overweight and underpowered, its erratic power delivery has frustrated both Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen since the turn of the year with the Finn’s struggles exacerbated by the uncooperative behaviour of the F14 T. Although Alonso was able to muscle the car to a podium finish at the Hungaroring on Sunday, Raikkonen finished over half a minute behind race winner Daniel Ricciardo despite two Safety Car deployments. In the team’s post-race press release, Fry was quoted as saying: “After the summer break, we come to two races that will be difficult for us, on two tracks where it will be important to make the most of any opportunity, just as we did today. On behalf of the team, I wish to congratulate Fernando and Kimi. We had promised them redemption and we were true to our word. We know that there is still a long way to go, but we will spare nothing in our efforts, continuing to work hard to improve, day by day.” But if reports are to be believed, time may have already run out for the Englishman.
[h=1]Formula 1 teams should stop controlling drivers, says Horner[/h] Formula 1 teams must stop trying to control their drivers so much if the sport is going to make them heroes again, reckons Red Bull boss Christian Horner. As F1 continues to search for answers over a decline in fan interest levels, one theory gaining traction is that drivers have been made too corporate and too boring. That is because there is too much influence on strategy and performance coming from the pitwall rather than the cockpit, plus drivers are not able to speak out with their true feelings because teams and sponsors baulk at controversy. But with the sport now becoming more open to the potential need for change, Horner suggests teams must loosen their restrictions on driver behaviour. "We need to allow the drivers to express themselves more without them being hit by criticism," said Horner, who faced his fair share of controversy in recent years when former team-mates Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber hit out at each other. "We need to allow their personalities to come out. They have opinions, they have personalities and we should encourage them to see more of them." Horner also reckons that an over-reliance on team radio information is giving the impression that drivers are simply following instructions rather than being masters of their own destiny. "Sometimes it feels that the races are a bit too managed," he admitted. "In conditions like we had in Hungary - just look at [Fernando] Alonso and how fantastic he was. [Lewis] Hamilton came from the back and look at Daniel making his passing around the outside and doing incredible things." DRIVERS MUST BE FOCUS Horner stirred up controversy at the Hungarian Grand Prix when he blamed the media for creating negativity around the sport this season. That comes despite the teams having agreed hated rules such as double points, plus key figures including Bernie Ecclestone and Luca di Montezemolo being the first to hit out at the new 2014 regulations. Horner stands by his comments about the media, though, because he says the focus has to be on promoting the drivers. "I said some things earlier in the weekend that I stand by - because when we focus on the racing we have a great sport," he said. "F1 needs to be about the drivers being the heroes, and in Hungary they were. That is F1 at its best, not just in Hungary but in Germany as well. "For me that is what I enjoy, what I love to see, and that is all part of competition. We need to keep going down that route and make sure that happens."
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Ah well, like most things Italian, it was lazy. Couldn't even be bothered to function as a gravel trap correctly............ [video=youtube;1frsYqb1usE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1frsYqb1usE[/video]
