The German Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) took the lead in the World Formula One to win this Sunday at the Marina Bay street circuit and at night, the Singapore Grand Prix, his English teammate and rival Lewis Hamilton finished third.
Rosberg won ahead of Australian Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) and Hamilton, in a test in which the Spanish Fernando Alonso (McLaren) was seventh and after which the German leads his English antagonist by eight points versus 265 -273 - the absence of six tests for the World Cup final.
Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) was fourth, ahead of his teammate Sebastian Vettel German, who starred in the great comeback race, advancing seventeen positions, after ascending the last he held on the grid to fifth place finish.
Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull) finished sixth, just ahead of double world champion Spaniard, who scored only Spanish in Singapore, where the Spaniard Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) was fourteenth.
The Mexican Sergio Perez (Force India ) also progressed significantly. After starting eighteenth, for loss of ten positions on the grid, through suspension, 'Czech' recovered them all in the race to finish in eighth position.
The Russian Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) and Denmark's Kevin Magnussen (Renault), who finished ninth and tenth, respectively, also finished in the points, which could not put little Mexican Esteban Gutierrez (Haas), eleventh on Sunday Marina Bay.
The next race of the World, the sixteenth of the twenty that comprise it , will be held on October 2 at the Sepang circuit, home of the Grand Prix of Malaysia .
Alonso: "The seventh position is above expectations"
The Spanish Fernando Alonso (McLaren-Honda) said after the Singapore Grand Prix won the seventh "is above expectations."
"The start was very good and I gained a few positions to fifth. Then you have to wait for something to happen in front to have any chance of being very close to the podium. But it was the first Singapore in which nothing happens before nor have bothered those behind, "he said.
"Outside of the two Mercedes, the two Ferrari and the two Red Bull have been the first, the best of the rest, when I think we had no means the fourth fastest car here," he added.
Alonso said: "The team did a good strategy and went well because the seventh is certainly above expectations."
Sainz: "It's frustrating that every failure the day that everything has to go right"
The Spanish Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso), fourteenth in the Grand Prix of Singapore, said after the race that is frustrating , "all fail the day you have to get everything right."
Sainz does not believe the incident at the start has been the factor which determined his career: "It is true that we broke a part of the right side that made us lose downforce, but then got to have a good pace."
"What happened is that after the first stop I got into traffic and then had a breakdown that made me go with 600 horses, so you can imagine the frustration is that everything fails the day you have to get everything right" he added.
"So I could not overtake and could not defend myself. A two-hour race with 650 hp that has the engine without the battery makes you lose much back," Sainz said that, however, said that "even with the car broken could have finished in the points. "
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marți, 26 iulie 2016
The mother-in-law of Bernie Ecclestone, head of Formula One, is kidnapped in Brazil
The mother-in-law of British businessman Bernie Ecclestone, president of the company that manages the world championship racing in Formula One, was kidnapped in Sao Paulo, according to local media reported today.
Brazil Aparecida Schunck Flosi Palmeira, 67 and mother of Fabiana Flosi, Ecclestone current wife, was kidnapped on Friday at his residence in the southern part of the country's largest city, reported Tuesday the television channel Globo.
According to reports, the kidnappers have maintained contact with relatives of the victim and the authorities, meanwhile, they have not yet ruled on the fact.
Fabiana Flosi Ecclestone met in 2009 during the celebration of the Brazilian Grand Prix, one of the stages of the world circuit of Formula One that is held every year at the Autodromo Interlagos, and the couple were married three years later.
Some local media said the kidnappers for ransom worth 120 million reais ($ 39.5 million).
Ecclestone, 85, has an estimated 3,100 billion according to Forbes magazine and lives with his Brazilian wife in England fortune.
Brazil Aparecida Schunck Flosi Palmeira, 67 and mother of Fabiana Flosi, Ecclestone current wife, was kidnapped on Friday at his residence in the southern part of the country's largest city, reported Tuesday the television channel Globo.
According to reports, the kidnappers have maintained contact with relatives of the victim and the authorities, meanwhile, they have not yet ruled on the fact.
Fabiana Flosi Ecclestone met in 2009 during the celebration of the Brazilian Grand Prix, one of the stages of the world circuit of Formula One that is held every year at the Autodromo Interlagos, and the couple were married three years later.
Some local media said the kidnappers for ransom worth 120 million reais ($ 39.5 million).
Ecclestone, 85, has an estimated 3,100 billion according to Forbes magazine and lives with his Brazilian wife in England fortune.
Alonso: "We can not expect to be the fourth team in Hockenheim"
Fernando Alonso said Tuesday that McLaren Honda can not wait "to be the fourth best team" at the Hockenheimring, where this weekend will be played the Grand Prix of Germany, twelfth round of the World Formula One Championship.
In remarks broadcast by the British team, two-time world champion in Hockenheim warned that the "middle rivals will be stronger", so he said that McLaren Honda can not "expect to be the fourth best team."
Yes it was last Hungarian Grand Prix, played at the Hungaroring, where Fernando Alonso was seventh after the two cars of Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari.
The Spaniard, however, said he would try to "maximize" the performance of the MP4-31.
"The whole team has worked very hard in the first half of the year, so it would be nice to have a little luck and finish with both cars without any major complications," he added.
Alonso also said that given the particularity of the Hockenheimring will need "an admittedly high downforce".
"Although the vast majority of the corners are low speed, arriving after long straights that require a lot of power, so the development of the power unit and chassis for both is quite complicated. For this type of circuit need a car that you can drive and I feel that we are improving in that area, "he said.
His teammate, Jenson Button, agreed with the analysis of the Spanish pilot.
"We expect a difficult weekend because the cars just above are those who have more straight-line speed, but we'll see what we can do. The MP4-31 has good balance and traction out of corners, so maybe we can win something time in a turn, "he assessed.
In remarks broadcast by the British team, two-time world champion in Hockenheim warned that the "middle rivals will be stronger", so he said that McLaren Honda can not "expect to be the fourth best team."
Yes it was last Hungarian Grand Prix, played at the Hungaroring, where Fernando Alonso was seventh after the two cars of Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari.
The Spaniard, however, said he would try to "maximize" the performance of the MP4-31.
"The whole team has worked very hard in the first half of the year, so it would be nice to have a little luck and finish with both cars without any major complications," he added.
Alonso also said that given the particularity of the Hockenheimring will need "an admittedly high downforce".
"Although the vast majority of the corners are low speed, arriving after long straights that require a lot of power, so the development of the power unit and chassis for both is quite complicated. For this type of circuit need a car that you can drive and I feel that we are improving in that area, "he said.
His teammate, Jenson Button, agreed with the analysis of the Spanish pilot.
"We expect a difficult weekend because the cars just above are those who have more straight-line speed, but we'll see what we can do. The MP4-31 has good balance and traction out of corners, so maybe we can win something time in a turn, "he assessed.
luni, 25 iulie 2016
Hungarian Grand Prix - Proof that Hamilton and Rosberg are not supported
It is widely known that Mercedes drivers do not keep a good relationship between them. So far, both Hamilton and Rosberg had kept his composure and poise of the public. Until he came Hungaroring.
The pilot Briton has won the GP of Hungary ahead of Germany despite having the pole . Something that has not sit well with Nico , adding to the whole mess of the double yellow flag also has hurt and so stressed in the tense press conference subsequent career.
However, the moment lived before leaving the podium has been the most strained moment we've seen between the two Mercedes drivers. This time could be used the saying that the atmosphere was so tense you could cut the air with knife .
The scene is as follows. Hamilton , standing next to a table, he decided to 'pass' cap sponsored his partner to climb the drawer. A Rosberg however did not sit well that the Briton Appreciating that way and he returned with ' bitchiness '.
The pilot Briton has won the GP of Hungary ahead of Germany despite having the pole . Something that has not sit well with Nico , adding to the whole mess of the double yellow flag also has hurt and so stressed in the tense press conference subsequent career.
However, the moment lived before leaving the podium has been the most strained moment we've seen between the two Mercedes drivers. This time could be used the saying that the atmosphere was so tense you could cut the air with knife .
The scene is as follows. Hamilton , standing next to a table, he decided to 'pass' cap sponsored his partner to climb the drawer. A Rosberg however did not sit well that the Briton Appreciating that way and he returned with ' bitchiness '.
sâmbătă, 23 iulie 2016
Rosberg reigns in the chaos of Hungaroring
The German driver Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) has achieved pole position after setting the fastest time in a rugged qualifying session of the Hungarian Grand Prix, eleventh round of the World Championship calendar Formula 1 Championship in the Circuit of Hungaroring, while Spanish Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) and Fernando Alonso (McLaren) will sixth and seventh respectively after a shootout in which four red flags were given.
The championship leader will start on the front row with his teammate, Lewis Hamilton -a single point in the championship -, preceding a second row with Red Bull's Australian Daniel Ricciardo and Dutchman Max Verstappen, while German Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) will start fifth.
The session was marked by constant stoppages that prevented shooting regularly on the route of Mogyoród. The heavy rain forced a delay in the start twenty minutes after evaluation the danger on the track, flooded by the rain that was falling in large quantities and that hindered the circulation even with extreme wet tires.
At 1420 hours the pilots started rolling, but not for long. With 13 minutes to finish the Q1, a terrible downpour sent cars to garages, a halt to the Fernando Alonso came third and Carlos Sainz sixteenth, with Mercedes in the 20 and 21 positions.
Fifteen minutes later, the session resumed but only for four minutes; the Swede Marcus Ericsson car (Sauber) was going to the grass and crashed into the barriers, without consequences. It took another ten minutes for participants to go out again unto track.
The session, however, was doomed to have no continuity. Felipe Massa (Williams) had on the wall just three minutes later, carrying intermediate tires, and again the red flag waving in the Hungarian track.
A new Indonesian Rio Haryanto accident (Manor) led the umpteenth red flag with just over a minute to go; no time to conclude, British Jolyon Palmer (Renault), Massa, Danish Kevin Magnussen (Renault), Ericsson, Germany's Pascal Wehrlein (Manor) and Haryanto resulted eliminated. In total, more than one hour and a quarter late, with Alonso third.
TRUCE IN Q2
Time then began to give a truce. As the sun rose at the Hungaroring, the Australian Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) signed the first reference time with the Mercedes lurking. Against all odds, the Spaniard began to make great lap times, finishing with the fourth fastest time and demonstrating the good performance of his McLaren in changing conditions.
Q3 also passed Sainz, ninth, while the reigning world champion, Hamilton, was tenth and was saved by thousandths of being eliminated. Outside the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen fourteenth stayed.
The triple world champion made no mistake in the final round, in which he set a 1: 20.108 that was unattainable until the arrival of his companion, who with a time of 1: 19,965 took pole. Beside him in the front row will teammate.
Alonso spun on the last lap prevented him from improving positions, and finally depart seventh leading the fourth line. Meanwhile, the Spaniard Sainz start the race from the sixth position.
The championship leader will start on the front row with his teammate, Lewis Hamilton -a single point in the championship -, preceding a second row with Red Bull's Australian Daniel Ricciardo and Dutchman Max Verstappen, while German Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) will start fifth.
The session was marked by constant stoppages that prevented shooting regularly on the route of Mogyoród. The heavy rain forced a delay in the start twenty minutes after evaluation the danger on the track, flooded by the rain that was falling in large quantities and that hindered the circulation even with extreme wet tires.
At 1420 hours the pilots started rolling, but not for long. With 13 minutes to finish the Q1, a terrible downpour sent cars to garages, a halt to the Fernando Alonso came third and Carlos Sainz sixteenth, with Mercedes in the 20 and 21 positions.
Fifteen minutes later, the session resumed but only for four minutes; the Swede Marcus Ericsson car (Sauber) was going to the grass and crashed into the barriers, without consequences. It took another ten minutes for participants to go out again unto track.
The session, however, was doomed to have no continuity. Felipe Massa (Williams) had on the wall just three minutes later, carrying intermediate tires, and again the red flag waving in the Hungarian track.
A new Indonesian Rio Haryanto accident (Manor) led the umpteenth red flag with just over a minute to go; no time to conclude, British Jolyon Palmer (Renault), Massa, Danish Kevin Magnussen (Renault), Ericsson, Germany's Pascal Wehrlein (Manor) and Haryanto resulted eliminated. In total, more than one hour and a quarter late, with Alonso third.
TRUCE IN Q2
Time then began to give a truce. As the sun rose at the Hungaroring, the Australian Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) signed the first reference time with the Mercedes lurking. Against all odds, the Spaniard began to make great lap times, finishing with the fourth fastest time and demonstrating the good performance of his McLaren in changing conditions.
Q3 also passed Sainz, ninth, while the reigning world champion, Hamilton, was tenth and was saved by thousandths of being eliminated. Outside the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen fourteenth stayed.
The triple world champion made no mistake in the final round, in which he set a 1: 20.108 that was unattainable until the arrival of his companion, who with a time of 1: 19,965 took pole. Beside him in the front row will teammate.
Alonso spun on the last lap prevented him from improving positions, and finally depart seventh leading the fourth line. Meanwhile, the Spaniard Sainz start the race from the sixth position.
luni, 13 iunie 2016
Hamilton wins Canadian Grand Prix
The British Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), triple world champion Formula One, won Sunday's Grand Prix of Canada , the seventh World Championship in Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, where the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso), which left twenty, rose to ninth.
Hamilton won his forty-fifth win in Formula One, the second (followed) of the season and fifth in Canada, winning in Montreal ahead of German Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), who was second, and Finland's Valtteri Bottas, who finishing third, he achieved the first podium of the season for Williams.
German Nico Rosberg, who finished fifth, behind the Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull), still leads the World Cup with 116 points, nine more than Hamilton, who had started first after Saturday would achieve the fifty-third pole of his career in Formula One.
Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) finished sixth, ahead of Australian Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull), who gave the third place in the World Vettel, who, with 78 points, now it takes six to his former teammate.
Germany 's Nico Hülkenberg (Force India ) was eighth, ahead of Sainz and fellow Mexican Sergio Perez, who entered points to finish tenth, one place ahead of Spanish Fernando Alonso (McLaren-Honda), who did not score.
The next test, the Grand Prix of Europe in Baku, next weekend will be played in the capital of Azerbaijan.
Hamilton won his forty-fifth win in Formula One, the second (followed) of the season and fifth in Canada, winning in Montreal ahead of German Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), who was second, and Finland's Valtteri Bottas, who finishing third, he achieved the first podium of the season for Williams.
German Nico Rosberg, who finished fifth, behind the Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull), still leads the World Cup with 116 points, nine more than Hamilton, who had started first after Saturday would achieve the fifty-third pole of his career in Formula One.
Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) finished sixth, ahead of Australian Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull), who gave the third place in the World Vettel, who, with 78 points, now it takes six to his former teammate.
Germany 's Nico Hülkenberg (Force India ) was eighth, ahead of Sainz and fellow Mexican Sergio Perez, who entered points to finish tenth, one place ahead of Spanish Fernando Alonso (McLaren-Honda), who did not score.
The next test, the Grand Prix of Europe in Baku, next weekend will be played in the capital of Azerbaijan.
miercuri, 20 aprilie 2016
Women are not strong enough to Formula 1, according to Ecclestone
Women are not strong enough to drive a Formula 1 car, estimated Tuesday the promoter Bernie Ecclestone.
"I do not think a woman has the physical capabilities to drive fast an F1 car, and was not taken seriously," said Ecclestone on the sidelines of a conference in London.
Currently there are no women in Formula 1 since the retired test pilot Susie Wolff in November 2015.
Ecclestone, 85, however believes that women will increasingly occupy positions of responsibility in all areas. "Women are more competent and have an inflated ego," he said.
Also he said to be totally in favor of a Brexit, the output of the United Kingdom of the European Union, which will be submitted to a referendum on 23 June.
"I do not think a woman has the physical capabilities to drive fast an F1 car, and was not taken seriously," said Ecclestone on the sidelines of a conference in London.
Currently there are no women in Formula 1 since the retired test pilot Susie Wolff in November 2015.
Ecclestone, 85, however believes that women will increasingly occupy positions of responsibility in all areas. "Women are more competent and have an inflated ego," he said.
Also he said to be totally in favor of a Brexit, the output of the United Kingdom of the European Union, which will be submitted to a referendum on 23 June.
Formula 1 - The unexpected advice Hamilton Fernando Alonso to overcome their plight
Lewis Hamilton, triple world champion Formula 1, said in Berlin in the framework of a conference prior to the Laureus Awards press, who is nominated, the Spanish Fernando Alonso "must assimilate their situation and maintain high morale ".
Asked how he sees the situation being experienced by Alonso , with whom he shared garages in 2007 at McLaren, current team's double world champion Spaniard (2005 and 2006 with Renault), with last year lived a nightmare season; and what he would do if the same thing would happen, Hamilton said "no" would like to "be in place".
"Somehow it reminds me that I had to take a similar to his decision. I could have stayed or I could have left the computer on which it was. In my case, I made the right decision. Everything went well since then and there was nothing negative , " said Hamilton , world champion in 2008 with McLaren and spent in 2013 to Mercedes , the team has won the last two world Cups.
"Fernando made a different decision. He was (Ferrari) to McLaren, where they are fighting many problems. It is a test for him. He has to assimilate and try to keep morale high, something that certainly is hard to do" , He said Hamilton in the German capital.
Asked how he sees the situation being experienced by Alonso , with whom he shared garages in 2007 at McLaren, current team's double world champion Spaniard (2005 and 2006 with Renault), with last year lived a nightmare season; and what he would do if the same thing would happen, Hamilton said "no" would like to "be in place".
"Somehow it reminds me that I had to take a similar to his decision. I could have stayed or I could have left the computer on which it was. In my case, I made the right decision. Everything went well since then and there was nothing negative , " said Hamilton , world champion in 2008 with McLaren and spent in 2013 to Mercedes , the team has won the last two world Cups.
"Fernando made a different decision. He was (Ferrari) to McLaren, where they are fighting many problems. It is a test for him. He has to assimilate and try to keep morale high, something that certainly is hard to do" , He said Hamilton in the German capital.
duminică, 17 aprilie 2016
Rosberg wins Chinese Grand Prix, Alonso Sainz finished ninth and twelfth
The German driver Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) today won the thirteenth China Grand Prix Formula One third round of the World 2016, which further consolidated its leadership of the championship, It followed on the podium, after a tough battle, Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) and Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull).
The Spanish Fernando Alonso (McLaren), who had gone in tenth place on his return to competition since his accident last month in the first race of the season in Australia , eventually finished twelfth.
His countryman Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso), meanwhile, finished ninth, while Brazilian Felipe Massa (Williams) was the fastest in Latin America and finished sixth after a flawless defense of his position despite the insistent pressure of Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes ), seventh.
Rosberg gave the 56 laps of the Chinese circuit, 5,451 meters (which has a total of 305.256 kilometers) in a time of 1 hour, xx minutes xxx xxx seconds and milliseconds.
After positions Vettel and Kvyat on the podium today scored pilots, in this order, Daniele Ricciardo (Red Bull), Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), Felipe Massa (Williams), Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso ), Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) and Valtteri Bottas (Williams).
Today's victory strengthens the position as leader of the classification for Rosberg, who left his first "pole" of 2016 without losing the advantage which became more than half minute- throughout the race, as he unleashed a spectacular battle in all positions of points, and even beyond, behind him.
The German, back to the Chinese circuit where the first "pole" achieved in 2012 and the first victory of his career in Formula 1, and amount to 25 today a total of 75 points after achieving perfect record signing three wins consecutive in the first three Grands Prix championship (Australia, Bahrain, China).
The next and fourth round of the World Formula One Grand Prix will be Russian, to be held in Sochi between 28 April and 1 May.
The Spanish Fernando Alonso (McLaren), who had gone in tenth place on his return to competition since his accident last month in the first race of the season in Australia , eventually finished twelfth.
His countryman Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso), meanwhile, finished ninth, while Brazilian Felipe Massa (Williams) was the fastest in Latin America and finished sixth after a flawless defense of his position despite the insistent pressure of Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes ), seventh.
Rosberg gave the 56 laps of the Chinese circuit, 5,451 meters (which has a total of 305.256 kilometers) in a time of 1 hour, xx minutes xxx xxx seconds and milliseconds.
After positions Vettel and Kvyat on the podium today scored pilots, in this order, Daniele Ricciardo (Red Bull), Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), Felipe Massa (Williams), Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso ), Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) and Valtteri Bottas (Williams).
Today's victory strengthens the position as leader of the classification for Rosberg, who left his first "pole" of 2016 without losing the advantage which became more than half minute- throughout the race, as he unleashed a spectacular battle in all positions of points, and even beyond, behind him.
The German, back to the Chinese circuit where the first "pole" achieved in 2012 and the first victory of his career in Formula 1, and amount to 25 today a total of 75 points after achieving perfect record signing three wins consecutive in the first three Grands Prix championship (Australia, Bahrain, China).
The next and fourth round of the World Formula One Grand Prix will be Russian, to be held in Sochi between 28 April and 1 May.
Alonso: painless race, but "we did not have the pace to be at points"
The Spanish driver Fernando Alonso (McLaren), which ended today in twelfth place in the Chinese Grand Prix Formula 1 World Championship and first third of the Spaniard manages to complete this year , no pain besieged career after his recent accident, but neither could score.
The Spanish champion, who left the tenth position on the grid in his first Grand Prix since his accident a month ago Australia , which caused him to miss the stage of Bahrain, had set the goal to pass the goal from 10 first, but "unfortunately we did not have the pace to be in the points."
Still, "I think it was better than Friday" in free practice that day, the last time when he could train this year in Shanghai with dry track due to rain during training and classification yesterday, and improvements made McLaren "have been improving, although it has not been enough today."
"Anyway I'm happy to be back in the car and finish the race, because in Australia I could not finish logically by the accident, and in Bahrain did not compete, so this is practically the first race, or the first time we fifty and peak around in this car, "he said.
With the MP4-31 "It is the first time I have such a long stint," he reiterated, "and it will probably be very useful for the next races."
With the data collected today, "I think we have to improve in all aspects: power unit, with which we follow a little below the fastest, aerodynamically, and managing the tires, which is something we have to continue improving, "he reviewed.
In addition to the state of his car was important to check your own body as it is recovering from the fracture of his left rib ninth in Melbourne, a month ago, and pneumothorax who appeared to him in the area, which until this week He was afraid that if I had another impact could damage the lung.
Alonso participated in the Chinese test with pain he described as "controllable" and today hoped drive with only the aid of an aspirin, which seemed to work.
"The truth is that (have been) well, when I left I was a little worse, when I gave the reconnaissance laps I went to the grill and had more pain on Friday and Saturday, and was excited to see how it would be in race, "he acknowledged.
"However in the race, I do not know if tension or thrills running or whatever, I just remembered what rib right now," he said, "in the race, no problem."
The Spaniard also explained how was your strategy today, interesting despite feeling "a little disappointed" at not being able to enter points.
"The first lap was a bit of chaos, strange because there were cars all over the place, and thought it might happen something that could help us, but nothing happened, and finally all ran smoothly and we were not fast enough to be among the top ten, "he recalled.
The safety car came out on lap eight "We did not come too well, but neither is it to be a gift for those in front," but ruined part of the strategy of McLaren to make today only two stops, despite shoot something slower to abide tires.
"He picked out with yellow to go longer, because when the front stop and lose those 25 seconds trying to stretch those laps, but leave the safety car we did not come good," he admitted.
"Then in the race we were not going very fast, and opted to go to two stops, so it was a race a little patience, because we were going to go very slow, with average wheels, but we were going to stop once less than the others, so we went a little plug doing when we could, and pulling when we left, "reeled, although the result was" a boring tad in that sense. "
"We tried it finish the race with the minimum total time, and has not been enough to be in the top 10," he said, "to see how the next" in the Russian Grand Prix on 1 May.
The Spanish champion, who left the tenth position on the grid in his first Grand Prix since his accident a month ago Australia , which caused him to miss the stage of Bahrain, had set the goal to pass the goal from 10 first, but "unfortunately we did not have the pace to be in the points."
Still, "I think it was better than Friday" in free practice that day, the last time when he could train this year in Shanghai with dry track due to rain during training and classification yesterday, and improvements made McLaren "have been improving, although it has not been enough today."
"Anyway I'm happy to be back in the car and finish the race, because in Australia I could not finish logically by the accident, and in Bahrain did not compete, so this is practically the first race, or the first time we fifty and peak around in this car, "he said.
With the MP4-31 "It is the first time I have such a long stint," he reiterated, "and it will probably be very useful for the next races."
With the data collected today, "I think we have to improve in all aspects: power unit, with which we follow a little below the fastest, aerodynamically, and managing the tires, which is something we have to continue improving, "he reviewed.
In addition to the state of his car was important to check your own body as it is recovering from the fracture of his left rib ninth in Melbourne, a month ago, and pneumothorax who appeared to him in the area, which until this week He was afraid that if I had another impact could damage the lung.
Alonso participated in the Chinese test with pain he described as "controllable" and today hoped drive with only the aid of an aspirin, which seemed to work.
"The truth is that (have been) well, when I left I was a little worse, when I gave the reconnaissance laps I went to the grill and had more pain on Friday and Saturday, and was excited to see how it would be in race, "he acknowledged.
"However in the race, I do not know if tension or thrills running or whatever, I just remembered what rib right now," he said, "in the race, no problem."
The Spaniard also explained how was your strategy today, interesting despite feeling "a little disappointed" at not being able to enter points.
"The first lap was a bit of chaos, strange because there were cars all over the place, and thought it might happen something that could help us, but nothing happened, and finally all ran smoothly and we were not fast enough to be among the top ten, "he recalled.
The safety car came out on lap eight "We did not come too well, but neither is it to be a gift for those in front," but ruined part of the strategy of McLaren to make today only two stops, despite shoot something slower to abide tires.
"He picked out with yellow to go longer, because when the front stop and lose those 25 seconds trying to stretch those laps, but leave the safety car we did not come good," he admitted.
"Then in the race we were not going very fast, and opted to go to two stops, so it was a race a little patience, because we were going to go very slow, with average wheels, but we were going to stop once less than the others, so we went a little plug doing when we could, and pulling when we left, "reeled, although the result was" a boring tad in that sense. "
"We tried it finish the race with the minimum total time, and has not been enough to be in the top 10," he said, "to see how the next" in the Russian Grand Prix on 1 May.
luni, 21 martie 2016
Alonso Terrible accident in Australia
No risk of exaggeration if it is said that Fernando Alonso was reborn at half past six this morning Sunday. The Spanish staged a frightening accident at the Albert Park circuit in Australia. He left saluting without damage from a mass of iron, a redoubt of McLaren destroyed after a terrible flight three somersaults and a terrific impact against the walls.
Passed the turn 17 when Alonso tried to overtake the Mexican Esteban Gutierrez . His right front wheel touched the car Haas Aztec and McLaren was thrown like a spinning top untethered. It was tremendous image.
Alonso and his car threw down the track while McLaren lost parts, wheels and much of his anatomy before hitting a wall. When television focused the bolide, he was half of half of his body. It was easy to tell that this was a race car Formula 1, but junk scattered around the track. See the terible accident after after the cut!
Passed the turn 17 when Alonso tried to overtake the Mexican Esteban Gutierrez . His right front wheel touched the car Haas Aztec and McLaren was thrown like a spinning top untethered. It was tremendous image.
Alonso and his car threw down the track while McLaren lost parts, wheels and much of his anatomy before hitting a wall. When television focused the bolide, he was half of half of his body. It was easy to tell that this was a race car Formula 1, but junk scattered around the track. See the terible accident after after the cut!
sâmbătă, 19 martie 2016
Alonso - Total Optimism for Austalian GP
There was a time when chaos classification Albert Park seemed to have receded over time. The time sheets offered this picture, Hamilton, first, and within walking distance, Alonso second. The two best drivers in Formula 1 in the natural way that proclaims his talent.
It was only a mirage because the consolidated Mercedes is still far from McLaren evolving, but the image is a lure of what can happen in the future. "I'm super happy , " said Fernando Alonso, immersed in a total optimism with his twelfth place on the grid of the Grand Prix of Australia, starting point of the World.
No doubt about it . The McLaren-Honda is another car. More reliable and faster. Alonso completed a frantic classification, installed in an apparent stress that forced him to do his best lap in the first few minutes of every round. "It's been a strange, different method that favours large equipment for tire management," he said.
Alonso went unspotted by Q1, where the weakest cars fell, and was eliminated in Q2. But not a world away from the court, but near the top eight cars. "The car has been very competitive", he said. When we were all equal, we were at 1.2 second Mercedes. It has been a very great surprise our performance."
The pessimism of 2015 is now hope for Alonso. "We will again be a big team. We will improve a few tenths and we can get. The car is fast. The race will be interesting and will have to be careful degradation supersoft tires. If we recover alida enls positions, we can be with the best. "
It was only a mirage because the consolidated Mercedes is still far from McLaren evolving, but the image is a lure of what can happen in the future. "I'm super happy , " said Fernando Alonso, immersed in a total optimism with his twelfth place on the grid of the Grand Prix of Australia, starting point of the World.
No doubt about it . The McLaren-Honda is another car. More reliable and faster. Alonso completed a frantic classification, installed in an apparent stress that forced him to do his best lap in the first few minutes of every round. "It's been a strange, different method that favours large equipment for tire management," he said.
Alonso went unspotted by Q1, where the weakest cars fell, and was eliminated in Q2. But not a world away from the court, but near the top eight cars. "The car has been very competitive", he said. When we were all equal, we were at 1.2 second Mercedes. It has been a very great surprise our performance."
The pessimism of 2015 is now hope for Alonso. "We will again be a big team. We will improve a few tenths and we can get. The car is fast. The race will be interesting and will have to be careful degradation supersoft tires. If we recover alida enls positions, we can be with the best. "
joi, 25 februarie 2016
Alonso loses all morning by a fault
Morning forced to rest Fernando Alonso . The Spaniard, who took part Thursday in the fourth and final day of testing at Montmelo, has barely turn around three times since the beginning of the session at nine o'clock because of a failure in the water pressure in the McLaren .
More reliability problems that are added to those already suffered Button in yesterday and recover the ghosts of last year after the hopeful start of the first two days.
Alonso McLaren started up normally at nine o'clock, but after three laps installation returned to the garage and down the car indefinitely. According to the team until the afternoon session no plan to get back on track.
On the opposite side, Ferrari has shown that progress last year, when he came to discuss some career victory in Mercedes, this could be continued in 2016.
Therefore, Kimi Raikkonen has again put the Italian racing car as the fastest of the day, as happened in the first two sessions with Sebastian Vettel.
Raikkonen has dropped the clock at 1: 23,477 in four hours, while the Renault reemerged, with Kavin Magnussen, has lowered his best time to 1,786 Finnish.
Lewis Hamilton , reigning world champion, has been the most laps has given route, up to 99, with a best time something away from Raikkonen (1.26.053, to 2,576 Finnish), although in that time has made a mock race.
miercuri, 24 februarie 2016
The interruptus withdrawal of Fernando Alonso
The global world and the rapid expansion of any event are not always the best recipe for journalism. Internet is a terrific vehicle, but also a brutal propagator of any recklessness. Again, some of this was seen in Formula 1, already a hotbed of rumors and lies with very short legs.
The Times published a line in its issue paper insinuated upset Fernando Alonso and radical measures. "The rumor said last night was that if Alonso believes that the car is not good enough for a double world champion could leave McLaren and Formula 1 , " proclaims one of the most prestigious newspapers in the world.
Nerves, tension and much fuss at the headquarters of Formula 1 in Montmeló. The media are now grazing the shock wave from the web.
The reality denied that version. Alonso did not retire yesterday Formula 1. slammed the door disenchanted by car. The information was volatile.
"I have not yet raised pointed Alonso retire. I am happy with the project and I think if there is any team capable of winning a Mercedes is McLaren-Honda.When there is no competition , no action on the track, leaving many rumors.Last year it fell to Button. Nothing happens".
marți, 15 decembrie 2015
Alfa Romeo in Formula 1? Marchionne: "We're thinking '
He had already said in 2010, five years after it reiterates Sergio Marchionne : the return of Alfa Romeo in Formula 1 is a good idea, he said in Maranello for the traditional exchange of greetings for the holiday season with journalists.
"The Alfa Romeo brand is amazing how remains in people's hearts. Precisely for this reason we are thinking about a return, as our competitor, racing, Formula 1, "said the president of the Horse and CEO of FCA to ' ANSA , noting that the presence of Ferrari would not be a problem , because the brand Alfa this year is on the hood of the cars from Maranello and Emilia have been designed with larger engines of Giulia : "It 'important that the Alfa Romeo back. It will be a competitor in more '.
Even more so now that Alfa Romeo has been invested a lot and that the range, albeit with some delay , is set to expand after years of catalog skeleton, with only Giulietta and MiTo to keep alive the memory of the times of Alfa 'gold.
The record of Alfa Romeo in the top flight has 110 races and 11 victories . The first coincides with the first Grand Prix of Formula 1 history : was 13 May 1950 and the victory went to Nino Farina, that the "Alfetta" 158 was accompanied on the podium at Silverstone by Luigi Fagioli and by the rising star Juan Manuel Fangio . Farina won the World Cup in 1950, while the Argentine left the world title the following year.
duminică, 13 decembrie 2015
Lewis Hamilton is enjoying the single life
The Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton, whose relationship with the singer Nicole Scherzinger ended last February after seven years together, is making the most of being single for fun and concentrate on his work.
"It's different now. I've had two relationships in my life, since I was 18 to 22 and another from 23 to 30, so I missed the single life all my friends had. Right now I'm me concentrating on the job, I worked harder this year than ever, I traveled as a madman, I have experienced everything I wanted to experience, " said Lewis in 'The Jonathan Ross Show' program.
But that does not mean that the -a athlete who has been linked romantically with model Kendall Jenner and Rihanna in recent months did not like having female company occasionally.
"I am passing it well, yes, it's fun, I'm going through a really fun period of my life," he added.
Lewis Hamilton which last November crashed his car Pagani Zonda late in the morning Monaco- recovering all the lost time partying with friends.
"Until this year, had always sacrificed everything [for work], I never left the party. Last year I think I went out three times, and I think that's a bit extreme. I think this year I do not regret anything It happened or what I did, just try to balance it all ... It's no surprise who has driven better than ever, so I'll continue partying. "
The F1 world champion, thought to be the richest in his sport, has splashed out on the rare LaFerrari vehicle, and was filmed arriving at the 'Keep A Child Alive' Black Ball in New York on Thursday night.
The LaFerrari, which costs a staggering £1million was launched in 2013 with only 499 of the cars made ahead of its launch. It boasts a top speed of 220mph - reaching an incredible 60mph in under three seconds.
marți, 8 decembrie 2015
Häkkinen warns Alonso
The former F1 world champion Mika Häkkinen discourages Fernando Alonso taking a sabbatical next year.
At the last Grand Prix of the season in Abu Dhabi, the McLaren boss Ron Dennis hinted that his driver could ignore the 2016 championship.
Who wins the battle of teammates?
Alonso had initially left himself some doubt by giving a first ambiguous reaction, but he has since confirmed that it would indeed from the next season of Formula 1 with McLaren.
Häkkinen think the Iberian made the right decision. After a disappointing season in 2001, the double world champion Finland had decided to take a year but was ultimately never returned in F1.
"Personally, for me, I had seen myself the opportunity to come back after my sabbatical year, but I preferred to decline the offer because I had come to the conclusion that I had done my time F1, and I was happy with this decision, "he explains.
"I finished my career by winning races and that's a good way to end your career."
Fernando Alonso tries to MotoGP:
"In the case of Fernando, I do not think it would be a good decision to take a year. It must continue to fight. Once you start the game, you do not stop during the game."
Alonso has signed a three year contract with McLaren. It is linked to the British team until 2017.
vineri, 4 decembrie 2015
Renault will be back to F1 in 2016 after winning Lotus
The French manufacturer Renault has confirmed his return in 2016 at the World Formula One with their own team after buying ensured the Lotus team.
Renault, twelve times world champion and twice builders of the contest thanks to the Spanish driver Fernando Alonso (2005 and 2006), returns next to the barbecue finest motorsport year.
The French brand began in September the acquisition of Lotus F1.
Carlos Ghosn, president of Renault, said in a note of the brand: "We had two choices. Return to one hundred percent or leave After careful study, we have decided that Renault will be in Formula One from 2016".
"Our ambition is to win. Even get will take some time," added Ghosn.
He explains the brand still working to fully complete the purchase of Lotus, but that major contracts were signed on Thursday.
joi, 3 decembrie 2015
Hamilton responds to Wolff: "Nico and I a problem? We won 16 Gp"
We have not to wait to much for the Lewis Hamilton answer to Toto Wolff, the team manager of the Mercedes who yesterday accused the pilot and teammate Nico Rosberg of excessive litigation.
Speaking to BBC Radio Hamilton pointed out: "I would not say that Nico and I have created problems for the team. Together we won 16 races out of 19".
Colleagues always, never friends. "They can not call ourselves comrades. The problem is that you run two championships in a while in football is only one.
In Formula 1 there is the constructors' championship for which we are paid to run for success. Then there's the world championship in which he runs individually. " Hamilton reality "is that we both did a great job. We did not create any problem. We will never be best friends but we make it work"
Today, after Ferrari, McLaren publish it fell to the design of a concept car for the Formula 1 of the future.
The Cavallino had exposed his plan in February, the Woking team has released today his work. It is a race car very attractive, with the driver's seat completely indoors as in fighter aircraft and wheel covers to reduce the risks of "take-off" in the incidents.
Extremely aerodynamic, the car hits the imagination, with Jenson Button, who wasted no time via Twitter: " It's my bonus for Christmas? When can I drive it? " his joke.
duminică, 29 noiembrie 2015
Alex Palou achieved in Abu Dhabi his first win
Palou, 18, won with authority in the closing race of the GP3 with more than four seconds ahead of the Italian Antonio Fuoco (Carlin) and more than five regarding Ocon.
The pilot of Sant Antoni de Vilamajor ( Barcelona ) had a fourth place in Sochi (Russia) as best result.
Esteban Ocon won the title by finishing third, just ahead of Italian Luca Ghiotto (Trident).
The Frenchman made the championship with 253 points, eight more than his rival.
This title is an award regularly since Ocon has only won a race this year, the first. Ten seconds and three thirds, among others, eventually handing the crown. Ghiotto has won five races in 2015.
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