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[turbobob]

Nice. You wanna be in qualifying. Who eats the biscuit?

[slindborg]

Hamilton gets to eat it every race.

[turbobob]

I'd bet he'd ask for qualification to be done again just to make sure

[siztenboots]

"The FIA has opened a selection process for a new team to join the Formula 1 grid from as early as the 2015 campaign, a move that would bring the number of outfits involved in the sport back up to 12.

Interested parties have been requested to register "a formal expression of interest" with the governing body's Secretariat by 5pm CET on Friday January 3, following which each party will be given further details."

 

Porsche / VAG ?

[CocoPops]

Porsche.... hmmmm.. Webber to Porsche LMP1 for a year, then assists with start up of F1 team....

[VXT Tim]

Porsche.... hmmmm.. Webber to Porsche LMP1 for a year, then assists with start up of F1 team....

That would be great.

[siztenboots]

FIA Next week: How to nail jelly to the ceiling.

 

[techieboy]

Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if a VAG brand enters, especially as turbo's are such a big part of their engine offerings. Maybe time for Audi to move across, instead of going head to head in LMP1 with a sister company in Porsche. Only problem is, I think the LMS works well for Audi from a PR perspective (as it also does for Porsche). So maybe they'll dust off the Bugatti, Lamborghini or even Auto Union brands for an F1 foray. Oh for Lamborghini to give Ferrari a battering in F1. Ferruccio would have loved it.

[siztenboots]

realistically only Toyota have the money and resources , maybe as Lexus

 

as the saying goes , The best way to make a small fortune in racing, is to start with a large one

 

[siztenboots]

FIF1 confirmed drivers - Hulkenburg and Perez

[CocoPops]

[VXT Tim]

So just 1 seat left and that's at Sauber.

Correct?

[siztenboots]

spare seats caterham - 2 sauber - 2 marussia - 1

[JG]

marussia is no more 

[turbobob]

An interesting read in this article http://m.bbc.co.uk/s...rmula1/25158104 for next seasons cars. 

[slindborg]

An interesting read in this article http://m.bbc.co.uk/s...rmula1/25158104 for next seasons cars. 

Ffs are we having an apple moment where f1 claims to have invented the term 'powertrain' when its been in the lowly oem world for nearly 2 decades

[VXT Tim]

I think that article has that term wrong. I thought it was 'power unit'.

[slindborg]

Powertrain is engine (and all associated shiz), and transmission.

[G-Bob]

marussia is no more 

 

Did they do that merger with Sauber then?

 

That's a real shame for Caterham this season because I don't think they'll have anyone to race.  

I think once the cost caps come in in 2015 it will help them dramatically, because they are operating on less and a quarter of what the big teams are spending.

[siztenboots]

HRT F1 ( ex Campos Meta 1 and Hispania Racing ) , went at the end of 2012

 

Seems today that Sutil has a contract with Sauber , which still leaves Gutierez unconfirmed as his teammate.

 

Bianchi seems to be confirmed with Marussia

http://www.formula1....3/12/15324.html