Thread: F1 Racing

What do we think of Luca Badoer? gonna be stuck in mid-field or up where the ferarris should be?



Are the Renaults still banned from the Valencia race or has that been sorted now?

Ive heard that luca badoer is'nt that good but lets wait and see. Yer i think renault are still banned.

Lewis Hamilton Starts pole postion in the European Grand Prix Followed by his team mate In 2nd Heikki Kovalainen and then with brawn GP Rubens Barrichello in 3rd.



Luca Badoer driving for ferrari finished 20th in Qualifying

squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee i'm so freakin' happy about this weekend i'm in a state of shock i think LOL.



Forza Fisico!



Damn kers buttons.

Next race is at monza next week end, 12/13 September 2009. No Ferrari drive, says Fisichella



Soon after scoring first points for Force India with a second-place finish, Giancarlo Fisichella dismissed reports of him driving a Ferrari in the next race in Monza. "These are all rumours. I've not been contacted by Ferrari. I'm going to race at the Italian Grand Prix with Force India, and I am really looking forward to that," Fisichella said in a teleconference on Sunday.



Speculation has been rife that Fisichella, whose contract with Force India ends after the 2009 season, is set to replace fellow Italian driver Luca Badoer in the Ferrari ****pit. The 38-year-old Badoer, who is filling in for injured Felipe Massa, has failed to impress in the last two races.



On Saturday, Fisichella had said driving a Ferrari was his dream. "It's always a dream for all the drivers in Formula One and even the other categories to drive for Ferrari, especially for an Italian driver like me. And so far it is still a dream," he was quoted as saying after securing his first pole position with the McLaren Mercedes-powered team.

OK so i'm still dreaming right?











Force India releases Fisichella to Ferrari



By Jonathan Noble Thursday, September 3rd 2009, 13:50 GMT



Giancarlo FisichellaGiancarlo Fisichella will be the second Ferrari driver from the Italian Grand Prix after he was released from his contract by his Force India team on Thursday.



Following days of speculation about who would line up alongside Kimi Raikkonen now that Felipe Massa is out for the season, Force India confirmed that Fisichella would switch teams from the Italian Grand Prix.



The team said that discussions with Ferrari began in the last 24 hours, once it became clear that Massa was out for the season. Force India owner Dr Vijay Mallya said: "Giancarlo and his management team approached me yesterday with the proposal from Ferrari.



"For any Italian driver, a Ferrari race seat is a long-held dream and for Giancarlo it was no exception. No one should stand in the way of this. Furthermore the agreement will secure Giancarlo's long-term future with Ferrari and it would be incorrect to jeopardise this, particularly when Giancarlo has made such a vital contribution to Force India."



Force India is understood to have outstanding debts with Ferrari left over from its customer engine supply deal that ended last year - but Mallya said that commercial factors did not have a role in the outcome.



"We would like to stress that we have not agreed any financial settlement with Ferrari," he said. "This agreement has been made in good faith and for the good of Giancarlo and the sport in general. A competitive Italian driver in a Ferrari for Monza is a positive story for Formula 1, which can only help raise the sport's profile in these difficult times.



"We would like to thank Giancarlo for all his help over the past one and a half seasons and for delivering us our first World Championship points last weekend. He has been an integral part of the team and we owe him a great deal for his input behind the scenes and performance out on track. We wish him all the best for the future.



"For Force India, this sport is a team effort and removing one part, even a major one, will not significantly affect our performance. The competitiveness of the team seen in Belgium was a result of hard work in the factory and wind tunnel and we have further developments coming for the final races, so we are confident this momentum can be sustained. We are now looking forward to a strong finish to the season."



Force India has not made a decision who will drive alongside Adrian Sutil for the rest of the season, although it is expected that Vitantonio Liuzzi will step up from his test drive role.

[quote name='♥ Clare ♥']What do we think of Luca Badoer? gonna be stuck in mid-field or up where the ferarris should be?



Are the Renaults still banned from the Valencia race or has that been sorted now?[/QUOTE]



i was half asleep when the news came on lol, the banned was lifted.



edit: whoops never read other replys.

Renault called to WMSC on 'fix' charge, Friday, 04 September 2009 17:07



Renault has been summoned to appear before the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council later this month to answer charges that it sought to fix the result of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.



The governing body has been investigating allegations that the Enstone-based team instructed its driver Nelson Piquet Jr to crash during Formula 1’s first ever night race in order to help his team-mate Fernando Alonso win.

Having found sufficient evidence to warrant taking the matter further, the FIA announced on Friday that it had asked Renault team representatives to attend an extraordinary meeting of its World Motor Sport Council on Monday 21 September.



“The team representatives have been called to answer charges, including a breach of Article 151c of the International Sporting Code, that the team conspired with its driver, Nelson Piquet Jr, to cause a deliberate crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix with the aim of causing the deployment of the safety car to the advantage of its other driver, Fernando Alonso,” the FIA said in a statement.



Renault acknowledged the FIA’s request but said it would be making no comment on the allegations before its appearance at the hearing.

Renault gets two-year suspended ban



Monday, 21 September 2009 13:24





Renault has been handed a two-year suspended ban from Formula 1 after admitting that it conspired to fix the result of last year’s Singapore Grand Prix.



The French manufacturer’s departed team boss Flavio Briatore has been barred from any involvement in FIA-sanctioned events and driver management for an indefinite period, and former engineering chief Pat Symonds has been banished for five years.



Following a 90-minute hearing of its World Motor Sport Council in Paris on Monday, F1’s governing body announced that it considered Renault’s plot to cause a deliberate crash to be an offence “of unparalleled severity” which warranted permanent disqualification from the sport.



However, it decided to suspend the sentence for two years after taking into account Renault’s unreserved apology and the company’s swift action in parting with Briatore and Symonds ahead of the hearing.



The disqualification will only be activated if Renault is found guilty of a “comparable breach” between now and the end of the 2011 season.



The WMSC confirmed the immunity it granted to Nelson Piquet Jr – who carried out the plan to crash on purpose and whose subsequent approach to the FIA triggered the investigation – in return for volunteering his evidence.



Fernando Alonso, who profited from the safety car period Piquet’s crash caused to win the Singapore race, was cleared of any involvement in the conspiracy.

well, very good