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Update 2: According to autosport.com does not agree with the MSA. Rather, it was a "fuel-feel problem" was that could have led to problems with the valves. That would explain then the sound of something rough Raikkönens Ferrari.

Update: According to the MSA and has found the error now. The unified control unit is too hot, has spit out incorrect data and killed the engine. Allegedly. Do not forget - the electronics comes from McLaren, because it does well in the Italian press, when there is exactly the mistake and it ends up not Ferrari's fault was. After all, it is currently the only team that complained publicly in this direction.

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The time between the two races this week is so scarce that Ferrari has no idea where the problem could lie with the engines of Massa and Raikkonen. It is believed that it is in the area of injection, but that is a) what Ferrari says publicly, and b) which is a little sparse. Although it has sent the engine much last Sunday asap to Italy, but due to time difference and the long flight, are the only arrived late on Monday. At the same time but had to send the new engines towards Malaysia in order to arrive on time on Thursday. This is the engine replaced at all, points out that they had brought with replacement parts either can not, or that one is unsure exactly where to look. Or, and this still sounds most likely, the engines were so over that you could not save them. It did not look in such a way (it is the classic blue smoke was absent from both defaults), but with Raikkonen at the end of the engine sounded as if he would only run on seven cylinders. In the case, the error must be in the range of the piston, crankshaft or valves are located. Due to a faulty spark plug will send you the engine is hardly halfway around the world.

- Resignation of Todt as CEO
The Ferrari CEO Jean Todt has resigned, was not a surprise, but has long been planned. He announced the decision in 2006, when he actually wanted to take his departure as coach. The last year he still had it in all races, is probably happening at the request of Raikkonen, Ferrari is said to have signed the contract only on condition that Jean Todt for at least another year it is. Dead but remains on the board of Ferrari.

- Sale of Toro Rosso
The message is now so nothing new. There were already rumors last spring. Which have now been confirmed, but I was surprised at the time. To say at the beginning of a season the outside world and its own employees that it wants to sell it is not particularly motivating. As we know from recent years in terms of Jordon / Midland / Spyker / Force India and Super Aguri, a sale is always one thing that can go wrong quickly. Not all companies are so out financially and padded like Red Bull for a second team in 2010 makes no sense, because you can no longer benefit from the synergy effect when both must have their own chassis. I also wonder what makes then Gerhard Berger. After all, he owns half of the store.

NASCAR - News
In the U.S. this week, there are heated debates about whether the points of exchange between the driver of a team should not even prohibit. Earlier this year it has taken paths Kurt Busch all owner-points, and Sam Hornish Jr. met for the safe launch site has for the first race. What has worked so well, Hornish is the moment just 35th in the top And now think about other teams fall on this trick. For Petty Enterprises will give Bobby Labonte and Kyle Petty's points, with Roush / Fenway is considered to give the miserable Jamie McMurray started the points of Matt Kenseth. Apart from the fact that there is always a risk of a top driver in the "go or go home" group stuck to, since there were already two Qualis, had to canceled due to rain, I think of the whole rule nothing. I think that NASCAR should ban fast. At the beginning of a season that may well still be ok, but if you start now, in the middle of the season the points at will back and forth to the devalued the Constructors' title and is unfair to small teams.

- Casey Mears under pressure
Apart from the fact that the Hendrick team at the moment are not going well, is especially Casey Mears in the criticism. Mears is only ranked 33 of the owner points and has just 16 points ahead of Jamie McMurray. This is a Hendrick driver simply not enough. After all, one should not forget that Mears is traveling with the team of last year's Kyle Busch, who indeed reached the Chase. The decision to throw instead of Mears the younger Bush made the team in the U.S. has a poorly understood, although it was known that Bush and Rick Hendrick were clearly not very good. Mears has to score badly in the next race, otherwise it will be very tight for him. Are young talents such as Brad Keselowksi it in the Nationwide Series to satisfy.
Incidentally, in the ranking of "Sports Illustrated" Kyle Busch continues to occupy one space . What do Greg Biffle has to look at number two, is beyond my knowledge, however.

- There are other signs that NASCAR is considering a change to the schedule of the weekend. The official NASCAR page, an article has appeared in which a free Assists thinking aloud about why the quality almost always cancels directly, instead of moving them. Good idea.

- The Victory of Toyota in Atlanta has some long-established NASCAR fans still leave traces. Argument, because of "all-American sport," and so is fairly presented emotionally. Amazingly, it's just one of this weekend NASCAR redneck hardcore sites par excellence, which stands for the Japanese. In Inside Racing News is a longer article published in the states, inter alia:

They ... [Toyota] are building cars and trucks in this country and providing jobs that the Big Three can not supply. The Tundra was Tuck of the Year. Something must be going right. If it were not for the Japanese auto makers, we would be even further behind in alternative fuel transportation. ...

You want win Chevy, Ford or Dodge to? Then let them step up to the plate and get it done. That is what this country is about - not handouts and charity wins.

Well - in a year probably nobody talks about it.

19/03/2008

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Formula One

Australian GP

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- Ferrari looking Update 2: According to autosport.com does not agree with the MSA. Rather, it was a "fuel-feel problem" was that led to problems with the valves ...