Archive | June, 2009

IRL: criticism from drivers and fans

The second season of "new" IRL is not very good. The change to the TV channel "VS" has cost viewers and the races are not so exciting.

irl To speak of a "crisis" of the IRL is still too early. After all, the series keeps the sponsors and the audience at the track should be inoffziell, rising. But it also stirs criticism. And not only by bored commentators, but also the drivers who have the final race more or less closed as "procession". What else was there either. One must certainly not forget that the riders with arrows over 320 km / h through the area and are available after the hair-raising accidents in 2007, the safety first should. But do not overtake it is not a solution.

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DTM: Norisring Analysis / Analysis NASCAR NH

As already expected, the race of the DTM at the Norisring was not so bad. It was also very close to the power density.

start_noris3 I swear every now and yes very happy about the DTM. Too artificial, too technokartisch, too political. What is seen in the quality, sometimes even correct. Who actually came up with the idea of ​​limiting quality in a short session, the number of rounds? This can be made at earlier stages in Formula One, but there had been 12 laps for one hour. The team responsible for the Mercedes DTM this rule was apparently not informed, then one other thing. I felt really sorry for Ralf Schumacher, who had a really good weekend. But after all the races then compensated for the odd hiccup in the qualification. What Scheider, Spengler and Green departed, there was really a great thing and is happy to be repeated.

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Comments {10} | DTM , NASCAR

What else was a week

  • Requesting an invite for Tweetboard Alpha (http://tweetboard.com) by @ 140ware, for my site: http://www.racingblog.de #
  • Contribution to the FIA / FOTA agreement extended to the analysis. http://is.gd/1c3DZ #
  • # F1 No FOTA series 2010. Mosley turns in Oct. for re-election. So far not confirmed by the FOTA. http://tinyurl.com/nnwbjq #
  • # F1 FOTA galore Rumors: Watkins Glen will be the 2.Rennen in the U.S., Ron Dennis could play a role http://is.gd/19iNY (Dennis) #

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DTM: Norisring / IRL - Richmond

A relatively quiet weekend is upon us. The DTM races at the Norisring, the IRL in Richmond, the F2 starts at Spa and the odd Super League in the second season.

dtm NASCAR is also traveling to see the separate entry . Focus on the weekend is probably the turning on of the DTM at the Norisring their laps. The race here is often referred to as the "German Monaco", where the similarities erschopfen with the race on the Mediterranean is probably the fact that you are traveling on a street circuit. But the Norisring is of course to the more better races of the DTM. This is due to the rather small range and the non-existent run-off areas, including the already famous wall where some stars are so dead. Because the track is relatively short, the crowd is usually collaborated closely to ensure that, given the power density for good fights. Anyone else not like the DTM rather should look to make an exception this weekend times.

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Comments {4} | DTM , Superleague Formula

NASCAR: New Hamsphire preview in June 2009

Dear Blog Readers Racing,
From now on I'm a little help here on the blog. Kristian Stooss, which some here know chatting rather than "jack knife", writes that so far he has time, now the preview for the NASCAR race. I am glad that he supported me here, because I'm unfortunately at the moment very little time and went to see the reworked (and ready for a holiday).
Don

After the circuit races in Sonoma, California in the NASCAR circus returns to his roots back to the east coast when oval of New Hampshire in the hunt for the coveted places in the "Chase for the Sprint Cup" begins.

new-hampshire-track In Loudon begins and ends one part of the ritual, which NASCAR has implemented in 2004: The Chase determined for five years, the championship event and the Oval in New England since then lays down a framework for action speak for Vorgeschehen. For one starts the "Race for the Chase" in Loudon Speedway and the other begins after the race at New Hampshire Chase just here. Only ten races on Daytona to Indianapolis and then through the second round of the season at Watkins Glen track the driver away from the start of the decision in the championship.

The route in the Pacific Northwest is an oval with a length of 1,058 miles and an elevation of 12 ° curve, which is therefore between the Shorttracks and the intermediate ovals classified. Twenty years ago, opened up the race track since 1993, and here are the races of the Sprint Cup staged. Since 1997, regularly held a second round of the season.

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Comments {3} | NASCAR

Formula One: FIA and FOTA agreement between

Apparently there will be no announcement of FOTA but pirates series. Also, because Max Mosley in October will no longer compete.

The dispute is over, there is no FOTA series. The FIA ​​and Max Mosley have experienced a humiliation. Since Mosley can publicly his plan that costs are reduced, no matter how much praise in the sky - basically all of his proposals have failed. The two-tier model, the budget cap and the plan that the FIA ​​wanted to control the observance of the border. None of this will implemented. Because the costs must be reduced so that all teams have been known since last year. Whether the teams but also with its goal set by that they are more involved in the revenue is not known.

Basically, the whole "compromise" so far a joke and only serves to Mosley and the FIA ​​is not completely full idiots like to leave you in public. There is absolutely no data should look as cost recovery, and what will be the final sum. It speaks very nebulous assume that you want to freeze the cost at the level of the early 90s. What year is meant? 1992, when Williams FW14B with a high tech car on the legs and put millions sunk in its development? Or 1993, when it has all the clutter, such as active suspension, banned again? Or would you prefer 1996 Mercedes began to shovel money into racing? And based on what issues? Minardi was late 90's (no link, I'm just so in the head) once said that it cost a season 20 to 30 million dollars. Paul Stoddart Spracht before he sold around 50 million dollars that would cost him Minardi. It is also interesting that the FOTA and the FIA ​​does not want to establish a "monitoring system" that will keep costs transparent.

At all clear, even the question of how and who should make the rules, especially in the future. There is talk that there should be at the FIA ​​another "Formula One Committee", in which the office team, or FOTA. We'll have to wait and see how that is hung. The far-reaching veto rights over the FIA ​​should have the authority over the rules of the FIA ​​Formula One by the past.

There is nothing settled, at least there is no agreement on details known. Today's statements are limited to letters of intent and the message that we Mosley is going on now. After negotiations with the FOTA is, according to Joe Saward Michel Boeri, president of the Automobile Club de Monaco and FIA accept the Senate President. That very Boeri, over the past days, probably seeped through, that is the Monaco GP could be transferred to FOTA. Rumored to come in last night's compromise between Bernie Ecclestone and Luca di Montezemolo have been negotiated. Mosley was said to have been on Sunday when he announced that there would soon be peace, was the Formula One of the investors, the CVC group, sent to the sidelines. It suggests many things out that there was a palace coup within the FIA ​​could. The negotiations have taken so long between Ecclestone and the FOTA, suggests that you are not able to agree in terms of money so quickly.

The whole thing is a farce, the agreement only a flowery way of saying it has got rid of Max Mosley. In terms of rules, one is just as much as last April. While the new team with the "rules-Mosley" had a certain predictability, they now have nothing in your hand. For this, the FIA ​​is massively weakened. As it stands now, it has completely capitulated to manufacturers. And that can also affect other series have the FIA.

The question now is: Will anything better? If a series dominated by the producers of what is and what you really want as a fan?

Such is at least from the start list for 2010. There is no change to that, the FIA ​​at 12.06. has published.

Ferrari
McLaren-Mercedes
BMW-Sauber
Renault
Toyota
Red Bull
Toro Rosso
Williams
BrawnGP
Force India
Campos Meta
Manor Grand Prix
U.S. F1 team

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Formula One: Separation - An analysis

Surprisingly, there is the announcement of the team, which is controlled by the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One to want to leave, yes, but a real surprise, it is not.
fota Manufacturers have been 2004/2005 with the first manufacturers' association, the GPMA, tried a new series off the ground. Even then it was about two issues regulations and finances. The series never materialized, because the FIA ​​Ferrari contractually committed. The producers buried their idea and the GPMA. The idea of ​​a separate series by the manufacturer is therefore so is not new. And since that time, the simmering dispute between two parties, and since then the fronts between the FIA ​​and the manufacturers harden. The establishment of FOTA last September was an already suspect that there would be more debates in the future. The reason is straightforward: it is about money.
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Formula One: British GP - Analysis / FOTA News

Although at the top is not too much happened, the race itself was not all that bad. Meanwhile what is happening once again in terms of FIA / FOTA.

rb_silv_vet1 The race at Silverstone was over after the first round actually been. When Sebastian Vettel in a round whole 1.5 seconds ahead of Rubens Barrichello drove out, the thing was done. After ten rounds, it was 10 seconds and so it went on forever. As in blessed times Schumacher Vettel drove his first pit stop such a big lead that he RECOURSE loose even after the stop in front. The Red Bull was all the other vehicles in the field vastly superior to the competition and the only chance was that the Renault engine would limp. Indeed, he and Vettel could not deliver a terrific and ungefährdetes race. Behind it was much too close and was fought mainly in the lower middle terrific.

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What else was a week

  • RT @ aasport: # F1: Lt. SKY News has an agreement with FOTA organizers of the Monaco Grand Prix in the bag. #
  • RT @ LeeMcK: Just asked Martin Whitmarsh about 'new' championship. Lola and Prodrive also likely to join. #
  • You told my goodness, CNBS the F1, but with archive images of Ralf Schumacher. In Williams. #
  • # F1 FIA accused FOTA and Ferrari. Immediately. http://is.gd/16kJ8 #
  • # F1 FIA press conference live from 17.00 h on n-tv #
  • # F1 FIA (ie Mosley) has announced a further press release in the next few minutes. #
  • RT @ f1scoop: There will be a FIA World Council meeting next week. Expect Max to get dumped. # f1 #
  • # F1 FIA's response to separation. That seems to have been. http://is.gd/162a5 #
  • FOTA website is down. Very quick response from the FIA :) #
  • # F1 FOTA decides a pirate series. http://is.gd/15FAZ #
  • # F1 # FIA # Was Rumor 2444: The FOTA has set the FIA has its own series in knowledge. Announcement tomorrow. #
  • # F1 # FIA # Was Rumor Number 2443: RB, BMW and Brawn will tend to the FIA. #
  • RT @ Lola Racer: BREAKING NEWS: Lola F1 WITHDRAW APPLICATION - http://bit.ly/n7Qlr #
  • # F1 The FOTA talks of a "final offer" to the FIA: http://is.gd/14mna #
  • # F1 The FIA, the FOTA, in a letter just to support their arguments + veröffentliicht also letters http://is.gd/13qWG #
  • # IRL Paul Tracy runs in early July at Watkins Glen for KV Racing #
  • # NASCAR The pony cars (Mustang, etc.) come back to NASCAR. If coming for the CoT in the NW series. http://is.gd/13jJ4 #
  • Yeaaah. Top Gear is back on 21.06 http://bit.ly/17oSuH #
  • # F1 FIA to occur, and accuses the FOTA that they "elements" have to want to destroy the sport. http://bit.ly/E2Wms #

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NASCAR: Preview Infinion / WTCC Brno

Due to the excessive coverage of the Formula One preview is on this weekend a bit shorter. But I do not want them forgotten.

infinion After all, it leaves this weekend for the first circuit race of the year. And the Infinion Raceway is not an easy race, but makes high demands on drivers and vehicles. Especially when you consider that the NASCAR cars are 1.5 tons heavy, and that they have 750 hp but four manually shifted gears available. And then there are the old steel disc brakes. So it is quite a task to move a NASCAR car here fast. Moreover, not every driver likes right turns so real. These so greats like Dale Earnhardt Jr. are with the race track courses can not really start something.
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Comments {2} | NASCAR , WTCC