Eric Boullier Archives - The World of Speed

Apr122016 by Klara Ljubi1 How

Alonso doesn't know yet if he will be able to race

McLarn racer Fernando Alonso is not yet sure if he will be able to compete in Sunday’s race in China, as he must first pass an FIA medical examination. After an accident he suffered in the opening race of the season, he had to skip the race in Bahrain because he suffered significant lung and rib injuries. The Spaniard has already started training and is looking forward to returning to the car, which is not guaranteed. “I was disappointed to learn that I will not be racing in Bahrain, but I respect the decision of the medical staff. I hope to be able to race again on Friday, but I can’t predict anything until I get an expert rating. Until then, I will prepare for the weekend as if I were going to perform, "said the two-time world champion. McLaren hired its reserve racer Stoffel Va as a replacement in the previous race

Jan152016 by Klara Ljubi14 Comments

Capito new CEO at McLarn

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Capito new CEO at McLarn - Jost Capito is the new McLarn CEO or. CEO, otherwise Volkswagen's motorsport director. He will take over the role on the team from Jonathan Neal, who has been CEO for the past twenty-two months. The latter will move to the position of CEO of McLarn Technology Group. Both Capito and Neale will work closely with Eric Boullier as race director. They will report directly to Ron Dennis. Dennis said at the appointment: "Last summer I joined the Capita, which is extremely competitive and ambitious. It comes to us with a breadth of both automotive and motorsport experience, as he has held leading positions at BMW, Porsche, Ford, Sauber and from 2012 Volkswagen, which took him in a rally to three zapo

Sep142015 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

Magnussen would drive for Haas

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Kevin Magnussen, after McLarn announced that they would keep Jenson Button next season, revealed that he would be happy to drive for Haas if offered a seat. He said some time ago that he doesn’t want to sit on the bench as a backup racer, but wants to get back behind the wheel. On the other hand, Gene Haas would like to get at least one experienced driver, who is rumored to be replaced by Esteban Gutierrez, and Magnussen sees himself as an ideal candidate. "I will not list the names of the teams I am in contact with. It is a well-known fact that I am in Haas's mind, which was also confirmed by him in the last few interviews. Both he and Guenther Steiner, the team leader, are very smart. husband and the way they set up the new Formula 1 team is smart and innovative, "says the Dane

Jul12015 by Klara Ljubi1 How

McLaren hopes to avoid punishment

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At McLarn, they hope that in the home race in Silverston, they will be able to avoid the penalty of starting places, which Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button did in Austria. Both racers later didn’t even finish the race as Alonso crashed in the first lap and Button later had a sensor failure. “We have thoroughly inspected the power units at the factory and Alonsova probably suffered damage during the accident, so it may need to be replaced, and Button is still under investigation,” says Honda’s husband Yasuhisa Arai. In the previous race, the riders together received a XNUMX-figure penalty for each consuming their fifth engine, while only four are allowed per season. Using a sixth engine would mean a new ten-point penalty. "Honda is not bringing any upgrades to the UK, but we will optimize on

May262015 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Boullier: First points for McLaren very encouraging

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At McLaren, after the Monaco Grand Prix, they are very pleased to have won the first points of the season. Jenson Button finished the race in eighth place, while Alonso had problems with the gearbox, which caused him to finish the race early. Boullier, of course, believes that these points will further inflame the team: "It's a reward for our good work. Otherwise, the track in Monaco suits us very well, so we're not too surprised that we succeeded." The Frenchman would of course prefer to see both race cars between points, but he faces the fact that they must first find out why one failed the gearbox: "We have a lot of work to do with investigating the gearbox, but I believe we will be more successful across Canada with our updates. it will pay off, it only takes time, but Canada with long planes will be very difficult for us

Dec292014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

McLaren-Honda wants to unfreeze engine development

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McLarn racing director Eric Boullier insists that Formula One should develop engine engines smoothly, thus allowing Mercedes competitors to catch up. The German car manufacturer currently enjoys a great advantage in the field of engines, as they have developed a phenomenal engine that no one can match, and due to the freeze on development, it will be so for at least some time to come. In the 2014 season, no progress is expected in this area, but Boullier insists: "We do not want to increase costs, we just want the competition to come to life. We want to compete and thus change our car to our liking, of course in accordance with the rules In my opinion, the motor rule is wrong at the moment, if we want competition to live, then we have to change that.

October42014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

McLaren already this year with Honda's development car

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The Woking team has already made a development car with some approximations of the engine and transmission for Honda’s powertrain. The car for the 2015 season is not expected to be used before the pre-season aunts next year, but the car could be in use in Abu Dhabi next month. If something went wrong, the car would only be seen in February in Jerez in the first tests, when it will also be clear how the development of Honda's engine is progressing. With the team using the MP4-29H, there would also be no pressure with the early introduction of the MP4-30. Eric Boullier, McLaren's racing engineer, said: "We are developing a development car because we need to test a lot of systems. So we decided to move on to the matter a little differently than this year. We will build a race car to use either in Abu

Sep252014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

McLaren: Too late for the third car

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McLarn race director Eric boullier thinks it’s too late for the idea of a third car for the 2015 season. The idea for the third car was first given by Montezemolo (former president of Ferrari), but lately Ecclestone has been warming up more and more, which only has to convince the teams. The latter have a lot to say about it, and unfortunately for Bernie, the third car doesn't smell too good to them. In addition to the reasons that the third race car would be a bad choice for the sport, racing director Eric Boullier at McLarn says that there is also a practical problem with the implementation: preparation. I think it's too late for the upcoming season. ”Otherwise, Bernie presented the idea of a third car as a solution for F1, as it would

Avg262014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Vandoorne 2015 in McLaren?

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McLaren’s youth program is already calling for advancement, this time by Stoffel Vandoorn, who is racing in the GP2 series. Vandoorne took a big step forward in the last races, even winning the sprint race at the Hungaroring, and fighting hard to win in Spa, but unfortunately finished second behind Raffael Marciello, a Ferrari member of the youth team. Anyway, Stoffel convinced McLaren with his progress in the last races, thus proving that he is ripe for Formula One, which was also confirmed by Eric Boullier: “At the moment, it is still a bit too early to make such a decision. First of all, he needs to feel ready for this step before entering F1 and it’s nice to hear he’s ready for it. Second, he needs to get a chance, but not in every way. We are currently reviewing all the options and GP2 is also one of them since s

Apr212014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Goodbye good bosses

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Maybe McLaren and Ferrari really need to work completely on the edge before the results show up. Ron Dennis and Luca di Montezemolo are in all probability thinking in this direction, and they are ruling accordingly. Both no longer have anything to prove, but they can lose quite a bit; yet they feel called to establish proper order. What if there are problems. Who will say goodbye? Can Eric Boullier and Marco Mattiacci feel safe at all? The latter in particular is on much thinner ice, given that his racing connections are not much different from Luigi Chinetti, who was also Ferrari's first husband in America decades ago. There was a feeling of less panic around his appointment. As if it had all happened before. Let's go back half a century