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FORMULA 1: GP of Japan canceled again this year

The cancellation of the race for the Grand Prix of Japan, which is scheduled for November 21, also means that Honda will not have a farewell race on home soil, as the Japanese engine supplier is saying goodbye to Formula 1 at the end of the season. The Olympic Games are in Japan started without major problems, but in the last few months the number of new cases of coronavirus infections has increased to such an extent that promoters of the Grand Prix of Japan have been forced to cancel the race. Doubts about the performance of the race in Suzuka have been raised for some time, and today the race was officially canceled. At Honda, they promised a real spectacle at the farewell race, which will not happen now due to the coronavirus. All in all, it’s mostly a painful blow for Honda. The Japanese engine supplier is in Formula 1 last year and would like to be in the style of p

Nov112014 by Blaž Štremfelj15 Comments

An unfortunate Dunlop bend

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In an accident on the same Dunlop turn, where Jules Bianchi had his accident this year and was taken away with very severe head injuries, Martin Brundle hit a security guard at the time, and a volunteer took her away with a broken leg. Both accidents have a lot in common. In both cases, it rained heavily on the track, and in both cases, the driver flew off the track after the work machine pulled another race car that had taken off the track a little earlier. In 1994, Brundle slightly missed the work machine and witnesses to the event, including Brundle himself, are convinced that it was still a great fortune that it all ended "only" with a broken security guard's leg. The 1994 season was full of injuries and terrible accidents, the most famous of which are of course the tragic accidents that took the lives of Roland Ratzenberger

Nov52014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Modifying a virtual safety car

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During the Brazilian racing weekend, they will test a new virtual safety car system in Formula One, after testing it for the first time last weekend in Austin. Namely, after the accident of Jules Bianchi in Japan, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) decided that safety should be taken to a higher level, especially during the yellow flags. Namely, as we know, racers between yellow flags reduce, but not enough, and a safety car would be too time consuming (mainly due to television rights). In the USA, they tested a virtual safety car for the first time, in the first and second training, which is now even better for Brazil. Fernando Alonso described his vision of a virtual safety car as follows: "I think the idea is fine, something like we agreed

Nov42014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Alonso warns Ferrari in front of McLarn

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In the last two races, according to Fernando Alonso, McLaren will also come very close to Ferrari, if of course they don't roll up their sleeves in Maranello. Ferrari have already been caught and overtaken by Williams, and in the last races, the Reds completely lost the ground under their feet, which now threatens McLaren. The Spaniard says about the team from Woking: “We are falling behind more and more, we were far behind in the USA all weekend, but also in Russia and Japan it was no different. We still have to score points as we fight for the constructor’s place. We have already lost a lot against Williams, but now we are in the middle of nowhere and it seems that they are getting closer to us at McLarn. McLaren is improving from race to race and is getting faster and faster, which means we can no longer afford to lose a point.

October272014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Rossi for the third time without the announced debut in F1

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American Alexander Rossi is expected to compete for the first time at the Formula One racing weekend at Marussia in Austin. Rossi has been knocking on the door of the teams for quite some time to get a chance after three years as a reserve racer for the teams Caterham and Marussia, but without success. Alex left Caterham in July and came to Marussio, where he is expected to get a chance to perform in several trainings at the Belgian Grand Prix. There was also the possibility of appearing at the race in Spa due to the financial problems of Max Chilton and his sponsors. The team has already announced Rossi for the Belgian Grand Prix alongside Jules Bianchi, but Chilton has legally managed to get Rossi to perform only in training. Rossi got the next opportunity at the Russian Grand Prix, after Bianchi’s accident in Japan. Rossi was in prep

October82014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Raikkonen: The setup issues are back

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At the Japanese Grand Prix, Kimi Raikkonen again fell short of expectations, this time blaming the car again for the problem, or problems with setting it up. The 2007 champion believes he set up the car perfectly in the previous race, as he was able to compete with Alonso in the qualifiers without any problems. Otherwise, the Finn later had software problems on the Ferrari engine. In Suzuki, however, Kimi qualified as much as eight tenths behind Alonso and then finished in a wet race with a lap behind in twelfth place. Meanwhile, the Spaniard finished the race in the first lap due to an electronics failure. After the race, Raikkonen described the problems with the car as follows: “Throughout the weekend, the car did not behave well, because we were always behind the leaders. Once it was dry, the second time wet, it was j

October52014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bianchi taken to hospital - unconscious

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Marussia racer Jules Bianchi was taken to hospital after today's race as he flew off the track just nine laps before the end of the race, colliding with an ambulance. They were rescuing Sauber’s race car while Jules flew into them. Matteo Bonaciani, a media spokesman for the International Automobile Federation (FIA), said the racer was unconscious: "We would have sent him by helicopter, but in this situation it was not possible, so he was taken away by ambulance. He was unconscious during the transport. We will explain more when we have additional explanations ourselves, I can't say anything more at the moment. " So both Sutil and Bianchi flew off the track similarly, and Sutil said after the race: "There was too much water, which made it impossible to drive. There was no visibility either.

October42014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Vergnu +10 mark-ups at the start

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Toro Rosso racer Jean-Eric Vergne will use this year's sixth engine at tomorrow's Japan Grand Prix, giving the commissioners ten starting places. Vergne had problems with the old engine at the last minute and because of that the preventive replacement made sense. Either way, the Frenchman will start tomorrow’s race from XNUMXth place. A similar penalty was given to Lotus racer Pastor Maldonado, who had to have his sixth engine installed after Friday's training. Maldonado won the seventeenth starting position, which means that he will get an additional five places at the Russian Grand Prix at the end of next week.

October32014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

The GP of Japan already on Saturday?

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The approaching typhoon storm threatening Japan’s Suzuki could take care of a fundamentally changed schedule for the Japan Grand Prix. The Formula One race is scheduled to start late Sunday afternoon, and the weather in Suzuki is deteriorating by the hour. “Typhoon Phanfone is not far away and judging by the weather forecast, it will be difficult to run the race,” Romein Grosjean said. As the caravan immediately moves to Russia after the end of the Grand Prix of Japan, where the race for the Grand Prix of Russia will take place next weekend, the implementation of the race on Monday would be difficult to consider. That’s why Charlie Whiting put a proposal on the table at a meeting with team bosses to run the race on Sunday morning. A supercombination was also proposed, after which the race would take place on Saturday. “The race management will assess the situation, also from a safety standpoint,” Clemens said

October22014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Vettel will be tactical

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Sebastian Vettel said he will tactically choose which racetracks he will serve the penalty of losing ten starting places when he will have to use additional powertrains by the end of the season. Each Formula One driver has five powertrains available for the entire season, and loses ten starting places for each additional engine. Vettel is just one of many racers who are close to the border before the race for the Japanese Grand Prix, so he wants to limit the damage caused by possible penalties. “The rules are as they are and at some point by the end of this season I will have to serve my sentence,” Vettel explained at Thursday’s press conference at Suzuki. "We hope that we will be able to endure as soon as possible, but I will definitely have to use at least one additional engine by the end of the season, which will cause me to lose after the qualifiers.