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Formula 1 the 2015 edition ****Mercedes is suing their Senior Engineer**** (post 172)

31,436 2,810 January 7, 2015 at 02:30 PM in Autos (5)
Huh Scratchhead

Formula One racing's governing body, the FIA, has revealed details of a new Super Licence points system, making it harder for drivers to become eligible for F1 competition.

From 2016, drivers must have accumulated 40 points over a three-year period, with points allocation based on which other motorsport series they have participated in and the level of results they achieved.

Drivers will have also have to be at least 18-years old, have spent at least two years in junior single-seater categories, hold a valid road driver's licence and pass a test on the Formula One sporting regulations. The existing requirement of completing 300 kilometres in a recent F1 car also remains.

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If such a system had been in place ahead of 2015, new Toro Rosso signing Max Verstappen would be ineligible to race in F1 this year, having accrued just 20 points by finishing third in the 2014 FIA F3 European championship - the 17-year-old's only season of car racing to date.


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http://www.formula1.com/news/head...16755.html
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Formula 1 schedule for 2015


Sun, Mar 15 - 2:00 AM ET Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park


Sun, Mar 29 - 4:00 AM ET Grand Prix of Malaysia - Sepang International Circuit


Sun, Apr 12 - 3:00 AM ET Grand Prix of China - Shanghai International Circuit


Sun, Apr 19 - 8:00 AM ET Grand Prix of Bahrain - Bahrain International Circuit


Sun, May 10 - 8:00 AM ET Grand Prix Of Spain - Circuit De Catalunya


Sun, May 24 - 8:00 AM ET Grand Prix Of Monaco - Circuit De Monaco


Sun, Jun 7 - 2:00 PM ET Grand Prix Of Canada - Gilles Villeneuve Circuit


Sun, Jun 21 - 8:00 AM ET Austrian Grand Prix - Spielberg


Sun, Jul 5 - 8:00 AM ET British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit


Sun, Jul 19 - 8:00 AM ET German Grand Prix - Hockenheimring


Sun, Jul 26 - 8:00 AM ET Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring


Sun, Aug 23 - 8:00 AM ET Belgian Grand Prix - Circuit Of Spa Francorchamps


Sun, Sep 6 - 8:00 AM ET Italian Grand Prix - Autodromo Nazionale Di Monza


Sun, Sep 20 - 8:00 AM ET Singapore Grand Prix -Singapore Street Circuit


Sun, Sep 27 - 2:00 AM ET Japanese Grand Prix - Suzuka International Racing Course


Sun, Oct 11 - 7:00 AM ET Russian Grand Prix - Sochi International Street Circuit


Sun, Oct 25 - 4:00 PM ET United States Grand Prix - Circuit Of Americas


Sun, Nov 15 - 11:00 AM ET Grand Prix Of Brazil - Autodromo Carlos Pace


Sun, Nov 29 - 8:00 AM ET Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Yas Marina Circuit



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03-05-2015 at 11:43 AM.
03-05-2015 at 11:43 AM.
Alonso will miss the opening race of the season.

Some sites (no mainstream sites yet) are also reporting that when Alonso woke after the crash he thought it was 1995, that he was 13 years old and still a kart racer.


http://bleacherreport.com/article...ims-report
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03-05-2015 at 05:03 PM.
03-05-2015 at 05:03 PM.
time warner keeps mailing me offers to sign up for TV service, I might just give in yet, so I can watch F1 coverage again
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03-05-2015 at 05:10 PM.
03-05-2015 at 05:10 PM.
Quote from mrlaugh :
time warner keeps mailing me offers to sign up for TV service, I might just give in yet, so I can watch F1 coverage again
Cold Couldn't do without F1 coverage. On the upside of getting Time Warner, they seem to have pulled ahead of Comcast, or I guess more correctly, Comcast has gone downhill more, passing TW.
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03-05-2015 at 05:30 PM.
03-05-2015 at 05:30 PM.
Update on the Alonso memory thing...

The Telegraph has published the story, they're a reputable paper and wouldn't print it if it weren't true. However, based on everything I've read, his memory is back but the doctors said if he had another hard blow before he fully gets over this severe of a concussion it could be fatal. So that's why he's not going to be in the season opener.

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McLaren chairman Ron Dennis admitted last week Alonso suffered retrograde amnesia, which he said was "not uncommon" in cases like this.


Asked who he was, what his job was, and what he hoped to do with his life, Alonso reportedly replied: "I'm Fernando, I drive go karts and I want to be a Formula One driver." Alonso apparently could not remember making his Formula One debut with Minardi in 2001, or either of his world championships in 2005 and 2006.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/...crash.html
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03-05-2015 at 05:47 PM.
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Quote from Zoe Moon :
Update on the Alonso memory thing...

The Telegraph has published the story, they're a reputable paper and wouldn't print it if it weren't true. However, based on everything I've read, his memory is back but the doctors said if he had another hard blow before he fully gets over this severe of a concussion it could be fatal. So that's why he's not going to be in the season opener.




http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/...crash.html
yikes Bigeye
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03-05-2015 at 05:51 PM.
03-05-2015 at 05:51 PM.
also, this:
https://grrc.goodwood.com/race/hi...avent-seen

great side by side of senna vs. prost
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03-12-2015 at 02:11 PM.
03-12-2015 at 02:11 PM.
Bounce
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03-12-2015 at 04:27 PM.
03-12-2015 at 04:27 PM.
Time seems to be flying by, seems like it was just the other day when the last race of 2014 finished.

Haven't really been following this story but an Australian court ruled that Sauber has to allow the Dutch driver Geido van de Garde to drive. However Sauber has said previously that they would pull out of the Australian race rather than let him drive. Plus there's the whole issue of him not having a super-license. Dontknow


http://www.smh.com.au/sport/motor...420fv.html
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R1Budha
03-13-2015 at 08:23 AM.
03-13-2015 at 08:23 AM.
Quote from Zoe Moon :
Time seems to be flying by, seems like it was just the other day when the last race of 2014 finished.

Haven't really been following this story but an Australian court ruled that Sauber has to allow the Dutch driver Geido van de Garde to drive. However Sauber has said previously that they would pull out of the Australian race rather than let him drive. Plus there's the whole issue of him not having a super-license. Dontknow


http://www.smh.com.au/sport/motor...420fv.html
jalopnik's stef schrader has on sunning update going about this:
http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/how...jasontorch

cliff notes:
Sauber may have all their in country assets seized if GVDG isnt allowed to drive by the team

Sauber's team principle, Monisha Kaltenborn may be facing jail time for contempt charges

GVDG HAS been fitted for a seat and HAS been seen walking the paddock wearing Sauber team coveralls (possibly Marcus Erricsson's)

Sauber is the reason GVDG doesn't have a superlicense as the team has to apply for it and Sauber had his cancelled at the end of the 2014 season.

Sauber did not participate in Free Practice 1 with ANY drivers.

Nasr and Erricsson both participated in Free Practice 2 concurrent with the Contempt of Court proceedings.
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03-13-2015 at 08:26 AM.
03-13-2015 at 08:26 AM.
BTW, this is what you get when you think you are smarter than others Monisha and will most likely cost you your job.
Having two drivers under contract and then hiring two more and finding the most weasel of ways to get out of the old contracts just so you can have the money during the offseason that the new drivers bring in to pay your costs is a bullshit move and you knew it.

Funny how they had no problem paying you your $4 million dollar salary.
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03-13-2015 at 08:43 AM.
03-13-2015 at 08:43 AM.
Popcorn (there goes my low carb diet)

Thanks for the info.
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03-13-2015 at 02:26 PM.
03-13-2015 at 02:26 PM.
what a circus... Ohmy
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03-14-2015 at 01:52 PM.
03-14-2015 at 01:52 PM.
Update o nthe Sauber saga.

GVDG has dropped the Contempt of Court action against Sauber as his lawyers and Saubers lawyers (the real ones, not Monisha playing as one again) have begun negotiations to a settlement.

At this time it is expected that Sauber will race with their current drivers in Australia and a settlement will be reached, most likely in terms of a huge pile o cash, with GVDG in the interim of this weekend and the next race weekend.

This DOES NOT mean that Sauber is off the hook as the court's decision on the legality of GVDG;s contract still stands and his complaint against Sauber for breach of contract has NOT been dropped.

Hope that big ole pile o money Erricsson and Nasr brought to the table is big enough to make the expected 7 figure payout AND still pay the bills.

Might be time to fire the team principle for just all around lack of thought and lack of intelligence at this point.
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03-14-2015 at 09:54 PM.
03-14-2015 at 09:54 PM.
Quote from R1Budha :
McLaren announced today Alonso is going to the miss season opening race in Oz to continue to recover fully from the concussion he suffered in testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on February 22nd.
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My guess is they know the still have huge problems with the Honda power unit so why risk him when you can just throw K-Mag in there and get someone that has race experience and car experience and knows how to communicate that his engine blew up just as much as Alonso does.
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03-15-2015 at 01:21 PM.
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Well when the field is five cars down before the race even starts, you know it's gonna be a wacky race.
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