Formula One 2010

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Alonso shares its titles with the workers of Renault

Fernando Alonso took leave of the workers of the factory that Renault has in the French locality of Viry Chatillon, to the outs***ts of Paris, and it said to them that they also are champions of the world. During two hours, the Asturian pilot visited the facilities in which the motors of the single-seaters of the mark of the rhombus make and conversed friendly with some workers.

Besides to thank for the work to them in the last seasons, Alonso he wished luck them for the future, that the Asturian one will live in escudería McLaren-Mercedes. The pilot, which he traveled directly from Oviedo, where one took leave of the fans of his native city, became a photo with all the workers.

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Michael Schumacher will be actor in ' Astérix and the Olímpicos' Games

The running of the film ' Astérix and the Olímpicos' Games, whose budget reaches the 78 million euros, will conclude the 15 of November in audio-visual the complex ' City of the Luz' de Alicante, and in days it is predicted that the pilot participates in the shooting Michael Schumacher.

In the largometraje, of the Pathé producer, very well-known actors of the Spanish cinema take part, like Santiago Segura and Fernando Tejero, next to other international personalities, like Gerard Depardieu (Obélix), Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, and also sport like the ex- soccer player Zinedine Zidane or the mentioned Schumacher.

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21 kilometers of carbon fiber to construct a single-seater of F1
The numbers that handle in the construction and completion of a single-seater of the F1 are scandalous. The good operation of the R26 that Fernando Alonso piloted during this year was fruit of thousands of thousand plane and folio, working hours, of thousands of pieces and thus a long registry of elements necessary to obtain to a car champion.

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Fernando Alonso is the favorite to the ' ball of prayed of the F1

The correspondents and collaborators of Autosport have chosen in voting to Fernando Alonso like the best pilot of the year.

In the voting of his correspondents and habitual collaborators, Fernando obtains 87 points, 10 more than Michael Schumacher, who is second.

The German has not been the best one in opinion of the experts of the British publication as far as pilotage.

In the third position he appears Felipe Massa, that with 36 points he has supplanted to Raikkonen. by two points.

This publication grants in December to that ` is considered gold ball of the F-1'.

The year last Alonso was the chosen one, but to last hour they occurred it to Raikkonen so that the Asturian one did not go to gather the trophy.

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Alonso to dominate F1 at McLaren: Webber

Australian driver Mark Webber has tipped Fernando Alonso to again dominate Formula One next year despite switching from world champion team Renault to McLaren.

The Spaniard recently clinched his second straight world title and Webber believes he will be hard to beat again in 2007.

He says the title is likely to be a showdown between Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen, the Finn who left McLaren to replace Michael Schumacher at Ferrari next season.

"If Alonso can get a good car from McLaren I don't think anyone will touch him again - he's the class in the field at the moment, there's no-one who can compete with him consistently," Webber said.

"He's double world champion when Michael was still around which is a great feather in his cap and something which I know he's particularly rapt about.

"I think he will give them that lift actually. McLaren have been looking for a bit of direction for a while now and I think Fernando can give it to them," he said.

"Kimi is phenomenally quick, we know that. Whether he can take it to Fernando during the course of the season, it's going to be a good fight between those two."

Without Schumacher's drive, Ferrari could fall off the pace but Webber expects Renault to again be challenging for the championship with Giancarlo Fisichella and rookie Heikki Kovalainen.

"Renault will be strong, Kovalainen will be one of the finds of the season I think and Fisi could come out of his shell because he hasn't got Fernando there," he said.

Webber has completed a disastrous two-year spell with former F1 heavyweight team Williams but believes the British outfit will lift its performance next season.

"They'll have a lot better year next year - they have to because it just couldn't be any worse than this year," he said.

"Whether it's as good as they want it to be remains to be seen."

Webber said that midway through 2006 he found it difficult to motivate himself with the cars subject to continual mechanical failures.

"It's never ever happened in my career before but it was tough towards the end because you felt there was not a great deal you could do to make a difference and that was hard."

But he is optimistic of a revival with his new team Red Bull, driving alongside veteran Scot David Coulthard and says the Renault-powered cars could spring some surprises after running mid-field for the past couple of years.

"There's a lot of pressure inside the team, they want to go and achieve things," Webber said.

"They want to make a difference next year, otherwise I wouldn't have gone there.

"Is it world-beating? Over time, it could be but I'm absolutely praying that they're going to be one of the finds of the season next year."

Meanwhile, Webber will be joined by several other high-profile athletes in Tasmania this Sunday for the start of the Mark Webber Pure Tasmania Challenge, which raises funds for the Cancer Council of Tasmania's Cancer Plus program and TLC for Kids.

Webber's team for the six-day cycling, kayaking and trekking race around the Tasmanian wilderness will include British dual Olympic gold medallist rower James Cracknell, Australian ironman Guy Andrews, and Tasmanian adventure racer Matt Dalziel.

This year's challenge will feature 12 teams competing against each other in timed stages over the six days from November 5-10.

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THINK THAT RÄIKKÖNEN And ALONSO ARE The OTHER CANDIDATES

Fisichella: "I trust gaining the title the next season"

Giancar it Fisichella, teammate of Fernando Alonso in the Renault equipment, thinks that next year he has options to gain the title. The Italian pilot has been eclipsado the two last seasons by the Spanish, who proclaimed champion. "I have confidence in gaining the title next year. I will be one of the candidates, next to Räikkönen and Alonso ", affirms Fisichella in declarations to a television network of its country.

"Next year I will have to my disposition a great car and a great equipment with which already I have worked two years, reason why I know it well", adds Fisichella. The Roman pilot will have like teammate in Renault the Finn Heikki Kovalainen, whereas Alonso runs in McLaren and Räikkönen, in Ferrari.

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BUT IT THINKS THAT "IT WILL OBTAIN WITH HIS THIRD CHAMPIONSHIP"

Ecclestone: "To Alonso him lack connection with people"
The English Bernie Ecclestone, president of Formula 1, declared during the conference on marketing research in the international sport that was celebrated in the Theater of the fairground of the House of Field, that "surely that Fernando Alonso will gain his third Championship of the World".

Ecclestone wanted to clarify last declarations hers in which it affirmed that a great champion was "a great pilot but not". "Alonso is a champion and in addition it it has been twice. I said that for me, a great one of motoring was Senna (Ayrton) because the public wanted to him ", commented. "To Fernando it needs that connection with people, but surely that will obtain with his third Championship", it added.

Ecclestone spoke of the pursuit of motoring in Spain at the present time: "years ago it did not sell anything absolutely; now yes, thanks to Fernando Alonso, are something obvious ", commented. "It was terrible when the press said that Schumacher was boring that - Michael always won, but now the door is open for all, although Alonso is the one who more opportunities it has", it continued.

The British leader denied that the success of Fernando Alonso is going to restore a new circuit in Spain within Formula One: "This sport is greater than any pilot by itself; Fernando has helped much but for that reason we would not put a race in Spain for that reason ". However, it confirmed with a concise one "yes" to the question on if Formula 1 is studying the possibility of extending the circuits to Russia and India.

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ALTHOUGH IT WILL HAVE LESS WORK THIS SEASON

Marc Gené will continue being the probador of Ferrari


Marc Gené will continue the next season like pilot of tests of escudería Italian Ferrari, although this one not yet has made the official announcement. Gené that fichó by Ferrari at the end of year 2004, after to have been pilot of tests of in 2003 and 2004, less will be used than in the previous years, since to the being Bridgestone the only provider of tires for all the equipment has caused a remarkable diminution of the tests.

The Italian Luca Badoer also will follow like pilot of tests and third pilot and like Gené, also will have less possibilities of rolling.

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THE FINN SEES ITSELF FIGHTING BY THE TITLE WITH MASSA

Räikkönen does not see Alonso like rival the next season


Kimi Räikkönen, habitually moderate in its declarations, did not bite the language in an interview in the German newspaper ' Bild'. The Finnish pilot did not cut a hair when they asked to him who would be its great rival by the title the next season. "My opponent more duro will not be Fernando Alonso; he will be my teammate Felipe Massa ", affirmed.

The Nordic pilot wants to yes take off the aureole of man little given to the work and very friend of the celebrations. Thus to the being questioned by his dedication he was forceful. "If Ferrari wants, I will work at night until the ten every day. I do not fear to the hard work ", added.

That yes, Räikkönen would see well if in that daily work it had to his side the man whom rampanté has replaced in the house of the ' Cavallino, Michael Schumacher. The assumption position of ' super asesor' in which Luca Lamb I gave Montezemolo, president of Ferrari, wants to locate to the German after its retirement of the circuits would be a great aid for Kimi. "It would be happy if Michael helped me to acclimate to me in Ferrari", he affirmed Kimi. That yes, finaldés did not want to value if Schumi preferred to retire before to have to him like teammate the next season to him.

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The SPANISH PILOT WILL BEGIN TO ROLL In the middle of JANUARY

The new McLaren will have the cockpit but under by desire of Alonso

McLaren MP4/22 Mercedes will have the lower position of conduction, according to the exigencies of Fernando Alonso, who aspires to renew the titles obtained in 2005 and 2006. The department that makes the chassis of the new single-seater works the 24 hours to the day, although at night the personnel turn more is reduced, to finish the first units of the car with which the Spanish pilot will begin to roll in the middle of January in the circuit Ricardo Tormo of Valencia.

The new MP4/22, that began to design itself at the end of 2005 and summer was finished the past, will only conserve a five percent of approximately the 11,500 pieces. The single-seater will have the cockpit lower than the MP4/21, considering desires of pilotage of Alonso, and also it changes the subjection of the back aileron, that will be supported in a central support and the sidewalls, as it has the Renault R26.


Many new features
The nose continues being very low and grow the extractors of the lateral pontoons to canalize better to the air towards the aileron, although one of the changes more radical than has been introduced in the new car is the back diffuser. Aerodynamically, the car also is a 95 new percent in relation to the one of the last year.

In escudería McLaren-Mercedes is wishing that Fernando Alonso gets up itself to the equipment, which will not be able to do until the 1 of January of next year, once finalized the contract that binds to him to Renault, because the people in charge of the aerodynamics department are sure that she will contribute "new ideas"

The MP4/22 will be presented/displayed the 15 of January in Valencia and the aerodynamic engineers already are working for the first evolution, that will be available two weeks later, and are predicted new changes for the seventh and eighth week of the year, that is the form to tell to the time the engineers.

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ACCORDING TO The DATA, The NEW McLAREN IS BETTER THAN The PREVIOUS One

"Ferrari is favorite, but our car will be good"

Pedro of the Rose, that has possibilities of being the companion of Alonso in McLaren the next season, is optimistic when comparing new single-seater MP4/22 with the MP4/21. "the data that we have of the car are better, but all this is theoretical work and the important thing is the track", indicated the pilot Barcelonian.

"We know very little of the new car. We know the form that has the chassis, that is where been I have seated and proven the seat. It looks oneself much like the one of the last year, although the part of the cockpit is a little different and the engineers are until now contentments of the results of the wind tunnel. I, like pilot, say that we will see it in the track, but the perspective are good, have worked to solve the defects of the car of this year very well ", added Of the Rose.

"function of pilot in this period is to come to factory to prove in chassis done of resin, that represents structure of that car goes to be of year that comes, and pilot feels in him, seat does, you verify that the elbows you have left or, that the position and the controls or are located and little but", explained.


Work with the simulator
Of the Rose it indicated: "In McLaren also we have the simulator, that we used much, and there he is where the pilots, when the season finishes, when it is prohibited to train, we can continue making it and gain time. My work is to do many hours of simulator, along with Gary Paffett and Lewis Hamilton, and soon to work with the engineers in the design of the suspensions and to prove how it is going away to tolerate the car of the year that comes, since all the data that bring of the wind tunnel apply them to the simulator ".

On the motor that will use the next season, it explained that "the motors are going to have limited the regime 19,000 returns, but is things that until December can be changed. The engineers say that the time margin that they have given them is good, mainly to find lower, than it is the objective of all. When they limit the power to you by above, you try to find it by down ".


Think that Ferrari is favorite
Finally, Of the Rose it indicated that McLaren hopes to Fernando Alonso "with the open arms". "the equipment has desire to work with him. All the information that can contribute Fernando is good. He is a fast, working pilot and with hunger of titles and I also have desire to work with him ", said.

On which the next season can happen, it said: "the favorite is Ferrari, because it already has much experience with the Bridgestone. It is difficult to know how one is going away to adapt our car to the tires and there is where the red cars have a small advantage. But it will be a championship very opened ".

It did not doubt in indicating that "the car of McLaren is going to be good. Usually it does not make two years bad. We come from one in that any race has not gained and is difficult that it becomes to repeat with the people whom there is here behind ".


Eye with BMW
Pedro of the Rose creates with the changes of pilots, Alonso in McLaren and Kimi Räikkönen in Ferrari, the one that is more going to lose is Renault. "Soon we have to Sling, that is going to be there, and also BMW, that has improved very many in this 2006. It is an equipment that has finished hard and has a good base for next year ".

"There are many incognitos, like Network Bull. There it will be important to see the contribution of our previous designer Adrian Newey in its first car with Renault motor. They must be better than this year. And soon it is Toyota, that always is a box of surprises, but the World-wide one of the year that comes must be between McLaren, Ferrari and Renault ", said Of the Rose.

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RENAULT WILL NOT RELEASE TO THE SPANISH PILOT OF THEIR CONTRACT

Fernando Alonso will not be able to rise the McLaren until January


Fernando Alonso will not be released of his contract with Renault, that concludes the 31 of December. The Spanish pilot wanted that they released to him of his commitment to rise the McLaren before he concludes the year, but the French mark tries to take advantage of to the maximum the advantages that it obtains from the image of the mundjial bichampion and, at the same time, not to favor its rivals.

The same it does not happen with the own square McLaren-Mercedes, who will make fulfill to Kimi Räikkönen her contract until the last day, with which the Finnish pilot will be able either to rise his Ferrari.

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ITS CONNECTION WITH RAQUEL Of the ROSARY THEY WILL ATTEND ABOUT 50 GUESTS

Fernando Alonso house in the Maldivas Islands

Fernando Alonso, of 25 years, and the Raquel singer of the Rosary, of 24, will marry this Saturday in a private ceremony that will be celebrated in the Maldivas Islands. The same one they will attend about 50 guests, mainly familiar and friends, who have themselves displaced of incognito until the paradisíaca island nailed in the Indian Ocean in a returned private charter that left from Asturias.

The pair crystallizes therefore the relation that maintains for a short time more of a year and which they have protected of the best outside the possible thing.

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HE AFFIRMS THAT The SPANISH "WILL FEEL IN CASA" IN McLAREN

Rum Dennis does not want to leave no loose end with Alonso

Rum Dennis, pattern of McLaren, does not want to let no loose end with Fernando Alonso, nor who feels like stranger to have chosen to a prote'ge' his, and in addition English, as he is Lewis Hamilton, to be the second pilot. For more inri, Hamilton begins Tuesday to make test whereas Alonso, except for miracle, has waited for the month of January since it has contract with Renault until the 31 of December.

Dennis affirms that Fernando will feel so of the family as Hamilton as soon as he lands in the equipment. "Alonso is, to its way, a very special type. It does not look for the fame, and to only it gets passionate him to pilot cars of races, and much more to win with cars of races, so our relation is based not only on desire to win, but in how obtaining it. We have spoken with him and I am very to taste of the point of our relation at this moment since or it is part of the family, feels or of the family "selaña Dennis in one interviews in Autosport.

"it does not worry, and I believe that Fernando to me either, who comes to an equipment in which the other pilot has been nine years of relation. He is a bichampion of the world and has the crédico that it entails ". Dennis considers that the preoccupation of Fernando will be if Lewis will be able to help him or will feel too much pressure "Is going to be Hamilton able to support to the equipment to obtain the best car of races? It is going to make a work competent? Problemente ", affirms in the sense of the problems that had of lack of Alonso aids coon Fisichella the last season.

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MASSA WAS FASTEST IN THE CIRCUIT OF CATALONIA

From the Rose it returns to mark better time than Hamilton in Montmeló

the Pedro Spanish of the Rose, pilot of tests of the equipment McLaren-Mercedes, marked by second consecutive day better time than the Briton Lewis Hamilton, to title of escudería anglian-German, in the training of preseason of Formula 1 in the Circuit of Catalonia.

Like the happened thing in the first day of training, the probador of McLaren surpassed Hamilton, in this occasion in less than two tenth. The distance between both was reduced with respect to the day of Tuesday. The British pilot, nevertheless, was the second that less returning rolled, due to the failure that returned to affect its single-seater. In this occasion, problems in the right back wheel forced to him to happen through boxes.

The Catalan signed a time of 1:17.584, something worse than the registry marked in the eve. Lewis Hamilton obtained crono of 1:17.748, means the second fastest one than this Tuesday. The best time volvío to mark it Felipe Massa (Ferrari), in front of Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber F1 Team), Luca Badoer (Ferrari) and Of the Rose, with a time of 1:16.406. The Brazilian was the only pilot who lowered of the minute and 17 seconds.

In the day of Thursday, Pedro of the Rose will be replaced by the Finn Mika Hakkinen, twice champion of the retired world of Formula One but of this championship since the season of 2001 finished, that will prove the McLaren-Mercedes during the session of Thursday.


Pos. Piloto Escudería Tiempo Vueltas
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--- 1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:16.406 83
218 2 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:17.159 72
215,9 3 Luca Badoer Ferrari 1:17.447 71
215,1 4 P. Of the Rose McLaren 1:17.584 77 214,7 5 Olivier Panis Panasonic 1:17.643 78
214,5 6 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:17.748 47
214,2 7 R. Barrichello Honda 1:17.922 96
213,8 8 Mark Webber Network Bull 1:18.249
44 212,9 9 N. Piquet Jr. Renault 1:18.312 86
212,7 10 To Super Davidson Aguri 1:18.374 86
212,5 11 Cristian Klien Honda 1:18.383 79
212,5 12 D. Coulthard Network Bull 1:18.526
72 212,1 13 H. Kovalainen Renault 1:18.757 51
211,5 14 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:18.778 47
211,4 15 Alex Wurz Williams 1:18.876 47
211,2 16 Scott Speed Toro Rosso 1:19.114 50
210,5 17 V. Liuzzi Toro Rosso 1:19.277 66
210,1 18 K. Kobayashi Panasonic 1:20.731 81
206,3.