Formula One 2010

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THE EQUIPMENT, SURPRISED WITH THE AGGRESSIVENESS OF THE ASTURIAN ONE

McLaren prepares a car to the measurement of the pilotage of Alonso

In McLaren has taken advantage of the images the camera on-board of Alonso to see their pilotage. "In McLaren never we had seen nothing thus, a so aggressive form to restrain and to turn the right steering wheel when entering curve. The case is that it is a fast style and we must obtain that the car follows to him ", recognized Of the Rose in Paragon. "Yes which it is truth that it will very pilot under the car, but is question of millimeters. We will already see it when the seat comes to become ".

Now Mercedes is proving with the car of the 2006 and same motor modified only in a 20% since the new priority is to prove the Bridgestone, although "the data that the car in the 19,000 bank gives are very good although we are limited rpm.

The base will be the same one of the last year, but they have made a great work to improve it ", said Pedro that trusts" that we can gain the title without no doubt. In fact, if it did not think it could not come here since I will make two days per week to push to the maximum by Fernando and to help him to be the champion of the world ".

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THINK THAT RÄIKKÖNEN WILL BE THEIR MAIN RIVAL IN 2007

Felipe Massa: "I have many possibilities of gaining the title"


Felipe Massa, pilot of the Ferrari equipment, showed in a press conference in Brazil his ambitions for the next season. "I cannot promise that I will gain the title, but feel that I have many possibilities of obtaining it", he affirmed. The Brazilian pilot, 25 years, assured that he will fight very "it last" to obtain his objective and he dared to establish that his new companion of escudería will be his more direct contender the next season. "Kimi Räikkönen is the very complete, fastest pilot. It must return to show his virtues and insurance that will be my main adversary in the next season ", assured.

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THE RENAULT HEADS ALREADY LONG FOR THE SPANISH PILOT

Pat Symonds: "Alonso always knows what there is to do"

When McLaren as quickly as possible negotiates a day of tests of Fernando Alonso with McLaren before year end, Pat Symonds, its present technical director until the 1 of January, almost begins to miss to the Asturian one. The chief engineer of Renault F1 affirmed: "I want to pay tribute to the contribution of Alonso to our success. He is a great pilot. It gave the one hundred percent to obtain the results, like we to give the best possible car him. Fernando has some exceptional qualities, mainly at the time of including/understanding the races. He knows what there is to do of instinctive form. In two years as soon as he has committed a pair of errors and that he is very remarkable ".

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SECOND TITLE FOR THE ASTURIAN PILOT

Fernando Alonso receives the glass of champion of the World in the Finery of the FIA

The Spanish Fernando Alonso received in Montecar it, for second consecutive year, in the course of the Annual Finery of the Federation the International of Automo'vil (FIA) the trophy that credits to him like world-wide champion of Formula 1. The Asturian pilot, who as of the next season will run for McLaren Mercedes, gained this campaign 2006 his second followed world-wide title with Renault, that also repeated with the one of constructors.

Alonso, that went to the Finery next to its Raquel pair of the Rosary, dressed the traditional smoking in pajarita and was the stellar figure of the act in which the FIA gives the annual awards of all the champions of the season. The Spanish pilot put smiling to his arrival to the Sporting Club of Montecar it next to the French Sebastien Loeb, who also revalidó its world-wide title, in its case the one of rallys and by third consecutive occasion.

Alonso had the opportunity to converse during several minutes with Loeb and the Italian Flavio Briatore, sport director of escudería Renault, in a Finery that also had like protagonist to the German Michael Schumacher, who nothing else retired to conclude the Great Prize of Brazil that closed the World-wide one of Formula 1 of this season after to have obtained seven titles and that it attended with its wife, Corinna. Between the champions of the different competitions that organize the FIA also is the Madrilenian Antonio Albacete, who has returned to gain the Championship of Europe of trucks.


Moss, awarded
The FIA granted among other awards, the Gold medal to Sir Stirling Moss, winner of sixteen races of Formula 1 and one of the most outstanding pilots of years 50 and 60, as well as the annual "World-wide Prize of Víal Security, Medio.ambiente and Movilidad" to the producer of Bridgestone tires, by "their sensational contribution to the promotion of the security in the highway".

The prize received president of Bridgestone, the Japanese Shoshi Arakawa, that declared to be "been thankful and honest to receive the award in name of Bridgestone", that developed the campaign "Thinks before leading" ("Think before you drive", in English). Max Mosley, president of the Federation Internacional of Motoring, declared that the "commitment with the development and promotion of the road security turns to Bridgestone a worthy creditor of the World-wide Prize of the FIA by its work this field".

Before this traditional act, the FIA had held in Monaco a meeting of the World-wide Council of Deporte of the Automobile in which several decisions facing the next seasons were taken.

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"IF HE DOES NOT OBTAIN EAST YEAR, I DOUBT THAT HE NEVER DOES IT", BELL SAYS TO BOB

Renault gives a ultimátum him to ' Fisicó so that it gains the title

Seems that in Renault they are beginning to tire of Fisichella. Although Briatore does not stop to send messages in which it shows his confidence in his compatriot, all in the Gallic equipment do not know it so clearly. Bob Bell, technical director of Renault, sent a clear threat to the Italian in an interview in ' The Times'. "If it does not obtain to east year the title, I doubt that it never does it. I believe that it is a year to life or death for him ", says.

Both years in the shade of Alonso in which the Asturian one, with the same car has obtained to the title and the Roman it has been able not even to be in the fight by the Championship have caused that gambles all its future in one season crucial in which no longer it will have to Fernando to its side to leave it in evidence. "Everything what we can do as equipment is to trust its ability to become conceited before the challenges. We will give the best equipment him than humanly we pruned to give to him and we will support until seeing to him what brings he to us ", indicates the engineer British. Bell, to praise the virtues of Fisichella, which emphasizes more is how it recovers of the adversities. "When it has a bad race is able to forget fast her", affirms.


Piquet Jr, on the lookout
Just in case to ' Fisí, that will turn 34 years in January, the things do not go to him well, Nelson Piquet Jr already is alert to replace to him, although, at the moment, Bell says to trust Fisichella. "We will begin the season with the conviction that ` Fisí is able to gain the title like Alonso or any other working at this level", assures.

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KOVALAINEN WAS FASTEST, WITH OF THE ROSE SIXTH

The substitute of Alonso obtains the best time in Sherry


Heikki Kovalainen, the substitute of Fernando Alonso in the Renault equipment, obtained the best time in the second day of the training of Formula 1 that are celebrated in the circuit of Sherry, in that participated almost all the equipment of the World-wide one (Tuesday rolled only the Toyota). The Finnish pilot, who completed 112 returns to the layout, marked a better time of 1:19.467.

To more than half second the Italian Luca Badoer finished, pilot of tests of Ferrari and that it finished lengthy in asphalt with which it presumes a failure in the hydraulic system of his single-seater. Next they were classified both representing of Sherry Sling, the Austrian Christian Klien and the Briton James Rossiter, Giancar it Fisichella, Pedro of Rosa and Felipe Massa. The Spanish was 416 thousandth of the second fastest one than the other pilot of tests of McLaren-Mercedes, the Briton Gary Paffett.

The champion the three last seasons of the Champ Car World American Series, the French Sebastien Bourdais, gave 80 returns to the steering wheel of a Toro Rosso and I finish position in the last, to more than three seconds of Kovalainen and to more than seven tenth of his fellow worker, the Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi.


TIMES OF JORNADA

VTAS. 1. Kovalainen (AIM)

Renault 1:19.467 112 2. Badoer (ITA) Ferrari 1:19.901 78 3. Klien (AUT) Honda 1:20.005 122 4. Rossiter (GBR) Honda 1:20.016 97 5. Fisichella (ITA) Renault 1:20.104 100 6. Of Rosa (ESP)
McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.125 110 7. Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1:20.160 74 8. Heidfeld (ALE) BMW-Sauber 1:20.209 83 9. Trulli (ITA) Toyota 1:20.244 93 10, Montagny (FRA) Toyota
1:20.493 54 11, Paffett (GBR) McLaren-Mercedes
1:20.541 88 12, Vettel (ALE) BMW-Sauber
1:20.575 94 13, Nakajima (JAP) Williams-Toyota
1:20.859 95 14, Sato (JAP) Super Aguri-Honda 1:20.977
121 15, Ammermuller (ALE) Network Bull-Ferrari
1:21.371 91 16, Liuzzi (ITA) Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:21.843
65 17, Bourdais (FRA) Toro Rosso-Cosworth
1:22.521 80

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THINK THAT THE CAR IS VERY COMPETITIVE, AT THE LEVEL OF THE RENAULT




Fernando Alonso saw the McLaren far better of which he thought

With an accompanying smile as spent Fernando Alonso the first day of work with its new equipment. And it is not for less. The sensations of the Spanish pilot to the controls of the McLaren in the circuit of Sherry were than satisfactory more. Without doubt, better of which it hoped after to have been witness of rambling of escudería of the bullets silverplated during all the season 2006, in which the Asturian one conquered its second world-wide title. Alonso has not commentd out any official, but in boxes yes that has spoken and shown to a great satisfaction his more close friends.


It compares it in benefits with the Renault

Although still it is necessary to polish some details and to make certain improvements, Alonso thinks at least that its McLaren is very competitive, at the level of the single-seaters of Renault in which at speed and benefits it talks about. Sensations that take to him to think that in 2007 it could be fighting of you to you by the title of champion of the world with the Renault, Ferrari and company.

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THEY HAVE NOT NEGOTIATED WITH McLAREN SO THAT KIMI PROVED BEFORE




Räikkönen will release the Ferrari the 15 of January in Fiorano


Finnish pilot Kimi Räikkönen will seat for the first time in the Ferrari the 15 of January in the circuit of Fiorano, and it will do it in the new single-seater of 2007, that will be ready for that date. Thus it let glimpse Luca I gave it Montezemolo, president of the ' Scuderiá, in the annual supper of Christmas celebrated with the Italian press. The opening of the new red single-seater was predicted officially for days 21, 22 and 23 of January in Mugello.

Another one of the subjects suggested in some information is that McLaren-Mercedes had not allowed one gives her pilot so that she proved before end of year, while on the other hand she asked for of Renault the permission so that Fernando Alonso seated in Sherry in the MP4/21. A source of Ferrari denies east end. "we have not tried such thing and we have completed our testing program as it were predicted from a principle", it affirms talking about to the three weeks (one in Barcelona and two in Sherry) where Felipe Massa, Luca Badoer and Marc Gené were the three pilots who rose the car.

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THE EX- WORLD-WIDE CHAMPION WILL HAVE TWO SEATS: MARANELLO And THEIR SWISS VILLA

Michael Schumacher will have an academy to look for new talents


The seven times champion of the world of Formula 1, the German Michael Schumacher, he will devote themselves in the future to the search of new talents in ' Go-cart' and will have an own academy, although he would act from the rear. To thus he affirms to east Wednesday the popular Germanic newspaper it ' Bild', according to which Schumi will control that task from two parallel offices, one in Maranello, seat of Ferrari, and another one in its Swiss villa.

The metropolitan newspaper clarifies thus declarations of the president of Ferrari, Luca I gave Montezemolo, that insinuated in Italian means that Schumacher was going to send itself personally to hunt talents in ' Go-cart'.

The task the multichampion will not be to leave "against the wind and under any inclemency the time" to the circuits, but to lend its image and prestige for the new generations, according to the German metropolitan newspaper.

"Schumacher would be, by its reputation, image and level, the perfect ambassador of Ferrari. And it would be in addition to disposition to the equipment of Formula 1", says the representative of pilot Willi Weber.

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ONE WILL RISE HIS NEW SINGLE-SEATER At the end of JANUARY IN FIORANO

Kimi Räikkönen has still not risen the Ferrari, but it has declared to one of the most important newspapers of Finland, ' Ilta Sanomat', that has found in the ' Scuderiá "a friendlier" atmosphere than in the McLaren equipment, in that remained five seasons.

"I feel really comfortable within this equipment", affirmed the Finnish pilot, that one will rise its new single-seater at the end of January in the circuit of Fiorano and that already has visited the factory of Maranello. "I have already noticed that the atmosphere is much more friendly here that in McLaren. They do not seem interested in which too much the newspapers can publish on me "explained Räikkönen.

Kimi does not keep good memories from the pattern of McLaren, Rum Dennis, but it does not save praises to its new head in Ferrari, Jean Todt, "a completely normal person", according to its words. "It comes from the world of the rallies and has enough experience in the deal with Finnish pilots, so I do not believe that one worries too much about so trivial problems", it assured the Nordic.

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IT PREDICTS "A HARD YEAR" FOR THE EQUIPMENT DE FERNANDO ALONSO

Flavio Briatore: "McLaren already has exhausted its list of excuses"

Flavio Briatore, ' great jefé of Renault F1, loaded with hardness against McLaren in the Sport Gazzetta dello. The Italian predicted that the equipment of Woking, that the last season did not gain any race, will have "a hard year" in spite of having Fernando Alonso. "McLaren always has counted with fantastic pilots, but this year its list of excuses has finished", commented Briatore.

The Italian also had words for Ferrari and he was asked if Kimi Räikkönen will be able to cover the hollow left by Michael Schumacher. "Without Schumacher neither Ross Brawn they will be the less competitive", predicted.

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IT ATTACKED FLAVIO BRIATORE DIRECTLY

Haug initiates the hostilities between McLaren and Renault

Norbert Haug, the visible head of Mercedes in the McLaren equipment, was challenging when answering the Italian Flavio Briatore, that assured that the equipment angloalemán is not favorite to win in 2007: "We are going to demonstrate to Briatore that is mistaken. People as he would not have to forget what we did in 2005".

It seems that the hostilities between two of escuderías favorite to gain the world-wide one of 2007 have been officially opened.

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IT CONFRONTS LIKE "A CHALLENGE" TO FIGHT BY The VICTORY WITH McLAREN





Fernando Alonso: "the objective is to gain the title, is no another one"



Fernando Alonso with its new colors

Fernando Alonso, who will make debut the next season like pilot of McLaren-Mercedes, is "optimistic" before this new challenge and showed that its new equipment "has a good project of future". The Asturian one, 25 years and winner of the World-wide one of Formula 1 in 2005 and 2006 with Renault, assured that it has "very good sensations until the moment".

"This one is for me a new challenge, a new step", indicated the Asturian champion, that Lewis Hamilton appeared next to his companion, of 22 years and winner of last championship GP2, and to both probadores of the equipment, the Pedro Spanish of the Rose and the Briton Gary Paffett. "I am proud and I am optimistic. I am anxious to fight to be above ", pointed Alonso.


A new challenge

In any case, Alonso made clear that its objective is "to gain the World-wide one". To do it with a new equipment is, in addition, "a challenge". "All the data that we have of the tunnel of the wind and the motor are positive and give foot to the optimism. If everything what the car is written in the paper reproduces it in the track, will be a good car, able to gain races ", Fernando said.

"It is clear that I need a time adaptation al new car perhaps and al new equipment and these two months of test is not sufficient, but the championship is very long and the objective is not other that to gain the World-wide one, is no another one", explained the champion. "After gaining two World-wide ones followed and to unite to me to this so good equipment and with as much potential, not to think about gaining the World-wide one it would be an error. And it is necessary to try it ", aimed.


New image

The Asturian pilot, only Spanish and the youngest pilot in gaining a World-wide one of Formula 1, appeared in Valencia with his new image, with the much more short hair, which explained, between laughter, like a personal decision and "not of McLaren".

About the problems that escudería underwent during the last years, Alonso needed that "that was McLaren: now it is Vodafone-McLaren Mercedes. A new full field equipment ". "I do not know if by all the new patrocinadores or all the people that are, but the atmosphere is wonderful and everybody is optimistic and has desire of which the season begins", indicated the Asturian one.

"We want that it is the year of the revolution and everybody wants to win. I have contributed a little optimism, since in his car now they have the champion of the world of the last year. The engineers and the mechanics put the rest ", indicated Alonso, that with his arrival he brings number 1 to the single-seater of McLaren.


Differences with Renault

About the differences between this one and their previous equipment, Renault, Alonso commented that that one was the asked for question more "in all the tables". "It is difficult to explain and to compare. And he would not be right either ", needed. "I believe that the way to work the cars is similar. There are small things that differentiate to an equipment from others. What there is to think is in removing the maximum from our car. There are things that to change from the Sherry test (the past 15 of December, when it received the permission of Renault to prove, without publicity, a car of its new equipment). I believe that there are mejorables things easily ", said.

"the cars are always different. The R24 and the R25 (of Renault) were different. And here it happens the same. You must adapt it a little to your style and you must yourself adapt in the style of the car. As I said, the tires are the greatest change. Perhaps I have felt plus the change of the tires that the change of Renault to McLaren ", thought.

Alonso did not scrimp praises to its new escudería. "there are no fissures in the McLaren project. Everything is calculated, everything well is organized and have desire and an ambition to win quite new for me ", said.

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FERNANDO WAS FASTER THAN BOTH PILOTS OF BMW IN VALENCIA

Fernando Alonso released McLaren MP4-22 in the Circuit of the Valencian Community. It was an intense day and nonfree of problems, something logical when one is a new single-seater, but the Spanish pilot ended satisfied the made work. In addition, the luxury was allowed to both mark the best time in front of BMW pilots, Heidfeld and Kubica, with which it shared track.

It went to 10:00 hours when Alonso was put to the controls of its new car, with which completed a return to the layout. One did not treat, obvious, to look for good weathers, but to make what in motoring it is known as ' shakedown' or taking of data: very short turns are made and small variations to be taking the pulse to the car.


Mechanical problems
To 10:30 Alonso hours it returned to the track, although it completed two returns at very low speed and only returned to boxes. Around the 12:45 he returned to asphalt and he gave other three turns, but there was no luck either, since the motor left a suspicious smoke (the fault was an oil flight) and Fernando had to stop again, although the mechanics solved the failure in less than one hour.

In the evening yes which the world-wide bichampion of Formula 1 could make two long turns, of little more than twenty turns each one, at the end of which he showed his satisfaction. Fernando marked his better time, 1:12.053, in the return number 54 of the 57 that he gave to the Valencian layout. The debut of the Spanish pilot was followed by 7,800 people, according to informed sources into the Valencian layout.

Alonso shared track with the new BMW Sauber F107, that also had youth problems. Heidfeld, that remained unemployed in the track in an occasion, gave 52 returns and obtained second good time (1:12.169), whereas his Kubica companion was third (1:12.571) and was the pilot that more turns he gave to the layout, 123.


TIMES OF THE DAY
1. Fernando Alonso (ESP/McLaren)
1.12.053 (57 returns)2, Robert Kubica (POL/BMW Sauber) 1.12.169 (52
returns)3, Nick Heidfeld (ALE/BMW Sauber) 1.12.571 (123
returns)

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IT PROHIBITS The MCLAREN PILOTS TO CONSUME A DROP OF ALCOHOL

Rum Dennis imposes the ' law secá to Fernando Alonso
By MIGUEL SANZ · Madrid
Rum Dennis, owner of escudería McLaren, it does not want misfortunes like which had to in the last support with Kimi Raikkonen five years. In fact it does not want that nothing leaves the script to return to win, that stops that has the millionaire endorsement of Vodafone and Mercedes... and to the bichampion of the world. Thus, it has prohibited to the pilots of McLaren in 2007 who drink alcohol, according to recognizes in an interview in the British newspaper ` Mirror': "we do not see any reason so that the pilots have a single drink during all the season", Dennis has been saying, that it was admired of the discipline of the Olympic athletes with whom its pilots and engineers, among them, Fernando Alonso, shared a campus of physical training in Finland for two weeks.

"the athletes train under very strict physical regimes in an attempt to gain the gold medal, and the pilots of great prizes yes usually do not receive the prizes that that receive", explains the Briton, famous by their paranoica necessity of cleaning, neatness and silence in their company.

Dennis did not want to remember Kimi Raikkonen, but in the equipment still the alcohol celebrations very loaded of the Finn remember with annoyance, who sometimes arrived very hairdo Fridays from great prize at the circuits. Fortunately that will not happen with Alonso because it does not like the alcohol and with great difficulty champán of podio drinks.