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Formula 1 thread 2011

By isaidno, in General Football and Sport

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Brainy

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Erm, but you have the facts to say they will? When has abandoning the current season to focus on next years car ever worked wonders? Look at BMW '09. Abandoning '08 and wrecking Kubica's chances of winning the title. The top three teams are so far ahead Renault stand no chance. They've even fallen behind Force India and were in a fight with the Toro Rosso's and Saubers for the final part of the season.

Renault will not win a race next season. Come back and quote me on that next November.

Asha

Asha

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Where's it leave Kubica then? I assumed Renault would bring in Grosjean as short term before Kubica came back, but I can't see them dropping Petrov or Kimi to shoehorn Kubica back in.

He's out of contract at the end of next season anyway.

Been strongly linked with Ferrari for 2013, with Massa's contract expiring too.

Amin

Amin

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Whats the point? Grosejean, Petrov, Senna Kubica and now Raikkonen. Two of VP, BS % RK would be good enough, and Grosjean might have came back a better driver too. Just seems like a waste of money on a man who'll probably get bored when he finds hes not in a race winning car. Its not like Renault are made of money.

First of all, no one knows if Kubica will ever be able to race again and even if he can he may not be as good as he once was. Secondly, Raikkonen knows what he's getting himself into and when he fully gets back into his stride he will prove to be better than Petrov and Senna, if not much better.

Amin

Amin

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Should have gone to Williams. :(

I think the Williams-Raikkonen deal hinged on sponsorship from QNB (Qatar National Bank), which Frank is still trying to get.

Amin

Amin

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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96665

Peter Gethin, winner of the 1971 Italian Grand Prix, dies aged 71

Peter Gethin, the winner of the 1971 Italian Grand Prix, has died following a long illness.

The former BRM, McLaren and Embassy Hill Lola Formula 1 driver, who famously triumphed at the race that featured just 0.61s between the top five finishers, was 71.

The son of a professional jockey, Surrey-born Gethin first came to prominence when he was already in his late 20s, as a front-runner in British Formula 3, but he really found his feet in Formula 5000, winning the British title in 1969 and '70.

It was in '70 that he made his Formula 1 World Championship debut, the death of Bruce McLaren in a testing accident at Goodwood resulting in a call-up to take the vacant seat at the Kiwi's team.

He retired from his debut at Zandvoort after qualifying 11th, but scored his first world championship point at the fifth time of asking in Canada.

Gethin is best-known for his victory at the '71 Italian Grand Prix, which came in just his second start for BRM as a replacement for its star driver Pedro Rodriguez, who had been killed in a sportscar race at the Norisring.

He never reached such heights again in the championship, and rounded out his F1 career with a one-off for Graham Hill's eponymous squad. He finished up with 30 starts, one win, and 11 points to his name.

A versatile driver, Gethin took a pair of significant non-championship F1 wins at Brands Hatch, triumphing in the World Championship Victory Race in 1971 for BRM and the Race of Champions in '73.

In the latter event, he used an F5000 Chevron to beat the whole F1 contingent, which included past or future world champions Graham Hill, Denny Hulme, Jody Scheckter, Niki Lauda, Emerson Fittipaldi and James Hunt.

He added the '74 Tasman Series F5000 crown, and claimed a last major victory in a Can-Am race at Road America in '77 in a Lola, Gethin having also been a winner in McLaren machinery in the series.

After a spell as a driver manager, he was appointed team manager at the Toleman F1 team in 1984, and later set up his own squad, Peter Gethin Racing, which competed in F3000 in the latter part of the decade.

Jimmy

Jimmy

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they've basically taken 5Live's team with Brundle from the tele, very wise move people the audience already link to the sport

Amin

Amin

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So BBC have got to find a leading commentator for TV and a full commentary team for radio. I'm going to hazard a guess at Maurice Hamilton and Karun Chandhok for the radio team and Ben Edwards as the lead commentator on TV.

isaidno

isaidno

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Sky Sports F1

Presenters

- Simon Lazenby

- Georgie Thompson (Magazine)

- Steve Rider (Legends)

Pundits

- Anthony Davidson (+ Practice Commentary)

Commentators

- David Croft

- Martin Brundle (+ Pitlane/Pundit)

Pitlane

- Natalie Pinkham

- Ted Kravitz (+ Magazine Presenter)

BBC TV F1

Presenters

- Jake Humphrey

Pundits

- David Coulthard

- Eddie Jordan

Commentators - ???

Pitlane

- Lee McKenzie

BBC Radio F1 - ???

I'd have Ben Edwards from ITV or Martin Haven from Eurosport as commentator for BBC

isaidno

isaidno

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Formula 1's ruling body, the FIA, has confirmed the 2012 calendar, with no changes compared to the 20-race version unveiled in August.

The calendar includes the race in Austin, Texas, despite doubts about the construction of the circuit.

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone had extended the deadline given to the Austin organisers after they were unable to sort their contract issues in time.

The Bahrain Grand Prix, also in doubt because of the continued unrest in the country, is included in the 20-event schedule too.

Bahrain was withdrawn from the 2011 calendar following months of uncertainty because of the problems in the country.

The 2012 season will kick off in Australia on 18 March and will finish again in Brazil on 25 November.

2012 Formula 1 calendar

18 March Australian GP

25 March Malaysian GP

15 April Chinese GP

22 April Bahrain GP

13 May Spanish GP

27 May Monaco GP

10 June Canada GP

24 June European GP

8 July British GP

22 July German GP

29 July Hungarian GP

2 September Belgian GP

9 September Italian GP

23 September Singapore GP

7 October Japanese GP

14 October Korean GP

28 October Indian GP

4 November Abu Dhabi GP

18 November US GP

25 November Brazilian GP

Gonna book my flights for Barcelona after xmas, going a bit closer to home next season :)

Amin

Amin

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I really hope Edwards gets the job, I don't much like the other possibilities, especially Legard. :(

Finnegan

Finnegan

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Charlie Cox and John Watson are a good shout Finners. (That's my favorite touring car race ever ! )

It's one of the best races, in any discipline, ever.

Mansell. :wub:

I miss proper BTTC in it's prime. :(

"MANSELL! CLELAND! LESLIE! CONTACT!" "I'LL TEACH YOU TO NERF ME IN RACE ONE SAYS MANSELL, BOOF!" Amazing to think John Cleland is sixty next year.

isaidno

isaidno

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Romain Grosjean will make a Formula 1 comeback next season after Renault opted to hand the Frenchman a seat alongside Kimi Raikkonen in 2012.

Following intense speculation over the past couple of weeks about the second seat at Renault, the Enstone-based outfit announced early on Friday that Grosjean will replace Vitaly Petrov.

The news, which comes on the back of the soon-to-be-renamed Lotus team causing a stir by signing Raikkonen, also ensures that the outfit keeps hold of major oil and petrol sponsor Total.

Grosjean's a good driver, unlucky 1st time round at Renault

Raj

Raj

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Am i right in saying that BBCs coverage will be crap now that they have all fooked off to sky?

chrisfox

chrisfox

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Am i right in saying that BBCs coverage will be crap now that they have all fooked off to sky?

Jake Humphrey is staying at the beeb, as is David Coulthard and I think Eddie Jordan.....

However, my mind was made up the instance Martin Brundle decided he was going to SKY

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