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Alonso conquers the rain

Another episodic grand prix was held at her track Malaysia with the rain playing its own games. His first victory this season was celebrated by Fernando Alonso, taking advantage of McLaren's misfortune. The impressive Sergio Peres climbed to the second step of the podium, while the top three was completed by Lewis Hamilton.

Drivers managed just nine laps at Sepang in heavy rain, which forced the referees to stop the match, for about an hour, until its intensity decreases and track conditions improve.

However, the stoppage combined with the safety car really shuffled the deck and… ruined McLaren's race.

Hamilton's first pit stop stuck wheel and Button's contact with Karthikeyan, gave first place to Alonso, which he maintained until the checkered flag.

McLaren's misfortune, good luck to alonso!

Just nine rounds lasted the fairy tale for the British team. Hamilton started very well and maintained his lead. However, the entry of the safety car and the stoppage of the race, they put... an early end to McLaren's race. The winner of the first grand prix, Jenson Button, finished in 14th place, since after his contact with Karthikeyan he failed to make the top ten.

Alonso, who got off to a good start was in the right place at the right time, resulting in him being in first place and taking the win, after the British Grand Prix. However, Sergio Peres also took advantage of the right timing, who in Malaysia impressed, seeing the checkered flag second.


This Mexican is crazy!

The performance of Sergio Peres was excellent, who in Malaysia, not only did he manage to maintain second place, but he had the guts to claim victory as well, filling Fernando Alonso's mirrors.

However, three laps before the checkered flag the team informed Peres that they wanted the second place points, advising him to slow down. At the Malaysian circuit, the Sauber driver was placed in the best position, that has ever been marketed.

In fact, he is the first Mexican to take the podium since 41 years and Pedro Rodríguez, who had finished second the 1971 at the Dutch Grand Prix.

Mark Webber saw the checkered flag from fourth place, with his stablemate, Sebastian Vettel to finish 11th. The World Champion had contact with Karthikeyan's HRT with seven laps to go, resulting in his rear tire being damaged and him visiting the pits.

Source : sport-fm.gr

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Perez pleased

ΟSergio Perez, one of two Sauber drivers, after the fastest time he set on day 3 of testing in Barcelona, hopes for a season full of surprises.
Perez is quite happy with Sauber's car this year and believes it has the potential for a better racing season than last year. This was also shown by the good performance of the Texan on the 3rd day of the last tests at the Spanish track, where he managed to record the fastest time. In C31, according to the Sauber driver, a very good job has been done by the people of his team.

As he himself mentions, this year his car knows it much better and he believes that with this course there may be several surprises in Melbourne. The settings of the car are what the Texan wants and he is happy with them. But he pretty much knows how competitive his team is, they just might have gone up a notch.

Source : autotriti.gr

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"Second place is not enough for us"

Fernando Alonso wants the title

Ready to claim his first world title with Ferrari, says Fernando Alonso. The Spanish pilot emphasized that second place is not enough for them this year, while he pointed out that he still cannot know where the scoundrel is, like the other groups.

"There is no concern. There is a tendency from the Media to emphasize that Ferrari is having a bad testing season, or that the car is no good, because of some dark reason we don't know.

However, we are calm and continue to do our work on a steady basis. Actually after two tests, we still have a lot to learn in the final period.

Even on the last day we tried some new things, which were of interest. Therefore, after the Barcelona tests we will be better than after the Jerez circuit tests. We hope to arrive in Australia with a competitive car.", were Alonso's words, who then completed.

"I don't know if we will be the first ninth, we are working and it is difficult to know what situation each team is in. It's all speculation. The only thing that is certain is that this season will be better for both Ferrari and me, as second place is not enough for anyone", he added.

Source : sport-fm.gr

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F1: His tires 2012

Pirelli today presented at Yas Marina in Abu Dhabi the tires that will be used by all F1 teams, this year.
No matter how many times you visit the artificial island of Yas Island, you cannot fail to be impressed by the environment and infrastructure. Pirelli has invited hundreds of journalists from all over the world to Abu Dhabi and is hosting them at the Yas Hotel, the hotel built inside the track just for this purpose. For events, presentations and accommodation of those who race on the Yas Circuit or start sailing from Yas Marina as the Volvo Ocean Race crews did a few days ago for the third leg of the race.
Troncetti Provera, president of the Italian tire manufacturing company began his speech: "I am standing here in front of hundreds of journalists from all over the world who are eager to hear Pirelli's plans for F1 in 2012. I can't help but remember a year ago at the same venue we were doing development testing and everyone doubted our ability to give the teams proper tires. In this intervening time, our first in F1, things have worked out really well for us and there's no reason why that shouldn't continue.".
To a question from an Italian colleague regarding how Pirelli can promote Italy and the competitiveness of its products to the whole world through F1, Provera replied: "We are an Italian company, we produce Italian products that are competitive all over the world. There are several Italian companies that manage this. With hard work we will drive away the cloud that has gathered over Europe. But it is important that underneath this they exist, especially in our company, highly capable people working hard for tomorrow".
As for his tires 2012 Pirelli has changed a lot. First from’ all the shape. The new tires have a more square shape especially on the shoulders and this according to St. team manager Paul Hebery will help reduce the attrition rate: "The new design helps the deformations to be distributed more evenly across the contact surface of the tire tread. Accordingly, the temperature distribution is shaped, which has the effect of reducing the possibility of having local deformation (blistering) but also more uniform wear throughout the tire tread. This increases the time that a tire performs at its maximum without increasing its lifespan. In addition, the new tires are designed to offer more rear grip to compensate for the losses in downforce that will result from the ban on blown diffusers.".
An additional change to the tires is the hardness of the available compounds. As last year, there will be four options available, two in each match. The very soft one (red font) remains the same. The very tough one (silver font) it's about last year's average tire. This year the middle (white font)  and soft eraser (yellow font) they are new, softer than last year with the aim of reducing the differences in spin rate that had been observed. It is characteristic that the 2011 the differences were of the order of 1.2sec per lap from the softest to the hardest rubber, while for this year the goal is to halve. So the teams will have room to choose different strategies that will increase the twists in the match.
Slick dry tires are coded P Zero while wet tires will be coded Cinturato. Ένα σημαντικό όνομα για την Pirelli στην κατηγορία των «πράσινων» ελαστικών που εξοικονομούν ενέργεια και είναι φιλικά προς το περιβάλλον.
Στη φωτ. διακρίνονται όλα τα ελαστικά της Pirelli. Από αριστερά το πράσινο Cinturato είναι το ενδιάμεσο ελαστικό για λίγη βροχή και το μπλε Cinturato το ελαστικό για βαριά βροχή. Η κόκκινη γόμα είναι η πολύ μαλακή, η κίτρινη η μαλακή, η άσπρη η μέση και η ασημί, η σκληρή γόμα.

Source : protothema.gr
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Alonso chooses Sumi!

Once again Fernando Alonso did not hide his admiration for Michael Schumacher. The Spanish pilot emphasized that Sumi has nothing to prove, after seven World Championships.

In fact, Alonso mentioned that if he had to pick a driver to race against, whether the race was in karts, either with cars, he would choose the German pilot.

«Michael Schumacher is the champion for all of us, because we respect him as a driver who has won seven World titles. He is a pilot who has nothing to prove and who is always fast», were the words of the Ferrari driver.

Alonso did not fail to make his predictions, stressing that if Mercedes gives a competitive car to its pilots, then they will be able to claim victories.

Source : sport-fm.gr
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F1: Preparation fever

Oι πρώτες δοκιμές ενόψει της νέας αγωνιστικής περιόδου απασχολούν πλέον τις ομάδες της F1, οι οποίες προετοιμάζονται εντατικά για το καλύτερο.
Στο στρατόπεδο της McLaren επιδιώκουν να καλύψουν όλες τις διαθέσιμες μέρες που έχουν για δοκιμές, προκειμένου να έχουν την κορυφαία απόδοση από τον πρώτο κιόλας αγώνα της περιόδου.
So, ανακοίνωσαν ότι θα λάβουν μέρος στις πρώτες δοκιμές της νέας χρονιάς στο αυτοκινητοδρόμιο της Χερέθ, που θα πραγματοποιηθούν από τις 7 until 9 February. Η επίσημη παρουσίαση της νέας MP4-27 ορίστηκε για την 1η Φεβρουαρίου, όμως ακόμη δεν ξέρουμε που θα διεξαχθεί η εκδήλωση.
Η Red Bull και η Ferrari έχουν προγραμματίσει να φθάσουν στη Χερέθ επίσης με το καινούργιο τους μονοθέσιο. Η Μercedes θα πάει με το νέο της μονοθέσιο στο δεύτερο τεστ, που θα γίνει στη Βαρκελώνη στο τέλος του Φεβρουαρίου.
Source : 4troxoi.gr
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F1: From the USA to Argentina!

Όπως ίσως γνωρίζετε αν έχετε παρακολουθήσει το σχετικό θέμα στο site μας η F1 ετοιμάζεται για ολική επαναφορά στις ΗΠΑ. For the 2012 παρά τις δυσκολίες που αντιμετωπίζει, ο αγώνας του Ώστιν στο Τέξας είναι ακόμη στο καλεντάρι ενώ για το 2013 υπάρχει συμφωνία να γίνει αγώνας στους δρόμους του Νιού Τζέρσεϊ.
Μιλώντας στο Αλ Τζαζίρα ο διευθύνων σύμβουλος της F1, Μπέρνι Έκλεστον ρωτήθηκε για το πως αξιολογεί την ανάπτυξη της F1 στις ΗΠΑ: «Οι αγώνες που θα έχουμε στο μέλλον στις ΗΠΑ είναι το πολύ δυο και πρόκειται για μια χώρα στο μέγεθος της Ευρώπης όπου έχουμε πολλούς αγώνες. Οπότε είναι δύσκολο να έχουμε ανάλογη απήχηση. Αν είχαμε περισσότερους αγώνες και μεγαλύτερη τηλεοπτική κάλυψη τα πράγματα θα μπορούσαν να είναι διαφορετικά. Υπάρχει η νοοτροπία στην Αμερική να βλέπουν το κέρδος προτού ξεκινήσουν κάτι και αυτό δεν διευκολύνει τα πράγματα».
Η τελευταία φορά που έγινε αγώνας στις ΗΠΑ ήταν το 2007 στην Ινδιανάπολη. Στην Αργεντινή τώρα έχει να γίνει αγώνας από το 1998. Η χώρα που βρέθηκε στη δίνη του οικονομικού κυκλώνα την προηγούμενη δεκαετία έχει πλέον ανακάμψει και γίνονται βήματα για την διεκδίκηση αγώνα εκ νέου.
Ήδη κατασκευάζεται μια πίστα σε απόσταση 100km από το Μπουένος Άιρες το «Velociudad Speedcity» η πόλη της ταχύτητας δηλαδή και στις προδιαγραφές του έχει ληφθεί υπόψιν να μπορεί να φιλοξενήσει Moto GP αλλά και F1. Οι Αργεντίνοι έχοντας φιλοξενήσει για πολλά χρόνια τη F1 στο παρελθόν και γνωρίζοντας καλά τα οφέλη που έχει για τη χώρα τους αλλά και την αγάπη του λαού για το άθλημα αυτό πιέζουν προς την ανάληψη GP. Ήδη το Moto GP έχει ανακοινώσει ότι επιστρέφει στη Αργεντινή σε άλλη πίστα (Rio Hondo) the 2013.

Source : protothema.gr