Archive for January, 2006
Renault have launched the R26 which will defend their titles.
The Renault site has the details, but I can’t access the photos as the site won’t allow me to register. So for pictures go to F1Racing.net.
Carlos Ghosn, the boss of Renault, had this to say when asked about Renault’s future in F1:
As long as we continue to perform well, we offer a good show, and obviously we are at the top level of Formula One, then there are not questions about the future in Formula One.
Obviously, there is some uncertainty about the conditions in which Formula One will evolve beginning in 2008. This is not a preoccupation of Renault alone, it is a preoccupation for all manufacturers trying to figure out what will be the environment of Formula 1.
But if I eliminate this uncertainty, if I consider that we are going to come to a good resolution of the questions we have, and that Formula One will continue to have a good, fair return on investments for car manufacturers in general and for the winner in particular, then we must be there.
In the meantime, I am counting on the Renault F1 Team, on the team we have in Enstone and the people in Viry-Châtillon to really perform well, to offer us a good show and hopefully bring back the trophy again in 2006.
Discuss it on Linksheaven forums.
January 31st, 2006
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January 30, 2006 - Bridgestone tire
company of Japan today announced that it had reached agreement to supply
the new Super Aguri Formula 1 team with tires for the 2006 FIA Formula One
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Continue Reading January 30th, 2006
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Mercedes could be preparing a bid to buy McLaren.
Currently Mercedes owns 40% of the team, with Ron Dennis and Mansour Ojjeh holding the other 60%.
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January 27th, 2006
WilliamsF1 launched its 2006 season race car, the FW28, at its headquarters near Oxford this afternoon. The FW28 is a manifestly purposeful race car, its defining visual cue being the aggressive barbed sting on the back of the engine cover.
The car is both a response to circumstance, including the shifting technical regulations and the new primary partnerships the team has forged with engine supplier Cosworth and tyre company Bridgestone, as well as being its own clear statement of intent.
read on at Pitpass.com
Linksheaven discussion
January 27th, 2006
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The 2006 Formula One World Championship will be the 56th since its inception in 1950. Linksheaven takes a look
backwards through F1 history at the years that end in 6. They tend to produce interesting results in relation to the World Championship.
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Continue Reading January 27th, 2006
Following receipt of the necessary financial guarantee and with the unanimous support of the competing teams, the FIA has accepted the late entry of the Super Aguri F1 Team to the 2006 FIA Formula One World Championship.
From the FIA.
Linksheaven discussion here.
January 26th, 2006
Currently, the movie felt by many to be the greatest auto racing film of all time, John Frankenheimer’s epic ‘Grand Prix’ is not available on DVD.
The rights holder, Warner Home Video, says they have no plans to release ‘Grand Prix’ on DVD, claiming they have received ‘no requests’ to do so.
So the site linked below is running a petition to get WHV to change their minds. Over 6,000 signatures now. Well worth signing as it’s a fantastic movie - must be one of the few multi-Oscar winning films not to be on DVD (or even PAL VHS as far as I know).
putgrandprixondvd.com
January 26th, 2006
Juan Pablo Montoya has told the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport that he is shopping around for a drive in 2007. The Colombian has a contract with McLaren until the end of 2006. There are rumours that the team had an option on Montoya for 2007 and beyond but did not take this up when the deadline came up recently. Montoya says that he will stay at McLaren if the team wants him but he is aware that Fernando Alonso is joining the team in 2007 and that McLaren and Mercedes sources are both saying that Kimi Raikkonen may yet stay. If that were to happen, Montoya would be out of a drive anyway.
You can read the article here or discuss it in our own Linksheaven discussion forums here
January 26th, 2006
Ferrari claims that they are not backed by a manufacturer.
f1central
discuss in linksheaven.com forums
January 25th, 2006
grandprix.com reports rumors that Red Bull Racing has hired McLaren’s head of aerodynamics Peter Prodromou.
If true he would follow the departure from McLaren of Adrian Newey. It is also rumored that Nicolas Tombazis may also be leaving the team to go back to Ferrari.
January 25th, 2006
The Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has stated that he thinks F1 is too expensive to make holding an F1 race there realistic.
London has reached agreement to hold the first stage of the 2007 Tour de France as it is cheaper.
grandprix.com
January 25th, 2006
Honda’s new RA106 debuted at Barcelona on January 25th, the first Formula One car presented by Honda as a works team in nearly 40 years. The manufacturer, which took over BAR, unveiled two new chassis at the Circuit de Catalunya so Jenson Button and new teammate Rubens Barrichello could both begin testing it.
Motorsport.com report
Honda launch their RA106 - Linksheaven Forums
January 25th, 2006
I’ve kicked off our 2006 Fantasy F1 competition and you can now signup. You can change your drivers anytime upto the last week before the season starts.
If you want to create a league with results just for your league it is remarkably easy - simply have all your users enter the same “league” name in the entry form.
Linksheaven Formula 1 blog » Fantasy F1 2006
January 24th, 2006
Ferrari have launched their 2006 car called the 248 F1. The 248 is from the engine configuration: 2.4 litres and 8 cylinders.
F1racing.net has the story, the launch pictures, and the shakedown pictures.
I notice they kept the nasty looking chin wing.
Linksheaven discussion here.
January 24th, 2006
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