mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 08:46 AM |
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Renualt on the way out?
Is this about to become a fact?
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 08:52 AM |
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Apparently the decision was taken yesterday at a board meeting where Bob Bell and Jean Francois Caubert (the replacements for Flabio and Pat Symonds)
were present.
What decision has been taken is not yet known. The announcement has been delayed as Carlos Ghosn has a high profile public engagement today and
Renault did not want the F1 announcement to cloud todays event.
It doesn't sound good does it?
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will121
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 08:55 AM |
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did i also hear Toyota pulled out too?
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 09:03 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by will121
did i also hear Toyota pulled out too?
Yep, they've gone too! No Jap manufacturesrs left now I think.
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 09:12 AM |
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So far in the last 12 months those that have left or have announced their departure
Honda, BMW, Bridgestone and Toyota
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smart51
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 09:17 AM |
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Ah! F1! I thought you meant the car maker for a moment there.
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BenB
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 09:27 AM |
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Poor old Kubica 
Bad time to join the team!!
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fesycresy
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 10:07 AM |
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And there won't be a British GP next year........
Well if Bernie has his way. If Iraq could raise the coin he'd be there.
Roll on Moto GP :)
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The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 10:10 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeCapon
So far in the last 12 months those that have left or have announced their departure
Honda, BMW, Bridgestone and Toyota
Bridgestone? Who will supply tyres next year?
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Agriv8
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 10:11 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
quote:
Originally posted by MikeCapon
So far in the last 12 months those that have left or have announced their departure
Honda, BMW, Bridgestone and Toyota
Bridgestone? Who will supply tyres next year?
colway remoulds ?
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 10:14 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
quote:
Originally posted by MikeCapon
So far in the last 12 months those that have left or have announced their departure
Honda, BMW, Bridgestone and Toyota
Bridgestone? Who will supply tyres next year?
Bridgestone are off at the end of 2010. Who replaces them is the problem now. Smart money is on one of the new wave of manufacturers, maybe Kuhmo.
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scootz
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 10:58 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
Bridgestone? Who will supply tyres next year?
Kwik-Fit???
It's Evolution Baby!
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l0rd
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 11:58 AM |
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They will not be using tyres from next year onwards.
The team will cary the car on their shoulder and the only pit stop allowed would be for drinks.
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GeorgeM
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 01:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
Bridgestone? Who will supply tyres next year?
Kwik-Fit???
NOOOOOO, they would have to change brakes, shocks, battery
& balance/track wheels every stop.
Old parts would look no different though. 
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02GF74
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 01:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by GeorgeM
quote:
Originally posted by scootz
quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
Bridgestone? Who will supply tyres next year?
Kwik-Fit???
NOOOOOO, they would have to change brakes, shocks, battery
& balance/track wheels every stop.
Old parts would look no different though.
... plus they'd need someone to run after the cars to pick up incorrectly tightened wheel nuts that fall off
We need someone like Lotus to step in 
[Edited on 5/11/09 by 02GF74]
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 03:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
... plus they'd need someone to run after the cars to pick up incorrectly tightened wheel nuts that fall off
[Edited on 5/11/09 by 02GF74]
It's OK. They get back on their own. Fernando Alonso
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 03:49 PM |
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Renault have made an announcement.
They're not sure.........
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A1
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 07:40 PM |
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im sure if hamilton had kept driving on three wheels hed have got a penalty...
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iank
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 09:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Agriv8
quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
quote:
Originally posted by MikeCapon
So far in the last 12 months those that have left or have announced their departure
Honda, BMW, Bridgestone and Toyota
Bridgestone? Who will supply tyres next year?
colway remoulds ?
They went bankrupt a year or so back.
What about Nankang? 
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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Liam
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 09:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by l0rd
They will not be using tyres from next year onwards.
That's correct
quote:
The team will cary the car on their shoulder and the only pit stop allowed would be for drinks.
That's not quite right. I have it from a good source that they are switching to all-metal wheels, and that all tracks will be fitted with a
single line of rails. The new rules are driven by driver safety and will totally eliminate dangerous crashes. It will mean slightly more emphasis
will be placed on the importance of achieving a good qualifying position than with the current rules.
As a cost saving measure, steel wheels will be expected to last a whole season and the traditional pit crew will be replaced by a conductor for each
team responsible for changing points and directing cars into the pits (which will be known as the siding) for fuel stops. 'Overtaking'
will be implemented by a system of signals in the siding which will control the timing of a car's release back onto the track. These signals
will be controlled by the senior race steward, or Fat Controller as he will be known under the new scheme. He will be instructed to initiate up to
five overtakings per race, gauranteeing spectator enjoyment - an improvement over the current rules in which overtaking is much of a lottery, if it
occurs at all.
Many in F1 circles praise the new rules, but some say they are too conservative and are simply not doing enough to change the sport. They claim that
from the spectators' point of view, an F1 race under the new rules will appear virtually identical to a race under current rules.
Liam
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