F1 Fanatic round-up: 5/9/2010

Posted by Mikel on September 5th, 2010 at 04:55pm

I’m at Brands Hatch for the DTM race today so if you;re heading there do leave a message below or say hi via Twitter. Here’s today’s round-up:

Links

Korea GP venue ‘in need of work’ (BBC)

“Formula One’s governing body says “a lot of work remains to be completed” before the Yeongam venue is ready for the inaugural Korean Grand Prix.”

Sakon Yamamoto Super Aguri SA06 F1 car for sale (eBay)

The car – based on a 2002-spec Arrows – Yamamoto raced four years ago.

Force India F1 car being prepared for Aero test (Youtube)

Possibly from the team’s straight-line aerodynamics test at Kemble on Thursday.

Formula One diary: Belgian Grand Prix (The Daily Telegraph)

“One of the day’s two F1 sessions is briefly interrupted because two lads have been spotted climbing a trackside fence: I have to do likewise in the afternoon, because someone has locked the access gate at Eau Rouge. It’s not unknown for the Belgian police to set dogs on photographers who fail to adhere to the sometimes pedantic local protocol, but my disobedience goes unsavaged.”

Peter Sauber Q&A: Team funding well set for 2011 (F1)

“I only can say that I am confident, or rather I am convinced, that the team will have proper financing next season to give us the chance to race on the level that we want to.”

Comment of the day

RobR thinks the aesthetic appeal of F1 cars has been undermined by the rules:

The visual appeal of F1 has always been a big attraction. And we live in such a shallow age, so it’s more important than ever. Surely you would think the F1 teams would realise this and say something.

And another silly thing about it of course, is that there are far more accidents because the wings extend so far out, it’s far too easy to knock your wing off on someone else’s front wheel.

The reason given for the changes was to improve overtaking, we can see the changes haven’t done that much in that regard, so I don’t understand why the regulations haven’t been reverted.

Watching F1 has been a less enjoyable experience for me in these last two seasons because of these regulations. I don’t admire these cars the way I used to. Only the Red Bulls have been anything like good-looking.

Thinking about it, I’m really just stunned that they haven’t changed the wings back yet. Sadly, at this point it’s already far too late to change the regulations for next year because the teams will already have their designs well-advanced, or completed.
RobR

From the forum

Steph has rounded-up some videos of F1 drivers racing in other series.

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to Maciek!

On this day in F1

Jochen Rindt was killed in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix on this day 40 years ago. A separate article about the Austrian driver, who won the world championship posthumously in 1970, will be on the site later today.

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