**~~ FORMULA 1 2011 ~~**

akughi · Post time 3-11-2011 04:21 PM

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korea ni serupa tamil... susah nak sebut.... hahhahahaha

satusembilan · Post time 4-11-2011 10:46 PM

Teams agree over name changes

Formula 1’s teams have agreed on the requested name changes for Lotus Renault GP, Team Lotus and Virgin Racing in Thursday’s meeting of the Formula One Commission. As a result, the three squads are set to run under guises of ‘Lotus’, ‘Caterham’ and ‘Marussia’ as of the start of the 2012 season.

The gathering of the F1 Commission was in Geneva, Switzerland, with all Team Principals being joined by FIA President Jean Todt and commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone plus significant heads of tyre supplier Pirelli and the engine manufacturers.

Although the name changes are now agreed amongst the teams, they will not be made official until the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) reviews and confirms the requests; with the aforementioned Jean Todt being a member of the F1 Commission which staged today’s meeting, any denied application is unlikely.

The news finally signals an end to the Lotus naming row which has rumbled on over the course of the 2011 season, whereas the Virgin change comes because Russia’s Marussia is now the team’s prime shareholder. However, Sir Richard Branson’s label will remain a backer of the Sheffield-based outfit.

satusembilan · Post time 6-11-2011 10:17 PM

Rumours strengthen over Räikkönen comeback

Word that Kimi Räikkönen is returning to Formula 1 in 2012 has picked up on Friday, with rumours circulating that the Finn has received backing from Qatar with a view to making a comeback with Williams.

The latest reports remain sketchy albeit somewhat more plausible, with it being believed by some in the F1 community that Räikkönen has struck a deal with a consortium in Qatar, where a Williams technology centre is based.

When quizzed by GPUpdate.net in September, manager Steve Robertson categorically denied that the 2007 World Champion was looking to make a comeback.

Since Ferrari replaced him with Fernando Alonso for 2010, the Finn has spent stints in the World Rally Championship and NASCAR, although reports of an F1 return have continued to be a much talked about topic in the paddock over recent months.

satusembilan · Post time 7-11-2011 10:59 PM

Williams co-owner confirms ‘serious’ Räikkönen talks

For the first time, a significant member of Williams has confirmed that the Grove team is engaged in talks with 2007 World Champion Kimi Räikkönen. The Finn has been out of Formula 1 since the end of 2009, although a return would mark no less than six title winners on the grid at the start of the 2012 campaign.

Räikkönen-Williams rumours have been circulating for several months and, although the former title-winning outfit has never denied negotiations and did verify to GPUpdate.net that the Finn had been at its factory for a ‘private visit’, it had been yet to confirm that the two parties were engaged in talks.

A confirmation has now come from Christian ‘Toto’ Wolff, team co-owner.

“Yes, it is true that we are in talks with Kimi Räikkönen,” Wolff explained to Kronen Zeitung. “This is not a publicity stunt – we are in very serious discussions.”

Wolff also told the Austrian newspaper that, as expected by many, Williams are in touch with Adrian Sutil – who is expected to be left on the sidelines by Force India – and Frenchman Jules Bianchi, who is reserve driver for Ferrari.

An F1 return for Räikkönen would mark the first time a Champion had driven for Williams since Jacques Villeneuve at the end of the 1998 season.