Official: Ross Brawn out at Mercedes F1
11-28-2013, 10:44 AM
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Official: Ross Brawn out at Mercedes F1
Where will he go? Williams? Any chance Montezemolo gets nostalgic and brings back Kimi AND Brawn?
The man has forgotten more than most will ever know on the pitwall. A valuable asset for any team.
The man has forgotten more than most will ever know on the pitwall. A valuable asset for any team.
11-28-2013, 12:18 PM
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I wonder how Hamilton and Rosberg feel about his departure?
11-28-2013, 01:09 PM
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2015, both Ross Brawn and Fernando Alonso join McLaren/Honda. Ross will be at Honda, helping them develop their engine for 1 yr, before he joins McLaren.
I doubt Brawn would end up at Ferrari.
I doubt Brawn would end up at Ferrari.
11-28-2013, 03:03 PM
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Smedley set to move to Williams after Pujolar exit
Nov 28, 2013, 1:30 PM EST
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Chief race engineer at Williams Xevi Pujolar is set to leave the team in order to take up a role with Toro Rosso, paving the way for Rob Smedley to leave Ferrari and re-join Felipe Massa next season.
As reported by veteran journalist Adam Cooper today, Pujolar, who joined Williams in 2011, will leave the Oxfordshire-based team in order to take up a role with Toro Rosso. Although Williams has failed to live up to the expectations of many in 2013 by picking up just five points, Pujolar was instrumental in the team’s excellent 2012 campaign when he worked as Pastor Maldonado’s race engineer. He was promoted to the role of chief race engineer this season, but it appears that a move to Toro Rosso is now on the cards.
This will allow Smedley to move to Williams for the 2014 season. The Briton has worked at Ferrari for almost a decade and as Massa’s race engineer since 2006. Together, the pair have built up a close working relationship, with Smedley telling the BBC how he considers Massa to be a “little brother” whom he has nicknamed ‘Phillip’.
Although moving from Ferrari to Williams may seem like an odd move, Smedley would enjoy a bigger role with the British team. He would most probably directly replace Pujolar as chief race engineer, meaning that he would not be working directly with Massa on the team radio as we have seen in previous years. Instead, it is possible that Pastor Maldonado’s engineer, Andrew Murdoch, would be working with Massa as his race engineer. Smedley would also be working with Massa’s teammate in 2014, Valtteri Bottas.
With the arrival of Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari, it was always thought unlikely that Smedley would be able to continue in his current role. Raikkonen is known for his affinity for minimal communication over the radio, something that has sparked many a humorous radio exchange in his time with Lotus.
Smedley has history with Williams, having worked for the team’s touring car operation back in the 1990s.
Cooper also reported today that Sauber’s head of track engineering Tom McCullough would also be switching team, expressing a desire to return to the UK that is thought to be Force India.
Nov 28, 2013, 1:30 PM EST
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Chief race engineer at Williams Xevi Pujolar is set to leave the team in order to take up a role with Toro Rosso, paving the way for Rob Smedley to leave Ferrari and re-join Felipe Massa next season.
As reported by veteran journalist Adam Cooper today, Pujolar, who joined Williams in 2011, will leave the Oxfordshire-based team in order to take up a role with Toro Rosso. Although Williams has failed to live up to the expectations of many in 2013 by picking up just five points, Pujolar was instrumental in the team’s excellent 2012 campaign when he worked as Pastor Maldonado’s race engineer. He was promoted to the role of chief race engineer this season, but it appears that a move to Toro Rosso is now on the cards.
This will allow Smedley to move to Williams for the 2014 season. The Briton has worked at Ferrari for almost a decade and as Massa’s race engineer since 2006. Together, the pair have built up a close working relationship, with Smedley telling the BBC how he considers Massa to be a “little brother” whom he has nicknamed ‘Phillip’.
Although moving from Ferrari to Williams may seem like an odd move, Smedley would enjoy a bigger role with the British team. He would most probably directly replace Pujolar as chief race engineer, meaning that he would not be working directly with Massa on the team radio as we have seen in previous years. Instead, it is possible that Pastor Maldonado’s engineer, Andrew Murdoch, would be working with Massa as his race engineer. Smedley would also be working with Massa’s teammate in 2014, Valtteri Bottas.
With the arrival of Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari, it was always thought unlikely that Smedley would be able to continue in his current role. Raikkonen is known for his affinity for minimal communication over the radio, something that has sparked many a humorous radio exchange in his time with Lotus.
Smedley has history with Williams, having worked for the team’s touring car operation back in the 1990s.
Cooper also reported today that Sauber’s head of track engineering Tom McCullough would also be switching team, expressing a desire to return to the UK that is thought to be Force India.
11-28-2013, 04:44 PM
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11-29-2013, 01:17 PM
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11-29-2013, 09:06 PM
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11-29-2013, 09:18 PM
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Errr, be careful Finn, WWF1 is not that appealing, follow the mooooonhey ...
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alon...nning-for-2015
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alon...nning-for-2015
11-30-2013, 11:01 AM
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Montezemolo: Alonso should be proud of 2013
Ferrari president says Fernando Alonso has nothing to be ashamed of, blaming Ferrari's shortcomings for failing to land either world title this season.
He might not have been happy with the general performance of his team this past F1 season, but Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo insists that Fernando Alonso has nothing to be ashamed of.
Speaking exclusively to Italian broadcaster RAI Uno, Montezemolo admitted that 2013 had, on the whole, been a year to forget, but praised Alonso's unstinting effort to push the Scuderia as close to the top of the constructors' table as he could. In the end, Ferrari could only manage third spot, beaten by runaway winner Red Bull and, in a closer battle for second, Mercedes.
Blaming an inability to develop the F138 in the second half of the season, Montezemolo said he would be looking for explanations why his team failed to keep pace with its rivals, but also insisted that the mid-season change of tyres – on safety grounds – played a major role in detuning Ferrari's competitiveness.
“We built a car to work with certain tyres, with which we proved to be very competitive,” he noted, “Then the tyres were changed, definitely proving to be a disadvantage for us and an advantage for others.”
While lamenting lost points he felt should potentially have come from the second car of Felipe Massa – the departing Brazilian he insists will always be welcome at Ferrari – Montezemolo said he could not fault the contribution from the team's number one. Alonso clinched second in the drivers' standings at the penultimate round in Austin, on the back of two early-season wins, but spent much of the latter half of the calendar playing catch-up.
“He is right to be proud of second place - he had a great season,” Montezemolo insisted, “We must give him a quicker car and he will get the most out of it. I thank him for all his efforts and the determination he showed this year.
“For next year, I would like to present him with a car that's even better than Red Bull. Let's not forget, we know how to do that - one only has to think of the five-year period from 2000-2004 and the wins in 2007 and 2008…. “
Highlighting the hitherto unknown fact that Alonso had said that he would have been willing to see off Massa's Ferrari career by helping him onto the podium at Interlagos, Montezemolo emphasised that it wasn't just Red Bull as a team that the Spaniard was battling.
“[Adrian] Newey isn't his opponent,” he pointed out, recalling Alonso's own claim that it was Red Bull's technical wizard crating the difference between them, “There are also the drivers, starting with [Sebastian] Vettel, then [Lewis] Hamilton and [Nico] Rosberg, who has improved a lot.”
Montezemolo also picked out Kimi Raikkonen who, of course, will be partnering Alonso in a Ferrari 'dream team' next season.
Ferrari president says Fernando Alonso has nothing to be ashamed of, blaming Ferrari's shortcomings for failing to land either world title this season.
He might not have been happy with the general performance of his team this past F1 season, but Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo insists that Fernando Alonso has nothing to be ashamed of.
Speaking exclusively to Italian broadcaster RAI Uno, Montezemolo admitted that 2013 had, on the whole, been a year to forget, but praised Alonso's unstinting effort to push the Scuderia as close to the top of the constructors' table as he could. In the end, Ferrari could only manage third spot, beaten by runaway winner Red Bull and, in a closer battle for second, Mercedes.
Blaming an inability to develop the F138 in the second half of the season, Montezemolo said he would be looking for explanations why his team failed to keep pace with its rivals, but also insisted that the mid-season change of tyres – on safety grounds – played a major role in detuning Ferrari's competitiveness.
“We built a car to work with certain tyres, with which we proved to be very competitive,” he noted, “Then the tyres were changed, definitely proving to be a disadvantage for us and an advantage for others.”
While lamenting lost points he felt should potentially have come from the second car of Felipe Massa – the departing Brazilian he insists will always be welcome at Ferrari – Montezemolo said he could not fault the contribution from the team's number one. Alonso clinched second in the drivers' standings at the penultimate round in Austin, on the back of two early-season wins, but spent much of the latter half of the calendar playing catch-up.
“He is right to be proud of second place - he had a great season,” Montezemolo insisted, “We must give him a quicker car and he will get the most out of it. I thank him for all his efforts and the determination he showed this year.
“For next year, I would like to present him with a car that's even better than Red Bull. Let's not forget, we know how to do that - one only has to think of the five-year period from 2000-2004 and the wins in 2007 and 2008…. “
Highlighting the hitherto unknown fact that Alonso had said that he would have been willing to see off Massa's Ferrari career by helping him onto the podium at Interlagos, Montezemolo emphasised that it wasn't just Red Bull as a team that the Spaniard was battling.
“[Adrian] Newey isn't his opponent,” he pointed out, recalling Alonso's own claim that it was Red Bull's technical wizard crating the difference between them, “There are also the drivers, starting with [Sebastian] Vettel, then [Lewis] Hamilton and [Nico] Rosberg, who has improved a lot.”
Montezemolo also picked out Kimi Raikkonen who, of course, will be partnering Alonso in a Ferrari 'dream team' next season.
11-30-2013, 12:16 PM
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For parity's sake at the end of the season F1 should put all the names of the teams, drivers, team mangers, engineers etc in a hat and draw them out for next season assignments.
That way we could have a Newey designed Caterham with Mercedes power, team managed by Montezemolo driven by Sato wining the WDC.
2nd place . . .?
That way we could have a Newey designed Caterham with Mercedes power, team managed by Montezemolo driven by Sato wining the WDC.
2nd place . . .?
11-30-2013, 12:36 PM
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