BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Michael Schumacher believes Fernando Alonso and former team Ferrari are the favorites going into the Formula One season. The Mercedes GP driver said Saturday there are "several teams that look very competitive" but the Ferrari pair of Alonso and Felipe Massa "at the moment, look the target." A day after saying it was unlikely he will challenge for the win at the season-opening Bahrain GP, the seven-time champion sounded more optimistic.
After studying data, Schumacher believes the German team is in "reasonable" shape going into the championship, although poor weather during testing had hampered preparations. Alonso edged Schumacher for back-to-back titles in 2005 and '06.
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Why would you buy that over any other calendar full of cars? Here's the problem. My own market research on calendars - that is, going to W H Smith and having a look - suggests that cars are a very popular subject. So to sell a supercar calendar I need a better USP than me apparently levitating on the front cover in a yogic position. Another popular calendar subject is cats. So it took but a small leap of my fertile business imagination to arrive at James May's Cats on Supercars 2011. This will obviously double my potential market, because I will immediately appeal to both car enthusiasts and cat lovers. But it isn't quite as simple as that. It would be easy to come up with other pairings of popular calendar genres in an attempt to increase sales, but, for example, Boyzone in Cotswold Villages doesn't really work, because why would they be there? Similarly, flower arrangements on classic British motorcycles is pleasingly surreal but without any precedent. <
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As the opening race in Bahrain approaches, so the testing results have become more acute and the last-minute machinationsof the new teams more frantic. And we've also heard from our friend the Horse Whisperer... Good Week: Ferrari have been right near the top of the timesheets when it came to simulated qualifying runs at Barcelona this week. They have also show that the reliability is there, putting in big mileages on the car compared to other teams. Along with Red Bull, they look the team to beat in 2010. "We have simulated a full weekend and the car has responded well," said Fernando Alonso, "I have no worries ahead of Bahrain." Bad Week: Fernando Alonso came out with one of the flakiest revisionist quotes of F1 history this week.
Talking about his time at McLaren in 2007 and his role in Spygate he said, "With the spy history I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. But I was very happy to help the FIA discover everything." Let's get this in p read more »
Talking about his time at McLaren in 2007 and his role in Spygate he said, "With the spy history I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. But I was very happy to help the FIA discover everything." Let's get this in p read more »
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Branson: Ferrari criticism is 'sad' By Jonathan Noble Saturday, February 27th 2010, 09:28 GMT Richard Branson has labelled Ferrari's attack on Formula 1's new teams as 'sad', and thinks the Italian outfit should be welcoming fresh competition rather than be unhappy about it.
A column on Ferrari's website this week attacked the push by former FIA president Max Mosley to bring new teams into the sport because of the struggles that US F1 and Campos Meta had faced. It claimed Mosley's 'holy war' had been a failure and reckoned that F1 would have been better off keeping manufacturers like BMW and Toyota involved. Branson, whose Virgin Racing team is one of four new outfits that won an entry for this season, is clearly unimpressed by the stance adopted by Ferrari - especially because proposed rules breaks that would have helped new outfits were blocked by the established teams.
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A column on Ferrari's website this week attacked the push by former FIA president Max Mosley to bring new teams into the sport because of the struggles that US F1 and Campos Meta had faced. It claimed Mosley's 'holy war' had been a failure and reckoned that F1 would have been better off keeping manufacturers like BMW and Toyota involved. Branson, whose Virgin Racing team is one of four new outfits that won an entry for this season, is clearly unimpressed by the stance adopted by Ferrari - especially because proposed rules breaks that would have helped new outfits were blocked by the established teams.
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Thб»© Bбє©y, 27/02/2010 - 09:09 HГ¬nh бєЈnh ban Д‘бє§u cб»§a Ferrari 599 Hybrid Concept (DГўn trГ) - ДђГўy lГ mб»™t trong nhб»Їng mбє«u xe Д‘Ж°б»Јc trГґng Д‘б»Јi nhất tбєЎi Triб»ѓn lГЈm Гґ tГґ Geneva 2010 sбєЇp tб»›i.
RГµ rГ ng lГ nhГ sбєЈn xuất Гґ tГґ Гќ Д‘ГЈ khГґng thб»ѓ giб»Ї bГ mбєt hoГ n toГ n cho tб»›i tбєn Triб»ѓn lГЈm Geneva. Bбє±ng chб»©ng lГ nhб»Їng hГ¬nh бєЈnh Д‘бє§u tiГЄn cб»§a mбє«u 599 Hybrid concept Д‘ГЈ xuất hiện trГЄn mбєЎng. NgoГ i hГ¬nh бєЈnh, mб»™t sб»‘ nguб»“n tin nб»™i bб»™ cho biбєїt hệ thб»‘ng hybrid б»џ mбє«u xe nГ y sб» dụng mб»™t mГґ-tЖЎ Д‘iện cho cГґng suất khoбєЈng 100 mГЈ lб»±c vГ mГґ-men xoбєЇn 137Nm (110 lb-ft), Д‘Ж°б»Јc kбєїt nб»‘i vб»›i phГa sau hб»™p sб»‘ Д‘бє·t б»џ Д‘uГґi xe vГ mб»™t bб»™ pin sГ n xe.
Theo thГґng tin ban Д‘бє§u, phбє§n cГґng suất tДѓng thГЄm tб»« mГґ-tЖЎ Д‘iện lГ Д‘б»ѓ bГ№ lбєЎi việc trб»Ќng lЖ°б»Јng xe tДѓng gбє§n 100kg, giГєp phiГЄn bбєЈn 599 Hybrid Concept chбєЎy cГІn nhanh h read more »
RГµ rГ ng lГ nhГ sбєЈn xuất Гґ tГґ Гќ Д‘ГЈ khГґng thб»ѓ giб»Ї bГ mбєt hoГ n toГ n cho tб»›i tбєn Triб»ѓn lГЈm Geneva. Bбє±ng chб»©ng lГ nhб»Їng hГ¬nh бєЈnh Д‘бє§u tiГЄn cб»§a mбє«u 599 Hybrid concept Д‘ГЈ xuất hiện trГЄn mбєЎng. NgoГ i hГ¬nh бєЈnh, mб»™t sб»‘ nguб»“n tin nб»™i bб»™ cho biбєїt hệ thб»‘ng hybrid б»џ mбє«u xe nГ y sб» dụng mб»™t mГґ-tЖЎ Д‘iện cho cГґng suất khoбєЈng 100 mГЈ lб»±c vГ mГґ-men xoбєЇn 137Nm (110 lb-ft), Д‘Ж°б»Јc kбєїt nб»‘i vб»›i phГa sau hб»™p sб»‘ Д‘бє·t б»џ Д‘uГґi xe vГ mб»™t bб»™ pin sГ n xe.
Theo thГґng tin ban Д‘бє§u, phбє§n cГґng suất tДѓng thГЄm tб»« mГґ-tЖЎ Д‘iện lГ Д‘б»ѓ bГ№ lбєЎi việc trб»Ќng lЖ°б»Јng xe tДѓng gбє§n 100kg, giГєp phiГЄn bбєЈn 599 Hybrid Concept chбєЎy cГІn nhanh h read more »
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Yet it's not snowflakes that I see drifting into Ferrari's brick courtyard on the Via Abetone, the Temple Mount in this, the Jerusalem of Red Cars. Instead, I imagine I see tiny, confetti-like news clippings from Corriere della Sera, each one telling of an American journalist who managed to plunge a Ferrari 458 Italia into a snowy mountain suckhole.
If I did that, it would be the biggest weather related-accident since Dallas Raines bought his wardrobe. I kid you not, young lovers. As I turn the red enamel key in the ignition, and the V-8's devils begin to dance on the drumhead -- KeWhe-drummmmmmmmmm -- I am genuinely concerned. Alas, the timing is what it is. I have a chance to drive Ferrari's newest mid-engine V-8 Berlinetta, a car that's quicker than the legendary Enzo (less than 3.4 seconds to 60 mph), with 72 horsepower more than the mind-frying F430, with a top speed in excess of 202 mph.
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If I did that, it would be the biggest weather related-accident since Dallas Raines bought his wardrobe. I kid you not, young lovers. As I turn the red enamel key in the ignition, and the V-8's devils begin to dance on the drumhead -- KeWhe-drummmmmmmmmm -- I am genuinely concerned. Alas, the timing is what it is. I have a chance to drive Ferrari's newest mid-engine V-8 Berlinetta, a car that's quicker than the legendary Enzo (less than 3.4 seconds to 60 mph), with 72 horsepower more than the mind-frying F430, with a top speed in excess of 202 mph.
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Se filtran las primeras imГЎgenes del vehГculo que Ferrari presentarГЎ en el prГіximo SalГіn de Ginebra, se trata de un modelo hГbrido conocido como 599 Hybrid aunque de momento todavГa se trata de un concept car.
AdemГЎs en su exterior presenta un llamativo color verde con el que Ferrari ya pretende concenciarse con el medioambiente. Su motor elГ©ctrico entregarГЎ una potencia de 100 CV con 137 Nm de par motor, que sumГЎndose al motor 5.9 V12 capaz de generar 620 CV harГЎ del 599 Hybrid un modelo mГЎs rГЎpido que el propio 599 de serie.
AГ±ade tambiГ©n un sistema de recuperaciГіn de frenada con una tecnologГa muy parecida al KERS utilizado en la F1. Todas estas modificaciones en el 599 de serie, supone tГЎn sГіlo unos 100 Kg adicionales. Aunque todavГa no se conocen mГЎs datos sobre este concept car de Ferrari habrГЎ que esperar a que se inagurГ© el SalГіn de Ginebra. read more »
AdemГЎs en su exterior presenta un llamativo color verde con el que Ferrari ya pretende concenciarse con el medioambiente. Su motor elГ©ctrico entregarГЎ una potencia de 100 CV con 137 Nm de par motor, que sumГЎndose al motor 5.9 V12 capaz de generar 620 CV harГЎ del 599 Hybrid un modelo mГЎs rГЎpido que el propio 599 de serie.
AГ±ade tambiГ©n un sistema de recuperaciГіn de frenada con una tecnologГa muy parecida al KERS utilizado en la F1. Todas estas modificaciones en el 599 de serie, supone tГЎn sГіlo unos 100 Kg adicionales. Aunque todavГa no se conocen mГЎs datos sobre este concept car de Ferrari habrГЎ que esperar a que se inagurГ© el SalГіn de Ginebra. read more »
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