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Raikkonen to ramp up test on day two
January 23rd, 2012
Kimi Raikkonen is set for more intense running on the second day of his comeback Formula 1 test with Lotus on Tuesday. The Finn completed just over 300km in a 2010-specification Renault R30 at Valencia on Monday using three sets of Pirelli’s very durable demonstration tyres. He has four sets of Pirellis available for Tuesday’s running and is scheduled to complete more laps than on the first day as the team is hoping to give him more long runs as part of a wider-ranging programme.
Burris Best at Bristol
by Tim Terry on January 23rd, 2012
Kevin Burris edged one step closer to the 2011 Season Four iRacing.com Late Model Tour (iLMT) title during Round 11 as he took the overall victory at the Bristol Motor Speedway. Over 700 sim racers took to the high banks in the popular short track car over the seven day span to test their luck and skill against the best on the iRacing service but, in the end, it was the point leader edging-out the weekly victory. Burris’ victory came during Thursday’s 2840 Strength of Field (SoF) race in which he led 18 laps from the pole position. He edged Trey Jarrell by under two tenths of a second for a victory with Alex Ciambrone, Aaron Easler and Gary Dawson completing the top five. Jarrell led 32 laps in the [...]
Lotus: Raikkonen showed his class
January 23rd, 2012
Lotus’s trackside operations director Alan Permane said Kimi Raikkonen proved on his first day back in a Formula 1 cockpit that his return to grand prix racing can be a success. Raikkonen is spending two days testing a 2010 Renault at Valencia this week as he settles back into F1 after two seasons in the World Rally Championship. No times were released from today’s test, and Raikkonen’s pace would not be representative as he is using demonstration tyres and an older car, but Permane said his quality had shown through
Rankings: Latvala counts cost of crash
January 23rd, 2012
Jari-Matti Latvala tumbled down the Castrol EDGE Rankings after rolling out from the lead of the WRC’s Monte Carlo opener.
Patrick rules out 2012 Indy 500
January 23rd, 2012
Danica Patrick has ruled out contesting the 2012 Indianapolis 500, but says she remains open to returning to IndyCar’s premier event in future seasons. When Patrick announced her full-time switch to NASCAR last year, she expressed a strong desire to still fit in the Indy 500 alongside her stock car programme.
Rossi is not fading yet, insists Lorenzo
January 23rd, 2012
Valentino Rossi has not passed his peak and is still capable of returning to the forefront of MotoGP, insists his former team-mate Jorge Lorenzo. After leaving Yamaha for Ducati in 2011, Rossi endured his first ever win-less season at world championship level. But Lorenzo, who was Rossi’s Yamaha team-mate from 2008-10, dismissed any suggestion that the Italian seven-time MotoGP champion’s career was in decline
FIA: Reactive ride offered aero benefit
January 23rd, 2012
Reactive suspension systems were banned from Formula 1 once it became clear to the FIA that their principle benefit was aerodynamic, AUTOSPORT has learned. The governing body wrote to teams on Friday informing them that, in its view, the mechanical concepts pioneered by Lotus and Ferrari and being looked at by other teams would be in contravention of the rules if they were used to help the aerodynamics of the cars. This came despite the initial idea for the hydraulic devices, activated by brake torque, being given the green light as long ago as January last year
Ford team boss praises Solberg
January 23rd, 2012
Ford team principal Malcolm Wilson has praised his driver Petter Solberg’s efforts in delivering a Monte Carlo Rally podium on the Norwegian’s debut in a Fiesta RS WRC. Solberg returned to Ford during the closed season, coming back for the first time since he left for Subaru almost 12 years ago. Wilson said Solberg’s performance and world champion pedigree shone through, despite limited testing ahead of the opening World Rally Championship round of the season.
Servia confident in Lotus engine
January 23rd, 2012
Oriol Servia says he has no concerns about Lotus’s IndyCar engine programme, despite the manufacturer running several months behind its rivals in terms of preparation. A Lotus-powered car hit the track for the first time just over a week ago, with Simona de Silvestro and HVM Racing undertaking the early test duties. Rival engine suppliers Chevrolet and Honda have been testing on track since late September last year.
Raikkonen: I’ll need time to settle in
January 23rd, 2012
Kimi Raikkonen thinks it will still take him some time to fully return to his best in Formula 1, despite quickly settling back into the cockpit of a grand prix car at Valencia on Monday. The former world champion has begun a two-day test in a 2010-spec Renault R30 in a bid to reacclimatise himself with F1 machinery prior to his first run in the team’s 2012 machine at Jerez next month.
Bennani stays with Proteam for 2012
January 23rd, 2012
Mehdi Bennani will stay with the Proteam BMW squad for 2012. The 28-year-old Moroccan joined Proteam last year, finishing seventh in the Yokohama Trophy. His best result came in Macau, when he finished sixth in the season finale
Monaco base discussed for ‘Monte’
January 23rd, 2012
The organisers of the Monte Carlo Rally are under pressure to implement significant changes to the route for next year’s event, including a wholesale move back to Monaco. Last week’s World Rally Championship opener spent four of its six days (including shakedown) in Valence before a long road section down to the principality for the final two days
Zele Racing to enter Auto GP
January 23rd, 2012
Austrian team Zele Racing has announced plans to enter this year’s Auto GP championship. Michael Zele’s outfit previously competed in the World Series by Nissan and Euro 3000, and has recently been a technical partner to Barazi-Epsilon in sportscars and Formula 3.
Webber to conduct first 2012 RBR test
January 23rd, 2012
Mark Webber will get the first run in the new Red Bull RB8 when the champion team begins testing at Jerez on February 7. Reigning drivers’ champion Sebastian Vettel will wait until 9 February before he tries the 2012 machine for the first time, as Webber has been granted the first two days of the four-day test in Spain
Ecclestone still confident over Bahrain
January 23rd, 2012
Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says there are no doubts in his head that the Bahrain Grand Prix will take place this year – despite ongoing question marks about its future. With reports of continued political trouble still appearing in the media, there has been speculation that the event could face a repeat of the scenario 12 months ago when it had to be cancelled. But Ecclestone is adamant that the race, which is scheduled to take place on April 22, will go ahead because he does not see any issue with events going on in the Gulf state
Chevrolet gets weight increase
January 23rd, 2012
Chevrolet has had the weight of its Cruze model increased by 30kg for this year’s World Touring Car Championship, following its domination of the 2011 series.
New Lotus passes final crash tests
January 23rd, 2012
Kimi Raikkonen will definitely have his new Lotus ready for the first Formula 1 pre-season test after his outfit passed the last of its mandatory crash tests on Monday morning, AUTOSPORT can reveal. As the former world champion began a private test at Valencia in Spain in a 2010-spec R30, exclusive pictures of which can be seen here , sources have confirmed his Enstone-based team was completing the last of its crash tests. For the first time this year, F1 teams must pass the stringent FIA crash tests before they are allowed to run their cars on track – as opposed to only being required to do so for the first race of the campaign
Spy shot: Raikkonen tests old Renault
January 23rd, 2012
Kimi Raikkonen has returned to the wheel of a Formula 1 car for the first time since the end of 2009, driving a two-year-old Renault R30 at Valencia as he reacclimatises himself to the sport with Lotus. Raikkonen arrived at the track at 0830 CET and took to the wheel of a two-year-old Renault R30 car – painted in Lotus’s contemporary black and gold livery and using Pirelli’s demonstration-spec rubber – for an installation lap just after 0900. The Finn is taking part in a two-day session designed to help him reacclimatise himself with grand prix machinery









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