If that headline can’t have 3 exclamation marks then nothing can. They are back in business the ultimate F1 duo of all time. After a couple of months of hard speculation BBC hints that the German has signed a deal with the newly formed Mercedes GP under Ross Brawn who seems to turn anything into gold with his touch. The deal is worth 7 million for the 2010 season and will be extended if the going gets good. This deal effectively hammers Michael’s current role with Ferrari as its brand ambassador.
Though this might be the delight of the century for motorsport fans, back in Maranello the Ferrari tifosi is heartbroken especially Ferrari boss Montezemolo who quotes “the real Michael is the one who raced for Ferrari” and “this is the new Michael”.
Somewhere down the line when Schumi was sitting out on the Ferrari paddock, he must have realized that he doesn’t belongs on the paddock but further north and that spurred up with Montezemolo’s idea of Schumi standing in for injured Massa added up and here we have the big headline “Schumacher is back”. This is the most bonkers news in motorsport history;the only thing that could top this would be if the late Ayrton Senna comes back to life!
Force India is having quite a handful to deal with these days. Force India has alleged that Lotus has stolen the Aerodynamic design of its 2010 F1 car. According to Force India, Aerolab which is Force India’s former wind tunnel operator has sold vital Aerodynamic data of the Team 2010 F1 car to lotus. Force India claims that Lotus’s front wing assembly of its wind tunnel model is similar to Force India’s on top of that Lotus’s wind tunnel car’s tire has handwriting of Force India’s staff.
These allegations come in the midst of Aerolab’s legal battle against Force India for breaching contract obligations. Mean while Force India won a legal battle against Etihad Airways and Aldar Properties which paid of Force India $ 4.7 million.
As Mallaya’s saying goes “you win or lose, you have to booze”!
The Brazilian GP has always been a hum dinger, this year was no exception. Though it doesn’t mark the grand finale this year, it concluded the championships with Button clinching the Driver’s and maiden team Brawn GP the Constructor’s championship.
Before the race started the gap in championship points between Button and Barrichello was 14 and all Barrichello has to do is finish the race in position above 5 as long as Button doesn’t score a point. This did look conceivable as Barrichello started the race in pole and Button way back from 14th on the grid.
As the race progressed so did Button, but the Brazilian on the other hand let it slip after each pit stop, the final blow came when Hamilton over took him, Hamilton got in contact with Barrichello and punctured the Brawn’s rear tire while doing so. Barrichello after the incident had to visit the pits and finished the race at 8th position. Button finished on 5th with 4 extra points adding up to a tally of 89.
Vittal who was in 3 in the overall driver’s championship, bumps ahead of Barrichello with a 4th place finish in Brazil and tally of 74 points leaving Barrichello high and dry with 72 points. With one race to go this season at Abu Dhabi Rubino can mend some of the damage by getting back his 2nd place back.
Force India’s 3rd place qualification for Sutil ended up on the first lap with a spectacular crash taking out himself, Trulli and Alonso. The battle even continued outside the track with a verbal conflict between Sutil and Trulli who was seen very unhappy with the former.
P.S: Webber won the Race.
Click here for the 2009 Brazilian GP result.
Click here for the Driver’s championship standing
Click here for the Constructor’s championship standing
First lap fire ups :
The extravaganza as we mentioned earlier started with the Red bull 2005 F1 car being assembled. Then David Coulthard emerged in the scene around 2 as mentioned earlier. He took out the car in the sea-link for just one run and clocked a top speed of 260kmph. No official timing was recorded during the single run. He made a couple of donut spins at the end before the car tyres were shredded.
The whole place was electrifying with the sound of the car which made the wait in the sun worth. The event even saw a line of celebrities lining into catch a glimpse of the speed machine Gul Panang, Dino Morea, Amrita Arora and Arbaaz Khan were seen keen.
Check out the videos from the event:
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As reported earlier, the Red bull F1 car run by David Coulthard in Mumbai’s famous Bandra-Worli sea link will happen in under an hour.
Yesterday saw the preparation of the Red Bull F1 car in Mumbai. check out the Video. we will bring you the video of the car running in a short while.
Yes it’s time to dust up resumes even if you already have a job since its F1 baby! It’s the Lotus team which was recently offered the 13th spot in the grid. Lotus is jumping back into the big spectacle and they are looking for new talents and if you think you are one all you have to do is just send your resume to this e-mail address
1MalaysiaHR@lotusf1team.com
The positions Lotus is trying to fill are:
• Aerodynamics – Project Leader Aerodynamics, Junior Aerodynamicist, Head of CFD, CFD Engineer.
• Composites Design – Head of Composite Design, Senior / Junior Composite Designer, Composite Engineer.
• Composite – Head of Composite Layup Shop, Senior / Junior Layup Technician, Head of Composite Trim Shop, Senior / Junior Trim Shop Technician
• Electronics – Head of Electronics, Senior / Junior Electronics Engineer, Senior Control Engineer, Control Software Engineer
• Factory – Factory Manager, Senior / Junior Maintenance
• Gearbox Design – Head of Gearbox Design, Senior / Junior Gearbox Design
• Gearbox Assembly – Head of Gearbox Shop, Race Gearbox Technician
• Hydraulics – Head of Hydraulics Shop, Race Hydraulics Technician, Test Hydraulics Technician
• Mechanical Production – Head of Mechanical Production, Senior / Junior Machinist, Fabricator
• Mechanical Design – Head of Mechanical Design, Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Senior Mechanical Designer
• Pattern Shop – Head of Pattern Shop, Senior / Junior Pattern Maker
• Production, Production Control and Purchasing – Head of Production, Senior Production Engineer, Mechanical Buyer, Composite Buyer, General Buyer, Aerodynamics Buyer
• Quality Control & Inspection – Head of Inspection, Senior / Junior Inspection Technician
• Design Office – Drawing Office Manager
• R&D – Head of R&D, Senior R&D Engineer, Senior R&D Technician
• Race Engineering – Test Engineer, Race Data Engineer, Test Data Engineer, Aero Support Engineer
• Race & Test – Logistic Manager, Race & Test Travel Secretary, Clothing & Team Gear
• Race Team – Race Chief Mechanic, Race Parts Mechanic
• Stress Analysis – Senior / Junior FEA Engineer
• Sub Assembly – Head of Sub Assembly, Sub Assembly Technician
• Test Team – Test Chief Mechanic, Test Part Mechanic, Test Team Truckie, Test Team Mechanic
• Vehicle Science – Head of Vehicle Dynamics, Vehicle Dynamics Engineer, Senior / Junior Software Engineer
• Marketing & PR – Head of Marketing, Marketing Manager, Tri-lingual Website Designers, Graphic Designers, Executive Assistant, Business Development Manager, Sponsorship Manager, Sponsor Account Manager, Head of PR / Tri-Lingual PR Officer, Press Officer, Hospitality Coordinator
• Finance – Financial Controller, Finance Manager, Finance Executive
• Legal – Head of Legal, Legal Manager, Legal Executive
• HR – Head of HR, HR Manager, HR Executive
• IT – Head of Information Technology, CAD Manager, Senior IT Engineer, Race IT Engineer, Test IT Engineer, IT Technician
However most of the technical jobs have been offered to ex-F1 employees but still you might play a part of the team. The newly appointed Technical director, Mike Gascoyne, says the vacancies will include secretarial roles, human resources, finance, delivery drivers, public relations and marketing roles.
Since the newly found team is funded by Proton and the Malaysian Government, so the recruitment might favor Malaysian national but what the heck it’s worth a short, after all its F1 baby!
