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[mikathegreat2]

Bourdais to return to US & compete in IndyCar for Newman/Haas & also appearences for Peugeot in LMS & Petit Le Mans so I doubt his career is over!

[Cinco]

mikathegreat2, on 13 July 2009 - 04:41 PM, said:

Bourdais to return to US & compete in IndyCar for Newman/Haas & also appearences for Peugeot in LMS & Petit Le Mans so I doubt his career is over!

Is the first part true?  If so, pardon me while I kill myself.  Nothing better than some arrogant guy who said "oh I'll only come back to the US as a last resort" getting a ride while guys like Paul Tracy who actually shut up and race don't have full-time gigs.  Hope Bourds goes to DTM or something.  Either way, his F1 career is, thankfully, over.

[mikathegreat2]

Cinco, on 13 July 2009 - 06:27 PM, said:

Is the first part true?  If so, pardon me while I kill myself.  Nothing better than some arrogant guy who said "oh I'll only come back to the US as a last resort" getting a ride while guys like Paul Tracy who actually shut up and race don't have full-time gigs.  Hope Bourds goes to DTM or something.  Either way, his F1 career is, thankfully, over.

K, Peugeot sportscar driver only then!

[Cinco]

We can put the JayVee return rumors to rest now.  Ol' Jacques was at it again in a lower-level stock car feeder series (NASCAR Canadian Tire) race on a small oval in Qu�bec.  He crashed out on lap one.  Nothing to see there.

[wapi]

Insider, on 12 July 2009 - 11:04 AM, said:

I doubt that. He's been busy registering trade marks through his Epsilon company in the last 48 hrs: GP1, Grand Prix Series, GP Series and others.  Think about it.

Who own Epsilon? Bernie or CVC?

Either way you are not able to register complete dictionary. One can always come up with the name that you did not register. Also there are some cases (in internet domain naming) that would allow someone to squeeze you out of your registered name if they can prove that your intent for registering name was malicious.

[mikathegreat2]

Epsilon are a Spanish-Basque racing team who made a sxc Le Mans car last year! They were meant to race this year with a new car but withdrew!

Pity the car was crap!

[wapi]

mikathegreat2, on 14 July 2009 - 11:59 AM, said:

Epsilon are a Spanish-Basque racing team who made a sxc Le Mans car last year! They were meant to race this year with a new car but withdrew!

It is different Epsilon!

[Insider]

wapi, on 14 July 2009 - 11:02 AM, said:

Who own Epsilon? Bernie or CVC?

Either way you are not able to register complete dictionary. One can always come up with the name that you did not register. Also there are some cases (in internet domain naming) that would allow someone to squeeze you out of your registered name if they can prove that your intent for registering name was malicious.

Bernie owns Epsilon Ltd, a UK registered company.  There is another Epsilon who build Le Mans cars and tried to enter F1 this year. There are called Epsilon Euskadi SA - a different enterprise.

This article should clarify what I was on about:

http://uk.eurosport....gp1-series.html

[mikathegreat2]

wapi, on 14 July 2009 - 12:01 PM, said:

It is different Epsilon!

Barazi-Epsilon??

[mikathegreat2]

Cinco, on 14 July 2009 - 02:39 AM, said:

We can put the JayVee return rumors to rest now.  Ol' Jacques was at it again in a lower-level stock car feeder series (NASCAR Canadian Tire) race on a small oval in Qu�bec.  He crashed out on lap one.  Nothing to see there.

Another guest appearence from JV, this time @ Spa 24 Hours:Here

[Insider]

Max has gone for good.  Jean Todt  becomes the bookies favourite.

Still no Concorde Agreement but CVC smack Bernie's bottom.  Maybe, they could have asked Max...........

Ferrari pour cold water on Kimi rumours and Alonso is still silent about 2010.

Rumours are virulent about a Flabbio buyout of Renault F1.  

The new teams have signed nobody and done nothing.  I shall believe they are racing when I see them on the grid.

[mikathegreat2]

Insider, on 15 July 2009 - 10:15 PM, said:

Max has gone for good.  Jean Todt  becomes the bookies favourite.

Still no Concorde Agreement but CVC smack Bernie's bottom.  Maybe, they could have asked Max...........

Ferrari pour cold water on Kimi rumours and Alonso is still silent about 2010.

Rumours are virulent about a Flabbio buyout of Renault F1.  

The new teams have signed nobody and done nothing.  I shall believe they are racing when I see them on the grid.

Linky??

[Insider]

mikathegreat2, on 15 July 2009 - 11:50 PM, said:

Linky??

Todt: http://www.totalf1.c...ms_into_silence

Bernie: http://www.f1passion...ecclestone.html

Kimi: http://www.motorspor...ID=336650&FS=F1

Flabbio: http://www.worldcarf...t-team--reports

New teams? Just my opinion.

[wapi]

Insider, on 15 July 2009 - 10:15 PM, said:

Max has gone for good.  Jean Todt  becomes the bookies favourite.

Still no Concorde Agreement but CVC smack Bernie's bottom.  Maybe, they could have asked Max...........

Ferrari pour cold water on Kimi rumours and Alonso is still silent about 2010.

The new teams have signed nobody and done nothing.  I shall believe they are racing when I see them on the grid.

Max and Bernie: 1 down 1 to go.

Ferrari & Kimi:
I believe Kimi will be driving F61 next year. Alonso will be driving R30. Alonso might be driving F62. Kimi has until Monza 2010 to declare if he intends to continue driving. If he does, Massa's contract would not be extended in favour of bringing Alonso. If Kimi retires Massa stays. This year at Monza it might be leaked to the press that Alonso is coming to Ferrari in 2011. In the same fashion as everyone knew for Kimi's switch from McM to SF year and a half before it happened. That is my estimate of the situation.

Edited by wapi, 16 July 2009 - 05:40 PM.

[Insider]

Todt declares candidacy:

http://www.totalf1.c...FIA_presidency/

[Rainmaster]

Insider, on 16 July 2009 - 03:34 PM, said:

Todt declares candidacy:

http://www.totalf1.c...FIA_presidency/

Oh dear.

[Quiet One]

Todt swore that as long as he was in Ferrari Alonso would not get a drive there.
Not the ideal head of the FIA I would like to have, if I was Alonso...

Other than that, Todt can hardly convey an image of fairness to all teams. This will be true even if the guy actually acts in all fairness. It will simply be hard to believe until many years and fair decisions have passed.

Nope, Vatanen is my man. (Unless Peugeot comes back to F1, at least)

[Rainmaster]

Quiet One, on 16 July 2009 - 05:18 PM, said:

Todt swore that as long as he was in Ferrari Alonso would not get a drive there.
Not the ideal head of the FIA I would like to have, if I was Alonso...

Other than that, Todt can hardly convey an image of fairness to all teams. This will be true even if the guy actually acts in all fairness. It will simply be hard to believe until many years and fair decisions have passed.

Nope, Vatanen is my man. (Unless Peugeot comes back to F1, at least)

I think the teams would echo those sentiments, and we know what that means: Todt is going to be the next FIA President. Oh joy.

[Persevere]

Jean Todt has an impressive resume and not too many years back I would have thought him a good choice to replace Mad Max.  However, given the current turmoil in Formula One I'm thinking an "outsider" who can breathe some fresh air (read:  fair and objective) into the organization is what would be best.  Vatanen could well be that person but, as "El Maestro" notes, this probably means Todt will be wearing the crown come this autumn.

[Insider]

Persevere, on 16 July 2009 - 06:44 PM, said:

Jean Todt has an impressive resume and not too many years back I would have thought him a good choice to replace Mad Max.  However, given the current turmoil in Formula One I'm thinking an "outsider" who can breathe some fresh air (read:  fair and objective) into the organization is what would be best.  Vatanen could well be that person but, as "El Maestro" notes, this probably means Todt will be wearing the crown come this autumn.

My sentiments exactly. Apart from Ari, though - who else is there?

[Argento Reloaded]

Insider, on 16 July 2009 - 07:41 PM, said:

My sentiments exactly. Apart from Ari, though - who else is there?

Maybe former Honda F1 CEO... he has an utterly sense of timing!

[Grabthaw the Hammerslayer]

Argento, on 17 July 2009 - 01:14 PM, said:

Maybe former Honda F1 CEO... he has an utterly sense of timing!

Murray Walker for El Presidente (the real one, not ours!)

[Jean Todt]

Quiet One, on 16 July 2009 - 05:18 PM, said:

Todt swore that as long as he was in Ferrari Alonso would not get a drive there.
Not the ideal head of the FIA I would like to have, if I was Alonso...

Other than that, Todt can hardly convey an image of fairness to all teams. This will be true even if the guy actually acts in all fairness. It will simply be hard to believe until many years and fair decisions have passed.

Nope, Vatanen is my man. (Unless Peugeot comes back to F1, at least)

I agree, we need some change, who knows, This could be a classic move by Max to turn the tables, by putting the frog back in the pond as the head, he can now make sure his legacy is retained along with Ferraris. This could be a big blow to FOTA's other teams, I can also imagine guys like Flavio slowly siding with Ferrari. We will see Mclaren being penalized even for looking at Ferrari.

[Quiet One]

abbas_gear, on 17 July 2009 - 05:37 PM, said:

I agree, we need some change, who knows, This could be a classic move by Max to turn the tables, by putting the frog back in the pond as the head, he can now make sure his legacy is retained along with Ferraris. This could be a big blow to FOTA's other teams, I can also imagine guys like Flavio slowly siding with Ferrari. We will see Mclaren being penalized even for looking at Ferrari.

Flavio is Bernie's business partner. He is also in charge of FOTA's commercial relationships...build your own conspiracy theory there. There's plenty of material

[Jean Todt]

Quiet One, on 17 July 2009 - 09:06 PM, said:

Flavio is Bernie's business partner. He is also in charge of FOTA's commercial relationships...build your own conspiracy theory there. There's plenty of material

There has always been plenty of material...They even said Ron could be elected... .....If Ron or Mario is elected, I am sure F1 will become DOF'S dream series...

We had already seen Flavio's double standards. I am sure he will do it again soon.

[Insider]

Todt say he will bring change. Is he neutral enough?:

http://www.totalf1.c...to_improve_FIA/

Silverstone and Donnington could rotate. Always thought Donny was a non-starter:

http://www.totalf1.c...te_says_Bernie/

Danica passes on F1.  Who cares?:

http://www.totalf1.c...es_out_F1_move/

Hungary GP a crucial battle for WDC.  It's make or break for Button, I'd say:

http://www.totalf1.c...9_title_battle/

[Insider]

My thoughts are with John Surtees and his family after the tragic death of his son, Henry during a F2 tace today.

[mikathegreat2]

Insider, on 19 July 2009 - 10:10 PM, said:

My thoughts are with John Surtees and his family after the tragic death of his son, Henry during a F2 tace today.

He ain't dead, he just got a bad injury!

[Insider]

mikathegreat2, on 19 July 2009 - 10:15 PM, said:

He ain't dead, he just got a bad injury!

You should read this and several other reports:

http://www.totalf1.c...Hatch_accident/

[mikathegreat2]

Insider, on 19 July 2009 - 10:19 PM, said:

You should read this and several other reports:

http://www.totalf1.c...Hatch_accident/

Just read other thread !