Posted by ashleigh on
June 8, 2008
Canada Result
Lewis Hamilton ended his race at the first pit stops by running his car into the rear of Kimi’s Ferrari when he did not notice the red light at the pit exit.
However with the two title contenders out the race turned into a good one.
The Race track was quickly repaired before the race, and this caused a fair few issues for some drivers.
The News of the day though is that BMW-Sauber get not only their first win, but a one-two, with Heidfeld finishing second behind the first Polish race winner Robert Kubica.
David Coulthard drove a great race in his Red Bull to get third behind the two BMW’s.
The Toyota of Timo Glock finished in the fourth spot, with Massa and Trulli following in fifth and six.
Barrichello managed to bring the Honda in in the seventh spot and Sebastien Vettel get’s the last point for Toro Rosso.
Full race roundup later.
Posted by ashleigh on
January 14, 2008
BMW Sauber F1.08
BMW Sauber showed their 2008 challenger off today at their Munich offices today.
The car is quite obviously a very highly developed version of their 2007 car, showing significant aero modifications from the F1.07.
As you can see in the images below, the car has a sculpted aero profile over the front a rear (as is becoming common this season so far). You can also see that the front wing of the car has also been advanced in it’s design, over and above the three tier wing that they ran in some races last season.
The car certainly looks to have kept pace with the McLaren and Ferrari’s, however, have they been able to close the gap to the front two teams?
Mario Thiesen : We have come quite a long way in the two and a half years since the new team was created. We’ve had two strong seasons. We’ve put a lot of effort into the new car and the F1.08 includes everything we’ve learned in the first two years. Certainly we are very confident to turn the battle in front of us into a battle of more than two teams this year.
Posted by ashleigh on
July 25, 2006
‘Twin Towers’ banned
The striking, yet ugly aero additions to the nose of BMW Sauber car that we saw at the last race are to be banned.
A statement issued by the FIA says :
In view of recent developments to bodywork forward of the cockpit opening on some cars, we have become concerned that these devices may impair the forward and/or lateral vision of the driver.
Therefore, under Article 2.3 of the F1 Technical Regulations, unless any team concerned can clearly demonstrate to the satisfaction of the technical delegate and the stewards that their driver's vision is not impaired in any way by such devices, no bodywork higher than the top of the front roll structure will be permitted forward of it."
BMW's man at the top Mario Theissen commented on the statement saying :
The vertical wings obviously presented a new aero solution within the rules," he said. "We, however, respect the FIA's decision to ban such elements. The knowledge we gained from this will be included in our future development programmes."
Posted by ashleigh on
May 29, 2006
Jacques Villeneuve’s 2007 prospects
Jacques Villeneuve has been reported as saying he is struggling to find a decent drive next year. His current BMW contract expires at the end of the 2006 season.
This is actually strange, as his driving this year is as good as he has been since 1997. The BMW/Sauber car has come along quite well under his leadership. He has also been continually out qualifying his team mate all year.
BMW could do worse than offer him a drive for 2007, however it seems there may be other seats going. Renault is probably a bad idea, but other teams on the grid could do worse. It may also be worth some of the lower 'wealthy' teams like Toro Rosso offering the drive, he would be a good development driver for the new car.
