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ZitatSome have even compared Perez to the legend Gilles Villeneuve, but the exciting Canadian's son Jacques - the 1997 world champion - does not agree.
"It's true about the aggression," Villeneuve told Spain's AS newspaper, "but my father was cleaner, and had more respect."
ZitatFormula 1's in-season testing to return in 2014 By Jonathan Noble Sunday, June 9th 2013, 15:38 GMT
In-season testing to return in 2014In-season testing will return to Formula 1 next year, after teams approved plans for four post-race sessions in 2014.
Following a lengthy meeting of think-tank the Sporting Working Committee in the Montreal paddock on Saturday night, a majority of teams voted in favour of a testing rethink for next year.
The plans, which now just need final approval from the FIA's World Motor Sport Council which meets at the end of this month, will open the way for four two-day test sessions that will take place after selected grands prix.
AUTOSPORT understands that the tests will take place on the Tuesday and Wednesday after the nominated races.
The exact location of the tests has not yet been agreed and will depend on the exact make-up of the 2014 calendar, which has not yet been finalised.
Teams are eager to test at Barcelona and Silverstone, but will only be able to do so if they are not scheduled as back-to-back races with other events.
Other venues that could be used for the test are Budapest and Spa.
Teams have already agreed that there will be three pre-season tests next year, with the first taking place in mid-January at Jerez in Spain.
There is also a big push to have the two subsequent tests in the Middle East, but this still depends on the season opener being in Bahrain.
ZitatFIA sets date for International Tribunal hearing By Jonathan Noble Monday, June 10th 2013, 14:56 GMT
The FIA has announced that the International Tribunal hearing into the recent Mercedes secret tyre test will be heard in Paris on June 20.
Motor racing's governing body said on Monday morning that charges had been brought against both Mercedes and Pirelli for the three-day test that took place in Barcelona in the week after the Spanish Grand Prix.
A statement said: "On 5 June 2013, further to protests lodged during the 2013 Monaco GP by Red Bull Racing and Ferrari Scuderia Team against cars #9 and 10 (Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team) for having conducted with Pirelli a three-day tyre testing using a 2013 car on 15, 16 and 17 May in Barcelona, the President of the FIA, acting as the FIA Prosecuting Body, sent to the President of the International Tribunal a notification of charges against Pirelli and a notification of charges against Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team.
"On 5 June 2013, Pirelli and Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team have been convened by the President of the International Tribunal to appear before a judging panel of the International Tribunal."
How the International Tribunal works
The hearing will begin at 9:30 on June 20 and the FIA said that a decision on the matter would be made as soon as possible after the hearing.
Although Mercedes' charges will be that they broke the Sporting Regulations by running a 2013 car, it is not clear on what grounds the FIA is taking proceedings against Pirelli - because it is not a competitor.
However, the matter may relate to the Italian company following the exact terms of the contract it has with the FIA to supply tyres in Formula 1.
If nothing else, then at least the jury's premises became very familiar to Kimi Räikkönen. Kimi has been summoned for this and that - in Malaysia, China, Monaco and Montreal.
Twice he got something more than just a slap: In Malaysia he got a 3-grid penalty for slowing down Nico Rosberg in qualification and in Canada he lost one position on Saturday because of overtaking on the wrong side of the pitlane.
As a matter of fact those reprimands might hurt even more. Three reprimands this season give automatically a 10-grid penalty in the next race.
Both Räikkönen and Mark Webber have two reprimands, so the next one would hurt badly in the starting grid. Valtteri Bottas also opened his account in Canada when he didn't slow down enough during yellow flags.
Behind the scenes FIA is also trying out a point-system of reprimands which will be taken into use next year. If you get 12 points you might even get a race ban.
Sauber's Beat Zahnder reminds however that during the last two years only Pastor Maldonado would had got all those 12 points. Even Romain Grosjean didn't crash so badly last year that his point-penalties would had exceeded.
In F1 the jungle of regulations are known for their abstrusiveness. Sometimes a simple calculation like 1+1 might give a different result than 2. This is what happenened to Räikkönen and Daniel Ricciardo with their 2-grid penalties, which were put in half due to the order of the incidents.
I heard that the jury even considered giving Räikkönen a 10-grid penalty. Even that would with this system had meant a drop of only nine positions for both.
We saw 39 overtakings and 44 pitstops in Canada GP.
The one hammering most overtakes during so called fast laps was Felipe Massa.
Ferrari's Brasilian driver overtook eight times, Kimi Räikkönen being the last one on the second last lap, which gave Massa 8th position in the race.
Räikkönen has maintained his leading position in this season's overtaking-statistics, although he didn't get into full speed due to his braking problems and got now only one overtaking in his book.
First the F1-race in the day and then the Rolling Stones -concert in the evening... my ears are still ringing and humming!
Since there was no real battle over the victory, the Rolling Stones' final stint with Satisfaction gave more satisfaction to at least the reporters and fans in this case.
It's easy to draw other connections to music of those rock legends in this F1-blog. At this stage of the season the theme music is turning into one of Rolling Stones hits - You can’t always get what you want.
You can't always get what you want, in other words it's starts to look as if there won't be any passionate WDC-battle like last season.
Sebastian Vettel has started to build the gap to Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen bigger and bigger.
In the 7th race Vettel's worst results are two 4th positions and he has already three valuable victories.
Let's ask my colleagues if this season will turn into a one-man show?
Will Buxton, NBC-TV:
– A one-man show? Absolutely not! Canada GP was a very controlled performance from Vettel from start to finish. Like he said himself, he could squeeze all the time just as much as he needed in order to keep his lead under control.
– This track is not so merciless to the tires. There are no long and fast corners. Here it's enough if you take care of the rear tires. Hence Vettel could once again squeeze much more than in a few earlier races.
– Red Bull can't squeeze as hard in Silverstone as they could do here. Ferrari will surely return to the top and I'm sure that Lotus also has more speed in storage. Now they have threateningly started to drop down from the positions they had in the beginning of the season.
– Mercedes will be interesting to follow after they get rid of excessive tire consumption. Monaco didn't tell anything in that sense, but here in Canada their race performance was much more promising than it was during Bahrain and Barcelona.
– I think that Ferrari will be strong to the end of the season. Red Bull is the favourite of course, but I can't believe in any way that this battle would be even nearly over.
Martin Brundle, Sky Sports:
– It's clearly going to Vettel. At least it looked strongly like that in Canada - unfortunately. Vettel has been in his own class. He has everything he needs: speed, reliability, consistency. The only one who can stop him any longer is Alonso.
– Ferrari just isn't yet ready for that. They have to improve their qualifications. In that sense Ferrari lacks the pace to challenge the top.
– Unless something totally amazing happens, this is going to Vettel.
Then what about Kimi's chances?
– I think that Lotus is sinking. And I don't mean just the two last races. It feels that if Lotus doesn't improve then they will stagnate or rather sink even lower.
James Allen, BBC Radio 5 Live:
– I don't believe that this WDC-battle would be a one-man show. Of course it was interesting to see Vettel win on a track where Red Bull usually doesn't do well. This has been one of their weakest tracks.
– One has to remember that had Alonso started closer to Vettel, then he could have pushed him much harder - especially with his medium tires at the end of the race.
– I predict that the WDC will be won in the same way as last season, with 300 points, and that the critical point will take place only after Belgium GP.
– Let's see what happens before that. If Vettel leads this much in Belgium, then he has a really hard grip on the WDC.
Kimi's chances?
– He was unlucky in this race. Lotus does have a fast car though - at least when looking at the Friday practices - and it looks like they will improve. Kimi is a significantly strong driver, but he has to win a a couple of races quickly in order to stay in the battle.
Michael Schmidt, Auto, Motor und Sport:
– This is in no way a one-man war. Now the serie goes to tracks with very fast corners and Red Bull will surely suffer there.
– This was a perfect track for Red Bull, just like Bahrain also was. Only tough brakings and fierce accelerations. That's how Red Bull get their tires to last. There will be problems when tracks are a mix of fast and slow corners. There they have to do certain mechanical compromises - which will either slow down the car or hurt the tires more.
– Silverstone is next and Hungaroring a little later on, they have long corners whereas there were only short corners in Canada. Nürburgring and Spa are also more difficult for Red Bull. Only Monza and Singapore are beforehand right tracks for Vettel.
– Vettel's main competitor at the moment is clearly Alonso, since Lotus has started to make way too many mistakes.
Luis Vasconcelos, Formula Press:
– This is not a one-man show, but unless Lotus soon strikes back this will turn into a duel between Vettel and Alonso.
– Although Alonso is 36 points behind him he can't be counted out in any way. One race can change everything completely.
– There's no doubt that Vettel has been extremely even. However we know that we are now going to two tracks where he isn't at his best.
– For some reason Mark Webber always seems to be faster than his teammate in Silverstone and he has never done very well in Germany.
– If Vettel keeps Alonso behind him in the next two races and starts his summer vacation after Hungary with the same lead he now has, then we could say that this WDC-battle is pretty much wrapped up.
– I still see the signs of a strong duel in the air. Depending on temperatures Ferrari could be faster than Red Bull in every place. I think that Ferrari would love a hot summer while Red Bull is praying for a chilly summer.
– It's not decided yet - and if Lotus get their act together in Silverstone, then they have a driver who can definitely race flat-out for the WDC.
" title="ty" /> Heikki got it wrong there. a penalty is not counted as a reprimand. A reprimand is just that and if you get 3 then you get a penalty. So far Kimi has just got one reprimand, for driving too quick behind the safety car in Monaco.
Zitat von miezicatHeikki got it wrong there. a penalty is not counted as a reprimand. A reprimand is just that and if you get 3 then you get a penalty. So far Kimi has just got one reprimand, for driving too quick behind the safety car in Monaco.
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