ZitatSauber secures long-term future after deal with Russian companies By Edd Straw and Dieter Rencken Monday, July 15th 2013, 07:49 GMT
Nico Hulkenberg, SauberSauber has announced a major partnership with a trio of Russian companies that will secure the team's long-term future in Formula 1.
The companies involved are the Investment Corporation International Fund, the State Fund of Development of Northwest Russian Federation and the International Institute of Aviation Technologies.
AUTOSPORT understands there will be no change either to the shareholding of the team or the management.
"We are pleased to announce a partnership between the Investment Corporation International Fund, the State Fund of Development of North-West Russian Federation and the National Institute of Aviation Technologies with Sauber Motorsport AG, incorporating the promotion of the sport Formula 1 in Russia and jointly developing high-technological solutions," said a Sauber statement.
"With the National Institute of Aviation Technologies, one of the leading scientific research institutions in Russia, the Sauber F1 team will benefit from the advanced know-how of the front-end Russian scientists and engineers.
"The objective of the partnership is to open up new perspectives and revenue streams by commercialising jointly developed technologies."
The deal, which several rival teams are believed to have chased, will give Sauber a technological as well as financial boost.
As part of the deal, 17-year-old Formula Renault 3.5 racer Sergey Sirotkin will be placed onto a development programme that it is hoped will lead to him racing in F1 in the future - potentially as early as next year.
This is part of a desire to develop F1 in Russia with the country's first race in Sochi due to take place in 2014.
Sirotkin will not appear in this week's young driver test at Silverstone, with the squad sticking to its original plan to run Robin Frijns and Kimya Sato as well as race driver Nico Hulkenberg.
Sirotkin is the son of Oleg Sirotkin, who heads up the International Institute of Aviation Technologies.
"The partnership includes further activities for the promotion of the inaugural Formula 1 Grand Prix in Sochi in 2014 and attracting the talented young Russian generation towards motorsport," added the statement.
"In particular, a development programme will be set up for the Russian driver Sergey Sirotkin to prepare him as a racing driver for the team in 2014.
"This extensive co-operation will showcase Russian innovation at the pinnacle of motorsport. At the same time the Sauber F1 team will have a solid foundation to increase its competitiveness on a long-term basis."
Zitat Q&A: Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing 15 July 2013 "I joined Red Bull with the hope and dream of perhaps being able to win the odd race and to turn that into championships has been fantastic."
StumbleUpon EXCLUSIVE Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing - Q&A Q&A: Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing Adrian Newey is one of Formula One's most celebrated designers and engineers, known for his expertise in the aerodynamic performance field of formula cars.
His success with Williams and McLaren in the '90s took the sport by storm and, now enjoying the same spoils with Red Bull Racing, it is hard to see Newey being stopped in his tracks on his way to taking Red Bull to a fourth consecutive drivers' and constructors' title in 2013.
The design guru from Stratford-upon-Avon spoke to Dexter Fielding at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed about the technical side of Formula One.
Q: What do you think are the key components on the current F1 cars?
Adrian Newey: Today's cars are literally thousands of components; you would have to take a holistic view of the car for that answer. Primarily there's the aerodynamics, the vehicle dynamics and the construction of the car. If they all come together, you have a good component basis to work from.
Q: Will the regulation changes for next year have a drastic effect on technical and design side of the cars?
Adrian Newey: Yes, next year is a big change in particular for the packaging of the car. The new engines need a lot of cooling, because not only have you got the combustion engine, but the turbo charged parts too. With the electrical side, what we call KERS and that also needs a lot of cooling. The cooling is a big challenge, the gearbox regulations are also different and there are some aerodynamic changes, so it is a big task. It is difficult for all the teams because we are trying to blend the development of this year's cars with research of next year's machines.
Q: How important is the drivers input and thoughts of new parts during development phase?
Adrian Newey: We have hundreds of sensors on the cars, which links to various data entry and telemetry ports which tells us what the cars is doing. The driver will be able to adapt his driving style to what the car is doing. If the car has a nervous back end, he may decide to take a different line into a corner and that will show up as under steer, so the drivers feedback in terms of how the car is behaving as well as simply what it is doing is important.
Q: What has been your biggest success in your career, so far?
Adrian Newey: I think my first championship with Williams was very special, my time with McLaren was also great. Joining Red Bull for me was a risk and a fresh challenge, I was very lucky to have worked with Williams and McLaren before that, but I wanted a new challenge and that was joining a team from the start, which was the Red Bull opportunity. So I joined Red Bull with the hope and dream of perhaps being able to win the odd race and to turn that into championships has been fantastic.
Q: Does any F1 technology go into road cars?
Adrian Newey: It does, on a funnier note, the fake carbon fibre which every self-respecting boy racer has, is borrowed from the popularity in F1. The continued development of speed-of-response, lightweight structures and electronic development, they are less obvious, but a direct spin-off from Motorsport in general to road cars.
Q: What futuristic regulations would you perhaps, like to see in ten years' time?
Adrian Newey: That is a very tough one. If you could look back to ten years ago, at the current cars, they would look a bit strange and ridiculous. I do very much hope that the current trend for evermore restricted regulations doesn't continue, because you end up with a rule book designing the car for you which then means that the cars become the same.
Q: Do you have any advice for design and tech students who are looking to get into the sport?
Adrian Newey: Be persistent is my overall advice. Get the best possible degree that you can, it is a hard sport to get into unfortunately, if you can't get into it straight away, then perhaps look at something similar in the automotive or aerospace industry, something relative like that helps. There are lots of feeder series, GP2, Sports Car who will be looking for that, so keep your hopes up and keep applying for positions.
Silverstone test line-up as announced by teams so far: Team Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Red Bull Da Costa/Ricciardo Da Costa/Webber Sainz/Vettel Ferrari TBA TBA TBA Lotus Prost Valsecchi Raikkonen Force India TBA TBA TBA McLaren Magnussen Turvey Paffett Toro Rosso TBA TBA TBA Sauber Frijns Frijns/Hulkenberg Sato Williams Juncadella Maldonado Wolff Marussia Ellinas Gonzalez Gonzalez
Edit: RedBull changed line-up, Ricciado, Webber and Vettel will test in the afternoon
Zitat von miezicatfunny that while most of the race drivers are not interested, Kimi is driving
but if there is really just one type of tyre to test and not any setup changes possible.. what's Kimi testing a whole day?
I think the young drivers in first 2 days will test all the new development and Kimi on last day can put on all the parts they think maybe working and he can verify them together with the new tyres. what I understand is current driver can't change parts/setup during tyre testing but if they put all the working parts onto the cars before he start testing he can still learn something I guess.
ZitatRed Bull to run Ricciardo at Young Drivers’ Test
July 16, 2013 at 9:45 am by Keith Collantine
Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso, Nurburgring, 2013Daniel Ricciardo will drive for Red Bull in this week’s Young Drivers’ Test in the clearest signal yet he is being considered for a place at the team in 2014.
Red Bull announced a revised driver line-up for this week’s test following the FIA’s decision to allow race drivers to participate.
Ricciardo will be one of five drivers to get behind the wheel of the RB9 during the three days of running.
Antonio Felix da Costa and Carlos Sainz Jnr, who were previously confirmed to be driving for Red Bull at the test, will run on the mornings of the three test days.
Ricciardo will have his run on Wednesday afternoon, taking over from Da Costa. On Thursday Da Costa will hand over to Mark Webber, and Sebastian Vettel will drive on Friday afternoon following Sainz’s run.
Silverstone test line-up as announced by teams so far: Team Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Red Bull Da Costa/Ricciardo Da Costa/Webber Sainz/Vettel Ferrari TBA TBA TBA Lotus Prost Valsecchi Raikkonen Force India Calado * Sutil * di Resta * McLaren Magnussen Turvey Paffett Toro Rosso Cecotto Sainz/Ricciardo Vergne/Daniil Kvyat Sauber Frijns Frijns/Hulkenberg Sato Williams Juncadella Maldonado Wolff Marussia Ellinas Gonzalez Gonzalez
ZitatPat Symonds replaces Mike Coughlan at Williams Formula 1 team By Edd Straw Tuesday, July 16th 2013, 08:32 GMT
Pat SymondsPat Symonds will join Williams next month in place of technical director Mike Coughlan, who has left the team with immediate effect.
Symonds, who has worked as a technical consultant for the Marussia team since 2011, will take up the role of chief technical officer on August 19.
AUTOSPORT understands that the change has been made as a result of the team's struggles this year, with Coughlan stepping aside as part of a move to strengthen the squad technically after failing to score a point so far this season.
"I'm delighted that Pat is joining the team," said team principal Frank Williams.
"His technical capabilities and sporting successes speak for themselves and I'm sure that his knowledge and leadership will contribute considerably to the success that all of us at Williams are working hard to achieve."
Symonds, who has left the Marussia team to take up this role, is confident that the team has everything it needs to return to its historical heights.
"Williams is a team steeped in success and engineering excellence and I'm honoured to be asked to play a role in returning the team to its rightful place at the pinnacle of F1.
"Sir Frank, Mike and Claire have put in place the foundations for success and I'm immensely excited to begin this new challenge."
Group chief executive officer Mike O'Driscoll stressed that the move was motivated by the team's commitment to returning to winning regularly.
He paid tribute to Symonds' skills, which he believes will play a key role in doing this.
"Williams's sporting and engineering heritage dictates that we secure the finest talent available.
"Pat brings unrivalled technical and managerial skills in addition to a proven ability to deliver on track results.
"Our commitment to return Williams to winning ways is absolute and this appointment is yet more evidence of our collective desire to return the team to the position is deserves."
Parr brought Mike Coughlan (left) back into F1Coughlan played a key role in the squad's strong 2012 season, with Pastor Maldonado ending a victory drought stretching back to the end of 2004 with a win in Spain last year.
Williams has thanked him for his contribution since joining in 2011 after a major technical restructure in the wake of Sam Michael's departure as technical director.
"The team thanks him for the significant contribution he has made since 2011 and wishes him well in his future endeavours," said a Williams statement.
Zitat von YiNingThere is no way Kimi can test for RB, imagine what would people say So it's logical RB give young drivers some chances.
I hope Kimi makes up his mind soon... maybe RB trying to tell Kimi if you don't hurry up....
you took the words out of my mouth! especially with the first lines...it does not tell me anything concerning Kimi the fact that Ric will test....but concerning his teamate V it does say more....
Silverstone test line-up as announced by teams so far: Team Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Red Bull Da Costa/Ricciardo Da Costa/Webber Sainz/Vettel Ferrari Rigon Rigon Massa/Rigon Lotus Prost Valsecchi Raikkonen Force India Calado * Sutil * di Resta * McLaren Magnussen Turvey Paffett Toro Rosso Cecotto Sainz/Ricciardo Vergne/Kvyat Sauber Frijns Frijns/Hulkenberg Sato Williams Juncadella Maldonado Wolff Marussia Ellinas/Chilton Gonzalez Gonzalez/Bianchi Caterham Rossi Stevens van der Garde/Pic
I remember Alonso initially said he wasn't interested and then changed his point saying that he would do and try all new updates. I guess since Alonso won't be there Ferrari not going to bring many updates...
Zitat von YiNinghttp://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108806
ZitatPat Symonds replaces Mike Coughlan at Williams Formula 1 team By Edd Straw Tuesday, July 16th 2013, 08:32 GMT
Pat SymondsPat Symonds will join Williams next month in place of technical director Mike Coughlan, who has left the team with immediate effect.
Symonds, who has worked as a technical consultant for the Marussia team since 2011, will take up the role of chief technical officer on August 19.
AUTOSPORT understands that the change has been made as a result of the team's struggles this year, with Coughlan stepping aside as part of a move to strengthen the squad technically after failing to score a point so far this season.
"I'm delighted that Pat is joining the team," said team principal Frank Williams.
"His technical capabilities and sporting successes speak for themselves and I'm sure that his knowledge and leadership will contribute considerably to the success that all of us at Williams are working hard to achieve."
Symonds, who has left the Marussia team to take up this role, is confident that the team has everything it needs to return to its historical heights.
"Williams is a team steeped in success and engineering excellence and I'm honoured to be asked to play a role in returning the team to its rightful place at the pinnacle of F1.
"Sir Frank, Mike and Claire have put in place the foundations for success and I'm immensely excited to begin this new challenge."
Group chief executive officer Mike O'Driscoll stressed that the move was motivated by the team's commitment to returning to winning regularly.
He paid tribute to Symonds' skills, which he believes will play a key role in doing this.
"Williams's sporting and engineering heritage dictates that we secure the finest talent available.
"Pat brings unrivalled technical and managerial skills in addition to a proven ability to deliver on track results.
"Our commitment to return Williams to winning ways is absolute and this appointment is yet more evidence of our collective desire to return the team to the position is deserves."
Parr brought Mike Coughlan (left) back into F1Coughlan played a key role in the squad's strong 2012 season, with Pastor Maldonado ending a victory drought stretching back to the end of 2004 with a win in Spain last year.
Williams has thanked him for his contribution since joining in 2011 after a major technical restructure in the wake of Sam Michael's departure as technical director.
"The team thanks him for the significant contribution he has made since 2011 and wishes him well in his future endeavours," said a Williams statement.
Pat Symonds will most likely Williams F1 Team with Marussia F1 Team the best engineers, and probably also some of the old familiar from Enstone. http://www.ts.fi/moottoriurheilu/f1/511 ... ldonadolle
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