LOL Are those writers Ferrari fans or something
1st of all the British anthem has always been used when McLaren wins. Their centre is in Woking, ENGLAND
And seriously they got to try better if they think McLaren will fall for all that nonsense.
Kimi and Massa are more likely to be at each other's throats than Alonso and Hamilton

of course
cause if mclaren lose
there will be no anthem

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Added on April 11, 2007, 9:38 pmplus the first "story" is from Bild "newspaper"

AFAIK
that news paper is the one frequantly quoting MSC word/interview

so basically a pansy horse fanboy

I don't think we'll ever hear the German anthem again for a very long time lol. I understand if the German's F1 fan will start to miss it but that's just the way it is...

LOL Are those writers Ferrari fans or something
1st of all the British anthem has always been used when McLaren wins. Their centre is in Woking, ENGLAND
And seriously they got to try better if they think McLaren will fall for all that nonsense.
Kimi and Massa are more likely to be at each other's throats than Alonso and Hamilton

Actually, a ferrari fan couldn't care less what anthem they wants to play for McLaren.

Merc holds 40%. The majority of the rest belongs to Ron and co. Fair enough if they wants to plan London's song.

What does ferrari have to do with Bild anyway. not that anyone takes them seriously (or so I heard among the tifosi) This has nothing to do with team rivalry if the first place, and u'r attempting to stir up some ruckus

A third team has reportedly joined the race to lure Ross Brawn back to Formula One.

With Ferrari and Honda already said to be tussling to sign up the renowned technical and strategic expert after his current sabbatical, Germany's Bild newspaper now says McLaren wants Brawn for 2008.

It is rumoured that the 52-year-old Briton, who at the Maranello based team presided over Michael Schumacher's five Ferrari titles until the German retired last year, is keen to return to the sport but only with an outfit based in England.

"McLaren could offer a multitude of projects that Ross could lead," Bild quotes an insider as saying.

Ferrari boss Jean Todt, however, this week insisted that the Italian team should be first in line if Brawn wants to return to pitlane.

"We agreed with him that should he decide to come back and remain in this business, he would come to me first to discuss it together," widespread reports quote the Frenchman as saying.

Previously, Brawn was linked with the top job at Ferrari, with Todt said to be eager to retire as Team Principal in the near future.

He added: "Maybe (Brawn) does not want to be in racing. Maybe he wants to be in another part of competition, but we can discuss that."

Source GMM
CAPSIS International

The start should be a little more entertaining in 2008
F1's drivers have generally welcomed the impending ban on traction control.

The FIA confirmed last month that the electronic driver aid will not be allowed in 2008, after it was reintroduced to Formula One in 2001 following a previous ban that fell in 1993.

"I think it's going to be more fun," said Kimi Raikkonen, "although for sure it's going to make it more difficult to drive over the race distance, so it's not going to always be fun."

The reintroduction of the ban has been made possible because of the standardisation of F1 cars' ECU, which will make it harder to illegally replicate traction control.

Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella described the ban as a 'good option' for the sport. "It's good to make it more difficult for the drivers," the Roman said.

"When I first drove in Formula One with no traction control it was more fun, more difficult because it's more in the hands of the drivers to judge the traction at the exit of the slow corners."

Veteran David Coulthard, however, played down the probable impact of the ban, insisting that the only noticeable difference might be in wet races.

Indeed, it emerged recently that Super Aguri ran nearly the entire 2006 season without a traction control system - and almost no-one knew.


Coulthard said: "I think in dry conditions, the driver has an in-built traction control system and that won't change."

Williams' Nico Rosberg agrees that the impact of traction control is usually overestimated, arguing that with or without the system it is difficult to drive an F1 car.

"I think you still need to control (the car) yourself with the foot occasionally," he said, "so it is not going to make a huge difference."

But Renault test driver Nelson Piquet Jr, fresh out of GP2, observed that in F1's feeder series - where traction control is not allowed - there is usually more overtaking per race.

He said a big part of the difference in quality between F1 and GP2 races 'is the driver controlling his foot on the accelerator' on the exit of corners, leading to more mistakes and more variable tyre wear in GP2.

E.A.
Source GMM

Former World Champion Jacques Villeneuve has accused the media of tarnishing sales of his debut album.

The French Canadian recently turned his attention to releasing 'Private Paradise' - a self-confessed semi-professional attempt to step up his hobby as a singer and songwriter.

But Villeneuve, who turned 36 this week, lashed out at Montreal tabloid Le Journal for claiming that a mere 233 copies of the album have been sold so far.

Instead, the former F1 driver thinks a figure of between 1,200 and 1,500 is more accurate, and branded the journalists responsible for the fit-up as 'idiots'.

He said bad publicity due to the media not taking his project seriously has had a 'huge negative effect' on sales.

Referring to the figures, Villeneuve admits: "They're not great (but) it's actually not that bad."

"We were at 49 (in the charts), which is acceptable in the first week," he told Hour.ca. "Position 20 on the chart was about 50 CDs more. So it was taken out of context and people thought, 'Oh wow, that's really a piece of shit.'"

E.A.
Source GMM

Erm.............. the "me and massa" pics not found

anyone know the Bahrain GP qualifying and race what time ?

Qualification, Saturday 14 Apr, 2007, RTM2, 12am
Race, Sunday 15 Apr, 2007, RTM2, 12.30am

i think thats delay time, waiting for astro listing

Fernando Alonso and McLaren Mercedes will struggle to maintain their winning form in Bahrain this weekend.

That is the belief of two engineers who worked alongside the reigning World Champion and current championship leader when he drove for Renault.

"I believe that Ferrari underestimated what Fernando is able to do at Sepang; one of his favourite circuits," Denis Chevrier, Renault's engine chief, told the Spanish newspaper Diario As.

"For that reason they made some bad decisions, made worse by their drivers' bad starts."

"But I think Ferrari will be much more competitive in Bahrain," Chevrier said.

Indeed, Ferrari dominated the last test of the 2007 pre-season, which was held at the venue for the Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir.

Remi Taffin, Alonso's former engine race engineer at Renault, agrees with Chevrier that the Sepang winner is simply a better driver than many of his rivals on the Malaysian layout.

"Another point is that the McLaren is very good aerodynamically," the Frenchman said. "But here, at Sakhir, there are few fast corners; only slow ones.

"In my view that gives Ferrari the advantage. At Spa, Fernando could be unbeatable, but some of the circuits coming up will not be so easy for him."

E.A.