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		<title>Alonso vs. Sauber in fairness</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2011/04/alonso-vs-sauber-in-fairness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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In Australia Sauber&#8217;s cars crossed the line in seventh and eight places, they were then disqualified because of a technical infringement on the car. A (supposedly) non performance critical part was a few millimetres outside the allowed margin, Sauber sucked it up, said they were wrong, improved their process and got on with their lives. Ferrari weren&#8217;t punished at all for the malfunction on Alonso&#8217;s DRS in China.
So what is different about the two cases and why were Sauber punished and not Ferrari? If Sauber are to be believed then their infringement wasn&#8217;t a performance gain whereas Ferrari&#8217;s most certainly could have been so that argument is moot given that Alonso wasn&#8217;t punished. Could it have been the pure infringement of the rules that caused Sauber&#8217;s penalty? Well Ferrari&#8217;s DRS system was clearly active in an area of the track where it shouldn&#8217;t have been and so directly contravened the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Bull set for Audi tie up?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 07:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Martin</dc:creator>
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2010 Constructors champions Red Bull Racing looks set to agree a deal with Audi to use their engines in Formula 1 in 2013. This follows months of speculation in which the German manufacturer was also linked to Williams F1.
Road car innovation
Audi’s parent company VW is believed to have been enticed to finally enter F1 following moves by the sports governing body, the FIA, to make the sport both more environmentally friendly and road car relevant. These two things are not mutually exclusive with road car companies becoming increasingly preoccupied with reducing the fuel consumption of their vehicles in light of ever increasing fuel prices. Many of the sports key players realised that the sports negligence to address these issues in the past couple of years had played a big part in the withdrawal of key players BMW, Honda and Toyota.
It was therefore announced that engines would be downsized from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Porsche return to F1 with Williams?</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/11/will-porsche-return-to-f1-with-williams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Martin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breathef1.com/?p=748</guid>
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The Mexican grand prix in 1991 was the last time that a Porsche powered F1 car raced. In the hands of Michele Alboreto and Alex Caffi, the Footwork Porsche cars failed to qualify for most races and when they did make the start the cars wouldn’t last long before suffering reliability gremlins. It was an unfitting end to the German manufacturer tenure in the sport, with them having won three world championships in the 1980s with Mclaren. However, Porsche may be about to put all of this right.
The appeal of F1
Formula One is still massively popular, with Formula One Management suggesting that a global audience of about 600 million people see at least some F1 action every single year. It’s appeal is universal and it has made global megastars out of the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso. Nigel Mansell can still make money from his association [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Briatore and Symonds could be back in F1 for 2013 as the FIA drop appeal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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The FIA has dropped it&#8217;s appeal against a French court ruling that it&#8217;s punishment of Flavio Britore and Pat Symonds formerly of Renault. This whole saga seems to be based around an apology from the pair that means they now acknowledge their part in the scandal following on from the Singapore race fixing. 
Their actual punishment now means that they can&#8217;t take part in any FIA competition until the end of the 2011 season and any F1 involvement until 2013. Apart from the fact that no F1 of any significance would want to hire these two after what has happened it remains to be seen what 4 years out from the sport would mean for an engineer/manager. Geoff Willis has already been commenting on the state of the HRT Cosworth car that was built by people outside of the paddock so would a four year exile have the same effect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virgin fail to make their fuel tank large enough to last the race distance</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/virgin-fail-to-make-their-fuel-tank-large-enough-to-last-the-race-distance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Virgin seem to have managed to build themselves a car that doesn&#8217;t actually have a big enough fuel tank to last the race distance. That finishes off their chance of completing the next few races then, with them unable to get a new design together and built before the Spanish GP that means that something has to give at the next three races &#8211; will they run at half pace for some laps or will they just see how far they get?
It seems strange that they have managed to design themselves into this position, the refueling rules were the big change this year and all the other teams have managed it. It seems that they will have to cut the back off of their chassis and bond a new longer section to the back so that they can add the capacity to the fuel tank. Their application to the FIA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stefan GP and Toyota split up &#8211; for now&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/stefan-gp-and-toyota-split-up-for-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Stefan GP &#8211; the team that tried and failed to take US F1&#8217;s position on the grid &#8211; has had a set back to it&#8217;s plans to enter F1. It&#8217;s main point was that it had the Toyota car, offices and technical support but now that agreement that was based upon Stefan GP actually gaining an entry has come to an end and the Stefan GP outfit has nothing again.
It seems that this saga will not end &#8211; though it does mean that Zoran Stefanovic is determined and that usually gets you what you want in F1. Bernie also still seems behind the outfit saying that it&#8217;s not all done and dusted and that we may yet see the team on the grid this year &#8211; though they would have to buy US F1&#8217;s entry and jump over some pretty big FIA hurdles to pull that one off. If this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FIA reopens the bidding process for the last spot on the grid</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/fia-reopens-the-bidding-process-for-the-last-spot-on-the-grid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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With the failure of US F1 and the refusal to admit Stefan GP there is a vacant slot on the grid, to fill that for 2011 the FIA have opened up a new bidding process. If US F1 still has cash left it&#8217;ll have go through the whole process again with no guarantee that it will get an entry.
Hopefully the FIA look to cover the problems they had last time around and be a little more transparent about the requirements of any entry &#8211; like what engines they have to use, and also to set any teams granted the slot milestones that must be met. They have said that they will be appointing reserves to take up any unfilled positions which is an interesting statement as it&#8217;s possible that one or more of the teams racing this year will close it&#8217;s doors and would vacate another slot on the grid.
Candidates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did the new refuelling rules for F1 work in Bahrain?</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/did-the-new-refueling-rules-for-f1-work-in-bahrain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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This years Bahrain GP saw the introduction of a new rule, that the teams can&#8217;t refuel the car once it has left the pit lane for the race. This means that the cars must carry enough fuel for the entire race from the start. This means extra weight in the car for the whole distance and the end of the short sprints between pit stops.
When the rule was announced it was unclear what it would achieve in terms of improving the action but it seems the goal was to get rid of the sometimes confusing middle section of the race where different drivers are on different strategies and aren&#8217;t really racing each other. The teams are still required to run both tyre compounds during the race so the cars have to stop at least once but that stop can happen at any point in the GP now as the window [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McLaren&#8217;s rear wing and the prospect of provisional results</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/mclarens-rear-wing-and-the-prospect-of-provisional-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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The rear wing of the the McLaren &#8211; or rather the mechanism that can affect the effectiveness of the rear wing at high speed on the McLaren has been questioned by the other teams ahead of Sundays race. The stewards have passed it as legal and the FIA have backed them up on this, but with the propect that one of the other teams could appeal or lodge a protest then the race result may end up being provisional.
The issue centres around the device on the McLaren which allows the driver to change the airflow over the rear wing. Normally the device will be shut and won&#8217;t effect the airflow at all but at high speed the driver can open the flap which will then let the air pass through the chassis and exit over the rear wing which has the effect of stalling it, reducing drag and therefore increasing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US F1 out, Stefan GP out &#8211; the FIA publish the revised 2010 entry list</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/us-f1-out-stefan-gp-out-the-fia-publish-the-revised-2010-entry-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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The FIA have issued the revised entry list for the 2010 season that confirms neither US F1 or Stefan GP will be at Bahrain. The release basically denies Stefan GP entry as it says 
it is not possible for a replacement team to be entered for the championship at this late stage
I guess their dream was good while it lasted. It all comes down to whether they could have raced I guess and the FIA didn&#8217;t think they could. It remains to be seen whether Campos Meta under the new title of HRT Cosworth will manage to make the grid as no one has seen the car &#8211; it is due to be launched soon though.
Other things worth noting from the list are the lack of a second driver for HRT to partner Bruno Senna and the fact that Campos Meta can rename the team but that BMW Sauber Ferrari [...]]]></description>
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