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Christian Klien replaces Yamamoto

admin — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:36:02 +0000

Christian Klien will replace Sakon Yamamoto for the Singapore Grand Prix, according to a Hispania Racing F1 Team press release.

The reason, according to Colin Kolles, is that Yamamoto doesn’t feel well because of food poisoning.

It will be good to see Christian Klien back in Formula 1 which he joined in 2004 for Jaguar coming directly from Formula 3. Klien’s last racing in Formula 1 was in 2006 for Red Bull Racing and he has since then been a test driver for Honda Racing F1 Team and BMW Sauber F1 Team as well as driving the Peugeot LMP1 prototype successfully at the Le Mans 24 Hour race in 2009.

It will also be interesting to see Bruno Senna going head to head with a driver of proper F1 talent for a change.

Ferrari’s Kinetic Energy Recovery System may not be ready

admin — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:43:38 +0000

Crash.net are reporting that Ferrari’s new KERS system may not be ready for the opening race at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Teams like BMW Sauber and McLaren have been testing their KERS systems during recent testing but Ferrari has been a bit behind on the new system.

The Kinetic Energy Recovery System will be used to boost the car’s performance by recovering the normally wasted kinetic energy generated by the car’s braking process. This energy will the be stored using either a flywheel or a battery and then be made available to the driver via a “boost button” on the steering wheel. The power gain will be regulated to approximately 80 horsepower.

“We’re working a lot on the energy recovery system,” the Ferrari technicians said. “We’re a bit behind on our schedule, but our goal is to be ready with a working KERS for the first race, which will be held in Australia. Meanwhile we’re also appraising the car without KERS.

26 laps behind the F1 wheel for Philipp Eng

admin — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:41:57 +0000

Austrian Philipp Eng claimed his Formula BMW World Final prize this weekend and drove the BMW Sauber Formula 1 car at Autodromo Hermanez Rodriguez in Mexico City. The eighteen year old driver completed 26 laps.

Eng said: “This has been a fantastic experience. I quickly got used to the car and gained confidence with every kilometre. You soon work out where the ideal points are for gear shifting, and also learn the perfect braking points. It’s a very nice feeling if you can improve lap-by-lap.”

The previous World Final winners to have been given the F1 test prize are 2005 winner Marco Holzer and 2006 winner Christian Vietoris. Other Formula BMW drivers that has had the chance to drive a Formula 1 car with the aid of BMW are Nico Rosberg, Ho Pin Tung and Sebastian Vettel.

Eng gets F1 prize at the World Finals

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:47:25 +0000

Last year Philipp Eng won the Formula BMW World Final. The prize for the win is a test with the BMW Sauber Formula 1 team. The 18 year old Austrian will now claim his prize during the 2008 Formula BMW World Final at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City this weekend. Eng has this season run in both the German F3 championship as well as the inaugural European Formula BMW championship.

Also behind the wheel of the BMW Sauber F1.08 will be Robert Kubica and Augusto Farfus. Augusto Farfus, works driver for the BMW WTCC team will make his second appearance in a Formula 1 car. Farfus went down the Touring Car road after he winning both the European Formula Renault and the Euro 3000 single seater championships.