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Sunday, July 3, 2011

More double DRS zones planned | F1 Fanatic round-up

F1 Fanatic round-up

In the round-up: The FIA will continue using two DRS zones at some tracks.

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FIA plans to experiment more with double DRS zones (Autosport)

?When asked about the possibility of having two separate DRS detection and activation zones, Whiting said: ?We would need two detection points, two notification points and two activation points ? and it doubles the chance of something going wrong. We have had a few problems because it involves beacons by the track, and that is the only thing I am wary of.??

Whiting defends blown diffuser clampdown (Adam Cooper)

Charlie Whiting: ?All we?re doing is making sure that everyone is running how we think a car should be run legally. It?s not for us to say whether or not a certain team will be penalised more than others. It just depends on extreme they go. I?ve certainly seen evidence of maps from a number of teams that are extremely extreme. It?s not confined to one team, I can assure you.?

European GP ? Conference 2 (FIA)

Ross Brawn: ?[The hot-blown diffuser] was actually proving quite an interesting area. We feel we?re quite low on the slope of getting the most out of it, so I think there was a lot of potential in the system, which will be stopped next year with the mandatory exhaust outlets.?

Valencia: Ban on engine map changes (ScarbsF1)

?Paddock rumour places Red Bull towards the top of the list of Q-Map users, so we could expect a smaller gap between them and Ferrari\McLaren, but I doubt this would account for all of the lap time difference. McLaren are also a team with a well developed Q-map, where as Ferrari are still believed to be immature in this area of development.?

F1 2011 ? Developer Diary Video No.1 (YouTube)

Valencia?s Q&A with Rubens Barrichello (Williams)

?Q: Is it your wish to be driving next year?s Williams FW34?
RB: I would love to be one of the guys driving it. I still have too much passion for speed to think of doing anything else in my life and I believe in what Williams has to offer.?

Postcard from Valencia (Force India)

?What F1 does not use are the huge buildings created for the America?s Cup, the equivalent of giant pit garages for boats. Because technically they still belong to the event and the teams, they remain empty, and have a strange ghostly presence in the paddock.?

Austin council delays vote on whether to endorse F1 (Austin-American Statesman)

?The City Council ? despite warnings from F1 organisers that the project could fall apart if not endorsed Thursday ? decided instead to postpone a key vote until Wednesday: whether to approve an F1 race next year that would be held at a track under construction southeast of Austin.?

Lotus versus Lotus (the sequel)

?Group Lotus has now filed suit against Fernandes and his partners for confusing customers by buying Caterham. Given that Lotus signed over the rights to the Lotus 7 to Caterham Cars many years ago and they were renamed Caterham Super 7s, it is hard to see the logic of this case.?

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Comment of the day

DougyD sees more than one threat to Adrian Sutil?s future in F1:

Surely Sutil should be even more concerned about Hulkenburg. What a team that would be. I feel that we are now starting to see the next batch of drivers coming through and it wont be too long till Hulkenburg returns.
DougyD

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Taking pictures at F1 races

Back in April we ran a two-part series called ?How to take great pictures at F1 races? written by Jamey Price:

Jamey sent me an email yesterday saying he?d heard from an F1 Fanatic reader who?s read the article and taken some fantastic photographs at the Canadian Grand Prix weekend. Check them out here: