2007 Testing ***Jerez Sept 18th-20th***

nelmesy16 · Post by **nelmesy16** » 14 Dec 2006, 14:07

nah alonso is only the best at the moment coz he has the best car and u think back when alonso when he was with minardi he got beaten by his team mate! if u put every driver in f1 in a great car they all could be world champ

iceman1 · Post by **iceman1** » 14 Dec 2006, 18:35

BMW-Sauber are due to hold talks with Timo Glock within the next ten days to work out whether or not they will take him on board as a test driver:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/56019

Interview with Sebastien Bourdais
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/56016

Pedro de la Rosa fastest today (this article also has the full list of test times Wink). It's also a goodbye to Olivier Panis who retires from F1 after this test.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/56020

It's also a goodbye to Olivier Panis who retires from F1 after this test. Also Zonta's contract expired:
http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_ ... t_id=30190

iceman1 · Post by **iceman1** » 15 Dec 2006, 16:09

Alonso arrived to Jerez at today late night, and is expected to visit McLaren team on Friday - Like Kimi earlier visited Ferrari.
Yes - Alonso in a McLaren

I wonder if Flavio was overruled or if he changed his mind? He certainly was against the idea earlier in the week.
read more...
Flav agreed after a personal request by Fernando:
read more...

See the unbranded car

Marco Andretti is flying.

iceman1 · Post by **iceman1** » 15 Dec 2006, 17:45

Today's times:

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:19.493 100
2. Kovalainenn Renault (B) 1:19.586 92
3. Alonso McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:19.750 95
4. Fisichella Renault (B) 1:19.798 100
5. Klien Honda (B) 1:19.835 121
6. Kubica BMW-Sauber (B) 1:19.894 125
7. Badoer Ferrari (B) 1:19.899 38
8. Vettel BMW-Sauber (B) 1:20.069 117
9. Liuzzi Red Bull-Ferrari (B) 1:20.191 72
10. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:20.854 104
11. Gene Ferrari (B) 1:21.015 98
12. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Cosworth (B) 1:21.277 100
13. Wurz Williams-Toyota (B) 1:21.368 64
14. Andretti Honda (B) 1:21.888 67
15. Speed Toro Ross-Cosworth (B) 1:23.315 14

1'19.866 for Alonso and 90 laps. :shock:

formulaonemadman · Post by **formulaonemadman** » 15 Dec 2006, 18:34

is there anything more about hakkinen in mclaren?

iceman1 · Post by **iceman1** » 15 Dec 2006, 18:48

A McLaren 'B-team' has been mooted for many years now. Perhaps Mika has his eye on an owner/driver role? :-k

nelmesy16 · Post by **nelmesy16** » 16 Dec 2006, 17:41

he has a white helment know!

formulaonemadman · Post by **formulaonemadman** » 16 Dec 2006, 19:06

iceman1 wrote:A McLaren 'B-team' has been mooted for many years now. Perhaps Mika has his eye on an owner/driver role? :-k

he could call it team hakkinen

nelmesy16 · Post by **nelmesy16** » 17 Dec 2006, 10:17

maybe if so it happened it would be nice coz i like hakkinen what a great driver!

iceman1 · Post by **iceman1** » 17 Dec 2006, 18:33

Macca apparently paid Renault/Flavio $2.6 million for a one day test.

Dec.17 (GMM) Fernando Alonso's eleventh-hour release to test for McLaren last Friday came with a hefty price tag, according to reports.

Germany's 'Bild-Zeitung' claims that although Flavio Briatore said he and the Spaniard still enjoy "a very good relationship", the Italian probably still demanded that McLaren pay for the privilege of using a Renault employee for the Jerez test.

The sum of (US) $2.6m was mentioned.

oops. expensive one day test

Tom · Post by **Tom** » 17 Dec 2006, 18:50

I saw that too, Although I was under the impression that was for any ammount of testing Mclaren wanted him for before his contract expired

nelmesy16 · Post by **nelmesy16** » 18 Dec 2006, 09:32

yea thats weird i would of thought they would of waited before his contract exspired!

iceman1 · Post by **iceman1** » 18 Dec 2006, 12:04

answer about why Macca are not leaving Kimi to test for ferrari?

Dec.18 (GMM) Ron Dennis pushed for Fernando Alonso's early test debut but did not allow Kimi Raikkonen to similarly drive before Christmas, according to a report in the Spanish press.

The newspaper El Mundo Deportivo claims that while Raikkonen seemed unbothered about whether or not he would win an early release from his McLaren contract, Ferrari chiefs actually did ask their McLaren counterparts for clearance for a 2006 test.

"Ron Dennis did not give his approval," the Spanish nationwide daily sports newspaper read.

El Mundo Deportivo quoted Dennis, Woking based McLaren's chairman, as recently saying that negotiations for Alonso's release from his Renault contract would likely differ from the talks with Ferrari.

The Briton reportedly said: "(That is) because the relationship between McLaren-Mercedes and Renault is very different to the relationship between McLaren and Ferrari."

:-$ what do u think?

nelmesy16 · Post by **nelmesy16** » 19 Dec 2006, 02:31

cool thanks for that!

iceman1 · Post by **iceman1** » 19 Dec 2006, 06:23

Alonso's first McLaren test!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5KBK-JF6bA

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2007 Testing Jerez Sept 18th-20th