Essential Reading for November 27th, 2008
November 27, 2008 by Christine
Filed under Essential Reading
Recommended links for November 27th, 2008:
- BMW to unveil F1.09 at Valencia – BMW Sauber has announced that it will unveil its 2009 car at the Valencia track on 20 January.
The F1.09 will be driven on an installation lap in front of the assembled media before a press conference with drivers and team personnel, with the team then commencing fully-fledged testing at the track after lunch.
- Donington GP to be ‘car-free’ event – Donington Park is aiming to make the 2010 British Grand Prix a 'car-free' event, with the crowd arriving entirely by public transport.
The circuit's chief executive Simon Gillett says the track will arrange bus links from nearly towns and cities, and encourage fans to fly into the nearby East Midlands Airport or use the new East Midlands Parkway railway station that is set to open next year.
- 25,000 fans on Honda’s ‘Thanks Day’ – On Monday 24 November, Jenson Button wowed thousands of fans at the “Enjoy Honda – Honda Racing Thanks Day” event at Honda’s Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Japan. The annual one-day event brings together Honda Racing machines and stars from two- and four-wheeled competition, both from Honda’s racing past and current series.
- FIA puts brakes on Bernie Ecclestone medal plan – Ecclestone will need FIA endorsement of his idea at its World Motor Sport Council meeting in Monaco next month, but he is not expected to get it. The world governing body is far from convinced that the teams are in favour of the change as Ecclestone has claimed.
Even if Ecclestone managed to get his proposal through, it would not be implemented until the beginning of the 2010 season at the earliest.
- Italian F3 drivers enjoy F1 debut at Ferrari – The top three in this year's Italian Formula 3 series were invited by Ferrari to enjoy a day of testing at Ferrari's home track Fiorano as a gift for their performance in Italian Formula Three. Edoardo Piscopo, Salvatore Cicatelli and Mirko Bortolotti got behind the wheel between 10.30am and 4.30pm at the Italian track.
- Webber targets return in February – "At the moment there is pressure and swelling whenever I stand up. There is talk it will be like that for the next two or three weeks and come the first week of February we should be on target for me to be able to walk unaided. And then the acceleration between the first week of Feb and the first week of March will be quite extreme in terms of me getting about. "
