Essential Reading for January 7th, 2009

Recommended links for January 7th, 2009:

• Collector’s Addition – David Coulthard's old racing cars are being transported from Twynholm to the Birmingham NEC for Autosport International. Make sure you don't miss them.

  The contents of the museum will be transplanted from their home in Twynholm, Scotland, to the Birmingham NEC to be displayed as part of a special tribute to Coulthard's racing career.

• Ferrari laughs off Peugeot KERS stories – Ferrari is currently developing its KERS system in conjunction with Magneti Marelli but there is no reason why the team could not buy Peugeot expertise if this was considered something of value. Peugeot unveiled its 908 HY car in September and revealed that this was going to have a KERS system, the aim being to deliver extra horsepower or better fuel consumption (depending on what was needed at any specific moment) at Le Mans in particular, where the long lap means that KERS could be generating electrical power for about half a minute each lap.
• A deal worth noting – Carlin Motorsport has announced that it is switching to Volkswagen engines in Formula 3 for 2009, following the announcement that it has signed two Red Bull Junior drivers.

  It is thought that Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz's decision to work with Volkswagen is a careful plan to align the two firms int he hope that one day it will provide him with engines for Formula 1. VW continues to say that there is no intention of any move to F1 in the forseeable future, but with a more cost-effective F1 and the likelihood of an eventual economic upturn in the years ahead, nothing is impossible.