Essential Reading for January 9th, 2009

Recommended links for January 9th, 2009:

• Recovery going to plan insists Webber – “I have been doing a lot of pool work, static bike and a lot of specific exercises to keep the leg firing through when I could not put weight on it,” he explained. “That has all gone to plan, no complications, which is always nice. I have lost a sizeable chunk of my aerobic fitness but I am very confident that come the last few tests I will be in very good shape again.”
• F1 – Schumacher a cru mourir à Silverstone – En 1999, au Grand-Prix de Grande-Bretagne, Michael Schumacher a été victime du plus grave accident de sa carrière, dont il sortira avec la jambe droite cassée. Le pilote allemand, dans un entretien qui sera diffusé mardi soir sur la chaîne publique ZDF, révèle qu'il a cru mourir dans les quelques secondes qui ont suivi le crash.
• Steward ’sorry’ for F1 boss slur – An air steward has apologised for making "unfounded" allegations against McLaren Formula One chairman Ron Dennis at a Southampton employment tribunal.

  Mr Dennis, 61, said after the hearing he had been "totally vindicated".

• Red Bull engineering team reshuffle – Red Bull Racing has today announced a tweaking of its engineering team prior to the start of the 2009 season.

  Ian Morgan will now take on the role of Head of Race Engineering. He will be taking full responsibility for all of the team’s trackside operations at Grands Prix and testing sessions. Paul Monaghan, who previously held the title of Head of Race and Test Engineering, now adopts a more internal-based role as Head of Car Engineering.