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Raleigh Chopper


Estimate:£600 - 700.

If only i keep one or two at the time cheers Mike .

Eddie .

Donington Park bosses have not revealed if it has the funds and plans in place to satisfy F1 bosses it is ready to host next year's British Grand Prix.

Circuit management have less than 24 hours to provide Formula 1 surpremo Bernie Ecclestone with evidence of its ability to hold the event. It will cost £80m to bring the Leicestershire circuit up to standard. The venue could be in danger of losing the 2010 race, one which would bring huge investment to the East Midlands.

The company which operates the track has faced legal and planning problems since being given the rights to stage the race and has declined all week to comment on whether it will be able to meet the latest deadline
set by Mr Ecclestone.

Bosses at the track have continually dismissed doubts over its ability to host the event. Motor racing at Donington Park ended last month so work could begin to prepare the venue for next year's grand prix.

Speaking last week Mr Ecclestone told BBC Sport: "Donington have had 'a bit more time' three times...they can't have much more."

The last major race at Donington was the British Moto GP in July. Donington Park secured the contract to host the British Grand Prix from next year in July 2008, at the expense of Silverstone, which has been home to the race since 1987.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/8287991.stm

Toyota have reportedly told their racing duo Jarno Trulli and Timo
Glock that their services will not be required next year and have urged
them to seek alternative options for 2010. Heard after watching the F1 qualifying that they could both be looking at a place at Lotus F1. Trulli would certainly be an experienced driver to have in their first season ...

Brazil's Bruno Senna says he is close to following his late uncle Ayrton Senna into Formula 1 next season.

The 26-year-old has been linked with Campos Meta Racing, who will join the grid for the first time in 2010, but he is also holding talks with other teams.

Senna revealed that he has been in discussions about an F1 race seat for the last few months, holding talks with an existing outfit as well as 2010's new teams - Campos Meta Racing, Lotus and Manor GP - with the exception of USF1.

The Brazilian is hopeful of determining where his future lies before the season finale in Abu Dhabi on 1 November but will take his time weighing up all the options.

"The best possibilities are with the new teams. There are a few good propositions on the table and we seem to be quite close. I'm keen to get going next year."

However, Senna ruled out a move to the new Lotus F1 team for sentimental reasons alone. It was with Lotus that three-time world champion Ayrton Senna claimed his first ever pole position and victory in 1985.

YES,YES,YES!!!!!!!!
Well done that man from the West Country.
That were good on thee boyo

Wooha!
John

Well done BRAWN GP first year out won it all.



Eddie King

Has anyone done their Sums?
Where would Mr. Button be now if Barichello had finished without a "Puncture"?
I wonder how the "perpetual loser" is feeling at the moment?

As previously expressed I'm very happpy for our West Country Kid but how long can Rubens cope with coming in as runner up, my heart bleeds for him.

john

Hi, I just found this:-

F1 'war' on car makers - Ferrari

Ferrari has said that those in charge of Formula 1 have "waged war" against the major car manufacturers, leading to the withdrawal of several teams.

Toyota quit the sport on Wednesday, following the loss of Honda and BMW, while Renault are also considering their future in F1.

The Ferrari statement comes soon after a change of leadership at the sport's governing body, the FIA. Max Mosley will be replaced by ex-Ferrari boss Jean Todt as president. In a statement released on its website, Ferrari compared the sport to the Agatha Christie detective novel 'Ten Little Indians' in which the murderer is not exposed until after the other characters have been killed off. The statement read: "It could be seen as a parody of "Ten Little Indians," the detective novel by Agatha Christie, first published in England back in 1939, but the reality is much more serious.

This gradual defection from the F1 fold has more to do with a war waged against the major car manufacturers by those who managed Formula 1 over the past few years, than the result of any economic crisis.

Ferrari statement:
"Formula 1 continues to lose major players: in the past 12 months, Honda, BMW, Bridgestone and Toyota, have announced they are leaving the sport. "In exchange, so to speak, we will now have, Manor, Lotus (at least in name only, as this incarnation has little to do with the team that gave us Colin Chapman, Jim Clark and Ayrton Senna to name but a few,) USF1 and Campos Meta.

"Can we claim that it's a case of like for like, just because the numbers sitting around the table are the same? "Hardly and we must also wait and see just how many of them will really be there on the grid for the first race of next season in Bahrain and how many will still be there at the end of 2010. "The reality is that this gradual defection from the F1 fold has more to do with a war waged against the major car manufacturers by those who managed Formula 1 over the past few years, than the result of any economic crisis. "In Christie's work of fiction, the guilty party was only uncovered when all the other characters died, one after the other. Do we want to wait for this to happen or do we want to pen a different ending to the book on Formula 1?"

Renault held an emergency board meeting on Wednesday to discuss their future in the sport. The French car manufacturer is considering whether to remain in the sport with its own team, switch to simply being an engine supplier or quit altogether.

Tyre manufacturer Bridgestone have also said they will leave Formula 1 at the end of 2010. In a statement released on Wednesday, the FIA said: "(We have) repeatedly warned that motor sport cannot outpace the world economic
crisis. "That is why the competing teams have been asked to cut costs and the entry of independent teams has been encouraged.

"The FIA accepted the cost-reduction measures put forward by the teams on the basis that they would ensure a long-term commitment to the championship. Toyota's announcement demonstrates the importance of the original cost-reduction measures set out by the FIA. "The FIA will now work to ensure that Toyota's departure is managed in the best interests of the championship and will continue to encourage the F1 teams to undertake the necessary
cost-cutting measures for the good of the sport."

Cheers, John

Not much to look at now, but one to watch as news develops...

http://lotusf1racing.my/

Regards

Simon

Simon Hough wrote:Not much to look at now, but one to watch as news develops...
http://lotusf1racing.my/

Nicely found Simon. The website address says a lot about the Lotus F1 team and where the developments are being funded and backed from .my = Malaysia

Still looking forward to 2010 ... will be good to shout at the tv for another team rather than Ferrari. Would be nice to see Rubens Barrichello, Jarno Trulli or Nick Heidfeld at the team in the new year.

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Simon Hough wrote:Not much to look at now, but one to watch as news develops...
http://lotusf1racing.my/

Nicely found Simon. The website address says a lot about the Lotus F1 team and where the developments are being funded and backed from .my = Malaysia

Still looking forward to 2010 ... will be good to shout at the tv for another team rather than Ferrari. Would be nice to see Rubens Barrichello, Jarno Trulli or Nick Heidfeld at the team in the new year.

Yes I agree, it will be great for us all to support the new Lotus team. Has anyone tried to complete the media registration off the site? it maybe worth a try to see if we get more information.
Cheers, Tim.

It sound like Silverstone is the place to be two weeks earlier next year the home of F 1.

Press Release
Toyota And Bridgestone 04/11/2009
The announcements this week by Toyota and Bridgestone of their withdrawal from Formula One are of concern to the FIA.

Bridgestone has given almost 18 months’ notice of its intentions, thereby allowing the necessary arrangements to be made for the future supply of tyres to the championship.

Toyota’s decision, however, comes just weeks after its F1 team signed the new Concorde Agreement until 2012.

Urgent clarification is now being sought from the Toyota F1 team as to its legal position in relation to the championship. This will have a direct bearing on the admission of any future 13th entry.

The FIA has repeatedly warned that motor sport cannot outpace the world economic crisis. That is why the competing teams have been asked to cut costs and the entry of independent teams has been encouraged.

The FIA accepted the cost-reduction measures put forward by the teams on the basis that they would ensure a long-term commitment to the championship. Toyota’s announcement demonstrates the importance of the original cost-reduction measures set out by the FIA.

The FIA will now work to ensure that Toyota’s departure is managed in the best interests of the championship and will continue to encourage the F1 teams to undertake the necessary cost-cutting measures for the good of the sport.

Eddie King.

WHAT THE HELL BUTTON, WHAT THE HELL?!?!

Sorry lost me there Tash.

Mercedes buys Brawn & Button was the last thing I heard.
Fireworks between him & Hamilton to be expected no doubt?
Where does Mr. Brawn stand though?

John

GrumpyBodger wrote:Sorry lost me there Tash.

Mercedes buys Brawn & Button was the last thing I heard.
Fireworks between him & Hamilton to be expected no doubt?
Where does Mr. Brawn stand though?

John

I wonder if it was part of the deal having Mercedes buy up Brawn and have Button on his wanted pay salary at Mclaren for an all British drivers team. Apparently Mercedes also want Brawn to have two German drivers!!! Oh well it was good for Brawn while it lasted, now the Germans have em. Come on Lotus F1, sign Kimi and Rubens!