Bridgestone to keep nonsensical ’step allocation’ for 2010
February 5, 2010 by Negative Camber
Filed under Parc Fermé, Prime & Option, Top Story
Bridestone’s technical manager Tetsuro Kobayashi was highlighted in a press release on the Bridgestone website complete with a Q&A. In that Q&A, Kobayashi announced that the company would be continuing their “step allocation” program for 2009:
“Like 2009, Bridgestone intends to take two dry compounds which are a step allocation apart to most races: Hard [...]
Test Day 2: Massa still quickest, Kobayashi brings it
February 2, 2010 by Negative Camber
Filed under People & Events, Top Story
Ferrari’s Felipe Massa keeps the bar raised today in testing as he yet again set the fast lap for testing. The Brazilian set the time in his first hour of testing but spent the remainder of the day focusing on long runs.
Massa explained to the technicians that he was extremely satisfied with the car’s [...]
Toyota: We’ll throw in a Kobayashi if you buy now!
December 3, 2009 by Negative Camber
Filed under Prime & Option
Dovetailing with the FIA announcement today that Peter Sauber’s team will inherit Toyota’s grid slot for the 2010 season, there is a story at Autosport regarding Toyota’s position in all of this.
From what I can glean, Toyota has agreed not to sell its team to another investor and relinquished their contractually guaranteed grid slot back [...]
Toyota not planning to sell F1 entry
December 3, 2009 by Grace
Filed under Prime & Option
Talk about your Black Friday sale: Toyota’s IP AND Kamui Kobayashi. What team wouldn’t want that under their tree this Christmas?!
So Toyota is trying to sell off its F1 assets (including Kobayashi which is really the best part of the story) however doesn’t want to get involved in the team selection process. Basically, everything must [...]
Ho Pin Tung shines at Jerez test
December 3, 2009 by Negative Camber
Filed under People & Events, Top Story
Finishing 11th of 12 drivers at the second day of testing in Jerez, Ho Pin Tung represented himself well with the Renault squad according to chief race engineer and alleged race-gate whistle-blower Alan Permane.
“I was impressed with Ho-Pin as he settled into the car very quickly and worked well with the team,” he said.
“His driving [...]
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