Comments on: F1 links: few options for Bourdais

By: Too Good

Too Good — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:55:56 +0000

Looking at responses here looks like Sebass is already a page in history

Thanks to team management indecision, Bourdais maybe out of job next season, Hope he was paid well while he was with STR

By: Pete Walker

Pete Walker — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:43:08 +0000

Keith, just a small thing I wanted to point out. Your links to James Allen blog entries always go to page two of his post. I guess this is not intentional?

By: Ollie

Ollie — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:42:05 +0000

How is the FIA going to monitor which engines are used when

Aren’t the engines barcoded and various serial numbers for parts recorded and covered in seals that if broken, cannot be mended easily etc… Also, I presume mileage is recorded by the on-board computer/ECU. Perhaps somebody who knows could provide a definite answer, but that’s how I would do it.

By: DG

DG — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:16:03 +0000

I find that interesting too. How is the FIA going to monitor which engines are used when, and how will the teams be able to prove that it isn’t a brand new engine straight out of the factory, instead of an old one? And how much work will they be allowed to do on the engines between races?
Also, the comment that Old Schuey, instead of helping teach Massa and Kimi about slick tyres, will have a less ‘hands-on’ role during 2009. There wasn’t much to show he was ‘hands-on’ during 2008!

By: mani

mani — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:57:27 +0000

I was quiet surprised to read the point that the new engine agreement says that teams must use no more than 8 engines per driver in a season. How they use them is their business… Also they can save engines from getting operated in consecutive races and can change engines after qualifying with no penalty this year.

By: Ollie

Ollie — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:34:18 +0000

I love Allen’s line about the colour of paint used on the Ferrari. As if I didn’t need to be dragged into another Ferrari-red debate! Although it reminds me of the 1996 season when the Jordan went through several shades of gold/yellow before they landed on the right one.