Friday, October 3, 2014

Brasilia gets new IndyCar race



Another of the countless items I missed over my wonderful two-weeks plus Holiday was the announcement that Brazil has finally confirmed its latest iteration of hosting an IndyCar race in its country.

The race will be held on March 8, 2015 at the soon to be rebuilt Autodromo Internationle Nelson Piquet in Brasilia, on a 3.4m 12-turns permanent Road Course track.

Hence, I'd ARSE-sume this will become Indy Car's 2015 season opener, unless the perceived Abu Dhabi race takes place first? While we A-L-L hold our collective breaths for Marcus "I've Got a Plan!" Miles to announce next year's STUPENDOUS IndyCar schedule; NOT!

Thus, while its GURR-REAT! News for IndyCar overall, nevertheless, the season's still a STUPIDLY LONG 7-months away, not to mention now kicking off in a foreign country; Oh Never Mind!

F1: Luca Sings No More...



Having missed the Italian Grand Prix this year whilst off playin' in the Sand Dunes of the "Other Florence,"  nee Oregon, ironically I totally missed out  upon la Scuderia Supremo Luca Cordero di Montezemolo's firing! Err, resignation; Yeah, that's the ticket...

As I cannot say I'll exactly miss A-L-L of the HOT AIR Luca's breathed upon us over the years...

Yet, one must indeed wonder if Ferrari is in trouble, or upon a disturbing Downturn, with its racing  fortunes in Formula 1 having not exactly been great lately; Uh Duh!

Although, naturally Maranello, along with le 'Reggie, aka Renault seemingly have been outspent by Mercedes in the development of this year's PU's, nee Power Units, which seems to be a major source of Ferrari and Renault powered teams lack of performance this season - for which Maranello's "Old Guard," nee Stefano Domenicali, Luca Marmorini and Luca di Montezemolo have  all now fallen upon their swords...


And while I'm certainly NOT perfect when it comes to my reporting facts, speeling and grammar; Hya! Nevertheless, there are two significant mistakes in the article above that leaped out at me.

First of all, Ferrari went onto another four consecutive world championships after winning the title for the first time in 21yrs in the year 2000; scoring 5 consecutive Driver's titles along with 6 consecutive Constructor's crowns (championships) circa' 1999-2004!

Secondly, la Scuderia last won the world championship in 2007, not '08...

UPDATE
Although it's a pretty long article, nonetheless I found it worth reading as it gives a pretty good insight on the current state of la Scuderia's current leadership woes...

Paris motor show 2014: Luca diMontezemolo bows out

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

De Silvestro's F1 Dream Melts Down...



Awoke to the news this morning that Femme Fatale "Symona-Symona," aka Simona de Silvestro's apparent dream of being the first female to contest Formula 1 (since Lella Lombardi in 1976) next year, albeit Giovanna Amati attempted to qualify three times for Brabham in '92, has suffered a financial meltdown and thus, her Sauber F1 affiliation has come to a crashing halt!

Was looking forward to her F1 Debut at COTA next month, with NO idea what'll be next for the Swiss Missile, who'll hopefully compete somewhere next year...

De Silvestro's F1 driving program grinds to a halt

INDYCAR: Pagenaud lands New Ride at Penske




Autographed Simon Pagenaud "Hero Card" obtained at this year's Go Pro Grand Prix of Sonoma. (The Tomaso Collection)
Suppose it shouldn't be too surprising that the driver affectionately known here at No Fenders as "Symone Pagenoe,"  aka Simon Pagenaud, who's contested for the Indy Car Series title the past two seasons has been snapped up by 'El Capitano, nee Roger Penske, who'll run a four-car operation for the first time ever in 2015, as I first heard the news via the Indianapolis Star early Monday morning.


Thus as typical, Penske's preparing for the future, as I believe this will provide a "Soft" landing for 'HULIO's impending retirement; after all, Helio Castroneves is 40, while Juan Pablo Montoya just turned 39. Hence, it's not too hard to S-E-E that they'll soon be out of  IndyCar's, to which my real Questione is who'll get the third seat behind 'DJ WillyP, aka Will Power and "Pageantry," as No Fenders 'Offical Photographer 'CARPETS calls Pagenaud, as three cars is better than two, typically...

thus, it seems pretty certain that thee Mayor 'O Hinchtown (James Hinchcliffe) will remain with Mikey' Andretti, as I'll be more intrigued over whom Sam Schmidt, Davey Hamilton & Co ink to replace their departed Numero Uno's seat, as my early favourites are: Gabby Chaves, the 2014 Indy Lights champion, J.R. Hildebrand, or Jack Harvey, whilst I assume that  Mikhail Aleshin
will  return next year?