Mike Conway gives surprise and ends in Long Beach

Nice weekend of racing the lived in the so-called American Monaco. The street circuit in Long Beach left us the surprise to see a victory for Mike Conway, which Fortune accompanied him to not be involved in any of the many accidents that took place during the race. As for the Spaniards, mixed fortunes in the categories of the IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights with our two representatives.

The British, Conway, saw it as one his rivals were paving the way for the victory. Among others a triple touch between Dixon, Power, and Castroneves, which left three of applicants to the triumph without possibilities. Oriol Servia Meanwhile get rid also of accidents, including spin, and managed to finish in sixth position acceptable.

The weekend of Victor Garcia was less fortunate than the Catalan pilot. The young Spanish driver could only be a twelfth position of the Californian route. Despite leaving eighth on grid, a spin on the slip road of Long Beach ends with their chances of fighting for the podium when he was in sixth position.

Martin Whitmarsh expects McLaren to surprise with its potential

It begins the world of formula 1 and swords are at the top. So that everyone uses to get breastfeeding, rather than the track put each one in its place. The director of McLaren has been one of them. Martin Whitmarsh acknowledges that McLaren will surprise in Australia, despite the lack of visible pace during the offseason.
The British recognized that during the winter the team has set very high goals and they have been their own victims of a development that was to go beyond the limits. That evolution has had direct consequences, that is you can already from the first race. McLaren will present an evolution of the MP4-26 at Albert Park.
Martin Whitmarsh believes not important what has been on the track during preseason training. True, they usually say little, but it is that the low form of McLaren has been worrying. That Yes, it is realistic, McLaren will not reach the Grand Prize of Australia as one of the favourites for the victory.

Norbert Haug: "if all goes well, the silver arrows you surprise"

According Norbert Haug, if all goes well, the silver arrows give a positive surprise this season. These statements come after some offseason workouts in Montmelo saw Nico Rosberg being the pilot fast the third day of the four was shot.

Despite these good results, Norbert Haug had stated before in testing at the Circuit de Catalunya, which if held a Grand Prix at that time, own Mercedes might not be top-ten ranked, something that surprised many, given work in the car. To be able to vote this post you must login or register here.

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After these tests, Haug discourse has changed a bit. It is still not clearly optimistic, but explained that the team has understood much better tires these days, as well as other components of the car. This has helped them improve the final performance of the whole.

In addition, according to Auto Motor und Sport, Mercedes own the car is faster in a straight line. If this is true, this would be an important advantage for the team of Ross Brawn, especially seeing the set that was last year in terms of speed tip and therefore overtaking.

Barrichello: Renault could be the surprise of the year with Nick

The third day of official test of the season in formula 1 in the circuit of Jerez de la Frontera was complicated for veteran Rubens Barrichello agree age and ensure being at a disadvantage with generation Playstation (young pilots).

When I started in formula one in 1993 had two buttons on the steering wheel, now I have a 24?, said the Brazilian driver today should test the mobile rear spoiler and the KERS."

And it is even Nick Heidfeld surprised many buttons on the steering wheel: "my hands are so small as I do, because not everything worked..."

But despite this handicap, the mechanics of Williams have had their fun: "Boobs" have named a few small reminders on the functions of the steering wheel due to certain similarities with the female anatomy...

But jokes apart, Williams again had problems during today with the KERS. In spite of everything, at least in principle, it works to some extent, but there is still an incredible amount of adaptation to work.

And apart from these drawbacks, Barrichello stresses that the car still harder to lead after elimination of the double diffuser in terms of ease of driving and handling, excessive wear of the Pirelli tires doesn't help precisely. "There is a strong deterioration of the tires - not everything is easy."

Although the carioca pilot believed that some teams are above others behaviour of gums. "Everybody plays with hidden things." It seems clear that Red Bull is back on top. Then Renault, which could be the surprise of the year with Nick. And we at the center of the field, somewhere in there. But where? I have no idea... “

written by Miguel Fernandez © leagues engine. Prohibited the total or partial reproduction of this content. Sources: (GMM), (CIAM), photos: Getty and F1 teams.

Norbert Haug: "if all goes well, the silver arrows you surprise"

According Norbert Haug, if all goes well, the silver arrows give a positive surprise this season. These statements come after some offseason workouts in Montmelo saw Nico Rosberg being the pilot fast the third day of the four was shot.

Despite these good results, Norbert Haug had stated before in testing at the Circuit de Catalunya, which if held a Grand Prix at that time, own Mercedes might not be top-ten ranked, something that surprised many, given work in the car. To be able to vote this post you must login or register here.

To vote this post connect with Facebook Connect

After these tests, Haug discourse has changed a bit. It is still not clearly optimistic, but explained that the team has understood much better tires these days, as well as other components of the car. This has helped them improve the final performance of the whole.

In addition, according to Auto Motor und Sport, Mercedes own the car is faster in a straight line. If this is true, this would be an important advantage for the team of Ross Brawn, especially seeing the set that was last year in terms of speed tip and therefore overtaking.

Barrichello: Renault could be the surprise of the year with Nick

The third day of official test of the season in formula 1 in the circuit of Jerez de la Frontera was complicated for veteran Rubens Barrichello agree age and ensure being at a disadvantage with generation Playstation (young pilots).

When I started in formula one in 1993 had two buttons on the steering wheel, now I have a 24?, said the Brazilian driver today should test the mobile rear spoiler and the KERS."

And it is even Nick Heidfeld surprised many buttons on the steering wheel: "my hands are so small as I do, because not everything worked..."

But despite this handicap, the mechanics of Williams have had their fun: "Boobs" have named a few small reminders on the functions of the steering wheel due to certain similarities with the female anatomy...

But jokes apart, Williams again had problems during today with the KERS. In spite of everything, at least in principle, it works to some extent, but there is still an incredible amount of adaptation to work.

And apart from these drawbacks, Barrichello stresses that the car still harder to lead after elimination of the double diffuser in terms of ease of driving and handling, excessive wear of the Pirelli tires doesn't help precisely. "There is a strong deterioration of the tires - not everything is easy."

Although the carioca pilot believed that some teams are above others behaviour of gums. "Everybody plays with hidden things." It seems clear that Red Bull is back on top. Then Renault, which could be the surprise of the year with Nick. And we at the center of the field, somewhere in there. But where? I have no idea... “

written by Miguel Fernandez © leagues engine. Prohibited the total or partial reproduction of this content. Sources: (GMM), (CIAM), photos: Getty and F1 teams.

Barrichello: Renault could be the surprise of the year with Nick

The third day of official test of the season in formula 1 in the circuit of Jerez de la Frontera was complicated for veteran Rubens Barrichello agree age and ensure being at a disadvantage with generation Playstation (young pilots).

When I started in formula one in 1993 had two buttons on the steering wheel, now I have a 24?, said the Brazilian driver today should test the mobile rear spoiler and the KERS."

And it is even Nick Heidfeld surprised many buttons on the steering wheel: "my hands are so small as I do, because not everything worked..."

But despite this handicap, the mechanics of Williams have had their fun: "Boobs" have named a few small reminders on the functions of the steering wheel due to certain similarities with the female anatomy...

But jokes apart, Williams again had problems during today with the KERS. In spite of everything, at least in principle, it works to some extent, but there is still an incredible amount of adaptation to work.

And apart from these drawbacks, Barrichello stresses that the car still harder to lead after elimination of the double diffuser in terms of ease of driving and handling, excessive wear of the Pirelli tires doesn't help precisely. "There is a strong deterioration of the tires - not everything is easy."

Although the carioca pilot believed that some teams are above others behaviour of gums. "Everybody plays with hidden things." It seems clear that Red Bull is back on top. Then Renault, which could be the surprise of the year with Nick. And we at the center of the field, somewhere in there. But where? I have no idea... “

written by Miguel Fernandez © leagues engine. Prohibited the total or partial reproduction of this content. Sources: (GMM), (CIAM), photos: Getty and F1 teams.