Formula 1

Formula 1 new season 2012, gets underway now, with new rule changes primarily with off-throttle blown exhaust/diffuser banned, and low nose required as FIA safety prerequisite. There are few other technical changes as well but mostly the mentioned ones are the biggest changes.

World Championship standings, round 11:

Drivers:


1. Alonso 164
2. Webber 124
3. Vettel 122
4. Hamilton 117
5. Raikkonen 116
6. Rosberg 77
7. Button 76
8. Grosjean 76
9. Perez 47
10. Kobayashi 33
11. Maldonado 29
12. Schumacher 29
13. Di Resta 27
14. Massa 25
15. Senna 24
16. Hulkenburg 19
17. Vergne 4
18. Riccardo 2





Constructors:

1. Red Bull-Renault 246
2. McLaren-Mercedes 193
3. Lotus-Renault 192
4. Ferrari 189
5. Mercedes AMG F1 106
6. Sauber Ferrari F1 80
7. Williams Renault 53
8. Force India Mercedes 46
9. STR Ferrari 6




Teams/Drivers:
Red Bull Racing

Drivers: Sebastian Vettel , Mark Webber
Team profile: Team Principal - Christian Horner ; Technical Director - Adrian Newey ; Chief Designer - Rob Marshall ; Head of Aerodynamics - Peter Prodromou
Car: Red Bull RB8

Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes

Drivers: Jenson Button , Lewis Hamilton
Team profile: Team Principal - Martin Whitmarsh ; Technical Director - Pady Lowe, Neal Oatley ; Engineering Director - Tim Goss ; Head of Aerodynamics - Doug McKiernan
Car: McLaren MP4-27

Scuderia Ferrari

Drivers: Fernando Alonso , Felipe Massa
Team Profile: Team Principal - Stephano Domenicali ; Technical Director - Pat Fry ; Chief Designer - Nicolas Tombazis
Senior Aerodynamicist - Loic Bigois ??? starting from Sept. 2012
Car: F2012

Mercedes AMG F1

Drivers: Nico Rosberg , Michael Schumacher
Team Profile: Team Principal - Ross Brawn ; Technical Director - Bob Bell ; Engineering Director - Aldo Costa ; Technology Director (R&D) - Geoff Willis / *Loic Bigois released, May 2012
Head of Aerodynamics - Mike Elliot joined April 2012
Car: Mercedes F1 W03

Lotus F1

Drivers: Kimi Raikkonen , Romain Grosjean
Team Profile: Team Principal - Eric Bouiller ; Technical Director - James Allison ; Chief Designer - Martin Tolliday; Head of Aerodynamics - Dirk de Beer
Car: Lotus E20

Force India

Drivers: Paul Di Resta , Nico Hulkenberg
Team Profile: Team Principal - Vijay Mallya ; Technical Director - Andrew Green
Car: Force India VJM05

Sauber F1

Drivers: Kamui Kobayashi , Sergio Perez
Team Profile: Team Principal - Peter Sauber ; Technical Director - James Key *Released - rumours linking him to join STR
Chief Designer - Matt Morris; Head of Aerodynamics - Willem Toet
Car: Sauber C31

Scuderia Torro Rosso

Drivers: Jean-eric Vergne , Daniel Riccardo
Team Profile: Team Principal - Franz Tost ; Technical Director - Giorgio Ascanelli *Released - rumoured to have linked for Ferrari return
Car: Toro Rosso STR7

Williams F1

Drivers: Pastor Maldonado , Bruno Senna
Team Profile: Team Principal - Sir Frank Williams *retired this year, will be taken over by his daughter Claire ; Technical Director - Mike Coughlan ; Head of Aerodynamics - Jason Somerville
Car: Williams FW34

Caterham F1

Drivers: Heikki Kovalainen , Vitaly Petrov
Team Profile: Team Principal - Tony Fernandes ; Technical Director - Mike Gascoyne; Head of Aerodymanics - John Iley
Car: Caterham CT01

Marussia F1

Drivers: Timo Glock , Charles Pic
Team Profile: Team Principal - John Booth ; Technical Director - Pat Symmonds
Car: Virgin MVR-02

HRT F1
Drivers: Pedro De La Rosa , Narain Karthikeyan
Team Profile: Team Principal - Luis Pérez-Sala ; Technical Director -
Car: HRT F112

I THOUGHT
My Fave is Mark Webber Team:Red Bull Racing-Renault
My Prediction It is the day after Hungary. The Next Race Is Belgium.
1: Mark Webber 381
2: Fernando Alonso 377
3: Sebastian Vettel 361
4: Lewis Hamilton 311
5: Kimi Raikonnen 309
6: Romain Grosjean 300
7: Jensen Button 297
8: Nico Rosberg 202
9: Sergio Perez 194
10: Bruno Senna 160
11: Felipe Massa 127
12: Kamui Kobayashi 101
13: Paul di Resta 96
14: Micheal Schumacer 90
15: Pastor Maldonado 89
16: Nico Hulkenburg 36
17: Jean-Eric Vergne 17
18: Daniel Riccardo 13
19: Vitaly Petrov 9
20: Heikki Kovalainen 4
21: Charles Pic 3
22: Pedro de la Rosa 2
23: Timo Glock 2
24: Narain Karthikeyan 1
Teams
Red Bull Racing-Renault 742
Lotus 609
Mclaren Mercades 608
Ferrari 454
Sauber 295
Mercades 282
Williams 223
Force India 132
STR 30
Caterham 13
Marussia 5
HRT 3


Mark Webber's Crash in 2010 Valencia?!
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kNZzqqdhM0

Mercedes AMG f1, seems to be going yet another technical staffs reshuffle within the team, says some minor sources after some disastrous mid season performance.

Since Loic Bigois left void in senior aerodynamics, Mike Elliott has taken the role as Senior Aerodynamicist, and Mercedes has confirmed to gupdate.net though yet to officially announce him.

though in media there are some vast speculation to what will happen to Aldo Costa, Geoff Willis, and Bob Bell, quite high profile technical staff who joined from early april 2011, to late december 2011, i am convinced they are very much part of the project of next W04 car.

actually i am pretty sure Aldo Costa and Willis has already been working by now on W04 designing and planning.

seems, though mercedes board has run out of patience, and is demanding explanation and fast improvements within the team.

W03 i guess can't be improved that much, though car performance is definitely falling because of lack of development, that mercedes hasnt brought any major updates since Monaco GP where Nico Rosberg finished 2nd.

Loic Bigois, who was sacked by Mercedes in June and is set to become Head of Aerodynamics for Ferrari at the start of September.