The European grand prix is no on the record books. The Valencia street circuit proved to be one of the most exiting tracks in recent memory. The event was won by CK Mackey team Williams, Cab came in a strong second for Redbull and ChrisLIX a strong third for Super Aguri. The event started with Clark on pole but his Toro Rosso failed him with only 2 laps into the race. With CK wins is now the second time Williams scores a win this season. The race had plenty of race action it did prove a very challenging event due to the amount of corners per lap. Thanks all that participated on this event we now move to the legendary Spa Francorchamps for the Belgium gp.
Rnd 6 at Misano (dusk) for Friday! Get ready!> Past winners information: Ray got the Win at Trois Rivieres, Then at Rnd 4 Birmingham CK won the event!. In Rnd 5 Cashtuflo got the win after Thomas got Pole!. Cya next friday!
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It’s been known since the outset that the Bugatti Veyron would be limited to just 300 units, but what would come next has been an unknown. Reports are beginning to emerge, however, that the company is planning an all-new model for 2011 or 2012. Latest reports indicate the company could crank output up another 20% or more, from the current car’s 987hp (736kW) to 1,200hp (895kW) - enough to reach 270mph (432km/h).
Specifics on the new car are few, but according to Autocar Bugatti CEO Franz-Josef Paefgen has announced the new car will be coming. So far the design priorities are that the car mesh with the company’s storied history and that it evolve the basic idea behind the Veyron. As Paefgen put it, “A totally different direction is not an option.”
Keeping the car in the tradition of the Veyron could pose some problems in terms of emissions and fuel economy standards, however, and that will be one of the primary issues the engineers will have to solve. Paefgen does not want to yield the essential nature of the cars anymore than he wants to see them go out of existence.
Engineering chief Dr. Wolfgang Schreiber also reportedly has said the car could reach 1,102lb-ft (1,494Nm) of torque with its quad-turbo W16 engine. That number marks an increase of about 20% over the current car’s 922lb-ft (1,250Nm), meaning a roughly equivalent increase in power at the same engine speed.
In another interesting twist, Bugatti’s boss also hinted that the company could take the new car racing, an activity that has been completely ruled out with the Veyron. What series or races the company might be considering are unknown, but Le Mans series racing and similar activities might carry the prestige and notoriety that would suit Bugatti’s image.
So-called 'J-dampers' are set to become commonplace on formula one cars, as the intriguing history of the previously secret technology is revealed.
We recently reported that Renault delayed debuting similar technology earlier this year because of the spy scandal surrounding engineer Phil Mackereth's defection from McLaren.
In the World Motor Sport Council hearings before Christmas, it was revealed that among Mackereth's McLaren drawings was a device referred to as a 'J-damper'.
"What's a J-damper?" Renault engineering chief Pat Symonds replied memorably to the press at Montreal in June.
Symonds' answer may have been disingenuous, but it subsequently emerged that Force India recently started using on its 2008 car what boss Mike Gascoyne referred to as an 'inerter damper'.
'J-damper' was simply a codename developed by McLaren and the technology's inventor to put their rivals off the scent of what the device actually did.
McLaren has been using the inerter damper since 2005 - a year before Renault's mass damper system was banned.
It has emerged that, three years ago, McLaren penned an exclusive confidentiality agreement with the famous Cambridge University, the scene of the J-damper's birth and the owner of its patent.
Business Weekly reports that, with the McLaren agreement now lapsed, Cambridge has licensed the J-damper to the leading damper company and F1 supplier Penske Racing Shocks, thus allowing any other team to deploy the device.
Penske Racing Shocks' Technical Director Jim Arentz said: "We are confident that the ingenuity of Cambridge now combined with Penske... will promote greater exposure of the inerter in motor sport."
