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F1: Grand Prix News Briefs (Update 5)
Fernando Alonso doesn't care about fellow Spaniard Jaime Alguersuari being axed by Toro Rosso...
Fernando Alonso (Pictured) isn't friends with fellow Spaniard Jaime Alguersuari. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Alonso 'Not Bothered' After Alguersuari Loses Seat: Fernando Alonso reacted coolly when asked if he is hoping fellow Spaniard Jaime Alguersuari can rescue his stalled Formula One career. Alguersuari, 21, has been axed from the Toro Rosso lineup, and will likely not return to the paddock in 2012 unless he is appointed Red Bull's official reserve. A less likely outcome is that HRT will move to complete an all-Spanish race lineup for next season by putting Alguersuari alongside Pedro de la Rosa. "I'm not bothered if Jaime is going to HRT or not," Ferrari driver Alonso, who is not friends with Alguersuari, is quoted by Spanish reporters. "About his departure (from Toro Rosso) I have no strong opinion. I don't know how he worked with the team or if they were happy with their drivers or not," he insisted. "I'm surprised because they have changed both drivers at once and teams need continuity, but I was also surprised about Sutil (Adrian Sutil losing his Force India seat)," added Alonso. "I think Toro Rosso and Red Bull have many young drivers and only two (Toro Rosso) seats so maybe they felt the need to try some others."
Renault To Fire Up First V6 Engine In 2012: Renault's V6 engine, designed for the new 2014 regulations, will be fired up for the first time next year. The 2012 season is two full seasons before the current generation of 2.4-liter V8s are dispensed with, but the French carmaker's F1 manager Jean-Francois Caubet insists the early fire-up is crucial. Renault Sport F1 currently supplies its V8 engine to Red Bull, Lotus, Caterham and — from 2012 — the Williams team. "The new (V6) power units for 2014 will be substantially more complex to design and operate than current engines and are going to be a huge challenge to get right," said Caubet. "Our first V6 will be on test mid-2012 and then it will be an intense program to refine and develop each part of the unit within the permitted envelope," he is quoted by nextgen-auto.com.
Age Costing Schumacher 'Precious Tenths' - Frentzen: Age has slowed down Michael Schumacher, his countryman and former rival Heinz-Harald Frentzen said on Tuesday. Early in their motor racing careers, it was the now 44-year-old Frentzen who was considered the quicker of the pair, but Schumacher went on to dizzying heights in F1 while the other German retired in 2003 with just three wins. Schumacher, 43 next month, retired three years later than Frentzen but returned in 2010 with Mercedes, where in two seasons so far he has failed to add a podium to his tally of 91 wins and seven world titles. "As you grow older," Frentzen explained to the Indo Asian News Service, "you tend to hesitate and become indecisive whether or not to push and take risks. You lose precious tenths of a second. I think Michael is at that stage in his career."
Renault To Fire Up First V6 Engine In 2012: Renault's V6 engine, designed for the new 2014 regulations, will be fired up for the first time next year. The 2012 season is two full seasons before the current generation of 2.4-liter V8s are dispensed with, but the French carmaker's F1 manager Jean-Francois Caubet insists the early fire-up is crucial. Renault Sport F1 currently supplies its V8 engine to Red Bull, Lotus, Caterham and — from 2012 — the Williams team. "The new (V6) power units for 2014 will be substantially more complex to design and operate than current engines and are going to be a huge challenge to get right," said Caubet. "Our first V6 will be on test mid-2012 and then it will be an intense program to refine and develop each part of the unit within the permitted envelope," he is quoted by nextgen-auto.com.
Age Costing Schumacher 'Precious Tenths' - Frentzen: Age has slowed down Michael Schumacher, his countryman and former rival Heinz-Harald Frentzen said on Tuesday. Early in their motor racing careers, it was the now 44-year-old Frentzen who was considered the quicker of the pair, but Schumacher went on to dizzying heights in F1 while the other German retired in 2003 with just three wins. Schumacher, 43 next month, retired three years later than Frentzen but returned in 2010 with Mercedes, where in two seasons so far he has failed to add a podium to his tally of 91 wins and seven world titles. "As you grow older," Frentzen explained to the Indo Asian News Service, "you tend to hesitate and become indecisive whether or not to push and take risks. You lose precious tenths of a second. I think Michael is at that stage in his career."
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