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F1: Grand Prix News Briefs (Update 5)
Iran has emerged as the unlikely latest prospective destination for Formula One...
F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has downplayed his role in an alleged bribery scandal. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Iran To Build $85M F1 Track?: Iran has emerged as the unlikely latest prospective destination for Formula One. The local Mehr news agency said officials have decided to build a circuit 35 kilometers south of the capital Tehran, with Apex Circuit Design assigned the contract. "Planning and construction would follow all Formula One standards," Mehr, reporting that the track will be the first of its kind in Iran, quoted Apex's Martin Baerschmidt as saying. "We were really surprised after seeing the landscape," he said. The circuit will reportedly be inaugurated within six months, with the cost totaling $85 million. The project's executive manager Alireza Sabbagh added: "Iran has so many young people and there is an increasing tendency for them to drive. Formula One has a great future in the Asian country." Oil-rich Iran is bordered by Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq.
11 Dead In Attack On F1 Host City Delhi: On the month before the city's inaugural Indian GP, New Delhi is reeling on Wednesday from one of its worst terrorist attacks. Bloomberg reports that at least 11 people are dead and scores injured after a briefcase bomb exploded outside the capital's high court. With the government ordering a state of high alert, the Press Trust of India says a Pakistani militant group has claimed responsibility. "It was a devastating scene," said a lawyer who was working at the court. "I saw bodies, people with broken arms and legs and flesh on the floor." In July, 25 people were killed in attacks on Mumbai, India's most populous city. Another lawyer in Delhi said: "This is a lapse of police security. It could happen again tomorrow." The Wall Street Journal said the blast will heighten "concerns about the nation's security vulnerabilities."
Briatore To Blame, Not Schumacher Says Herbert: Johnny Herbert has absolved his former teammate Michael Schumacher of blame for his difficult tenure at Benetton in the mid-'90s. Although he won two races alongside the great German in 1995, the Briton moved to Sauber the following season and spent the rest of his career in the midfield — albeit winning the remarkable wet/dry Nurburgring race in 1999. But Herbert, now 47 and set to reprise his role as a F1 steward in India next month, refuses to point the finger at Schumacher despite being relegated to number two status at Benetton 16 years ago. "My problem wasn't Michael," he told the Hindustan Times newspaper. "It was Flavio (Briatore)." Herbert said it was Briatore, the former Benetton and Renault team boss banned from F1 in 2009 for involvement in the crashgate scandal, who orchestrated Schumacher's preferential treatment. "Whenever Michael asked Flavio if he could have a couple of extra days of testing, Flavio wouldn't have a problem," he explained. "If it was me (asking), he would just say that it wasn't possible." Herbert conceded that with extensive testing allowed in the '90s, it was much easier than at present to break through and impress bosses at the start of a career. He cites the examples of Karun Chandhok, who replaced Jarno Trulli for a race at the Nurburgring, and another Indian Narain Karthikeyan, who will return to the cockpit of an HRT for the inaugural Delhi event next month. "They don't get any track time and then they're expected to get in the car and be fast," said Herbert. "It doesn't work like that."
Reports - Ralf Schumacher And Wife To Split, Button Opens Restaurant: Former GP winner Ralf Schumacher and his wife Cora are set to separate, according to unconfirmed reports in the Italian press. The news follows the publication of photos in the German daily Bild depicting Cora being passionately kissed by the German rapper Marteria on a hotel balcony in Berlin. The report said that, at the time, former Williams and Toyota driver Schumacher, 36, was away for a race of the German touring car series DTM. Bild said it believes the marriage had already broken down but that Ralf and Cora were staying together for the sake of their 10-year-old son, David. Meanwhile, Schumacher's former Williams teammate Jenson Button — who now drives for McLaren — has opened a restaurant in Harrogate, UK. The Independent said the menu at Victus "was apparently selected based on" the 2009 World Champion's "interests in different cuisines cultivated while globetrotting on the F1 circuit."
11 Dead In Attack On F1 Host City Delhi: On the month before the city's inaugural Indian GP, New Delhi is reeling on Wednesday from one of its worst terrorist attacks. Bloomberg reports that at least 11 people are dead and scores injured after a briefcase bomb exploded outside the capital's high court. With the government ordering a state of high alert, the Press Trust of India says a Pakistani militant group has claimed responsibility. "It was a devastating scene," said a lawyer who was working at the court. "I saw bodies, people with broken arms and legs and flesh on the floor." In July, 25 people were killed in attacks on Mumbai, India's most populous city. Another lawyer in Delhi said: "This is a lapse of police security. It could happen again tomorrow." The Wall Street Journal said the blast will heighten "concerns about the nation's security vulnerabilities."
Briatore To Blame, Not Schumacher Says Herbert: Johnny Herbert has absolved his former teammate Michael Schumacher of blame for his difficult tenure at Benetton in the mid-'90s. Although he won two races alongside the great German in 1995, the Briton moved to Sauber the following season and spent the rest of his career in the midfield — albeit winning the remarkable wet/dry Nurburgring race in 1999. But Herbert, now 47 and set to reprise his role as a F1 steward in India next month, refuses to point the finger at Schumacher despite being relegated to number two status at Benetton 16 years ago. "My problem wasn't Michael," he told the Hindustan Times newspaper. "It was Flavio (Briatore)." Herbert said it was Briatore, the former Benetton and Renault team boss banned from F1 in 2009 for involvement in the crashgate scandal, who orchestrated Schumacher's preferential treatment. "Whenever Michael asked Flavio if he could have a couple of extra days of testing, Flavio wouldn't have a problem," he explained. "If it was me (asking), he would just say that it wasn't possible." Herbert conceded that with extensive testing allowed in the '90s, it was much easier than at present to break through and impress bosses at the start of a career. He cites the examples of Karun Chandhok, who replaced Jarno Trulli for a race at the Nurburgring, and another Indian Narain Karthikeyan, who will return to the cockpit of an HRT for the inaugural Delhi event next month. "They don't get any track time and then they're expected to get in the car and be fast," said Herbert. "It doesn't work like that."
Reports - Ralf Schumacher And Wife To Split, Button Opens Restaurant: Former GP winner Ralf Schumacher and his wife Cora are set to separate, according to unconfirmed reports in the Italian press. The news follows the publication of photos in the German daily Bild depicting Cora being passionately kissed by the German rapper Marteria on a hotel balcony in Berlin. The report said that, at the time, former Williams and Toyota driver Schumacher, 36, was away for a race of the German touring car series DTM. Bild said it believes the marriage had already broken down but that Ralf and Cora were staying together for the sake of their 10-year-old son, David. Meanwhile, Schumacher's former Williams teammate Jenson Button — who now drives for McLaren — has opened a restaurant in Harrogate, UK. The Independent said the menu at Victus "was apparently selected based on" the 2009 World Champion's "interests in different cuisines cultivated while globetrotting on the F1 circuit."
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