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- a FIA commission will discuss, on Thursday, 3 requests for team name change for 2012
1. Virgin Racing Formula 1 team wants to change into MARUSSIA(the team’s major sponsor)
2. Renault is hoping to race under Lotus name next season
3. Team Lotus is hoping to change its team name to Caterham

- Pastor Maldonado is set to drop ten places on the grid at the forthcoming 2011 Formula 1  Abu Dhabi Grand Prix because he will have to use his ninth engine of the season at Yas Marina (each driver may use no more than eight V8s during a championship campaign and, if they do need to use additional units, they will incur a grid penalty); Maldonado's Williams gearbox failure that led to his early retirement in India at the weekend, means he will have to make use of a ninth engine in Abu Dhabi

- Bahrain and Korea could be removed from the 2012 calendar, which opens the way for Turkey Grand Prix. Teams will analyze, on Thursday, in a Commission meeting in Geneva the possibility that F1 of Bahrain and South Korea to be removed, but the reasons are completely different. Bahrain still has not resolved many security issues that led into the cancellation of this year's race and Korea could leave Formula 1 after only two years because of the participation taxe wich are considered too high

- Martin Whitmarsh has accidentally revealed the length of Jenson Button's new contract (3 years) after was asked by a BBC reporter whether or not Jenson Button's performance improved at McLaren following his new contract and replied by saying Button just fits the team really well and that he hopes to see 3 great years of Jenson at McLaren

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- drivers will get 2 chances per lap to use DRS at Grand Prix of India. It follows the use of two zones in Canada, Valencia and Monza races earlier in the year. Like Monza, the all-new Buddh International Circuit will have independent detection points for each of its two zones - unlike Montreal and Valencia where both zones shared one detection point. The first zone detection point is 10 metres after the penultimate Turn 15, with its activation point just 36 metres into the start-finish straight, which should ensure plenty of passing into the third-gear right hander that is Turn One and second DRS zone detection point comes 16 metres before the Turn Three hairpin. Drivers can then activate DRS 510 metres into the New Delhi circuit’s back straight, which is one of the longest on the calendar

- Team Lotus decided that Karun Chandhok will not participate in this weekend’s inaugural Indian Grand Prix, although the national driver will take part in Friday’s first practice session. This confirms that HRT’s Narain Karthikeyan will be the only Indian driver in the country’s maiden race

- Adrian Sutil has insisted that he cannot wait until December for Force India boss Vijay Mallya to reveal his 2012 plans and he will speak with the indian chief. This comes as rumours continue to circulate that the German may be left on the sidelines as compatriot Nico Hülkenberg joins the race team alongside Scotland’s Paul di Resta(gpupdate source)

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- Dan Wheldon has been pronounced dead after a multiple accident, which involved 15 competitors and numerous cars catching fire in Lap 11 of Sunday’s IndyCar Series finale in Las Vegas. The Englishman, aged 33 and winner of this year’s Indianapolis 500, was launched into the air before striking the retaining wall and catch fencing at high speed and many say that ICS cars are very unsafe for drivers. Wheldon was twice a winner of the Indy 500, in 2005 and earlier this year, and was overall IndyCar Champion in 2005

- Vitaly Petrov has been punished by the Korean stewards for his collision with the Mercedes-GP of Schumacher after investigating Turn 3 on Lap 17 accident and decided that russian driver was at fault for the accident during the Yeongam race on Sunday. Petrov receives a reprimand and a five-place grid penalty for the next round in India

- Vettel will be driving on the streets of his hometown Heppenheim on Saturday with his championship-winning Red Bull Formula 1 car(Kinky Kylie). The action will begin at 4pm local time, with german then being available to meet the public at the Europaplatz, near the historic city centre
 

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- drivers predict 5-stops in Korea where will be using soft and super-soft tyres for this race, high wear

- Bruno Senna has a modified helmet design for this weekend in Korea in order to mark the 20-year anniversary of late uncle Ayrton’s third and final World Championship-crowning moment in 1991

- Sahara India Pariwar, a leading promoter and patron of sports in India, announced on October 12 an investment in the Force India F1 Team. Sahara India Pariwar will be investing approximately USD 100 mn into the Force India Formula One Team. With this investment both the Sahara India Pariwar and Dr. Mallya will own 42.5% each in the team. The Mol family’s equity will be at 15%. The new logo of the Sahara Force India F1 Team, as the team will now be called, was jointly unveiled today by Saharasri Subrata Roy Sahara and Dr. Vijay Mallya, at a press conference in New Delhi 
- Sebastian Vettel will not be penalised for cutting Turn 5 during one of his qualifying in-laps in Korea, with stewards closing the matter after an investigation
- Mark Webber has been handed a fine of 1,400 euros for speeding in the pit lane during the final grid-deciding phase

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- Kobayashi will start the Japanese race from 7th after the FIA released the provisional grid for Sunday’s event at Suzuka. Along with Schumacher, Bruno Senna and Vitaly Petrov, Kobayashi didn’t set a time during Q3 and was originally classified in tenth. But the FIA sporting regulations split those who don’t record a time during qualifying sessions into three categories to determine the grid order. Drivers who attempt to set a time by starting a flying lap are ordered first, followed by drivers who leave their garage but don’t start a flying lap and finally drivers who stay in their garage. Unlike Schumacher, Senna and Petrov who didn’t complete qualifying attempts, Kobayashi did start a flying lap which he subsequently aborted. Thus Kobayashi and Schumacher will make up the fourth row in seventh and eighth respectively, while Senna and Petrov will be on the grid’s fifth row in ninth and tenth (f1 official site)

- Pirelli has revealed the compounds for the rest of the season. At Suzuka this weekend, the Italian company’s Soft and Medium products are available.
Tyres for the rest of 2011 season:
Korea Super Soft (red) and Soft (yellow)
India Soft (yellow) and Hard (silver)
Abu Dhabi Soft (yellow) and Medium (white)
Brazil Soft (yellow) and Medium (white)

- the helmet design of Button, which is inspired by the Japanese flag, carries Jenson’s name and initials in Japanese and the logo of the Save Japan charity

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-the residents of Bangalore(capital of the Indian state of Karnataka) enjoyed on Tuesday the presence of Lewis Hamilton who took to the streets of the indian city in his 2008 world championship-winning car: MP4-23. Over 40 000 people stand there to watch the show and witness the unique sight and sound of an F1 supercar

- Manager and Renault doctor of Robert Kubica have shown their optimism over Robert Kubica returning to F1 for the 2012 season. Following his near-fatal rallying accident of 6 February, the Polish remains in the Enstone team’s driver line-up alongside Vitaly Petrov. Ceccarelli adds that the 26-year-old from Kraków – who was recently pictured with family members, appearing notably fitter – has now regained full sensitivity in his fingertips, with his right hand having been partially severed in the accident(source: gpupdate)

-Renault team says even if in the early season results were podium and good places, now latest results(like last 8-9 races) were very poor and that, they say, may be caused by issues in their innovative forward-facing exhausts, although initially envied up and down the pit lane, technical director James Allison believes that the concept is flawed(at least at low-speed tracks like Singapore)

-Sauber F1 team has confirmed a partnership with AMUL for next month race at Indian GP and the logos of India’s largest milk brand will be appearing on the rear wings and helmets of Kobayashi and Sergio Pérez. Amul produces 4 billion litres of milk every year, with 3 million milk producers spread across 15 000 villages(its products include ice-cream and yoghurt)

-more than a quarter of the current F1 grid will take part in Felipe Massa’s annual karting event (at Florianopolis - Ingeleses Kart track in Brazil) in december 3-4 with actual f1 drivers having agreed to participate in the charity fundraiser: Rubens Barrichello, Pastor Maldonado, Bruno Senna, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Jaime Alguersuari and Adrian Sutil. The full line-up contains famous names from world motorsport: Lucas di Grassi, Jules Bianchi and Luciano Burti

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- at Grand Prix of India american pop icon Lady Gaga will be the star attraction at the post-race party. The five time Grammy Award winner will also be making her first Indian appearance when she performs on October 30. Other acts confirmed for concerts on the Friday and Saturday of the race weekend include celebrated DJ Roger Sanchez, Dj Tom Navy and romanian top producer and musician Edward Maya. But meanwhile, race goers at November's 2011 Abu Dhabi GP when will concert Britney Spears and Paul McCartney

- Kimi Raikkonen's manager knocked out the rumors of potential return in Formula 1 after champion completed a visit to the Williams factory two weeks ago

- you can win 2 tickets for GP of Brazil at grandstand(including a luxury hospitality program and VIP paddock club tickets) by encourage RedBull F1 team with a phrase

- new and free dynamic screensaver from Mclaren

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- the day after tomorow is the release of F1 2011(codemasters) videogame for: xbox360, PS3, PC, 3DS and PS Vita TBC

- DRS zone for race in Singapore: 230 metres before the apex of turn five, with the activation zone running from the exit of the corner, through the high speed turn six and along Raffles Boulevard straight until the end of the first sector

- HRT have announced that Narain Karthikeyan will have a seat in a F111 at the 2011 Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of Indiah. Karthikeyan will be racing too in first day practice at Singapore this week

 
 
 
 

- WODC(west oxfordshire district council) has granted Lotus Renault GP planning permission for the construction of a new simulator at its headquarters in Enstone.The new simulator will be situated next to the wind tunnel, building work will begin imminently and is expected to be complete by March 2012

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- Sam Michael will join McLaren Mercedes as sporting director from 2012, it was announced on Tuesday. Michael resigned from his current post as Williams technical director in May and his last race with the British team will be in Singapore

- Sauber will carry the message: “May our prayers reach the people in Japan” on the side of the C30 car for those affected by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami when they visit Suzuka for this year’s race

- Team Lotus has announced 3 days ago that it has extended Jarno Trulli's contract for 2012 to take the Italian into his third season with the Anglo-Malaysian squad

 
 
 
 

- Robert Wickens (currently Formula Renault 3.5 leader) makes his debut with Virgin by making the 3rd straight-line aero test of the season on Tuesday at the Italian circuit of Vairano, with his first experience in an F1 car

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- F1 calendar for 2012 released:

1 Australian Grand Prix - 18 March
2 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix - 25 March
3 Chinese Grand Prix - 15 April
4 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix - 22 April
5 Gran Premio de España - 13 May
6 Grand Prix de Monaco - 27 May
7 Grand Prix du Canada - 10 June
8 Grand Prix of Europe (Valencia) - 24 June
9 Santander British Grand Prix - 8 July
10 Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland (Hockenheim) - 22 July
11 Hungarian GP - 29 July
12 Shell Belgian Grand Prix - 2 September
13 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia - 9 September
14 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix - 23 September
15 Japanese Grand Prix - 7 October
16 Korean Grand Prix - 14 October
17 Airtel Grand Prix of India - 28 October
18 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - 4 November
19 United States Grand Prix (Austin, Texas) -  18 November
20 Grande Prêmio do Brasil - 25 November

- Bruno Senna will continue with his teammate Vitaly Petrov at Renault for the rest of 2011 after split with Nick Heidfeld earlier yesterday. Romain Grosjean will remain as the team’s third driver

- Toro Rosso is working on a factory expansion due to begin in the next few weeks and the team poised to finalise a sponsorship deal with Spanish oil giant Cepsa. As well as increasing its workforce from just 85 staff several years ago to a total of more than 280 now, efforts have been made on expanding its Faenza facility – with work on new buildings starting soon

- Trulli couldn't use the new power steering system in Spa (because it wasn’t powerful enough) and he says he will be able to use Lotus’s new power steering in Monza after he used that system first time in Hungary

- the spanish Marc Gene, Ferrari test driver, will be one of the star attractions at this weekend’s Ferrari Racing Days event in Spielberg, Austria. Gene will demonstrate an F60, the car used by the Italian team in the 2009, around the recently re-opened Red Bull Ring. Gene is a veteran of 36 Grands Prix with the Minardi and Williams teams and won the 2009 Le Mans 24-hour race with Peugeot. He joined Ferrari in late 2004 and works on development of their Formula One cars as well as carrying out promotional duties

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- Jenson Button has said that he is aiming for a single-year McLaren deal for 2012, as opposed to rushing into a new long-term contract with his team. After starting 13th on the grid to third in Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix, Button was in Manchester for a street demonstration on Bank Holiday Monday

- Kubica had a successful final surgery in Italy on Sunday as he continues his recovery from his February rally crash. Surgeons described the outcome as “a total success”. Kubica’s final surgery was aimed at recovering the full mobility of his right elbow and did not encounter any complications. It remains unclear as to when the Polish driver is likely to return to the cockpit

- Group Lotus has announced that legendary Formula 1 designer Gordon Murray has become an advisor for the company, joining the Lotus Advisory Council. During his F1 career, Murray worked with McLaren and Brabham and is best known for his Brabham BT46B ‘Fan Car’ which won its only race with Niki Lauda at the wheel (the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix) before being declared illegal






- Tom Cruise in a Redbull car:))