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Skeeter said:
2nd set of tickets so far this year!
Tempted to do Spa too...
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Nice :) They look rather like mine, except I'm a bit further round in Woodcote B. I'm just waiting for the Centre North passes now ;)

If you haven't already spotted it, the weekend timetable has appeared on the Silverstone site. No details of the Thursday pit lane access yet, and no Historic F1 races this year sadly.
 
From what I can tell there are 5 sessions on Thursday with tickets available on the day, which basically sounds like first come first served.
 
Same as I've heard then. When I was booking the centre north passes, the lady I spoke to also said it was 'first come first served' but implied that there should be enough tickets. We're arriving on the Wednesday ready for an early queue on the Thursday if we need to though :/
 
smr said:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114345

Adrian Newey has signed a new contract with Red Bull, but he will step away from his day-to-day involvement with the Formula 1 team to work on other projects.
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Fair to assume his and Red Bull's aim is the Americas Cup? It's been a long held ambition of his - he was expected to leave F1 a decade or more ago to pursue a career in designing boats.
 
Skeeter said:
Yep. Clearly they have routes into areas Newey is interested in.
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Red Bull have been in most sports I can think of, although they abandoned a couple of them a few years back (sold their Nascar team to BK Racing, and dropped the Infiniti\Nissan partnership in Indycar\Indy Lights).
 
Helmut Marko has told Sebastian Vettel it is time for him to "raise his game" and adapt to the new style of Formula 1.

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/3213/9348588/Vettel-told-to-raise-his-game-

"I told him: 'There are 50 engineers working on this engine and they can't sort it out," Marko said in an interview with the BBC.

"'You're a top driver, it's up to you. You have to do it.'

"If he can't sort out the car, the easiest thing is the driver. He has to raise his game."

The Red Bull advisor also admitted that the Bulls considered signing Lewis Hamilton when he went on the market after his six years with McLaren.

In the end, the team felt that Vettel and Hamilton would make for a difficult partnership.

"We were considering it, but we thought it wouldn't work," said Marko. "To be successful, you need a certain amount of harmony."
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BBC Article
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/27830986
 
Luca is such an idiot.

Ferrari are threatening to quit F1 because "nobody wants to watch efficiency", yet his argument is they will go to Le Mans, which is all about efficiency, and would use the same engine they have in F1 that has spurred his childish outburst.

Go gather up your toys Luca, you've not fooled anyone.
 
I just ignore Loopy Mentalzemalo now. Every year when Ferrari don't win he threatens to quit. I just wish he'd sod off now. If he takes the Ferrari F1 team with him, so be it. I wouldn't particularly miss them.

Sadly, I really do see Horner/Marko turning into Loopy type figures now too.
 
I think Luca still pretends it's the 70s and Ferrari have enough sway to moan and get what they want. They don't. Luca just needs to either build a decent bloody car or shut the hell up. Its embarrassing.

Marko is understandable, Red Bull are a sponsor, they are in it to advertise on successful teams, leaving when the going gets tough is expected.
 
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