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RTVSLO je napisal/-a:Honda ostaja, a pod drugim imenom

Prvi voznik naj bi bil Anglež Jenson Button

Formula 1 2008, včeraj ob 17:27
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Honda vendarle ostaja v formuli ena, vendar se bo moštvo verjetno preimenovalo v Brawn Racing. Podrobnosti še niso znane.

Japonski proizvajalec avtomobilov se je decembra zaradi finančne krize odločil, da izstopi iz formule ena, saj si ni mogel privoščiti, da bi letno temu izjemno dragemu športu namenjal 300 milijonov dolarjev letno. Ker je medtem vodstvo formule ena sklenilo, da morajo moštva znižati stroške, se je Hondi račun očitno izšel. Moštvo se že pripravlja, da bo v petek v Silverstonu prvič testiralo nov dirkalnik, ki bo opremljen z Mercedesovim motorjem.

Prvi voznik moštva naj bi bil Anglež Jenson Button, za drugega se borita brazilski veteren Rubens Barrichello in njegov rojak Bruno Senna, nečak Ayrtona Senne.

Prva dirka sezone bo 29. marca v Melbournu.

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BBC.com je napisal/-a:Honda team to return as Brawn GP

Brawn was Ferrari technical director before joining Honda last season

The former Honda Formula One team has been saved and will contest the 2009 season as Brawn GP.

The Honda Motor Company Limited and ex-Honda boss Ross Brawn, 54, have reached agreement to preserve the team.

Britain's Jenson Button and Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello, last year's Honda line-up, will continue to drive for the British-based team.

Brawn GP will use Mercedes engines when the new F1 season starts in Australia on 29 March.

There were fears Button would not be able to get a drive if the team were unable to continue and he is understood to have taken an extensive pay cut from his former salary of a reputed £8m as part of the rescue deal.

"I believe he's taken a 50% pay cut to ensure that he remains in the sport," said BBC 5 Live race commentator David Croft.

"I suppose the fact that he will be on the grid at all could be enough for him in the near future."

Honda pulled out of F1 in December as a result of the global financial crisis, leaving the team to search desperately for a buyer.

A statement, released on the new Brawn GP website, did not reveal the financial details of the buyout or whether Honda's 700 staff would remain in their jobs.


The vast experience and knowledge that both drivers bring to our team will prove invaluable as we aim to get up to speed in the shortest possible time


Brawn, a former Ferrari technical director, said: "The past few months have been extremely challenging for the team but today's announcement is the very pleasing conclusion to the strenuous efforts that have been made to secure its future.

"Firstly, it is a great shame that having worked with Honda Motor Company for so long we can no longer continue together.

"I would like to thank Honda for the fantastic co-operation and support we have received throughout this process, particularly those members of the senior management who were closely involved with concluding our agreement, and for the faith they have demonstrated in myself and our team."

Brawn, who joined Honda at the start of last season, added that he was delighted to retain the same driving line-up.

"The vast experience and knowledge that both drivers bring to our team will prove invaluable as we aim to get up to speed in the shortest possible time to be ready for the first race of the season," he said.

"In what will be their fourth season together, their experience with our team in Brackley, our systems and our engineers, will prove a real asset."


He added: "I would like to express particular appreciation for the support we have received from Mercedes-Benz Motorsport, the FIA (Federation Internationale de L'Automobile), FOM (Formula One Management), Fota (Formula One Teams Association) ... and our many fans the world over.

"The journey ahead will be challenging but exciting and we know we can count on their continued enthusiasm for our team and its ambitions."

Hiroshi Oshima, managing officer of Honda Motor Company Limited, wished Brawn well in his new role as team owner.

"Since announcing our withdrawal from Formula One racing on 5 December of last year, we have conducted various studies and discussions so that the team can continue its activities as a new team," said Oshima.

"We are very pleased that we could sell the team to Ross Brawn, with whom we have been partaking in the challenges of F1 competition, and are grateful for his decision. We offer our sincerest wishes for the new team which will be led by Ross."

Brawn GP will attend the remaining pre-season tests, in Barcelona starting on 9 March and Jerez starting on 15 March.

With the team's survival, Formula One will start the season with 10 teams - one fewer than at the beginning of 2008 before Super Aguri folded.

The FIA is supposed to be working on a new “World Engine” due in 2013 that can be used for 3 FIA categories - F1, F2 and WRC. Max Mosley described the engine as one single engine that could be aspirated and tuned differently for the different categories.

It could be turboed for F1, normally aspirated for F2 and perhaps lightly boosted for the WRC. He added that the project is only in its planning phase and in very early stages. FIA will consult the manufacturers on this matter. The engine will be standard but teams will be able to customise its peripheral areas, such as KERS and other forms of energy recovery such as from the brakes, brake heat and exhaust heat.

“Our basic objective is that the money spent in motorsport on research and development should be relevant and useful to the car industry rather than a highly specialized area which has no relevance to anything else,” says Max Mosley, referring to KERS and other peripherals.

McLaren je z "afero Ostržek" zabredel tako globoko, da mu po najbolj črnem scenariju celo grozi izključitev iz prvenstva formule 1.

Vse se je začelo na prvi letošnji dirki, ko je Lewis Hamilton ob vožnji za varnostnim avtomobilom ob napaki Jarna Trullija Italijana prehitel in prišel na tretjo mesto. McLaren je nato svojemu vozniku naročil naj toyoto spusti predse. Svetovni prvak je po dirki na zaslišanju lagal o dogovarjanju s svojim moštvom, zaradi česar je bil kaznovan z odvzemom točk.

Odločitev bo padla konec aprila
Mednarodna avtomobilska zveza se je zdaj odločila, da Hamiltona prijavi svetovnemu avtomobilstičnemu svetu, ki lahko izreče dodatne kazni. Zaslišanje bo 29. aprila. Kazni so lahko sila različne, celo izključitev iz prvenstva.

Hamilton naj bi ostal brez točk
Vprašanje pa je, če si svet lahko privošči izključitev McLarna in svetovnega prvaka. A možno je vse, saj je isti svet zaradi vohunske afere McLarna pred leti že olajšal za 100 milijonov dolarjev. Po najbolj verjetnem scenariju pa Hamiltonu grozi odvzem nekaj točk za svetovno prvenstvo. Glede na to, da ima šele 1 točko, gre lahko celo v "minus točke".

Ryan zapušča McLaren
Pri McLarnu so se medtem dokončno razšli s športnim direktorjem Davom Ryanom, ki je vso afero zakuhal, saj je Hamiltonu svetoval laganje pred. Britansko moštvo je Novozelandca najprej suspendiralo, zdaj pa je ostal še brez dela.

R 26 je napisal/-a:Pa tu so navadne budale. Kakšne skupne motorje. Zdej misljo met iste motorje še v F2 in WRC-ju. Grozno. Moštva bi morala razvijati nove motorje, hitrost pa bi omejili, če jim gre to tako v zelje.