In the round-up: Lewis Hamilton says deciding to leave McLaren is the hardest decision he's ever made.
Links
Top F1 links from the past 24 hours:
Hamilton: It's the hardest decision I've made, but I'm leaving McLaren to grow up (Daily Mail)
'When I arrived in Formula 1 in 2007, I now realise I never really grasped what I was taking on. Ron [Dennis] had told me: 'Don't be surprised if you're 0.5sec slower than Fernando [Alonso]', and I just smiled because I knew it wouldn't be the case. But, even so, that year was very hard, for many reasons.'
The complications of the Formula 1 calendar (Autosport, subscription required)
'TV broadcasters across the world hold 20-race contracts with Formula One Management, while teams are anxious for their slices of the increased revenues promised them by Ecclestone in terms of newly-struck commercial agreements ' precursors to the yet-to-be-signed 2013-20 Concorde Agreement, the replacement for the recently-expired covenant which binds governing body, CRH, and teams ' and thus Ecclestone needs to deliver on both content and bottom line.'
- 2013 F1 calendar
'Racing isn't just a sport, it's a show.' (Red Bull)
Helmet designer Jens Munser: 'Singapore took a long time. We had to work out what LEDs to use, what battery to use. I was worried it might interfere with the radio. I was hoping the battery would last, it's a long race, nearly two hours. It was amazing when he won the race, he was greeting the fans and the helmet was still flashing. It was a big relief, I was really happy!'
For more on this article by @TommyB89 see this thread in the forum:
- A chat with helmet painter Jens Munser
Red Bull offers own track for Austrian GP return in 2013 (BBC)
'Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko told an Austrian newspaper: 'We have made the FIA aware that the Red Bull Ring has a fully updated Formula 1 licence.''
Boom and bust for F1 weekend (Kxan via Youtube)
Tweets
@adam_s_parr There is a time for a revolution, a time for reforms'You need the conditions to make a successful revolution'
' Luca Colajanni (@lcolajanni) December 9, 2012
Adrian Newey has just put his hand up for the kart race! Gonna make an interesting field of competitors ' DC and S.Loeb are amongst it too '
' Daniel Ricciardo (@danielricciardo) December 9, 2012
Source tells me the Lotus F1 Team will have a new title sponsor next year ' US technology giant Honeywell.
' Adam Hay-Nicholls (@AdamHayNicholls) December 7, 2012
- Find more official F1 accounts to follow in the F1 Twitter Directory
Comment of the day
Thanks to everyone who joined in yesterday's Caption Competition. Do keep your suggestions coming in ' in the meantime here's the pick of the best so far.
I thought Max Jacobson, Electrolite, Scalextric, S.J.M, Mallesh Magdum and Melkurion's suggestions were among the funniest. But my favourite was this one from FormulaLes:
'I guess I should have chased Dietrich Mateschitz for his autograph when I was ten.'
From the forum
- @Mnmracer has clearly put a huge amount of effort into this post on how fortune affected the 2012 championship
- More pictures of the German Grand Prix from @JamesEden.
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On this day in F1
Five years ago today Fernando Alonso's return to Renault was confirmed. He was joined by newcomer Nelson Piquet Jnr:
- Renault confirm Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet Jnr in 2008
Image © McLaren/Hoch Zwei
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