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New Caterham passes all crash tests
Caterham - formerly known as Team Lotus - has confirmed that its 2012 car, the CT-01, has successfully passed all of the necessary crash tests put in place by the FIA.
The procedure, fully organised and overseen by the Paris-based governing body headed by Jean Todt, involves entire chassis and individual car parts, such as nose cones, being subjected to impacts at a number of different speeds and angles.
“Great week – renaming as Caterham F1 Team on Tuesday and today our first chassis, CT-01 passes all FIA homologation tests,” Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer for Caterham, said via Twitter on Friday evening.
For the first time ever, all teams’ cars are now required to have passed every FIA crash test prior to being run on a track.
Pre-season running begins in Jerez on Tuesday 7 February. |
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Martin Brundle has suggested that Vitaly Petrov may be in line for an unexpected F1 reprieve with the Caterham team.
Even though both Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham's drivers last season when they ran under the name of Team Lotus, were listed on the FIA's provisional driver line-up for the upcoming 2012 season, speculation has been mounting in recent weeks that the Italian's position with the rebranded team may be under threat.
Following his ousting from Lotus-Renault, who have appointed Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean as their racers for 2012, Petrov is just one of a host of drivers searching for a race seat next season, with just two positions 'officially' still up for grabs - at Williams and HRT.
However, writing on his twitter account, Brundle declared: "Suspect Vitaly Petrov may re-emerge at Caterham F1 (formerly Team Lotus) in 2012. Music has stopped, there'll be a mad scramble for seats."
With Petrov, Rubens Barrichello and Adrian Sutil - to name but a few - among those drivers looking for a way back in to the sport, 'a mad scramble' may be putting it mildly. |
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Reply 882# kurtzuandy
petrov dari team lotus ke ex lotus.. |
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Reply 881# satusembilan
laju je lepas crash test..
hope bole la lawan williams.. |
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Reply 883# weta_studio
dari lotus renault ke ex team lotus. pening kan? |
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Reply 885# kurtzuandy
mmg pening..
confuse..nasib baik dah tukar name..
sokong team mane?? |
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Reply 886# weta_studio
sejak 2010 sokong team tony fernandes, thn ni tetap sokong dorg. ko? |
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Reply 887# kurtzuandy
camner cakap yer lame dah follow F1..
skrg sokong mercgp..sbb follow michael schumacher tu.. |
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Reply 888# weta_studio
ni mesti sokong schumi sejak mase dia kat ferrari dulu kan, dulu aku sokong sauber mase jaman heidfeld pastu bmw-sauber, last2 ni baru sokong team tony.kire lompat2 parti la hehe |
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Reply 889# kurtzuandy
start follow schumy sejak zaman bennetton lagi |
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Reply 890# weta_studio
peh otai formula 1 la nih.aku baru nak berjinak2 ngan f1 sejak ade race kat sepang je hehe |
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Reply 891# kurtzuandy
takde la otai mane..
same2 follow F1 gak...
lg satu F1 dah byk brubah..bagus gak sbb hala tuju F1 tu makin berkembang..even dgn kacau bilau krisis ekonomi
still lagi survive |
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tula still leh survive ngan tambah teknologi baru walaupon ade kekangan cost limited |
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tetiap teknologi baru ada kos yang bertambah...
sponsor byk bagi dana kat team F1 ni semua.. |
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tetiap teknologi baru ada kos yang bertambah...
sponsor byk bagi dana kat team F1 ni semua.. |
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Reply 897# satusembilan
ni kereta last season...
copy penyedut udara mercedes kat kepala driver tu |
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kereta ni pakai tuk tahun ni ke?
atau pak tony tak launcing kereta lagi? |
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Reply 899# akughi
bukan ler..tu utk pameran je la rasanya
kete baru dilancarkan tak pasti lagi |
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Post time 20-12-2011 02:29 PM
