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FIA Finds Teams Guilty on Two F1 Charges

FIA, the world motorsports governing body, has found the seven F1 teams that pulled out of the US Grand Prix guilty on two charges, but has deferred punishment. The compromise is seen as a way of buying time for the international motorsports series to recover. The teams – Renault, McLaren, Williams, Toyota, Sauber, Red Bull and BAR – were found guilty of failing to arrive at Indianapolis with proper tyres and wrongfully refusing to allow their cars to race after Michelin issued a safety warning.

However, the teams were cleared of charges of failing to inform race stewards of their intention not to race, refusing to race subject to a speed limit and combining to put on a spectacle damaging to Formula One. Punishment was deferred until 14 September. The FIA cannot punish Michelin directly.

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F1: Schumacher May Quit Soon

Michael Schumacher, one of Formula 1’s most successful drivers, is not having fun in the sport and may retire soon, his brother Ralph told the Sport Bild Newspaper on Wednesday. “I don’t believe that Michael will be driving for very much longer,” Toyota driver Ralph told the German sports publication.

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Banner Expands Power Bull Range

Banner Batteries has expanded its range of Power Bull batteries with products designed to cover virtually all Asian car models. This includes the following marques: Chevrolet (Daewoo), Daihatsu, Honda, Hyundai, Isuzu, Kia, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Ssangyong, Subaru, Suzuki and Toyota.

Power Bull batteries, which incorporate Banner calcium/calcium technology, recently performed well in the Stiftung Warentest of 16 international brand batteries; the Power Bull was named winner for best service life with minimum water consumption and self discharge.

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Goodyear Names New Manufacturing VP

(Akron/Tire Review) Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co has named Christopher Werner as its new vice president of manufacturing for its North American Tire unit. Christopher Werner comes to Goodyear from GST AutoLeather Inc, a supplier of automotive leather for luxury vehicles from Toyota/Lexus, Acura, Ford, Chrysler and others, where he served as senior vice president of global operations. Mr Werner, 42, will report to Jon Rich, president of North American Tire, and Chris Clark, senior vice president of global sourcing.

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Ralph Schumacher Gets Tyre Penalty

Ralf Schumacher has been given a half-second penalty after a mix-up with his car’s free practice tyres for the Monaco Grand Prix. Stewards discovered Schumacher had used a left front tyre on his Toyota that had not been officially allocated to him during the session.

Supplier Michelin blamed human error for the mistake and Schumacher will now have to add a half-second to his aggregate qualifying time as a penalty. It’s the second time in three races that Schumacher has been penalised. He lost a point at the San Marino Grand Prix after being given a 25 second penalty for a pit-lane offence.

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Kayaba Wins OE Contracts

Kayaba has increased its original equipment business with PSA Citroen and Toyota, supplying shock absorbers for the Citroen C1, Peugeot 107 and the Toyota Aygo. All three vehicles share the same platform and will be manufactured at the Toyota Peugeot Citroen Automobiles (TPCA) plant at Kolin in the Czech Republic. Initially, the shock absorbers will be supplied from Kayaba’s factory near Pamplona in Spain, but this will switch to a purpose-built factory in the Czech Republic. This plant is due to begin production in February 2007.

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Surf’s Up With Toyo

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“A beach party atmosphere, in Yorkshire, in April, may seem a little different from the norm, but that’s how we do things here!” So said Toyo Tyre UK’s marketing director Mike Rignall as the tyre company celebrated its sixth year as official sponsor of the live action arena at the Ripspeed Donny Show.

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F1 Teams Boycott FIA Meeting

(Akron/Tire Review) Associated Press has reported that nine Formula One teams and five F1 car manufacturers will boycott a meeting this week with the FIA in another move interpreted as increasing their bid for a new grand prix series.

FIA’s meeting on 15 April was reportedly called to discuss 2008 race season regulations. The only race team and constructor committed to attending the meeting is Ferrari, which signed a multi-year deal to remain in F1.

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Michelin Man Moves to Toyota

Pascal Vasselon, former motorsports project manager at Michelin, will soon make a return to the pitlane, this time in a Toyota uniform. According to reports the Frenchman will take up a position in Cologne’s R&D department prior to the San Marino grand prix late next month. Asked what Mr Vasselon’s next move might be, motorsport director Pierre Dupasquier said in Melbourne: “It’s up to him. He loves Formula One.”

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Goodyear Gains New OE Fitments

(Akron/Tire Review) Goodyear tyres will be fitted on the popular Toyota Prius hybrid and have also earned fitment on the new Pontiac Solstice. Goodyear Integrity radials (size P185/65R15) are OE on the 2004 Prius, the fast-selling hybrid vehicle in America. The petrol/electric hybrid delivers 55 mpg on average, according to Toyota. The 2006 Solstice, a two-seat roadster that is expected to reach Pontiac dealers later this year, will feature P245/45R18 Goodyear Eagle RS-As, the tyre manufacturer said.

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Alonso Takes Malaysia Victory

Michelin equipped Fernando Alonso dominated the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, winning by 24.3 seconds. Jarno Trulli, who scored Toyota’s first podium in Formula 1, took second place. Williams’ Nick Heidfeld was third with Juan Pablo Montoya fourth for McLaren. David Coulthard was sixth ahead of Michael Schumacher, who started 13th, while Jenson Button retired after three laps with engine failure. Seventh place Schumacher was the only Bridgestone driver to end up in the top eight, with teammate Rubens Barrichello retiring.

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US SUV Sales Drop

(Akron/Tire Review) A report in the Detroit News says that SUV sales have dropped sharply as fuel prices in the US have continued to rise. The newspaper, citing a study by J.D. Power & Associates, said that full-size SUVs have been the hardest hit by the sales downturn. Sales of full-size SUVs were down 31 per cent in January and 21 per cent in February, according to the report.

Through February, sales of Chevy Suburbans were down 37.8 per cent, Hummer H2s were down 32.6 per cent, Ford Expedition sales fell 24.4 per cent and Toyota Sequoia sales were down 14.4 per cent, said the report. Still, some models showed increases, including the Nissan Armada (+33.5%), Dodge Durango (+17.3%), and the Cadillac Escalade ESV (+8.8%), the report noted. A Ford analyst quoted by the paper said, “Gas prices probably accelerated a trend already under way. The best days for those products (large SUVs) are behind us.”

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New Land Rover 3 and Discovery 3 Exhausts

Quicksilver has launched a stainless steel exhaust system specially designed for the new Land Rover 3 and Discovery 3 V8 petrol and Turbo Disel V6. According to the company, the new products are for “bold confident people who enjoy making a fashion statement,” and provide “a distinguished air of supremacy.”

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Fulda Challenge: UK Team in Car Accident

Following a successful second day the UK team, Emmie Gribble and Richard Jackson, were involved in a car accident on the Alaska Highway. Travelling back to their base in Whitehorse from the Kanu-Downhill Carcross Desert, their Toyota RAV4 was involved in a collision with another vehicle. After being taken to hospital Richard Jackson was released after a check up. Emmie Gribble however was less fortunate. She remains in hospital with a broken arm and rib, and a lacerated lung. Doctors say she is doing fine.

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