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Formula One : the New Points System for the 2010 Season
Author: Sport News
Formula 1 finally has approved the use of the new points system for the 2010 season, that is every driver who successfully completed the race in positions 1 to 10 will get points.
World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) finally approved the use of the new points system on Friday (11/12/2009), it means the next season of each race winner will receive 25 points.
Meanwhile, in the second position to get 20 points and 15 points for a third finish. While the drivers who finished behind respectively 10-8-6-5-3-2-1 will get points.
Increasing number of F1 teams that will compete next season, the 13 teams from 10 teams in season 2009, the basic use of the concept of the new points. F1 next season received four new teams.
Use of the new points system was greeted with joy by Jenson Button. F1 2009 world champion who will play for McLaren in the 2010 season will assess the points system is fair enough.
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Toyota Will Continue to Participate in SupersPort
Author: Sport News
Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) finally officially announced his retirement from F1 arena. Whereas in the past only a rumor, it appears also the announcement on the official site Toyota. He further, the decision to withdraw from F1 arena because economic conditions are more severe in Japan, among others, sales tend to fall and the yen higher and higher.
Toyota’s participation in F1 for 8 seasons since 2002 with 13 podium achievements and reaching 87 points. Decision “game over” in F1 was announced by the CEO directly TMC Akio Toyoda.
They further explained, Toyota will continue to participate in SupersPort or car mass-produced.
Two cars on display at the TMS 2009 and will be deployed in the race is the Lexus LFA Supercar and FT-86 (Toyota gave the name in Japanese: hachi-roku). This last car was a compact sports car and the rear wheel motion boxer engine, developed with Subaru.
Toyota presented the reasons to follow the last type of motorsport is the number of participants so that more could be sold to those who are interested. As in F1, who spent the money not less than 400 million U.S. dollars per year, the product can not be sold.
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Renault May also Withdraw from Formula 1
Author: Sport News
Renault’s board met in Paris to discuss the possibility of withdrawing from their participation in the F1 GP event.
Management of the French manufacturer having this conversation on the same day with the announcement of the Japanese manufacturers, Toyota, to withdraw from F1 event. They also discussed the possibility of such a stay as a participant or merely a supplier of engines to other teams or withdrawn altogether.
However, the meeting was attended by top F1 team, Bob Bell and Jean-Francois Caubet, it has not produced a clear decision.
After the last race in Abu Dhabi, the Renault team ranked eighth out of 10 participants in the manufacturer standings.
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Toyota Withdraw From F1
Author: Sport News
“This is something that is difficult but it certainly can not be avoided. Since last year, with the economic climate continues to deteriorate, we began to ask whether it will continue to work in F1,” Toyoda said in a press conference held in Tokyo on Wednesday (4/11/2009 ).
“Toyota withdrawal from F1 as a whole,” continued Toyoda was quoted as saying by Reuters.
Began to participate in F1 since 2002, Toyota has not even won the race. During the seven seasons jet participated in racing ground, the best performance team based in Cologne, Germany it is the finish in fourth position in the constructors’ championship final in 2005.
Toyota’s decision was made Japan no longer has a representative in F1 after the Honda back in December 2008. A few days ago also claimed Bridgestone would not extend the cooperation with F1 as the sole tire supplier that will expire in 2010.
Honda decision to resign to make F1 next season has only three manufacturers of Ferrari (Fiat), Mercedes and Renault.
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F1 world champion, Jenson Button Waited Nine Years
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