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Sauber points finger at FIA’s ‘bizarre’ u-turn

Peter Sauber has pointed a finger at F1′s governing body as the Swiss team rues the loss of millions in income.
After the season finale in Brazil, Sauber team figures were happy at least to have beaten Toro Rosso to the chequered flag for seventh in the constructors’ world championship.

But “for all the joy we have not forgotten that we wanted more,” founder and boss Peter Sauber wrote in a column for the Swiss newspaper Blick.

“At mid season we were solidly in position 6, but we soon fell behind Force India.

“The reason is the blown diffuser and the so-called ‘off-throttle-blowing’,” said Sauber, whose team would have earned considerably more income with sixth in the standings.

He is referring to the mid-season controversy that saw the FIA ban the technology only to promptly re-allow it.

“We stopped this development after the FIA announced the ban,” wrote Sauber. “That proved to be a mistake because the FIA went back and bizarrely allowed this technology again.

“It got us badly on the defensive into the second half of the season. Those with the systems optimised their advantage, achieving much more than a second per lap,” he said.

The issue has finally been settled for 2012, with a comprehensive ban.

“Other than that, the rule changes (for next season) are moderate,” acknowledged Sauber. “Therefore our (2012 car) C31 will not be a revolution but rather a targeted evolution, albeit with numerous changes.”

Registros de Schumacher demasiado lejos“, insiste Vettel

Dec.6 (GMM) Sebastian Vettel ha restado importancia a cualquier sugerencia que ha establecido como un objetivo de la carrera de su amigo y mentor de registro de Michael Schumacher de siete títulos mundiales y 91 victorias.

El fin de semana en Dusseldorf, la pareja debidamente ganó la corona de la Copa de la Nación “por quinta vez consecutiva en la Carrera de Campeones.

Pero en el mundo de la F1, aunque el actual campeón del mundo y la espalda contra espalda, de 24 años de edad, Vettel es todavía cinco campeonatos y 70 victorias por debajo de juego, incluso de todos los tiempos de Schumacher, registros de títulos.

Claro que puede hacerlo”, Schumacher, de 43 años el próximo mes, es citado por la revista alemana Sport Bild.

Siempre he dicho que los registros están ahí para ser roto, así que ¿por qué debería pensar de manera diferente de la mía? el piloto de Mercedes añadió.

Piloto de Red Bull Vettel, sin embargo, dijo en la televisión austriaca Servus TV el lunes: Lo que Michael se logra tan lejos de lo que he hecho.

Así que no se puede establecer como una meta.

Pero lo dominante era la temporada de 2011 Vettel que, al ser interrogado, que no podía recordar cómo celebró su victoria en España hace seis meses.

Se mostró en desacuerdo sobre los detalles con su jefe Christian Horner, riendo: Lo que tenemos aquí es un problema de lujo!

Otro problema es su tendencia, en cuatro ocasiones en 2011, accidente en los entrenamientos del viernes, pero su otro jefe Dr. Helmut Marko le hizo un guiño: “Tengo que decir que, después, siempre ganó la carrera

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