Showing posts with label drivers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drivers. Show all posts
According to latest reports, Mr. Vijaya Malya has been quoted saying that he would be the first one to offer Karun Chandok a racing opportunity on the F-1 racing track and the first car he would drive would be one of Force India. This statement of Mr. Malya is being perceived in a very affirmative manner by Indian fans who are desperate to see a Force India car being driven by An Indian driver rather than Liuzzi or Sutil. Chandok has been performing constantly well in the GP2 races that he has participated in. A debate on how Indian is Force India would have certainly reached Mr. Malya and he being the owner of a team that has performed extremely well in the previous race at Spa and with Fisichella's switch to Ferrari for this year as well as the next year, one and all are expecting Mr.Malya to recruit drivers like Narain Kartikeyan and Karun Chandok into Team Force India.
Its the turn of VitNtonio Liuzzi to promise a satisfactory pace in Monza, the next round of F-1 race. Liuzzi promises to keep up the momentum of the team and the car going as was seen in Spa, the previous race. He has been sitting most of this season without any chances to participate in any race in 2009 and even 2008. He has played the role of the team's test driver. With testing being banned by the FIA, he has not had much of a chance to drive the car on the race track. Also the team got the car late this season and hence he was unable to ride it thoroughly. Despite of all these factors going against him, he promises to be competitive enough on the race track. He is a good driver as we have all seen him driving in the Torro Rosso and Red Bull cars in seasons 2005 and 2006 respectively. He is quick in the car and with the confidence of the team very high with the second place finish in Spa, we can expect Liuzzi to keep up the pace of the car and bring in more points for the team.
The test driver for Force India all through this season, VitAntonio Liuzzi has agreed to drive for theteam in the remaining five rounds of the 2009 season. He has been the test driver for the team since the beginning of the season and is a very reputed racing driver as well. According to Force India supremo, Vijaya Malya, the car will not start running slower with Fisichella gone, the car remains the same and will turn out to be very handy in the hands of VitAntonio.
The 28 year old Liuzzi has driven the car in the testing sessions and knows the car as well as Fisichella or Adrian Sutil. The biggest advantage that he may have is that he will be racing for Force India in his home Grand Prix. Liuzzi is very confident about the car seeing the performance in the previous race. He has several race starts under his belt (39), and the best place he has earned for himself is sixth on the chequered flag. He has driven for Red Bull and Torro Rosso earlier in his career.
Both Force India and Liuzzi are very confident of another podium finish as the speed of the car in the previous race was amazing and was matching the Ferrari every bit even when the F-60 had a KERS installed on it.
The biggest news this week has been of Fisichella being transferred to Ferrari. He will drive a Ferrari in the next round Monza and also for the rest of the races this year. Next year, he will remain as the team's reserve driver for the races. Force India have not yet declared who will replace Fisichella but it is almost certain that reserve and test driver Vitantonio Liuzzi will replace Fisichella. Ferrari fans will be pleased to see a better racing driver than Badoer who failed to impress the team and the fans with his bad performance in the F-60 this year in the previous two races. Badoer failed to score any points in the previous two races and since the time Fellipe Massa has been injured due to an accident, Ferrari have emerged strong and Raikonnen has finished on the podium. With Fisichella's confidence very high due to a second place finish in Spa-Francorchamps with only 0.9 seconds between him and Raikonnen, the leader in the race, one and all are expecting Ferrari to emerge strong in the next race at Monza.
I cannot think of a better introduction to this post than to tell you that The official F-1 website describes Schumacher as the greatest driver the sport has ever seen. The recent reports about Schumacher coming back to the tracks was a much awaited one by me and all Schumi fans all over the world. Those who understand F-1 and have seen Schumacher drive the Ferrari will agree with me on the above two statements.
Michael was born in Germany on 3rd January, 1969. He is a seven time world Champion and is the only German to have done so. In 2006, he was voted as the most famous driver among the fans. He won five consecutive drivers championships for Ferrari from 2000-2004. He holds the maximum number of records in F-1 driving history. His records consist of the most number of victories, pole positions, fastest laps and many others. He is also the only driver to have finished up on podium in every race of a season. He accomplished this in 2002 though this was not possible without the assistance of Ferrari who were excellent throughout the season. Schumacher retired in 2006 but his fans felt that he was a better driver than you can find on the grid now. It was for this reason that when he announced his comeback to F-1 in the Valencia circuit due to an injured Felippe Massa, the fan club that he holds went mad and there were welcome messages all over the world. But due to an injury he suffered in a bike testing session, he could not make a comeback. This has dissapointed his fans and with Badoer performing not so good in races, his fans still hope to see him back on the track.
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