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The online auto market on September 3 reported east wind beautiful

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Chengdu and Foshan two traffic accident troublemakers attain the severe sentence event and in August the national severe punishment to be drunk to harness and other news, has initiated attention of the whole society and discusses hotly. These typical events to raising national’s road safety awareness and promotion country related functional department and manage the positive role to value of the traffic safety condition.

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By znnw, 2009/11/28 11:53

Vettel takes pole in F1 British GP

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel grabbed his second pole position in a row on Saturday while F1 leader Jenson Button qualified in sixth place in the British Grand Prix.
Button’s teammate Rubens Barrichello, whose last win was with Ferrari in 2004, took second place on the starting grid for Brawn GP with Australian Mark Webber third for Red Bull.
The pole, in a time of one minute 19.509 seconds, was the fourth of Vettel’s Formula One career and third of the season. Barrichello lapped in 1:19.856.
Vettel’s time looked even more impressive when official figures published later showed his car weighing in at 666.5 kg compared to Barrichello and Button’s 657.5. Webber’s Red Bull weighed 659.5.
The 21-year-old German clinched victory in Chinese GP on April making him the only driver other than Button to have won a race this year.
Button has a 26 point lead over Brazilian Barrichello, and is 32 ahead of Vettel, with 10 races remaining but was gloomy about his chances after struggling to heat up his tyres.
Webber blamed Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen for slowing him on a hot lap and keeping him off the front row.
World champion Lewis Hamilton, who put in one of the all-time great performances in the wet to win for McLaren last year, suffered the worst qualifying performance of his Formula One career in 19th place.
Italian Jarno Trulli qualified fourth for Toyota, with Japan’s Kazuki Nakajima — yet to score a point this year — registering a career-best grid position with fifth for Williams, albeit with the lightest car on the grid.

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By znnw, 2009/11/28 11:53

No F1 split as Mosley departs

Peace broke out in Formula One Wedensday when a deal was reached to avert a breakaway series and teams agreed to further cut costs.
Embattled FIA President Max Mosley, who said he would not be seeking re-election, had been at loggerheads with eight teams – Ferrari, McLaren, BMW Sauber, Renault, Toyota, Red Bull, Toro Rosso and Brawn GP – over his plans to introduce a budget cap for 2010.
“The basic news is that there will be no split. There will be one championship in 2010 which is, I think, something we all hoped,” Mosley told a news conference in Paris following a meeting of the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council.
“We’ve reached agreement on a number of items. In particular we’ve reached agreement on reduction of costs. We’ve had significant help from the teams.”
The Formula One Teams’ Association, headed by Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo, had objected to the budget cap which it felt could lead to a two-tier series with the teams agreeing to the cap being allowed greater technical freedom.
The governing FIA further fuelled matters this month by publishing a 2010 entry list, including all the existing 10 teams and three new entrants despite the wrangling.
FOTA responded by announcing plans for a breakaway series next year before last weekend’s British Grand Prix but the teams are now committed to F1 until 2012.
“Now the manufacturers, that’s to say FOTA, have committed commercially until 2012…as far as the FIA is concerned the commitment is indefinite,” the FIA chief added.
Step down
Mosley, who earlier this week hinted he wanted to stay on in his post and would not be forced out, will now step down when his mandate ends in October.
“I will now be able to look at Formula One knowing it’s peaceful and stable and be able to stop as was always my intention in October of this year so I won’t present myself for re-election now that we’ve got peace,” Mosley said.
The Briton survived repeated calls for his resignation last year after a sadomasochistic sex scandal but won a confidence vote in May 2008.
Formula One commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone was thrilled with the outcome. “I’m obviously very, very happy that common sense has prevailed,” he said.
Montezemolo, who had been due to chair a meeting in Bologna today to discuss plans for a breakaway, was pleased that this year’s rules will continue next season.

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By znnw, 2009/11/28 11:53

F1 teams seek deal tospice up race

Formula One could soon have a new commercial deal to make races more entertaining, team bosses said yesterday after winning their first battle over the immediate future of the sport.

The Formula One Teams’ Association (FOTA) had threatened a breakaway series in a long-running row with International Automobile Federation (FIA) president Max Mosley over a budget cap, but an agreement on Wednesday ended the crisis. A new deal has yet to be signed with commercial rights holder CVC, represented by Bernie Ecclestone, but an agreement is close with Renault boss Flavio Briatore in charge of spicing up the already glamorous sport.

“Flavio will be busy working with the commercial rights holder to improve the show of the sport, we hope we can find agreement with CVC in the coming days,” Ferrari president and FOTA head Luca di Montezemolo said.

The teams feel empowered after largely achieving their aims on Wednesday in Paris, where the budget cap was dropped and Mosley said he would retire in October.

This year’s rules will remain in place next season but costs will still be cut to the level of the 1990s.

FOTA members think the fresh start and ideas they came up with when pondering a breakaway can bring fans closer to the sport.

Teams have criticized the lack of supporters at new tracks like Istanbul and believe fans are best served by traditionally exciting races at the likes of Spa in Belgium.

“What we want is a Formula One and in the end we achieved that. We want to work for a better show, better entertainment,” Briatore said after a FOTA meeting which was originally called to plan the breakaway series.

“Even if the likes of Turkey are paying more money, we would rather have stadia that are full,” Briatore said.

“It is better for the spirit of the sport. We want stands full of fans. There is no point spending all that money on an empty cathedral. We need to talk about sport again. After many years of president Max Mosley, we want to wish him a good retirement,” he added pointedly.

Ignored suggestions

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh said the FIA had largely ignored team suggestions for changes following a fans’ survey and he hoped that now they could push their ideas through.

“There is no singular point. It’s listening to what the audience wants and making sure we respond to it,” he said.

Despite the fledgling FOTA group showing its combined muscle in negotiations, the teams want to leave Mosley’s replacement up to the FIA.

“The federation is an independent body with its own constitution it’s their business who they appoint as president. From the teams’ point of view we’d like someone independent… independent of any of the teams,” Toyota’s John Howett said.

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By znnw, 2009/11/28 11:53

Fuji circuit withdraws from F1, report says

Toyota-owned Fuji International Speedway is reportedly planning to pull out of hosting the 2010 Japanese Formula One Grand Prix.

The world’s biggest auto maker has refused to comment on reports carried by domestic newspapers and Japan’s national news agency.

Fuji has decided not to host the 2010 race, Kyodo News agency reported yesterday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

A Toyota spokesman told the Associated Press: “It’s true that (Fuji Speedway) is making various considerations regarding its hosting of the event next year,” but refused to elaborate further.

Toyota has been hit by the global economic downturn. The company expects the current fiscal year through March 2010 to be its worst ever financially, forecasting a net loss of US$5.7 billion.

Fuji Speedway hosted the Japanese Grand Prix in 2007 and 2008 for the first time in 30 years, replacing the Honda-owned Suzuka circuit.

The 2009 Japanese Grand Prix will be held at Suzuka, near the city of Nagoya. It was expected that the race would alternate between Suzuka and Fuji beginning this year.

Meanwhile, Red Bull replaced Formula One reserve driver Brendon Hartley with Jaime Alguersuari yesterday.

Spain’s Alguersuari, 19, will assume his new duties at next week’s German Grand Prix.

Hartley, who held the post since the start of the season, will concentrate “on his own racing program in the European F3 series,” the Austrian team said.

Alguersuari, who last year became the youngest ever British F3 champion, is currently competing in the Renault World Series.

Red Bull trails only Brawn GP in the constructors’ standings.

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By znnw, 2009/11/28 11:53

Former F1 winner’s son dies in race

Son of former Formula One world champion John Surtees died from an accident during a Formula Two race on Sunday, the hospital said.
Henry Surtees was knocked unconscious during the race at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, south of London, and was airlifted to hospital with head injuries.
The hospital said later Sunday that the driver had died but refused to disclose further details.
A statement from the Formula Two championship said Surtees was struck on the head by a wheel and tyre from another car which had hit the tyre wall ahead of him. He was knocked unconscious and his car collided with the barriers.
Surtees secured a drive in F2 following a breakthrough year in 2008 that saw him contest the Formula Renault UK Championship and Winter Series and also make his debut in British Formula Three.
He claimed his first F2 podium only on Saturday, when he finished third in the weekend’s opening race at Brands.
His father John is famously the only man to win world championships on two and four wheels, having claimed multiple 500cc motorcycle world championships before winning the F1 crown with Ferrari in 1964.