F1 Qualifying – Germany

hey guys, guess what the ice man is just on a roll . Kimi is starting at pole tomorrow at the Nürburgring circuit. Hamilton had crashed out and the latest news is, he will be starting from 10th place. It has not yet been confirmed whether he will starting with McLaren’s spare car from the pit lane. The reason for Hamilton’s crash was that the front right wheel gun failed to work properly making the tyre loose forcing Hamilton to plough into the barricade at an estimated 150 kmph. Alonso has managed to qualify between the Ferraris. Right now the sun is shining for the Ferraris and lets see the teams fortunes tommorrow.

Results from qualifying, European Grand Prix:

1. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari one min 31.450 secs
2. Fernando Alonso (Spain) McLaren 1:31.741
3. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1:31.778
4. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 1:31.840
5. Robert Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber 1:32.123
6. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull – Renault 1:32.476
7. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Renault 1:32.478
8. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Toyota 1:32.501
9. Ralf Schumacher (Germany) Toyota 1:32.570
10. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1:33.833
11. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams – Toyota 1:31.978
12. Alexander Wurz (Austria) Williams – Toyota 1:31.996
13. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Renault 1:32.010
14. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Honda 1:32.221
15. Anthony Davidson (Britain) Super Aguri – Honda 1:32.451
16. Takuma Sato (Japan) Super Aguri – Honda 1:32.838
17. Jenson Button (Britain) Honda 1:32.983
18. Scott Speed (U.S.) Toro Rosso – Ferrari 1:33.038
19. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy) Toro Rosso – Ferrari 1:33.148
20. David Coulthard (Britain) RedBull – Renault 1:33.151
21. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Spyker – Ferrari 1:34.500
22. Markus Winkelhock (Germany) Spyker – Ferrari 1:35.940 -need4nos

Tata-Fiat/Mahindra may bid for Jaguar and Land Rover

Looks like the Indian Manufacturers are expanding their footprint. Media sources say both Tata and Mahindra are keen on the deal offered by Ford. The estimate is about 1.3 to 1.5 Billion dollars for both Jaguar and Land Rover. Both the Indian manufacturers have declined to comment and refuse to give any info. Looks like Mahindra is very keen on the LandRover but Ford is offering both the companies as a “package deal” and is working on the bid. Since Land Rover and Mahindra concentrate on SUV`s synergy is possible but Land Rover is about 6 times larger than Mahindra and this is where the affordability factor comes into play. The combined workforce of both the companies is about 19000 British workers. Ford bought Jaguar in 1989 for 2.5 billion dollars and Land Rover from Germany’s BMW in 2000 for 2.7 billion dollars.  

BEEMER