Red Bull Racing Team... MY FAVORITE!!!

Red Bull Racing F1 Team is owned by the Austriac company of Red Bull drinks. Red Bull acquired the Jaguar Racing scuderia for 110 million dollars, when the team’s house of this scuderia (Ford) announced his retirement from the maximum category.

The team's origins date back to the team created by Jackie Stewart, Stewart Grand Prix, who ran his first race in 1997. The team was bought by Ford and ran under the name of Jaguar during the 2000 season Formula 1. Despite the youth of the equipment compared with other manufacturers like Ferrari and McLaren, it was considered a very successful start, a race won in 1999. Eventhough the many technical and managerial changes (which included the recruitment of high profile personalities such as Niki Lauda and Bobby Rahal, and the failed attempt to attract the designer Adrian Newey, the team never again reached the achievements of the Stewart era.

Following the disappointing results obtained by the team, Ford announced his retirement following the 2004 Formula 1 season.

On November 15, 2004, Red Bull announced that the acquisition was finalized. During the 2005 Formula 1 season, the team kept the drivers Cosworth. The first pilots of the team are David Coulthard and Christian Klien, who debuted in the 2005 season scoring points with both cars in his first two races.

On May 28, 2006 took his first podium of history to finish in 3rd place David Coulthard in Monaco Grand Prix 2006.

After the disappointing results obtained by the team, Ford announced his retirement after 2004’s Formula 1 season.

On November 15, 2004, Red Bull announced that the acquisition was ended. During the 2005 Formula 1 season, the team kept Cosworth driver. The first pilots of the team are David Coulthard and Christian Klien, who debuted in the 2005 season scoring points with both cars in his first two races. On May 28, 2006 took his first podium of history by finishing in 3rd place in Grand Prix of Monaco 2006.

2007

In 2007, the team joined Mark Webber, who, in part, came back "home" after visiting Jaguar in 2003 and 2004. Along with David Coulthard, formed the driver line-up of the team owner. Webber Colulthard and occupied the tenth and tenth to second position in qualifying for Red Bull drivers and ranks fifth in the constructors' standings with 24 points.

2008

Coulthard and Webber were the drivers of that seaso,n Sébastien Buemi signed as test driver. On January 16 the team presented at the Circuito de Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz) the new Red Bull Renault RB4, which improves the 2007 car, especially in the hydraulic system.

2010

This season the scuderia’s pilots are Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, both having very good results and some podiums.

Ferrari in Formula 1

FUNDATION: 1950

DEBUT: Monaco's GP, 1950
HEADQUARTERS: Maranello (Italia)
TEAM'S DIRECTOR: Stefano Domenical

Ferrari's history is very closed to the history of F1, since its origins, Ferrari has been the oldest and most awarded scuderia since 1950.

Scuderia Ferrari is the known name of sports division (Gestione Sportiva) of Ferrari automoviles, it is encharged of the F1 races.

The first scuderia participation was in 1950's Monaco GP, with the 125 F1, driven by Alberto Ascari, he was second, auguring a good relationship between the team and the podium.

Ferrari is the only scuderia that has participated in all the F1 World Championships. The argentinian Jose Froilan González, was the first pilot to win the first victory in this category, in the Silverstone GP in 1951, driving the 375 F1.

The firsts F1 seasons marked the beginnig of the succes for Enzo Ferrari's team with his pilots Alberto Ascari, José Froilán González or the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio. Those yeears were marked by the competiton between the Maranellos with Alfa Romeo or Maserati. The pilots world championsip tittles of 1.952, 1.953 y 1.956 were for Ferrari.

In 1.958, they won the tittle again thanks to Mike Hawthorn, to repeat the total sucess in 1961 with Phill Hill. That was also the year when the team suffered a tragedy with the failure of its pilot Wolfgang von Tips in an accident where also died 12 spectators in the Italian GP.

John Surtees was the nex pilot to win the tittle for the Scuderia list of winners. The nexts years the new technician changes provoqued some inestability that preventes new awards.

Thanks to Niki Lauda,the victory in the Pilots World Championship returned to the team in 1974, and a terrible Lauda's accident didn't allow to get it again in 1975. This tittle returned for Lauda and the team in 1977, and in 1979 who got the tittle was Jody Scheckter.

In 1982 they had to face the Gilles Villeneuve death in a car accident during a trainning session. In the 80's Ferrari got some triumphs as Scuderia. But in 1988 the team had to face Enzo's death when he was 90 years. Without a dubt this were years of transition for the scuderia.

1990 was a historic year because of the duel between Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna, wich won the Brasilenian pilot.

In 1996 Michael Schumacher arrived and in that same year was about the get his first wolrd tittle, but the team had to waited until 2000 season to see Schumacher won his first World tittle in the F1 with Ferrari and made the team won the first homologue tittle for Constructors. As Schumacher as Jean Todt were promotors af a great change in the team that made it got pilot's world championship in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004. From 1999 to 2004 all the constructors awards were for the Italian team.

In 2007 and 2008 Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa got the constructors tittle and Kimi got his first world tittle too.

Ferrari's beginnings

Any car's brand has provoqued so much fanatism than Ferrari. It has a history full of adventures, disputes and problems. But it is impossible to understand the history of the "Cavallino Rampante" if we don't know a little bit of itss creator, Enzo Ferrari.

"Il Commendatore", as he was called, worked on races since 1919. Alfa Romeo realized his habilities and hired him in 1929 to fix its cars. There is where his history started, fixing Alfa Romeo cars on december 1st, 1929.

The repair shop was stablished in a Modena's garage, but because of its demand they had to move to a biggest building in the city. Even though Ferrari was the sport part of Alfa Romeo, it got own personality and attracting legendary pilots as Nuvolari in the early 30's. But the superiority of German cars as Mercedes or Auto Union, forced Ferrari to turn the team's way to get more money. In 1937, the 80% had to be sold to his company Alfa Romeo.

The braking point between Ferrari and Alfa Romeo was in 1938 when the second one decided to create its own sports line "Alfa Corse", the new part was formed by Enzo's mechanics. In this point, the garage in Módena was closed and they moved to Milán to work in the new project, there, Enzo had some problems with his new bosses and definetely quit from Alfa Romeo. But a clause in his contract prohibited him to use his name in car fabrication for the next four years.

In this way he founded "Auto Avio Costruzioni". Enzo's resentment with Alfa Romeo grew after the succes of the 158 (Alfetta), models of his own creation.

In 1943 the Industry desentralization law started working, so Auto Avio Costruzioni Industry had to move 16km to a little town called Maranello.

Once the Wold War II ended, Ferrari was able to build cars with his own name. In 1947 the 125 was built. Even though the firsts sports results were sponsored, the sales didn't help the brand because the cars were still handmade. Since 1951 Ferrari entered in the era of serie produccion with the 250, stabilizing its weak economy. One year before in 1950, it enteres in a new racing categorie, the F1.

F1!

My blog is going to take a different way. As part of my journalism class I had to choose a topic to write about all semester long, so as I love Formula 1, I decided to write about the history of the Scuderias. I hope you to enjoy reading a little bit of them and the parts I like the most of each one.

Thanks!!!

El Puñal

El Puñal is a different place in Quito. This is a bar where you could go to hear the music that makes your heart beat, that brings you lots of remembers. This is a small place for those who have had love deceptions, those romantics and sentimentals.

If you go with a groups of good friends, you will have very nice times sharing all those fellings that some times can only be expressed through the lyrics of those oldies hits.

Mindo!

The last weekend, I went to a very beautiful places, one of those hundreds of wonderfull atractives that Ecuador has. This nice place is Mindo.

There are a lot of activities to do in mindo, yo could watch beautiful waterfalls, a wide variety of butterflies and flowers. You could also practice adventure sports as canopying, tubbing, mountain biking, etc. In mindo you also have a lot of nice alternative hotels with confortable rooms and prices.

Mindo is a very nice and relaxing place to visit. I'm sure that you are going to have great time in this beatiful place.

Carnival!

In Ecuador we celebrate "el carnaval" in many ways. In a lot of places throw water to people is a tradition. The wilder celebration is in Guarando y the center of the country. There they play throuwing any water, eggs, flour, or anything that is in the way.

In Ambato is prohibitedd to play with water, but they use "carioca", and in Ambato, they also celebrate "la fiesta de las Flores y de las Frutas", it is a very traditional celebration. They have a lot of very nice parades, they also choose the queen of the city and they have a lot of funny and interest activities to do.

Carnaval is also a very good time for tourism. People go the beach or out of the city. Is a very good time for those small industries all around the country that live of tourism.

The most importan thing is that anywhere you decide to go, you could be sure that you are going to have a lot of fun.