Note: i little speak english

I have a problem with `mod_rewrite`.

I want to replace my site name, I want this URL

```
 http://www.oldsite.com/index.php?v=contact 

```

rewritten to URL 

```
http://www.newsite.com/page/contact with 301 rewrite.

```

I'm doing it this way:

```
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} v=contact
RewriteRule ^index.php http://www.newsite.net/page/contact [R=301,L]

```

But I'm getting the query `http://www.newsite.net/page/contact?v=contact`. 
I dont want `?v=contact`, I want `http://www.newsite.net/page/contact`.