Formula 1 2009

[XabbaRus]

Originally Posted by Max2147

Apparently Red Bull are moaning loudest because they can't fit the double decker design on their car.

Ah boo hoo hoo.

This is going to be fun. Guess which numpty will hit the KERS button just after the start hoping to get ahead before the first corner and smashing into everyone?

[Kapt Z]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Ah boo hoo hoo.

This is going to be fun. Guess which numpty will hit the KERS button just after the start hoping to get ahead before the first corner and smashing into everyone?

How many teams are actually using the KERS? I read on the F1 site that some teams won't be using it for at least a few races.

[Hitman]

And Kimi on a finnish car TV-show, takes the Ferrari 430 to track (english subtitles)

Now I know why you have so many F1 and Rally world champions: Anyone who can master that language will find driving on the edge simply easy....

[Dowly]

Eww... Hamilton just grabbed his bollocks on live telly.

[XabbaRus]

Get in, BGP front row lockout.

Pace looks very good and remember they do Q3 with race fuel so we'll see. Given it is a close top 10 I think they will be running similar.

I pray for reliability tomorrow.

[Hitman]

Last news is.....Brawn GP did his 1-2 Q with a heavy fuel load when compared to the other Q3 competitors Amazing pace they have

Massa is already saying that they'll be champions by June

I'm a Kimi fan, but I admit that if this year's championship went to Jenson Button I'd be almost equally pleased. A guy I have liked since long, a good driver and also with a personality ... the brit that should have been world champion already long ago

Let us hope the FIA doesn't come up again with one of his "unfair-but-we-want-you-know-who-to-win" decissions and screws the season...

[bert8for3]

Quite the qual, talk about everything upside down. And with the exception of BGP, who do seem to be seriously ahead of anyone else, and the very back runners, the bulk of the field is so close together that "best of the rest" is completely up in the air.

[XabbaRus]

I'm debating whether to watch live or not as i get to involved. I might just get the result off the net and watch the replay in peace.

[Max2147]

Originally Posted by Hitman

Let us hope the FIA doesn't come up again with one of his "unfair-but-we-want-you-know-who-to-win" decissions and screws the season...

The FIA decision won't really affect the balance of things. Either they'll say the trick diffuser illegal and the Diffuser Gang will drop back to everybody else, or they'll say it's legal and everybody else will build trick diffusers and catch up with the Diffuser Gang. Either way, the DG will lose about half a second to the rest of the field.

In other news, both Toyotas failed technical inspection for overly flexible rear wings and have been sent to the back of the grid. Toyota are not appealing the decision.

Williams protested Ferrari and Red Bull, apparently over an aerodynamic piece on the front of their sidepods. Williams withdrew the protest before the stewards reached a conclusion.

Hamilton will start from the back after changing his gearbox after qualifying. That became a P18 start when the Toyotas were sent to the back.

[XabbaRus]

I wrote over at BBC that I have a sneaky feeling that the FIA appeal will come out in Brawns favour given the waves they are making in a positive way for F!.

They are bringing excitement, people are talking about F!. It would make the FIA look very stupid and put a stain on F1 if they dissallow the diffusers especially if Brawn win the first couple of races.

Considering that Red Bull who are protesting did very well today and they have no diffuser thingy...

[Dowly]

********NG BLIND A**HOLE BARRICHELLO! GET SOME GLASSES YOU GIT!!

[Dowly]

LOLOLOLOLOL @Vettel & Kubica!

[XabbaRus]

That's racing Dowly I think Rubens was great.

Get in Jenson...

[Hitman]

Great race by Jenson, well deserved win

Great race by Kubica and Vettel, undeserved stupid end for both. That said I don't think Vettels is exclusively guilty of the accident, but he is responsable of having put a hard fight with a too superior car.

But the star of the race in my opinion is also Hamilton. If someone had doubts about his quality when driving on a weaker car, they should be gone by now. He drove an excellent and faultless race, taking calculated risks when conditions favoured him, and took the best out of what material he had. A brillliant and well fought race by the champion

Alonso had bad luck at the start, then dilluted in the mid-field struggling agianst the Toyotas. The great move Glock made on him received a mild fight back, but somehow I saw more aggressive defences from him in other situations. IMO he is already running with a calculator in his mind, in view of the crazy season that has started, and in the end it came out well - he bagged some points. Albert Park also didn't favour much the R29, let's see what happens in Malaysia.

The FIA decision won't really affect the balance of things. Either they'll say the trick diffuser illegal and the Diffuser Gang will drop back to everybody else, or they'll say it's legal and everybody else will build trick diffusers and catch up with the Diffuser Gang. Either way, the DG will lose about half a second to the rest of the field.

Right, but the thing is how fast can the rest cacth up, with the limited testing available right now Eventually JB could bag enough points to resist the others catching up lately; that's how Alonso achieved his two titles.

[XabbaRus]

Like I said given the way Brawn GP has put some life back into F1 I think the FIA will rule in Brawns favour. There would be such a hoo ha if they didn't. Besides the way that BMW and Red Bull were up there shows that the diffuser isn't that much of an advantage. The Williams dropped back and Ferrari retired. KERS will be more of an advantage at the next race with longer straights.

I hope Brawn can keep this up.