:: The Formula 1 - 2009 Season Thread ::

[desiibond]

Upcoming race:

2009 FORMULA 1 TELEFONICA GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE (Valencia)

Time Table:


Fri 21 August 2009
Friday Practice 1: 13:30 - 15:00
Friday Practice 2: 17:30 - 19:00

Sat 22 August 2009
Saturday Practice: 14:30 - 15:30
Qualifying 17:30

Sun 23 August 2009

Race 17:30


Race Calendar:

01 2009 FORMULA 1 ING AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne) 27 - 29 Mar

02 2009 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur) 03 - 05 Apr

03 2009 FORMULA 1 CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai) 17 - 19 Apr

04 2009 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX (Sakhir) 24 - 26 Apr

05 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPANA TELEFONICA 2009 (Catalunya) 08 - 10 May

06 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2009 (Monte Carlo) 21 - 24 May

07 2009 FORMULA 1 ING TURKISH GRAND PRIX (Istanbul) 05 - 07 Jun

08 2009 FORMULA 1 SANTANDER BRITISH GRAND PRIX (Silverstone) 19 - 21 Jun

09 FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2009 (Nürburgring) 10 - 12 Jul

10 FORMULA 1 ING MAGYAR NAGYDIJ 2009 (Budapest) 24 - 26 Jul

11 2009 FORMULA 1 TELEFONICA GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE (Valencia) 21 - 23 Aug

12 2009 FORMULA 1 ING BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Spa-Francorchamps) 28 - 30 Aug

13 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO SANTANDER D'ITALIA 2009 (Monza) 11 - 13 Sep

14 2009 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Singapore) 25 - 27 Sep

15 2009 FORMULA 1 FUJI TELEVISION JAPANESE GRAND PRIX (Suzuka) 02 - 04 Oct

16 FORMULA 1 GRANDE PREMIO DO BRASIL 2009 (Sao Paulo) 16 - 18 Oct

17 2009 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX (Yas Marina Circuit) 30 Oct - 01 Nov

Driver Standings:

1 Jenson Button 70
2 Mark Webber 51.5
3 Sebastian Vettel 47
4 Rubens Barrichello 44
5 Nico Rosberg 25.5
6 Jarno Trulli 22.5
7 Felipe Massa 22
8 Lewis Hamilton 19
9 Kimi Räikkönen 18
10 Timo Glock 16
11 Fernando Alonso 13
12 Heikki Kovalainen 9
13 Nick Heidfeld 6
14 Sebastien Buemi 3
15 Robert Kubica 2
16 Sebastien Bourdais 2
17 Giancarlo Fisichella 0
18 Kazuki Nakajima 0
19 Adrian Sutil 0
20 Nelsinho Piquet 0
21 Jaime Alguersuari 0

Constructor Standing:

1 Brawn-Mercedes 114
2 RBR-Renault 98.5
3 Ferrari 40
4 Toyota 38.5
5 McLaren-Mercedes 28
6 Williams-Toyota 25.5
7 Renault 13
8 BMW Sauber 8
9 STR-Ferrari 5
10 Force India-Mercedes 0

[red_devil]

ah let the races begin !

<btw, what will decide the championship this season ? the number of race wins or points ? read somewhere that they'll use the points system this time and from the next season onwards the most wins thing will be applied...is it true ?>

[VD17]

^ yeah thats true... FOTA pointed to a clause which said that the FIA hysterics cant change laws that soon before a season start without obtaining the permission of the teams...

remember the time when good 'ol bernie changed the scoring system as michael schumacher took the fun out of the championship just halfway into the season? i guess we're waiting for a similar feat for the senile old fool to realize how bad the medal system idea is..

[desiibond]

IMO, the winner-takes-all rule will be postponed to 2010 season. It's too late to apply this rule now. I really do want to stick to the TV till Yas Marina's Chequered Flag

[red_devil]

and with the 'winner takes all' rule i'm pretty sure that people like kimi would just lose their interest in racing once they realize that they'll never be able to win the race ... and the teams might even call the car in citing some technical snag so that the engines could be preserved for future races

[channabasanna]

Eagerly waiting to see the Ferrari's vrooom past the auto driver

[Rahim]

Have to get a STB this week

[desiibond]

hehehe. It's one sport that required top quality viewing

[red_devil]

the poll is very much in favor of kimi....hope he does go on to win...don't want that friggin hamilton to win

[desiibond]

^^always supporing reds

[Rahim]

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[desiibond]

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[desiibond]

Australian GP First Practise Results:

1 Nico Rosberg 1:26.687
2 Kazuki Nakajima 1:26.736 0.049
3 Kimi Räikkönen 1:26.750 0.063
4 Rubens Barrichello 1:27.226 0.539
5 Heikki Kovalainen 1:27.453 0.766
6 Jenson Button 1:27.467 0.780
7 Felipe Massa 1:27.642 0.955
8 Timo Glock 1:27.710 1.023
9 Adrian Sutil 1:27.993 1.306
10 Fernando Alonso 1:28.123 1.436
11 Nick Heidfeld 1:28.137 1.450
12 Jarno Trulli 1:28.142 1.455
13 Robert Kubica 1:28.511 1.824
14 Giancarlo Fisichella 1:28.603 1.916
15 Sebastien Buemi 1:28.785 2.098
16 Lewis Hamilton 1:29.042 2.355
17 Mark Webber 1:29.081 2.394
18 Nelsinho Piquet 1:29.461 2.774
19 Sebastien Bourdais 1:29.499 2.812
20 Sebastian Vettel 1:32.784 6.097

[Hitboxx]

Woah! What do you know? All the diffuser controversies and all.. just came from a live blog of 1st practice and Williams is 1,2 followed by Kimi, Lewis was some 16th.
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/03/2...e-1-live-blog/

Although nothing can be said until tomorrow's qualifying, yet the pre-season testing and the pre-race practices put some interesting things into perspective.

Practice 2 starts in 2.5 hours, follow the blog if anyone's interested.

I will vote only after Melbourne.

[desiibond]

yes. nothing can be said from this as the time of Rosberg is 1.4secs slower than last year's best qualifying timing.

[Hitboxx]

I think cars this season are miles slower than last year, isn't it? The only plus is the KERS with temporary boosts. Practice 2 should be interesting as it will almost a similar setup for qualifying.

Also, are Williams running KERS? Because if not, then it is weird as Kimi with KERS still falls behind them. Is that rear winged downforce influencing such a big deal?

[desiibond]

This year's cars should be faster than last year's cars due to revised aerodynamics that lead to more downforce and wing adjustments+KERS add to the increase in speed. First practise is always like this. Teams concentrate on setup rather than speed.

[Liverpool_fan]

I hope McLaren win the constructor's championship. But Hamilton shouldn't win the driver's. I don't like him.

[desiibond]

Friday second practise:

1 Nico Rosberg 1:26.053
2 Rubens Barrichello 1:26.157 0.104
3 Jarno Trulli 1:26.350 0.297
4 Mark Webber 1:26.370 0.317
5 Jenson Button 1:26.374 0.321
6 Timo Glock 1:26.443 0.390
7 Kazuki Nakajima 1:26.560 0.507
8 Sebastian Vettel 1:26.740 0.687
9 Adrian Sutil 1:27.040 0.987
10 Felipe Massa 1:27.064 1.011
11 Kimi Räikkönen 1:27.204 1.151
12 Fernando Alonso 1:27.232 1.179
13 Giancarlo Fisichella 1:27.282 1.229
14 Nick Heidfeld 1:27.317 1.264
15 Robert Kubica 1:27.398 1.345
16 Sebastien Bourdais 1:27.479 1.426
17 Heikki Kovalainen 1:27.802 1.749
18 Lewis Hamilton 1:27.813 1.760
19 Nelsinho Piquet 1:27.828 1.775
20 Sebastien Buemi 1:28.076 2.023

Was watching live video feed of FP2 and from what I see Ferrari and McLaren are really struggling.

Williams, Toyota, Brawn looks to be the contenders for win and podium this weekend.
Ferrari, Redbull, STR, Force India : contenders for midfield
Renault, McLaren, BMW: God save them.

Ferrari, forget about podium, I would be happy if they get few points out of this race. They are struggling like hell for the first few laps on soft compound tyres and the car is going off the track a lot (esp in first corner which is crucial in the race)

McLaren, am sure they will be out empty handed (17th and 18th in FP2).

Note: Remember that the FP2 happened at the same time that race is going to happen. Ferrari, BMW and McLaren struggling at this temperatures is a really bad sign.

[ratedrsuperstar]

hey is the brawn gp team all hype or can they actually deliver tom.1 thing that really makes me believe in it is Mr. Brawn's presence.

[desiibond]

hey is the brawn gp team all hype or can they actually deliver tom.1 thing that really makes me believe in it is Mr. Brawn's presence.

There is no hype. Till end of last season,Ferrari, McLaren, BMW etc had to concentrate more on last year's car for championship but Brawn, Williams, Force India etc started working on this year's car much earlier as they were clearly out of pace last year. This meant that they had more type to design the new car and also thanks to the radical aero and rule changes that were brought in this year, they were able to make a much more competitive package.

Note: Remember how much Ferrari struggled in 2005 when lot of new rule changes came in?

This year, the worst hit is McLaren.

[red_devil]

what time is the qualifying tomorrow and on which channel ?

[desiibond]

Qualifying and race, both at 11:30IST on STAR sports

[red_devil]

^ ah nice...would be real fun watching the first race of the season...and looks like all teams are pretty much evened out by the whole list of changes in rules ..

Go Ferrari !!

[desiibond]

2009 Australian GP Practice 2 timesheet is like reverse of 2008 Australian GP Practise 2 timesheet.

[red_devil]

^ even after looking at the times of 2nd practice i still feel there will be Ferrari on the podium ... one of the Brawn's too.... but somehow get the feeling that Alonso would be the dark horse to finish on top of podium

[desiibond]

^^The problem here is with the timing of race. The race starts at 5pm local time and due to low temperatures, Ferrari, BMW and McLaren are finding it really difficult to find pace and grip.

First practice happened in scorching heat and that was the reason why Ferrari was able to be competitive.

I do want Ferrari on the podium (as I always wish for Ferrari 1-2) but that looks pretty uncertain here (unless Williams Toyota and Brawn face reliability issues)

From race no.2, It's going to be Ferrari!!!

[desiibond]

Australian GP Saturday Practice:
1 Nico Rosberg 1:25.808
2 Jarno Trulli 1:25.811 0.003
3 Jenson Button 1:25.981 0.173
4 Felipe Massa 1:26.020 0.212
5 Kazuki Nakajima 1:26.078 0.270
6 Rubens Barrichello 1:26.348 0.540
7 Mark Webber 1:26.355 0.547
8 Timo Glock 1:26.410 0.602
9 Robert Kubica 1:26.514 0.706
10 Nick Heidfeld 1:26.555 0.747
11 Heikki Kovalainen 1:26.652 0.844
12 Lewis Hamilton 1:26.714 0.906
13 Sebastian Vettel 1:27.009 1.201
14 Adrian Sutil 1:27.062 1.254
15 Sebastien Bourdais 1:27.152 1.344
16 Sebastien Buemi 1:27.192 1.384
17 Fernando Alonso 1:27.357 1.549
18 Giancarlo Fisichella 1:27.492 1.684
19 Nelsinho Piquet 1:27.739 1.931
20 Kimi Räikkönen 1:28.801 2.993

[ratedrsuperstar]

1
Jenson Button Brawn GP 1:26.202

2
Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 1:26.505

3
Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:26.830

WTF is goin on in F1 what a start to the season!!

renault should seriously drop nelson piquet

[desiibond]

hehe. Let them have fun for 2 to 3 races. After that it's going to be Ferrari vs McLaren!!
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Australian GP Qualifying:

1 Jenson Button 1:25.211 1:24.855 1:26.202
2 Rubens Barrichello 1:25.006 1:24.783 1:26.505
3 Sebastian Vettel 1:25.938 1:25.121 1:26.830
4 Robert Kubica 1:25.922 1:25.152 1:26.914
5 Nico Rosberg 1:25.846 1:25.123 1:26.973
6 Timo Glock 1:25.499 1:25.281 1:26.975
7 Felipe Massa 1:25.844 1:25.319 1:27.033
8 Jarno Trulli 1:26.194 1:25.265 1:27.127
9 Kimi Räikkönen 1:25.899 1:25.380 1:27.163
10 Mark Webber 1:25.427 1:25.241 1:27.246
11 Nick Heidfeld 1:25.827 1:25.504
12 Fernando Alonso 1:26.026 1:25.605
13 Kazuki Nakajima 1:26.074 1:25.607
14 Heikki Kovalainen 1:26.184 1:25.726
15 Lewis Hamilton 1:26.454 no time
16 Sebastien Buemi 1:26.503
17 Nelsinho Piquet 1:26.598
18 Giancarlo Fisichella 1:26.677
19 Adrian Sutil 1:26.742
20 Sebastien Bourdais 1:26.964