Formula 1 2009

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:48

Well, that was quite a result for qualifying. now, with the clocks going forward, it means a real 6am start tomorrow. or, 0545 if you want to make the coffee and brekkie before the start.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:34

MaliA wrote:

Well, that was quite a result for qualifying. now, with the clocks going forward, it means a real 6am start tomorrow. or, 0545 if you want to make the coffee and brekkie before the start.

Did they rerun this later this morning then? I watched it live as I happened to wakeup at 6:45 and saw the final quali session.
I think it's going to be an interesting season as all the top teams from last year with the possible exception of BMW are going to get nowhere until we reach Europe by the looks of things.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:46

DBSnappa wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Well, that was quite a result for qualifying. now, with the clocks going forward, it means a real 6am start tomorrow. or, 0545 if you want to make the coffee and brekkie before the start.

Did they rerun this later this morning then? I watched it live as I happened to wakeup at 6:45 and saw the final quali session.
I think it's going to be an interesting season as all the top teams from last year with the possible exception of BMW are going to get nowhere until we reach Europe by the looks of things.

Whilst I think of it, I was reading New Scientist yesterday (don't ask), but they actually had a short article about KERS in there, and the different approaches to the problem. one team, I *think* it was Williams, are using a flywheel arrangement. When questions were asked about the safety elements of this, in the event of a crash a heavy wheel spinning at high speed being a BAD THING. they were most confident that it would just shattered nigh on straight away of there were a crash. And went on happily to further explain that they were so confident of this property of the material they used, they've mounted it behind the driver's head...

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

DBSnappa wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Well, that was quite a result for qualifying. now, with the clocks going forward, it means a real 6am start tomorrow. or, 0545 if you want to make the coffee and brekkie before the start.

Did they rerun this later this morning then? I watched it live as I happened to wakeup at 6:45 and saw the final quali session.
I think it's going to be an interesting season as all the top teams from last year with the possible exception of BMW are going to get nowhere until we reach Europe by the looks of things.

1pm.

Also, Dear every other TV company on Earth,

This is how you do an intro. Bitches.

Love Aunty Beeb.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjSTTC3L330

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:01

Both Toyotas have been sent to the abck of the grid for having illegal wings, says Aunty.

GovernmentYard · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5318

All very much improved, there. Proper music, slick yet understated titles, no stupid breaks (motor racing just does not work for me at all with adverts. At all.) and a commentator with a voice I'm not going to hate ater five minutes like that other guy at ITV.

GovernmentYard · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5318

Watching Eddie J interview Branson now - he's GOOD.

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

You protest me.

I'll protest you.

GovernmentYard · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5318

Why do teams even have a right to protest? Let the scrutineers make these decisions in the parc ferme after a race.

Despite everything, the teams still do more to undermine the sportsmanship of the thing with tit-for-tat bollocks than Ecclestone ever could with his madcap schemes. I know F1 has always been the least gentlemanly sport in the world, but I'm not wrong when i say the sniping and pettiness has become far, far more evident to the viewing public over the last decade or so. Since Schumacher, really. I hate it.

Shut up and race your cars, you spoilt brats.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Sat Mar 28, 2009 14:08

It may be symptomatic of the fact that we've had a decade of very little that could be done to win races on the track.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Mar 28, 2009 14:09

DBSnappa wrote:

It may be symptomatic of the fact that we've had a decade of very little that could be done to win races on the track.

Cross the line before other drivers do, and don't fucking crash on the way.

Rodafowa · **Posted:** Sat Mar 28, 2009 16:08

Dudley wrote:

Also, Dear every other TV company on Earth,

This is how you do an intro. Bitches.

Love Aunty Beeb.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjSTTC3L330

The hair actually went up on the back of my neck as the guitar kicked in. I need to get out more.

Hats off to the Beeb for resisting the urge to update the music to some hideous yoof-orientated dancing-round-a-fire-alarm effort.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Sat Mar 28, 2009 18:50

Interesting final weight of vehicles here (and a nice touch that they publish these figures this year). Looking at those numbers unless Jenson or Rubens either crash or breakdown they're going to swan off into the distance in this race, not only are they heavier than people thought they're still faster.

1. Jenson Button - 664.5kg
2. Rubens Barrichello - 666.5kg
3. Sebastien Vettel - 657kg
4. Robert Kubica - 650kg
5. Nico Rosberg - 657kg
6. Felipe Massa - 654kg
7. Kimi Raikkonen - 655.5kg
8. Mark Webber - 662kg
9. Nick Heidfeld - 691.5kg
10. Fernando Alonso - 680.7kg
11. Kazuki Nakajima - 685.3kg
12. Heikki Kovalainen - 690.6kg
13. Sebastien Buemi - 675.5kg
14. Nelson Piquet - 694.1kg
15. Giancarlo Fisichella - 689kg
16. Adrian Sutil - 684.5kg
17. Sebastien Bourdais - 662.5kg
18. Lewis Hamilton - 655kg
19. Jarno Trulli* - 660kg
20. Timo Glock* - 670kg

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:50

Good stuff so far

GazChap · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:40

Button won? Bloody hell... this'll be an interesting season.

GovernmentYard · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5318

Very quick driver in 'wins when given reliable car designed by Ross Brawn' shocker.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:02

I enjoyed that race.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:16

Interesting that Hamilton still picked up some points. If he can hang on to the coat-tails while McLaren fix their car up, he could yet have a part to play.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:30

I just re-read my original thoughts on this season - I had to laugh at how bad I got it wrong going on previous history. With the exception of Hamilton lucking into 4th everybody else with previous form was found wanting really. I'm cautiously optimistic that we'll see some more interesting racing this year, that's for sure. There was definitely a lot of overtaking in the mid field.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:47

Hamilton promoted to 3rd after stewards enquiry found that Trulli retook his position "after" the safety car came out.

Myfinger · **Joined:** 18th Aug, 2008 **Posts:** 370

It was like Formula 1, except with overtaking!

I loved it.

I am now an F1 fan again.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38519

Those front wings look fooking goofy though, innit?

Malc

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16580

DBSnappa wrote:

Hamilton promoted to 3rd after stewards enquiry found that Trulli retook his position "after" the safety car came out.

Crikey, that means he could actually end up winning, given the appeal against the Brawn cars.

GovernmentYard · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5318

lol

So F1 is back, much better, more exciting, more racing... but no less fucking idiotic.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

I bet Honda are kicking themselves.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 16:41

Pundabaya wrote:

I bet Honda are kicking themselves.

Being Japanese, I suspect they have far more gruesome and imaginative ways of displaying regret over stupid business decisions.

romanista · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:28

mmm, might watch the next race now (saw only some highlight)

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:19

Annnnnd it's started again.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 978186.stm

Quote:

Lewis Hamilton and McLaren have been stripped of their podium finish and all points at the Australian Grand Prix.

The sport's world governing body said they were excluded "for providing evidence deliberately misleading to the stewards at the hearing on 29 March".

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:21

I've read that twice now. What happened?

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:22

Grim... wrote:

I've read that twice now. What happened?

Lewis Hamilton is black?

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:22

Grim... wrote:

I've read that twice now. What happened?

hamilton is guilty of being black and in a flash car.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38519

MaliA wrote:

Grim... wrote:

I've read that twice now. What happened?

hamilton is guilty of being black and in a flash car.

If that was the case then a F1 police car would pull along side him and wave him over.

"Is this your car sir?"
"Actually no, it belongs to Mr Dennis"
"Oh dear, oh dear."

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:59

Heh, give them a few more weeks and they'll ban the Brawns and hand the win to Felipe Massa

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Alonso is the first not protested in any form car in the results, excellently followed by the 2 STRs.

kalmar · **Posted:** Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:31

DBSnappa wrote:

Heh, give them a few more weeks and they'll ban the Brawns and hand the win to Felipe Massa

Brawns, Blecks, they're all the same!

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38519

I like Brawn flavoured crisps.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:44

kalmar wrote:

DBSnappa wrote:

Heh, give them a few more weeks and they'll ban the Brawns and hand the win to Felipe Massa

Brawns, Blecks, they're all the same!

Racist! I'd POTW it if it wasn't b0rken

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:47

DBSnappa wrote:

kalmar wrote:

DBSnappa wrote:

Heh, give them a few more weeks and they'll ban the Brawns and hand the win to Felipe Massa

Brawns, Blecks, they're all the same!

Racist! I'd POTW it if it wasn't b0rken

myp · **Posted:** Thu Apr 02, 2009 16:17

So this season is going to be a joke as well, then.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Apr 02, 2009 16:19

Not if you have anything to do with it.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

kalmar wrote:

DBSnappa wrote:

Heh, give them a few more weeks and they'll ban the Brawns and hand the win to Felipe Massa

Brawns, Blecks, they're all the same!

Fucking brilliant!

Second place POTW. After Dimmy's Potsworth explanation.

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Just thought of something, car number 22 won the first race last year, same this year.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16580

Maybe the various race officials and marshals had a sweepstake going.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:35

Dudley wrote:

Just thought of something, car number 22 won the first race last year, same this year.

None of the other teams can Catch 22

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:42

Zardoz wrote:

Dudley wrote:

Just thought of something, car number 22 won the first race last year, same this year.

None of the other teams can Catch 22

Thank god you don't have voice chat, eh?

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:43

Zardoz wrote:

Dudley wrote:

Just thought of something, car number 22 won the first race last year, same this year.

None of the other teams can Catch 22

Very good.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:45

MaliA > DBSnappa

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:12

Zardoz wrote:

MaliA > DBSnappa

Sorry, I can't hear you.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Apr 04, 2009 14:09

Massa. Whoops.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:16

Apparently, it is going to rain, heavily. This should be a laugh.

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Formula 1 2009

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