:: The Formula 1 - 2009 Season Thread ::

[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

 

[red_devil]

Hamilton to start 20th after gearbox penalty

*tinyurl.com/cswjjw

 

[desiibond]

^^ and Toyotas sent to back of grid for wing infringement

*www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/3/9084.html

Which means Massa will be starting from 6th and Raikkonen from 7th.

With KERS giving startup boost, I hope Massa will go for Podium finish.
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Final grid (and cars weight):

1. Jenson Button, Brawn GP, 664.5kg
2. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, 666.5
3. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 657
4. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 650
5. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 657
6. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 654
7. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 655.5
8. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 662
9. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 691.5
10. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 680.7
11. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 690.6
12. Nelson Piquet, Renault, 694.1
13. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India 689
14. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 612.5
15. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 675.5
16. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 684.5
17. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 662.5
18. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 655
19. Timo Glock, Toyota, 670
20. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 660

 

[Rahim]

Aur Hamari Maallyyaa ke team ki position

 

[red_devil]

^mallya ki gaadi ne uski beer pee li hogi...isiliye peeche reh gayi

 

[lywyre]

Australia GP Results

Source www.formula1.com

The Brawn GP fairytale continued on Sunday as Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello finished first and second in the Australian Grand Prix, to give the team a maiden one-two victory in Melbourne.

Toyota's Jarno Trulli took third after Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica retired following a late-race clash. Provisional results...

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 58 Winner 1 10
2 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 58 +0.8 secs 2 8
3 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 58 +1.6 secs 20 6
4 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 +2.9 secs 18 5
5 10 Timo Glock Toyota 58 +4.4 secs 19 4
6 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 58 +4.8 secs 10 3
7 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 58 +5.7 secs 5 2
8 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 58 +6.0 secs 13 1
9 11 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 58 +6.2 secs 17
10 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 58 +6.3 secs 16
11 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 58 +7.0 secs 9
12 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 58 +7.3 secs 15
13 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 57 +1 Lap 8
14 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 56 +2 Laps 3
15 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 55 +3 Laps 4
16 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 55 +3 Laps 7
Ret 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 45 +13 Laps 6
Ret 8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 24 +34 Laps 14
Ret 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 17 +41 Laps 11
Ret 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 0 +58 Laps 12

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Seems my bet is pretty good. . Hope Brawn don't get penalised for their diffusers

 

[Cool Joe]

That was a great race!
The name "Brawn" definitely suits the car.

 

[desiibond]

yep. awesome race. and what a noobish mistake by Kubica and Vettel. They totally ruined their chances to stand on podium!!

 

[Rahim]

What happened to Ferrari? Its about time that these big teams gets the taste of humility.

 

[lywyre]

I now don't give a dime about Ferrari and Mclaren . Though I am happy that Force India is faster than atleast one team on the grid . And Rubens is getting something what he really deserves. Hope to see Force India achieve something similar (not podium, but consistent finishes in points).

 

[desiibond]

What happened to Ferrari? Its about time that these big teams gets the taste of humility.

Update: Truli fined again and Lewis Hamilton get the 3rd place.

The FIA officials ruled that the Toyota driver overtook Lewis Hamilton under the safety car, after losing third position to the world champion by running off the track.


Massa: First Ferrari did a really bad second pit stop which dropped him to 14th place from 3rd and then a mechanical failure. Deja Vu of 2008!!

Kimi: An error resulted in bang with barriers. Though it didn't do any major damage, his car lost all the pace and he finally retired. Hence, he will get advantage to change engine without penalty as he was unable to finish the race.

In another stewards' decision, Sebastian Vettel will be demoted ten places down (due to the incident with Kubica) the Malaysian Grand Prix grid in one week, and pay a $50,000 fine (for dangerously driving with a three wheeled car instead of stopping the car) to the FIA.

I would say that Lewis and Barrichello were extremely lucky to be on podium and the reasons are:

1) Disastrous pit stop for Rosberg (21seconds) which ended his chances of getting into podium
2) Ferrari's issues that resulted in Massa and Kimi out of the race
3) Vettel and Kubica's incident