Category | Formula 1

Bahrain GP results

Posted on 14 March 2010

Great start for Alonso. Disappointing race for Vettel. Here are the results:
1 Fernando Alonso 25
2 Felipe Massa 18
3 Lewis Hamilton 15
4 Sebastian Vettel 12
5 Nico Rosberg 10
6 Michael Schumacher 8
7 Jenson Button 6
8 Mark Webber 4
9 Vitantonio Liuzzi 2
10 Rubens Barrichello 1
11 Robert Kubica 0
12 Adrian Sutil 0
13 Jaime Alguersuari 0
14 Nico Hulkenberg [...]

2010 Bahrain GP

Posted on 14 March 2010

All bets are in and the season officially started today. I don’t have cable anymore so I had to figure out how to watch the race on the Internet. The live stream started in the nick of time…just as the light turned green. I watched the whole race in Polish…didn’t understand much except when Robert [...]

Renault, Williams, and Ferrari prepare their own Difusers

Posted on 07 April 2009

Renault’s  R29 will count on aerodynamic improvements during the next stage of Formula 1. The French team prepares changes to the bottom of the car for the Chinese Grand Prix  in Shanghai  this April 19.
These changes however will only happen if the controversial diffusers (currently used by Brawn, Williams and Toyota) are approved by the [...]

Big Soggy Mess in Malaysia

Posted on 05 April 2009

The Malaysia Grand Prix ended with only 32 laps. With very strong rains  the commission brought out the safety car on the track and ultimately stopped the race.
Englishman Jenson Button was the clear leader when the race was stopped and was declared the winner.  He dropped from the pole position, recovered from a poor start [...]

Ferrari Not Starting Well in Sepang

Posted on 04 April 2009

Come Sunday Brazilian driver Felipe Massa will start from the worst grid position since the Australian GP of 2007 where he started from the 22nd position after switching engines. That same year he was 14th at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Ferrari’s Finnish driver  Kimi Raikkonen will start seventh.  Massa’s flawed strategy led him to abandon qualifying [...]

BMW Enters Official Complaint Against Diffusers

Posted on 04 April 2009

BMW filed for an official protest against Williams, Toyota, and Brawn to the F-1 commissioners. At the center of the controversy are the rear diffusers that the three teams have used. The aerodynamics of these three teams are clearly superior to that of the competition.  It is believed that FIA will issue an official statement [...]

Barrichello to start no better than 6th

Posted on 03 April 2009

Rubens Barrichello finished Friday’s practice with bad news. After achieving the sixth best time in free practice at Sepang, Brawn decided to switch transmission.
“I will fight for the pole for the sixth,” said the pilot of 36 years who receive a five position penalty on this Sunday’s race.
“The transmission problem in Australia forced the structure [...]

Hamilton Disqualified!

Posted on 02 April 2009

Englishman Lewis Hamilton was disqualified from the Australian GP.  Jarno Trulli of Toyota took back the third position.
The two drivers were interviewed by the Commissioners  in Australia and Malaysia.
According Olafur Gudmundsson, Steve Chopping and Surinder Thatti responsible for the supervision of the first two tests of the championship, “Lewis Hamilton and McLaren Mercedes acted in [...]

Massa: Won’t be easy to catch up with Brawn

Posted on 31 March 2009

Felipe Massa believes it will not be easy for Ferrari to catch up with Brawn, especially after the amazing 1-2 win at the Australian GP
The Brazilian retired while in 11th place after strategy issues. Ferrari’s focus now is to reduce the gap between them and Ross Brawn’s team.
“We have to improve the car quickly. But [...]

Incredible Start to Season!

Posted on 29 March 2009

Englishman Jenson Button led the race from start to end to win the Australian Formula 1 GP . The driver led all 58 laps and brought home the victory to the new team Brawn GP.
An accident between Robert Kubica and Sebastian Vettel put the Brazilian Rubens Barrichello in second place giving the English team a [...]