the 2009 Formula 1 Season Thread.

[BadlyDrawnBoy]

Won't get to a race this season sadly.

Would have done Indy or Canada, but neither are on the calendar.

From what's been said so far it really looks like McLaren and some of the other teams are in trouble. The FIA have passed the diffusers for this weekend, and that puts Brawn in the pound seats based on Winter Testing.



1 27-29 March 2009 Australian Grand Prix Albert Park, Mebourne
2 3-5 April 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit
3 17-19 April 2009 Chinese Grand Prix Shanghai International Circuit
4 24-26 April 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir
5 8-10 May 2009 Spanish Grand Prix Montmelo, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
6 21-24 May 2009 Monaco Grand Prix Monte-Carlo
7 5-7 June 2009 Turkish Grand Prix Istanbul Park
8 19-21 June 2009 British Grand Prix Silverstone
9 10-12 July 2009 German Grand Prix Nürburgring
10 24-26 July 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungaroring
11 21-23 August 2009 European Grand Prix Valencia Street Circuit
12 28-30 August 2009 Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps
13 11-13 September 2009 Italian Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale Monza
14 25-27 September 2009 Singapore Grand Prix Singapore Street Circuit (night race)
15 2-4 October 2009 Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka
16 16-18 October 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Interlagos, Sao Paulo
17 30 October - 1 November 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Yas Island

[aintnosin]

1. New cars are fugly.

2. It's nice, however, that they don't all look alike for a change.

[BadlyDrawnBoy]

Agree new cars are ugl.

But how about that qualifying!

[astrochimp]

Dont think i'll see the Aussie race live so i'll just catch the replay Sunday.

[Cory02]

Looks like it might be an interesting season with a lot of storylines: KERS, diffuser-gate, etc.

Wonder how the folks at Honda feels for chipping in a reported $100 million to see the Brawn use Mercedes power to take the front row?

It will also be interesting to see if USGPE (the former USF1) materializes.

[BadlyDrawnBoy]

Great start to the season, although certainly not for the Ferrari boys.

Happy to see Button and Rubens at the front. Bummed Trulli got demoted..

[astrochimp]

I wasnt too happy to see Rubens up there after his super slow start and then trying to make up the spots he lost by diving into turn 1 and taking out 2 cars in the process.

[bdshort]

Nice ending!

Looks like it's going to be a very interesting season!

[aintnosin]

Hamilton DQ'd. Trulli's 3rd place restored...

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/4/9113.html

[BadlyDrawnBoy]

you sort of have to laugh...

[arminius]

They should take away Vettels penalty and give it to the kube, it was more his fault.

[astrochimp]

Brawns looking good again at Malaysia.Ferrari and McLaren not so much

[aintnosin]

Wow, what a screw up by Ferrari with Massa qualifying...

[Cory02]

What a long, strange trip back to the top of the constructor's chart for the former Tyrrell team.

Amazing how the top of the order has been completely shaken up this season (granted, its still very very early).

[aintnosin]

Well, half a race is better than none.

[BadlyDrawnBoy]

Originally Posted by aintnosin

Wow, what a screw up by Ferrari with Kimi's Tires..

Fixed your post. Colossal Fuckup. So many tire changes. Entertaining race - sort of.

2 for 2 now for button

Also I love the press conference where they show the TV now. Watching the drivers see the start is amazing.

[bdshort]

The Chinese GP was sure an entertaining race, but I love watching them race in the wet. And I know we've only had one race in the dry, but it seems to me like the new aerodynamics rules are actually leading to more overtaking, which makes for much more entertaining racing. I'm not falling asleep in the middle, or fast forwarding as much anymore.

Great job by Vettel on the win and Red Bull on their 1-2. Looks like Ferrari is going no where fast this season. I'm hoping Hamilton and McLaren can pull something out though and get some more points, but it's great to see middle of the pack teams from past years suddenly in the front!

[Cory02]

Still hard to get over the surprise of Brawn and Red Bull fighting for the lead.

I don't really understand why some of the teams (especially McLaren and Ferrari, since they can afford it) didn't have diffusers prepared in case Brawn and company won diffuser-gate. Might still be more surprise in store this season as the teams bring out new diffusers and implement KERS.

[BadlyDrawnBoy]

I tend to agree with what they are telling us on Speed. Brawn spent over 1 year on the car whereas mclaren and ferrari spent the latter half of 08 on the 08 car.

Happy Vettel won, but would really like to see Webber win a race this season,

[arminius]

So what do you think, can Newey, Vettel and Webber take brawn out?

[BadlyDrawnBoy]

I think we'll see a Mclaren resurgence in Barcelona, no idea what Ferrari are doing.

Button is doing superb at building up an early lead in the championship, and with 1 or 2 more wins is a lock.

[astrochimp]

German Grand Prix result:

Spoiler:

I thought Webber had blown if for sure with that drive thru penalty.Glad to see him get his 1st win in this bizarro F1 season.

[Quake1028]

Before the season started, if you told someone that this late in the year Raikkonen, Alonso and Hamilton's points combined would only be good enough for 5th place in the standings, how crazy would you have looked?

[XavierMike]

The rumors are Alonso to Ferrari in 2010.

[BadlyDrawnBoy]

Well pleased with Webber's first win. Very likable fella.