Formula 1 | seasonal f1 moan
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Silverstone
Saturday, 20 June 2009 ‡ 14:57
Has Moseley got personal reasons for calling the F1 team principles "Looney"? I could not believe the President of FIA could just openly air his true feelings about the whole situation and get away with it. Bernie did not seem to be so bothered, about the president's remarks!!! This all seems so pathetic and school playground childish. Eddie Jordan cornered Bernie and asked why Bernie has not banged a few heads together and got them to sort things out, "like he used to do". It just seems to have gone from bad to worse and i wish i could do something, it is so frustrating.
Qualifying had a little surprise in the shape of Nakajima managing a career best 5th. No other surprises though, Hamilton out in the first session, though some may have felt he may have made it had the session not have been red flagged due to Sutil's crash due to brakes related failure. Kovalainen faired little better but then only got to 13th. As usual we had Trulli, Webber, Vettal and Button battling all the way, but this time for the first time, Button appeared to not have the superior car. Vettel secured another pole position, ahead of Barrichello in 2nd, Webber 3rd and Trulli 4th, Button starts from 6th but if he maximises from this race it could make the difference if other teams begin to catch up and start taking wins away from Brawn and Button. Ferrari's start 9th and 11th.
Vettel pulled away from Barrichello and Webber by 1 second per lap for every lap until the first set of pitstops. Alonso and Hamilton were having their own battle at the back of the grid, some exciting wheel to wheel moves on each other. Alonso appeared to be driving fairly erratically until a few laps later he did manage to settle down. Hamilton drove well but complained about mechanical grip and thus struggled. Hamilton had a massive slide in Becketts, a close battle with alonso through Maggotts and he also made a mistake, taking a small spin at club, finishing 16th with Alonso 14th.
Button also complaining about his car not allowing him to push, frustrated he made no mistakes and managed to close the gap toward the end of the race, but only managed 6th, surprisingly behind Rubens who finished in 3rd. Vettel managed another win with Webber 2nd. Bourdais collided with the swerving Kovalainen, who where the only DNF's of the race. Nakajima managed 11th and Massa 4th ahead of Kimi in 8th.
Labels: british, button, force india, vettel
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Saturday, 6 June 2009 ‡ 10:53
Lots of news regarding the teams who will be or not be racing next year. I think its a huge shame about these teams having to make these types of comments this year, surely has a massive distraction on their 2009 task.
It seems this race has already been awarded to Massa, since he has 3 wins in a row at this track, but i don't feel Ferrari, let alone Massa will be anywhere near the front during qualifying or the race. As the first session of qualifying is over, Hamilton again will be starting at the tail end of the pack, 16th. McLaren's Kovalainen only managed 14th at the end of the second session, with no other surprises. The final session, Webber as usual does very well in qualifying with a 4th spot, with Barrichello and Button in front and Vettel on pole. I don't feel Kimi in 6th and Massa in 7th will be too much of a threat to the Red Bull and Brawn cars as long as no major incidents occur.
Vettel takes off from pole closely followed by Button and as Barrichello drops it on the start, he allows Trulli and Webber to jump up with half the rest of the pack, as Rubens drops to mid field. Vettel then makes a mistake half way around allowing Button to lead, from which Vettel never recovered and Button never faltered. Apart from Barrichello really trying hard to fight his way back up, nothing really exciting happened from then on. Red Bull should have switched from their three stop to a two stop after this but they didn't which i reckon lost Vettel the chance of regaining the lead in the race.
As predicted the Ferrari's where nowhere and McLaren's didn't really threaten anyone. Toyota's and William's did well, unfortunately Nakajima had wheel problems during his pit stop which dropped him right down the field. Barrichello retired and faces a massive 26 point gap in second place, with Vettel in third, 32 points behind Button, its up to Button to just collect as many points as possible after Nurburgring the second half of the season and surely secure the drivers championship by Monza, but then i don't think Barrichello could take points off Jenson.
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