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Andy Hine MBE · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:28 pm Post subject: FORMULA ONE

The new season starts this Sunday, with new regulations, new cars, etc, etc.

In practice today Lewis Hamilton (Current world champion) was 18th (almost last), whilst Jenson Button was 5th in the new Brawn car.

So looks like a good grid shake up this weekend.

Which opens the subject - who would you like to see do well this year?

1. ROSBERG Williams 1m26.053s
2. BARRICHELLO Brawn 1m26.157s
3. TRULLI Toyota 1m26.350s
4. WEBBER Red Bull 1m26.370s
5. BUTTON Brawn 1m26.374s
6. GLOCK Toyota 1m26.443s
7. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m26.560s
8. VETTEL Red Bull 1m26.740s
9. SUTIL Force India 1m27.040s
10. MASSA Ferrari 1m27.064s
11. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m27.204s
12. ALONSO Renault 1m27.232s
13. FISICHELLA Force India 1m27.282s
14. HEIDFELD BMW 1m27.317s
15. KUBICA BMW 1m27.398s
16. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m27.479s
17. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m27.802s
18. HAMILTON McLaren 1m27.813s
19. PIQUET Renault 1m27.828s
20. BUEMI Toro Rosso 1m28.076s
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Coaster Police · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:57 pm Post subject:

I would actually like to see Jenson do well this year. He's had a cack time of it and deserves a year with a decent car to at least prove to us if he's got it or not.

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Coaster Clare · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:06 pm Post subject:

Can I second that, please Very Happy

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stealth fan · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:45 pm Post subject:

Jenson Button I think, or maybe Hamilton.
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Coaster Police · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:51 pm Post subject:

Well Jenson's doing ok so far... Very Happy

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Magic · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:09 pm Post subject:

I'm hoping Nigel wins it this year.
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Boo · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:17 pm Post subject:

Button did well yesterday
Was a good race yesterday, especially near the end!

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Paul H. · Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:41 pm Post subject:

When Hamilton won, everyone was cheering a British winner....now Button has had a great start we should really get behind him as well...I tend to support the drivers rather than the manufacturers, unlike the Italians. Anyway its nice to have a couple of decent British drivers.

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Boo · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:26 pm Post subject:

Hamilton has lost his 3rd place in last weeks Aussie grand prix:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7978186.stm

Not a good start!

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My money is on Sturley Moss????? Laughing

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Current driver standings

1. Jenson Button - 61
2. Rubens Barrichello - 35
3. Sebastian Vettel - 29
4. Mark Webber - 27.5
5. Jarno Trulli - 19.5
6. Timo Glock - 13
7. Nico Rosberg - 11.5
8. Felipe Massa - 11
9. Fernando Alonso - 11
10. Kimi Raikkonen - 9
11. Lewis Hamilton - 9
12. Nick Heidfeld - 6
13. Heikki Kovalainen - 4
14. Sebastien Buemi - 3
15. Robert Kubica - 2
16. Sebastien Bourdais - 2
17. Giancarlo Fisichella - 0
18. Adrian Sutil - 0
19. Nelsinho Piquet - 0
20. Kazuki Nakajima - 0
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looping lee · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:28 pm Post subject:

Jenson Button and Brawn GP are running away with the title , i hope Jenson does well at Silverstone this weekend ! It would be great for him to win, as its supposed to be the last event there !

Goodwood · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:47 pm Post subject:

The way it's going at the moment there will be no more British GP's anywhere......... Crying or Very sad

Ther may not even be an F1 as we know it...... Mad

Go Jenson for the weekend!

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Goodwood · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:55 pm Post subject:

Yes and the complete inability for both sides to sit and have meaningful discussions with each other...although the FIA and Max Mosley have tried to bulldozer changes in and tried on numerous occasions ti divide the teams with underhanded tactics....it will all come to a head this weekend as the deadline for teh FOTA teams to tow the line is the end of Friday...

looping lee · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:37 am Post subject:

I'm sure they'll get something sorted ! F1 does need to cut back with its expenditure otherwise i think it will self implode ! Only problem is Max Mosley and the powers that be are trying to rush the changes which obviously the big teams aren't too keen on !

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It was a shame that Button didn't give us a British Grand Prix win but I have to say Vettel and Webber had an amazing race for the Red Bull team. Just hope before the next round that Brawn sort out the issues Button was reporting with his car.

Also wonder what happened with the Kovalainen/Bourdais accident as on the coverage Kovalainen was blaming Bourdais.

Was interesting to hear all about the politics happening with the Grand Prix.
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Hamilton is picking it back up Very Happy

1-2 for McLaren for the race tomorrow.

Shame that Schumaker isn't racing in place of Massa, would've been brilliant to see. Badoer qualified last on the grid, apparently it's the first time Ferrari have qualified last.
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looping lee · Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:06 am Post subject:

It was another good qualifing session. I'm sure Hamilton will do the business and win the race, but i have my fingers crossed for Button too !

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Good win for Barrichello but so many problems in the pits today
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Rogue · Strata Poster Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 3865

Fisichella in the Force India car in pole position for tomorrows race.

One of the best qualifying sessions in my opinion.
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looping lee · Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:28 am Post subject:

Was another action packed race, Fisi did really well and should have won. I hope force India do well in the next few races, F1 has certainly had a few surprises this season !

Death · Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 12:52 am Post subject:

Personally, I can't take much interest in Formulae 1...Even though they say it's "really fast", I find that the cars only being capable of 250mph does spoil it for me a little. Stick in some more powerful engines, a proper mechanical manual transmission, and maybe an NO² tank or three though, and it'd probably get my attention! Twisted Evil

On another note though: I find the current F1 model to be a bit badly thought out, as all scoring and ranking in the sport is based entirely on the combination of driver and vehicle. Consequently, even if Driver A has far fewer skills than Driver B, Driver A's disadvantage in skill could be mitigated or surpassed (I.E: "Hidden") by superior technology held by Driver A's team. Neutral

I reckon that a better approach would be the separation of rankings into individual tables for drivers and their vehicles, and that drivers should use different vehicles in rotation - I.E: Schumacher would drive Ferrari's car in one league race, then take the wheel of McLaren's one for the next, then Ford's runabout for the third, and so on.
This would allow drivers to be recognised for their genuine level of skill and adaptability, and would allow vehicle teams to be separately graded based on the quality and superiority of their engineering. It'd also allow F1 teams to test out their cars with a number of different drivers instead of the same one or two drivers each and every time, too! Twisted Evil

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Wooooo go Button!! World champ!! Very Happy

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Boozytwin1 · Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:51 pm Post subject:

It was good to see another British champ however, I think seeing Hamilton win it last year on the last lap so dramatically will live in my memory a lot longer!
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butler · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:22 am Post subject:

I watched the race yesterday for the 1st time and all I can say is WOW. It was fantastic.
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Coaster Police · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:30 pm Post subject:

Totally agree. What a great race it was. To be fair to Mark Webber, he had a fine race too, felt a bit sorry for him on the podium as Button was getting all the attention. That said, at least it was his 2nd win, so i'm sure under the circumstances he was ok.

Well done Button tho. Reading back to the top of this thread from the beginning of the season - it seems he did do well Smile

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