JA2340 16 Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Now that's NOT news! Happens every season. Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Going to be an interesting grid Quote: The full extent of Lewis Hamilton's problems with his McLaren became apparent during today's opening practice sessions for Sunday's Australian grand prix. Apart from recording a disappointing 18th fastest time, the Englishman was overheard discussing the car's handling difficulties with his engineers when the radio conversation was broadcast on television. Hamilton admitted that the McLaren was bottoming so badly on the bumps on the Albert Park circuit that he had difficulty seeing his braking points. "The car's bottoming out, I can barely see the marker boards," he said. An engineer replied: "Understood." Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 All fun and drama already. B & B on the front row. Who would have thought. Quote: And in one of the most remarkable turnarounds in sporting history, the Brawn GP duo of Button and Barrichello will start from the front row for tomorrow's Australian Grand Prix. As for Hamilton, after just scraping out of the opening 20-minute run by a mere 0.049 seconds, a drivetrain failure prevented him from taking to Melbourne's Albert Park track, on which he won last year, for Q2. The 24-year-old will start from 15th, equalling his worst display in qualifying in last year's Italian Grand Prix when he misjudged the weather and the state of the Monza circuit. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Should make for an interesting race. It was all looking so bleak for Button not so long ago. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 And he wins Jenson Button secured a dream debut victory for the Brawn GP team after dominating the Australian Grand Prix. The Englishman led throughout the race for his second Formula 1 win and team-mate Rubens Barrichello completed a Brawn one-two after a dramatic finish. The Brazilian was promoted after Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and BMW's Robert Kubica collided while disputing second place with three laps to go. Lewis Hamilton was an unexpected fourth behind Toyota's Jarno Trulli. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Was it a good race? I see Hamilton cam up from right back there... Link to post Share on other sites
gareth_oau 2 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I enjoyed the fact that beforehand, it wasnt clear who was going to do well. It also demonstrated that Barrachello was competing in a demolision derby rather than F1, and still managed to finish second - a trbute to the strenght of the Brawn cars I think. the use of the supersoft tyres by different teams at different times also made the last few laps unclear Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 The most important thing of course must be that the BBC now they have it back are using the PROPER F1 theme (The Mac's song). And of course there's no ads. Now if only the racing would be good each time.... Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Always associate that theme tune with the racing. And Murray, the sly guy. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 They brought it back. So it should be. ITV wirh its ads all the time was (when I saw it) extremely frustrating. Even more than the 'racing'. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Oh what fun: Lewis Hamilton stripped of third place at Australian GP by FIA Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Ok too lazy. Why? Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Lewis Hamilton and McLaren have been disqualified from the Australian grand prix after "misleading" stewards at the inquiry into the latter stages of the opening race of the season. Hamilton finished fourth at Melbourne on Sunday before being upgraded to third after Jarno Trulli, of Toyota, was adjudged to have illegally overtaken the world champion under the yellow flag on the 57th lap of the race and handed a 25-second penalty, which relegated the Italian driver from third to 12th place. However, Trulli's podium finish has now been reinstated on appeal and Hamilton and McLaren's classification annulled after the 23-year-old provided "evidence deliberately misleading to the stewards at the hearing on 29 March". The decision was explained in a statement which read: "The stewards having considered the new elements presented to them from the 2009 Australian formula one grand prix, consider that driver No 1 Lewis Hamilton and the competitor Vodafone McLaren Mercedes acted in a manner prejudicial to the conduct of the event by providing evidence deliberately misleading to the stewards at the hearing on Sunday 29 March 2009, a breach of Article 151c of the International Sporting Code. "Under Article 158 of the International Sporting Code the driver No 1 Lewis Hamilton and the competitor Vodafone McLaren Mercedes are excluded from the race classification for the 2009 Australian grand prix and the classification is amended accordingly." Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Told porkies, got caught, expect what's coming! Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Liar! Liar! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 lying basatrds. Jeffery Archer. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Lewis Hamilton's reputation for sporting fairness is in tatters after he was found guilty of lying and cheating his way to third place in last Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. And now the world champion has been fined for speeding in the pits. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 The team boss at fault here. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 How come? Isn't it the driver pushing the pedals? Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Not since about 1970!! Team orders and radio telemetry mean that the team in the pits has much more say in what happens. I wish they'd just give the money they spend developing and transporting these "fighter jets without wings" to someone whose major concern is the provenance of the next meal. In total, the amount spent by F1 (in R & D, transport, accommodation, fuel and associated costs) would be the equivalent of the GNP of a small country! I'll get the figures later. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share Posted April 6, 2009 F1 is fun this afternoon. The wusses, get out there - it's only rain! Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 0.5 points! Wonder would Hamiltons win count as a "win" or a "half win" in Bernies new way of working out whos winner..... Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 nuts. decimal places on the table. If they can have a night race in Sing, they can jolly well have a covered track race too. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 am waiting until Thursday to get the results Link to post Share on other sites
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