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Bahrain Saturday Qualifying

SeVeN — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:26:27 +0000

Sebastian Vettel takes pole position for the first qualifying of the 2010 Formula 1 season!! Go Red Bull!!
Vettel managed to post a time of 1:54.101, more than a tenth of a second ahead of Ferrari’s Felipe Massa. Fernando Alonso, also from Ferrari, came in third position nearly 3 tenths of a second off the pace of Vettel. Mark Webber will be starting tomorrow’s race in sixth position.

One of the new rules for this season is that all of the cars in the top ten positions must start the race on the tires they set their qualifying runs in. Rubens Barrichello, having finished in 11th position will be able to start the race with a fresh set of tires. And tires may be the deciding factor in tomorrow’s race.

Turkish Grand Prix – 2009

SeVeN — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:35:33 +0000

There was much excitement for the start of this race. Sebastian Vettel managed to take pole position from Jensen Button after qualifying on Saturday. Vettel managed to get a good start off the line, however, a bit of a bungle on turn nine into ten sent him off the road. Button managed to sail past and kept the lead for another victory. The Red Bull cars still managed to show how well they are performing by taking the second and third podium positions. The next race is in England; home track for the race leader, Jensen Button. Wouldn’t it be fun for a man from Australia to win at Silverstone? I’ve got my fingers crossed for you, Mark.

Race Results:

Pos.	Driver	Team	Grid	Points
1	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	2	10
2	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	2	8
3	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	1	6
4	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	5	5
5	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	9	4
6	Filipe Massa	Ferrari	7	3
7	Robert Kubica	BMW-Sauber	10	2
8	Timo Glock	Toyota	13	1
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	6
10	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8
11	Nick Heidfeld	BMW-Sauber	11
12	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	12
13	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	16
14	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	14
15	Sebastian Buemi	STR-Ferrari	18
16	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	17
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	15
18	Sebastian Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	20
Ret	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	3
Ret	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	19

Monaco Grand Prix – 2009

SeVeN — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:28:41 +0000

If I could only go to one race, I think it would have to be Monaco. They don’t call it the “Jewel of the Formula One crown” for nothing. In fact, to watch the race from the deck of one of those yachts would be quite nice.

Formula One has been racing around the streets of Monaco since 1929. The place simply oozes in history, spectacle and glamor. The track itself is tricky; one small slip could end up putting your car into a wall. Plus, with not many places to overtake, race strategy and pit stops are crucial.

As for the race results, well, Jensen Button and Brawn took the podium again.

Race Results:

Pos.	Driver	Team	Grid	Points
1	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	1	10
2	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	3	8
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	2	6
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	5	5
5	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	8	4
6	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	6	3
7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	9	2
8	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	14	1
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	13
10	Timo Glock	Toyota	19
11	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16
12	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	20
13	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	18
14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	15
15	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	10
Ret	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	7
Ret	Robert Kubica	BMW-Sauber	17
Ret	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	4
Ret	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	12
Ret	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	11

Spanish Grand Prix – 2009

SeVeN — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:00:10 +0000

There were no major issues going into the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. It looked like we were in for a lean racing weekend. Qualifying had me jumping for joy as I watched Vettel cross the line to take pole position. My celebrating was extremely short lived once I realized that Button had made it across the line to run his final lap with just a second to spare. Sure enough, he managed to take away the pole from Sebastian of Red Bull.

Once again, the Brawn cars finished up with a nice one – two. I have a feeling that Rubens may be getting tired of his teammate. Unfortunately, I just don’t think he can keep the pace as Jensen has been doing so well. Mark Webber managed to get on the podium with a third place win. And Massa had more trouble with his Ferrari. Running low on fuel he had to let Vettel and Alonso by, dropping him back to sixth.

Race Results:

Pos.	Driver	Team	Grid	Points
1	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	1	10
2	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	3	8
3	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	5	6
4	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	2	5
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	4
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	4	3
7	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	13	2
8	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	9	1
9	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	14
10	Timo Glock	Toyota	6
11	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	10
12	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	12
13	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	11
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	20
Ret	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferarri	16
Ret	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	18
Ret	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	7
Ret	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferarri	15
Ret	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferarri	17
Ret	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	19

Bahrain Grand Prix – 2009

SeVeN — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:09:25 +0000

Race 4 was held at the Sakhir Circuit in the desert of Bahrain which pretty much guaranteed a dry race. The Toyotas surprised everyone by taking the top two slots in qualifying. Sebastian Vettel started in 3rd position while Mark Weber ended up at the back of the grid in 18th position after getting caught up in traffic on his last qualifying lap. Jenson Button drove his Brawn car to another first place podium finish with Vettel taking second and Jarno Trulli of Toyota finishing in third.
There’s a two week break until the next race in Spain. It will be interesting to see how many teams arrive with new rear diffusers.

Race Results:

Pos.	Driver	Team	Grid	Points
1	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	4	10
2	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	3	8
3	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	5	1
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	5	5
5	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	6	4
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	10	3
7	Timo Glock	Toyota	2	2
8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	7	1
9	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	9
10	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	15
11	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	18
12	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	11
13	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	20
14	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	8
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	17
16	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	19
17	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	16
18	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	13
19	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	14
Ret	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	12

Chinese Grand Prix – 2009

SeVeN — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:14:07 +0000

Race three was held under rainy skies in Shanghai, China. The race was started under a yellow flag and a safety car to continue this season’s trend of not having a clean start to finish race. More yellow flags and another safety car appearance after a couple of crashes by Sutil and Trulli caused more delays during the race.

All of the careful race planning and strategy that went into the amazing finish at qualifying was pretty much destroyed. This race could have been won by anyone. However, this was finally Red Bull’s moment with Vettel and Webber taking the team to a one – two finish.

Race Results:

Pos.	Driver	Team	Grid	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	1	10
2	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	3	8
3	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	5	6
4	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	4	5
5	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	12	4
6	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	9	3
7	Timo Glock	Toyota	19	2
8	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	10	1
9	Fernando Alonso	Renault	2
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	8
11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	15
12	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	11
13	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	17
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	20
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	7
16	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	16
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	18
Ret	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	14
Ret	Felipe Massa	BMW Sauber	13
Ret	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	6

The only controversy that is left swirling around is whatever the outcome may be for the McLaren team after next Wednesday’s meeting with the World Motor Sport Council in Paris. Although, McLaren has apologized and fired the main people involved in the lying scandal, they may still face some serious penalties. They could be facing a hefty fine, suspension from Spain and Monaco, exclusion from the Championship or any combination of the three. Depending on what decision is made by the WMSC, McLaren could also face the possibility of having some of its major sponsors pullout. Personally, I think a fine with a one race suspension for Hamilton may be adequate punishment. I don’t feel that the entire team should suffer for a mistake made by a few players. It would be especially unfair for Heikki Kovalainen. That’s my two cents on the topic, anyway.

We are off to Bahrain for the next race. I’m fairly sure that we should be able to avoid the rain.

Malaysian Grand Prix – 2009

SeVeN — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:39:49 +0000

The second race in the 2009 Formula 1 season was held at the beautiful track in Sepang, Malaysia. I love this circuit:

The race was run in the late afternoon in Malaysia to offer better television viewing for the European audience. This sounds like a good idea except for the fact that it usually rains in the late afternoon in Malaysia. And we aren’t talking about a little drizzle either. When the heavens open up over this tropical country expect a serious dowsing. Which is exactly what happened midway through the race. With visibility diminishing and the clock approaching the two hour cut-off time the decision was made to call the race. Jensen Button and Brawn along with their controversial diffuser managed to grab hold of P1 again. Due to the fact that only half of the race was run, drivers were awarded half the points.

Race results:

Pos.	Driver	Team	Grid	Points
1	Jensen Button	Brawn – Mercedes	1	5
2	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	10	4
3	Timo Glock	Toyota	3	3
4	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1	2.5
5	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	8	2
6	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	5	1.5
7	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	12	1
8	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	4	.5
9	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	16
10	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	15
11	Fernando Alonso	Renault	9
12	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	11
13	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	17
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	7
15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	13
16	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	20
Ret	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	19
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	18
Ret	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	6
Ret	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	14

Perhaps the best moment of the race occurred after the race was called. Rob Smedley calms down a freaking out Massa:

Australian Grand Prix – 2009

SeVeN — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:14:43 +0000

The 2009 Formula 1 season has officially begun!

The first race was held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit at Albert Park in Melbourne. They call it a temporary track, although it has been the site of the Australian Grand Prix since 1996. It is also one of the handful of races that is run on a street circuit.

With all of the regulation and rule changes that came about over the break, I had a pretty good feeling that this race was going to be an interesting one. And it was. The rollercoaster that was Honda and is now Brawn dominated the qualifying by not only getting the pole position, but also claiming the number two spot. Brawn continued its domination finishing the race with a one – two punch. Unfortunately, due to a diffuser row, there is a possibility that these wins may be taken away from them. This would give Lewis Hamilton a first place win which would be absolutely horrible. Sorry, I am not a Hamilton fan. I am sticking with my Red Bull team with drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel. The upset in this race was the collision between Vettel and Kubica battling it out for second position with only 3 laps remaining. Vettel has been penalized for the collision and will get a 10 place grid penalty in Malaysia.

Race Results:

Pos.	Driver	Team	Grid	Points
1	Jensen Button	Brawn – Mercedes	1	10
2	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn – Mercedes	2	8
3	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	20	6
4	Timo Glock	Toyota	19	5
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	10	4
6	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	5	3
7	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	13	2
8	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	17	1
9	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	16
10	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	9
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	15
12	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	8
13	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	3
14	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4
15	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	7
Ret	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6
Ret	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	14
Ret	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	11
Ret	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	12
DSQ	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	18