Shanghai GP Qualifying Result
Sebastian Vettel claimed his first Pole ever for the Red Bull Racing team in China ahead of a rejuvenated Fernando Alonso for Renault. The second Red Bull of Mark Webber is third with Rubens Barrichello the first Brawn car in fourth. Jenson Button fails to claim his hattrick of poles will be starting from fifth.
Kimi Räikkönen could only manage the 9th position for Ferrari while the controversy hit McLaren of Lewis Hamilton comes in at 10. Massa was in 13th and Kovalainen was just one spot above him in 12th in the other McLaren.
Red Bull is estatic with the pole position while Ferrari must be wondering whether it was the right thing to do to run without the KERS in this GP. The many straights on this circuit definitely could benefit the KERS users especially with that additional power boosts when over taking is needed.
We could only wait and see what the result will bring tomorrow at the Shanghai GP. (more…)
Malaysian GP Race Result
A rain soaked race that saw Jenson Button winning the Malaysian GP after the race was Red Flagged. The race was halted after 33 laps and with the 2 hour time limit draw closer, the race could not be restarted. With the final results being taken back by a lap, Nick Heidfeld took second for BMW with Toyota’s Timo Glock third.
Button’s second win from two races this year confirms a 100% wins to starts ratio for the new Brawn GP team; starting from pole position, the Englishman found himself fourth after the first corners as he swapped positions with Nico Rosberg, as the German’s Williams launched off the grid to slide down the inside of Turn 1. Fernando Alonso also made a good start by leapfrogging from ninth to the third on the grid.
With rain having threatened all weeked, Räikkönen and Ferrari were the first to jump by fitting the car with extreme wet tyres when needing to pit for fuel; with no drops falling for a number of laps, the Finn soon plummeted from fifth to fifteenth. By the time the rain did come, the 2007 champion was already one and a half minutes behind the leaders, with his tyres destroyed. (more…)
Malaysian GP Qualifying Result
With a later start compared to previous years, the rain didn’t show itself as the Qualifying session kicked off. A Qualifying full of drama as Button takes Pole again after Melbourne. Joining him on the front row is Toyota’s Jarno Trulli. Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello were third and fourth, but grid penalties for both mean Toyota’s Timo Glock and Williams’ Nico Rosberg will form row two.Ferrari’s Raikkonen could only land himself in the 9th position while Massa qualifying in 16th. McLaren was 13th and 14th respectively after the controversial Melbourne GP still haunting them.
Button is looking set to show that the win at Melbourne is no fluke while Ferrari and McLaren will be looking to reclaim the throne that Brawn GP so comfortably control this season. Will the April 14th hearing regarding the diffuser affect how the 3 teams running the controversial diffuser perform? It’s all to watch for tomorrow. The Full result of the Qualifying is as follow… (more…)
F1 2009 Driver’s list
The drivers line-up for the 2009 F1 Calendar is out!
Can’t wait for the 2009 season to start, with new designs and rule changes. It’s going to be an interesting one. Here’s the driver’s line up as released by the FIA.
1. Lewis Hamilton – VODAFONE McLAREN MERCEDES
2. Heikki Kovalainen – VODAFONE McLAREN MERCEDES
3. Kimi Raikkonen – SCUDERIA FERRARI MARLBORO
4. Felipe Massa – SCUDERIA FERRARI MARLBORO (more…)
McLaren’s Hamilton Howler
I know I’m 3 days too late in posting this but then, heck, I’ve been busy!
Anyway, looking at the Canadian GP Flashback, I’m really disappointed with Lewis Hamilton. I’m no McLaren fan mind you. I’m disappointed with Lewis for doing such a silly error in the Pitlane, practically a rookie mistake that only rookies in their first years would have done. 10 Grid Penalty doesn’t seem like a just punishment for this Driver, I say they should also fine him a good $100,000 as well along with the 10 Grid Penalty @ the next race. That’ll be more like it.
I guess you can say… Like Father, Like Son.