1 Week to Singapore GP

It’s 1 week to the Formula 1 Race in Singapore. Not sure about you but I’m excited about it. Having been to the one in Sepang, I’d love to experience the race in another country, in this case, it’s Singapore!

I’ve been working like a dawg lately as there’s bills to pay and all that mumbo jumbo but at the moment, I am enjoying what I do. I guess that’s the only way to enjoy work, by doing what we like to do so we don’t complain so much. Right? (more…)

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…)