... A proud moment for the Japanese team that has invested millions in Formula 1 since they began more than 10 years ago.
Lewis Hamilton (British) was also a much happier man putting his improving McClaren on the 3rd row of the grid in a highly respectable 5th spot. The reigning World Champion ... Read review
Advantages: great race, first 'normal' race of the season Disadvantages: little in the way of retirement and incident, but plenty of intriguing moments regarding strategy
...that has invested millions in Formula 1 since they began more than 10 years ago.
Lewis Hamilton (British) was also a much happier man putting his improving McClaren on the 3rd row of the grid in a highly respectable 5th spot. The reigning World Champion has had little to smile about so far this season, and with the "lie-gate" scandal hanging over the teams head, the improved speed of the car was a small boost for morale. Fellow ... ...GP 4th, whilst team-mate Barrichello (Brazil) was 6th.
The race itself was an altogether different beast from what we had experienced in Australia, Malaysia and China. For one there was no safety car period and the race was able to finish under green flag conditions at full pace for pretty much the first time all season. Miraculously, retirements were few and far between only Williams driver Nakajima (Japan) departed early.
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The 2009 F1 season thus far has been one of the most intriguing for years. Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix further compounded that belief for me. What was particularly interesting about this race even before an engine had been revved was the fact that 3 races in, we'd still not technically seen a straight forward race which would really give us an indication of where the cars were in terms of out and out performance in the dry. Bahrain, situated in the hot and sunny surroundings of the Emirates was never in any danger of the type of washout that had occurred previously in Malaysia and China respectively. This was proved right, with temperatures soaring to the high 30 degrees. An all together different type of challenge awaited the drivers.
Where China had been a brilliant weekend for Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel (Germany) and Mark Webber (Australia), Bahrain's qualifying on the Saturday provided stark contrast for Webber, whom, blocked by Sutil in the first section of qualifying was unable to make an inroads on the front of the grid and was to subsequently start from 19th position. Vettel had a better time of it, placing 3rd and keeping up his record of being the only driver to place in the top 3 starting slots throughout 2009 without fail. Qualifying was undoubtedly happiest for Toyota with Jarno Trulli (Italy) 1st and Timo Glock (Germany) 2nd for the first ever all Toyota front row at a Grand Prix. A proud moment for the Japanese team that has invested millions in Formula 1 since they began more than 10 years ago.
Lewis Hamilton (British) was also a much happier man putting his improving McClaren on the 3rd row of the grid in a highly respectable 5th spot. The reigning World Champion has had little to smile about so far this season, and with the "lie-gate" scandal hanging over the teams head, the improved speed of the car was a small boost for morale. Fellow Briton, and Championship leader, Jenson Button placed the ever-impressive Brawn GP 4th, whilst team-mate Barrichello (Brazil) was 6th.
The race itself was an altogether different beast from what we had experienced in Australia, Malaysia and China. For one there was no safety car period and the race was able to finish under green flag conditions at full pace for pretty much the first time all season. Miraculously, retirements were few and far between only Williams driver Nakajima (Japan) departed early.
The start was frantic, and the opening laps really were great to watch. The Toyota's retained their starting advantage, switching Trulli and Glock however. Hamilton made the most of his KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) and had a great start, touching 2nd at one point however, he ran wide allowing Trulli to regain the place. The pack split in two, with a small collision at the back of the grid with Kovaleinen (Finland) and one of the BMW drivers. Whilst at the front Hamilton began to slip back after his excellent start, as Button made his way back into 3rd position.
The race settled into a groove and it was the pit stop sections which made this race intriguing. Trulli was not enjoying his tyres in the first stint and dropped into the clutches of Fernando Alonso which damaged his strategy for the race. After starting favorite to win it was becoming clear that the race victory was a straight out fight between Button and Vettel, whilst Hamilton and Trulli attempted to hang onto the back of those two drivers in the final battle for the last podium spot.
Once again Ferrari were really suffering, Massa being lapped by the race leaders, a real embarrassment for the Italian giants. Small consolation was Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) who enjoyed his most solid performance of the season eventually finishing in 6th position for 2 points, saving Ferrari from the stigma of having their worst start to a championship season ever. Remembering this is the team that has won the constructors title 8 times out of the last 10 years, a highly impressive showing.
The day belong however, once again to the Brawn GP team and Jenson Button, who took the victory with a perfect drive. No mistakes from the man of the moment, outpacing the Red Bull car of Vettel who had looked quicker all weekend, but ended up being a fair distance behind the winner. Once again Jarno Trulli showed a lack of ability to convert an excellent qualifying showing into race performance and finished 3rd in a race he really could have won.
Jenson leads the way in the Championsip after 3 wins out of 4. The apparent overheating problems, which had lead to the team cutting pieces out of the underneath of the car to aid cooling did not seem to effect their performance. The next race in 2 weeks time see's the start of the European season with team's favorite Barcelona in Spain. A high downforce circuit should suit the likes of Brawn and I fully expect to see another great fight between the Brawn GP, Red Bull and Toyota cars. More misery for Ferrari and McClaren as the new order of F1 further attempt to estalish themselves.
Bahrain Race classification:
1st Jenson Button 2nd Sebastian Vettel 3rd Jarno Trulli 4th Lewis Hamilton 5th Rubens Barrichello 6th Kimi Raikkonen 7th Timo Glock 8th Fernando Alonso
Advantages: The old masters Disadvantages: You know who is going to win
When you think of a Formula 1 champion, the names of 'Hakkinen, Hill, Schumacher, Senna' come into mind. But who remembers to old F1 champions like 'Ascari, Brabham, Fangio'? Well here is a full list of all of them with some history about each driver. See if you can remember them or if you have even heard of them.
1950: G.Farina(It), Alfa Romeo.
Emilio Giuseppe Farina, born October 30th 1906 in Turin, Italy - died June 30th 1966. Farina stands ... ...copied and admired straight arm driving style, and his status as the first F1 world champion.
Nicknamed 'Nino' he awas a qualified medical doctor. Driving for the dominate Alfa Romeo team in the invincible 158 Alfetta car. Farina took 3 wins from the 7 races in the 1950 season, this securing him the first ever F1 world championship. Farina joined the Ferrari team in 1952 of which he only won one race in 1953. In 1954 he was badly burn't in a startline ...
Britishninja 17.07.2004 (31.08.2004)
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Advantages: It's an exciting end to a great season Disadvantages: Michael Schumacher wasn't in it this year...!
...of yawn, couch-potato spectators of Formula One grumbled that the sport was boring, that only Michael Schumacher and Ferrari won the race, with the occasional win gifted to Eddie Irvine, Rubens Barrichello and Felipe Massa (Schumacher's team-mates at Ferrari since 1996) to reward them for their loyalty over the seasons as they worked to help him become statistically the greatest driver of all time.
Then it started to change. Fernando Alonso and ... ...most importantly, Fernando Alonso. Formula One was being rocked by this young man and his team-mate's composure seemed to be disintegrating as each day passed. More and more stories of poor conduct by Alonso emerged in the tabloids and then there was the infamous attempt to bribe Ron Dennis, which backfired badly on the World Champion and his team. And, slowly, it began to emerge that all hadn't been harmonious during his time at Renault, with stories ...
markd_uk 13.10.2007
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Advantages: Action, crashes, speed. Disadvantages: I get fed up with Michael Schumacher winning all the time.
In my opinion for Formula 1 is the best motorsoprt around. My friends always moan at me and say all it is, is cars going round and round a track, get re-fuelled and go back round and round the track again. To me it's more than that. I really enjoy seeing how each teams strategy works for them in the race and I love it when there is some serious racing going on and wheel to wheel action.
The Teams: -
----------------------Scuderia Ferrari-----------------------
... ...Alonso shined as an excellent Formula 1 driver by coming 5th in the championship and having a win under his name. Trulli also done very well by consistently getting points at each race. I think that this partnership has been the up point of their constant points scoring positions.
--------------------McClaren Mercedes--------------------
Drivers: Kimi Raikonen and David Coulthard.
Basically this team is doing crap this year. So far Kimi Raikonen, ...
ralfschumacher 19.05.2004
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Advantages: May finally stop Michael Schumacher Disadvantages: Could be an anti-climax
...reward – a driver in Formula One. In September 2001, Wilson found his name on the lips of several F1 enthusiasts not to mention the odd F1 team, yet his F1 drive has still managed to elude him. The Yorkshireman became the first ever F3000 winner from good ol’ Blighty after notching up 4 wins and another 6 podium finishes out of 12 races. Such was his talent that he beat off competition from the initial clear favourite and possible F1 ... ...to take part in the Formula Nippon series – a kind of Asian F3000 series – where he won all of the races apart from one. His renewed talent is getting the teams interested again. Although, he wont get a 2002 drive inF1, his new Toyota backing from America could see him in a Toyota F1 seat in 2003.
My prediction: I believe Takagi deserves another chance. He has again proved he is fit for F1 but he’ll need a good car first. If the ...
Solex 07.11.2001 (18.11.2001)
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Advantages: Its motor racing at its best Disadvantages: big teams have too much of an advantage over lesser ones
...as follows :
2002 Formula 1 championship calendar
March 3 - Australia , Melbourne
March 17 - Malaysia , Sepang
March 31 - Brazil , Interlagos
April 14 - San Marino , Imola
April 28 - Spain , Barcelona May 12 - Austria , A1-Ring
May 26 - Monaco , Monte Carlo
June 9 - Canada , Montreal
June 23 - European , Nurburgring July 7 - Britain , Silverstone July 21 - France , Magny-Cours
July 28 - Germany ... ..., Budapest
September 1 - Belgium , Spa-Francorchamps
September 15 - Italy , Monza,
September 29 - USA , Indianapolis October 13 - Japan , Suzuka Ok , so onto this years race qualifying / results ( top ten only ) :
AUATRALIA - Qualifying :
M.Schumacher, Barrichello , Hakkinen , Frentzen , R. Schumacher , Coulthard , Trulli , Villeneuve, Panis , Heidfeld. AUATRALIA - Race result
1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2 David Coulthard ...
CaptainKidd 29.10.2001
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If this works out then good old Ollie will be a very envied man here on Ciao.
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Advantages: Great day out, well orgainsed, spectators not neglected Disadvantages: Long day for very short 'reward'.
the majority of parking in on the grass. This is quite normal for racetracks from what I can gather, but it is worth bearing in mind if you?re going there in wet conditions, since there is always a possibility of getting stuck.
A lot of the parking area is relatively near to the main building where drivers register and spectators can have a view of the Rally track, as well as get some refreshments and other typical facilities, (which I?ll mention in more detail shortly).
Since we went on a ?track day?, there was no admission charge to get into the track. Had there been a particular event happening, we would have had to pay to enter. I personally don?t consider myself much of a ?petrol-head? - cars and motor racing aren?t especially my favourite pass-time, although I do occasionally enjoy watching Moto GP and Formula1 on television ...
