F1 Crew 2009 Season Thread
#26
Posted 25 March 2009 - 03:26 PM
#27
Posted 25 March 2009 - 03:52 PM
http://www.autosport...rt.php/id/73884
DC back if seb vet or webbo can't race.
#28
Posted 25 March 2009 - 03:58 PM
DC driving for RBR: I wish they'd given Sato a chance for that one
Shummi at the race: i understand the reasoning, but he'll be all up in Kimi's business
#29
Posted 25 March 2009 - 04:07 PM
Isn't Sato STR's reserve driver?tomorrow
DC driving for RBR: I wish they'd given Sato a chance for that one
Shummi at the race: i understand the reasoning, but he'll be all up in Kimi's business
#30
Posted 25 March 2009 - 04:51 PM
Isn't Sato STR's reserve driver?
nope
sato isn't tied to f1 at all this year
#32
Posted 25 March 2009 - 07:07 PM
Despite the recent management buyout-out and the 2009 car's sterling test pace, the future of Brawn GP reportedly remains under a very dark cloud.
In the decisions of the World Council meeting earlier this month, it was noted that despite the Brackley-based team simply requesting a name-change, Brawn would in fact be considered a 'new entry' for this season.
"The contract the team had with the FIA was to run as 'Honda', which they are no longer in a position to do," the FIA said.
Outwardly, the technicality has resulted in Brawn shifting to the very bottom of the pitlane, and being assigned the lowest race numbers for 2009.
But we noted last week that new teams usually must wait to receive full revenue entitlements according to F1's commercial agreements.
It is on this point that the Swiss specialist publication Motorsport Aktuell expresses concerns about the survival of the Mercedes-powered team. It claims that Brawn could not simply change its name to Brawn, therefore keeping Honda's financial status, because while the teams unanimously agreed, Bernie Ecclestone exercised his veto.
Brawn is therefore missing about 22 million (euro) of its projected 2009 budget, in a state of affairs that could date back to a news item in February.
Then, we reported that managers Ross Brawn and Nick Fry turned down the F1 Chief Executive's offer to help complete the buyout.
"They should have taken what I offered," Ecclestone was quoted as saying.
"It was a very good offer for everybody concerned. It gave them complete protection but they wanted to do things on their own. Now all we can do is hope and pray," Ecclestone added.
Fucking dick.
#33
Posted 25 March 2009 - 07:12 PM
The guy really is A grade a piece of shit. It's a testament to how cool F1 is that it has been able to survive his increasingly deranged, petty, and maniacally greedy management. Let's all pray he gets an embolism before he can ruin brawn or another classic GP.Bernie now trying to kill Brawn GP
Fucking dick.
#34
Posted 25 March 2009 - 08:06 PM
Someone get Aerroist to get this going...What a fucking douche BE is...I hope he DIAF. Seriously, I really do.
#35
Posted 25 March 2009 - 08:11 PM
bernie is like a IRL troll. unfortunately he knows he can get away with it because he effectively has a monopoly on the market.F1-Crew Sniper Crew...
Someone get Aerroist to get this going...What a fucking douche BE is...I hope he DIAF. Seriously, I really do.
#36
Posted 25 March 2009 - 09:20 PM
#37
Posted 25 March 2009 - 09:45 PM
F1-Crew Sniper Crew...
Someone get Aerroist to get this going...What a fucking douche BE is...I hope he DIAF. Seriously, I really do.
Funny you should mention it, here is -one- of my Sub-MOA groups at 100yds, I can in theory put a round in a 7.5in circle at 1000yds, or in lay-mans terms, a little bit smaller than a head.
#39
Posted 25 March 2009 - 11:13 PM
so this been confirmed by any other news source?
i havent seen this on autosport, whats the deal with this?
#40
Posted 25 March 2009 - 11:21 PM
Isn't Sato STR's reserve driver?
I read this as Sato being STR's reserve dinner...
bernie is like a IRL troll. unfortunately he knows he can get away with it because he effectively has a monopoly on the market.
Yeah its a shame the break-away F1 style event isnt still in the back of peoples minds, it would keep Bernie in check alot more I would think.
24 hours and I'm sitting at Albert Park
#41
Posted 25 March 2009 - 11:32 PM
I really wish the FOTA or whatever still had that series all but ready to go.Yeah its a shame the break-away F1 style event isnt still in the back of peoples minds, it would keep Bernie in check alot more I would think.
24 hours and I'm sitting at Albert Park
#43
Posted 26 March 2009 - 12:09 AM
cars on track in less than 25.5hrs
#46
Posted 26 March 2009 - 12:50 AM
The sport should be bigger than one miniature faggot.
#47
Posted 26 March 2009 - 01:22 AM
can't wait to get rid of this stupid AV!
#48
Posted 26 March 2009 - 01:28 AM
signing back in for 2009 season
can't wait to get rid of this stupid AV!
#50
Posted 26 March 2009 - 01:29 PM
The Australian GP Previewcan somebody with autosport sub post the Melbourne preivew tia
After 145 days of waiting, the new season of Formula 1 is finally ready to begin. Nobody can accurately predict what's going to happen, so here's our guide to what to look out for during the Australian Grand Prix
By Mark Glendenning
AUTOSPORT's deputy F1 editor
If you were to scribble down a wish list for what you'd like to see in a new Formula 1 season, what would it include?
The promise of unpredictability would be up there, along with a shake-up of the established order. Possibilities for more overtaking wouldn't hurt, and nor would the opportunity to see what a precocious talent can do when handed a sub-standard car for the first time. And of course, we'd all like to see a weird new circuit that requires the cars to drive through an underground tunnel while exiting the pits (you never saw that at Clermont-Ferrand!). In short, you'd draw up something very much like 2009-spec F1.
After one of the most eventful off-seasons in years, we've finally reached the place where it all comes together – the grid in Melbourne. It will be the starting point for an entirely new period in F1; the first season of the new 'post-excess' era; the first for a new generation of cars; the first where the teams have united in trying to set the direction the sport will take in the future.
But from a purely sporting point of view, the Australian Grand Prix is even more fascinating. Just a few months after the euphoria of Brazil, Lewis Hamilton enters his first race as world champion facing the prospect of being blown away by a Mercedes customer team. Kimi Raikkonen had a disastrous 2008 to redeem himself for. Toyota and Red Bull look like they might be ready to be taken seriously. And BMW Sauber has bet the farm on its F1.09 winning the title. 2009: The year of the subplot. And it all starts this weekend.
Talking points
McLaren MP4-24 Mercedes © XPB
1. How deep in the hole is McLaren?
McLaren has tackled speculation that it is in trouble – by publicly admitting it. The MP4-24 was clearly off the pace at the recent Barcelona test, although the team was confident of clawing back some ground with the new aero upgrades it ran at the final pre-Australia outing at Jerez. Whether that will be enough to get Hamilton or Heikki Kovalainen through to Q2 remains to be seen.
2. Will the Brawn's test pace carry over to a race weekend?
Ross Brawn has insisted that the BGP 001's awesome performance in testing was genuine, and his case is supported by the car's pace over long runs. The team's limited track time means that reliability could still be a concern, but otherwise there is every reason to consider F1's newest team a serious contender.
3. Which Kimi will turn up?
Kimi Raikkonen had the unfortunate distinction of producing one of the more inexplicably tepid championship defenses that we have seen in recent years. His first priority in the opening couple of races has to be to address the imbalance between himself and Felipe Massa. If he can't win at Melbourne, then at the very least he has to make sure that Massa isn't the guy who beats him.
4. Who will use KERS?
The multi-million dollar question, followed closely by 'and what is to be gained for those who do?' Several teams have already declared themselves KERS-free in Australia, while others probably won't know what they are going to do until after Friday practice. Keep an eye on BMW - one team that could hedge its bets and run both a KERS and non-KERS car. At the very least, it could offer a good opportunity to see just how big a difference the system makes.
5. Will there be any overtaking
One of the objectives of this year's rule changes was to improve the show, particularly where overtaking is concerned. In theory, the burst of extra power available to the KERS cars coupled with the new driver-adjustable flaps on the front wing should make it possible for cars to follow each other more closely. But if Massa spends four laps stuck behind Adrian Sutil, we can safely assume that the new rules haven't worked.
Key factors
1. Finding grip
Like all street circuits, Albert Park is inherently low-grip. This puts the onus on the engineers to find a sweet spot in their car's mechanical set-up that will allow it to get the most out of the tyres. Given that they will also be wrestling with this year's switch back to slicks and the associated rear tyre degradation problems, keeping the car stuck to the road over the full race distance will be a challenge.
Brawn GP 001 Mercedes © XPB
2. Who got the aerodynamics right
Testing can give an indication of who is in what sort of shape, but the opening race is when the real picture emerges. The huge aero changes that were introduced this year have put considerable onus on the team's simulation capabilities. And the same goes for correlating the data to the track – if either of these go wrong, the team in question faces a lot of pain.
3. Getting to the finish
Sounds obvious but, as the first race on the calendar, Australia has a track record for exposing gremlins that managed to remain hidden throughout winter testing. Even if a team manages to produce a reliable car, there's an uncomfortably high chance that it will have its front wing torn off at either Turn 1 or Turn 3 on the first lap. Either way, don't be surprised to see a race of high attrition.
Strategy
Australia is generally a two-stopper. The interesting thing this year will be how those stops are managed, as the widened gap between the two tyre compounds being made available by Bridgestone means that there will be a greater penalty for being on the wrong one. This obviously means using the option tyre for as short a stint as possible, but whether that translates into trying to capitalise on it at the start or deploying it for the final stint could vary from team to team.
Event history
Melbourne joined the calendar in 1996 after Adelaide's 10-year stint as host of the Australian Grand Prix came to an end. As an event however, the Australian GP is one of the oldest continuously-held national grands prix in the world, the first race having been held at Phillip Island in 1928 (although there is speculation that a race ran under the ‘Grand Prix' moniker near Sydney a year earlier).
Prior to the world championship-era, Albert Park hosted Australian Grands Prix in 1953 and 1956, the latter won by Stirling Moss in a factory Maserati 250F.
Since joining the F1 calendar, Melbourne has hosted its share of highlights, ranging from Mark Webber's famous drive to fifth on debut for Minardi in 2002, to Lewis Hamilton's podium on debut in 2007 and the eventful 2008 race where a combination of accidents and mechanical problems left just six cars running at the end.
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