Formula 1 2009 season discussion

[Petronas]

Pic of Kimi while everybody else was waiting for the race to restart lol...



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Brilliant. Even more brill that a couple of mins later Luca was like "we might have him back out..." no mate, Kimi has gone!

[bo279]

any of you think that vettel is gonna end webber's career? he's just smashing him.

[STAiN MASTER]

I was quite pissed off that a good race was cut short, I dont know why they based the timing of the race when they knew Sepang was known to have heavy showers around 6ish Sepang time, with knowing this information they put the race during this time, i dont care if its for the viewers in Europe because all they got to see was a race then never happened, so the drivers get half points for a half race, so the fans should get half their money back!

[DOHCTR Coopz!]

media and advertising revenue... it's not about the spectators at the race or the European audiences, its about clever marketing techniques and making sure these big corporate brands get as much public exposure as possible for their big dollars spent. as much as i love F1, its predominantly just a marketing circus!

[STAiN MASTER]

media and advertising revenue... it's not about the spectators at the race or the European audiences, its about clever marketing techniques and making sure these big corporate brands get as much public exposure as possible for their big dollars spent. as much as i love F1, its predominantly just a marketing circus!

I remember reading somewhere that, racing cars used to be in the colours of which country they came from, ie British racing green is from England, silver is from Germany like how you used to see them in the olden days, now the colours of the cars are in the colours of the sponsors.

[Petronas]

now the colours of the cars are in the colours of the sponsors.

You can thank Colin Chapman's brilliance for this... 1968 Imperial Tobacco Lotus

[STAiN MASTER]

You can thank Colin Chapman's brilliance for this... 1968 Imperial Tobacco Lotus

I think this is was the one?

[^^v]

the diffuser saga will hopefully come to an end today...
the court of appeals ruling will be heard in a few hours...


http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headline...15090616.shtml

F1's governing body will on Wednesday announce the verdict of the FIA International Court of Appeal hearing in relation to the diffuser saga.

In front of nearly 40 involved lawyers, officials and team personnel, the panel of judges heard the hearing for eight hours in Paris on Tuesday.

The future unity of the Formula One Teams' Association came under intense pressure, as the technical arguments veered into personal attacks, with Brawn, Williams and Toyota accused of fielding illegal cars by their rivals.

Ferrari QC Nigel Tozzi led the charge for the appellants, accusing the team's former long-time Technical Director Ross Brawn of 'supreme arrogance'.

Brawn returned fire, accusing Ferrari designer Rory Byrne of making arguments that were 'vindictive' and amounted to a 'fishing expedition'.

When twice asked to withdraw his slight against his former friend, Brawn insisted: "We are on opposite sides in this argument, so I stand by my statements."

Brawn accused Red Bull's Adrian Newey of 'bringing the sport into disrepute' by arguing that because the diffusers made the cars faster, an argument on the grounds of safety is valid.

"The safety implication relating to a technical feature of the car is a bit below the belt," the Briton said.


Ferrari's Tozzi also argued that the diffusers fly in the face of Max Mosley's attempts to reduce costs by 'limiting the opportunities for technical innovation'.

Brawn countered: "Formula one is all about innovative design. It's a cornerstone and objective of the sport."

Brawn lawyer Paul Harris surmised of the appellants' arguments: "What we have seen is a sideshow, irrelevancies, or to coin an English phrase, a red herring."

FIA Race Director Charlie Whiting, meanwhile, was accused by Ferrari of 'getting it wrong' when he cleared the controversial cars to race, and 'not understanding the point'.

During a lengthy and detailed exchange debating the definition of a 'hole', one of the FIA judges, Malta's Guido de Marco, reportedly fell asleep more than once.

E.A. © CAPSIS International
Source: GMM

[Min988]

The diffusers makes a huge difference though, hopefully its deamed legal, I'm sure other teams haven't sat around doing nothing and have their "sus" diffusers ready for installation, especially for this weeks round of F1.

[^^v]

yeah... it does make a difference...but in Brawns case its the whole package that makes it quick... not just one element... but thats not saying it wont be a disadvantage losing the double deck diffuser ... they'll lose a few tenths AT LEAST...

rumor has it that a 'radical' update is scheduled for the spanish gp... n it'll 'shock' most people... apparently its a radical sidepod design... cant wait to see that one...


and regarding the other teams ... the press has already said Renault is ready to implement their own DD diffuser as soon as the next gp (which is this sunday)... and the other teams (maccas .. Ferrari ... bmw) will have theirs by the Spanish gp..

[Min988]

Radical update in brawns case might be more virgin stickers and a new colour scheme to suit virgins support. Should make the race alot tighter, love kers.

[90LAN]

Radical update in brawns case might be more virgin stickers and a new colour scheme to suit virgins support. Should make the race alot tighter, love kers.

minh i saw you in the pits at the mel f1 buddy
you luck fella lol