Formula 1 sessions schedule
Thursday 21st May 2009
Free Practice 1, 10.00-11.30am (9.00-10.30am)
Free Practice 2 2.00-3.30pm (1.00-2.30pm)
Saturday 23rd May 2009
Free Practice 3 11.00-12.00am (10.00-11.00am)
Qualifying 2.00-3.00pm (1.00pm-2.00pm)
Sunday 24th May 2009
Race 2pm (1pm)
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Driver of the day thats a tough one but i’m going to say Bourdais not being biased but good that he stayed out of trouble and didnt get lapped even on a long 1 stopper.
Hi Ketih,
any comment about the longish second stop Ferrari made on Kimi’s car? Do your reckon that robbed him of a second place finish? Was the pit stop a botched one? It did seem long but the telecast did not give a timing, though the commentator (Steve Slater) noted that it was in the 11s/12s and that Ferrari (once again) made a hash of a pit stop.
Button was phenomenal this weekend. I’m glad Brawn has him to execute well in an exceptionally well-designed car. The whole team is executing everything so perfectly, not a single mistake!
Raikkonen was first to open Ferrari’s points account in Bahrain and now the first to open their Podium account. Say what you will about his motivation, he seems to be doing alright. I doubt an unmotivated driver can really push the car at Monoca – so close to the barriers and completely on edge every lap. He out-qualified Massa and, unlike Mass who almost spun into the barriers in Qualy, didn’t make a single mistake as far as I can see. Plus he cut the chicane just once, versus Massa’s innumerable times.
A final word for Bourdais, who’s been under the microscope for being unable to adjust his driving style to F1 (he’s clearly talented). A good solid drive, kept his nose clean and got the car home on a difficult track. Well deserved single point. Kudos to him.
Forgot to add – Barrichello’s smiles are looking increasingly forced! He only has himself to blame as his best chance for a WDC slips away race by race.
Interesting that we heard all weekend that “you need to be aggressive to extract the extra bit of Mônaco, but I think that the Jenson´s smooth driving style was decisive for him to save some soft rubber in the first stint where he really and got the win.
He was really aggressive in his pole lap and before his stops. He won this race mainly with the brain!
Domenicali:
“”For sure Felipe did a great race, but there was also a good race from Kimi, so this is important,” he added.”
When they’re talking up the driver who finished behind Kimi, you know Kimi is out at the end of this season. Second time the team heads have done it this season (Bahrain too).
Assuming these are Domenicali’s comments from the BBC interview, which has been edited and written up on Autosport, you need to listen to the whole interview.
His comment was in reply to a question from the interviewer who asked a question regarding Massa’s race. Therefore, of course Domenicali’s initial response was to comment on Massa. Afterwards he said you shouldn’t underevaluate Kimi’s race. Doesn’t sound so much like talking up Massa’s race when you look at the whole interview.
Yes, that was from Autosport.
My bad, thanks for clearing that up.
Why shouldn’t he talk Massa’s race up anyway? He clocked fastest lap after fastest lap, took huge risks in the second stint and put himself in a position to overtake not only Kimi but Rubens as well.
Brawn’s flawless strategists once again deserve huge credit for bringing Button into the pits right in time to hault Felipe’s awesome pace – he clocked three 1:15.1 in a row before Button rejoined in front and destroyed the rest of his race.
Drivers of the day
Kimi- 1st KERS car podium…….and long gone Ferrari
Fisichella- so near yet so far
Bourdais- showed signs of motivation and maturity
Button- have to say it cause he’s won
Massa- Consistency….fastest laps
FERRARI CATCHING BRAWN NOW…..WAITING FOR ISTANBUL
KIMI CLEARLY LOOKS QUICKER AND MOTIVATED
AND THE MAIN THING HE WAS SMILING WHILE TAKING HIS TROPHY AND SPRAYED REALLY IN STYLE
IT WAS REALLY LOOKING THAT HE’S THIRSTY TO TASTE IT.
RAIKKONEN REALLY LOOKS THIRSTY FOR WINS NOW…THATS GOOD
My driver of the day is simply Button. I disagree with people who say Raikonenn was impresive, he seemed ordinary to me. Massa’s race pace was actually better, especially in the middle of the race when he was posting fastest lap after fastest lap
Well Massa was cutting the chicane almost every one of those fastest laps in the period you describe. He also cut the chicane under braking while trying to pass Vettel and lost track position to Rosberg. Rosberg’s race was then compromised by strategy or Massa would have paid for his mistake.
RAI didn’t make a single error the whole weekend bar letting Barrichello past at the start, which is usually heavily car-dependent anyway.
Well it has to be either Fisi or Bourdais, both did a gr8 job today from 13th and 14th on the grid. Both kept out of trouble and got their strategy spot on. Big result for Bourdais today who needed another good result b4 getting more flak after the crash in Barcelona where although he wasn’t to blame he did ram up the back of Buemi. Good point for him. A shame Fisi didn’t get a point out of his race as he drove well and showed that the old dog’s still got abit of bottle left.
Hopefully Force India can get a point sooner rather than later as their performance was great today.
Navs, Vettel braked early forcing Massa to avoid him.
So? That’s still Massa’s mistake – Vettel had degrading tyres and was certainly going to brake earlier and earlier, should have been anticipated by Massa. Massa went too aggressive on that attempt.
You obviously know nothing about racing.
Please, mitigating that risk is part-and-parcel of any passing move with a much faster car trailing a slower one. Anyway, here’s Massa’s own words on that move:
So he admits it was his mistake: maybe he doesn’t know much about racing either, then?
The mistake he is referring to is letting Rosberg through. He was absolutely right to risk a move on Vettel coming out of the tunnel.
Maybe along with learning a thing or two about racing, you should also learn to read.
@Senor Paz,
That’s the mistake I was talking about all this while … letting Rosberg through.
No, it wasn’t. Read your own posts, buddy. A bit late to fix it up now.
Ah, I see: you’re saying Massa made a mistake by allowing _both_ Vettel and Rosberg through, instead of just letting Vettel through. Thereby asserting that was an avoidable error (letting Rosberg through). See, I think letting Rosberg through was unavoidable once he botched up his move on Vettel (which was avoidable) – I think he’s refering to the botched move as a mistake and the subsequent chain of events ended up with him letting Rosberg through. But that’s hard to verify, so I’ll stand down.
Anyway, I see where you’re coming from now – and will try to be clearer with my phrasing next time.
Rubens had loose seat belts throughout the race, meaning he had to change his break bias to stop him being thrown around. If this is true then thats quite a performance.
But JB proved that you don’t need outright aggression and his smooth style proved the most economic on tyres and time. JB gets my vote
one has to admit it… like it or not, appart from the fact the BG001 is the best and most dominant car F1 has seen in teh recent years, Jenson is doing a supreme job…
and im happy for that… because you can easily see he’s really enjoying it… If it was Lewis, Kimi or Massa it would have been dull… but Jensons is loving this moment… and i feel happy for him…
Yea, Jenson – although it might become boring for the viewers, it is great to see him win, he’s always very grateful, polite, thankful, willing to talk to journalists.
So was Hamilton (apart from the journalists bit) but you could always see Hamilton was almost expecting the win. To Hamiltons Credit, he hasn’t thrown his toys out of the pram pubicly this year after the Australia debacle. Would be good to see him win at least one this year.
As I suggested: Vettel did not even finish the race.
It’s amazing how many here cannot accept the dominance of BRAWN. Really amazing. For those who picked Hamilton to win, I really have to question their sanity.
Maybe they are watching a different Season than I am.
Today is the day Constructer’s was locked up. $$$$$$$$$
I STILL THINK BRAWN MAY ONLY WIN THE CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP…….I DON’T KNOW WHY
Rahim,
Stop typing in all caps — you’re sounding like Dilbert’s Loud Howard!
Simple, my driver of the day is Jenson. I’m really chuffed for him. I’m also really pleased for Nico and Giancarlo and Bourdais. Congrats to Webber, Kimi and Massa on a solid days work. Fingers crossed McLaren have some good developments for next race…
It has to be Keith who has been on the pace all weekend. Otherwise the supreme tyre manager in this tyre critical season is Jenson Button.
Does anyone know where Kimi will go when Fernando joins Ferrari?
Ice cream anyone? Get your ice creams here!
Rubish race that was decided in the first lap with the exception of crashes.
This shows the the rules change for this year were totally ineffective in creating a more exciting sport. F1 is dead, time to a large change. Kick Bernie out and let’s get our own “Platini” in the FIA.
This season is going to be much less close than any of the past 4 seasons… Right, more exciting my behind!
Hamilton.
Yeah, I’m joking
In my view its the inconsistency of other teams combined with performance-times being so close which has led a one-sided championship. True the Brawns are fastest, but they have too many rivals fighting amongst themselves to be threatened. +they seem to have amazing reliability
I agree it wasn’t a classic race, good for the British following though, apart from Hamilton of course.
I only saw the highlights programme on BBC3, which was actually quite good for a highlights programme, I think more on track action than the ITV one used to have.
I only saw this as I was working and my video (yes, I’m not high-tec at the mo) isn’t working, can anyone tell me if there’s a full re-run available for digital viewers (channel 301/302) ever? I’ve never found one. Did get my dad to tape it though.
Monaco does sort the men from the boys though, not saying Vettel/Kovalainen aren’t good, but they didn’t manage this one. Shame Hamilton didn’t get beyond Quali 1, I think he’d have been good for 3rd perhaps? One to watch at Hungary anyway!
I think you can watch the whole race on iPlayer
But if you can’t use Iplayer? I’m on Windows ME, so can’t download the relevant bits to get it you see (yes, get a new computer, I know, but alternative options…?)
Thanks for the reply.
That’s like riding a horse because you don’t know what car to chose…
Great cover on Twitter! congrats! @ducolombi
How come Jenson Button didnt appear to get weighed after the race e.g before he recieved the trophy?
Maybe Jenson did get weighed after the race.
He girlfriend certainly is wovely!!!!
lmao
Give it to Button. Boring race, just like he planned it. His merit was that that he made no mistakes. The RedBulls, Ferraris, and McLarens all had the speed to handle him today, but all of them choked fabulously when the time came. Let’s not forget Ferrari’s new tactical blunder, brining RAI in early, I guess, to avoid a Kovalainen induced SC period. This forfeited his ability to jump BAR and go for the lead.
How on earth was this a boring race? It was an excellent Monaco weekend, with surprises all the way through!
Let’s not forget Button’s pole was itself a surprise, Rubens outpaced him the entire weekend leading up to qualifying. He, like a deserving champion, just put the hammer down when it mattered.
A modicum of passing, but all the excitement was in qualifying, wasn’t it?
This was almost as boring as watching the endless laps of the Indy 500 waiting for the inevitable crashes.
A run down the main straight should now be traditional for the winner at Monaco.
@ Senor Paz
I totally agree with you!
Even the slowest are doing close to 180 whilst millimeters away from the Armco and turning in consistent lap times for nearly 2 hours.
How can it be boring to watch master craftsmen at work?
If you want spectacle you should be watching saloon car racing not open wheel.
Yep, all of the drivers that didn’t run into anything deserve a vote for the skill, fitness, concentration to race around there… not to mention a large pair of testicles
What’s so exciting about a pilot finishing Monaco? 100’s of people have done it before any of the pilots this week-end and with much more unreliable and hard to drive cars!
Learn a bit about driving before commenting on skill, have you ever tried to drive a Turbo with almost no down force and absolutely no breaks (compared to today’s cars) in a narrow street?
Skill? C’mon did you notice that JB was not the only one to finish the race and he happened to have the best car?
F1 today is about the car, not the driver, that’s plenty clear!
If Massa was getting the fastest laps, why didn’t he appear to be catching either Kimi or the Brawns? I was really impressed with Rubinho’s move at the start which got him ahead of Kimi and wrong-footed both Ferraris for the whole race. But I suppose thats because their KERS doesn’t react quickly enough…..
I have a feeling now we are heading for some faster circuits at Istanbul and Silverstone, the Ferraris will become all dominating again and that will be the end of a wonderful season for Button…..
Jenson Button was in a league of his own and seemed to be moving closer to the driver’s championship with each lap he completes. He did a better job of managing his super-soft tyres in comparison to Barichello, and never looked like anybody could challenge him…
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