2009 July archive
Alonso’s speed and Rosberg’s smart strategy (German Grand Prix analysis) 14th July 2009, 7:00
Where did Fernando Alonso’s stunning turn of pace come from? How did Nico Rosberg get from 15th to fourth? Let’s take a close look at how the German Grand Prix unfolded to find out. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
F1 links: Piquet dropped as well? 13th July 2009, 23:12
While news breaks of Jaime Alguersuari replacing Sebastien Bourdais at Toro Rosso, similar claims are being made that Romain Grosjean will replace Nelson Piquet Jnr at Renault: Thank you and goodbye! Translated article from well-regarded Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat claims Romain Grosjean will replace Nelson Piquet Jnr at Renault. Facebook – Ari Vatanen for FiA [...]
Jaime Alguersuari set to take Bourdais’ place at Toro Rosso in Hungary
Jaime Alguersuari will join Toro Rosso for the next race at the Hungaroring, several sources are reporting this evening. We took a look at the Red Bull Junior driver’s biography last week and he’s been on the radar for some time. But the consensus in the comments was he looks promising but might be a [...]
German Grand Prix stats and facts
There’s one big fat obvious reason why the German Grand Prix was a landmark race. But a few other points of interest popped up as well: Nelson Piquet Jnr finally out-qualified his team mate and Force India had by far their best qualifying performance ever. Still no points, though… Share this article with your friends: [...]
F1 links: FIA to face ultimatum
Formula 1 row nearing end “Once these two agreements are in place, then the documents are set to be presented to the FIA for them to sign. It is understood the governing body will be told to sign the documents or CVC and the teams will begin working together on their own championship.” Is this [...]
German Grand Prix in pictures 12th July 2009, 21:29
A day to remember at the Nürburgring as Mark Webber claimed his first victory in F1 – and the first for an Australian in 28 years. Here’s a collection of over 100 pictures from the race – including plenty of Webber and Red Bull’s celebrations. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
Webber shrugs off penalty to grab maiden win (German Grand Prix review)
He lost the lead at the start and was handed a drive-through penalty for causing a collision. But that wasn’t enough to stop Mark Webber storming to victory in the German Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver led home a second consecutive one-two for his team while the Brawns struggled to fifth and sixth. Share [...]
Mark Webber finally wins an F1 race
It’s been a long wait, but today Mark Webber finally became a Grand Prix winner. Webber has ended the longest ever wait for a Grand Prix driver to score his first win, finally breaking his duck after 130 attempts (plus two non-starts). The previous record holder was Rubens Barrichello, who took 124 attempts to lodge [...]
Sutil and Raikkonen go unpunished after another clash costs Force India a point
Not for the first time, Force India were on course for their first points finish until Adrian Sutil had a collision. And also not for the first time, that collision was with Kimi Raikkonen. But unlike Monaco last year Raikkonen is not to blame – and happily the stewards have decided not to punish either [...]
Rubens Barrichello lashes out after Brawn strategy costs him more points
Rubens Barrichello slammed his Brawn team after falling from first to sixth during the German Grand Prix: There was a great show from the team today of how to lose a race. I did all I could today, I got first at the first corner, and they made me lose the race. He added: Share [...]
