2009 September archive
BMW debut updated F1.09 (pictures) 25th September 2009, 20:51
BMW have brought their biggest update of the year so far for the F1.09 to the Singapore Grand Prix. The modified car includes a revised front wing similar to that introduced by Force India at Valencia, before the team’s upswing in performance. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
Renault & Brawn’s new liveries (pictures)
While Renault hastily peeled off their ING and Mutua Madrilena stickers, a few garages up Brawn were applying fresh Canon decals to their BGP 001s. Incredibly, in the first session the unwell Romain Grosjean crashed his R29 into the barriers at the very spot where Nelson Piquet Jnr had his now-infamous crash last year. Here’s [...]
It’s predictions-o’clock! Name the Singapore GP pole sitter and podium
Just four rounds left in the ultra-close F1 Fanatic predictions championship. Join in with hundreds of players by predicting who you think will take pole position at Singapore, and who will be the top three finishers in the race. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
Singapore Grand Prix practice 2 live blog
Review the Singapore Grand Prix free practice 2 live blog below. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
Singapore Grand Prix practice 1 live blog
Review the Singapore Grand Prix live blog below. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
Witness X ‘was Alan Permane’
Has the mystery of who was Renault’s ‘Witness X’ been solved? According to this morning’s “Daily Mail” the team’s chief race engineer Alan Permane was the fourth witness who provided incriminating evidence to the FIA: Alan Permane was Witness X, the Renault employee whose crucial evidence contributed to Briatore’s conviction. Meanwhile, the team has revealed [...]
19 races is too few, not too many
After the 2010 F1 calendar was announced I was surprised to see the poor reception it got from some F1 journalists. Ed Gorman of The Times complained: In my view that is too long and about two races too many. I couldn’t disagree more. I say a bigger calendar is a better one. Share this [...]
ING and Mutua Madrilena drop Renault 24th September 2009, 22:45
The FIA felt Renault’s deliberate crash in last year’s Singapore Grand Prix was hardly worth punishing. But two of the biggest names on the teams’ cars no longer wish to be tainted by association with the team’s flagrant act of cheating. Title sponsors ING jumped ship within hours of Mutua Madrilena abandoning the team. Neither [...]
F1 2009 game exclusive video: first footage of Singapore Grand Prix track
Here’s a new video of Codemasters official Formula 1 game “F1 2009″, which goes on sale for Nintendo Wii next month. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
Nico Rosberg’s F1 career in video
F1 Fanatic guest writer Journeyer looks at the improving form of Williams star driver Nico Rosberg. Nico Rosberg has had an interesting couple of weeks. Some have praised him as the real winner of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix (although he was also a beneficiary of Nelson Piquet Jnr’s crash). He had also been linked [...]
