Comments on: Barrichello needs a big result on home ground (Brazilian Grand Prix preview)

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:33:32 +0000

I hope Vettel and Rubens do well too! It’s not that I don’t want Jenson to win it and he certainly deserves it but it’s just that I want to see an exciting end to the Championship. Let them battle it out on Abu Dhabi!

By: Platine

Platine — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:55:09 +0000

Bourdais

By: LewisC

LewisC — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:48:20 +0000

What, you mean like all the places he’s made up on first laps this year, including that crucial one on Vettel in Istanbul?

By: Harv's

Harv's — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:35:34 +0000

its more siuted to kers, as say silverstone

By: Scribe

Scribe — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:09:12 +0000

Barrichello must win!
this is his last year in a race winning car.
Even if he loses the championship his consolation prize would be to win his home for the first time in his career probably in the last race winning car of his career.

By: Lulu

Lulu — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:09:38 +0000

LOL
You are too funny
Bin Laden at the F1 grand prix, now that would the day

By: F1Fan

F1Fan — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:52:30 +0000

I agree w/ most of your points, but don’t forget that RBR is throwing the kitchen sink at this WDC. THey are likely to have more new parts for Interlagos than just a new wing. And … it is likely to rain this weekend, which should suit Vettel in particular (although Lewis is also strong in these conditions). I don’t agree that KERS is a significant advantage here though.

By: PJA

PJA — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:57:52 +0000

We only get to hear selected bits of team radio, so we can’t really say one driver is significantly worse than another when it comes to how they communicate with their team.

The broadcasters will probably only choose to air clips which they think make good TV or give relevant information on the leaders or other big names.

Earlier in the season when people criticised Button for shouting down the radio complaining the car was not as good as earlier in the season, I didn’t see that much up with what he said. I would have thought the drivers generally have to shout to be heard on the radio and his comment was a genuine one, that a few races before the car was a dream to drive but at that race it wasn’t. It isn’t as though the drivers are only allowed to use the radio at set times so everything they say has to be carefully judged.

In previous seasons when Button wasn’t fighting for a championship the producers probably wouldn’t have even broadcast it.

By: Nik

Nik — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:19:50 +0000

Silly me…Juncao is a slow corner. I meant the Descida do Lago, not to mention the Curva do Sol and Ferra Dura.

By: GeeMac

GeeMac — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:10:36 +0000

And Badoer’s return could have added to the confusion.