Formula 1 2010 Season Thread

[Sinister]

Yeah ITV had a good one.Jibbles: The reason I say he's a c*nt is because of his excuses. The entire season he spent saying "it's the car" or "we're just not competitive", when really Rubens had the exact same car and always managed to out perform him.+He's occupying a seat that ALOT of up and coming drivers could be given a chance with.Think Alonsos taken a cut as well.C/S Brawn though, top bloke, met him at silverstone last year.

[MrJibbles]

Lewis Hamilton begins the defence of his Formula 1 title at the Australian Grand Prix this weekend - but admits he may struggle to keep up in Melbourne.After a winter of radical rule changes and financial uncertainty, this season promises to be keenly contested.McLaren have struggled during testing and Hamilton admits they face an uphill task to keep up with their rivals."We'll have pretty much the same people challenging for the title as last year - except for us obviously," he said.Hamilton's downbeat assessment comes after a miserable winter for McLaren - team principal Martin Whitmarsh said two weeks ago the team "had not done a good enough job". Continue

[MrJibbles]

If anyone's interested 5Live;21:00–22:005 live Formula One26/03/2009David Croft, Anthony Davidson and Holly Samos preview the Australian Grand Prix.Then we got the first 2 practice sessions, no doubt some of us will catch that to put up on what we see;Friday 27th MarchFree practice 1 live: 1:25am – 3:05am BBC via Red Button / onlineFree practice 2 live: 5:25am – 7:05am BBC via Red Button / online

[The King]

Am hyped.

[MrJibbles]

Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group is to invest in Formula One for the first time as a significant team sponsor after a deal was reached with Brawn GP whose driver Jenson Button is the surprise favourite to win Sunday's Australian Grand Prix.The multi-million pound deal is expected to be officially confirmed in Melbourne tomorrow by Branson who is thought to be on his way to Australia. The deal is the first big sponsor signing for the Brawn team which was saved from winding up by a management buyout led by team principal Ross Brawn after Honda decided to quit the sport last December.Until now the Brawn cars have run in pre-season testing with no commercial branding apart from the Brawn GP logo and that of the Formula One tyre supplier Bridgestone. But a senior source at the team indicated to The Times on Thurday that under the agreement with Virgin, which was being seen a huge step forward for the team, the cars will carry extensive Virgin branding, though Branson's company is not thought to have acquired title sponsorship rights.Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula One commercial rights holder, confirmed that a deal was reached in the last few days and said the size of the Virgin financial commitment has still to be worked out in detail.The deal follows negotiations earlier this year between Virgin and Brawn, amid speculation that Branson was considering buying the Brackley-based outfit. However those discussions came to nothing a month ago when Branson said Formula One needed to be more cost-effective and would have to use cleaner fuels before he could get involved. "I think there are faults that would need to be rectified before we could go into Formula One," he said. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/for...icle5980935.ece

Lewis Hamilton’s disenchantment with the performance of his McLaren Mercedes in the build-up to the new Formula One season is such that he admitted last night that he may consider switching teams.McLaren have been so far off the pace that there are some who think the world champion may fail to make the top ten in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, and Hamilton’s frustration appeared to be reflected when he said publicly for the first time that he could leave a team he joined to drive karts as a 13-year-old in 1998.“I haven’t had offers from other teams and I am not talking to anyone. But I would listen to an offer from another team if someone asked me,” Hamilton, 24, said. “It would be a great compliment and it would be silly if I did not.” http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/for...icle5979539.ece

Where as Lewis has now said this;"I’m happy where I am. It doesn’t really have any grounds. All I said was that it’s quite cool if you find out other teams are interested in you. It’s good to know you are wanted. I honestly want to see out my career with McLaren. I do feel it’s my family, it’s where I am right now and it’s where I’m happy"New gets better for Brawn GP where as McClaren goodness me sort it out.

[The King]

McLaren have been so far off the pace that there are some who think the world champion may fail to make the top ten in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, and Hamilton's frustration appeared to be reflected when he said publicly for the first time that he could leave a team he joined to drive karts as a 13-year-old in 1998.

WTF. Didnt think the car was THAT bad.

[BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT]

Might watch the first practice session tonight

[Dynamau5]

Blatently gunna check this out 01:25

[MrJibbles]

Practice has started on interactive with 5live commentary. Great to see it back in the Beep.

[BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT]

Just tuned in.The Brawn car looks f*ck*ng sweet

[MrJibbles]

SESSION TIMESFirst practice:1. Nico Rosberg, Germany, Williams, 1 minute, 26.687 seconds, 19 laps.2. Kazuki Nakajima, Japan, Williams, 1:26.736, 21.3. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari, 1:26.750, 24.4. Rubens Barrichello, Brazil, Brawn, 1:27.266, 21.5. Heikki Kovalainen, Finland, McLaren, 1:27.453, 15.6. Jenson Button, England, Brawn, 1:27.467, 12.7. Felipe Massa, Brazil, Ferrari, 1:27.642, 24.8. Timo Glock, Germany, Toyota, 1:27.710, 24.9. Adrian Sutil, Germany, Force India, 1:27.993, 20.10. Fernando Alonso, Spain, Renault, 1:28.123, 16.11. Nick Heidfeld, Germany, BMW, 1:28.137, 20.12. Jarno Trulli, Italy, Toyota, 1:28.142, 21.13. Robert Kubica, Poland, BMW, 1:28.511, 22.14. Giancarlo Fisichella, Italy, Force India, 1:28.603, 16.15. Sebastien Buemi, Switzerland, Toro Rosso, 1:28.785, 27.16. Lewis Hamilton, England, McLaren, 1:29.042, 18.17. Mark Webber, Australia, Red Bull, 1:29.081, 7.18. Nelson Piquet, Brazil, Renault, 1:29.461, 25.19. Sebastien Bourdais, France, Toro Rosso, 1:29.499, 21.20. Sebastien Vettel, Germany, Red Bull, 1:32.784, 4.Second practice:1. Nico Rosberg, Germany, Williams, 1:26.053, 36.2. Rubens Barrichello, Brazil, Brawn, 1:26.157, 38.3. Jarno Trulli, Italy, Toyota, 1:26.350, 42.4. Mark Webber, Australia, Red Bull, 1:26.370, 30.5. Jenson Button, England, Brawn, 1:26.374, 38.6. Timo Glock, Germany, Toyota, 1:26.443, 42.7. Kazuki Nakajima, Japan, Williams, 1:26.560, 33.8. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Red Bull, 1:26.740, 19.9. Adrian Sutil, Germany, Force India, 1:27.040, 29.10. Felipe Massa, Brazil, Ferrari, 1:27.064, 35.11. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari, 1:27.204, 32.12. Fernando Alonso, Spain, Renault, 1:27.232, 28.13. Giancarlo Fisichella, Italy, Force India, 1:27.282, 32.14. Nick Heidfeld, Germany, BMW, 1:27.317, 34.15. Robert Kubica, Poland, BMW, 1:27.398, 36.16. Sebastien Bourdais, France, Toro Rosso, 1:27.479, 36.17. Heikki Kovalainen, Finland, McLaren, 1:27.802, 35.18. Lewis Hamilton, England, McLaren, 1:27.813, 31.19. Nelson Piquet Jnr., Brazil, Renault, 1:27.828, 35.20. Sebastien Buemi, Switzerland, Toro Rosso, 1:28.076, 33.Classic races on the red button = sick!

[Sinister]

Practice Times had me completely baffed.Some engineers from other teams have said that some cars may be purposely restricted.Hyped for the new season though.

[Guest \o/]

Looks like certain teams are playing their cards so close to their chest. Any way, bring on the Q. So we can see if the hype is just pure gas.

[MrJibbles]

Feels so good hearing "The Chains" back on for the racing.Anyone hear during FPS1 a texter said "I've got a Fiat Punto and I fancy my chances against a McClaren" lol!BBC so far are smacking it with the coverage, enjoyed 5live commentary on the interactive, at least we get these practice sessions, the classics are a good watch all be it not the whole race but most of it.Michael Schumacher was sick.

[BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT]

The beeb>>>>Proper loving that Brawn car looks f*ck*ng mint.Williams looked strong too, but Im still not 100% on this KERS thing.Is it like a speed boost during the race or something?? And ow many races can they use it in?

[Sinister]

The beeb>>>>Proper loving that Brawn car looks f*ck*ng mint.Williams looked strong too, but Im still not 100% on this KERS thing.Is it like a speed boost during the race or something?? And ow many races can they use it in?

KERS is like a store of energy.As the cars brakes/decelerates, it stores the energy usually lost and fed back into the car as it accelerates.Think the limit for F1 is 400kJ per lap.

[MrJibbles]

Sneak preview at the BBC Formula 1 title sequence http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/f1mole/2009/03/...-new-f1-tv.htmlPretty slick and theme tune ;)BBC continuing and getting The Stig involved ha!

[BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT]

Well missed this theme tune.Used to be on all the games back in the day aswell.

[Mr. Gayle]

How come Lewis flopping, rule change affecting them

[MrJibbles]

Dunno how I woke up but watching qualifying. All the BBC team in Australia, Did a good job.Q1 started.

[BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT]

Is it qualis now???Though it was tommorow nite, just got in from the sidkest house party.Gonna tun in.

[MrJibbles]

Brawn GP takes 1 and 2 in Q1. Button 2nd, Lewis down in 15th a big shake of the head.Q11 Brazil R Barrichello Brawn2 Great Britain J Button Brawn3 Australia M Webber Red Bull4 Germany T Glock Toyota5 Germany N Heidfeld BMW Sauber6 Brazil F Massa Ferrari7 Germany N Rosberg Williams8 Finland K Raikkonen Ferrari9 Poland R Kubica BMW Sauber10 Germany S Vettel Red Bull11 Spain F Alonso Renault12 Japan K Nakajima Williams13 Finland H Kovalainen McLaren14 Italy J Trulli Toyota15 Great Britain L Hamilton McLaren--------------------------------------------16 Switzerland S Buemi Toro Rosso17 Brazil N Piquet Jr Renault18 Italy G Fisichella Force India19 Germany A Sutil Force India20 France S Bourdais Toro Rosso

[Guest \o/]

After all this, I await another MOAN about the Brawn's car.Hang tight them for the 1,2.As for Hamilton, looks like he'll be retracting that statement again and saying the original was the truth soon. Majorly dissapointed with the McLaren team. But we'll see what happens.

[MrJibbles]

We've got a great opener tomorrow!

1 great britain Jenson Button 22 Brawn-Mercedes 1:26.2022 brazil Rubens Barrichello 23 Brawn-Mercedes 1:26.5053 germany Sebastian Vettel 15 Red Bull-Renault 1:26.8304 poland Robert Kubica 5 BMW Sauber 1:26.9145 germany Nico Rosberg 16 Williams-Toyota 1:26.9736 germany Timo Glock 10 Toyota 1:26.9757 brazil Felipe Massa 3 Ferrari 1:27.0338 italy Jarno Trulli 9 Toyota 1:27.1279 finland Kimi Raikkonen 4 Ferrari 1:27.16310 australia Mark Webber 14 Red Bull-Renault 1:27.24611 germany Nick Heidfeld 6 BMW Sauber 1:25.50412 spain Fernando Alonso 7 Renault 1:25.60513 japan Kazuki Nakajima 17 Williams-Toyota 1:25.60714 finland Heikki Kovalainen 2 McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.72615 great britain Lewis Hamilton 1 McLaren-Mercedes 16 switzerland Sebastien Buemi 12 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:26.50317 brazil Nelson Piquet Jr 8 Renault 1:26.59818 italy Giancarlo Fisichella 21 Force India-Mercedes 1:26.67719 germany Adrian Sutil 20 Force India-Mercedes 1:26.74220 france Sebastien Bourdais 11 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:26.964