The Official F1 2009 Thread

[E30Kaiser]

I would predict Vettel instead of Hamilton for the win, since he is better than Hamilton in the rain, and I would say his car is better in wet conditions since it produces heat better and KERS won't be as much of an advantage in the wet.

[quickervicar]

^ Agreed!

[kishg]

suzuka should be interesting.. if it rains, i predict hamilton winning, he's superb in the rain. i hope rubens can do well enough to keep button from winning the wdc at suzuka, i want this to stretch out for another month!

[Hick]

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/10/10026.html

Read Massa's comments near the bottom

[quickervicar]

Not to mention that he decided to try to take his entire pitbox along for the ride to victory at that round.

[z31maniac]

I hate that. I hope he doesn't really feel that way.

He had 17 other races to change the results.

[quickervicar]

It was only a matter of time until this came up. I knew it would when the crash-gate news first broke.

[E-Thirty]

So Massa feels he was robbed of the championship last year because of the scandal, which is interesting since I never even considered that being affected by it. Wonder if anything can be done about that.

[Hick]

glad i didnt miss anything... my gf and i just moved yesterday and i was pooped from all the heavy lifting.

should be watching quali tonight

[quickervicar]

Did anyone else wake up @ 1AM to see Buemi bottoming his chassis out on the puddles? After about 45 minutes of footage of engineers taking their tea on the pit wall I hit the bed again.

[quickervicar]

Ain't that the truth

ill be angry if JV comes back

I would advise him to continue to focus on his musical career. I liked him in CART (his Indy 500 win was spectacular) and thought he had a lot of talent, but once he got to F1 with his buddy Pollock I got tired of him real fast.

[hugh jass]

Quote from Valentino Rossi:

"Finally, someone asked Rossi why F1 gets a much bigger audience than bikes. "A lot of people watch F1,' said Vale, "but more than half are asleep." "

Can't say I disagree with him, even though I watch most races fully awake.

[quickervicar]

And during a race earlier in the season, the F1 World Feed camera spotted Michael Schumacher in the pits and David Hobbs quips, "hey look....its Ralf Schmacher's brother." I lol'd.

I do remember that! I also recall Jeremy Clarkson comparing the looks of the M5 vs. M6 to choosing the better looking Schumacher brother.

[Jon325i]

...i dont understand this... something from the days of old F1?

No. On Speed, David Hobbs....the jokester of the three race commentators....has a track record of giving nicknames to drivers.

Fernando = Fred

Filipe = Phil

Kazoo = Kazuki

Flavio Briatore = Flava Flav

And during a race earlier in the season, the F1 World Feed camera spotted Michael Schumacher in the pits and David Hobbs quips, "hey look....its Ralf Schmacher's brother." I lol'd.


Jon

[YAN-3]

So I guess we can start calling the Scuderia "The Fred & Phil Show".


Jon

...i dont understand this... something from the days of old F1?