The Official F1 2009 Thread

[E30Kaiser]

Predictions for Monza? I am hoping for Vettel to win, with possibly Heidfeld in the top 5.

[beybedba]

i would like hamilton to be in the top 5...but its also nice to see an italian winning it....

[Hick]

i hope fisi wins, but i doubt it. should be fun to see Renault with KERs and Force India with a good low downforce set up

[Jon325i]

Where are the top teams in respect to the two-races-per-engine rule? It was commented during the race in Belgium that both Spa and Monza are known engine breakers. For those teams going into this weekend with one race on their engine already, I would suspect some concern is lingering in the pits given this next circuit has you on full throttle 70+% of every lap.


Jon

[YAN-3]

you guys gear about Merc and Brawn deal and Merc buying 70% or something? also if, and a BIG if, but if Rosberg goes to Brawn, who is he replacing?

[Hick]

Where are the top teams in respect to the two-races-per-engine rule? It was commented during the race in Belgium that both Spa and Monza are known engine breakers. For those teams going into this weekend with one race on their engine already, I would suspect some concern is lingering in the pits given this next circuit has you on full throttle 70+% of every lap.


Jon

that rule was changed this year.

they now have 8 engines and they can run them in any order they want. can swap out engines from practice to quali to race. as long as they dont go beyond the 8 engines there is no penalty.

[bwanac]

you guys gear about Merc and Brawn deal and Merc buying 70% or something? also if, and a BIG if, but if Rosberg goes to Brawn, who is he replacing?

did not... time to find 'n read.

the old man? jensie is the face of brawn, amiright?

[Jon325i]

you guys gear about Merc and Brawn deal and Merc buying 70% or something? also if, and a BIG if, but if Rosberg goes to Brawn, who is he replacing?

My first guess would be Rubens.....unless he out-performs Jenson and takes the championship. He can't have more than a season or two left in F1 (tops) seeing he's 37 now. It will be interesting to see how that unfolds, especially if Jenson doesn't get his stride back. JB might be the one looking for a drive for 2010.

Jon

[bwanac]

rosberg top driver at brawn???

[quickervicar]

I would like to see Fisi win, just because he deserves more success than what he's received in F1 (and he's a pretty nice guy--emphasis on the nice, not the pretty). I doubt that he'll do much of anything in a new car on a track like that. Unfortunately, I won't be able to catch much of the action since I'll be at the Watkins Glen vintage event all weekend.

So who here thinks that the FIA is stupid enough to disqualify Renault from the Singapore results last year, bumping everyone under Alonso up one position? Who here thinks the FIA is stupid enough to analyze the running order pre-Piquet shunt and call the race with that classification? I have no idea what the running order was at that moment, but it seems like something they would do. Does anyone think Renault (if found guilty) will be banned from F1 in the future? Would this include engine supply deals too? (Sir Frank may be a bit upset about that)

[TDE30]

I've been busy the last few weeks, so I haven't closely followed the internet speculation regarding the Piquetgate situation. Below is a good review of the entire situation if you've got 20-25 minutes to spare.

http://axisofoversteer.blogspot.com/2009/09/big-leakpiquet-crash-evidence-revealed.html

Thoughts?

[bwanac]

i say who cares...

[E30Kaiser]

While I said when it happened that I thought it was sketchy, really who gives a crap at this point. In 20 years I wouldn't mind reading about it in a book, but not now when there is so much more to worry about.

[Jon325i]

I've been busy the last few weeks, so I haven't closely followed the internet speculation regarding the Piquetgate situation. Below is a good review of the entire situation if you've got 20-25 minutes to spare.

http://axisofoversteer.blogspot.com/2009/09/big-leakpiquet-crash-evidence-revealed.html

Thoughts?

That was a good read....quite insightful (much of which I was unaware of). This healthy dose of drama just adds to the already active silly season in F1. I will not be surprised if Renault gets handed a heavy penalty for this.....on par with McLaren? Maybe. We'll have to wait and see.


Jon

[Jean]

Yep, good read and very interesting look at data. Makes it clear how easy it is for them to figure out when rear wheels were not spinning at the same right as front.

Good read!

Now watching FP1 and 2.