The Official F1 2009 Thread

[Hick]

Arg, Hamilton at Fuji makes me angry.

[TDE30]

Arg, Hamilton at Fuji makes me angry.

His corner one move of forcing Räikkönen off track was blatant and stupid, and then cutting in front of Massa successfully answered my question of whether or not LH was a noble driver.

[z31maniac]

wah wah, you don't agree with me

Don't go getting all serious on us nancy, just giving you a hard time.

I'm not a big Alonso fan or anything, Webber and Vettel are my faves, but I just don't think there is a better driver than him right now.

If he was at SF, it would be Schumi like domination.

[movementality]

wow f1 cars are ugly these days...

[Hick]

I miss Michael

[TDE30]

I miss Mika.

His broken Engrish always makes me smile.

[Hick]

This is the best looking car so far.



The design under the front of the nose is interesting. It reminds me of a 'wake breaker' like on large boats. On boats its used to reduce the drag cause by the wake, im sure this does the same thing.

I really think Red Bull has the upper hand in aero with Adrian Newey on board.

[Hick]

Some times are up from todays testing:

Bahrain - Lap record -MS: 1:30.252 (2004) -- 2008 Fast Lap - HK: 1:33.193
1. Timo Glock, Toyota, 1:33.501
2. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:33.615
3. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 1:33.702

Jerez
1. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 1:19.660 << Interim car
2. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:22.177 << 2009 spec
3. Nico Hulkenberg, Williams, 1:22.443
4. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 1:22.634
5. Nelson Piquet, Renault, 1:23.313

[TDE30]

Speaking of the new RB5, below is a pretty cool interactive video discussing changes from 2008 to 2009.

[YAN-3]

Honda might race in the first 4 events. thanks to some B. Senna supporters in Brazil.


http://www.worldcarfans.com/9090213.044/honda-f1-rescue-on-the-way---report

[TDE30]

I'd rather see them save the money and put it towards a 2010 car that will be stronger rather than finding every last cent to campaign their car in a few races in 2009. Oh well, maybe after those initial four races they will concern themselves more with their 2010 return.

[YAN-3]

im hoping that Senna will be so good, and show everyone up that someone will buy into him and fund the team.

[nbio]

old school f1 pron






cosworth dfv+lotus 49 FTW

[TDE30]

That's pretty cool. Jumping to another era of Formula One is a McLaren MP4/3 (formerly driven by Alain Prost) that belongs to a good friend of mine here in town. This was the Porsche/Techniques d'Avant Garde V6 powered one that campaigned in the 1987 season. It's an amazing car to see first-hand, and the guy says that he wants to eventually get it up to VIR (a somewhat local track in Southern VA,) now that would be a sight (and a sound.)

Below are a few pictures of the car, the spare motor, and a display sign thing that elaborates on the car.







Anyways, I thought some of you hardcore old school F1 enthusiasts might enjoy seeing that one of the mildly successful F1 cars is still in good hands.

[tg318is]

oh my lord that thing is sexy^ i looove the old mclarens