It looks like I made the right decision to flood my teams with Sebastian Vettel for this race, the young German bringing in a bounty of points with his win in Shanghai. Also swapping Giancarlo Fisichella for Adrian...
Archive - April 2009
Shanghai 2009: Pitstop & Fuel Strategies
The strategies for the race went out of the window this morning as the drivers and teams awoke to rain falling over the Shanghai circuit. All cars started the race on full wet weather tyres and for most, this was the...
Shanghai 2009: Sebastian Vettel Scores Red Bull’s Maiden Victory
It wasn’t so long ago that Sebastian Vettel triumphed from pole position to score his own maiden victory in front of the Italian fans at Monza. Back then in 2008, while driving for Red Bull’s sister team...
Shanghai 2009: Race Notes
Along with the race result post that is now updated live as the race unfolds, I tried typing my race notes up online as well this morning, originally publishing them just under the results table. However, having found...
Shanghai 2009: Race Result
With rain falling on the Shanghai circuit in China, today’s grand prix is going to make for interesting viewing. We have a strange front row with Sebastian Vettel’s Red Bull taking pole position, and team...
Drivers & Teams Support Abruzzo Earthquake Victims
Disasters of the world touch Formula One, none more so than those participating drivers who hail from the affected country. In Australia earlier this year, Mark Webber went to great lengths to visit the fire-damaged...
Shanghai 2009: Who Is Your Favourite For The Chinese Victory?
Now we have the grid finalised barring any further penalties and the post-qualifying weights have been published, it is time to decide who your favourite for victory is in tomorrow’s race. With a slightly odd grid...
Shanghai 2009: Post-Qualifying Car Weights
Detailed below are the weights of all the cars post-qualifying. With this information now available from the FIA, we can assess the competitiveness of each of the drivers in qualifying and also have a few guesses at...
Shanghai 2009: The Grid
With qualifying completed, we can now look at the completed grid for tomorrow’s Chinese Grand Prix. At the front we have a new face for this year; Sebastian Vettel taking the first non-Button pole of 2009 and the...
Whining Flavio Briatore Won’t Drop The Diffuser Issue
Ever one to speak his mind and certainly not afraid to rock the establishment every now and then, Renault boss Flavio Briatore has voiced his disproval of the FIA International Court of Appeal’s decision that...