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Post by schumi on Jun 17, 2009 6:20:46 GMT
The home Grand Prix, and a chance for back-to-back British winners, as Lewis Hamilton took the chequered flag in 2008. Jenson Button would like nothing more than to win the final GP at Silverstone in front of his legion of fans, but Barrichello has other ideas, and wants to do the treble - pole, fastest lap, and race win.
The rest of the news this week has been taken up by the constant bickering between the FIA and FOTA, so I won't bore you with that, just get to the point and say both qualifying on Saturday and the race on Sunday start at 1pm.
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Post by admin on Jun 20, 2009 15:46:45 GMT
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Post by Genghis on Jun 20, 2009 17:39:46 GMT
Mark Webber isn't too happy with Kimi, claiming that the Finn was too busy dreaming of vodka and cost him pole. Looks like the Mighty Button will have his work cut off to win this one. You can't win them all, and 4-6 points for him would still leave him in a very comfortable position in the World Championship.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2009 20:59:05 GMT
the final GP at Silverstone I still don't think Donnington will do the necessary. Ecclestone sounded quite positive about Silverstone on the TV at lunchtime as he said that they now have the right people in place to deliver. I think it will be Silverstone 2010 if F1 survives in its present form
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Post by schumi on Jun 20, 2009 21:10:21 GMT
the final GP at Silverstone I still don't think Donnington will do the necessary. Ecclestone sounded quite positive about Silverstone on the TV at lunchtime as he said that they now have the right people in place to deliver. I think it will be Silverstone 2010 if F1 survives in its present form You don't think it's to stop the rivals claiming Silverstone as their own?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2009 9:14:55 GMT
No to be honest. I think it's more a case of playing to the gallery and saying the right things this weekend perhaps. I don't think Donnington will be ready and I can't see Ecclestone taking GB out of the calendar. I wouldn't want to second guess him though especially if Mrs Brundle pisses him of with a pit lane interview at lunchtime.
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Post by schumi on Jun 21, 2009 13:55:43 GMT
I do feel for Bernie, who's stuck in the middle and not wanting to antagonise either party, but he has to make a decision and stick to it.
Anyway, Vettel wins today in a Red Bull 1-2, as Lewis Hamilton is lapped AGAIN.
Results (from Planet F1)
01 S. Vettel Red Bull 1:22:49.328 02 M. Webber Red Bull + 15.188 03 R. Barrichello Brawn GP + 41.175 04 F. Massa Ferrari + 45.043 05 N. Rosberg Williams + 45.915 06 J. Button Brawn GP + 1:06.285 07 J. Trulli Toyota + 1:08.307 08 K. Räikkönen Ferrari + 1:09.622 09 T. Glock Toyota + 1:09.823 10 G. Fisichella Force India F1 + 1:11.522 11 K. Nakajima Williams + 1:14.023 12 N. Piquet jr. Renault + 1 laps 13 R. Kubica BMW + 1 laps 14 F. Alonso Renault + 1 laps 15 N. Heidfeld BMW + 1 laps 16 L. Hamilton McLaren + 1 laps 17 A. Sutil Force India F1 + 1 laps 18 S. Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso + 1 laps Did not finish 19 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso + 23 laps 20 H. Kovalainen McLaren + 24 lap
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2009 19:36:25 GMT
Lewis Hamilton is lapped AGAIN. Bugger, wished I'd taken the odds now: "Hamilton is 7-4 with Stan James to be lapped. That's a terrible insult to his car which, slow though it is, at least gets him from A to B (with only one pitstop)." By Derek Mcgovern 20/06/2009
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Post by Genghis on Jun 21, 2009 20:45:29 GMT
Anyway, Vettel wins today in a Red Bull 1-2, as Lewis Hamilton is lapped AGAIN. Schumi, I think you have to credit Hamilton for going out and entertaining the fans today. With no chance of taking any points, he was involved in nearly all the passing moves (either going forwards or backwards) in a very dull race, and then was doing donuts after the race. I think Hamilton is coming out of this race with great credit - he's showing a lot of humility and showing he;ll race whether it's for 1st or 16th place. Meanwhile, a bad day at the office for the mighty Button, but he still holds a 23-point lead in the World Championship and is a further 2 points ahead of the man most likely to mount a challenge (the young Schumacher clone).
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Post by schumi on Jun 21, 2009 20:52:10 GMT
Schumi, I think you have to credit Hamilton for going out and entertaining the fans today. With no chance of taking any points, he was involved in nearly all the passing moves (either going forwards or backwards) in a very dull race, and then was doing donuts after the race. I'm sorry, genghis, I don't have to credit him with anything. My biggest bug-bear about any racer (Ferrari's included) is the whine: "he's holding me up". What a load of rubbish. If they were any sort of driver they would get past. And a fight with Alonso for 17th just doesn't hold my interest.
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Post by Genghis on Jun 21, 2009 20:59:18 GMT
Schumi, I think you have to credit Hamilton for going out and entertaining the fans today. With no chance of taking any points, he was involved in nearly all the passing moves (either going forwards or backwards) in a very dull race, and then was doing donuts after the race. I'm sorry, genghis, I don't have to credit him with anything. My biggest bug-bear about any racer (Ferrari's included) is the whine: "he's holding me up". What a load of rubbish. If they were any sort of driver they would get past. And a fight with Alonso for 17th just doesn't hold my interest. Schumi, but they were the only two drivers in the entire field actually racing - and they WERE getting past - they passed each other twice within about a lap. But the rest were playing follow my leader - even the Mighty Button who has been passing in previous races but couldn't today. Alonso and Hamilton are both great drivers and their time will come again. And what was the second National Anthem today? Surely Red Bull are a British team.
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Post by schumi on Jun 21, 2009 21:06:08 GMT
So Button wasn't chasing Heidfeld at the end, with Massa in close contention, Bourdais wasn't chasing Kovalainen, and Raikkonen was hunting down Trulli? Try arguing with someone who didn't watch the race. Not sure what the British reference is about though.
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Post by Genghis on Jun 21, 2009 21:10:53 GMT
Schumi, another thought. While Schumacher was very exciting in his "prime" period (1995-1997), he then spend the final decade of his career passing his opponents in the pits and not being to pass on the track. I remember one season when Montoya (who, for all his faults WAS a racer - a mental one at that, which I why I liked him ) pointed out during the course of the season he had passed Schumacher SIX times on track and Schumacher hadn't returned the compliment at all and hadn't passed the Fat Boy a single time.
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Post by Genghis on Jun 21, 2009 21:12:15 GMT
So Button wasn't chasing Heidfeld at the end, with Massa in close contention, Bourdais wasn't chasing Kovalainen, and Raikkonen was hunting down Trulli? Try arguing with someone who didn't watch the race. But they didn't PASS - Hamilton & Alonso DID.
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Post by Genghis on Jun 21, 2009 21:14:02 GMT
Not sure what the British reference is about though. When the national anthems were played the Geman national anthem played, but they got the second one wrong. Red Bull are a British team, unless someone has moved Milton Keynes to a foreign country.
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