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3/22/2009 2:16:13 AM

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/090320191538.shtml

Quote :

"The FIA has announced it is ready to postpone its controversial decision to name the Formula One champion with a system based on the number of race victories instead of points won over the season. The sport's governing body has declared its readiness to push back the implementation of the new system to 2010 if the teams contest. In order to increase the value of a Grand Prix victory, the Formula One Teams Association recently presented a new points table where the difference between the winning driver and the runner-up would be three points instead of two. The WMSC rejected it in favour of the 'most wins' option. Several drivers have publicly disapproved of the new system which was announced with immediate effect by the FIA's World Motor Sport Council last Tuesday, stating that a championship which rewards consistency with a points-based system is the essence of F1 competition. On Friday FOTA questioned the validity of the change after it reviewed articles of the International Sporting Code and Sporting Regulations. Several hours later the FIA announced its readiness to revert to the traditional points-based system. Surprisingly, the FIA claims that it accepted a slightly modified version of the scheme previously proposed by Bernie Ecclestone because it believed the teams agreed with it. Ecclestone's proposition of a 'gold medal-inspired' title attribution system has generated negative opinions from F1 insiders and fans for weeks."

3/22/2009 2:16:23 AM

http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/f1releases/2009/Pages/f1_points.aspx

Quote :

"On 17 March, the FIA World Motor Sport Council unanimously rejected FOTA’s proposed amendment to the points system for the Formula One Drivers’ Championship. The ‘winner takes all’ proposal made by the commercial rights holder (who had been told that the teams were in favour) was then approved. If, for any reason, the Formula One teams do not now agree with the new system, its implementation will be deferred until 2010. "

3/22/2009 2:18:43 AM

regenerative braking! How awesome is this!!!

3/22/2009 3:20:02 PM

http://www.justin.tv/dimoni

3/26/2009 9:37:59 PM

^^pretty sweet!

Can't wait for 2am this Saturday night (sunday morning, whatever). Getting together with a few buds and some beers and watching the first race.

3/26/2009 10:56:35 PM

new world order

3/28/2009 7:30:52 AM

Hell yeah Brawn GP

3/28/2009 8:47:05 AM

richard branson has picked the right team at the right time. Ross Brawn is most definetely in the house.

3/28/2009 8:52:33 AM

I missed the qualifying race because I was out all day today..
But wow... I was surprised that the front row got occupied by Brawn GP

So, Virgin Group became a sponsor of Brawn GP.
There is a possibility that Brawn GP may change the team name..related to Virgin Group if the company has decided to buy the team equity.

[Edited on March 28, 2009 at 11:41 AM. Reason : :*]

3/28/2009 11:40:09 AM

Starting Grid for Australian GP

1. Button (Brawn GP)
2. Barrichello (Brawn GP)
3. Vettel (Redbull)
4. Kubica (BMW)
5. Rosberg (Williams)
6. Massa (Ferrari)
7. Raikkonen (Ferrari)
8. Webber (Redbull)
9. Heidfeld (BMW)
10. Alonso (Renault)
11. Nakajima (Williams)
12. Kovalainen (McLaren)
13. Buemi (Toro Rosso)
14. Piquet Jr. (Renault)
15. Fisichella (Force India)
16. Sutil (Force India)
17. Bourdais (Toro Rosso)
18. Hamilton (McLaren)
19. Glock (Toyota)
20. Trulli (Toyota)

very interesting...

3/28/2009 11:46:55 AM

ready for some awesome action this season???

3/28/2009 12:45:13 PM

^^they were saying it was all about the diffuser that brawn and a couple of other teams used. the teams that didn't use it are of course complaining that it violates the "spirit of the rules"

3/28/2009 3:39:14 PM

there is arbitration set up for sometime in April. (concerning the diffuser)

3/28/2009 4:55:42 PM

yeah the same week as the ?chinese? gran prix

3/28/2009 6:17:23 PM

watching it here: http://www.justin.tv/dragons_bar

post links if you have any

3/29/2009 2:32:09 AM

DID YOU ALL WATCH THE RACE?
wow... Brawn GP.. wow...

What a race

This is still 1st race of the season... but 2009 will be different from past few years.

Congrats, Brawn GP... Button... Barrichello!
Damn you, Ferrari!

3/29/2009 4:48:03 AM

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/090329122055.shtml

Quote :

"Following a stewards' inquiry, Jarno Trulli has been stripped of his podium finish in the Australian Grand Prix. The FIA officials ruled that the Toyota driver overtook Lewis Hamilton under the safety car, after losing third position to the world champion by running off the track. Italian Trulli received a 25 second time penalty, dropping him out of the points and into 12th position. McLaren's Hamilton was promoted to third, with Sebastien Bourdais joining the points-paying positions. In another stewards' decision, Sebastian Vettel will be demoted ten places down the Malaysian Grand Prix grid in one week, and pay a $50,000 fine to the FIA. The German was penalised not for his late collision with Robert Kubica, but for failing to pull his damaged Red Bull to the side of the track when requested. "

Later Toyota filed an appeal regarding this 25 seconds penalty.

[Edited on March 29, 2009 at 8:17 AM. Reason : a]

3/29/2009 8:15:28 AM

awesome race. So glad I stayed up to watch it.

3/29/2009 10:13:23 AM

watched it this morning. I think it will be interesting to see what other teams do with the diffuser in coming weeks; it keeps the Brawn glued to the track.

3/29/2009 2:05:36 PM

Right when you thought it was kinda wrapped up all kinds of crazy hijinks ensues, good race.

Glad to see Hamilton make the podium after starting damn near last.

Braun team is looking good.

3/29/2009 2:30:37 PM

I stayed up to watch the race and it was great! However I had a few parties to go to yesterday and started drinking at 5pm. The last 3rd of the race was a struggle for me to stay awake

I was pretty damn disappointed with Ferrari Since BMW placed higher I have to wear a BMW shirt when watching the game next week. Sigh.

3/29/2009 8:36:12 PM

Great race!

Did anybody notice that Vettel was just as fast on 3 wheels as the safety car was on all 4?

3/30/2009 8:49:55 AM

as if the safety car was going all out.....

3/30/2009 10:09:36 AM

Quote :

"as if the safety car was going all out....."

They generally do drive as fast as they can so that the cars do not overheat.

3/30/2009 1:05:17 PM

safety car is driven at almost 100% because F1 cars cannot go too slow or they will overheat. Basically Burt Maylander, former DTM driver, drives the car and if you notice it is going to slide around. I love the sound difference its like hrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmm then vaaaaah vahh when the f1 cars follow.

3/30/2009 8:59:06 PM

pretty much. Driving balls out in the safety car is like sunday easy driving in an F1

3/30/2009 9:08:27 PM

yeah, those safety cars sound awesome. Even the little C class AMG wagon they use for the medics sounds great. Its crazy that a 3 wheeled F1 car can go as fast/faster? than a heavily modified AMG merc.

3/31/2009 7:34:13 AM

hamilton is a big fat liar....

Quote :

""There was a point when he was doing just 15mph in his McLaren and Trulli had no option but to repass him. "I think Lewis then saw half a chance of a third place instead of a fourth, went up to the stewards and didn't give them the full story. "Now they've matched up his comments (to them) to radio content between him and the team, and other information they've gathered, and they've decided that effectively he was telling fibs. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7978186.stm

[Edited on April 2, 2009 at 7:43 AM. Reason : he was stripped of his points from australia]

4/2/2009 7:42:49 AM

don't care, he got fucked over last year on several occasions so boo hoo

4/2/2009 8:04:04 AM

Ferrari #1 & 2 as of 2nd practice. Keep it up!!!

4/3/2009 3:45:23 PM

F4 is where its at, that shit is crazy

4/3/2009 8:21:22 PM

Button is heavier than anybody else in the top 5 too

4/4/2009 11:50:17 AM

I'm watching the qualifying race (recorded) now (even though I already know the results...)

4/4/2009 12:55:31 PM

toy cars

4/4/2009 5:53:59 PM

will be watching the race

4/4/2009 8:56:48 PM

go karts racing is more exciting and sounds the same

4/4/2009 9:15:03 PM

What a boring race...

AND

I'm very disappointed at Ferrari.
WRONG RACE STRATEGY!
TOO MANY MISTAKES!


It was cute/funny to see Raikkonen having chocolate coated ice cream before the actual end of the race...

4/5/2009 2:00:26 PM

i thoguht it was a pretty interesting race. what with everyone having to make gambles on what sort of tires they had to use.

of course i wish that they could have finished it. but whatever. up until the suspension, it was quite good.

4/5/2009 2:40:28 PM

yall could be watching nascar and not be bored

4/5/2009 3:08:23 PM

did 69 make a wrong turn and end up in an F1 thread?

i thought it was a good race, a little short but interesting to see the team strategies and their effects

4/5/2009 3:41:27 PM

^69 is just trolling

i hate how aero sensitave those crs are. its like watching vintage race cars go around a track

4/5/2009 4:04:21 PM

these guys suck, i played an f1 flash game and dominated them all

4/5/2009 7:49:20 PM

4/8/2009 10:38:53 AM

when i actually heard the whole story of what happened, it seems a lot more innocent (and to be honest stupid on the mclaren team's part). they got a harsh penalty for their stupidity. end of story.

4/8/2009 11:13:38 AM

could be worse

4/8/2009 12:34:07 PM

f1 everything is boring, even the drivers have a crappy personality

4/8/2009 12:41:33 PM

assplay, all of it

4/8/2009 1:29:49 PM

vodafail

4/8/2009 11:47:36 PM

that guy looks like he just got an enema

4/10/2009 8:08:09 AM