Wednesday 15 April 2009

Brawn Diffuser Legal!

Posted by Brawn GP Fans at 02:58 0 comments
For me it is an unbelievable decision by the FIA, the diffusers are legal!

I was expecting the usual dissapointing feeling you get from the FIA.. you know what I mean.. totally opposite to whatever is in the interest of fair play and excitement for the fans, but today they made a decision that ensures this year will be a classic.

“Based on the arguments heard and evidence before it, the Court has concluded that the Stewards were correct to find that the cars in question comply with the applicable regulations,” said an FIA statement.

Now we will be witness to a minnow team like Brawn GP trying to keep ahead of the developement of the old guard in Ferrari and McLaren and that, for my money, is a fantastic prospect.

I would think that Jenson, Rubens and all the Brawn GP team will be whistling on their way to work today safe in the knowledge that they have two GPs in the bag.

I suspect, however, that McLaren and Ferrari have been doing some developement on their own diffusers similar to the ones in dispute and will be able to implement them soon. Nick Fry has said, however, that Brawn's speed is not just down to the diffuser... so we shall see how things pan out.

This wdecision would have been a travesty if it had overturned the stewards decision at two races but I am glad to say (and we don't get too many opportunities to do so) that the FIA made the right decison this time around.

Sunday 5 April 2009

2 Up For Jenson and Brawn

Posted by Brawn GP Fans at 05:53 0 comments
2 up! In unbelievable conditions in Sepang, Jenson stormed (erhm.. sorry) to a second victory in a row.

Jenson described his grand prix victory as a 'crazy race' after being declared the Sepang winner following almost an hour parked on the grid.

The red flag came just after half-distance, and with the light fading and the rain taking time to clear, Button was finally able to celebrate victory - although he will only receive half points due to the shortened race duration.

Four tyre changes in the 31 lap race could have runied the day, nut it was the right play as the rain levels fluctuated, forcing most of the field to change first from slicks to extreme wets, then to intermediates, before returning to full wets just before the stoppage.

"What a crazy race, it really was," said Button. "Choosing the tyres was very difficult, because normally here when it rains it pours, but it didn't to start with. We went for the full wet tyre and it destroyed itself, and then I saw Timo (Glock) flying up behind us with the inter, so we put the inter on. Just as he came by I saw his tyres were bald and it was raining out the back, so he was struggling quite a lot and had to pit. I got one lap in on the inter at a reasonable pace and was able to get in and put the wet tyre on and get back in front."

Button had already been the favourite for the victory prior to the downpour, having jumped from third to first in the initial pit stops despite losing a lot of ground with a poor start.

"My start was pretty bad," he admitted.

"I went back to fourth, got up to third, eventually got back up to the front, and I was pretty happy with that, our pace was pretty good."

I also hate to mention my little prediction from yesterday, that the race was likely to be stopped... wish I had bet on it!

Saturday 4 April 2009

Jenson Storms to Pole Again For Brawn GP

Posted by Brawn GP Fans at 03:41 0 comments
Oh Yes!!! Jenson storms to pole once again. In his final lap the time of 1m35.181 was enough to edge out Jarno Trulli by just 0.1s. Rubens' qualified 4th but takes a penalty due to the gear box change and qualifies 9th.

Vettel was, once again, impressive bringing his Red Bull home in third, but with a penalty for him also, for last week's incident with Kubica, he qualifies 13th.

The McLaren's are out of it in 13th and 14th and Massa's mistake in Q2 and a bad call on tyres, leaves him back in 16th.

With none of the KERS cars around Jenson on pole the likelihood of a stolen start from any of them is diminished so , barring any disasters, Jenson is in a very good position to set the pace for tommorrow's race.

Jenson said "I was really struggling with the balance of the car. I had a lot of rear locking and instability, and when I have that it's not my forte really because I find it difficult to drive it around," he said.

"So we changed it around overnight and it's improved it a lot and I feel very comfortable in the car, so it makes it exciting for tomorrow."

Should be exciting tommorrow....

Friday 3 April 2009

Ferrari's Fastest in Practice...

Posted by Brawn GP Fans at 10:40 0 comments
The Brawn cars are still being touted as favourites for pole this weekend, but so far they are down the standings in sixth and seventh on the practice times.

Wherever Ruben's qualifies he will be given a five place grid penalty because of an engine change.

Ferrari are the fastest so far with Raikkonen clocking 1:35.707 and team-mate Massa posting a lap of 1:35.832.

Lewis is having a mare of a weekend so far after being hauled in front of the stewards and then having to apologise for being less than frank. He also has been fined, twice now, for speeding in the pit lane. I suspect it is weekends like this when we will see the measure of the man, personally I think he is up to it.

Also with dark clouds circling the circuit at the end of the session the predictions are that it may be rain on Sunday.

For Brawn GP's sake, I hope it doesn't rain....it will just be a lottery, but the spectacle of seeing who drives the best if it rains when slicks are on is a mouth watering prospect. Jenson is seen as a bit of a rainmeister because of his smooth driving style so maybe a little downpour won't be too bad. Problem is that the drivers have been saying that dusk driving in the rain will be very dangerous so one suspects that if it happens they may call for the race to be stopped... just a little prediction there...

Thursday 2 April 2009

Hamilton Disqualified

Posted by Brawn GP Fans at 03:42 0 comments
Oh Dear! More controversy around McLaren. Turns out that the stewards have looked again at the incident with Trulli and Hamilton. According to ITV, Trulli's third position has been reinstated and Lewis had been disqualified from the Australian GP.

Trulli had been given a 25s penalty, dropping him from third to 12th place, for illegally re-passing Hamilton during the safety car period, having dropped behind the McLaren when he ran off the road.

Trulli had always insisted that he had no option but to overtake Hamilton because the world champion had slowed dramatically and appeared to be in trouble or letting him past.

The stewards reconvened for a new discussion on the matter at Sepang this afternoon after new evidence, believed to centre on radio transmissions between Hamilton and his team, came to light.

You have to feel sorry for Lewis affter driving a great race coming from the back of the grid, but if there was any misleading info going on McLaren only have themselves to blame.... gutted for them...

Repeat after me, Lewis. "In with anger - out with love"
 

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