Bahrain Grand Prix – Race result
1. Jenson Button Britain Brawn-Mercedes 76 laps 1hr 31m 48.182s 2. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault +00m 07.1s 3. Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota-Toyota +00m 09.1s 4. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes +00m 22.0s 5. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Brawn-Mercedes +00m 37.7s 6. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari +00m 42.0s 7. Timo Glock Germany Toyota-Toyota +00m 42.8s 8. Fernando Alonso Spain Renault-Renault +00m 52.7s 9. Nico Rosberg Germany Williams-Toyota +00m 58.1s 10. Nelson Piquet Jr Brazil Renault-Renault +00m 65.1s 11. [...]
Steering wheels pictures of Formula 1 cars
As we stand a few days prior to the opening round of the 2009 Formula 1 World Champion in the streets of Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia, we’d like to share with you a piece of high technology used in F1 - the steering wheel. Each hand-made steering wheel cost approximately 40,000$ to fabricate, using carbon [...]
Jenson Button claimed pole for the Australian Grand Prix
Jenson Button will head an all-Brawn front row after he claimed the pole position for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix during qualifying on Saturday. Button’s time of one minute, 26.202 seconds put him three tenths of a second ahead of teammate Rubens Barrichello and on the pole for Sunday’s 58-lap race at Albert Park. “It’s been a [...]
FIA Friday press conference - Australia
Reproduced with kind permission of the FIA Drivers: Fernando Alonso (Renault), Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso), Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), Mark Webber (Red Bull) Q: How have the first official practice sessions been for you? Mark, can you give a rough run down of how it has been? Mark Webber: It didn’t go that well in the first session. We [...]
F1: Red Bull using FieldView CFD
02 July 2009
Red Bull Formula 1 Team Races to 1-2 Finishes at Chinese and British Grands Prix using FieldView CFD Post-Processing as Critical Engineering Tool (July 1, 2009) -- The competitive nature of Formula 1 racing and the short time periods between races make it imperative for engineers to fully understand aerodynamic effects and move new designs to production with speed and confidence. Learning from high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations and rapidly turning the results into design decisions is the rule at Red Bull Technology. With several ... Source
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F1: Sam Bird to drive for Williams at Goodwood
02 July 2009
Sam Bird Set to Fly Williams F1 Flag at Goodwood British racing driver Sam Bird will drive for Williams F1 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on July 3rd, 4th and 5th. Bird, who currently lies second in the F3 Euro Series, already conducts aero testing duties for the Grove-based Formula One team and will be on the famous Goodwood track in the World Championship winning FW18 (1996 Drivers' Title: Damon Hill; Constructors' Title: Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve). "It is a real privilege for me to represent ...
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F1: Goodwood to celebrate Frank Williams’ 40 years in motorsport
02 July 2009
SIR FRANK WILLIAMS' 40 YEAR INVOLVEMENT IN MOTOR SPORT TO BE CELEBRATED AT THE 2009 FESTIVAL OF SPEED With the 2009 Festival of Speed now just days away (3-5 July), excitement is growing as Goodwood puts the finishing touches to what promises to be the largest motoring extravaganza in the world this year. Part of Goodwood's celebrations includes a tribute to one of the stalwarts of Formula One racing -- Sir Frank Williams -- who marks 40 years involvement in Grand Prix racing this year. Throughout the Festival weekend a number of significant ...
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F1: Red Bull makes reserve driver change
02 July 2009
As the 2009 season reaches its halfway point, Red Bull F1 is making a change to its nominated reserve driver for Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso. With effect from the German Grand Prix, this role is now being taken on by Jaime Alguersuari, who replaces fellow Red Bull Young Driver, Brendon Hartley. The 19 year old Spaniard, who became the youngest ever British F3 champion last year, is currently competing in the World Series by Renault. With the ban on in-season testing, Red Bull ...
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F1: Bridgestone tyre specifications
02 July 2009
Bridgestone Motorsport announce tyre specifications Bridgestone, the Official Tyre Supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship, is pleased to announce the compound allocations of Potenza tyres for a further four rounds of the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship. For the four races from the Hungarian Grand Prix to the Italian Grand Prix Bridgestone will depart from its concept of leaving a gap in rubber stiffness between the two allocated tyres for each race, meaning that consecutive compound pairings are allocated for each of these ...
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F1: Toyota considering Fuji GP axe - spokesman
01 July 2009
Toyota is considering abandoning its plans to host the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix, a spokesman for the Japanese carmaker has revealed. The admission comes after two waves of media reports insisted the event scheduled for Fuji Speedway next year is in doubt: most recently on Wednesday, but also dating back a month ago in the Asahi newspaper. Wednesday's reports, carried by other domestic newspapers as well as the national news agency Kyodo, cited sources in saying the decision to pull off next year's calendar is expected to ...
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F1: Red Bull makes F1 reserve driver change
01 July 2009
Brendon Hartley has been stepped down from his role as reserve driver for Red Bull's two F1 teams. The energy drink-owned teams on Wednesday said the New Zealander will be replaced at the remaining races of this season by another teenager, Spaniard Jaime Alguersuari. Red Bull said it sees the role as "part of its young driver training programme". "Having benefited from this experience over the first half of the year, Hartley will now concentrate on his own racing programme in the European F3 ... Source
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F1: Ferrari plays down Alonso ’speculation’
01 July 2009
Ferrari has dismissed as "speculation" the latest reports that Monza could be the scene of an announcement about Fernando Alonso's 2010 seat. The Spanish newspaper Diario AS reported this week that September 11, the Friday of the Italian Grand Prix, may have been set aside to confirm the Spaniard alongside one of the Maranello team's existing drivers. The report coincided with confirmation that, for the first time, the Italian marque's end-of-season 'World Finals' event in mid November is scheduled to take place in Spain. ... Source
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F1: Bridgestone scraps 2009 ‘gap’ policy
01 July 2009
Bridgestone has scrapped its policy of leaving a gap between the two types of tyre compounds supplied to Formula One teams in 2009. At the remaining rounds of the season following next Sunday's German Grand Prix, the sport's official tyre supplier will instead revert to supplying consecutive compounds. Fernando Alonso had hit out at the situation earlier this year, slamming the policy as in the interests of a false spectacle while making the drivers look "ridiculous". "We have made the change to the tyre allocation concept based on ...
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F1: New hope for Hockenheim after Ecclestone meeting
01 July 2009
Bernie Ecclestone may have intervened to save the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim in 2010 and beyond. Last week, citing annual losses, the circuit-owning city said it would no longer be the promoter of the event, raising the prospect that F1 will not return to Hockenheim and Germany will be left off next year's calendar. But mayor Dieter Gummer left the door open to investors or a new promoter, and bookmarked a forthcoming meeting with F1 chief executive Ecclestone. That meeting took place in London this week, ...
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