227 replies to this topic

[primer]

Congratulations to Jenson and Brawn. Amazing performance.

Toyota could have done better. Bit disappointed with them to be honest.

BMW are shambles. It is as if Mario is trying to get the HQ to cancel their F1 involvement.

Only one retirement in such high temperatures.

[F.M.]

Button had a good race
Barichello not he was lucky to not be further down. Also his strategy was crap

Kimi Good race with a good strategy (shame for his last pitstop, he could have been 5th)

Toyota had a bad strategy with using the hards in the middle stint.

BMW

[santori]

Good races, I think, from Piquet and Bourdais.

[krapmeister]

O boy, you're gonna be in trouble...

[4MEN]

Race review: ZZZZZZZ
This circuit sucks.
TV coverage sucks.
I hope they ban refuelling for 2010.

[brunopascal]

Great race!
Thought Trulli would take it initially, but great drive by Button
Trulli, Vettel, Kimi

[Scotracer]

Good race in the early stages but things started to string out a bit too much.

Well done Brawn

[Clatter]

Did the Macs have KERS problems today. There didnt seem to be much evidence of it being used after the start.

[Chezrome]

Originally posted by 4MEN
Race review: ZZZZZZZ
This circuit sucks.
TV coverage sucks.
I hope they ban refuelling for 2010.

Eeeeeh? Did you watch the same Grand Prix as I did? The first 5 laps were amazing. Up front decent, midfield absolutely riveting.

Great drive by Button. But Brundle said it right: the top is already so close together that the winning team and driver have to do everything right: every lap, every in-lap, every outlap.

Brawn and Button did it best today. It could have been Vettel, Glock or Hamilton, or Trulli.

[vhtn]

Kimi
Lewis :
BMW :

[primer]

Originally posted by F.M.

BMW

Seriously, why did they fuel so heavily when they were running a two stop anyway?

The first laps were painful. The cars were so slow the two drivers were holding up everyone. And then they disappeared (into the dust) once everyone got past them.

[Madras]

Toyota = IDIOTS.

[Scotracer]

Originally posted by vhtn
Kimi
Lewis
BMW

[krapmeister]

Originally posted by primer


Seriously, why did they fuel so heavily when they were running a two stop anyway?

The first laps were painful. The cars were so slow the two drivers were holding up everyone. And then they disappeared (into the dust) once everyone got past them.

Kubica may want to kill Mario...

[HMV]

They were both running for 1 stop but had to swap front wings so there you have your extra pit.

[Urawa]

Originally posted by Clatter
Did the Macs have KERS problems today. There didnt seem to be much evidence of it being used after the start.

Yeah, interesting how Hamilton was easily eaten by Button in the beginning.

[4MEN]

Originally posted by Chezrome



Eeeeeh? Did you watch the same Grand Prix as I did? The first 5 laps were amazing. Up front decent, midfield absolutely riveting.

Great drive by Button. But Brundle said it right: the top is already so close together that the winning team and driver have to do everything right: every lap, every in-lap, every outlap.

Brawn and Button did it best today. It could have been Vettel, Glock or Hamilton, or Trulli.

OK, but a GP is not just 5 laps. Maybe they're right when saying the races should be shorter.

BTW, BMW should rent "Albert 2" to look for alien life or something. His newest creature is ugly and slow.

[kaivo]

Well Done Button.
Toyota Team
Räikkonen

[primer]

Originally posted by santori
Good races, I think, from Piquet and Bourdais.

While his today's race was decent, Piquet furnishes 1½ decent races every season. Looks like he has shot his load for 2009. One can also not overlook his mediocre performance in yesterday's qualifying.

[Coral]

Well done Jenson Button and Brawn GP!

Good race for Lewis to finish 4th ...car is till too slow.

Toyota is a good car but their drivers are just not good enough.

Solid race from Vettel...Red Bull not as good in the dry

Kimi scores points for Ferrari at last! Massa was bad though.

Alonso disappointing...Piquet a non-event as usual

Kova shockingly bad, and Fisi should be fired

Overall it was a rather boring race, but I'm happy with the result

[Clatter]

Originally posted by Urawa


Yeah, interesting how Hamilton was easily eaten by Button in the beginning.

I was surprised when he was behind Vettel as I expected him to make up ground on the straights.

[27GV]

Well the start was interesting for about 5 laps, then beck to good old insomnia curing F1.

BMW is embarrassing

[Sakae]

I cannot help thinking that Brawn GP team is not winning this season in fair manner; the difuser trick, and R. Brawn's role in that as a head of technical group remains big question in my mind if all is really fair and square? Without diffuser advantage JT would be most likely in a different position today. I am struggling to recall in whole F1 history when a team would be handed over such unique decision. Very uppsetting it is.

[lokiman]

Good grief, Jarno looks like a bloody corpse in the post-race interview.

[Galko877]

Great stuff by Brawn and Button once again.
Perhaps they are beatable in qualifying but their race pace is still superior.

Good race by Vettel once again. He is the guy to keep the WDC fight open.

McLaren are on their way up. From all the "big teams" they have made the biggest step forward since the beginning of the season. Maybe Hamilton will still have a shot at the title too.

Finally points scored by Ferrari. Well done Kimi.

[Clatter]

Originally posted by MiPe
I cannot help thinking that Brawn GP team is not winning this season in fair manner; the difuser trick, and R. Brawn's role in that as a head of technical group remains big question in my mind if all is really fair and square? Without diffuser advantage JT would be most likley in a different position today. I am struggling to recall in whole F1 history when a team would be handed over such unique decision. Very uppsetting it is.

That's a severe case of sour grapes you have there, you ought to get it checked out.

[Clatter]

Originally posted by lokiman
Good grief, Jarno looks like a bloody corpse in the post-race interview.

Not a good look is it.

[rage2]

Originally posted by Urawa
Yeah, interesting how Hamilton was easily eaten by Button in the beginning.

Lewis probably used most of his KERS at the start, and ran out when he was attacked by Button.

[Galko877]

Originally posted by MiPe
I cannot help thinking that Brawn GP team is not winning this season in fair manner; the difuser trick, and R. Brawn's role in that as a head of technical group remains big question in my mind if all is really fair and square? Without diffuser advantage JT would be most likely in a different position today. I am struggling to recall in whole F1 history when a team would be handed over such unique decision. Very uppsetting it is.

Their title would be as fair as Renault's in 2006. Get over it already!

[Dolph]

Originally posted by lokiman
Good grief, Jarno looks like a bloody corpse in the post-race interview.

He's a bit off-color, yes.

[lokiman]

Originally posted by MiPe
I cannot help thinking that Brawn GP team is not winning this season in fair manner; the difuser trick, and R. Brawn's role in that as a head of technical group remains big question in my mind if all is really fair and square? Without diffuser advantage JT would be most likely in a different position today. I am struggling to recall in whole F1 history when a team would be handed over such unique decision. Very uppsetting it is.

Next time, when Ross tells the teams that the diffuser regulations need to be tightened up, perhaps they won't be so hasty in telling him to piss off.

[inaki]

Piquet did a good start and a good race.

BAD results: Massa, BMWs, Kova
Webber, from 18th to 11. His problem was Q1.

Good races: Of course Jenson, Vettel, Trulli and Hamilton. Lewis did also a great start. i think it has been critical to his good result.

Kimi and Fernando have delivered average, they gave what car has to offer.

This is a pretty simple circuit regarding driver's management, differences were minimal.

[Slowinfastout]

Originally posted by rage2

Lewis probably used most of his KERS at the start, and ran out when he was attacked by Button.

Not to mention the Brawn is in another league in terms of pace compared to the Mac

[Slowinfastout]

Originally posted by lokiman
Good grief, Jarno looks like a bloody corpse in the post-race interview.

Too bad we don't get to see how Glock's looking ;)

[Lukin83]

What happened to Buemi in the last stint? He was in front of Bourdais and then suddenly fell behind.

[Alfisti]

Originally posted by Coral

Toyota is a good car but their drivers are just not good enough.

Solid race from Vettel...Red Bull not as good in the dry

Sort of. i do think you are misjuding the tyre situation, Toyota made a meal of it and Vettel never had clean air with the right tyres on, IMHO he could have run much faster, he only had clean air with the poorer tyre.

[Deepak]

Red-Bull & Vettel are proof that its not all diffuser!

Well done Kimi

[Mediansoft]

Boring race : Not a lot of anything rly happened, the first opening laps looked exciting and then it went in train mode with the occassional pitstop swap ...

[lokiman]

Bloody embarrassing for BMW to finish 18th and 19th, dead last.

[Racer Joe]

Originally posted by MiPe
I cannot help thinking that Brawn GP team is not winning this season in fair manner; the difuser trick, and R. Brawn's role in that as a head of technical group remains big question in my mind if all is really fair and square? Without diffuser advantage JT would be most likely in a different position today. I am struggling to recall in whole F1 history when a team would be handed over such unique decision. Very uppsetting it is.

Flavio, is that you?

[Sakae]

Originally posted by Clatter


That's a severe case of sour grapes you have there, you ought to get it checked out.

I do not know about grapes, but do I have a point?

[Clatter]

Originally posted by MiPe
I do not know about grapes, but do I have a point?

Not a valid one IMHO.

[Pharazon]

Originally posted by rage2

Lewis probably used most of his KERS at the start, and ran out when he was attacked by Button.

button was also almost sucuideally late on the brakes on that pass as well, i'm amazed he held it..


very very impressed with the reliability of the cars, except ofcorse Massa's KERS, which seems to be just comically bad..

i'm happy BMW is at the back, since they've made the ugliest car in the history of motorsport..

you gotta wonder about Rubens and Toyota's strategy. Trulli and Glock both had clear air. Surely it would have made sense to stick on the soft tyres, but then hindsight is a great thing. i guess they didn't realise how bad the prime tyres were going to be

[Francesc]

Pathetic show from Williams and specially BMW
Bourdais was good today

[frederik-]

Argh! What was Toyota thinking??

Trulli would clearly have challenged Button for the win, had it not been for the stupid decision to use primes in the middle stint.

[Scotracer]

Originally posted by MiPe
I do not know about grapes, but do I have a point?

No because it is the team that does the best interpretation of the regs that wins the season...

[HMV]

Originally posted by Clatter


Not a valid one IMHO.

While I agree with you on this, I'd like to point out a humble opinion does not exist. It's an oxymoron.

I'm all agog for what BMW brings to Barcelona. Technically, it can only be better, right?

[Claudius]

Great race by Button. Very Schumacher-esque if I may say so. Pushed when he needed, then controll mode.

Vettel and Trulli had a good race. I was amazed that Glock falled behind so much with the primes, Trulli held positions and got a podium.

Lewis, great race by him with the everimproving McLaren

Kimi drove a solid race with no mistakes

Rubens was all over the place. And what was with all the waiving? He was for position... But he still got 5th with 3 stops

Piquet was not his usual dissapointing self, he had an okay race.

Kova

Rosberg

[lokiman]

Originally posted by HMV

Technically, it can only be better, right?

At this point, using rubber-band power would probably be better than what they've got.

[Sakae]

Originally posted by Scotracer


No because it is the team that does the best interpretation of the regs that wins the season...

Implications then are, that other teams are less competent (having not taken the same route), or Brawn went a bit further, and is getting away with it. Without diffuser on Button's car Seb would have won the race.