2009 Formula 1 Pre-Season Thread

Wow, they managing to ruin the cars, the races (points), and now quali...just great...
 
JUST PUT THEM ON THE TRACK AND THE FASTEST DUDE AFTER 20 MINUTES GETS PLONKED ON POLE!

God! It's not that hard!

BUREAUCRATS!
 
Seriously, there's a lot of heads needing to be belted against walls at this point - that qualifying system is ridiculous. Why do they have to make everything so damn complicated?
 
fbc said:
Seriously, there's a lot of heads needing to be belted against walls at this point - that qualifying system is ridiculous. Why do they have to make everything so damn complicated?
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Cause it's F1 where only about 10 people actually know the rules...:lol:
 
Apparently Mark Webber has broken his leg after colliding head-on with a car while riding a bike.

Source: BBC News

Webber breaks leg in bike crash

Formula One driver Mark Webber has broken his leg after colliding head-on with a car while riding a bike at his own charity event in Tasmania.

The Australian, 32, who drives for the Red Bull racing team, was airlifted to hospital where he underwent surgery on a broken right leg.

"The surgery is complete, a pin inserted and the recovery begins," said the event's director, Geoff Donohue.

The accident happened south-east of state capital Hobart on Saturday.

Webber was taking part in the Mark Webber Pure Tasmania Challenge, a 250km endurance event consisting of mountain bike riding, kayaking and trekking on the Australian island.

He was riding a bicycle along a road near historic Port Arthur when he collided with a four-wheel drive vehicle at 1240 local time.

"Mark's in good spirits," said Donohue. "The broken leg is the injury, and beyond that, he's in really good shape.

"He has a little bit of a graze on his left forearm, but he has had full scans and everything else is clear.

"He'll be in hospital for at least three days, for sure under a week. I was speaking to him before the operation, and he was already thinking about his rehabilitation."

Sergeant Jon Ford, of Tasmania Police, said: "We received reports of a collision between a bicycle and a motor vehicle on the Fortescue Bay Road on the Tasman Peninsula.

"He was airlifted from the scene by helicopter and taken to the Royal Hobart Hospital where he is now being treated for serious but not life-threatening injuries.

"He suffered a broken leg and other injuries and is reported to be in a stable condition."

Webber, who is also a BBC Sport columnist, finished 11th in the Formula One drivers' world championship standings this year.

Red Bull have already begun testing ahead of the 2009 F1 season. The team's next testing session is scheduled to take place in Jerez, in southern Spain, from 9 December.

"That date obviously will be an issue," said Donohue.

"But I suspect that as soon as Mark is able to fly, they will be keen to get him back to Europe.

"They will have people working out his rehab program now with a view to getting him up and going as soon as possible."
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Will this mean he will not be able to Race in 2009?
 
There is a thread about it already...


But my opinion is that, at worst, he'll only be testing the RB5 in February. At best, he might be driving again before 2008 is over.
 
So what hasn't changed in Formula 1 for 2009?
 
devil500 said:
McCrap and Ferrari beware :lol:
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Wasn't really keeping an exact tally last year, but didn't Ferrari engines let go more often than McLaren engines? If that's the case, I would think it's Ferrari that needs to beware of that rule. :p
 
...ah the good memories of Hungary Valencia and Melbourne...

Let there me more of that...
 
I really don't think extending the life of engines to one more race is going to be a huge problem... Engine reliability issues are soon to become a thing of the past in my opinion.
 
http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=36630

Ecclestone doubts French return to the calendar before 2011

22/11/2008

In the wake of the announcement by Euro Disney and Lagardere Sports earlier this week, that plans for a Grand Prix in the Val d'Europe region, on the outskirts of Paris, have been scrapped, Bernie Ecclestone has admitted that France is unlikely to return to the calendar before 2011 at the earliest.

With a race on the streets of Paris - Ecclestone's preferred option - unlikely, the Euro Disney proposal was his second choice, however, that avenue appears to be closed to the sport, mainly for financial reasons.

"I've always thought it was the right spot for us, that it was the new location that suited the French Grand Prix," he told L'Equipe. "However, I think it is quite sure there will be no race in 2010.

"We went to Magny-Cours for the wrong reasons, for political reasons," he continued, referring to the track which has hosted the French Grand Prix since 1991. "Let's try and avoid a repeat. What we want is to find the right spot because the French GP has to be long-lasting."

There remain two other possibilities, one in Sarcelles, just 17.5km from Paris, the other in Flins, 43km from the French capital.

"The first thing now is that I want to go there myself and see by myself how it looks like," said Ecclestone.
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For God's sake, somebody PLEASE go talk to the ACO and make them get the French GP at Le Mans, and not on the Bugatti track, but on La Sarthe!
 
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