Interlagos - Brazilian Grand Prix 2009 - Race 16/17

smr said:
Interesting column by Mark Hughes here on Button's worthiness of being champion etc.

"Even now Jenson Button is the Formula 1 world champion, there are those questioning whether he is worthy of the crown.

Because he has been around F1 since 2000, a certain perception of him has built up - and people hate letting go of their preconceptions.

How can this guy they have never particularly rated suddenly be a world champion? How can a driver who took until his seventh season to even win a race really be mentioned in the same breath as such instant legends as Fernando Alonso or Lewis Hamilton?

Very easily, actually."

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Good article.

I was one of the Button doubters, I honestly thought he's "bottle it" toward the end of the season whilst everybody caught up with him, I'm glad to say i was wrong.

And my view of Ross Brawn has jumped considerably, I thought it a nice touch that in his moment of triumph, he remembered the ones who'd put in the effort only to have to leave the team.

Fair play to both Button & Brawn. :cool:
 
I love this. From Ed Gorman's piece in The Times today:

Arriving for a hastily convened press conference, he was momentarily stunned by how few journalists were there, before the seats quickly filled up. "Where is everyone?" he roared into the microphone, "I'm the ******* world champion, you know!"
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:D
 
Quite amusing that Kovi was assiisted by the Brawn mechanics in the pitlane out of sportsmanship - yet when he had the chance to repay that by allowing JB to pass him easily in the race (as there was no way he was actually racing JB) he actually blocked him for two laps allowing Vettel to overtake in the pitstop

I wonder by how many points JB would need to beat Rubens in the last race to stop this stupid "I owned the 2nd part of the season" (which Rubens actually continued to say yesterday after such a dreadful drive from pole)

edit - by my reckoning its 9, so very unlikely to happen, even if 8 of those where in Valencia, otherwise 2nd half of the season has been very balanced

It was good to hear yesterday that Brawn havent made the McLaren and Ferrari mistake last year and had to push people from next year's car into dev on the 09 car to keep the title challannge alive

Wonder when this Mercedes announcement will occur, which will be an enourmous boost, and without KERS the traditional first two teams may not be as far ahead as expected. (virtually impossible to know I realise but it would be interesting to try and work out whether the Ferrari and McLaren cars would still have won the races they did without KERS, I think its fair to say they may not have always qualified as high as they did this year without it)
 
As said in an earlier post, as a proud Englishman, well done Jensen. Still a shame he had such a poor second half of the season but in general it was such a topsy turvey year for F1 on the run of play he was probably (just about) the best driver overalll. Although interesting reading that Hamilton scored more points than anyone else in the second half of the season.

Just nice to see British / English drivers do well. Although I have a sneeking feeling Vettel will be back stronger next year. He deffo has that air of Schumacher about him...
 
They all agreed not to use it, but then Williams broke away from that again (even whilst being in FOTA). Personally I think it adds to the racing, so teams or engine suppliers should be able to develop it and sell it to their customers.
 
Duke said:
They all agreed not to use it, but then Williams broke away from that again (even whilst being in FOTA). Personally I think it adds to the racing, so teams or engine suppliers should be able to develop it and sell it to their customers.
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Well I for one want to see this fly wheel thingymubob in action. Its either going to be an utter failure or outstanding beyond belief!

On a side note, Williams are using Cosworth again next year...

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79615

Williams will switch to Cosworth engines next season, AUTOSPORT has learned, after believing its prospects for success in 2010 are best served with the independent engine maker.
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Duke said:
They all agreed not to use it, but then Williams broke away from that again (even whilst being in FOTA). Personally I think it adds to the racing, so teams or engine suppliers should be able to develop it and sell it to their customers.
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I actually believe that when Williams announced the Cosworth /termination of toyota deal a weeks ago or so they also announced they would not be using KERS either

I actually think it ruins the racing, as cars can use it to stay ahead of much faster cars as Kovi esp has shown a number of times, and if everyone has it - then it becomes poiintless imo
 
FrankJH said:
I actually think it [KERS] ruins the racing, as cars can use it to stay ahead of much faster cars as Kovi esp has shown a number of times,
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Then it is the responsibility of the team which doesn't have KERS to ensure that they equip their cars with a KERS device. Remember, when developing your car, you need to think about who is driving the car and whether or not they have the ability to get the most out of the KERS device. For example, if I was designing a car for Fisichella, I wouldn't put KERS in, as he seems to struggle when it comes to pressing so many different buttons, braking, acclerating, etc.

FrankJH said:
and if everyone has it - then it becomes poiintless imo
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I disagree. Some drivers have the ability to get the most out of KERS, while others don't get much out of KERS. Its simply another weapon in a car's arsenal. Drivers such as Hamilton, who play lots of playstation games and are well versed in pressing lots of buttons will find KERS easy to operate, while some drivers prefer to concentrate on their braking points, accelerating points, driving lines, only.
 
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