Australian GP 2009 - Race 1/17 (NOT in HD BTW)

arknor · 29 Mar 2009 at 16:15

rypt said:
Except for they will probably be contending with Force India rather than up front

they will probably want american drivers and unless im mistaken drivers from america/canada generally didnt last much more than a season before returning to indy cart or nascar

CrazySpeaker · 29 Mar 2009 at 16:17

FrostedNipple said:
While all this video coverage is good, i can't help but think it kind of ruins the race, i.e. the stewards spend hours after the race has finished deciding when to remove their hand from betty swallocks and make a decision. A lot of last season was not worth watching as by the next day the results had completly changed. I think stewards should have a deadline after the race has finished to submit any changes to the race results, perhaps half an hour to an hour at the most.

This would be an excellent idea! I agree

Wicksta · 29 Mar 2009 at 16:33

arknor said:
he thought someone went into the side of barrichello at the start when it was obvious to all it was barrichello ramming into the side of another car

Watch the race again closely, then apologise to beardy.

ShakenNstirred · 29 Mar 2009 at 16:33

Attu90 said:
But Irvine isnt British

he is british, was born in northern ireland, which is part of the british isles and holds a British passport

Cavallino · 29 Mar 2009 at 16:34

CrazySpeaker said:
This would be an excellent idea! I agree

On the other hand, we've known the stewards to make such crappy decisions over the years that rushing them to make one will probably result in even more rasher penalties being handed out.

arknor · 29 Mar 2009 at 16:36

Wicksta said:
Watch the race again closely, then apologise to beardy.

i couldnt possibly apologise because then i would have eddie jordan telling me im weak

dannyjo22 · 29 Mar 2009 at 16:38

Time for the new thread for Malaysia, get on with it OP

timbob · 29 Mar 2009 at 17:04

Interesting quote from Barichello in the post race conference:

Crazy Demolition Rubens said:
...one thing we can say is that with the crash if people think that our car is only good because of the diffuser, well, that big hit from behind broke the diffuser completely.

Attu90 · 29 Mar 2009 at 17:09

ShakenNstirred said:
he is british, was born in northern ireland, which is part of the british isles and holds a British passport

We live in The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland isn't part of Great Britain.

Great Britain consists of 3 countries, England, Scotland and Wales.

The British Isles is a geographical location and not a political location and consist of most of the islands surrounding Great Britain including all of Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) and the Orkney and Shetland Islands, the Isle of Man and many more.

The British Islands includes United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

There is no such thing as a British Passport, its a Passport of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

As I said before Irvine isn't British.

Rybo89 · 29 Mar 2009 at 17:11

brilliant race, tried my best to stay up and watch it but it wasn't happening, so just recorded this mornings live coverage

really happy for BGP, but you have to take your hat off to lewis hamilton! 1 of the commentators said along the lines " a true champion works with his car even if its not 100%) and lewis hamilton certainly did that!

amazing!

bring on malaysia!

utajoker · 29 Mar 2009 at 17:19

Rybo89 said:
brilliant race, tried my best to stay up and watch it but it wasn't happening,

bring on malaysia!

why didnt you just wake up early rather than staying up

clv101 · 29 Mar 2009 at 17:21

Attu90 said:
As I said before Irvine isn't British.

What do you think it says in Irvine's passport? Mine says:
Nationality: British Citizen

I suspect his does too!!

Locke · 29 Mar 2009 at 17:22

Because he's different.

Anyway I hope Brawn can keep up this pace, Ferrari looked good for nice points today if it wasn't for those issues.

Hopefully Malaysia is as fun as this.

Rybo89 · 29 Mar 2009 at 17:23

utajoker said:
why didnt you just wake up early rather than staying up

i didn't get back into house till 3 in morning after a road trip, tried to stay up readin and chatting through these forums but just died around 5ish lol

MagicBoy · 29 Mar 2009 at 17:26

Attu90 said:
There is no such thing as a British Passport, its a Passport of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

As I said before Irvine isn't British.

So that makes me what - UnitedKingdomish?

Ceryndrion · 29 Mar 2009 at 17:28

All I can say really is, that there couldn't have really been a better start to the season.

Brawn GP win
Hamilton proved he can still drive well even when in an inferior car
Ferrari walked away with nothing
Lots of action on the track

And yes, I'm going to be a bit of a BGP fan, I admit it, I've always supported good british teams, and in recent years, what we've lacked is a good old 'plucky little brit' team. And now we have one.

Rybo89 · 29 Mar 2009 at 17:29

Ceryndrion said:
All I can say really is, that there couldn't have really been a better start to the season.

Brawn GP win
Hamilton proved he can still drive well even when in an inferior car
Ferrari walked away with nothing
Lots of action on the track.

+1

Glaucus · 29 Mar 2009 at 17:41

gamerTM21 said:
To all BrawnGP fans, a quick question, before BrawnGP, did you support another team or where you a neutral?

knip said:
Ive always cheered British drivers on, whoever they drove for.

This, I support the English drivers as for teams I don't really care since Jordan and lotus left. Other than I hate Ferrari. I hope they never get an English driver.
On top of that who can resist the underdog.

Sumanji · 29 Mar 2009 at 17:45

Yo,

Awesome race, really happy for the BGP team

just wondering, is there anywhere online I can catch the BBC "red button" post-race discussion? There are no links on iPlayer or the BBC F1 website...

[edit] And yeah lots of credit to Lewis Hamilton for fighting tooth and nail all the way from 18th place - great effort!

Cheers,

Suman

ShakenNstirred · 29 Mar 2009 at 17:49

Attu90 said:
We live in The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland isn't part of Great Britain.

Great Britain consists of 3 countries, England, Scotland and Wales.

The British Isles is a geographical location and not a political location and consist of most of the islands surrounding Great Britain including all of Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) and the Orkney and Shetland Islands, the Isle of Man and many more.

The British Islands includes United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

There is no such thing as a British Passport, its a Passport of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

As I said before Irvine isn't British.

Irvines own website
http://www.eddieirvinesports.com/eddie.htm
if that was wrong dont you think he would get it changed