Soldato
everyone seems to be doing loads of laps - trying to get them in before any rain I guess
Interlagos - Brazilian Grand Prix 2009 - Race 16/17
- Thread starter Glaucus
- Start date
track-grid-Finish
Melbourne-1-1
Sepang 1-1
Shanghai 5-3
Sakhir 4-1
Barcelona 1-1
Monte Carlo 1-1
Istanbul 2-1
Silverstone 6-6
Nurburgring 3-5
Budapest 8-7
Valencia 5-7
Spa-Francorchamps 14-retired
Monza 6-2
Singapore 11-5
Suzuka 10-8
So three times. Just look at that. I can not fathom why people say he does not deserve WDC. Just look at the results.
.oooppsss of course I am , or was that just Alonso hauling an average car with a good motor at the time to Championship wins?
Jenson seems to be faster than Rubens all through the 2nd session so far (even with more fuel onboard)
Currently 1st but not sure if he will hold on to that (with it being so close at the moment)
Soldato
According to the BBC Sport Live feed Jenson has reported a problem with 'Getting Heat into his tyres' to his engineer Andrew Shovlin
Soldato
Jenson at Bluewater on Tuesday afternoon - potentially as WDC.
Soldato
Preffered the Canon livery on the Brawn 
Soldato
I've got a friend who does marshalling and he's been picked among 350 to do this grand prix, he flies out this Wednesday to do the GP2 next weekend too, all expenses paid for almost 2 weeks, i'm not jealous much . I've told him to bring me a Brawn GP cap home.
. I've told him to bring me a Brawn GP cap home.
Soldato
bluewater is in kent yeah? I thought it was in milton keynes, would ave made the trip down from leicester if it was.
Soldato
yup, just off junction 2 of the M25:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...ewater,+Greenhithe,+Kent,+United+Kingdom&z=14
Think I might pop down this weekend since there seems to be some other stuff going on leading up to Jensons appearance on Tuesday
Soldato
Man of Honour
Exactly, there is little point in the sponsor sending the vinyls to Brawn to pre-fit. Much easier just to fit on site. I notice Barichello was running with TNT Energy Drink decals, did Button have them or not? I would have thought it would clash with his Monster sponsorship.
Arent most of the different brands of energy drink all owned by the same few parent companies anyway?
Soldato
Itaipava is a beer in Brazil, Banco do Brasil (front wing) is a Bank, MAPFRE - Spanish insurance company, Batavo (Rubens Helmet) food company, TNT energy drink.
Alonso:
2 time world drivers champ.
21 wins
577 points
He has more wins and points than any other driver in F1.
The only guy in recent years to have beaten the mighty MS/Ferrari, 2 years in a row and effectively forced MS to think about his future in F1, which ultimately led to his retirement.
Alonso moves to McLaren and is immediately fast (he didn't require a settling in period) and almost won the WDC in his first year with them.
He's totally outqualified/outraced his team-mates during the last few years, by a substantial margin (Hamilton excepted, as Hamilton is his equal).
Vettel:
no drivers titles.
4 wins
110 points
Struggles many times to beat/dominate his team-mate.
He can win races when he is on the front row, but I do believe he is yet to win a single race when required to overtake rigorously.
Very good in the rain.
Nothing else of note.
To rank Vettel higher than Alonso is laughable.
I beg to differ.
Hamilton have every chance to go on and surpass Senna and Prost's achievements and may even rewrite some of the records that MS holds. He already holds the record for being the youngest World Drivers Champion.
Some people have tendency to view past sportsmen with rose tinted specs, where they fail to realise that the current crop of sportsmen may actually be superior to those of the past.
Just tell them that he won 6 out of 7 races. In any year in F1, if a driver achieves that, he wins the title. And that he has won more races than any other driver in 2009.