Malaysian GP 2009 - Race 2/17

[Dup]

Didnt he clip someone on the first corner with his front wing?

He was shoved by HK from behind which we didn't see. That's what that incident was.

Aparently the Brawn cars are very quick, more than what we saw. One article was saying that Jenson was holding/maintaining that 4/5 sec gap with Vettel. It does seem odd that he pulled out that advantage and it stuck.

Vetter is a fast driver, so I took it at face value that Vettel was just as quick. It was said though that the qualy times of Button were with 7KG more fuel than the others but he did have the spare super softs to put that lap in.

Still, it remains to be seen if reliability is there and if the drivers can fight for position if the need to. Shaping up to be a great season.


Hamilton on the MP-24s issues

Sounds like he had a hard time out there. HE makes the car sound dangerous, and you'd think McLaren would have got somewhere near ironing kinks during testing. Could well be a fundamental design flaw that they'll not recover from.

 

[NathanE]

It's not dangerous He was just driving it on and beyond the limits, which just happen to be very low at the moment.

I think McLaren will have a "diffuser car" in Spain with a whole new rear end as well. They have hinted at it.

 

[Skeeter]

Is practice gonna be on the red button again???

I belive all sessions that arent on normal TV will be on the red button and online for every race this year.

 

[Skeeter]

'99 Malaysian GP on the red button. Or at least was a minute ago.

Is there any kind of schedule published for these anywhere? Or are they randomly on if your lucky enough to stumble upon them?

 

[Hyper]

I notice a lot of you have Brawn GP in your signatures,

I bet that wouldnt be the case if they finished 20th

 

[Dorje]

I notice a lot of you have Brawn GP in your signatures,

I bet that wouldnt be the case if they finished 20th

You should have been here over the weekend, to begin with there was 1 or 2 with Brawn GP sigs. By the end of Sunday we got well into the double figures

 

[Skeeter]

I notice a lot of you have Brawn GP in your signatures,

I bet that wouldnt be the case if they finished 20th

Why not? British based team with a British Owner and now a British title Sponsor and a British Driver... thats why im a fan, not because they won the first race.

There were a number of Honda supporters on here before they were BGP, so they clearly arent supporting just those who win

Plus, BGP have become a likeable team in the public eye. Unlike McLaren/Hamilton, which it has become 'cool to hate', a phenomenom I have never understood.

 

[Type_R]

Why not? British based team with a British Owner and now a British title Sponsor and a British Driver... thats why im a fan, not because they won the first race.

With a German engine

 

[JRS]

With a German engine

Designed and built at Brixworth. Which I'm pretty sure is closer to Northamptonshire than Germany

 

[philjohn]

Unlike McLaren/Hamilton, which it has become 'cool to hate', a phenomenom I have never understood.

I think a small part of that is closet racism to be honest, especially in some of the newspapers. Take the whole thing about "how awful it is" him being a tax exile in Switzerland - yet Jenson gets no stick for doing the same thing by being based in Monaco.

 

[Mr Jack]

Plus, BGP have become a likeable team in the public eye. Unlike McLaren/Hamilton, which it has become 'cool to hate', a phenomenom I have never understood.

We Brits don't like really successful sportsmen we like them to be tragically close but not actually good enough. Like Tim Henman.

 

[Type_R]

We Brits don't like really successful sportsmen we like them to be tragically close but not actually good enough. Like Tim Henman.

To be fair Tim Henman didn't even get close!!

As the Americans would say dont hate the player, hate the game; and so I do, LH is a superb talent but real real shame he has to drive for an obsessively regimented team like Mclaren. The day he moves to another team Ill be his biggest fan

Back to Malaysia, seems like its going to rain, so maybe the KERS teams won't have anything to gain

 

[PinkFloyd]

Back to Malaysia, seems like its going to rain, so maybe the KERS teams won't have anything to gain

Why do you say that :/

 

[utajoker]

Why do you say that :/

harder to put the power down in the rain, and with a boost coming from KERS, even harder to control it.

 

[Type_R]

harder to put the power down in the rain, and with a boost coming from KERS, even harder to control it.

Like utajoker says, controlling 800bhp to the rear wheels is hard enough without slamming another 80bhp, nothing like pressing a button and ending up in wall, Kimi style

 

[PinkFloyd]

Once they are up to speed the downforce will be keeping them down and they'll be running wet tires. Granted they won't be able to use it as early. But I certainly don't think they'll have a problem on the big straights.

 

[utajoker]

maybe not on the straights but coming out of corners to overtake will.

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

Dry start with Rain from 5 laps in to halfway would make my day.

Starting on dry tyres, the race to get onto wets, then slowly drying track towards the end
Would be great fun!

 

[Duke]

Dry start with Rain from 5 laps in to halfway would make my day.

Starting on dry tyres, the race to get onto wets, then slowly drying track towards the end
Would be great fun!

Last year (or was it the year before) where they had rain at the end of the first lap was great. Think it was at Spa though? Kimi missed the pit entry

 

[vcl_X1]

Once they are up to speed the downforce will be keeping them down and they'll be running wet tires.

Another aspect of this years regs that plays to the smoother drivers with more feel, sorry Kimi but this isn't going to be your year I suspect.