Malaysian GP 2009 - Race 2/17

I expect when they interviewed Mclaren, it was recorded earlier and replayed, may not have been live & up to date with the final result.
 
well, the end was a little disappointing, sitting around for an hour for no reason but glad Button got the win (especially after that poor start). The Brawn seemed fine in the wet, so at least now that have some wet running under their belts.

Fantisic drive from Glock too when the weather went bonkers. Looks like all the field is closing up now, so should be interesting to see what happens when it comes back to Europe in a couple of races, will it be even closer or will it spread back out??

Roll on China.
 
Interesting race :p

Did anyone ever find out what happened to Kova on the first lap? I'm sure it never got explained, or is it just that nobody gives a toss about him anymore? (inc. Mclaren) :D

Hamilton for Piquet's seat BTW ;)
 
machinauk said:
Looks like all the field is closing up now
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I'm not sure it has, maybe a little in qualifying but the Brawn race pace is frightening at the minute. Those laps jenson put in where much like MS in the early 00's ferrari where you never really know how much they have in hand.

Couple of really fast laps and leaps out from a pitstop miles ahead.

I think Jenson is driving that car in the dry with spare time in his pocket.
 
JRS said:
And they had to call that race early. Christ, did you lot see the shot of Kimi with a frappin' bow wave in front of his car as he went around the final hairpin? These cars just aren't designed with those conditions in mind.
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You know, if the FIA ruled that the cars will run in whatever weather no matter what (provided there is visibility of course) then the teams will have to come up with ways to make the cars work in that sort of weather, be it higher ride height and so on.
 
dannyjo22 said:
I'm not sure it has, maybe a little in qualifying but the Brawn race pace is frightening at the minute. Those laps jenson put in where much like MS in the early 00's ferrari where you never really know how much they have in hand.

Couple of really fast laps and leaps out from a pitstop miles ahead.

I think Jenson is driving that car in the dry with spare time in his pocket.
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Yeah, apparently Brawn feel they are imune to any decision on the diffuser. If they get banned they think they have much more of an advantage than loosing the diffuser will remove... looks good for them this year!
 
rypt said:
You know, if the FIA ruled that the cars will run in whatever weather no matter what (provided there is visibility of course) then the teams will have to come up with ways to make the cars work in that sort of weather, be it higher ride height and so on.
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But this race was stoppe dbecause of visability.....
 
rypt said:
You know, if the FIA ruled that the cars will run in whatever weather no matter what (provided there is visibility of course) then the teams will have to come up with ways to make the cars work in that sort of weather, be it higher ride height and so on.
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Woot F1 cars with hydraulics - lowriders and Kimi with his *****es...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
Well that was a slightly anticlimactic end to an otherwise interesting race.

Also think it's a bit harsh on the drivers that they decided to roll it back by an extra lap. You could see Lewis was genuinely chuffed with 5th only to find out from Lee McK that he was actually 7th. Bit of a communications breakdown from Race Control tbh. But a fine drive from jenson & toyota. Heidfeld lucked out tbh he was nowhere for most of the race.

But I guess as we were saying last night, that's a part of racing. He was on the right tyre at the right moment and profited from it.

How long til China? Is it 3 weeks?
 
rypt said:
You know, if the FIA ruled that the cars will run in whatever weather no matter what (provided there is visibility of course) then the teams will have to come up with ways to make the cars work in that sort of weather, be it higher ride height and so on.
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:confused: f1 cars would be awful if they were designed for that sort of rain.
 
It's a shame about the half points as it benefits those who finished outside of the points the most in the long run.

Bit stupid to start the race late on and then complain about it being too dark, well duhhh.

Button showing his class again. :D
 
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