The Official Formula 1 Thread!

[MustGoFaster]

Practice 3 in ~1hr 35 min. Qualifying in ~ 4hr 35 min. Try http://www.justin.tv/blackflagged for a live stream.

Good link, live action now!

http://www.justin.tv/atomic_napalm

[MustGoFaster]

Qualifying results are in! Looks like all the time Honda/Brawn GP spent on the 2009 car have paid off big time!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pos. Driver Team Time
1 J. Button Brawn GP 1:26.202
2 R. Barrichello Brawn GP 1:26.505
3 S. Vettel Red Bull 1:26.830
4 R. Kubica BMW 1:26.914
5 N. Rosberg Williams 1:26.973
6 T. Glock Toyota 1:26.975
7 F. Massa Ferrari 1:27.033
8 J. Trulli Toyota 1:27.127
9 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.163
10 M. Webber Red Bull 1:27.246
11 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:25.504
12 F. Alonso Renault 1:25.605
13 K. Nakajima Williams 1:25.607
14 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:25.726
15 L. Hamilton McLaren no time
16 S. Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:26.503
17 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:26.598
18 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:26.677
19 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:26.742
20 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:26.964

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

Wow, kinda surprising to see Ferrari that far down on the lineup.

[MustGoFaster]

I'm not really. Toyota, Williams and Brawn GP have inventive diffusers, said to be worth 1/2 a second. I'm supprized it's not those 3 on the front 3 rows.

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

Huh, interesting. Like I said before, I don't have cable, so it's hard for me to keep up with it. And I also don't have much time during the week to follow it online.

[Pushit2.0]

Really good race. It will be a exciting year. I am surprised how different the cars look this year, they look like a ~91 or so F1 with wider tires up front and a wider/lower front wing. I hope they make more use of the KERS, its like the power to pass CART tried for a while, I thought they were going to try for better fuel economy with it or something. And a great run by Brawn GP.

~John

[dumb_ricer]

Tomorrow should be another pretty good race!

Lets see how the "big dogs" can do this year now that they are in slower cars.

[Constant_Project21]

I just had a conversation with my old auto teacher (huge f1 nut), and got the whole 411 on how brawn gp swooped in and is laying the smackdown on the field. Nice to see somebody other than ferrari and mercedes at the top. And how lucky is virgin, they find a that is already into the season, slap a sponsor sticker on the side, and watch that team do some damage. I was big into moto gp, and followed f1 for a while. Kinda fell out of watching it though.