2009 Formula 1 Season

[HyperTek]

hope you guys are ready this weekend, anticipating its going to be an exciting new page in F1 history since it will be the first race with the new cars and limited testing on them.

Here is the track
quikmaps.com :: show (http://www.quikmaps.com/show/52567)

Google maps pictures of the track
A virtual lap of Albert Park, Melbourne F1 circuit with Google Street View | F1 2009 | F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog | F1 video | F1 pictures | F1 news | Lewis Hamilton | Fernando Alonso (http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/03/21/a-virtual-lap-of-albert-park-melbourne-f1-circuit-with-google-street-view/)

Video preview
Formula One news, photos and results at GPUpdate.net (http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/videos/gpupdate-net-2009-preview_47/)

[Freddy]

anyone watching qualifying? liking the new honda brawn/virgin car

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

^^ yes, and it's "brawn gp". it's a former honda and never was a virgin inc anything. the toyota powered cars look fast.

[HyperTek]

virgin is one of the sponsors of the brawn gp car..


dam brawn gp owned the field.. Looks like is going to be Brawn GP vs Williams imo.. I wont give credit to redbull, vettel is vettel and he pulled his magic lol..


im saddened by mclarens performance.. They probably already decided not to take the first race seriously and are probably already working on revisions.

[Freddy]

realized my mistake after going on the F1 webpage

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

i figured mclaren would be out in q3 (they looked pretty terrible), so i think they did well for themselves. didn't expect to see kaz nakajima out in q2, with the williams looking fast all weekend. oh well, it's still a crapshoot tomorrow, even if brawn are super fast. all we have to wait for is a lewis hamilton-style start from somebody and there will be front wings littered all over the front straight. i wonder what the fuel loads look like, though.

[HyperTek]

hey guys make sure you tune in!! starts in a few minutes!!!

[ManoNegra]

Just got back into town
thanks for the heads up
I would have been upset had I missed it

[HyperTek]

dammm exciting start!!! Brawn GP is flying!

[JayDee M Rolly]

omg vetel and kubica, sucks for both.

but awesome race, very intense

yeah brawn gp is kicking ass, that diffuser must be helping alot eh

[HyperTek]

dam crazy race!! wow the vetal kubica incident sucks... kubica wanted it bad.

[JayDee M Rolly]

congrats to toyota for actually getting a podium lol, guess lewis got 4th.

ross brawn must have a hard on right now or something.

[HyperTek]

chyea my boy hamilton held it up good despite having a slow qualifying car, at least its reliable.. hopefully mclaren will pull some revisions in time for the next race.

[JayDee M Rolly]

i think all the teams will revise their rear diffusers lol, especially with brawn gp's results.

[Ricks15]

It seems like the new rules for the cars aero has had a big effect on the whole field this year than past other years. This was a pretty brutal race,lots of contact between the cars.:naw:

[HyperTek]

yeah, the drivers dont have much sense of where the front wing is, so they push em into other cars.

[mr.booie]

:cool:just got done watching it.

[J_Konnexion]

Wow that was a good race.

[HyperTek]

the next round is next weekend!!! gonna be interesting to see what revisions the rest of the field will try and do in short time.. probably wont see changes til the following races, would be risky to make drastic changes without enough testing

[Freddy]

damn fell a sleep right before it started

[gyula hlavati]

I can't wait...I didn't watch it yet.

[Z33dori]

yea that was an awesome race.

def gonna be an exciting year for sure

[Freddy]

watch the replay good race, this years going to be exiting to bad they aint coming to north America

[HyperTek]

wow! post race changes, toyota/truli got penalized for passing hamilton during the saftey car time, so Hamilton got bumped up to 3rd place.. dam what a lucky SOB! lol
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/03/29/trulli-penalty-promotes-hamilton-to-third/

and vettel penalized as well
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/03/29/vettel-to-carry-penalty-into-malaysia/
i guess when he continued to drive on the damage looked bad in his favor.
Vettel will start the Malaysian Grand Prix ten slots down from where he qualifies next weekend as a result of the initial incident with Kubica, and his Red Bull Racing team also picks up a fine of $50,000 for advising their driver to continue running, even though his right-front wheel was not in contact with the ground, slowing other drivers down as the safety car was circulating.

[HyperTek]

the race will be re-aired in an hour for those who missed it

[drftwerks]

what channel ?

[HyperTek]

speed right now

[gyula hlavati]

Wow...just finished watching it.This 09 season will be different.

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

just finished watching it. that crash at the end between vettel and kubica was pretty crazy. it was also interesting that barrichello stated that he drove his car with a broken rear diffuser. scary stuff for the other teams it seems. congrats to brawn gp.

[gyula hlavati]

Yeah good start for the Brawn Team.I'm so ready for the rest of season.

[drift freaq]

Awesome race, watched it last night and then picked up the end again this afternoon.

This season is going to be exciting for the most part the rule changes worked out quite well. Expect more cars to be using rear diffusers for down force.

Only thing I can see being a potential problem, is the front wings between extending out so far and not being visible to the driver.

[HyperTek]

lewis hamilton disqualified and truli back to 3rd
they basically lied somewhat when under questioning, and where as lewis told speedtv before all that something different than what he told the officials, so they caught on to that and investigated.

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/04/02/lewis-hamilton-thrown-out-of-australian-grand-prix/

Formula One news: McLaren disqualified from Australian Grand Prix - GPUpdate.net Formula One (http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/04/02/mclaren-disqualified-from-australian-grand-prix/)

[Freddy]

ha! that's funny, well that makes a 3-4 Toyota but then again there the diffuser controversy for brawn and Toyota

[!Zar!]

Lewis getting DQed is BS.

I seriously doubt he was trying to keep something from them.

Why would he lie when the radio is available publicly?

Word of the day is, "semantics".

[HyperTek]

Practice is on tonight on speed in a few hours for Malaysia..

Maybe a Mod can edit the title of this thread to Formula 1 2009 season

I do think the disqualification was unfair, just give Truli his place back and act like it never happened, *since it was the stewards who gave Hami the 3rd spot in the first place

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

i think the story from the FIA is that the stewards asked him straight out what happened, and he gave a shady answer. while it's true that the radio transmissions are public, i think the thing the FIA doesn't like is that the stewards probably didn't look at the radio transmissions because they took hamilton's word that he didn't/wansn't told to let trulli by and then proceeded to disqualify trulli, who didn't do anything wrong according to the rules (you can pass under yellow if it appears that the car in front has a problem, which the slowing of hamilton could be construed as). i dunno. the way this whole situation was handled was pretty poor, but what else do you expect from the FIA? if it's not one debacle, i.e. stepneygate, diffuser row, '08 belgian gp, etc, it's something else.

[HyperTek]

yeah, well right after the race he told what happened to the media, and than when asked by the stewards him and the team boss said something else.

[JayDee M Rolly]

hahahahahah massa didnt qualify.


man F1 is stupid, hamilton basically didnt race, and vettel gets 10th at best. stupiddddddddddddddddddddddddd

[olah.inc]

vettel ftw!

[HyperTek]

hahahahahah massa didnt qualify.


man F1 is stupid, hamilton basically didnt race, and vettel gets 10th at best. stupiddddddddddddddddddddddddd

yeah i think the stewards are smoking crack lol
if i recall , some of them dont even have race backgrounds, some are like doctors and shit lol

[!Zar!]

So far I don't like this season.

[HyperTek]

well you gotta admit, the racing itself is spectacular this season. The after race stewards decisions and everyone crying wolf @ the brawn, toyota and williams diffusers is pretty wack.

BMW just protested against them this weekend and it was dismissed, yet april 14th i think will be when the FIA sits down to investigate the diffusers. Which is retarded imo cuz whatever results could affect Brawn GPs win.

But I guess the teams who where challenging those diffusers just want to avoid having to spend millions trying to come up with a similar diffuser in short time. I think Bob Varsha was saying that it would cost Mclaren about 30mil to come up with one or something

[Freddy]

see there one thing i don't get with diffuser things is that how are you going to allow something now then later on , maybe, not allow it and remove points from that team?

[HyperTek]

thats the crazy ass politics of F1!!! like hamilton and mclaren getting robbed by the stewards after the race has been finished and no warnings where said during the real time of the race..

[HyperTek]

Round 2 on now!

[Freddy]

yeah randomly woke up at 4 am so i'm watching

[HyperTek]

it might rain!!!

[HyperTek]

flippin awesome race!!! its soo in the air.. its on the verge of raining

[JayDee M Rolly]

look at that rain

[J_Konnexion]

I wanted some rain but not this much !:eek2:

[Freddy]

^looooooool i agree

[HyperTek]

yeah woah id hate to see teh race called off =(

[JayDee M Rolly]

it was just getting good too...

[Freddy]

i would be piss if i paid to take the trip and get half a race. ahhh dam commercials

[HyperTek]

looks like Webber was trying to convince the other drivers to call it off with him.

Sucks, hell Webber was putting up a fight too! great driving
i think Hami wants to race tho, he wants to try to make up as much points as he can

[Freddy]

glock was killing it too when he went intermediate tires.

[JayDee M Rolly]

button and hamilton are still in their cars, and from what it looked like someone was warming up their engine.

the rain is starting to get lighter.

[HyperTek]

dam this was another one of them "twilight" races.... so not really any room to delay race since it will be dark

[JayDee M Rolly]

race is over, good thing its half points.

[Freddy]

race over im off to bed

[HyperTek]

that was a disappointment.

Ferrari made some big mistakes, first with qualifying and pulling in Massa during Q1 thinking "ok Massa your safe the field wont get any faster than what you pulled" so he ended up getting knocked out because everyone pulled faster times and he didnt go back out to try again. And than throwing Kimi out soo early on full wet tires before it even rained... When they first pulled him in for the switch, i thought "Oh that is sick watch it start raining instantly and they actually do good", but it didnt rain til later, and which his tires where already shot from doing dry laps.

JB is having the time of his life lmao, his girlfriend wasnt too bad looking, some japanese fashion model.

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

i lol'ed when the tv feed showed kimi raikkonen chillin out with some ice cream in the ferrari garage. the man is ice fucking cold. i love it. haha.

[Matej]

http://img01.carview.co.jp/carlife/images/UserDiary/11014576/P1.jpg

Edit:
Oops, wrong picture, sorry.
Oh well, this picture is cooler than the one I meant to post, haha.

[JayDee M Rolly]

JB is having the time of his life lmao, his girlfriend wasnt too bad looking, some japanese fashion model.
yep, jessica michibata.

[HyperTek]

i lol'ed when the tv feed showed kimi raikkonen chillin out with some ice cream in the ferrari garage. the man is ice fucking cold. i love it. haha.

haha yeah he was like fuck it imma kick back, if this f1 season dont work out, i still got rally next lol

[.Smitty.]

Does anyone have a link to where I can watch the first race and a half or do I just have to catch replays on SPEED? Never really watched F1, but I was reading about the rule changes and whatnot the other day and wouldn't mind watching a race or two. By the sounds of it, its going to be an interesting season.

[JayDee M Rolly]

Welcome to Racing Underground (http://www.racing-underground.com)

[simmode1]

K.E.R.S. is so bad ass. I wish you could put it on a 240:fawkd:

Lewis is my boy but I could easily root for Jensen Button. Awesome driver, that guy. Anybody but Vettel! I hate that sonuvabish!

[JayDee M Rolly]

i would not trust that shit in my car LOL.

Y_ahhY4MtA8

[.Smitty.]

Welcome to Racing Underground (http://www.racing-underground.com)

Hey thanks a lot for the link! It says I need an invitation code in order to register though..

[JayDee M Rolly]

^pm sent.

only 1 invite code left =(

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

McLaren summoned for FIA hearing - Planet-F1 News - from planet-f1.com (http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5158709,00.html)

how can mclaren be so consistently poor in judgement?

[HyperTek]

dam they just wanna fuck over mclaren , infact they always wanna fuck over mclaren.. They tend to love seeing the top dogs get screwed.. they get off on it or something lol.

[halfrice]

Anyone have an extra invite to racing underground?

[!Zar!]

Yeah, because if you all do, I need one.

<3

[Freddy]

diffuser are legal alright lets focus on racing

[1Via!]

dam they just wanna fuck over mclaren , infact they always wanna fuck over mclaren.. They tend to love seeing the top dogs get screwed.. they get off on it or something lol.

Right, McClaren are always persecuted without cause...

Rules are rules and should be enforced to such an extreme degree with so much money and prestige riding on the outcome of these ridiculously competitive races. Hamilton has made some pretty heinous mistakes last season and came out on top regardless. This last controversy seems like it stems from his over confident assumption that his seemingly inconsequential actions would be vindicated if there were to be any mistakes or violations. Last years McClaren would have have faired better, but not this year. Now they have to function at a different level competitively and can't afford to assume propriety or even fail to communicate proper driver procedure.
This is part of the reason savvy team principles and other race managers who can function on the fly and react properly to make sure the driver can do what they do best are so important; they're ultimately what separate successful teams from the simply fast ones.

[JayDee M Rolly]

dam they just wanna fuck over mclaren , infact they always wanna fuck over mclaren.. They tend to love seeing the top dogs get screwed.. they get off on it or something lol.
correction: they want to fuck over everyone else on top EXCEPT ferrari.

zar, you need an invite code to racing underground?

[Z33dori]

is the race this weekend or next weekend?

[Freddy]

this weekend

[JayDee M Rolly]

this weekend.

[HyperTek]

good the legalized the diffusers.. I wonder how many millions$$$ will Mclaren spend this week to redesign lol

[!Zar!]

correction: they want to fuck over everyone else on top EXCEPT ferrari.

zar, you need an invite code to racing underground?
Por favor <3

good the legalized the diffusers.. I wonder how many millions$$$ will Mclaren spend this week to redesign lol

Probably around 35 mill.

So much money and time it will take to design makes you wonder if it's really worth it.

I mean there seems to be a way that Hamilton is screwed every race.

Next thing you know, they are going to penalize him for saying, "an" instead of , "a" during some official. statement.

Every race so far he's had to climb from the back of the pack, and every race he ends up screwed some how.

But on the other hand, Button has had luck fall into his hand quite well.

So far this season isn't that exciting.

Last year the opener was crazy, as well as the races that followed.

Oh well. We are only two races into the season so it's hard to speculate anything.

The whole kers thing to me is kind of ghetto.

[HyperTek]

yeah! Hamilton has been holding up pretty well on his skills to work his way up and keep a consistent pace, The Mclaren just isnt a good low qualifying time car, but in race time it can keep up. sucks for Kovalainen who ends up being taken out in the first laps.

Yeah hopefully more action will come up , I wanna see some battles and not just untouchable Brawn gapping at the front lol

[JayDee M Rolly]

Por favor <3
ygpm sir. :cool:

[!Zar!]

I love you.

No homo.

[drift freaq]

Chinese Grand Prix Pratice on now!

[!Zar!]

Go Hammy!

Prove them wrong with your shitty car!

[HyperTek]

its practice not qualifying =D

Mclaren is back in the game tho, they did some revisions to the diffuser and hamilton was fastest in morning practice.

Im going to bed so i wont catch all of it, gotta give up the tv tonight so i can have it for tomarrow night and the race *dont want the fam saying I been watching the same thing all weekend lol

[JayDee M Rolly]

imagine vettel with a diffuser...

[drift freaq]

its practice not qualifying =D

Mclaren is back in the game tho, they did some revisions to the diffuser and hamilton was fastest in morning practice.

Im going to bed so i wont catch all of it, gotta give up the tv tonight so i can have it for tomarrow night and the race *dont want the fam saying I been watching the same thing all weekend lol

waaaaa Austin, LOL pratice/qualifying whatever. They are still striving to lay down fast times. Oh and the Toyota's have laid down the fastest times so far tonite not Hamilton or McLaren. LOL owned!

[!Zar!]

Damn.

That Saudi WRC dude FUCKED that car up.

[JayDee M Rolly]

^LOL yah that was awesome.

[HyperTek]

F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog | F1 video | F1 pictures | F1 news | Lewis Hamilton | Fernando Alonso (http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/) some live streaming for those without speed

here we go!
http://www.justin.tv/vip_racing

i think this is BBC broadcast or ITV i dunno, wow these announcers stutter alot hahha, and i was reading on a site how people dislike the Speed broadcasters compared to the bbc ones lol

[HyperTek]

its soo dam hard to convince friends to get into f1 racing, alot of them are closed minded to only like racing cars with doors that resemble production cars.. yet they cant even name a driver or even follow those racing series lol

[HyperTek]

damm
Justin.tv - VIP Racing: sports auto (http://www.justin.tv/vip_racing)

if you tune in right now, the guy is broadcasting V8 Supercars... BBC stream

soo much better than Speed lmao

[HyperTek]

current BBC broadcast sweeet
some pre qualifying stuff right now
Justin.tv - mishyuk,biglurker,jules channel : sports auto (http://www.justin.tv/dragon_maclaren)

[mrchomponthis]

hamilton best driver bar none-seconds slower than most but still makes his way to the front.

[Freddy]

its soo dam hard to convince friends to get into f1 racing, alot of them are closed minded to only like racing cars with doors that resemble production cars.. yet they cant even name a driver or even follow those racing series lol

i agree, been watching since villeneuve won it..still remember that crash by schumacher

[Freddy]

what are those thing they put in break ducts? are those like huge blow dryers?

[OKR_240SX]

omg.... vettel.. wow

[Freddy]

red bull whaaaaaaaaa 0_o

[drift freaq]

Torro Rosso! All Renault across the front row. This race is going to be interesting.

[JayDee M Rolly]

awesome driving from vettel

[HyperTek]

ahmmmm Redbull not Torro Rosso!! lmao *yeah same thing lmao


Yeah its really dam hard to call Vettel and RB underdogs anymore..

feels pretty dam good to not see Ferrari up there lol

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

love him or hate him, fernando alonso is a BEAST. i don't care about the hamilton or vettel groupie trains, alonso makes the most out of the shittiest cars on the grid.

[HyperTek]

bah, theres always gonna be fans and haters, regardless dude. Im tired of people always sayin hamilton groupies etc lol.. like who you want. Someone even went all the way to make Lewis Hamilton Sucks (http://www.lewishamiltonsucks.com/)

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

he's a quality driver, no doubt, but it annoys the shit out of me to see 6 articles about lewis hamilton's weekend and then see 1 article about some sort of formula 1 race happening near that place lewis hamilton was at. :rolleyes:

anywho, i'm guessing the brawn's are heavy on fuel. it looked like they were on the prime tire, so i don't think they're beat, yet.

[HyperTek]

well he is current world champion.. as much as alonso still gets alot of attention for having a few championships under his belt, and still gets credit as being the best driver out there.

[HyperTek]

another few hours!!!

For those without Speed, you can catch the UK broadcast on one of these
Justin.tv - VIP Racing: sports auto (http://www.justin.tv/vip_racing)
Justin.tv - ...F1 & Legends...: sports auto tricolor olympique marseille napoli middlesbrough werder bremen concerts (http://www.justin.tv/mc_kik)
Justin.tv - mishyuk,biglurker,jules channel : sports auto (http://www.justin.tv/dragon_maclaren)
http://www.justin.tv/krippa24
http://www.justin.tv/sparcot2

[1Via!]

Its raining in Shanghai...

[HyperTek]

dam i hope its not bad, i dont want to see another rain delayed race.. hopefully its not too heavy. Looks like its gonna be a good race too since mclarens worked out some bugs, will see how they do.

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

rain races are more exciting. it's not in a tropical setting, and the start time is not as stupid as in malaysia and australia, so there shouldn't be any issues with finishing the full race distance.

predictions for the race:

big crash in turn 1, one of the red bulls will not finish the first lap
kovalainen will retire after one lap
toyota is going to win
brawn gp will only get one driver on the podium

[Sil-Abc]

damn visibility is hella bad

[HyperTek]

dam this sucks!!! race started under safety car.. so basically we are not gonna get the full race again..

[HyperTek]

wooo go rain!!! that was awesome i cant believe it!! ..




nothing happened.. lol

[J_Konnexion]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/DARKEST__HOUR/Fuuuuu-1.png

Well this sucks.

[JayDee M Rolly]

hmmm interesting race...

WOW did you see kubica use trulli as a ramp? hahaha gnarly

lameeeeeeeeeeeeeee safety car again....

[Sil-Abc]

this is fuckin crazy. rain is fuckin EVERYONE up

[HyperTek]

sucks for truli, hes too conservative in his driving style.... he wasnt fighting back all those who passed him. Sometimes he gets lucky with podium finishes, sometimes hes not.

I miss seeing Kubica up top too

[JayDee M Rolly]

kubica deserves to be on the bottom for that stunt he pulled at australia.

massas out.

[Sil-Abc]

in the middle of a dota game but what happened to massas car?

[HyperTek]

some car failure, probably engine, as kimi was saying over the radio that he felt his engine acting up earlier

[JayDee M Rolly]

congrats to vettel and webber.

also button. brawn is still up top. atleast there was a race this time...

[Freddy]

k who watch qualifying miss it, anything special happen? i know Toyota got front row.

[HyperTek]

i actually didnt plan to catch it lol.. didnt feel like gettin up super early for it since i got a car meet to go to today.

[Freddy]

yeah man these 5 am ETqualifiying time are killer

[HyperTek]

ic.. man i randomly woke up around that time thinking "hey i could go catch the qualifying.... nahh im too sleepy" lol

[Freddy]

oops it was 7am i look at the end time of Saturday practice

[HyperTek]

woo hooo!! Mclaren hit with a 3 race ban
Formula One news: FIA underlines reasons for McLaren outcome - GPUpdate.net Formula One (http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/05/01/fia-underlines-reasons-for-mclaren-outcome/)

sweeeet!!


man thats wack lol

[HyperTek]

so do you guys think the domination of Brawn GP with so-so drivers *who usually are in the back of the field from prior seasons* is makign F1 borring? Everyone speculates their driver success is solely on the cars they are driving. But then, Redbull is a serious freaking contender now, while Toro Rosso seems to be the lil brother team which drivers start off there and than get promoted to RB.

Farewell to Sébastien Bourdais, hes getting the boot on the team.. he has had no luck.

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

formula 1 is still boring because the cars still can't overtake. so much for sweeping changes that were supposed to save money and create better racing. all it did was force the teams to spend MORE money to regain the lost performance and now the cars look stupid and still can't pass. they need to bring back the v10's with no driver aids, make the front and rear wing 2 elements only and have a standard diffuser design.


also, bad luck for sebastien bourdais.... hopefully renault dump piquet and get themselves a french driver. bourdais couldn't be any worst, anyways, so why not?

[!Zar!]

Lewis ruined my race in less than seven seconds of the start.

Props to Webber. He did a marvelous job on the ring. Won podium with some breathing room after the pass through penalty.

Brawn is paying too much attention to the 2010 car while RedBull is making some strong progress.

Barracello... Nothing seems to ever go right with his car. Like he said, Button's car never has any issues, only his.

Rosberg is gaining some ground nicely. All the while nobody seems to be noticing.

Massa I think is the real driver. Doing so well with a car that is still off pace.

Bourdais is out... no comment for that one right now.

As for passing, the Brawn cars seem to work better in dirty air, as seen during this most recent race.
The KERS system does provide overtaking, but it's only on the straightaway which provides for a lackluster pass 8/10. I want to see passing the way it should be, during cornering.

[HyperTek]

dam guys my fta sat is down so i dont have speed tv for a while but i been keeping up with the races.. geez crazy Massa was struck in the head by debris..
8Zhdm6ykEEk
freaking scary! we just saw this simular thing happen last week. hope hes ok.

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/massacrash-470x352.jpg
supposibly a part of one of the Brawn cars

Update: Massa’s injuries have been confirmed as bone damage to his skull and concussion. He will require an operation and is in intensive care. I hope he makes a rapid and full recovery.

. Rubens Barrichello, striving to make the cut in his Brawn, was left unable to progress to Q3 after part of his suspension broke.

That failure had terrible implications for his countryman Felipe Massa. As the Ferrari driver arrived on the scene part of Barrichello’s suspension struck his crash helmet, and and Massa crashed hard into the barriers at turn four.

Massa’s injury was gory, but could have been horrific. The spring tore a gash in the side of his crash helmet, pulling the visor off the left side, leaving him with a bloodied face.

The session was delayed for 20 minutes while the Ferrari driver was taken to the circuit’s medical centre before being transferred to hospital via helicopter.

[!Zar!]

My goodness.

Failure from the back of Barrichello R.'s car. and it lost a spring.

Spring hit Massa.

Another precise sequence of events that led to it.

He seems ok.

I hope for the best in his recovery.

[0100]

+1 hope he gets better.

Update info here. Felipe Massa, Ferrari Formula One Driver, Has Brain Scan After Hungarian Grand Prix Qualifying Crash | World News | Sky News (http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Felipe-Massa-Ferrari-Formula-One-Driver-Has-Brain-Scan-After-Hungarian-Grand-Prix-Qualifying-Crash/Article/200907415346406?lpos=World_News_News_Your_Way_Regi on_8&lid=NewsYourWay_ARTICLE_15346406_Felipe_Massa%2C_F errari_Formula_One_Driver%2C_Has_Brain_Scan_After_ Hungarian_Grand_Prix_Qualifying_Crash)

I use to race open wheel cars in the SCCA, but was never hit by anything, I do know many guys that have had debris and birds smack them in the face shield.

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im watchin the race on fox, i know its typically delayed *no spoilers* but wow Hami is givin alonso a run for his money! lol


Yea i hope Massa has a quick recovery.

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you know someone at renault is gonna get fired for alonso's wheel coming off.. i jus read that the team got suspended for the next race.

I think Brawn's engineering advantage has worn off since im sure the other teams where able to come up with their improvements with car development.

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Yeah, Alonso just has no luck when he seems to need it.

Problem with Brawn is, they didn't seem to keep advancing the car.

So while they were leading the front sitting on their high horse, the other teams were out using the race track like a test session and they kept pouring money into development.

Everything I thought would happen during this race did.

I wish this was the lotto.

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this season just got more interesting... Schumacher returns to replace injured Massa!!!
Formula One news: Official: Schumacher returns to replace Massa - GPUpdate.net Formula One (http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/07/29/official-schumacher-returns-to-replace-massa/)

Of course hes been out for 3 years and is 40 now, but will more than likely produce some must watch races.

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Yup.

And BMW Sauber is pulling out.

Next race is going to be fucking amazing.

Sucks that Alonso won't be in it.

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This was sad to find out.
It was set to be the stuff of sporting legend: F-1 champion driver Michael Schumacher, who officially retired in 2006, back in the saddle of the Ferrari and its trademark red livery after regular driver Felipe Massa suffered serious head injuries at the Hungarian Grand Prix qualifications. But barely two weeks after announcing his comeback, "Schumi" said on Tuesday he wouldn't be able to go through with it, after failing to recover from neck pains.

Instead, Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer will take his place. Badoer's last race in a Formula One Grand Prix was in 1999, for the Minardi team, and during a race in Germany he famously broke down in tears after his car malfunctioned. He had just managed to get into fourth position.

Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemelo said he was "very unhappy" that Schumacher would not be racing and that the team had decided to give Badoer the chance to race after "so many years of hard work." He first joined in 1997.

Schumacher posted a message on his Web site Tuesday informing fans that he had told Ferrari of his decision to step down Monday night. "I really tried everything to make that temporary comeback possible," he said. "Much to my regret, it didn't work out." He blamed neck pains that had persisted since July 31, when he tested a 2007 racer at the Mugello circuit in Italy to prepare for his return.

Schumacher also referred to injuries sustained from his motorcycle crash in February as a recurring health issue. He said fractures in the head and neck area had turned out to be "still too severe," which explained why his neck couldn't withstand the "extreme stresses" of F-1 racing yet.

"I am disappointed to the core," said Schumacher. "All I can do now is to keep my fingers crossed for the whole team for the coming races."
http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/11/schumacher-ferrari-f1-markets-faces-sports.html

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awwwwww.. leaves everyone sad in hopes to see schumi battle the new guys... yet this makes one man happy *the test driver getting his chance*.

[JayDee M Rolly]

ahh man, i was looking forward to it too

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Mclaren 1 -2 qualifying chyeaaa!!!

im watchin some shitty online stream cuz my sat is down. mannn badoer poor guy was sloow.

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Damn, I missed qual.

Hammy up top?

Yes?

YES?

That's my boy!

What happened to the Ferrari's test driver?

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poor guy qualified last.. he was a second off 19ths spot. He also got 4 pit speeding penalties during the practice sessions the day before. Pretty bad.

But looks like they are running Hami on light fuel.

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Damn, so even the other rookie is outdriving him.

Oh well.

I'm sure they are regretting not letting me drive for them.

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badoer is horrible, but i could expect hes probably not pushing due to his age, maybe he has a family and he doesnt wanna get hurt etc, or he just doesnt have the skill, or ferrari doesnt want him to kill any engines/trannys/chassis due to the limited restriction. But i figure they probably used him instead of pulling someone else in because of company secrets etc. He got passed in the pits!!! He moved over to let someone pass him while exiting the pit. and got penalized for crossing the white line while getting passed lol.

Hami had a great chance of winning, but for his 2nd pit, the crew didnt have the tires ready so they lost like 2 seconds.

I would love to see Rubens take the title this season away from Button, he seems like a stand up great guy, deserves a title for all these years , esp during the ferrari/schumacher era when he was always team ordered to be 2nd to schumi.

I think solid rumor is Alonso will go to ferrari next season, will be crazy, tho kimi and massa are contracted til end of 10 supposibly. Rumor that heiki might leave mclaren, button is solid at brawn. Who will fill alonso's spot at renualt?? speculation is kimi may go renault, but also what if he surprises everyone and heads back to mclaren, i read he left mclaren cuz he fell out with ron dennis, and ron aint head of mclaren f1 anymore so who knows.

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How can a guy who tests the car on a daily basis be that bad... atleast he's consistant at sucking...

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lol well due to the new testing restrictions you cant test a car during the week, only during the race weekend when everyone is on track can you test it, and he hasnt drove the car since it first developed, so he wasnt competing against anyone lol.

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Badoer hasn't been racing/driving, so to throw him in a formula 1 car to race is quite harsh.
He hasn't really been doing any other form of racing. Yes, he wasn't at pace and made a few mistakes, but I think he did well all things considering.

You can't really compare him to Alguersuari. Because Alguersuari had been racing and winning the formula 3 and world Renault series.

Badoer handled the car well. He just needs to work out his physical fitness as well as car skill.

The guy is already having a hard time with everything against him. Give him a break.

I mean, driving these things isn't easy...
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Oh yeah, this vid doesn't show the map and brake profile changed that goes on corner to corner.
And then paying attention to the car behind you, and fighting for the car's position in front of you.
Shit is far from easy.

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i was borred so i was watching the 95 f1 season that i downloaded via torrent, and badoer is in it, racing for minardi, mid pack runner lol

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the first freaking lap of Spa!! dammm
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ALL cause of some dam rookies!!
Rookie Grosjean should of backed off, he should have known that Button was up front and gonna brake to enter the corner, so it looks like Button cut him off and Grosjean tapped him, then Rookie Alguersuari looks like he went wide in that corner and took out hamilton.

Fisichella did a great job though sticking with Kimi, dam that Kers is untouchable, but that unexpected Force India car kept right up with it!

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HOW THE HELL DID HAMILTON LOOSE IT ON THE LAST LAP? he rode the curb some but he should have known better.

congrats to Rubens, he seems like a stand up guy and a great winner when he wins, every race he wins is emotional for him, and hes just soo animated, kissing the camera and doin that funky celebration dance lol. I want to see him take the championship away from Button. Button was pretty much handed the title til this point.

[JayDee M Rolly]

so bros.

jenson is champ.

vettel won at abu dabi (ftw).

thoughts?

also, i want to watch the race but i guess ive been too idle at racing-underground so my account got deleted. so to ANYONE that i helped out and sent invites to racing-underground, please return the favor :)

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also, i want to watch the race but i guess ive been too idle at racing-underground so my account got deleted. so to ANYONE that i helped out and sent invites to racing-underground, please return the favor :)

I was scared mine was gone for a minute. I'd hook you up with an invite, but I haven't gotten any yet.

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