Brazilian GP 2009 - Interlagos, Sao Paulo

[blobslosak]

So...

Who here had money on JB to win and Brawn to win the Championships?

If so what odds did you get?

10 quid @ 100/1 on WCC

[Roland Ehnström]

10 Euro @ 100/1 on Jenson for WDC.

[tarzoon]

Some of you can't be satisfied (...) Always have something to bitch about.

+1

[timbo]

Wow that Japanese kid impressed me!
Maybe we would finally see Japanese top-driver?

[Richard]

Missing some barri setup information ratboy?

eh? You couldn't get a more loved up team sharing info between drivers.

[roost89]

I put £12 pound on button to win the world champs the day after their first proper test and managed to get in there before the odds tumbled too much. Just collected my £612

Go button:)

10 Euro @ 100/1 on Jenson for WDC.

10 quid @ 100/1 on WCC

Well done guys!! That was a good investment I must say.

Some of you can't be satisfied (...) Always have something to bitch about.

+1

+1 All the negativity, it does grate on you.

[djos]

Once the cars go into parc ferme you can't change the rear wind angle regardless of the rain. That setting has to be used in the race, At least that is the way it has been. Did something change this year?

My understanding is that once on the grid for the sighting lap they can wind the car ride height up or down and adjust wing angles as the car is no longer in parc-ferme.

I could be wrong tho.

[Richard]

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[Richard]

Awsome race. Great circuit. Great overtaking moves. Fantastic drive worthy of the champion!

Biggest moment was seeing Brawn's tears on the pit wall, yes, teh man actually had tears, real wet tears!

[djos]

Nice win for Webber, shame he won't get much coverage over it.

Aside from Aussie GP time, It's the only time the Aussie Media pay him any attention! [-X

I couldn't get up in time to watch the race and couldn't resist checking the result when I got up this morning - I just had a really good feeling when I saw him get P2 and with more fuel on-board! =D>

(I'll watch it tonight on my media center which recorded it)

[ringo]

Who did the better drive today? Vettel or Hamilton?
Vettel was showing his greenness when he was trying to pass the brawn and heidfield?
He really needs to learn how to pass, he would have been on podium instead.
His speed seems to come from his superior car, where as hamilton had half the car and beat him to the points. Don't want to turn the thread to a driver comparo but LH really surprised me today, 17th to 3rd in what is pretty much the 5th fastest car on the grid at that moment. The faster ones being the RBR the Brawn, the BMW, and the Toyota.

I'm sure that Vettel having an armed hand grenade behind him had nothing to do with his driving? Lewis is not God.

No he is not grid god, far from it [-X ; he is the grid boss though.

"I have the bosses breathing down my neck to get the job done," he added. "Today will make them happy. We really needed it as both of us were at back, so this will be good. I am sure lads in team and happy and bosses are too."

So self motivated that he is breathing down his own neck.

just kidding around, I know each driver has his own circumstances to contend with in the car. Great drive from "baby shumacher" as well; he should grow to "toddler shumi" next year.

[zgred]

NO ACTION TAKEN AGAINST TRULLI, SUTIL AND KOVALAINEN

Jarno Trulli, Adrian Sutil and Heikki Kovalainen will face no further action following two separate incidents during Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix.

McLaren/Kovalainen punished for pit-stop chaos

The McLaren team has received a fine of $50,000 (£30,500) for releasing Heikki Kovalainen into the path of Kimi Räikkönen during first-lap pit-stops in the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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As well as the fine for the team, Kovalainen was handed a drive-through penalty, which converts to 25 seconds as the race is already over; the Finn is therefore classified 12th as opposed to his finishing position of 9th.

Trulli fined $10,000 for Sutil altercation

Toyota's Jarno Trulli has been fined a hefty $10,000 (£6,100) for tackling Adrian Sutil following their race-ending crash in the Brazilian Grand Prix. Although FIA-appointed race stewards felt that the coming together itself was no more than a racing incident, the Italian receives the fine for his post-crash reactions.
(...)
The second part of the FIA report, however, reads as follows:

'…the Stewards also considered the behaviour of Jarno Trulli following the incident in failing to leave the track as required by the marshals immediately after the incident and aggressively confronting Adrian Sutil.

The Stewards consider this to be a breach of Article 151 (c) of the 2009 FIA International Sporting Code.'

And we have complete picture of the Brazilian GP 2009 I guess.

PS. How is that possible? His visor was open?

KIMI: I WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND BLINDED

Raikkonen revealed after the race that some drops of petrol ended up in his eye.

(...)

"At the pit stop, I ended up with some drops of petrol in my eye, from the fuel line stuck on Kovalainen's car and then I was engulfed in flames and blinded.

"I was going to stop, but luckily the flames soon went out. Even now, my eyes are still burning, but I'm alright."

[i70q7m7ghw]

Absolutely stunning race from start to finish. Best race of the season and Jenson showed why he deserves the title.

Those of you talking about why he took longer to take Koboyashi? By then Jenson's tyres would have lost the "edge" fresh tyres have. Not only that he was heavier than the Toyota and it's not a slow car by any means. Add the fact Koboyashi was a newbie and unknown quantity as well as the fact he was dancing around in the braking zone for turn 1 you get a slightly nervous Jenson Button.

Trulli/Sutil was quite obvious. Trulli lost it out on the curb while BEHIND Sutil so in my opinion it was nothing but a racing incident. I suspect Trulli was more upset with himself.

Lewis/Rubens battle was a shame. Rubens closed the door but Hamilton went for it anyway. Considering Rubens had a problem anyway I think he would have been better off letting Lewis through. Anyone heard any reaction from Rubens yet on the incident?

[Ray]

As much as I hate penalties, and that the stewards should have levied the penalty on Kovi DURING the race, McLaren completely deserved that penalty. Now that they screwed it up with a lollipop man, who's gonna eat pie and admit the lights Ferrari had contributed zero to their problems releasing their cars early?

[djos]

Btw, Webbo got the fastest laptime too! =D>

Times
01 M. Webber Red Bull 1:13.733
02 S. Vettel Red Bull 1:13.890
03 R. Barrichello Brawn 1:13.950
04 R. Kubica BMW 1:14.155
05 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:14.303
06 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:14.345
07 J. Button Brawn 1:14.353
08 N. Rosberg Williams 1:14.370