Recent Posts Tagged With 'australian gp'

• The power of F1 blogging ?

  Posted on Monday April 13th, 2009 at 23:39 in melbourne, McLaren, fia, australian gp

  Last night a story appeared at Autosport.com - FIA requests BBC’s Whitmarsh tapes. Still in Melbourne Martin Whitmarsh had something to say about the Hamilton/Trulli incident to BBC TV and radio reporters. And that something somehow does not se...

• Charlie Whiting and his version of the Australian GP events

  Posted on Friday April 10th, 2009 at 11:35 in melbourne, McLaren, Lewis Hamilton, sepang, 2009, malaysian gp, australian gp

  Charlie Whiting spoke to Autosport’s Adam Cooper and revealed his version of the Australian GP Hamilton and Ryan vs Stewards story. The article is available now at Autosport.com (requires subscription). There is also free article available at A...

• Lewis Hamilton thought about quiting McLaren and F1 ?

  Posted on Sunday April 5th, 2009 at 00:10 in melbourne, McLaren, Lewis Hamilton, 2009, australian gp

  The Times Online brought a story out today suggesting that Lewis Hamiton (and his father) got so angry following the events in Australia that Hamilton contacted the FIA president Max Mosley, expressed his frustration over what has happened that he wa...

• McLaren embarassed, Hamilton misled, not entirely truthful but not a liar

  Posted on Friday April 3rd, 2009 at 05:39 in melbourne, McLaren, Lewis Hamilton, 2009, malaysian gp, australian gp

  A day after coming out saying that his team did not lie Martin Whitmarsh came out again and very much confirmed that Dave Ryan (now suspended team sporting director) and Lewis Hamilton lied to stewards in Melbourne. What else could he do when the evi...

• Lewis Hamilton and McLaren team excluded from results of Australian GP - Update - First casualty in McLaren

  Posted on Thursday April 2nd, 2009 at 04:12 in melbourne, Jarno Trulli, Lewis Hamilton, 2009, australian gp

  Lewis Hamilton has been disqualified from the Australian Grand Prix and excluded from the results. Jarno Trulli’s 25 sec penalty has been rescinded and so Trulli keeps the 3rd place he achieved on track. Both drivers were summoned to meet the s...

• 2009 Australian GP - Team Review

  Posted on Tuesday March 31st, 2009 at 01:02 in review, melbourne, 2009, australian gp

  Before moving on to Malaysian GP here is quick look back at the 2009 Australian GP. I watched the race live in Melbourne and although thanks to the nice people from Kangaroo TV I had the pleasure to use their handy little device there was so much hap...

• 2009 Australian GP - My Sunday Photos

  Posted on Sunday March 29th, 2009 at 08:19 in photos, melbourne, race photos, 2009, australian gp

  Here is selection of my photos from Sunday in Melbourne. There aren’t too many for 3 reasons - 1) I was watching the race, 2) The light was really bad for getting the pictures right, 3) My lense died half way through the race and I had to switc...

• 2009 Australian GP - The Sunday Action - Button, Barrichello, Hamilton

  Posted on Saturday March 28th, 2009 at 19:04 in melbourne, jenson button, rubens barrichello, 2009, australian gp, brawn gp

  Back from track, actually back at the airport. What an exciting race it was. The Brawn fairy tale continued on Sunday… Jenson Button scored the second win of his career after leading from start to finish. Rubens Barrichello completed Brawn GP 1...

• 2009 Australian GP - My photos from Saturday track action

  Posted on Saturday March 28th, 2009 at 10:47 in photos, melbourne, race photos, 2009, australian gp

  Here is a selection of my photos from Saturday in Melbourne. All the pictures are taken between turns 1, 2, 3. There is also a photo of the double seater Minardi F1 car that was on the track before the free practice, driven by Zsolt Baumgartner. Clic...

• 2009 Australian GP - Post qualifying - Weights, exclusions, protests

  Posted on Saturday March 28th, 2009 at 07:54 in toyota, melbourne, qualifying, 2009, australian gp

  Both Toyota cars were excluded from qualifying after failing post-qualifying technical inspections by the FIA. It was found that Toyota’s rear wing elements were in breach of the rules: “The Stewards have heard the explanation from a rep...

• 2009 Australian GP - All Brawn front row

  Posted on Saturday March 28th, 2009 at 03:22 in melbourne, jenson button, qualifying, 2009, australian gp, brawn gp

  What a day for Brawn GP. First they get their new sponsor - Richard Branson’s Virgin - and then they lock the front row for tomorrow’s Australian GP all for themselves. Jenson Button will start from the pole position for the first time si...

• 2009 Australian GP - Photos from pitlane

  Posted on Friday March 27th, 2009 at 09:59 in photos, melbourne, race photos, 2009, australian gp

  I was lucky enough to get myself into the Paddock Club on Friday. Although my overall impression from the whole experience is rather mixed (I may write another post on that one day) the time spent in the pitlane was definitelly worth the effort to ge...

• 2009 Australian GP - Friday Action

  Posted on Friday March 27th, 2009 at 04:05 in melbourne, practice, 2009, australian gp

  Interesting day today. It started for me with a walk through the pitlane (pictures later today) and continued with quite exciting practice sessions. During the first practice most of the cars were all over the place, only Brawn and Williams looked ni...

• 2009 Australian GP - Brief F1 news summary before the action begins

  Posted on Thursday March 26th, 2009 at 16:58 in melbourne, jenson button, 2009, australian gp, brawn gp

  I am about to move in the Albert Park direction for Friday practice, before doing so, here is quick summary of the F1 news from Thursday: The diffuser issue - Following the protest from Ferrari, Renault and Red Bull (and the thrown out one from BMW S...

• Thursday in Melbourne

  Posted on Wednesday March 25th, 2009 at 18:49 in melbourne, 2009, australian gp

  I just arrived in Melbourne after an overnight flight. And here is the first photo . Looks like I am staying in the same hotel as BBC Sport crew and the Renault engine part of Red Bull delegation. It is quite windy at the moment and the skies are de...

• 2009 Australian GP Preview - Teams

  Posted on Monday March 23rd, 2009 at 23:20 in melbourne, preview, 2009, australian gp

  The new F1 season is just around the corner, time to start with Australian GP previews. There is only one rookie on the grid this year so we already know, or should know, what we can expect from the drivers. The big unknown however are the teams. Bef...