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Tuesday, 15 September 2009 |
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The path is now clear for the Canadian Grand Prix to return to the Formula One calendar. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 11 October 2009 )
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Tuesday, 15 September 2009 |
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2010 FIA F1 World Championship - New Entries
Following an intensive selection and due diligence process, the FIA
has awarded the 13th entry in the 2010 FIA Formula One World
Championship to the Lotus F1 Team.
The FIA also received an impressive application from the BMW Sauber
Team. However, given that BMW has announced it will withdraw its
support in 2010, there are still uncertainties regarding the future
ownership of the team.
Nevertheless, the FIA considers that BMW Sauber’s application is of
high quality and would constitute a competitive participant in the
Championship. As such, it has awarded BMW Sauber the '14th place' in
the Championship meaning that it will be entitled to fill any vacancy
that arises on the 2010 grid.
In addition, the FIA believes that a good case can be made for
expanding the grid to 14 teams. The FIA will be consulting urgently
with the existing teams regarding the introduction of an appropriate
rule change to expand the grid to 28 cars in time for the first Grand
Prix in 2010.
Detailed below is information about the new team that has been
confirmed to compete in the Championship from next year.
Company Name: 1Malaysia F1 Team Sdn Bhd
Team Name: Lotus F1 Team
Country: Malaysia
Team Principal: Tony Fernandes
A partnership between the Malaysian Government and a consortium of
Malaysian entrepreneurs, 1Malaysia F1 Team returns the Lotus name as a
constructor to Formula One for the first time since 1994. The team
will initially be based at the RTN facility in Norfolk, UK, some 10
miles from the Lotus Cars factory. A 50,000 square foot fully equipped
facility, RTN was built by Toyota for its initial Formula One
programme and then used by Bentley for its successful Le Mans
programme.
The team’s future design, R&D, manufacturing and technical
centre will be purpose built at Malaysia’s Sepang International
Circuit.
Team Principal Tony Fernandes is the founder and CEO of the
Malaysian-based Tune Group, owner of the Air Asia airline. The
team’s Technical Director Mike Gascoyne has over 20 years of
experience in Formula One having previously performed the same role
for the Force India, Toyota, Renault and Jordan Formula One teams.
As part of its application to compete in the 2010 FIA Formula One
World Championship, the team has agreed an engine supply deal with
Cosworth and a wide variety of technical partnerships including Xtrac
and FondTech.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 11 October 2009 )
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Monday, 14 September 2009 |
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On a beautiful Sunday at Monza, Rubens Barachello
captured his second first place finish in the last three races. To
make the day even better for BrawnGP Jenson Button collected his best
finish since Turkey, 6 races ago. BrawnGP now needs just 40 points
out of the next 4 races to claim the constructors championship.
Lewis put his car into the wall on the last lap to hand the 3rd place
finish to Kimi. RedBull had an awful day with Webber getting into a
first lap scrum with Robert Kubica, and Vettel driving like a spoiled
child recklessly blocking other drivers, and ultimately ending up with
just 1 point. BrawnGP used a one stop strategy to perfection.
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Formula 1 Driver Standings 2009
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| P |
Driver |
Aus |
Mal |
Chi |
Bah |
Spa |
Mon |
Tur |
Gbr |
Ger |
Hun |
Eur |
Bel |
Ita |
Sin |
Jap |
Bra |
Uae |
Total |
| 1 |
Jenson Button (Brawn) |
10 |
5 |
6 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
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80 |
| 2 |
Rubens Barrichello (Brawn) |
8 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
10 |
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66 |
| 3 |
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) |
0 |
0 |
10 |
8 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
10 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
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54 |
| 4 |
Mark Webber (Red Bull) |
0 |
1.5 |
8 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
8 |
8 |
10 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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51.5 |
| 5 |
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
10 |
6 |
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40 |
| 6 |
Nico Rosberg (Williams) |
3 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
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30.5 |
| 7 |
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
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27 |
| 8 |
Jarno Trulli (Toyota) |
6 |
2.5 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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22.5 |
| 9 |
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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22 |
| 10 |
Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren) |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
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20 |
| 11 |
Fernando Alonso (Renault) |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
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20 |
| 12 |
Timo Glock (Toyota) |
5 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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16 |
| 13 |
Nick Heidfeld (BMW-Sauber) |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
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12 |
| 14 |
Giancarlo Fisichella (Ferrari) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
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8 |
| 15 |
Robert Kubica (BMW-Sauber) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
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8 |
| 16 |
Adrian Sutil (Force India) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
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5 |
| 17 |
Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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3 |
| 18 |
Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2 |
| 19 |
Kazuki Nakajima (Williams) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| 20 |
Nelson Piquet (Renault) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| 21 |
Alguersuari Jaime (Toro Rosso) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| 22 |
Luca Badoer (Ferrari) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| 23 |
Romain Grosjean (Renault) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| 24 |
Vitantanio Liuzzi (Force India) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
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Formula 1 Teams Standings 2009
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| P |
Team |
Aus |
Mal |
Chi |
Bah |
Spa |
Mon |
Tur |
Gbr |
Ger |
Hun |
Eur |
Bel |
Ita |
Sin |
Jap |
Bra |
Uae |
Total |
| 1 |
Brawn |
18 |
7 |
11 |
14 |
18 |
18 |
10 |
9 |
7 |
2 |
12 |
2 |
18 |
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146 |
| 2 |
Red Bull |
0 |
1.5 |
18 |
8 |
11 |
4 |
14 |
18 |
18 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
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106 |
| 3 |
Ferrari |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
6 |
10 |
6 |
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62 |
| 4 |
McLaren |
0 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
14 |
13 |
3 |
3 |
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47 |
| 5 |
Toyota |
11 |
5.5 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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38.5 |
| 6 |
Williams |
3 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
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30.5 |
| 7 |
BMW-Sauber |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
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20 |
| 8 |
Renault |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
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20 |
| 9 |
Force India |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
5 |
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13 |
| 10 |
Toro Rosso |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 11 October 2009 )
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Saturday, 12 September 2009 |
| Qualifying for Monza was pretty straight forward with a few
exceptional results. |
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| First was Force India's pace. The Force India team was strong all
weekend. Adrian Sutil had pole position stolen from him, as the 3rd
session ended, by McLarens F1 ace Lewis Hamilton. Force India's
second driver, Vitantanio Liuzzi, also mad it to the 3rd
session. This marked the first time in Force India's history
that both of it's drivers made it to Q3. Vitantanio Liuzzi, the
former Suderia Torro Rosso pilot, qualified an impressive 7th.
Vitantanio Liuzzi has not been in a F1 seat for two years, making his
comeback most impressive. Liuzzi's performance also points to the
ineptitude and the horrible decision making by former Torro Rosso team
principal & all around F1 blowhard Gerhard Berger, who fired
Liuzzi. |
Picture of ex-F1 owner Gerhard Berger |
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| Second main take away was both BMW engines failing during
Q2. This does not bode well for Sauber/BMW, who need a buyer and
some good fortune in order to field an F1 team in 2010.
And lastly, good to see Fisi make his debut for Ferrari. He was a
vast improvement over Luca. Fisi made it to Q2 after crashing in
Practice on Friday.
The race on Sunday should be contested by no fewer than 10
drivers...and is Hamilton's to lose. |
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| P. |
Driver |
Team |
| 1 |
Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren |
| 2 |
Adrian Sutil |
Force India |
| 3 |
Kimi Räikkönen |
Ferrari |
| 4 |
Heikki Kovalainen |
McLaren |
| 5 |
Rubens Barrichello |
Brawn |
| 6 |
Jenson Button |
Brawn |
| 7 |
Vitantanio Liuzzi |
Force India |
| 8 |
Fernando Alonso |
Renault |
| 9 |
Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull |
| 10 |
Mark Webber |
Red Bull |
| 11 |
Jarno Trulli |
Toyota |
| 12 |
Romain Grosjean |
Renault |
| 13 |
Robert Kubica |
BMW |
| 14 |
Giancarlo Fisichella |
Ferrari |
| 15 |
Nick Heidfeld |
BMW |
| 16 |
Timo Glock |
Toyota |
| 17 |
Kazuki Nakajima |
Williams |
| 18 |
Nico Rosberg |
Williams |
| 19 |
Sebastien Buemi |
Toro Rosso |
| 20 |
Alguersuari Jaime |
Toro Rosso |
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