2009 European Formula 1 Grand Prix

[shailf1]

Hamilton is 20pts behind Vettel and has gained 18 points on him in 2 races... do you reckon he can catch him?

Vettel is not going to have DNFs in every race..

[shailf1]

European GP: Fastest laps
Racing series F1
Date 2009-08-23

Pos
1. Timo Glock (D Toyota) - 1:38.683
2. Jenson Button (GB Brawn-Mercedes) - 1:38.874
3. Rubens Barrichello (BR Brawn-Mercedes) - 1:38.990
4. Lewis Hamilton (GB McLaren-Mercedes) - 1:39.056
5. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN Ferrari) - 1:39.207
6. Nico Rosberg (D Williams-Toyota) - 1:39.329
7. Heikki Kovalainen (FIN McLaren-Mercedes) - 1:39.341
8. Robert Kubica (PL BMW Sauber) - 1:39.374
9. Romain Grosjean (F Renault) - 1:39.428
10. Fernando Alonso (E Renault) - 1:39.494
11. Mark Webber (AUS Red Bull-Renault) - 1:39.528
12. Adrian Sutil (D Force India-Mercedes) - 1:39.622
13. Nick Heidfeld (D BMW Sauber) - 1:39.704
14. Kazuki Nakajima (J Williams-Toyota) - 1:39.747
15. Jarno Trulli (I Toyota) - 1:39.941
16. Sebastian Vettel (D Red Bull-Renault) - 1:39.992
17. Giancarlo Fisichella (I Force India-Mercedes) - 1:40.111
18. Luca Badoer (I Ferrari) - 1:40.590
19. Jaime Alguersuari (E Toro Rosso-Ferrari) - 1:40.935
20. Sebastien Buemi (CH Toro Rosso-Ferrari) - 1:41.042

Interesting that Grosjean had a faster lap than Alonso.

[spf4000]

So how quickly will Ferrari announce a new driver for Spa?

[MiSchCzu]

they confirmed Badoer

[eleanor]

Vettel has only one engine left with 6 races to go? He'll have loads of penalties waiting for him.

what about the rest of the drivers? does anyone know how many engines they have left?

[phil1993]

Most drivers have 3 engines left...Kubica has 1

[phil1993]

"Yeah, I'm pleased to be here... great weather... good weekend...."

Lol, British talking about the weather

[megasyxx]

thnx for the fastest laps data shail

[Fergie1]

Did anyone notice Legard's best cock up so far?
"Its been a weekend of gay".

[rfs]

Missed the race, but it sounds like it wasn't worth the time. Congrats to Rubens. Hard luck Lewis, you lost a win today but a podium is fine IMO. Can someone tell me what was wrong with Button and the Red Bulls today?

[phil1993]

Did anyone notice Legard's best cock up so far?
"Its been a weekend of gay".

I didnt hear that, what did he mean to say and when did he say it?

[Tom Vandenhove]

Button and the Red Bulls today?

Button screwed his start and the red bulls had mechanical problems, couldn't follow the pace, ...

[phil1993]

at this:

NobleF1: It's a wrap from Valencia for the night. Although word is Badoer's weekend ended when he ran into the back of Sutil's car in parc ferme...

[Tom Vandenhove]

what ? HAHAAHAHHAAH

[blizzard]

I´m sure Glock cut a chicane when he drove fastest lap. He can´t be 2 tenths faster than Rubens and 4 tenths faster than Hamilton! The Toyota was c**p and Lewis and Rubens were pushing like crazy. He definitely must have cut some chicane and nobody noticed it, because he was at the back anyway.

Kimi had second fastest lap for quite some time.

after the second stops Kimi was about 5-6 seconds behind Lewis, any theories why he lost so much time in the final 10-11 laps?
The same in Hungary, after all stops were done Kimi was not that much behind Lewis, but after a few laps the gap increased dramatically.

stamina problem? Or intelligent driving by Kimi, saving the engine, gearbox and tyres?