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Abu Dhabi Third Practice

Saturday, 31 October 2009
Position Country Driver Car number Team Fastest Lap
1 great britain Jenson Button 22 Brawn-Mercedes 1:40.625
2 great britain Lewis Hamilton 1 McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.627
3 brazil Rubens Barrichello 23 Brawn-Mercedes 1:40.907
4 switzerland Sebastien Buemi 12 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:40.934
5 germany Nick Heidfeld 6 BMW Sauber 1:41.241
6 finland Heikki Kovalainen 2 McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.263
7 italy Jarno Trulli 9 Toyota 1:41.310
8 poland Robert Kubica 5 BMW Sauber 1:41.322
9 germany Adrian Sutil 20 Force India-Mercedes 1:41.372
10 finland Kimi Raikkonen 4 Ferrari 1:41.373
11 germany Sebastian Vettel 15 Red Bull-Renault 1:41.403
12 germany Nico Rosberg 16 Williams-Toyota 1:41.478
13 japan Kamui Kobayashi 10 Toyota 1:41.499
14 italy Vitantonio Liuzzi 21 Force India-Mercedes 1:41.675
15 australia Mark Webber 14 Red Bull-Renault 1:41.682
16 spain Fernando Alonso 7 Renault 1:41.897
17 japan Kazuki Nakajima 17 Williams-Toyota 1:42.156
18 france Romain Grosjean 8 Renault 1:42.213
19 italy Giancarlo Fisichella 3 Ferrari 1:42.351
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Originally posted by Sporty1 Sporty1 wrote:

Donington are totally 'Donald Ducked', no Moto GP no F1.

.....No money, no nothing - terrible state of affairs

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Originally posted by thepits thepits wrote:

it's interesting to look at some of the related news to this ....

15 Jun 2009 "Donington secures 17-year F1 deal"

20 Jun 2009 "British GP is secure - Ecclestone"

24 Sept 2009 "Donington shuts for F1 Work"

26 Sep 2009 "Ecclestone sends Donington threat"

03 Oct 2009 "Donington quiet as deadline nears"

24 Oct 2009 "Silverstone warned by Ecclestone"

29 Oct 2009 "No Donington GP says Ecclestone"

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Donington are totally 'Donald Ducked', no Moto GP no F1.


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Originally posted by thepits thepits wrote:

Bernie Ecclestone says he would be "very upset" not to see a British Grand Prix in 2010

But not enough to give us a discount  



Haven't watch the video, but from a commercial point of view a discount to one circuit could result in all the other circuits also wanting the same.............. France, where there is no race scheduled for 2010, for example, the birth place of Grande Prix.


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it's interesting to look at some of the related news to this ....

15 Jun 2009 "Donington secures 17-year F1 deal"

20 Jun 2009 "British GP is secure - Ecclestone"

24 Sept 2009 "Donington shuts for F1 Work"

26 Sep 2009 "Ecclestone sends Donington threat"

03 Oct 2009 "Donington quiet as deadline nears"

24 Oct 2009 "Silverstone warned by Ecclestone"

29 Oct 2009 "No Donington GP says Ecclestone"

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Bernie Ecclestone says he would be "very upset" not to see a British Grand Prix in 2010

But not enough to give us a discount  



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Abu Dhabi Second Practice

Friday, 30 October 2009
Position Country Driver Car number Team Fastest Lap
1 finland Heikki Kovalainen 2 McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.307
2 great britain Lewis Hamilton 1 McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.504
3 great britain Jenson Button 22 Brawn-Mercedes 1:41.541
4 germany Sebastian Vettel 15 Red Bull-Renault 1:41.591
5 japan Kamui Kobayashi 10 Toyota 1:41.636
6 switzerland Sebastien Buemi 12 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:41.683
7 australia Mark Webber 14 Red Bull-Renault 1:41.684
8 brazil Rubens Barrichello 23 Brawn-Mercedes 1:41.831
9 germany Nico Rosberg 16 Williams-Toyota 1:41.931
10 finland Kimi Raikkonen 4 Ferrari 1:41.987
11 germany Adrian Sutil 20 Force India-Mercedes 1:42.180
12 japan Kazuki Nakajima 17 Williams-Toyota 1:42.245
13 germany Nick Heidfeld 6 BMW Sauber 1:42.278
14 italy Jarno Trulli 9 Toyota 1:42.409
15 italy Vitantonio Liuzzi 21 Force India-Mercedes 1:42.530
16 spain Fernando Alonso 7 Renault 1:42.782
17 italy Giancarlo Fisichella 3 Ferrari 1:42.932
18 france Romain Grosjean 8 Renault 1:43.021
19 spain Jaime Alguersuari 11 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:43.022
20 poland Robert Kubica 5 BMW Sauber 1:43.708
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Abu Dhabi First Practice

Friday, 30 October 2009
Position Country Driver Car number Team Fastest Lap
1 great britain Lewis Hamilton 1 McLaren-Mercedes 1:43.939
2 great britain Jenson Button 22 Brawn-Mercedes 1:44.035
3 germany Sebastian Vettel 15 Red Bull-Renault 1:44.153
4 brazil Rubens Barrichello 23 Brawn-Mercedes 1:44.207
5 germany Nick Heidfeld 6 BMW Sauber 1:44.667
6 switzerland Sebastien Buemi 12 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:44.687
7 germany Adrian Sutil 20 Force India-Mercedes 1:44.688
8 australia Mark Webber 14 Red Bull-Renault 1:44.805
9 spain Jaime Alguersuari 11 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:44.955
10 italy Jarno Trulli 9 Toyota 1:44.958
11 poland Robert Kubica 5 BMW Sauber 1:44.988
12 finland Heikki Kovalainen 2 McLaren-Mercedes 1:45.123
13 germany Nico Rosberg 16 Williams-Toyota 1:45.649
14 japan Kazuki Nakajima 17 Williams-Toyota 1:45.679
15 finland Kimi Raikkonen 4 Ferrari 1:45.704
16 spain Fernando Alonso 7 Renault 1:45.865
17 italy Vitantonio Liuzzi 21 Force India-Mercedes 1:46.239
18 italy Giancarlo Fisichella 3 Ferrari 1:46.267
19 japan Kamui Kobayashi 10 Toyota 1:46.364
20 france Romain Grosjean 8 Renault 1:46.411

 

So the outgoing and incoming Champions 1st & 2nd at the moment, but a long way to go yet - and faster times to come.

 

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Originally posted by thepits thepits wrote:

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I'm getting really bored now with all this

When will Dunington (Bernie?) accept that it won't happen in 2010?

 
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FIA Formula 1 constructors' world championship

Last updated: Sunday, 18 October 2009 18:51 UK
Position Team Points
1 Brawn-Mercedes 161
2 Red Bull-Renault 135.5
3 McLaren-Mercedes 71
4 Ferrari 70
5 Toyota 54.5
6 Williams-Toyota 34.5
7 BMW Sauber 32
8 Renault 26
9 Force India-Mercedes 13
10 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 7
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Full race timings

Sunday, 18 October 2009
Conditions: Cloudy
Position Country Driver Car number Team Grid position Race time Points
1 australia Mark Webber 14 Red Bull-Renault 2 1:32:23.081 10
2 poland Robert Kubica 5 BMW Sauber 8 1:32:30.707 8
3 great britain Lewis Hamilton 1 McLaren-Mercedes 17 1:32:42.025 6
4 germany Sebastian Vettel 15 Red Bull-Renault 15 1:32:42.733 5
5 great britain Jenson Button 22 Brawn-Mercedes 14 1:32:52.086 4
6 finland Kimi Raikkonen 4 Ferrari 5 1:32:56.421 3
7 switzerland Sebastien Buemi 12 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6 1:32:59.072 2
8 brazil Rubens Barrichello 23 Brawn-Mercedes 1 1:33:08.535 1
9 finland Heikki Kovalainen 2 McLaren-Mercedes 16 1:33:11.481 0
10 japan Kamui Kobayashi 10 Toyota 11 1:33:26.081 0
11 italy Giancarlo Fisichella 3 Ferrari 19 1:33:33.746 0
12 italy Vitantonio Liuzzi 21 Force India-Mercedes 20 1:33:34.469 0
13 france Romain Grosjean 8 Renault 13 lapped 0
14 spain Jaime Alguersuari 11 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 12 lapped 0
RET japan Kazuki Nakajima 17 Williams-Toyota 9 crash, 30 laps 0
RET germany Nico Rosberg 16 Williams-Toyota 7 retired, 27 laps 0
RET germany Nick Heidfeld 6 BMW Sauber 18 retired, 21 laps 0
RET germany Adrian Sutil 20 Force India-Mercedes 3 crash, 0 laps 0
RET italy Jarno Trulli 9 Toyota 4 crash, 0 laps 0
RET spain Fernando Alonso 7 Renault 10 crash, 0 laps
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The fuel-adjusted top 10, with predicted first pit stop laps, looks like this:

1 Mark Webber (lap 22)
2 Rubens Barrichello +0.056secs (lap 20)
3 Adrian Sutil +0.231 (lap 23)
4 Jarno Trulli +0.361 (lap 24)
5 Sebastien Buemi +0.501 (lap 24)
6 Kimi Raikkonen +0.622 (lap 20)
7 Nico Rosberg +0.631 (lap 23)
8 Kazuki Nakajima +0.790 (lap 26)
9 Robert Kubica +0.963 (lap 22)
10 Fernando Alonso +1.862 (lap 20)

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so... after 2hrs and 41mins the grid is  ...........

Qualifying

Saturday, 17 October 2009

Position Country Driver Car number Team Qualifying time
1 brazil Rubens Barrichello 23 Brawn-Mercedes 1:19.576
2 australia Mark Webber 14 Red Bull-Renault 1:19.668
3 germany Adrian Sutil 20 Force India-Mercedes 1:19.912
4 italy Jarno Trulli 9 Toyota 1:20.097
5 finland Kimi Raikkonen 4 Ferrari 1:20.168
6 switzerland Sebastien Buemi 12 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:20.250
7 germany Nico Rosberg 16 Williams-Toyota 1:20.326
8 poland Robert Kubica 5 BMW Sauber 1:20.631
9 japan Kazuki Nakajima 17 Williams-Toyota 1:20.674
10 spain Fernando Alonso 7 Renault 1:21.422
11 japan Kamui Kobayashi 10 Toyota 1:21.960
12 spain Jaime Alguersuari 11 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:22.231
13 france Romain Grosjean 8 Renault 1:22.477
14 great britain Jenson Button 22 Brawn-Mercedes 1:22.504
15 italy Vitantonio Liuzzi 21 Force India-Mercedes No time
16 germany Sebastian Vettel 15 Red Bull-Renault 1:25.009
17 finland Heikki Kovalainen 2 McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.052
18 great britain Lewis Hamilton 1 McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.192
19 germany Nick Heidfeld 6 BMW Sauber 1:25.515
20 italy Giancarlo Fisichella 3 Ferrari 1:40.703
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Third Practice

Saturday, 17 October 2009
Position Country Driver Car number Team Fastest Lap
1 germany Nico Rosberg 16 Williams-Toyota 1:23.182
2 japan Kazuki Nakajima 17 Williams-Toyota 1:23.832
3 great britain Jenson Button 22 Brawn-Mercedes 1:24.122
4 spain Fernando Alonso 7 Renault 1:24.125
5 germany Adrian Sutil 20 Force India-Mercedes 1:24.149
6 france Romain Grosjean 8 Renault 1:24.389
7 switzerland Sebastien Buemi 12 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:24.443
8 italy Jarno Trulli 9 Toyota 1:24.859
9 germany Nick Heidfeld 6 BMW Sauber 1:24.867
10 australia Mark Webber 14 Red Bull-Renault 1:25.440
11 finland Kimi Raikkonen 4 Ferrari 1:25.508
12 finland Heikki Kovalainen 2 McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.685
13 spain Jaime Alguersuari 11 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:26.224
14 brazil Rubens Barrichello 23 Brawn-Mercedes 1:26.530
15 germany Sebastian Vettel 15 Red Bull-Renault 1:27.047
16 italy Vitantonio Liuzzi 21 Force India-Mercedes 1:27.341
17 great britain Lewis Hamilton 1 McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.798
18 italy Giancarlo Fisichella 3 Ferrari 1:29.285
19 poland Robert Kubica 5 BMW Sauber 1:29.895
20 japan Kamui Kobayashi 10 Toyota 1:30.259

 

Limited to 15mins running due to rain

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.... and under 1 second seperating the whole field.

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Second Practice

Friday, 16 October 2009
Position Country Driver Car number Team Fastest Lap
spain Fernando Alonso 7 Renault 1:12.314
switzerland Sebastien Buemi 12 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:12.357
brazil Rubens Barrichello 23 Brawn-Mercedes 1:12.459
australia Mark Webber 14 Red Bull-Renault 1:12.514
great britain Jenson Button 22 Brawn-Mercedes 1:12.523
italy Jarno Trulli 9 Toyota 1:12.605
germany Sebastian Vettel 15 Red Bull-Renault 1:12.611
germany Nico Rosberg 16 Williams-Toyota 1:12.633
germany Adrian Sutil 20 Force India-Mercedes 1:12.720
great britain Lewis Hamilton 1 McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.749
france Romain Grosjean 8 Renault 1:12.806
poland Robert Kubica 5 BMW Sauber 1:12.862
japan Kamui Kobayashi 10 Toyota 1:12.869
japan Kazuki Nakajima 17 Williams-Toyota 1:12.929
germany Nick Heidfeld 6 BMW Sauber 1:12.948
finland Heikki Kovalainen 2 McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.992
finland Kimi Raikkonen 4 Ferrari 1:13.026
spain Jaime Alguersuari 11 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:13.041
italy Giancarlo Fisichella 3 Ferrari 1:13.275
 
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Brazilian GP

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First Practice

Friday, 16 October 2009
Position Country Driver Car number Team Fastest Lap
1 australia Mark Webber 14 Red Bull-Renault 1:12.463
2 brazil Rubens Barrichello 23 Brawn-Mercedes 1:12.874
3 germany Sebastian Vettel 15 Red Bull-Renault 1:12.932
4 finland Heikki Kovalainen 2 McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.989
5 great britain Lewis Hamilton 1 McLaren-Mercedes 1:13.048
6 japan Kazuki Nakajima 17 Williams-Toyota 1:13.067
7 great britain Jenson Button 22 Brawn-Mercedes 1:13.141
8 germany Nico Rosberg 16 Williams-Toyota 1:13.147
9 germany Adrian Sutil 20 Force India-Mercedes 1:13.232
10 finland Kimi Raikkonen 4 Ferrari 1:13.321
11 italy Jarno Trulli 9 Toyota 1:13.326
12 germany Nick Heidfeld 6 BMW Sauber 1:13.464
13 switzerland Sebastien Buemi 12 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:13.503
14 poland Robert Kubica 5 BMW Sauber 1:13.563
15 italy Giancarlo Fisichella 3 Ferrari 1:13.619
16 spain Fernando Alonso 7 Renault 1:13.787
17 italy Vitantonio Liuzzi 21 Force India-Mercedes 1:13.829
18 japan Kamui Kobayashi 10 Toyota 1:14.029


Rain showers on and off during the session.


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