2009 F1 Season

[JUN`R32]

Without Ferrari its not F1 simple !

[TALBO]

Without Ferrari its not F1 simple !

Indeed. I didn't want to say that because there's alot of Ferrari haters here

[Duncan]

like me!

I hate the arrogance of a suggestion that one team is more important than any other, and indeed more important than the whole sport. And Bernie and Max's actions in allowing Ferrari to have more than their fair share of income reinforce that

[TALBO]

like me!

I hate the arrogance of a suggestion that one team is more important than any other, and indeed more important than the whole sport. And Bernie and Max's actions in allowing Ferrari to have more than their fair share of income reinforce that

That's fair enough, everyones entitled to their opinion. How exactly do they allow Ferrari a bigger slice of the pie? I'm not aware of any preferential treatment.

My understanding is that teams are paid their allocation of money dependant on where they finish in the WCC. If it were not for Ferrari and to a lesser degree McLaren teams wouldn't get f**k all from TV rights... they were the ones that fought for the teams.

[Beer Baron]

I would be very sad to see Ferrari leave F1. but it certainly wouldn't be the end of F1 for me. it would be a big blow though.

[Marco-R34GTT]

like me!

I hate the arrogance of a suggestion that one team is more important than any other, and indeed more important than the whole sport. And Bernie and Max's actions in allowing Ferrari to have more than their fair share of income reinforce that

In that instance, I take it that you're as happy as a pig in sh1t looking at the bull-headed egotistical arrogance displayed by Bernie and Max then eh???

[Duncan]

no, not at all, they are terrible for the sport as a whole. couple of pages back I was complaining about thier combination of milking 3rd world countries for hosting fees and undermining team income by not racing in their sponsor's main markets.

talbo, I understand the concorde agreement allowed significantly higher payments to ferrari than other teams - good on them for negotiating that in, poor form from bernie/max in allowing it. (but I don't have time to dig out the source of that atm, bloody work gets in the way of internet sometimes. I'll have a hunt round tonight if no-one posts beforehand)

BTW australian rubgy union said they are not going to bid for the rugby world cup until at least 2020 due to the fees required to host it. I wish countries had the same sort of balls dealing with f1.

[djr81]

no, not at all, they are terrible for the sport as a whole. couple of pages back I was complaining about thier combination of milking 3rd world countries for hosting fees and undermining team income by not racing in their sponsor's main markets.

talbo, I understand the concorde agreement allowed significantly higher payments to ferrari than other teams - good on them for negotiating that in, poor form from bernie/max in allowing it. (but I don't have time to dig out the source of that atm, bloody work gets in the way of internet sometimes. I'll have a hunt round tonight if no-one posts beforehand)

BTW australian rubgy union said they are not going to bid for the rugby world cup until at least 2020 due to the fees required to host it. I wish countries had the same sort of balls dealing with f1.

Ferrari have used the "we are taking our bat & ball & going home" trick before. It is how they screwed a disproportionately large amount of money out of the previous Concorde agreement. It meant they recevied more for winning a championship than any other team would have. Which is pretty wrong.

The difference then compared to now is Ferrari had an almost viable alternative ie Indycars. Now there is none.

So yes F1 needs Ferrari. But I suspect Ferrari needs F1 more.

[TALBO]

But I suspect Ferrari needs F1 more.

Not necessarily. If Toyota, BMW, RBR and STR all pull the pin with Ferrari there would be a good chance a new series would be developed I would think.

[Marco-R34GTT]

Bring on the GPWC!

[Marco-R34GTT]

Not necessarily. If Toyota, BMW, RBR and STR all pull the pin with Ferrari there would be a good chance a new series would be developed I would think.

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news...513091215.shtml

[hrd-hr30]

vettel went from 2nd to 4th on the first lap. I don't think that was a strategy call. I'm fairly certain RBR didn't say, "hey vettel drop some spots off the grid mate."

webber had a good start, kept it clean and held his spot.

Vettel got as good a start as the fantastic Webber - if anything slightly faster off the line. Its just that the Ferrari with KERS just managed to pass him and Rubens got around everyone with an absolute screamer! Maybe he should have qualified slower like his team-mate and dodged the criticism of being passed on the the start? Fact is his launch was slightly faster than Mark's.

I don't believe Massa didn't use KERS into the first turn regardless of what the television telemetry says. Track position is everything, particularly at that track. The start is the best opportunity to make positions. If you aren't going to use KERS there, may as well remove the button!

vettel got trapped behind massa and did nothing about it.

all the drivers talk about how difficult it is to pass there. Only real opportunity is at the end of the straight, and when you are behind a KERS car, that's not an opportunity either. Only realistic way to pass was in the pits.

webber nearly got stuck behind alonso and carved him up nicely. then ran away from him. webber and alonso were together on track at that point but mark finished about 20 seconds ahead of sanchez. if he'd pussied out he would have been stuck behind him.

Webber blew the restart which allowed Alonso to pass him in the first place. If he hadn't muffed the restart, he wouldn't have needed to make that desperado dive back inside Alonso. Sure Alonso has KERS and that would have helped him on the restart, by Vettell was dissapearing away from Webber up the straight on the restart as well, so it wasn't only KERS that got Webber, it was a poor restart. But Webber gets high praise for that.

vettel only got 4th at all because it was gifted to him by massa who basically pulled over 5 laps from the end. otherwise he would have had a 'well deserved' 5th place to think about from 2nd on the grid.

it was 3 laps from the end, and with only 3 clear laps in the entire race to show his pace, and on the slower prime (hard) tyre, Vettel managed to finish only 5sec behind Mark and do times that Mark was doing on the faster rubber.

webber drove a great race guys. he was quick at the right times, and sure he had a good 2nd stint, but he took pain for it early on and looked like he was out of the game. no one knows in advance what the best call is going to be. as best I could tell vettel had the prime or safe strategy. he was on the same strategy as all the other main players, webber was the one with what looked to be the dud strategy. but he ran hard at the end of the stint and clawed back that time. give the bloke some credit. vettel was ordinary. he did nothing special all race. he just went backwards from the first moment. webber made his way up for once.

it was obvious that RBR had to do something in the pits to get their cars around Massa. All the drivers talk about how hard it is to pass there. And that was before you had to try and pass a KERS car! RBR did that for Mark, fuelling him long for the 2nd stint. It was equally obvious to the casual observer that their strategy of leaving Vettel stuck behind Massa for the whole race was not the "prime" strategy. I couldn't believe they didn't fuel him short to get track position, or fuel him long as they did for the other RBR car. Had they done that, he should have rejoined ahead of Webber...

You can say Vettel was ordinary, but he only had 3 laps in the whole race to do anything with due to the good start by Massa. Mark had a great run of clean track for the best part of 30 laps thanks to his team putting him in a good position on the track away from slower cars and giving him alot more laps on the faster option tyre, and yet only finished 5 sec ahead of Vettel who was held up for the entire race! Mark's start was no faster than Vettels, and he damn near blew it on the restart after the 1st lap Safety Car. His Team put him in the clear track that allowed him to make track position on the 2 cars he passed in the race. He didn't pass Vettel because he out-raced him, it was all won and lost in the pits.

Edited May 14, 2009 by hrd-hr30

[sh@un]

I don't think there's anything 'cloak†' about it- What point would the team have had to purposely stooge Vettel? He is still a decent amount clear of Web in the WDC points standing even after last weekend. I'm sure if they could have finished him higher somehow, they would have.

Not to put to fine a point on it, but I think you'd say; Vettel just f**ked up

[Kinks]

I disagree, the team kept pitting him and bringing him out behind massa. short fuel him, long fuel him, try something guys.. in hindsight they should have long fuelled him at the first stop meaning he could stay out and leapfrog massa on the second. Easy to say from the couch though, I must admit

At least RBR haven't left both their drivers sitting in the pits at various times and watched themselves get eliminated from Q1. For it to happen to Ferrari twice is laughable.

[Roy]

Massa was heavier then Vettel at the start and Ferrari knew that with RBR being quicker they didnt want Vettel to get any clear laps. So as soon as they saw Vettel and RBR coem out, Ferrari pulled Massa in.

The just mirrored the RBR strategy...lol only to short fill him in the final stop

[hrd-hr30]

no one is sayign they intentionally "stooged" him sh@un, just that they totally stuffed his race through poor strategy. Can't see how anything Vettel did f**ked his race though.

the fact that they got out smarted in the pits by Ferrari only emphasises that point!

[dezz]

Massa was heavier then Vettel at the start and Ferrari knew that with RBR being quicker they didnt want Vettel to get any clear laps. So as soon as they saw Vettel and RBR coem out, Ferrari pulled Massa in.

The just mirrored the RBR strategy...lol only to short fill him in the final stop

That just makes them look even worse imo...Massa was in front of Vettel, so it's Ferrari that acts first on track...If RBR couldn't fool Ferrari into pitting Massa a lap or 2 earlier than they were brining Vettel in, then that's pretty average..

[Roy]

Just admit, Vettel is a hack and has been lucky in the first few races, and that race last year Why else would i like him...surely i am not actually liking a driver with real talent and a genuine chance of winning races...my support normally condemns drivers

[JUN`R32]

hack hack hack hack

Drinkin too much red bull in my opinion :P

lolll

[TALBO]

Bernie must be starting to worry, he's called an emergency meeting for today in regards the proposed 2010 rules....