Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Ready...Set...Go!

F1 is back...
Starting this weekend, F1 are back with a new season.. new team...new rules... & new track!
Here are the circuits & the 10 team which going to compete from 29th March sampai la 1st Nov this year:

1. Australian GP, Melbourne Circuit. - 58 laps, 5.303km. Date: 290309.


2. Petronas Malaysian GP, Sepang Circuit - 56 laps, 5.543km. Date: 050309.


3. Sinopec Chinese GP, Shanghai - 56 laps, 5.451km. Date: 190409.
4. Gulf Air Bahrain GP, Bahrain - 57 laps, 5.412km. Date: 260309.
5. Gran Premio de Espana Telefonica, Catalunya - 66 laps, 4.627km. Date: 100509.
6. Grand Prix de Monaco - 78 laps, 3.340km. Date: 240509.

7. Petrol Ofisi Turkish GP, Istanbul - 58 laps, 5.338km. Date: 070609.

8. Santender British GP, Silverstone - 60 laps, 5.141km. Date: 210609.

9. Grober Preis Santender, von Deutschland (Thats Germany for u!), Nurburgring - 60 laps, 5.148km. Date: 120709.

10. ING Magyar Nagydij, Hungaroring (thats Hungary, for u!) - 70 laps, 4.381km. Date: 260709.

11. Telefonica GP of Europe, Valencia - 57 laps, 5.473km. Date: 230809.

12. ING Belgian GP, Spa-Francorchamps - 44 laps, 6.976km. Date: 300809.

13. Gran Premio Santender d'Italia, Monza - 53 laps, 5.793km. Date: 130909.

14. SingTel Singapore PG, Marina Bay - 61 laps, 5.067km. Date: 270909.

15. Fuji Television Japanese GP, Suzuka - 53 laps, 5.807km. Date: 041009.

16. Grande Premio do Brasil - 71 laps, 4.309km. Date: 181009.

17. Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi GP - 56 laps, 5.52km. Date: 011109.


The teams:

1. Scuderia Ferrari


  • Team Principal: Stefano Domenicali
  • Drivers & Car No. : Felipe Massa-3 & Kimi Raikonnen-4.
  • Test Drivers: Luca Badoer & Marc Gene.
  • Chassis & Engine: Ferrari F60 & Ferrari Type 056.

2. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes

  • Team Principal: Martin Whitmarsh.
  • Drivers & Car No: Lewis Hamilton-1 & Heikki Kovalainen-2.
  • Test Drivers: Pedro De La Rosa & Gary Paffett.
  • Chassis & Engine: McLaren MP4-24 & Mercedes-Benz FO 108W

3. BMW Sauber F1

  • Team Principal: Mario Theissen & Peter Sauber.
  • Drivers: Robert Kubica-5 & Nick Heidfeld-6.
  • Test Driver: Christian Klien.
  • Chassis & Engine: F1.09 & BMW

4. ING Renault F1

  • Team Principal: Flavio Briatore.
  • Drivers & Car No: Fernando Alonso-7 & Nelson Piquet Jr-8.
  • Test Driver: Romain Grosjean.
  • Chassis & Engine: Renault R29 & Renault RS27.

5. Panasonic Toyota Racing

  • Team Principal: Tsutomu Tomita.
  • Drivers & Car No: Jarno Trulli-9 & Timo Glock-10.
  • Test Driver: Kamui Kobayashi.
  • Chassis & Engine: Toyota TF109 & Toyota RVX-09.

6. Scuderia Toro Rosso (formerly known as Minardi).

  • Team Principal: Franz Tost & Berhard Berger.
  • Drivers & Car No: Sebastian Buemi-12 & Sebastian Bourdais-11.
  • Chassis & Engine: STR-03 & Ferrari.

7. Red Bull Racing (formerly known as Jaguar).

  • Team Principal: Christian Horner.
  • Drivers & Car No: Mark Webber-14 & Sebastian Vettel-15.
  • Chassis & Engine: RB5 & Renault RS27.

8. AT&T Williams

  • Team Principal: Frank Williams.
  • Drivers & Car No: Nico Rosberg-16 & Kazuki Nakajima-17.
  • Test Drivers: Nico Hulkenberg.
  • Chassis & Engine: FW31 & Toyota.

9. Force India F1

  • Team Principal: Vijay Mallya & Colin Kolles.
  • Drivers & Car No: Adrian Sutil-20 & Giancarlo Fisichella-21.
  • Test Drivers: Vitantonio Liuzzi.
  • Chassis & Engine: VJM01 & Mercedes

10. Brawn GP (formerly known as Honda F1 Racing Team)

  • Team Principal: Ross Brawn.
  • Drivers & Car No: Jenson Button-22 & Rubens Barichello-23.
  • Chassis & Engine: BGP001 & Mercedes V8.

So...itulah among the facts that gue sempat cut & paste dr beberape rujukan utk update dlm blog gue nih...
Gue sokong team mane? Dah tentu ar pasukan merah... Scuderia Ferrari & if tanye sape driver yg gue sokong.. dah tentu ar Kimi 'The Iceman' Raikkonen.
Tahun 2009 byk gak rules baru yg diperkenalkan, among others:
  1. Slick Tyres.
  2. KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems). a-la cm turbocharge or NOS ar. Its save kinetic energy yg terbuang mase braking & use it for a temporary boost of energy. A1 GP ader pakai.
  3. 8 Engines only per season and max rev is 18k rpm from 19k rpm previous season. Haa? ape nih korg kate? ..well in order nak save cost as well as panjangkan hayat enjin keta F1 ni, maximum rev or kelajuan pusingan dlm enjin per minit kena lah di turunkan 1k.
  4. Lower & Wider front wing; Taller & narrow at the Rear Wing to reduce downforce, lessen turbulence & improve overtaking.
  5. No mid-season testing anymore.

So hoping for another great battle between Ferrari & McLaren! For now.."Gentlemen...Start Your Engine!" .

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