The pre-season testing ended today with last day of testing in Jerez. Kazuki Nakajima and Heikki Kovalainen were on track, both posted impressive times … Nakajima’s 1:17.494 is the fastest time of the week in Jerez. This is not making the predictions for the opening race of the season any easier …
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2009
Jerez test March 2009 – Day 5 – Final test of the year 2009
2009
2009 Formula 1 Season Countdown – 10 Days To Go
It is official now, we are only 10 days from the start of 2009 Australian Grand Prix – this is the final brief countdown post.
2009
Jerez test March 2009 – Day 4 – Williams and McLaren only
Day 4 of Jerez action. The pre-season testing ended yesterday for 8 teams, only McLaren and Williams were still in action today with Heikki Kovalainen and Kazuki Nakajima. The MP4-24 got quicker in Kovalainen’s hands today, he posted the best time of the week for McLaren. Tomorrow will be the last day of pre-season [...]
2009
Jerez test March 2009 – Day 3 – Brawn GP fastest again
The Jerez test continued for 3rd day . The drivers in action today were Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg and Nelson Piquet. Nico Rosberg spent some time at the top of the table with 1:18.071s, but Jenson Button and his Brawn – 1:17.844s topped today’s timesheets … What a pace … Lewis Hamilton in [...]
2009
Jerez test March 2009 – Day 2 – Alonso fastest
The final test before the start of 2009 F1 season continued for the second day in Jerez. Rubens Barrichello, Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton were in action today. For most of the day the fastest car on track was Brawn. First Rubens Barrichello smashed through the 1:19s barrier with 1:18.398, [...]
2009
Jerez test March 2009 – Day 1
The final test of 2009 pre-season kicked off today in Jerez. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), Nico Hulkenberg (Williams), Fernando Alonso (Renault) and Rubens Barrichello (Brawn GP) were to be in action today however McLaren chose to stay in garage. Fastest time of the day belongs to Rubens Barrichello who was also the busiest driver of the [...]
2009
Attempt to rank the F1 teams after Barcelona test
There is a bit of calm following the days of Barcelona testing. We will not have another chance to see all 10 teams on track together until the Friday practice for Australian GP (only Williams, Brawn, Renault and McLaren will test in Jerez next week) so let’s make an attempt to rank the teams ahead [...]
2009
Brawn GP BGP001 – Will it be BAR 006 or Prost AP04 ?
When Ross Brawn and Nick Fry were talking up the future of their team following Honda’s withdrawal announcement many people had their doubts. Yes, Honda F1 Racing did sacrifice 2008 season and focused on 2009, yes, they had Ross Brawn at their helm. But over the years we got used to promises and words of [...]
2009
Barcelona test March 2009 – Day 4 – with images
Today was the last day of Barcelona test, also the last test for several of the F1 teams (some like McLaren and Brawn will test again in Jerez next week). The fog delayed the action this morning. Nico Rosberg has become the second driver this week to set the time below 1m20s (at the moment [...]
2009
Barcelona test March 2009 – Day 3 – with images
The pre season test in Barcelona continued with day three. The fastest time of the day belongs to Jenson Button who early in the afternoon session posted few very quick laps. His best time 1:19.127 is also the fastest time of the week so far. Whether today’s Button’s time was on empty fuel tank or [...]
2009
Barcelona test March 2009 – Day 2 – with images
The Barcelona test continued with day 2. The fastest driver of the day was Kimi Raikkonen putting Ferrari at the top of the time sheets for a change. Kazuki Nakajima managed a quick lap placing Williams 2nd for the day. Brawn GP continues to impress with their pace – 3rd fastest time for Rubens Barrichello [...]
2009
Barcelona test March 2009 – Day 1
Interesting day in Barcelona yesterday. Toro Rosso introduced their new car, STR4, a car made in Faenza that “is not a rebadged RB5″. Jenson Button and Brawn GP raised some eyebrows by spending most of the day at the top of the time sheets. At the end the honour of being the fastest driver of [...]
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