F1 Bahrain GP 2009

[DooberRoni]

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The pundits predict a Brawn resurgence this week in Bahrain. All we care about is that it doesn't rain. How about a sandstorm this week instead? :ack2: Whatever the case, this may be one of the most intriguing seasons of Formula 1 EVAR! It's an early morning event before the buttcrack of dawn way out west but our east coast fans get a break and a little extra sleep. Wherever you are, come join us live here in DooberVille for qualifying and the race. Detailed time schedule is in our Upcoming Events Calendar.

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BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT - SAKHIR, BAHRAIN
Length - 5.412km
Race distance - 57 lap / 308.238km
Full throttle - 63%
Top speed - 309kph
Longest flat-out section - 14s / 1.05km
Right/left-hand turns - 9/6
Tyre wear - Medium
Brake wear - High
Downforce level - Medium
Gearshifts per lap - 58
2009 tyre compounds: medium, super-soft

Previous Winners of the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix
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[ÜberDoober]

Okey Dokey! It isn't pretty but here are the results from Friday practice. I have a big work meeting this morning and couldn't get up to watch today after staying up until late for MotoGP stuff. I recorded it and will watch this afternoon. Looks like it is going to be another wildly interesting race.

We'll be up and online for qual and the race so come on ova!

PRACTICE1
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:33.647 + 19
2. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:33.907 + 0.260 17
3. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:33.938 + 0.291 17
4. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:34.227 + 0.580 24
5. Button Brawn GP-Mercedes (B) 1:34.434 + 0.787 15
6. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:34.502 + 0.855 24
7. Barrichello Brawn GP-Mercedes (B) 1:34.531 + 0.884 18
8. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:34.589 + 0.942 17
9. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:34.827 + 1.180 21
10. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:34.827 + 1.180 19
11. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:34.880 + 1.233 24
12. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:34.938 + 1.291 21
13. Piquet Renault (B) 1:34.974 + 1.327 21
14. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:35.021 + 1.374 18
15. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:35.036 + 1.389 22
16. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:35.042 + 1.395 16
17. Glock Toyota (B) 1:35.333 + 1.686 20
18. Alonso Renault (B) 1:35.348 + 1.701 24
19. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:35.353 + 1.706 22
20. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:35.369 + 1.722 15

PRACTICE 2
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:33.339 36
2. Alonso Renault (B) 1:33.530 + 0.191 25
3. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:33.616 + 0.277 37
4. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:33.661 + 0.322 29
5. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:33.676 + 0.337 32
6. Button Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:33.694 + 0.355 35
7. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:33.763 + 0.424 30
8. Glock Toyota (B) 1:33.764 + 0.425 37
9. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:33.885 + 0.546 30
10. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:33.899 + 0.560 36
11. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:33.994 + 0.655 30
12. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:34.025 + 0.686 23
13. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:34.127 + 0.788 37
14. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:34.366 + 1.027 26
15. Piquet Renault (B) 1:34.411 + 1.072 29
16. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:34.564 + 1.225 34
17. Kubica BMW-Sauber (B) 1:34.605 + 1.266 31
18. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:34.670 + 1.331 28
19. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:34.764 + 1.425 35
20. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (B) 1:34.790 + 1.451 33

[ÜberDoober]

Tough getting up this morning. Ugh!

WTF? Sutil, Buemi, Fisichella, WEBBER, Bourdais out. Vettel & Trulli up top followed by Hamilton. I think there will an inquiry that Webber was held up? 3 Red Bull cars out in P1!

[ÜberDoober]

Q2 Done! Vettel on top with a 1:32:474. He made it look easy.

Knocked outters: Kovalainen, Nakajima, Kubica, Heidfeld, Piquet.

[ÜberDoober]

Q3 Wow again!

Trulli, Glock, Vettel, Button, Hamilton, Barrichello, Alonso, Massa, Rosberg, Raikkonen. All Toyota front row! That's never happened, eh?

All I know it is nice to see some racing on a dry track. MotoGP qualifying was rained out last night and I was bummin'. It's about 5:20 here and still dark as night and with only about 4 hours of sleep, I think I'll try crawling back to bed even though I slammed 20 oz of coffee.

[ÜberDoober]

And here's your starting weights with custom data manipulation by yours truely! Quite a big swing.

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[rixracer]

I think old Lewis saved some of his supersofts for the race and sacrificed starting position for better fuel and tire strategy.

Piquet may be on the bench in a little while if he keeps it up, with a test driver looking over his shoulder at the track. No pressure!

Maybe Bruno Senna would like to take a shot at it after getting jilted out of a seat to make way for Rubens B.

And last, but certainly not least is Vettel. On his way to the top?:cheers2:

[ÜberDoober]

Eric Clapton on the grid in a Ferrari hat? WTF? That's kinda cool for us old farts. Ugh. 3 hours and 20 minutes of sack time since dumbass me had to stay up after MotoGP to watch the season finale of a series I've been watching on BBC. No worries. I'm going straight back to bed after the race. Speaking of MotoGP, don't miss it on SPEEDtv later and you won't be disappointed.

Arrg! I sure hope the coffee is done. 15 minutes until race time.

[ÜberDoober]

Good start! Hamilton in 3rd and being really aggressive. Button around LuHam. Oh it is exciting as hell so far!

Kubica and Nakajima into the pits for new noses.

[ÜberDoober]

Massa pitting? Ferrari woes continue.

Glock & Trulli getting away followed by Button, Hamilton, Vettel. No word on Massa's pit stop?

[ÜberDoober]

Glock in early, like lap 12? Trulli to the lead. Trulli in with a switch to the hard compound tires. Button to the lead.

[ÜberDoober]

Button and Hamilton in. Super softs go on both cars.

Vettel & Raikkonen at the top but haven't stopped yet. Alonso in from 4th. Barrichello can't get around Piquet and isn't sparing the hand signals.

Vettel in giving Raikkonen the lead.

[rixracer]

Massa with KERS problems...
(yes, I'm up! I took your pit strategy, hit the sack early and set the alarm!)

[ÜberDoober]

Button with a 7 second lead over Trulli, Vettel & Hamilton.

[ÜberDoober]

Barrichello pits from 5th and out in 8th. Looks like a strategy call to get him out of the freight train being held up by Trulli?

Howdy rixracer! We're missing our regular LittleAlguy. I think it's the first GP he's missed in a year?

[ÜberDoober]

Button around Massa to put Felipe a lap down. :ack2: Button gets signal to pit.

Major pit stop action. Trulli out on the option tires. Time to make your money, boys!

[ÜberDoober]

Vettel pits from the lead. Back on track in 3rd!

[ÜberDoober]

Another victory for Button and Brawn!

Button
Vettel
Trulli
Hamilton
Barrichello
Raikkonen
Glock
Alonso
Rosberg

Yippie! I'm going back to bed to watch the interviews.