All Posts Tagged With: "BMW"
Shanghai 2009: Only Three KERS-Equipped Cars In China
Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems seem to be getting a bad reputation in China as more teams join Ferrari in removing the device from their cars. Gestione Sportiva said prior to the Chinese Grand Prix weekend that they were taking the part off the troubled F60 for reliability reasons, the KERS having caused both Kimi Raikkonen [...]
Shanghai 2009: KERS & Tyre Compound Updates
BMW have announced that Robert Kubica will be given a KERS-fitted car on Friday when he takes part in free practice for the Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai circuit. The Polish driver has been forced to run a non-KERS car so far this season because the added weight negates the advantage from the added [...]
Malaysia 2009: BMW Lodge Diffuser Protest As Formality
BMW have joined Ferrari, Red Bull Racing and Renault in protesting the diffusers of the Brawn, Toyota and Williams cars. The lodging of the protest is just a formality, as the teams expected (and received) the same answer as they did in Melbourne last weekend. The reason for protesting is just to ensure that the [...]
Keep On Smiling, Alex
As Father De Rea looked on from outside the helicopter, Terry Trammel tightened the belt around Alex Zanardi’s severed left leg. Dabbing his finger in holy oil, De Rea read Alex his last rites. The make-shift tourniquet kept slipping as medics struggled to stem the incessant bleeding. A fading pulse and plummeting haemoglobin count painted [...]
Barcelona Test Day One: Heidfeld Quick & Brawn Debuts
My apologies for the late arrival of this post, but here is a quick run down of the runners and riders from the Barcelona test that commenced yesterday. It was the first time that all the 2009 cars were on the same track together and while the times should still be taken with a pinch [...]
Jerez Test Day Five: The Test Day That Almost Never Happened
Despite thinking yesterday that testing was over and done with for this week, the teams have been developing their cars for a fifth day at Jerez in Spain. Renault and Force India left the circuit last night but Ferrari, McLaren, BMW, Toyota, Williams and Red Bull all remained and posted times once again. And so [...]
Bahrain Test Day One: A Productive Day For All
After a break at the weekend, testing resumed in Bahrain today at the Sakhir circuit, home of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Ferrari, Toyota and BMW were all present and the trio of squads managed to get some proper running done after the sandstorms interrupted the schedule for much of last week. BMW’s Christian Klien came [...]
Caption Contest: #77
The seventy-seventh photograph to feature in BlogF1’s caption contest. You know the drill, think of something funny and witty to say and leave it as a comment below. This image cropped up on Sidepodcast’s drop.io a few weeks back, and is too funny not to post. It shows the BMW guys at the launch of [...]
