All Posts Tagged With: "Chinese Grand Prix"
Vettel: I Name Thee Kate’s Dirty Sister
Something slightly quirky that came out of the Chinese Grand Prix weekend was the fact that eventual race winner Sebastian Vettel names his cars. This all came about when a photo was released showing a make-shift sticker placed across the bridge of Vettel’s steering wheel. The words read ‘Kate’s Dirty Sister’ and was only seen [...]
Shanghai 2009: Adrian Sutil Should Avoid Walking Under Ladders
Poor Adrian Sutil. What does the man have to do to score a point in Formula One? The German driver has come so close on occasion to achieving the impossible that surely he deserves just a little bit of luck. Each time though there is always something or someone who ends his race early, and [...]
Shanghai 2009: Was The National Anthem Wrong On Today’s Podium?
As the top three finishers stood proudly on the podium, Sebastian Vettel took delight in mouthing the words to the German national anthem. Vettel took Red Bull’s maiden win earlier today, just as he did for Scuderia Toro Rosso last year at Monza. In Italy, the race organisers played the Italian anthem for the Italian [...]
Shanghai 2009: Fantasy Racers Update
It looks like I made the right decision to flood my teams with Sebastian Vettel for this race, the young German bringing in a bounty of points with his win in Shanghai. Also swapping Giancarlo Fisichella for Adrian Sutil was a good move, as not only was the German cheaper, but also did much better [...]
Shanghai 2009: Pitstop & Fuel Strategies
The strategies for the race went out of the window this morning as the drivers and teams awoke to rain falling over the Shanghai circuit. All cars started the race on full wet weather tyres and for most, this was the only option through all the 56 laps completed. The only driver to try anything [...]
Shanghai 2009: Sebastian Vettel Scores Red Bull’s Maiden Victory
It wasn’t so long ago that Sebastian Vettel triumphed from pole position to score his own maiden victory in front of the Italian fans at Monza. Back then in 2008, while driving for Red Bull’s sister team Scuderia Toro Rosso, Vettel blitzed the field at a wet Monza, proving his abilities in the treacherous conditions. [...]
Shanghai 2009: Race Notes
Along with the race result post that is now updated live as the race unfolds, I tried typing my race notes up online as well this morning, originally publishing them just under the results table. However, having found it just as easy to type these notes as it is to scribble them down on my [...]
Shanghai 2009: Race Result
With rain falling on the Shanghai circuit in China, today’s grand prix is going to make for interesting viewing. We have a strange front row with Sebastian Vettel’s Red Bull taking pole position, and team mate Mark Webber is directly behind in third. Fernando Alonso barely has enough fuel in his Renault to complete the [...]
