All Posts Tagged With: "Sepang"
Malaysia 2009: Fantasy Racers Update
Another race, another set of miserable results in the Fantasy Racers competition. Between Australia and Malaysia I made only a few minor changes to a couple of the teams, but it didn’t really help. Jenson Button obviously scored well, but my error in removing Timo Glock and Nick Heidfeld from BlogF1 Racing cost the squad [...]
Malaysia 2009: Pitstop & Fuel Strategies
With the heavy rainfall experienced in Sepang, all strategies went cleanly out of the window. All cars started on the soft tyre, the compound being not as soft as the super-softs Bridgestone took to Melbourne last weekend. Because of this, the soft tyre lasted a lot longer than the super-soft did and the durability meant [...]
Malaysia 2009: Two On The Trot For A Saturated Jenson Button
The 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix will certainly be one to remember, as the race was stopped early due to heavy rainfall. Only half points were awarded as the race had not reached its mandatory three-quarters distance needed for full points. And once again, it is Jenson Button who walks away with the maximum available, taking [...]
Malaysia 2009: Race Red Flagged
The Malaysian Grand Prix has been red flagged on lap lap 33 due to heavy rain. The rain started much earlier in the race but was light and manageable. The drivers poured into the pitlane for wet weather tyres although Timo Glock went onto to intermediates. The call was correct by Toyota and Glock was [...]
Malaysia 2009: Race Result
Looking at the prediction poll, most seem to be putting their eggs in the Jenson Button basket, and really, who wouldn’t? For the second time this year, Button lines up on pole position and will lead the grid off the line and begin his charge down to the first corner. Weather coold come into play [...]
Malaysia 2009: Who Is Your Favourite For The Malaysian Victory?
Once again we come to the eve of another race, and what with all the controversy surrounding the opening of the 2009 Formula One World Championship, it feels like mid-season already. Alas, it has only just begun, and continuing on from Australia, now is your chance to pick a winner from the Sepang grid. A [...]
Malaysia 2009: The Grid
With qualifying completed, we now have the completed grid for tomorrow’s Malaysian Grand Prix. There are two penalties so far that have affected the order the cars will line up on the start/finish straight on Sunday, but Jenson Button’s pole is safe for now and the Briton will lead the pack when the lights go [...]
Malaysia 2009: Post-Qualifying Car Weights
Listed below are the weights of all the cars post-qualifying. The information is now made available by the FIA after qualifying is complete and it allows us to see who did well and who didn’t during Saturday’s running. From this we can work out who might be stopping first and we can have a guess [...]
