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D-Day gets pushed back to 6/19/09

D-Day has was supposed to have happened today in the world of F1, but seems to have been pushed back to June 19th.   So the drama continues as the world waits to find out who is going to be in F1 next season. Max and Co. said that McLaren, Sauber, Renault, Brawn, and Toyota have conditional entries, but Ferrari and Toro Rosso were quick to put the smack-down on Max and say that they have conditional entries as well.

These teams have demanded that the spending limits for the 2010 season be removed, and have placed entries based on that condition. Max has demanded that these conditions be removed by the 19th. 

Here we go again.

One interesting development after today’s FIA meetings was the announcement of three new provisional teams for 2010:

*Campos Grand Prix
*Manor Grand Prix
*Team US F1

Reuters India has a snapshot of each of the new teams.

REUTERS: Formula One’s new teams for 2010

Button puts Brawn on Monaco pole

If the off-season is known as “silly season”, this year’s regular season of F1 racing might be, to steal a line from Matchbox 20, a “Mad Season”.  The little team that could, Brawn, has put their car on pole for the 2009 Grand Prix of Monaco.   Jenson Button has really figured out how to get the most out of the Brawn package, and has won four pole positions in six races.

Kimi Räikkönen will try to use his KERS advantage to overtake Button from the second position on Sunday. Räikkönen’s qualifying result was a huge improvement over the first four races of the season where his best starting position was seventh, and he qualified an abysmal 16th in Spain two weeks ago.

Lewis Hamilton crashed. The champ was expected to take his newly tricked our McLaren to the front, but took it into a tire barrier instead in Q1. He’ll start 16th.

The UK Times has more on Button’s big day.

STARTING GRID

Pos 	Driver 		 	Team
1	Jenson Button 		Brawn-Mercedes
2	Kimi Raikkonen 		Ferrari
3	Rubens Barrichello 	Brawn-Mercedes
4	Sebastian Vettel 	Red Bull-Renault
5	Felipe Massa 		Ferrari
6	Nico Rosberg 		Williams-Toyota
7	Heikki Kovalainen 	McLaren-Mercedes
8	Mark Webber 		Red Bull-Renault
9	Fernando Alonso 	Renault
10	Kazuki Nakajima 	Williams-Toyota
11	Sebastien Buemi 	Toro Rosso-Ferrari
12	Nelson A. Piquet 	Renault
13	Giancarlo Fisichella 	Force India-Mercedes
14	Sebastien Bourdais 	Toro Rosso-Ferrari
15	Adrian Sutil 		Force India-Mercedes
16	Lewis Hamilton 		McLaren-Mercedes
17	Nick Heidfeld 		BMW Sauber
18	Robert Kubica 		BMW Sauber
19	Jarno Trulli 		Toyota
20	Timo Glock 		Toyota

McLaren At WMSC Hearing: “Off With Their Heads!”

As the oft quoted Madame Dufarge would have said, it’s time to separate McLaren’s head from its body. The World Motor Sport Council will deliberate the validity of McLaren’s Liargate charges and issue their punishment tomorrow. Read more

BrawnGP, Button, Win In Bahrain.

Jenson Button drove a measured, mistake free race to claim BrawnGP’s third victory out of four races this year. The Red Bull car of Sebastian Vettel came home second and the disappointing Toyota of Jarno Trulli claimed third. Read more

Jarno Trulli on Bahrain Pole

Toyota release:

Panasonic Toyota Racing is celebrating its best ever qualifying performance after Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock locked out the front row for tomorrow’s Bahrain Grand Prix. On a blisteringly hot and sunny day at the Bahrain International Circuit, air temperatures ranged from 35-38C while the track was 47-51C. Timo had set the fastest time during the morning practice session but he also suffered an electronics glitch. This afternoon he and Jarno did their first runs in Q1 on the medium compound tyre before switching to the super soft for the rest of the afternoon. They both sailed into Q3 and put together great laps. Jarno took pole with Timo alongside him on P2. Toyota will now look to make the most of this perfect start to the weekend in tomorrow’s race.

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Hammy DQ’d from Oz GP: He And McLaren Deserve It!

Admittedly, when I first read the headlines of various blogs and news sources, I was flabbergasted over the content. My immediate reaction was more Max and FIA intervening in race results to stir up the pot. After reading the circumstances of the ruling I couldn’t agree more with the decision. Read more

Aussie GP Results: Brawn Dream Becomes Reality

Sorry people, if ANYBODY out there thought that this was remotely possible before yesterday’s qualifying, I haven’t read or heard about it. Brawn GP took a 1-2 finish from their 1-2 start today. Oh yeah, some guy named Hamilton lucked into third place. Read more

Aussie GP Qualifying: The Dream Lives On!

The dream in this case is the remarkable successes of the BrawnGP team. Born in turmoil, doubted in testing (yeah you, Flavio), and a stunning qualifying1-2 sweep of the front row for tomorrows Grand Prix from Melbourne. Read more

2009 F1 Season Is Here: Let The Apocalypse Begin!

With the opening of the F1 campaign in Melbourne this coming Sunday one of, if not the single most controversial F1 season will begin. The off season between Lewis Hamilton’s heart stopping championship finish in Brazil (sorry Felipe) and this Sunday’s kick off race has seen the damndest assortment of changes and controversies I can ever remember. Read more

F1 World Championships: One Constructor, Two Drivers

Well if you haven’t seen or heard of the outcome of the Brazilian GP yesterday, you must have been in a coma. In a bid to win the driver’s championship Felipe Massa, in front of his countrymen, drove a brilliant weekend, from practice right through to his race win. And it wasn’t enough. Read more