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And the we have a new winner smile

Rubens Barrichello

Good race, biggrin !!
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Good to see the Brawns back in contention and Button and Barichello fighting it out between them; no team orders here!
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Echo the above, Nice to see the elderly driver triumph......
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Good to see the Brawns back in contention no team orders here!


Not yet anyway! What will happen when the end comes and these two are fighting it out for the championship? Will Brawn bring Rubens in for a 'long' pit stop? Jenson is the future and Rubens is the past, will they reward the long servitude of Rubens or the up and coming, relatively speaking, Jenson?!
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Why should Ross Brawn prefer one of them? Button or Barrichello as a champion would be the same for his team. Vettel is no danger in the championship any more, i think.
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I should think the only instruction is don't take the other one out - we want both cars to come home.
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Iam already looking forward to the Formula one Gran Prix Singapore 2009 between 25 - 27 September biggrin



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Lotus will return to F1 in 2010

Lotus are to return to Formula 1 next season for the first time since 1994.

They have been awarded the final grid spot and join Campos GP, Manor and US F1 as one of four new teams for 2010.

The FIA has given current team BMW Sauber "14th place" for 2010, meaning they are now first reserves to fill any vacancy on the grid should one arise.

However, motorsport's governing body says it will "consult urgently" with the 10 existing teams to expand the grid from 13 to 14 teams for 2010.

"The FIA believes that a good case can be made for expanding the grid to 14 teams," read an FIA statement released on Tuesday.

"It will be consulting urgently with the existing teams regarding the introduction of an appropriate rule change to expand the grid to 28 cars in time for the first Grand Prix in 2010."

While the FIA said it had received an "impressive application" from the BMW Sauber team, it added: "However, given that BMW has announced it will withdraw its support in 2010, there are still uncertainties regarding the future ownership of the team."

The German car manufacturer, which took over Sauber in 2005, revealed it would withdraw from F1 at the end of July citing "current developments in motorsport" as the reason for their decision.

BMW was the second major manufacturer to announce it was leaving the sport after Honda's withdrawal eight months earlier.

The Norfolk-based Litespeed team bought the rights to the name Team Lotus - which competed in F1 from 1958 through to 1994 - and was awarded its place, also pushing out Epsilon Euskadi, following an intensive selection and due diligence process conducted by the FIA.

The team won seven constructors' crowns and six drivers' championships, including wins by Jim Clark and Graham Hill, during their golden era in the 1960s and '70s.

Three-time world champion, the late Ayrton Senna, drove for Lotus for three seasons between 1985 and 1987 - although the team enjoyed limited success during that period.

In its new incarnation the team is a partnership between the Malaysian Government and a consortium of Malaysian entrepreneurs and is being led by team principal Tony Fernandes, the founder of the Malaysian-based Tune Group, which owns Air Asia airline.

Mike Gascoyne - who has 20 years experience in the sport after working with Jordan, Renault, Toyota, and most recently Force India - returns to F1 as the team's technical director.

The team will be initially based in Norfolk, though its future design, research and development, manufacturing and technical centre will be purpose built at Malaysia's Sepang International circuit.

Their withdrawal from F1 in 1994 was down to financial pressures, but Lotus remains the fourth most successful constructor of all time.
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BMW F1 team secures Swiss buyer

German car manufacturer BMW says it has agreed to sell its Formula 1 team to Swiss-based Qadbak Investments.

BMW has been looking for a buyer for the team since it announced in July that it was pulling out of the sport at the end of the current season.

BMW has not revealed the financial details of the deal.

Earlier on Tuesday, F1's governing body gave BMW Sauber "14th place" on the grid next year, meaning they are first reserves to fill any vacancy.

However, the FIA has said it will be "consulting urgently" with the 10 existing teams with a view to increasing the number of teams to 14.

There are also doubts over the F1 future of current teams Renault and Toyota.

Renault are embroiled in a race-fixing controversy while Toyota insist they are not signing off their F1 budget until November.

Despite doubts over its future, the FIA described BMW's application as "high quality" and a team statement said: "We are pleased to confirm that the FIA has indicated that we may have a place in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship.

"The team expects to line up on the grid for the first race of the 2010 season."

BMW, which took over Sauber in 2005, announced in July it was pulling out of the sport at the end of the season citing "current developments in motorsport" as the reason for the decision.

Founder Peter Sauber, who holds a 20% stake in the team, tried to buy the team last month but negotiations collapsed after he said BMW's demands were "far too high".

But a deal has been agreed with Qadbak, a company which is described by BMW as representing the interests of "certain Middle Eastern and European-based families".

"A strong investor has therefore been found for the Hinwil-based team," added the statement. "Qadbak's interest in the team will be represented by Lionel Fischer, a Swiss national."

BMW Sauber finished third behind Ferrari and McLaren in last year's constructors' championship but have had a disappointing 2009 so far.

They are currently lying in seventh place with the team claiming only one podium finish all season.

Drivers Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica are 13th and 15th respectively in the drivers' standings.
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Lotus will return to F1 in 2010

The team will be initially based in Norfolk, though its future design, research and development, manufacturing and technical centre will be purpose built at Malaysia's Sepang International circuit.


So maybe a way to allow testing in F1 again is to allow each Team to 'own' a track, just one, and they can then test to their hearts delight on that track?! It would certainly keep the tracks up to snuff and at the same time let Teams test in season.

I also like the Thursday test day idea too. Where the track would open to the Teams and cars, with tickets of course for the fans, and allow the teams to do testing before the traditional Friday practice.
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