The Official 2009 Australian GP Thread *spoilers*

That's a pretty good summary. You'd certainly expect Ferrari and BMW to be up near the sharp end. But will Ferrari be running KERS in the opening races? Seems pretty risky, considering the problems they've had with it.

chet Wrote:
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> So who is going to redbutton the practice?

I will be, assuming I can sort the problems with the Freeview box I recently bought and set up, but is proving to be a b****rd to get to work

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just enter 301 or 302 if the red button is playing up

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chet Wrote:
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> So who is going to redbutton the practice? I am
> willing to do FP1, but FP2 I dont think ill be
> able to handle, well certainly not the rest of the
> people in the house :p!


ME! ME! ME!

I might do a whole nights worth of getting up and sleeping. Mess my body clock up once an for all

gav Wrote:
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> As far as championships go, if Brawn never use a
> KERS system (they're certainly not going to have
> one in the first third of the season, and I think
> it's unlikely they'll have one this year), then
> they're going to struggle massively if they drop
> behind other cars. In standard conditions, they'll
> be relying on being surprising in any overtaking
> moves against a car with KERS, and that's
> something neither Button or Barrichello are very
> good at. They've got no chance of a standard
> overtake on a straight against a car with KERS, so
> I think it's asking a bit much to go through the
> season without having to overtake anyone, while
> they'll be easy meat to anyone faster than them.
> Unless they're something like a second faster in
> Melbourne, then I can't see them winning either
> title, as the other teams ought to out-develop
> them and have the advantage on off-days of still
> being able to be in a decent position.



Well, Honda did develop a KERS system, and a good one at that, but whether Brawn will ever make use of this is debatable. Certainly they've decided to go for the first few races without it. At Melbourne I don't think it'd be a disadvantage, but after that you're looking at 4 circuits where I feel it's a major advantage. So far only Renault have confirmed to using it in Melbourne, it's a good choice in my mind, they can treat Melbourne as a testing.

Monza972 Wrote:
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> chet Wrote:
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> > So who is going to redbutton the practice? I am
> > willing to do FP1, but FP2 I dont think ill be
> > able to handle, well certainly not the rest of
> the
> > people in the house :p!
>
>
> ME! ME! ME!
>
> I might do a whole nights worth of getting up and
> sleeping. Mess my body clock up once an for all

I say f**k my bodyclock, it's the last day of term, I ain't doing no sodding work, so I'll be sleeping most of the day, drinking til 3am, going to watch qualifying (probably not praccy), then sleeping most of Saturday, then watching the race!

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GPGSL S5 Race driver for IED.

The race should start 10-11pm Saturday my time, a lovely Saturday night .

Here at 2 AM Sunday... Lovely saturday-sunday night

I always love Melbourne, Suzuka and Interlagos because those 3 have the best hours for me :P.

Interlagos here is in time to lunch

Just a week now :D. I can't wait!

I am so excited I could wee! Just think this time next week we will know who is on pole for the race!

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i assume we will see the full brawn gp livery in a couple of days, complete with sponsor announcements!


Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole it

The cars are arriving...!



GPGSL WDC Season 4

Ferrari is going to run KERS :

[www.autosport.com]

Mmm, possible rain is forecast for next Sunday. Probably won't happen.

Here's a read on how Webber recovered from his broken leg...and fractured shoulder.
[www.theage.com.au]

here's the Australian Government weather service if anyone wants to follow it during the week

[www.bom.gov.au]

Current Forecast:

Friday - Sunny
Saturday - Sunny
Sunday - Shower or two

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X (@ed24f1)

Ferrari are obviously confident they've sorted KERS. I expect Beamer to run it too.

What times does the race and all start? GPupdate says 8.00 am CET, thats like 5 hours later then it was in previous years??

Well no :P It used to start at 6 or so. But it's been moved to 5pm local time, so it's a bit later and the clock is being put forward, so that increases it even more. That time is right. I hope :P

This is why I hate clocks. You don't know who's waking up at what time