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2009 Bahrain Thoughts

THE BIG PICTURE: Brawn may have won again, but Toyota proved to be fast, just like Red Bull proved to be fast the last two races. McLaren is showing signs of improvement, and Williams should be back in the fold. And Renault, at least Alonso's Renault, has had shining moments. This truly is developing into one heck of a season.

EVENT: Wouldn't you think people living in Bahrain would be okay with attending an outdoor sporting event in searing heat? Must not be such a hotbed of fanatical F1 fans after all...

RACE: The first race with "normal" conditions and no safety car this year. Yet, despite what in the past would turn into an uncompetitive affair with huge disparities between teams, we ended up with 13 cars on the lead lap, and all the rest of the finishers (that would be everyone except for Nakajima) were no more than one lap down.

TRACK: Could there be any more of a boring, nondescript track in the world not including airport circuits? Heck, include airport circuits.

START: Bumper cars.

BUTTON: Hey, Jenson won without following a safety car! Some of his passes to put to rest he's not worthy of this type of ride.

BRAWN GP: Not the fastest cars this weekend, but still won thanks to proper strategy. These guys are becoming more and more like the Ross Brawn led Ferrari teams.

VETTEL: Perhaps the best driver/car combination right now. Sebastian is very much a prime title contender.

TRULLI: Must be wondering what happened.

GLOCK: Also must be wondering what happened.

TOYOTA: Missed opportunity.

HAMILTON: Looked like the Lewis we've come to expect.

MCLAREN: Starting to edge back towards the front?

BARRICHELLO: Brawn won't be getting rid of Rubens after his four-race contract expired for one simple reason -- he may not be as fast anymore nor as fast as his teammate, but he knows how to develop the car. Bringing in a rookie to fulfill that role would be sheer folly.

RAIKKONEN: Stop the (Italian) presses. Ferrari led a lap!

ALONSO: We wouldn't count Fernando out of the title fight either. He doesn't need as much of an improvement in his car as mere mortals do.

PIQUET: A decent weekend. But will it matter?

BOURDAIS: Also a decent weekend and in race conditions, beat his teammate and turned a faster lap by over a second. But, will it matter?

WEBBER: Considering Mark started last, he made the most of the situation.

MASSA: Still looking for points.

FERRARI: Despite finally scoring some points, still out to lunch.

BMW SAUBER: The season is quickly unraveling right in front of their eyes.

WORD OF THE WEEKEND: Sun.

STAT OF THE WEEKEND: 3rd -- The lowest Sebastian Vettel has qualified this year. Just think if he didn't mess up his first two races...

HISTORICAL STAT OF THE WEEKEND: This is the worst start of the season for Fernando Alonso (only five points) in his career since his rookie season with Minardi in 2001.

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND: Niki Lauda once again displaying his "class," "In those days [early 2000s], Ross [Brawn], because he is English, was the ideal bridge between the Italians, with their spaghetti culture, and Schumacher, with his German efficiency. Now the Italians are running it all. Does it work? It could be chaos. That's the problem."

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND RUNNERUP: The FIA agreeing with Williams' CEO Adam Parr on what everyone knew for years, "Ferrari acknowledged that multiple vertical transitions had been used by many teams in the past, including Ferrari itself, and argued that all such prior uses (including its own) had constituted a technical violation of the (technical regulations) which had been tolerated."

SCHEDULE: Back to Europe, and more importantly, a chance for all the teams to make some major improvements to their cars. No more band aid fixes. Spain should prove very interesting for that reason.

Copyright © 2009 by Deep Throttle. All Rights Reserved.



RACE RESULTS
  Driver Laps
1. Button 57
2. Vettel 57
3. Trulli 57
4. Hamilton 57
5. Barrichello 57
6. Raikkonen 57
7. Glock 57
8. Alonso 57
9. Rosberg 57
10. Piquet 57
11. Webber 57
12. Kovalainen 57
13. Bourdais 57
14. Massa 56
15. Fisichella 56
16. Sutil 56
17. Buemi(R) 56
18. Kubica 56
19. Heidfeld 56
R Nakajima 48

Time of Race
1:31:48.182

Margin of Victory
7.187 sec.

Safety Car
None

Lead Changes
8 among 5 drivers

Lap Leaders
Jenson Button, Timo Glock, Sebastian Vettel, Jarno Trulli, Kimi Raikkonen

Fastest Race Lap
Jarno Trulli

Pole Position
Jarno Trulli

CURRENT STANDINGS
  Driver Pts.
1. Button 31
2. Barrichello 19
3. Vettel 18
4. Trulli 14.5
5. Glock 12
6. Webber 9.5
7. Hamilton 9
8. Alonso 5
9. Heidfeld 4
  Kovalainen 4
11. Rosberg 3.5
12. Buemi(R) 3
  Raikkonen 3
14. Bourdais 1

  Team Pts.
1. Brawn GP 50
2. Red Bull 27.5
3. Toyota 26.5
4. McLaren 13
5. Renault 5
6. Sauber 4
  Toro Rosso 4
8. Williams 3.5
9. Ferrari 3
10. Force India 0
 
 

2024 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Japan
China Miami Emilia Romagna Monaco
Canada Spain Austria Great Britain
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Azerbaijan Singapore United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Las Vegas Qatar Abu Dhabi

2023 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Azerbaijan
Miami Emilia Romagna Monaco Spain
Canada Austria Great Britain Hungary
Belgium Holland Italy Singapore
Japan Qatar United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Las Vegas Abu Dhabi

2022 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Emilia Romagna
Miami Spain Monaco Azerbaijan
Canada Great Britain Austria France
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Singapore Japan United States
Mexico City Sao Paulo Abu Dhabi

2021 Thoughts
Bahrain Emilia Romagna Portugal Spain Monaco
Azerbaijan France Steiermark Austria Great Britain
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Russia Turkey United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Qatar Saudi Arabia Abu Dhabi

2020 Thoughts
Austria Steiermark Hungary Great Britain Anniversary
Spain Belgium Italy Tuscany
Russia Eifel Portugal Emilia Romagna
Turkey Bahrain Sakhir Abu Dhabi

2019 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
Mexico United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2018 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2017 Thoughts
Australia China Bahrain Russia
Spain Monaco Canada Azerbaijan
Austria Great Britain Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2016 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Russia Spain
Monaco Canada Europe Austria
Great Britain Hungary Germany Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2015 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore Japan Russia United States
Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2014 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia Bahrain China
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan Russia
United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2013 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Great Britain
Germany Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore South Korea Japan India
Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2012 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2011 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Turkey
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi Brazil

2010 Thoughts
Bahrain Australia Malaysia China
Spain Monaco Turkey Canada
Europe Great Britain Germany Hungary
Belgium Italy Singapore Japan
South Korea Brazil Abu Dhabi

2009 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Turkey Great Britain
Germany Hungary Europe
Belgium Italy Singapore
Japan Brazil Abu Dhabi


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