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I got to admit I was a little surprised with the decision in Paris today against McLaren. Then again, perhaps I wasn’t.
For those who don’t know, McLaren got found out for not telling the truth to the Stewards in Melbourne, and getting found out. You can read the story at the BBC.
The matter then got messy for McLaren. Lewis apologised, Dave Ryan got suspended and the fired. Then Ron Dennis left the F1 side of things in McLaren.
It seems all this helped McLaren side of things, as the World Motor Sport Council took this into account in handing out a 12 month suspended 3 race ban. What that means is they are free to race. However if anything comes to light that they lied again, or break any other rules, the 3 race ban will come into effect.
As I said, I was a little surprised, but in the end this is probably a good thing. We all want to see racing on the track, not championships decided in a meeting in Paris. I was expecting some sort of race ban, or even Max Mosley treating Martin Whitmarsh to his whip from that basement in London, but with the McLaren lawyer being present and observing the precedings, I don’t think anyone would have wanted to see that sight.
So how does this effect FF1GP? Well it doesn’t. However if McLaren are silly enough to get a 3 race ban over this season, any with McLaren in their team or any of the McLaren drivers will score zero points.
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With the diffuser row settled, it was back to the racing. The weekend in China belongs to Sebastian Vettel, who took pole position, and then he followed it well deserved race victory, the first for Red Bull.
He also has the honour of being the only driver to score first race wins for both Red Bull and Toro Rosso, a record that will be very hard to beat. Perhaps he should join Force India, and get their first win as well!
As for the other teams, well they all did well to stay on the track. Grand Prix TV on Twitter did try to run a sweepstake on Massa oh how many times he would spin. They should have gone for Lewis Hamilton, as I’m sure he spun the most today in the wet.
The Fantasy Formula 1 Grand Prix results are now up, and they are final for a change. I didn’t do too well this week, got most of my predictions wrong. I had Brawn for 1st and Sebastian Vettel for 4th, and I lost out when Adrian Sutil lost it with 6 laps to go. That accident looks a lot worse than it did, glad to hear he is ok, shame they didn’t pick up 2 points.
The next race is less than a week away in Bahrain - see you there.
The diffuser appeal has been rejected in Paris, so the Australia and Malaysia FF1GP results are now final, and unchanged.
I was expecting the diffuser appeal to be rejected, as it would have called into question the stewards and the FIA. Lets hope the rest of this years Championship is settled on the race track, and kept out of that office in Paris!
Next race is in China.
Well, I went on a trip to Cornwall this weekend. When I passed the “Welcome to Cornwall” sign on the A30, well it just decided to tip down with rain. The rest of the weekend was quite hot and at one point, I did wonder where the rain went.
Well I can tell you where this rain went, it made it’s way to Malaysia in time for the Grand Prix!
It’s great to see Jenson Button winning again, even if the race didn’t complete to even half race distance. Much that I like seeing cars sliding and spinning off, it was the right decision to call off the rest of the race.
Now to the important bit, the race points. In the FIA rules it says only half points are awarded to the teams and drivers if they do not complete 75% of the race distance.
The FF1GP rules does not have this clause in them, except maybe this grey area of “It is the same scoring system as used by the Formula 1 championships, as set in 2009″ which could apply, but my intention has always been to give 10 points to the winner regardless.
The 2010 FF1GP rules will have a clause in them that covers the 75% race distance rule, but for all remaining 2009 races full race points will be awarded to all FF1GP teams and drivers.
So 10 points have been awarded to teams with either Jenson button or Brawn owners, instead of 5 points.
If you don’t agree with this FF1GP ruling, you can send an email to admin@ff1gp.com and you don’t need to send a €150,000 protest fee.
Next race is in China. Hopefully a simpler race, but knowing F1, it wont be.
Well this isn’t quite the start we wanted to the 2009 F1 season. More controversy!
After Jarno Trulli got penalised very harshly in the Australian Grand Prix for overtaking during a safety care period, his 3rd place win has been restored.
However, new evidence came to light to the stewards, that Lewis “deliberately mislead” the stewards at the hearing in Australia. I’ll leave you to judge for yourself, but the end result was Lewis has been disqualified, and Jarno’s 3rd place has been reinstated.
The FF1GP results for Austalia have been updated, if you have either McLaren or Lewis Hamlilton you will be awarded -5 points.
However the results are still provisional, as the diffuser appleal due to be heard on the 14th of April could change things again.