Posts Tagged ‘Formula 1’

McLaren given a suspended race ban

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

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.

FF1GP Race weekend in Bahrain

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

Yet another fantastic race in Bahrain. This race was a pure race as well. No safety cars, no rain, and no stupid rows about holes and planes on the back of cars either.

It looks like the F1 results are final, so the FF1GP Bahrain results are final as well.

Also a note about the Want to loose league. Seems I set the sorting order wrong at the begining of the season. It’s now fixed, big thanks to Jante the Team manager of Sunday Drivers Going Round in Circles for spotting the errror.

When I heard the Toyota’s was on the front row of the grid, I was expecting them to be fueled light. I was right there, but I didn’t expect Sebastian Vettel to be fueled quite so heavy, but it did make me think that he could win the race. In the end he came in 2nd, but I do believe he could had challenged Jenson for the lead. Maybe in the future we will see a Button Vs Vettel duel on the racetrack, and I bet it will be one duel to watch.

Also Kimi finally brought in some points for Ferrari, while Massa’s race was totally ruined by the lack of a working KER’s. This season is still a bad start for Ferrari, but I’m certainly not writing off Ferrari yet. Expect them to be strong in Spain next.

The next race is in 2 weeks time, in Spain, where I expect the order to be shuffled up, since a lot of the teams will be bringing in updates to their cars. That circuit should suit the KER’s cars as well, I’m sure there will be plenty of drivers pressing the button on the main straight. Since I am a Jenson Button supporter, I just hope that button won’t be label “Pass Button”.

However there is the FIA hearing on McLaren telling porky pies to the stewards in Australia. It seems clear the McLaren have already practically pleaded guilty, so it just seems to be a case of what the punishment will be. Whatever happens, it will probably have some effect on future FF1GP result, and I will post up the news on either Wednesday 29th April or Thursday.

Australia and Malaysia FF1GP results are now final

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

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.

Belgium FF1GP results

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Yesterday, Lewis Hammilton and the Mclaren team presented their case in Paris over the 25 second penalty that was given for cutting a chicane.

The FIA gave their verdict today, it turns out that the appeal wasn’t admissible in the first please, as the 25 second penalty is counted as a stop-go penalty and can’t be appealed. So we will never know what was decided about the chicane cutting in Paris, if it was ever decided.

The story can be read more from the BBC and the ITV-F1 sites.

As for the FF1GP results, the Belgium results are now considered as finalalised.