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2009 Malaysia Thoughts

THE BIG PICTURE: This season keeps getting more and more fun.

EVENT: Who's brilliant idea was it to run the race during the monsoon time of day in Malaysia? Oh, that's right, the FIA. The organization filled with brilliant ideas...

RACE: Of course rain always makes it more exciting, but this time it really made it exciting. What a fantastic, exciting duel between Webber and Hamilton.

TRACK: This track offers a lot, even in the dry.

START: It's one thing to blow a start, but Button made it so much worse with poor decisions.

QUALIFYING: Did the Ferrari brain trust suddenly get lobotomies?

FERRARI: However, despite the heavy criticism for race day strategy, why not throw the dice once in a while? It's one thing to get caught with your pants down. It's another thing to go for an aggressive gamble in a sport that's one big gamble to begin with.

BUTTON: Even when the heavens make it a crap shoot, Jenson continues to be the golden boy.

BRAWN GP: Fast once again.

HEIDFELD: Saved by the red flag.

GLOCK: Another lap or two, and Timo would have had his first win.

PRESS CONFERENCE: Finally, some actual personalities at the post race press conferences.

MASSA: So now Glock goes fast in the rain?!

BARRICHELLO: Not able to use his rain prowess this time.

WEBBER: He sure was quick to have the stewards call it a day.

HAMILTON: Liar, liar, pants on fire!

MCLAREN: Despite what they keep trying to say and despite perhaps a ton of benefit of the doubt, this organization just keeps on propagating, or at the very least giving the perception of, a culture of dishonesty.

ROSBERG: Once again, Nico deserved better.

ALONSO: A bear of a car. This year must feel like deja-vu all over again.

PIQUET: His days in F1, or at least on Renault, definitely appear numbered. And that number is small.

RAIKKONEN: Unlike Massa, Kimi is more than willing to throw his team under the bus.

VETTEL: Looking good in his type of conditions, but even the best can get caught out.

KOVALAINEN: Got laps?

KUBICA: A day to forget.

WORD OF THE WEEKEND: Monsoon.

STAT OF THE WEEKEND: 1/2

HISTORICAL STAT OF THE WEEKEND: When the 1984 Monaco GP was checkered early, some felt to ensure Alain Prost the victory since Ayrton Senna was rapidly catching him, causing only half points to be awarded, it actually cost Prost the World Championship. He lost to Niki Lauda by half a point. Had the race played out even if Senna passed for the win, full second place points would have given Prost enough at the end of the year to win the title instead of half first place points.

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND: Timo Glock on his demotion down the order: "My engineer told me, 'You are leading the race.' Then I saw Jenson coming out just ahead of me, so I was P2. Then I jumped out of the car, and now I am here I am P3. So hopefully when I come back down I will still be in P3."

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND RUNNERUP: Fernando Alonso getting another dig at his former employer: "Of course it reminds me of 2007 [GP of Hungary]. This is not the first time they [McLaren] have been to the stewards,. It is not the first time they have lied to the stewards, so sooner or later they had to be caught and punished."

SCHEDULE: Knowing the FIA, they may decide to start the Chinese GP at midnight. Local time.

Copyright © 2009 by Deep Throttle. All Rights Reserved.



RACE RESULTS
  Driver Laps
1. Button 31
2. Heidfeld 31
3. Glock 31
4. Trulli 31
5. Barrichello 31
6. Webber 31
7. Hamilton 31
8. Rosberg 31
9. Massa 31
10. Bourdais 31
11. Alonso 31
12. Nakajima 31
13. Piquet 31
14. Raikkonen 31
15. Vettel 30
16. Buemi(R) 30
17. Sutil 30
18. Fisichella 29
R Kubica 1
R Kovalainen 0

Time of Race
0:55:30.622

Margin of Victory
22.722 sec.

Safety Car
1 for 1 lap

Lead Changes
5 among 4 drivers

Lap Leaders
Nico Rosberg, Jarno Trulli, Jenson Button, Mark Webber

Fastest Race Lap
Jenson Button

Pole Position
Jenson Button

CURRENT STANDINGS
  Driver Pts.
1. Button 15
2. Barrichello 10
3. Trulli 8.5
4. Glock 8
5. Heidfeld 4
  Alonso 4
7. Rosberg 3.5
8. Buemi(R) 2
9. Webber 1.5
10. Hamilton 1
  Bourdais 1

  Team Pts.
1. Brawn GP 25
2. Toyota 16.5
3. Renault 4
  Sauber 4
5. Williams 3.5
6. Toro Rosso 3
7. Red Bull 1.5
8. McLaren 1
9. Force India 0
  Ferrari 0
 
 

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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
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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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