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Fantasy F1: it’s like we never turned up…

We kind of feel that, reviewing the results of our fantasy F1 league for the outcome of the Spanish Grand Prix that Team Brits on Pole might have been better off not turning up at all.

May 13, 2009

Categorised under: Archive, Competitions

Tagged as: Fantasy F1, Formula One
F1: Baffled Barrichello beaten by buoyant Button

Jenson Button spoiled Rubens Barrichello’s party in Barcelona with a mid-race strategy switch that handed him his fourth victory of the season and consigned his team-mate to a puzzled and frustrated second place.

May 10, 2009

Categorised under: Archive, F1

Tagged as: Formula One, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Ross Brawn, Rubens Barrichello, Spanish Grand prix
F1: Spanish Grand Prix liveblog

Jenson Button on pole. Sebastian Vettel on the front row looking to make up for his qualifying mistake. Barrichello and Massa on row two with something to prove. Rain forecast. No wonder the pole-sitter has predicted first-corner mayhem.

May 10, 2009

Categorised under: Archive, F1

Tagged as: Brawn GP, Circuit de Catalunya, Felipe Massa, Ferrari, Formula One, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Red Bull Racing, Rubens Barrichello, Sebastian Vettel, Spanish Grand prix
F1: Last-gasp blinder from Button secures pole

Jenson Button turned around a weekend spent struggling for pace by seizing a dramatic pole position in the dying seconds of qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix.

May 9, 2009

Categorised under: Archive, F1

Tagged as: Formula One, Jenson Button, Martin Whitmarsh, Rubens Barrichello, Spanish Grand prix
F1: Early leaders still saying ‘catch us if you can’

The raft of aero and other upgrades that Formula One teams have brought to Barcelona in the hope of overhauling the early season pace-setters seem to have made little difference, if practice is any guide.

May 8, 2009

Categorised under: Archive, F1

Tagged as: Formula One, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Spanish Grand prix
F1: User guide to the Spanish Grand Prix

Following the racing this weekend? Here’s all you need to know.

May 8, 2009

Categorised under: Archive, F1

Tagged as: broadcast times, Circuit de Catalunya, Formula One, GP2, Spanish Grand prix, weather reports
F1: Can Alonso shine in Barcelona?

Could a combination of new parts and guts from Fernando Alonso in front of his home crowd possibly bring home a maiden 2009 grand prix win for Renault?

May 8, 2009

Categorised under: Archive, F1

Tagged as: Brawn GP, Circuit de Catalunya, Fernando Alonso, Formula One, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Mercedes, Norbert Haug, Renault F1, Ross Brawn, Spanish Grand prix
F1: Could Super Aguri – and Davidson – ride again?

Could it happen? Could Aguri Suzuki really put a second successful F1 entry together and get his much-missed underdog team back onto the grid? And, if he did, would he re-hire Anthony Davidson?

May 8, 2009

Categorised under: Archive, F1

Tagged as: Aguri Suzuki, Anthony Davidson, F1 budget cap, Formula One, Super Aguri, Takuma Sato
Fantasy F1: Bahrain marked by modest gains

In Bahrain we picked up 28 places as a result of all of our drivers finishiing the race, as well as occupying the top four spots. But we were far from the only people who started the main season feeling that Button, Vettel and Trulli would shine.

May 1, 2009

Categorised under: Archive, Competitions, F1

Tagged as: Bahrain Grand Prix, Brawn GP, Fantasy F1, Formula One, Jarno Trulli, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Nick Heidfeld, Nico Rosberg, Red Bull Racing, Sebastian Vettel
F1: McLaren handed a three-race ban – suspended

McLaren have been given a suspended three-race ban for misleading stewards at the Australian Grand Prix, as team principal Martin Whitmarsh’s strategy for handling the crisis was shown to have paid off admirably.

April 29, 2009

Categorised under: Archive, F1

Tagged as: Australian Grand Prix, FIA, Formula One, Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren, World Motor Sport Council