Top Story: Chinese Grand Prix Debrief - Q+A with Timo Glock |
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How do you judge your start to the season?It has been a good start to the season for me and the team. From a personal point of view it was really positive to be on the podium in just the second race but it also gave the team consecutive podiums after Jarno's third place in Australia. China was a little disappointing overall but it has been great to start the season with a competitive car which is capable of fighting for podiums. I am happy with my performances; I've scored a lot of points alread
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21.04.2009
How do you judge your start to the season?It has been a good start to the season for me and the team. From a personal point of view it was really positive to be on the podium in just the second race but it also gave the team consecutive podiums after Jarno's third place in Australia. China was a little disappointing overall but it has been great to start the seas
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19.04.2009
Bridgestone’s wet tyres were the tyre of choice in trying conditions for the Chinese Grand Prix held at the Shanghai International Circuit where Sebastian Vettel took Red Bull Racing’s first and his second Formula One victory. Vettel crossed the line 10.9
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19.04.2009
RED BULL GIVES YOU G
Car 15, SEBASTIAN VETTEL, (Finish Position 1st, Start Position: 1st)"It's unbelievable - I'm so, so happy. Ten laps from the end I tried to control the gap between me and the car behind and adapt my pace. I wa
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19.04.2009
Adrian Sutil put in another brilliant wet weather performance for Force India in China, running as high as sixth - ahead of Lewis Hamilton - before aquaplaning caught him out and pitched him into the tyre wall with less than six
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19.04.2009
2009 CHINESE GRAND PRIX SHANGHAI 19 APRIL RACEBrawn GP’s Jenson Button took his third consecutive podium of the 2009 Formula One season at the end of a rain-soaked Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit today. Team-mate Rubens Barrichello finished in fourth position to secure further valuable points for the team’s championship challenge
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19.04.2009
HEIKKI KOVALAINEN Started: 12th Finished: 5th Fast
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19.04.2009
2009 Chinese Grand Prix RaceAdrian Sutil (car 20, VJM02/03):17th: 1:47:11.887 (DNF - lap 50)Giancarlo Fisichella (car 21, VJM02/01):14th: 1:58:08.816 (+ 1 lap)The Force India Formula One Team put in its most competitive performance yet in today's rain-lashed Chinese G
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19.04.2009
Rain continued to play a part in this year’s World Championship as today’s Chinese Grand Prix played out under steady rainfall creating difficult conditions for the drivers and a host of cars falling off the race track throughout the 56 laps. With the race started under the safety car, the team opted to alter Nico’s strategy, bringing him in early from seventh position.
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19.04.2009
2009 CHINESE GRAND PRIX - SUNDAY 19/04/09Our friends, the Chinese Pandas are back to comment on the race"I hear we are being joined on the list of Endangered Species by something called a Dry Grand Prix."Sebastien Buemi (STR4-01)Pos. 8th"I am very happy as the team did a super job so that we got another point to take&nb
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19.04.2009
Chinese Grand Prix - Race Round-UpSunday 19 April 2009Jarno Trulli (Car 9, Chassis TF109-04)Grid: 6thRace Classification: DNFPit Stop Lap: 18Timo Glock (Car 10, Chassis TF109-05)Grid: 19thRace Classification: 7th (+1m 14.476s)Pit Stop Lap: 24Panasonic Toyota Racing wi
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19.04.2009
2009 FORMULA 1 CHINESE GRAND PRIX1 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 56 Winner 1 10 2 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 56 +10.9 secs 3 8 3 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 56 +44.9 secs 5 6 4 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 56 +63.7 secs 4 5 5 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 56 +65.1 secs 12 4 6 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 56 +71
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19.04.2009
He did it in the wet for Toro Rosso at Monza last year. Now Sebastian Vettel has done it in the wet for Red Bull in Shanghai.
The young German has scored the team's maiden win after a rain-drenched Chinese Grand Prix, with team
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18.04.2009
Bridgestone’s super soft tyre allowed driver Sebastian Vettel to set his second pole position, and Red Bull Racing’s first ever, with a lap of 1min 36.184secs at Shanghai for the Chinese Grand Prix. Vettel took pole by just under two tenths from ING Renault’s Fern
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18.04.2009
18. April 2009 – GP China, der Samstag
Im Qualifying zum China-Grand Prix erreichten die ING Renault F1-Piloten Fernando Alonso und Nelson Piquet heute die Startplätze 2 und 16.Fernando Alonso: 6 Rund
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18.04.2009
Shang-hIGHCar 14, Mark Webber, Position 3rd!Car 15, SEBASTIAN VETTEL, Position 1st! "What a result! The work that's gone into this from the
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18.04.2009
2009 CHINESE GRAND PRIX SHANGHAI - QUALIFYINGBrawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button qualified in fourth and fifth positions for Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix after a closely-fought qualifying hour at the Shanghai International Circuit today.The two Brawn GP drivers completed two runs in each of the three qualifying sessions
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18.04.2009
CHINESE GRAND PRIX QUALIFYINGIn another fiercely fought qualifying battle, AT&T Williams team drivers Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima both eased into Q2, Nico entering in P5 and Kazuki in P15. Kazuki, however, was unable to progress past Q2 and was left in P15 at the flag. Glock’s five place penalty promotes Kazuki to fourteenth on the grid for tomorrow&r
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18.04.2009
2009 CHINESE GRAND PRIX - SATURDAY 18/04/09BRAVISSIMO BUEMI! RACE 3 FIRST Q3Sebastien Buemi (STR4-01)"I am really happy to be in Q3, as it's more than I had expected. I don't think I could have got any higher up the order. On low fuel, the car was very good, but we didn't have any new Options l
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18.04.2009
Chinese Grand Prix - Qualifying Round-UpSaturday 18 April 2009Jarno Trulli (Car 9, Chassis TF109-04)3rd Practice: 2nd, 1m 36.272s (+0.139s), 22 laps1st Qualifying: 9th, 1m 36.308s (+0.775s), 8 laps2nd Qualifying: 5th, 1m 35.645s (+0.515s), 6 laps3rd Qualifying: 6th, 1m 36.835s (+0.651s), 7 lapsTimo G
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18.04.2009
2009 Chinese Grand Prix ShanghaiAdrian Sutil (car 20, VJM02/03):FP3: 17th 1:37.534 (17 laps)Q1: 19th 1:37.669 (10 laps)Giancarlo Fisichella (car 21, VJM02/01):FP1: 18th 1:37.732 (18 laps)Q1: 20th 1:37.672 (10 laps)The Force India Formula One Team had a tougher day today as prepar
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18.04.2009
2009 FORMULA 1 CHINESE GRAND PRIX1 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:36.565 1:35.130 1:36.184 11 2 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:36.443 1:35.803 1:36.381 21 3 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:35.751 1:35.173 1:36.466 19 4 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:35.701 1:35.503 1:36.493 21 5 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:35.533 1:35.556 1:36.532
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18.04.2009
FORMULA 1 CHINESE GRAND PRIX1 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:36.133 17 2 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:36.272 0.139 22 3 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.330 0.197 17 4 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:36.463 0.330 16 5 8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:36.464 0.331 16 6 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:36.528 0.395 18 7 2 Heikki Kova
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17.04.2009
2009 CHINESE GRAND PRIX SHANGHAI 17 APRIL PRACTICEBrawn GP’s Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello were in action at the Shanghai International Circuit today in the first of the practice sessions ahead of Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix.After completing early installation laps, the first practice session really got underway for the team after thir
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17.04.2009
CHINESE GRAND PRIX PRACTICEPractice 1, 10.00 - 11.30hrs10.21: Buemi completes the weekend’s first flying lap, 1m41.316s.10.22: Buemi posts a 1m39.959s.10.26: Räikkönen runs wide at T14.10.27: Buemi posts a 1m39.395s.10.28: Trulli laps in 1m39.269s.10.30: Räikkönen laps in 1m38.530s, Trull
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17.04.2009
HEIKKI KOVALAINENMP4-24-03P1 programme23 laps – 1m37.672s (4th)Heikki ran a couple of installs on the option tyre before beginning his day’s running, using the prime to notch up three further runs (five laps/1m37.672s best; five laps/1m38.173s and four laps/1m37.716s). He completed a comparison between the old and new front-wing specs a
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17.04.2009
Chinese Grand Prix - Free Practice Round-Up Friday 17 April 2009Jarno Trulli (Car 9, Chassis TF109-04)1st Practice: 6th, 1m 37.764s (+0.430s), 19 laps2nd Practice: 6th, 1m 36.217s (+0.538s), 42 lapsTimo Glock (Car 10, Chassis TF109-05)1st Practice: 8th, 1m 37.894s (+0.560s), 21 laps2nd Practice: 8
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17.04.2009
2009 Chinese Grand PrixAdrian Sutil (car 20, VJM02/03):FP1: 14th 1:38.319 (18 laps)FP2: 11th 1:36.829 (30 laps)Giancarlo Fisichella (car 21, VJM02/01):FP1: 17th 1:38.460 (19 laps)FP2: 20th 1:37.750 (31 laps)The third event of the 2009 FIA
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17.04.2009
2009 CHINESE GRAND PRIX - FRIDAY 17/04/09Sebastien Bourdais(STR4-02)"Our weekend seems to have started off quite well. We have made progress in terms of understanding the car and using it to its best. There is still some work to do, spec
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17.04.2009
THIS WEEK: Make your own binoculars!Spent too much money on a diffuser or Paris hotels?Then save cash with this handy way to make race-watching binoculars. They don't have lenses, but that means they're just like those on sale outside the circuit… Two cans of Red Bull, a piece of string and there you go. Note: Empty cans first.Might
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17.04.2009
2009 FORMULA 1 CHINESE GRAND PRIX 1 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:35.679 35 2 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:35.704 0.025 36 3 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:35.881 0.202 35 4 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:36.105 0.426 32 5 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:36.167 0.488 22 6 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:36.217 0.538
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17.04.2009
2009 FORMULA 1 CHINESE GRAND PRIX1 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:37.334 22 2 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:37.450 0.116 18 3 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:37.566 0.232 19 4 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:37.672 0.338 23 5 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:37.752 0.418 20 6 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:37.764 0.430
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17.04.2009
Jenson Button, Brawn GP2008 Qualifying - 18th, 2008 Race - 16th"After the excitement of the first two races, it has been great to have the chance to relax and reflect for a few days since the dramatic race in Malaysia. I am under
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17.04.2009
Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber2008 Qualifying - 9th, 2008 Race - 5th“This year’s race is scheduled much earlier than before, so we can probably expect considerably lower temperatures. That will make a difference to the tyres in particular, b
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17.04.2009
Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India2008 Qualifying - 20th, 2008 Race - 17th“The main goal this weekend is to have a clean event without any mistakes, qualify well and to finish the race. I think it’s too early to start hoping for point
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17.04.2009
Lewis Hamilton, McLaren2008 Qualifying - 1st, 2008 Race - 1st“I really enjoy racing in Shanghai - the track is a good blend of fast and slow stuff and it throws up a few nice challenges for the drivers. Finding the right set-up is import
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17.04.2009
Jarno Trulli, Toyota2008 Qualifying - 7th, 2008 Race - DNF"I am really optimistic about the Chinese Grand Prix because we have started the season very strongly. It shows how much progress we have made since last season that in Malaysia I was a littl
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17.04.2009
Fernando Alonso, Renault2008 Qualifying - 4th, 2008 Race - 4th“Shanghai is definitely a circuit that I enjoy and it's quite similar to Sepang with some quick corners, long straights and low-speed sections. You therefore have to find a com
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17.04.2009
Kazuki Nakajima, Williams2008 Qualifying - 17th, 2008 Race - 12th“I like this part of the world and for me it’s close to home so I get to enjoy something similar to my own culture for a little longer. Shanghai is definitely a challe
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17.04.2009
Fernando, in Malaysia erlebten wir einen ziemlich ereignisreichen Grand Prix. Wie lief dein Rennen?Fernando Alonso :"Ich hatte einen fantastischen Start und k
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15.04.2009
SHANGHAI 17-19 APRIL PREVIEWJust six months after Formula One’s last visit to China, the sport’s calendar returns to Shanghai this week for Round Three of the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship. Earlier in the season than its traditional autumn date, this year’s Chinese Grand Prix will take place on Sunday 19 April at the Shanghai Internationa
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