Comments on: Barrichello on pole in waterlogged Brazil qualifying

By: F1 Fan

F1 Fan — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:54:02 +0000

This is all history now but when I said Barrichello would be a worthy winner I wasnt necessary saying that Button wasnt. I was simply expressing my desire to see in my opinion another worthy driver heading towards the end of his career achieve this amazing accolade of WDC.
Of the Brawn drivers Button made the most of the Technical advance their cars had in the first half of the season. However I beileve RB has driven spiritedly in the second half of the season.
On the weekend I believe Button did demonstrate both his desire and talent in salvaging what looked to be an impossible situation.
I’ll be honest I’m not a Button fan but nor am I a Barrichello fan. Button as with many past champions has made the most out of the equipment he had at this diposal.
A worthy champion? Yes.

By: Jameson

Jameson — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:56:23 +0000

My TiVo cut the qualifying coverage short, but Q1 and the little bit of Q2 that I was able to see was interesting.

My favorite part of the qualifying on Saturday was seeing Barrichello asleep in his car while the track was red flagged. It was absolutely hilarious!

By: Cliff

Cliff — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:08:10 +0000

Good call on the Mclaren question.

Cheers!

By: James Allen

James Allen — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:10:43 +0000

Essential changes are allowed if anything of the things you are allowed to replace need replacing. There is always a list which comes out from the FIA before the race of permitted changes.

By: Javaid

Javaid — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:24:32 +0000

Hi James,

A question, I thought that after quali the cars go into parc femme. I am just watching the grand prix on the BBC(Sunday) a interview with Rubens that took place in the evening after quali and in the back ground mechanics are working on his car, How is that allowed? And if it is allowed what changes can they make?

By: jon haynes

jon haynes — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:23:27 +0000

Another good performance from Kimi, single-handedly taking Ferrari to what looks like 3rd place in WCC now (as LH quali’d so far back for this race). The contrast between his times and Fisi’s since he arrived in the time has been giant. It will be bizarre, will it not, if Kimi is not able to get a very top drive for next year – after all in his time at Ferrari he was WDC in his first year, 3rd in WDC in his second year, and this year in the last 7/8 races at least has been showing his ultra-consistent star quality in what his team manager Luca Domenicali has admitted is a dog of a car. In other words, there is no reason for him not to be in a very top car car next year and yet the way things have panned out, it is unclear whether he will even have a drive, as things stand!

I reckon he would be more than a match for Lewis alongside him at Macca, which will make Lewis nervous, as clearly Lewis’s first aim is to be no. 1 in the team he is in (this was his stated aim when Alonso came to Macca). let us cross fingers that we are not in the bizarre situation of Kimi not even being in F1 next year because of the way things have turned out. this would be the fate of a driver who is no longer any good, or someone on the downhill slope at the minimum, and neither of these things is what KR is.

By: Noelinho

Noelinho — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:13:56 +0000

Button’s won six races, Barrichello two. They race the same car. Button has 14 points more.

If Barrichello would be a worthy winner, Button, on that, would seem a worthier winner.

By: rossetto

rossetto — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:12:17 +0000

All those years behind MS, he could not have got any further anyway.

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:10:33 +0000

With much fewer wins and a less consistent season overall than Button? I hardly think so.

By: Ranchslider

Ranchslider — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:37:37 +0000

Does the 8 engines rule apply per car or per driver?

Glock apparently switched to engine 9 in Japan but didn’t race, therefore assuming that engine is still in the car for Brazil, does Kobayashi have to take the penalty, or does the count reset and he actually has 8 engines to play with for 2 races?

Jenson is certainly giving a good impression of someone making heavy weather of winning this WDC. While I think he’s handling the pressure well during the races (he hasn’t thrown the car off the track desperately trying to get the last few points he needs), he doesn’t make it easy for himself with his qualifying performances!

Given that even if he DNFs the last 2 races the others still have to do alot to overtake him, I’d have thought Button would take the opportunity to ‘go for it’ more than be conservative like he has been.

I hope that it stays dry for at least the first part of the race, as at least then there’s the best chance of a clean start – especially for Button and Vettel.