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Brad's Formula 1 Blog March 2009 Archive

By Brad Spurgeon, About.com Guide to Formula 1

A Touching Brawn Victory

Sunday March 29, 2009
It was an historic race in Australia today as the two Brawn cars drove to victory, with Jenson Button leading Rubens Barrichello across the line in the first 1-2 in ... Read More

Of Brawn and the Others

Saturday March 28, 2009
Although there is no denying that the big story of qualifying at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday was the pole position and second places of the two Brawn cars, ... Read More

First Impressions From Practice in Melbourne

Friday March 27, 2009
A sunny, warm day in Melbourne has cast a very nice atmosphere over this first day of track action in Melbourne, and after the first practice session, it looked as ... Read More

Melbourne

Wednesday March 25, 2009
The teams, drivers, media and spectators are arriving in Melbourne - actually some drivers have been here for days already in order to adapt to the time difference - and ... Read More

F1 Point System Poll

Wednesday March 18, 2009
Among the decisions by the FIA yesterday was the move to make a world champion out of the driver who scores the most victories in a season, rather than the ... Read More

F1 Cost Caps For 2010

Tuesday March 17, 2009
The World Motor Sport Council of the International Automobile Federation today ratified an unusual - you might almost say "extraordinary" - idea for the enforcement of cost caps in Formula ... Read More

F1 Times Continue to Build Suspense

Monday March 16, 2009
Today's testing in Spain continues the exciting trend: The Brawns were still on top, but they were edged out slightly by Fernando Alonso in his Renault. This is ... Read More

Brawn Testing Festival Continues

Sunday March 15, 2009
It may have been only three teams, but the testing continued in Barcelona on Sunday as the teams entered their final week of testing before heading off to Australia for ... Read More

Tales of Testing in Barcelona

Thursday March 12, 2009
The fourth day of testing in Barcelona continues to hold forth great hope for the coming Formula 1 season. The story that pleases me the most is the ongoing ... Read More

Scuderia Red Bull - Sorry, Toro Rosso

Monday March 9, 2009
Scuderia Toro Rosso's technical director Giorgio Ascanelli has been insisting that the new Toro Rosso car, which was presented today in Barcelona, is not just a copy of the Red ... Read More

Birth of Brawn GP

Friday March 6, 2009
Honda becomes Brawn, and let us hope that the name will signify strength. In the early hours of this morning in Europe the Honda car company and Ross Brawn ... Read More

FOTA Announces Rules Changes

Thursday March 5, 2009
The Formula One Teams Association today held a press conference in Geneva to announce a list of proposed changes to the F1 rules and regulations in order to improve the ... Read More

Toro Rosso to Launch on Monday

Wednesday March 4, 2009
Next Monday, March 9, Toro Rosso will launch its new racing car for the coming season. It is the last team to do so - excluding the former Honda ... Read More

Honda Sale Announcement Imminent

Tuesday March 3, 2009
The saga of the sale of the Honda team is building up momentum as we get closer to the beginning of the new season. Today, the Yomiuri daily newspaper, ... Read More

Force India Launches

Sunday March 1, 2009
Force India finally launched its new car this weekend. The wait was worth it. After a rearrangement of directors - the team dropped Mike Gascoyne and Colin Kolles ... Read More

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