Testing times from Silverstone (Tuesday 24 June)
1. MASSA Ferrari 1m20.188s
2. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m20.477s
3. KUBICA BMW 1m20.995s
4. KOBAYASHI Toyota 1m21.335s
5. ROSBERG Williams 1m21.410s
6. WEBBER Red Bull 1m21.585s
7. PIQUET Renault 1m21.797s
8. BUTTON Honda 1m22.081s
9. LIUZZI Force India 1m22.251s
10. VETTEL Toro Rosso 1m23.853s
Testing times from Silverstone (Wednesday 25 June)
1. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m20.015s
2. TRULLI Toyota 1m20.391s
3. ROSBERG Williams 1m20.624s
4. PIQUET Renault 1m20.787s
5. VETTEL Toro Rosso 1m21.795s
6. KUBICA BMW 1m20.982s
7. MASSA Ferrari 1m21.069s
8. WEBBER Red Bull 1m21.170s
9. BUTTON Honda 1m21.445s
10. FISICHELLA Force India 1m21.583s
Testing times from Silverstone (Thursday 26 June)
1. HAMILTON McLaren 1m19.170s
2. GLOCK Toyota 1m19.815s
3. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m20.321s
4. ALONSO Renault 1m20.862s
5. HEIDFELD BMW 1m21.011s
6. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m21.059s
7. SUTIL Force India 1m21.331s
8. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m21.344s
9. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m21.432s
10. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m22.232s
Provisional 2009 calendar
29 March Australia
5 April Malaysia
19 April Bahrain
10 May Spain
24 May Monaco
7 June Canada
21 June Great Britain
28 June France
12 July Germany
26 July Hungary
9 August Turkey
23 August Europe (Valencia)
6 September Italy
13 September Belgium
27 September Singapore
11 October Japan
18 October China
1 November Brazil
15 November Abu Dhabi
13-time Grand Prix winner David Coulthard has announced his retirement from Formula 1.
This is damn hilarious: Jenson Button challenges Lewis Hamilton to a triathlon, Hamilton accepts...then his daddy pulls him out. The charity that was going to benefit must be miffed.
News story
Donington gets British GP from 2010
http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=43211
Testing times from Hockenheim (Tuesday 8 July)
1. HAMILTON McLaren 1m15.483s
2. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m15.803s
3. ROSBERG Williams 1m16.099s
4. SUTIL Force India 1m16.516s
5. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m16.533s
6. KOBAYASHI Toyota 1m16.570s
7. HEIDFELD BMW 1m16.593s
8. PIQUET Renault 1m16.856s
9. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m17.361s
10. WURZ Honda 1m17.825s
Testing times from Hockenheim (Wednesday 9 June)
1. HAMILTON McLaren 1m14.872s
2. ROSBERG Williams 1m15.257s
3. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m15.296s
4. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m15.767s
5. SUTIL Force India 1m15.945s
6. VETTEL Toro Rosso 1m15.955s
7. GLOCK Toyota 1m15.995s
8. ALONSO Renault 1m16.141s
9. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m16.144s
10. WEBBER Red Bull 1m16.217s
11. HEIDFELD BMW 1m16.235s
12. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m16.550s
Testing times from Hockenheim (Thursday 10 June)
1. MASSA Ferrari 1m14.989s
2. BUTTON Honda 1m15.081s
3. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m15.289s
4. WEBBER Red Bull 1m15.378s
5. VETTEL Toro Rosso 1m15.556s
6. ALONSO Renault 1m15.593s
7. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m15.759s
8. KUBICA BMW 1m15.869s
9. TRULLI Toyota 1m16.065s
10. FISICHELLA Force India 1m16.113s
Donington Park circuit plan
http://www.donington-park.co.uk/files/pdf/master_plan.pdf
I looked at that just now...the opening sequence of corners is reminiscent of the same at Nuerburgring.
Raikkonen extends Ferrari deal to 2010
http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=43915
2009 French Grand Prix cancelled
http://www.itv-f1.com/news_article.aspx?id=44290