Jenson Button’s the hunted one! Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull rev up title pressure
"‘I don’t think people are saying that seriously. Who would possibly say that? “Does Jenson want to win the title or not?” It is a pretty silly question, isn’t it? ‘Why the **** am I here? That is not a question, is it? In reality that is not a question.'" Button gives an angry response to a question about whether he “really wants to win the championship”. Typical ‘build ’em up, knock ’em down’ stuff we’re used to seeing from the British sports press.
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Heikki Kovalainen: "I think first of all this weekend we are not going to be running the short wheel base car on both sides. I think there was some uncertainty about it in Valencia, so the team’s decided not to run the spec that Lewis (Hamilton) had in Valencia. I was happy with the long wheel base car and all the preparations have been with the long wheel base. It would not have been a big advantage for me as I am lighter and I can set up the car and move the weight around easier than Lewis, so they are the facts why we are not running them. I don’t think we even have it here with us this weekend, so I don’t even think we will be testing it."
Grosjean not willing to give up bank job
"New Renault F1 star driver Romain Grosjean is currently combining his job as a racing driver with a second role as banker in his home town Geneva, Switzerland. Practically unheard of in modern day Formula One, the Frenchman hopes to continue working for both Renault and the bank."
Abu Dhabi here we come – exclusive Q&A with Richard Cregan
"When you visit the circuit now you can see it is very near completion in terms of the track and the infrastructure. They have been fitting all of the Tech-Pro barriers, for example, and following the inspection by the FIA’s Charlie Whiting we have some guidelines on issues there."
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Prisoner Monkeys
28th August 2009, 0:41
If Button had kept inside Vettel off the line in Valencia, he probably would have made it to the second corner without a front wing. He’s not being conserative, he’s just not in the practice of doing stupid things.
Becken
28th August 2009, 0:59
Kimi The NICEMAN
Aardvark
28th August 2009, 1:41
More importantly, here’s an F1 car made of bread.
Becken
28th August 2009, 2:58
This one just beaten the F1 car made of wood…
Ferrari made another brilliant statement in your site:
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
28th August 2009, 8:41
So that’s Ferrari’s list of drivers who could do a better job than Badoer, is it?
PJA
28th August 2009, 9:02
Regarding that wooden F1 car, it looks like he would have to take it apart to get it out of that room.
It reminds me of an old episode of Top Gear where a man had built a car in his house and ended up having to take a wall down to get it out. He said when he started it was convenient to build it there as it was warm and close by and when he realised it was getting too big he thought he may as well finish it where it was then move it.
Achilles
28th August 2009, 6:32
The comment that the media “Build ’em up, and knock ’em down” is spot on, Button should tell the media to go speak to Kimi if they want a response….Or better still just wear the dark glasses, and speak in a monotone, giving only the most basic of answers whilst holding two fingers up!!
Tarzan
28th August 2009, 8:59
In the FIA press release Grosjean sums it all up IMO: More ground effect, less aero = interesting racing.
macca
28th August 2009, 21:23
it seems obvious really. i think the diffusers have a detrimental effect, really churning the air up. anything that removes reliance on aerodynamic grip would be a good thing. the bigger front wing actually made it worse.
Owen G
28th August 2009, 11:27
I can’t stand the British tabloids. That quote from Jenson at the start of the season would have been welcomed as “refreshing honesty”. Now he’s not doing so well it’s a stick to beat him with.
PJA
28th August 2009, 13:01
The BBC say the Abu Dhabi GP will be a twilight race, 17:00 local time (13:00 GMT) with the sun due to set at 17:45.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8226520.stm
Raceaddict
28th August 2009, 19:42
Bread? I cannot let that go without giving chocolate it’s due:
http://www.formulaf1.com/2007/03/31/photo-chocolate-mclaren-f1-car/
Becken
28th August 2009, 22:43
Penguin to release Formula One book range.
I love this quote:
I cant wait to see your review…