F1 2009 Race Start Times

2009 Calendar & Starting Times
All start times shown below are the start time in that races country
29/03 Australia 17:00
05/04 Malaysia 17:00
19/04 China 15:00
26/04 Bahrain 15:00
10/05 Spain 14:00
24/05 Monaco 14:00
07/06 Turkey 15:00
21/06 Great Britain 13:00
12/07 Germany 14:00
26/07 Hungary 14:00
23/08 Europe 14:00
30/08 Belgium 14:00
13/09 Italy 14:00
27/09 Singapore 20:00
04/10 Japan 14:00
18/10 Brazil 14:00
01/11 Abu Dhabi 15:00

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New Safety Car Rules For 2009

The safety car rules that have been used for the past two seasons will now be scrapped for 2009. The pit lane will now remain open and drivers instead having to stick to a minimum lap time on their return to the pits. FIA race director Charlie Whiting announced that a change would be made [...]

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Portimao F1 Test – Day 3 – Buemi Fastest

For the 3rd day running Buemi was fastest
The heavy rains that blighted running on Tuesday were not too much of a factor today in testing but it was not until late in the day that the Portuguese circuit dried fully.
Sebastien Buemi again set the pace for the Toro Rosso Ferrari team and while running in [...]

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Lewis Hamilton’s 1st Drive Of The MP4/24

Lewis Hamilton made his debut outing with the number ‘1′ as he returned to test action on Wednesday morning.
On his first drive since winning the 2008 championship in Brazil last November, and therefore getting his first taste of the newly launched MP4-24, the 24-year-old Briton joined the test action at the Portimao circuit in Portugal.
Hamilton [...]

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Portimao F1 Test – Day 2 – Buemi Fastest

The second day of testing in Portugal saw the five teams present forced to battle with the weather once again.
Rain in the morning gave way to better conditions and an almost dry circuit before the rains began again. In addition, high winds were an issue reportedly damaging the McLaren Mercedes motorhome.
Sebastien Buemi was back on [...]

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BMW Sauber Launch The F1.09

The BMW Sauber team raised the curtain on its 2009 season in Formula One in Valencia this morning. Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld unveiled the new BMW Sauber F1.09 shortly after nine o’clock. Kubica then took the car for its first lap of the southern Spanish circuit. The team goes into its fourth season with [...]

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Portimao F1 Test – Day 1 – Buemi Fastest

After the morning 2009 car launches of the Renault & Williams teams, it was back to testing the cars.
Sebastian Buemi was fastest at the end of the morning session and afternoon session. More from Portugal tomorrow.
Lunchtime Timings :
1.  S. Buemi Toro Rosso STR3 1:41.528   29 Laps
2.  K. Kobayashi Toyota TF109 1:52.748 +11.220 16 Laps
3.  P. [...]

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Williams Launch The FW31

The Williams F1 team have today launched their new 2009 challenger, the FW31.
The car was unveiled at the new Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal where the first major pre-season test kicks off.
The car was unveiled with it’s winter livery. The full 2009 race livery will be shown just before the 1st grand prix in [...]

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Renault Launch The New R29

The Renault F1 team have today launched their new 2009 challenger, the R29.
The car was unveiled at the new Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal where the first major pre-season test kicks off.
The R29 has a different livery to 2008. Gone is the dark blue which was on the 2008 car and in comes more [...]

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Ron Dennis Steps Down As Team Principal

Ron Dennis has just announced he will be stepping down as team principal.  Martin Whitmarsh the current CEO will take over the role. Ron Dennis wanted to make it clear he was not retiring and it was his own decision.
Ron Dennis said he would still attend some races, but intends to pass on his team principal responsibilities [...]

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Mclaren Launch The New MP4/24

The Vodaphone Mclaren Mercedes Team have presented their latest F1 challenger. It was unveiled at the teams headquarters in Woking.
With new rule changes introduced ahead of the 2009 season, the new Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-24 represents a significant departure from its world championship-winning predecessor.
Incorporating new bodywork regulations and the much-heralded return of slick tyres, the [...]

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Toyota TF109 Unveiled

The Toyota F1 team launched their new 2009 car today via a live internet broadcast
The 2009 challenger is called the TF109
Toyota will begin its 2009 pre-season testing programme with the TF109 next week on Tuesday January 20, the opening day of a three-day test at the new Algarve Motor Park circuit in Portugal.
You can view more [...]

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Ferrari Photos From Vrooom 2009

Photos of Felipe & Kimi at the annual Ferrari event in Madonna di Campiglio.

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F1 World Champions

Do you want to know what year a certain F1 driver won the F1 World Championship?
I have a new page on my website now called F1 World Champions. Visit this page to see photos of the World Champions and when they won it. The list is from 1950 – 2008.
http://www.f1memorabilia.net/champions.htm

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2009 F1 Engine Rules

Drivers can use just eight engines during the coming season. It was previously understood that, as part of the new cost-cutting measures for this year, the original one-engine per two races rule had simply been extended to include a third race per single 2.4 litre V8 unit. This is not necessarily the case.
The rules state: [...]

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Lewis Hamilton Commemorative Stamps

 

 

In celebration of Lewis Hamilton’s first Formula 1 World Championship, the Isle of Man, along with team Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, has issued its latest set of commemorative stamps.
click on a photo to see the large version
Source: Isle of Man Post Office

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Ron Dennis Cleared In Tribunal Case

Ron Dennis travelled to an employment tribunal yesterday to give evidence in the case brought by former McLaren employee Peter Boland. The former air steward had claimed unfair dismissal and labelled Dennis both a racist and homophobe.
Today Boland, who was employed by the firm between 2002 and 2007, read the following statement.
“I have decided to [...]

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Official 2009 F1 Driver Entry List

The FIA has released its official 2009 F1 entry list, with two slots reserved for Honda, a new name for Force India and Kimi Raikkonen being granted the higher number at Ferrari – despite Felipe Massa’s superior 2008 form.
The only other blank space on the list is that to be filled by the yet-to-be-announced second [...]

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Ferrari Won’t Supply Honda With Engines

Ferrari is no longer likely to supply Honda or a potential buyer of the Brackley-based team with engines this year.
A spokesman for the Italian outfit last week confirmed Ross Brawn’s claim that a supply of the Maranello-built 2.4 litre V8s will be available for Honda’s potential buyers.
But at the launch of Ferrari’s new F60 at [...]

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Massa & Raikkonen Ferrari F60 Interviews

 
Kimi & Felipe were interviewed today about the new Ferrari F60 F1 car
Videos courtesy of ferrariworld.com

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Donnington Start Work On A New Tunnel

An artist impression of what the new pits and garages will look like.

Work at Donington Park has finally got going this weekend. CEO Simon Gillet said ” Groundwork is first, but the first big change will be the tunnel. We are going to have a new tunnel between Coppice and McLeans, an HGV tunnel, and [...]

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Felipe Massa Runs The New Ferrari F60

The ‘F60′, named in celebration of the fact the Italian marque is the only to have contested all sixty seasons in the sport’s history, was launched with a low-key event at Ferrari’s Maranello headquarters.
The car, initially called the 660 during the design process, conforms to the 2009 regulations and features numerous innovations.
“The choice is very [...]

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Ferrari Launch The New F60

 

Ferrari this morning unveiled its 2009 challenger to the media ahead of a scheduled test later today at Mugello.
Ditching the recent numbering system, the new 2009 Ferrari has been dubbed the F60 and will be shaken down by Felipe Massa at the team’s test track.
The launch car features the 2009-spec wings, [...]

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Renault R29 Failed FIA Crash Tests

A spokeswoman for Renault has confirmed reports the French team’s new F1 car for 2009 has failed a crash test. The launch and test debut of the R29 will proceed as scheduled later this month in Portugal, but it emerged that the car did not pass two of the mandatory FIA tests at the first [...]

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F1Memorabilia.Net – New Look

I now have a new look website, which is now up and running
If you have time, please take a look. There is more latest F1 News and my F1 shop where you can find all sorts of F1 Memorabilia
www.f1memorabilia.net

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Force India To Launch VJM02 In Early March

Force India’s Mercedes-powered 2009 car will be revealed and run for the first time at Jerez in early March, team owner and boss Vijay Mallya said on Sunday.
“The new car, VJM02, is under construction. It will have a McLaren gearbox and Mercedes engine, which is a big change from VJM01. We are going to unveil [...]

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Sebastien Buemi Confirmed At Toro Rosso For 2009

Scuderia Toro Rosso confirmed today that Sebastien Buemi will drive for the team this year. The 20 year-old Swiss driver competed in GP2 last year with Arden International, finishing the season sixth in the standings.
For much of his racing career Buemi has been supported by Red Bull as part of its Junior Driver programme and [...]

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Nick Fry In Honda Buyout?

Just over a month after Honda’s shock decision to withdraw from Formula 1, hopes are still alive that the Brackley based team will be rescued in time for the 2009 Formula 1 season.
Representatives of the outfit currently known as Honda Racing F1 attended the Heathrow meeting of the FOTA team alliance on Thursday, and afterwards [...]

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Donnington Gets Planning Permission To Start Work

 

Leicestershire District Council have given its approval to Donnington Park Circuit owner Simon Gillett  to start work, the first stage is to extend the track in line with regulations laid down by world governing body FIA.
The British Grand Prix will be held at Donnington from 2010. Donington Ventures Leisure Ltd signed a 10 year agreement [...]

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Villeneuve Wanted For Australian V8 Supercars

Former champion Jacques Villeneuve is in talks to contest this year’s championship of Australian V8 Supercars.
The Melbourne newspaper Herald Sun said the French-Canadian is the first choice to become Russell Ingall’s team-mate at the Super Cheap Racing team.
“This is real. Absolutely. He is pretty keen to do it,” team owner Paul Morris said. “Man, how [...]

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