Archive for July 22nd, 2009
22
Jul

Williams are to journey to Russia this weekend to take part in the Moscow City Racing event, alongside fellow Formula One teams McLaren and Red Bull. The annual motorsport festival will be held in the heart of the Russian city on Sunday, with St Basil’s Cathedral, the Bolshoi theatre, Red Square and the Kremlin all providing a stunning backdrop to the 4.5-kilometre street circuit. More »

22
Jul

Over the eight seasons since his Formula One debut in 2002, Mark Webber had clinched a total of six podium finishes, but some had started to question whether he would ever win a race. On Sunday, however, Webber finally got his chance, taking victory ahead of Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel at the German Grand Prix. More »

22
Jul

1st Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1h36m43.310s; 2nd Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1h36m52.562s; 3rd Felipe Massa (Ferrari), 1h36m59.216s. More »

22
Jul

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton on the first-lap puncture that ruined his race; Ferrari’s Felipe Massa on scoring his first podium of the year; Force India’s Adrian Sutil and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen on their collision; and Red Bull’s Mark Webber on taking his maiden Formula One victory after 130 Grand Prix starts. All 20 drivers and senior team personnel report back on Sunday’s race action… More »

22
Jul

“Mark Webber you are a Grand Prix winner. Well done! Brilliant drive!” Those words, from Red Bull’s engineers, told you all you needed to know about Sunday’s German Grand Prix. No matter what they threw at the Australian, including a drive-through penalty for a brush off the startline with Brawn’s Rubens Barrichello, Webber came through and delivered in devastating style. More »

22
Jul

Welcome to race day for the ninth round of the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship, the European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring. More »

22
Jul

For the 2009 season, the FIA are making public the weights of all cars ahead of the race start to help give an idea of relative fuel loads. The cars that made Q3 are weighed after qualifying, while the weights of the remaining cars must be declared by their teams shortly after the session. More »

22
Jul

Drivers: 1. Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1m 32.230s; 2. Rubens Barrichello (Brawn GP), 1m 32.357s; 3. Jenson Button (Brawn GP), 1m 32.473s More »

22
Jul

Force India may be the only team still to score in 2009, but they’ve been steadily moving up the field in terms of pace from the season’s outset. And on Saturday they showed just how far they’ve come, with driver Adrian Sutil capitalizing on the variable conditions to delight his home crowd with his P7 grid slot for Sunday’s German race. More »

22
Jul

Toyota driver Timo Glock has been sent to the back of the grid for Sunday’s German Grand Prix after stewards decided he blocked Renault’s Fernando Alonso during qualifying on Saturday. More »