haha... I had to follow text updates. I'm downloading the race right now, although it says it will take 5 more daysfile is a total of 1gb to give you an idea how slow the internet is) before it is finished downloading... haha. Oh well, at least I have internet.

WOW, I got to watch practice Friday before I left but that's it. I'll start watching the rest today.

I'm not real big into most other racing body's but I keep up with F1 a good bit. Nascar is ok, but it's on every weekend so I get bored with it not to mention there is really no creativity to the cars because they won't let them do anything, and the others like Lemans, and Grand-am are just randomly on SPEED throught the year.

Yeah, F1 is the only thing I keep up with as well. Like you said, I'll catch random races on speed throughout the year, but not anything I follow. I'm with you on Nascar. I just get so bored watching it. People always tell me how many wrecks there are and how it's action packed. To that I say "Have you ever watched an F1 race?"

Ok, finally watched it. I guess it's going to rain every race this year. It is kind of nice to see some different teams atop the leader board instead of Ferrari and McLaren all the time.

I have 68% downloaded now... It's telling me less than a day left. We'll see :D

Sounds like you'll make it just in time for the next one to come on!!

Well looks like another new team on the poll

That's awesome!! Hopefully the weather will be nice for the GP and we'll see what kind of progress the teams have made.

Looks like another good race(that I'll get to watch in another 5 days or so :D). 3 out of 4 for Button... looks like he is going to be the man to beat this year. Looks like Ferrari finally put some points on the board as well. Seems like Hamilton is creeping up a little more each race too.

I really like this, someone else winning besides Ferrari and McClaren thing, makes it more interesting IMO.

Looks like it was another good race for Brawn today.

Oh major bummer... my DVR failed to record Spain!!!!!

This may be the most one sided year in a long time. It's just odd because of who it is.

Yep, another 1 and 2 finish for Brawn. It seems like Ferrari might have the kinks worked out.

...and Jensen Button wins another one...

Getting monotonous? :)
Well, at least the other one was a DNF...
I think the Barichello curse is still alive...
Button claimed the tuning was spot on to his driving style for once.

Red Bull clawing their way to the top?
2 - 3 finish...

Attrition was amazing low.
I think only Fisichella and Barichello were the only victims?
Track was fricken' HOT on race day.

Got to see the German GP on replay on SpeedTV early this morning...

Congrads to Mark Webber for the pole and P1 finish!

So it looks like it's a two team race at the mid season point between Red Bull and Brawn GP - two privateer teams!

Congrads to Lewis Hamilton for his first win for McLaren this season at Hungary!
McLaren had the highest placed finish for both drivers as they took 1st and 5th.
McLaren showing signs of vigor at mid-season?
It makes you wonder how Felipe Massa would've done if he didn't crash - Kimi Raikkonen came in 2nd.
Mark Webber rounds out the podium in 3rd - his teammate Sebastian Vettel DNF'd this race - gotta be disappointment for Red Bull.
Brawn GP managed a couple points with Button finishing 7th (Barichello in 10th), so they were basically a non-issue.
That's gotta hurt, as Red Bull is slowly reeling in Brawn GP in both the driver's and constructor's points.


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Shaping up to be a great season and... Schumacher is filling in for Massa while he recovers!
Glad to see that it appears Felipe is doing well.

And BMW is calling it quits after this season.

Schumacher vs. Hamilton, should be an interesting race in 3 some-odd weeks.

Wait, it's Valencia....never mind.

I'm sure there was disappoint for many for M.Schumacher not making it for this race.
A prior neck injury preventing him from suiting up for the car.

Congrads to R.Barrichello for winning the European GP at Valencia!
Keen strategy during the two pit stops allow Barrichello to leapfrog competitors to take the win.

Red Bull could've gained precious ground, as J.Button ended up 7th, but a DNF by S.Vettel and an out-of-points finish (9th?) by M.Webber made it a disappointing race for the whole Red Bull team.


-Ted

Congrads to K.Raikkonen and Ferrari for winning the Belgian GP, but the story has to be G.Fisichella and the Force India team scoring it's first points, pole position in qualifying, and a 2nd place podium finish!

S.Vettel rounds out the podium with a 3rd for Red Bull.

Disappointment for some top drivers L.Hamilton, J.Button, and J.Trulli (qualified 2nd) who DNF'd with a big crash early in the race.

I'm loving the way this year is playing out. Every race is up in the air as is what is going on with the teams and drivers. And next year I think we get 26 cars in the series with the new teams on board.

This has been one of the best seasons that I've been around for. Fisi is now driving for Ferrari!

R.Barrichello notches 2nd win with J.Button coming in 2nd in Monza.
This allows Brawn GP to pad their points versus the 2nd place Red Bull team that showed a dismal performance with M.Webber retiring early and S.Vettel gaining only one point due to a P8 finish.
A.Sutil showed brief glimpses of greatness in the Force India car but was knocked out of the podium at the end of the race.
K.Raikkonen grabbed the last podium spot in 3rd.
L. Hamilton challenged for the top for most of the race, but lost it on the last lap due to aggressive driving.

SHUSH!!!!! I haven't watched qualifying yet much less the race. :)

Great race today! I was able to catch it on the Speed Channel. Sucks for Lewis. Running in third and keeping Jensen on his toes... then crashing out of 3rd on the last lap for a DNF. From the looks of it, he hit pretty hard but was ok.

Two-year suspended ban for Renault over Singapore conspiracy

FIA hands individual punishments to Briatore and Symonds

What if Piquet had said no? Would it have made a difference in who won the championship last year. Maybe Massa wouldn't have had the pit incident and gained extra points. Did Renault get off easy? Sure they got rid of the two who instigated it but man this seems as bad or worse than what McLaren did and they had all their points taken away and a huge fine.

I still have the last two races on DVR to watch and there's another coming up this weekend. Massa has been back testing for Ferrari, Alonso is going to Ferrari, Barrichello has possibly signed with Williams, Kubica will take Alonso's place at Renault... I can't keep up with it all.

Def been a great season!!

Well, since no one else has posted yet... Jensen has it all locked up.

Yeah the last 2-3 races have been disappointing some IMO because even though he wasn't doing very good the 3-4 guy that had a chance to catch him didn't do anything either.

Good Button finally got his championship. Now it will be interesting to see how he and Brawn GP fare in the coming year(s). Without the massive budget of say McClaren or Ferrari, my guess is they'll be hard pressed to be competitive. Ross may need to pull another miracle out of his hat.

Feff

This thread needs a serious update!

Yeah, sorry I've been out of it since NO CABLE right now - just can't afford the $100 / month (@^#( fees just to get Speed Channel. :(

On a related note, been enjoying WRC seasons 2008 and 2009 on Hulu!!!
Hope they UL 2010 soon!


-Ted

Bahrain canceled Australia is the 1st race of the season in 6 days. Which IMHO is a proper start to the season. Good riddance to a boring track.

From the preseason, that does not count, Red Bull and Ferrari look fast, Merc GP looks to be a contender now, and McLaren is either playing games or in trouble.

Here is to a very exciting season with lots or dog fights and a close championship race to the end.

It is another season of domination by Red Bull it seems. If this season continues on its current path then it will be a boring season like the season dominated by the all too mighty back then Michael Schumacher. Hopefully things change during the season. I want to see much more competition going on.

What is the FIA going to do now?
Change the scoring system again, like after M.Schu dominated a few years back?
Would be interesting since Jean Todt is now the FIA pres...?

I just started to get into WRC...
Although Seb Loeb has been DOMINATING the past few years, it's a little bit more dramatic.
Looking forward to this season since they are dropping from 2.0 turbo to 1.6 turbo and all new chassis - Citroen DS versus Ford Fiesta with Mini taking a peek?
Well, that's for another thread... :)


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