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Schedule for the Grand Prix de Monaco 2009

TV Times:
India*:
Grand Prix de Monaco 2009 – Qualification
Saturday, May 23 2009
17:20 – 19:00 : FIA F1 World Championships Qualifying(Live)  - ESPN

Grand Prix de Monaco 2009 – Race
Sunday, May 24 2009
16:30 – 17:15 : FIA F1 World Championship Raceday(Live)  - ESPN
17:15 – 19:15 : FIA F1 World Championships Race(Live)  - ESPN
19:15 – 20:00 : FIA F1 World Championship Chequered Flag(Live)  - ESPN

You can get the telecast details of different parts of the world here

* – Authors of F1Jam.com are based in India

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• RT @Jamesallenonf1 – court decision on Ferrari’s injunction against 2010 rules will be announced at 2pm French time on Wednesday #
• #f1 #india #starsports #espn This weeks F1 race will be telecasted on ESPN instead of Star Sports http://tinyurl.com/rcrkt5 #
• Massa: Monaco can be turning point – Massa is expecting the aero updates to the Ferrari will earn them a podium http://tinyurl.com/p47l5a #
• Weekend Weather update for Monaco http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/5/9366.html #
• Ferrari lose their bid for injunction against the FIA over the two tier series. – http://tinyurl.com/qqz9fq #

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• BMW to use double diffuser, KERS, in Turkey – The team desperately needs those updates http://tinyurl.com/pfeypw #
• “For the first time Nelsinho was better than Alonso,” – Wow atleast one person thinks that – http://tinyurl.com/qe8c75 #
• Jenson Button to contest London Triathlon – The event comprises a 1500 metre swim, 40km bike ride and 10km run! – http://tinyurl.com/qph723 #
• The most important thing is to qualify as close to the top as possible – Fernando Alonso – http://tinyurl.com/rydybj #

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Results

1. Jenson Button
2. Rubens Barrichello
3. Mark Webber
4. Sebastian Vettel
5. Fernando Alonso
6. Felipe Massa
7. Nick Heidfeld
8. Nico Rosberg
9. Lewis Hamilton
10. Timo Glock
11. Robert Kubica
12. Nelson Piquet
13. Kazuki Nakajima
14. Giancarlo Fisichella

Not Classified:

Kimi Raikkonen
Heikki Kovalainen
Jarno Trulli
Sebastien Buemi
Sebastien Bourdais
Adrian Sutil

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Here is the list of the provisional grid and the weight of each respective car (as released by the FIA)

1. Jenson Button, Brawn GP, 646kg
2. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 651.5
3. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, 649.5
4. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 655
5. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 651.5
6. Timo Glock, Toyota, 646.5
7. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 655.5
8. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 645
9. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 668
10. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 660
11. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 676.6
12. Nelson Piquet, Renault, 677.4
13. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 676.3
14. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 683
15. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 678
16. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 673
17. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 669
18. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 657
19. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 675
20. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, 656

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Button put together a brilliant lap in the dying seconds of qualification to steal pole from Vettel.  The current championship leader will line up in front of his teammate who qualified third after an awesome show in qualification.  Ferrari had mixed fortunes as Massa qualified forth and Raikkonen ended up sixteenth.

Qualification Results:

Pos  Driver       Team                       Q1        Q2        Q3
 1.  Button       Brawn-Mercedes          1:20.707  1:20.192  1:20.527
 2.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault        1:20.715  1:20.220  1:20.660
 3.  Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes          1:20.808  1:19.954  1:20.762
 4.  Massa        Ferrari                 1:20.484  1:20.149  1:20.934
 5.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault        1:20.689  1:20.007  1:21.049
 6.  Glock        Toyota                  1:20.877  1:20.107  1:21.247
 7.  Trulli       Toyota                  1:21.189  1:20.420  1:21.254
 8.  Alonso       Renault                 1:21.186  1:20.509  1:21.392
 9.  Rosberg      Williams-Toyota         1:20.745  1:20.256  1:22.558
10.  Kubica       BMW-Sauber              1:20.931  1:20.408  1:22.685
11.  Nakajima     Williams-Toyota         1:20.818  1:20.531
12.  Piquet       Renault                 1:21.128  1:20.604
13.  Heidfeld     BMW-Sauber              1:21.095  1:20.676
14.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes        1:20.991  1:20.805
15.  Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:21.033  1:21.067
16.  Raikkonen    Ferrari                 1:21.291
17.  Bourdais     Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:21.300
18.  Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes        1:21.675
19.  Sutil        Force India-Mercedes    1:21.742
20.  Fisichella   Force India-Mercedes    1:22.204

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Brawn Grand Prix racing team has launched an improved version of their official website.  You can check out the site at: http://www.brawngp.com

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Schedule for the Spanish Grand Prix 2009

TV Times:
India*:
Spanish Grand Prix 2009 – Qualification
Saturday, May 09 2009
17:20 – 19:00 : FIA F1 World Championships Qualifying(Live)

Spanish Grand Prix 2009 – Race
Sunday, May 10 2009
16:30 – 17:15 : FIA F1 World Championship Raceday(Live)
17:15 – 19:15 : FIA F1 World Championships Race(Live)
19:15 – 20:00 : FIA F1 World Championship Chequered Flag(Live)

You can get the telecast details of different parts of the world here

* – Authors of F1Jam.com are based in India

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The FIA president Max Mosley recent proposed a budget cap for Formula 1 teams once again to reduce costs in F1. This time though, he proposed an increased cap of £40m starting from the 2010 season. In return, those who implement the cap will get greater technical freedom (Movable wings, engines not subject to rev limits) and unlimited off season testing.

Those who do not go with the budget cap will have no fixed penalties but will have their fate decided by the FIA depending how much much over the budget cap they spend (IMO, a very arbitrary sounding process)

The teams at the lower end of the performance spectrum have all welcomed this proposal, and are even supported by the current season leaders Brawn GP and Jenson Button.

However, former multiple driver and constructor champs Ferrari have voiced their opposition to this proposal saying that the budget cap is fundamentally unfair (Ferrari president, Luca di Montezemolo)

Max Moseley’s response to this

“The sport could survive without Ferrari,” he said. “It would be very sad. It is the Italian national team.”

Further:

He added: “I hope and think that when a team goes to its board and says, ‘I want to go to war with the FIA, because I want to be able to spend £100m more than the FIA want me to spend,’ then the board will say, ‘why can’t you spend £40m if the other teams can do it?’”

(via BBC Sport)

The budget cap proposal will be discussed and considered by the Formula 1 teams association (FOTA) on

Personally, I got interested in Formula 1 because of Ferrari and Michael Schumacher. I love the team and would be completely disappointed if they should part ways with the sport. While I can understand the need to reduce costs in these recessionary times, making such confrontational statements is not good for the sport either

Note:
The budget cap does not cover

• Marketing and hospitality;
• Remuneration for test or race drivers, including any young driver programmes;
• Fines or penalties imposed by the FIA;
• Engine costs (for 2010 only);
• Any expenditure which the team can demonstrate has no influence on its performance in the Championship;
• Dividends (including any tax thereon) paid from profits relating to participation in the Championship.

(via Formula1.com)

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