Formula 1 Jam

• Teams call for neutral F1 chief http://tinyurl.com/lghk4o – Well about time we had a change that works #
• Briatore to help F1 improve show http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76517 #
• Mosley rethinks future over FOTA claims http://tinyurl.com/kjdft6 – Mosely is trying out everything to keep his office it seems. #

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• Peace Deal reached between FIA & FOTA http://tinyurl.com/n6xk7e – Mosely will also step down in October. Yeah we believe him now. #

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Sebastian Vettel drove a flawless race to storm to victory ahead of his team mate Mark Webber.  The duo completing their second 1-2 of the season marking the only races which Button has failed to win this season.

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time 1.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault        1h22:49.328 2.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault        +    15.188 3.  Barrichello   Brawn GP-Mercedes       +    41.175 4.  Massa         Ferrari                 +    45.043 5.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota         +    45.915 6.  Button        Brawn GP-Mercedes       +    46.285 7.  Trulli        Toyota                  +  1:08.307 8.  Raikkonen     Ferrari                 +  1:09.622 9.  Glock         Toyota                  +  1:09.82310.  Fisichella    Force India-Mercedes    +  1:11.52211.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota         +  1:14.02312.  Piquet        Renault                 +     1 lap13.  Kubica        BMW Sauber              +     1 lap14.  Alonso        Renault                 +     1 lap15.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber              +     1 lap16.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes        +     1 lap17.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes    +     1 lap18.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari      +     1 lap

Fastest lap: Vettel, 1:20.735

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                      On lapBourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari          25Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes            24

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• #f1 A reliable source is reporting that FOTA have released a 17 race schedule for 2010. The Schedule includes old tracks like Mexico. #
• Virgin set to end Brawn link-up – http://tinyurl.com/n6h6as – Virgin wont be sponsoring Brawn in 2010 #
• BMW Sauber scraps Kers for 2009 – http://tinyurl.com/lyh9hp – they say they can improve their car without it. #
• FOTA beginning work on new series – http://tinyurl.com/n6cg5s – As reported earlier, FOTA are concentrating on the new series #

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• Button blames unusual call for position – http://tinyurl.com/nodvyu – Will the Briton overcome his worst quali to take the win season? #
• "Kimi was, I don't know, drinking some vodka or dreaming or smthng, I don't knw what hell he was doing" – Webber – http://tinyurl.com/kuj7mo #
• #f1 2009 British Grand Prix – Lap 6 – VET BAR WEB NAK RAI ROS TRU BUT MAS GLO FIS HEI ALO KUB HAM PIQ BOU BUE KOV SUT #
• #f1 HEI is sturggling with a damaged front wing and is being chased by ALO #
• #f1 VET – 7.2s – BAR – 0.7 – WEB – TOP 3 – Lap 7 #
• Wow.. Vettel blazing away. 11th lap full 2 seconds faster than Barrichello #
• #f1 Nakajima first of the drivers to pit – Lapo 15 #
• Nakajima for the first stop of the race. Raikonnen now upto 4th #
• Raikonnen now in as well. He was the second lightest and is the second to pit #
• Will Kimi come out in front of behind Nakajima? #
• Good work from Ferrari. Kimi comes out in front of Nakajima #
• Rosberg, Trulli and Button all into the pits at the same lap on Lap 18 #
• #f1 Lap 19 – Drivers yet to make their fist pitstop – VET WEB MAS FISI HEI KUB HAM PIQ BOU BUE KOV SUT #
• #F1 Lap 20 – Webber pits and comes out ahead of Barrichello #
• Vettel pits from P1 #
• Long 9.6 sec of pitstop for Vettel.. keeps the race lead.. excellent stop #
• #f1 Lap 21 Vettel pits and retains race lead. Red Bull looking good for a 1-2 #
• Kimi loses out in the first round of pit stops. Down to 7th now #
• Massa into the pits now from P2 #
• #f1 LAp 25 – VET WEB BAR ROS MAS TRU RAI BUT NAK FIS GLO KUB PIQ BOU KOV SUT ALO HAM HEI BUE #
• #f1 Alonso now behind Sutil, losing time the race is going from bad to worse for the spaniard #
• #f1 TOP 3 – Lap 26 – VET – 21.1s – WEB – 4.9s – BAR #
• #f1 Lap 29 HAM passes ALO and PIQ comes out of the pits out in front of HAM #
• #f1 LAp 30 ALO repasses HAM #
• #f1 Lap 33 – British Grand PRix – VET WEB BAR ROS MAS TRU RAI BUT NAK FISI GLO KOV KUB SUT ALO PIQ HAM BOU HEI BUE #
• Bourdais rear-ends Kovailainnen #
• #f1 Bou crashes into KOV, BOU loses his front wing, Kov a puncher #
• Stewards investigating bourdai – heikki accident #
• Lot of debris on track.. might call for yellow flags or even the SC #
• McLaren having a race to forget. Hamilton 15th and Kovalainen 20th #
• No yellow flags out yet.. #
• Kovalainen out of the race #
• BBC Report that Virgin will most likely not continue their sponsorship of Brawn #
• #f1 Lap 39 KOV becomes the first driver to retire. #
• Bourdais out of the race too #
• Nakajima makes his second routine pit stop. The first one for this round of pitstops #
• Kimi pits on lap 42 for his 2nd pistop.. moves to the harder tyres #
• Kimi loses 2 spot to come out at 10th spot after his pitstop #
• Vettel pits early for his 2nd pitstop #
• Rosberg also pitted on lap44 #
• Most drivers will move to the Harder tyres for this round of pit stops #
• #f1 Lap 44 – VET WEB BAR MAS TRU BUT FIS GLO ROS RAI NAK KUB PIQ HEI ALO HAM SUT BUE BOU KOV #
• #F1 HAM pits after a spin #
• Massa pits from 4th place on lap 45 #
• Massa puts on harder but used tyres #
• Fisichela also pits for his 2nd stop from 8th place #
• Trulli in pits on lap 46 #
• Mark Webber pits from the lead #
• #f1 BAR doing sub 1 22s laps as compared to ROS and MAS 1 23s. Podium place at stake #
• Barrichello pits too.. this is the important pit stop for Massa #
• Good stop by Brawn. Barichello keeps position ahead of Massa #
• #f1 BAR stays ahead of MAS, brilliant job by the Brawn Pit Crew #
• Glock pits from P4 giving the position back to Massa #
• Lap 49 and button pits finally. Last of the top runners. Pits from P3 #
• #f1 8 laps to go – VET WEB BAR MAS ROS BUT TRU RAI GLO FIS NAK PIQ KUB ALO HEI HAM SUT BUE #
• #F1 Two laps to go – Poduim positons – VET WEB BAR #
• #f1 Biggest gainer in the top 10 MAS (gaining 7 places) #
• Vettel wins from pole. Webber second and barrichello third #
• #f1 2009 British Grand Prix – Results – VET WEB BAR MAS ROS BUT TRU RAI GLO FIS NAK PIQ KUB ALO HEI HAM SUT BUE – Non Finishers – Bou KOV #
• #f1 VET finishes an awesome triple (Pole, Fastest Lap & Race Win) #
• Great finish for Fisichela for 10th.. #
• #f1 Race to forget for McLAren – P16 & P20 And Renault – P12 & P14 #

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Vettel is the heaviest drivers in the top 10 and that should bode well for the German as he will look to claw back to the top in the World Drivers Championship.

1. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 666.5 kg
2. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, 657.5
3. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 659.5
4. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 658
5. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 652.5
6. Jenson Button, Brawn GP, 657.5
7. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 661.5
8. Timo Glock, Toyota, 660
9. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 654
10. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 654
11. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 675
12. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 689.5
13. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 695.5
14. Nelson Piquet, Renault, 682.5
15. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 665.5
16. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, 668
17. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 687.5
18. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 692
19. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 666
20. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 672.5

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Results from qualification for the 2009 British Grand Prix:

Pos  Driver       Team                       Q1        Q2        Q3
 1.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault        1:18.685  1:18.119  1:19.509
 2.  Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes          1:19.325  1:18.335  1:19.856
 3.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault        1:18.674  1:18.209  1:19.868
 4.  Trulli       Toyota                  1:18.886  1:18.240  1:20.091
 5.  Nakajima     Williams-Toyota         1:18.530  1:18.575  1:20.216
 6.  Button       Brawn-Mercedes          1:18.957  1:18.663  1:20.289
 7.  Rosberg      Williams-Toyota         1:19.228  1:18.591  1:20.361
 8.  Glock        Toyota                  1:19.198  1:18.791  1:20.490
 9.  Raikkonen    Ferrari                 1:19.010  1:18.566  1:20.715
10.  Alonso       Renault                 1:19.167  1:18.761  1:20.741
11.  Massa        Ferrari                 1:19.148  1:18.927
12.  Kubica       BMW-Sauber              1:19.730  1:19.308
13.  Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes        1:19.732  1:19.353
14.  Piquet       Renault                 1:19.555  1:19.392
15.  Heidfeld     BMW-Sauber              1:19.559  1:19.448
16.  Fisichella   Force India-Mercedes    1:19.802
17.  Bourdais     Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:19.898
18.  Sutil        Force India-Mercedes    1:19.909
19.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes        1:19.917
20.  Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:20.236

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• 2009 British Grand Prix – FP2 – VET WEB SUT NAK ALO BAR HAM TRU ROS PIQ KUB KOV GLO BUT NEI BOU MAS RAI FIS BUE http://tinyurl.com/ljp4lw #
• FIA issue legal proceedings against FOTA – http://tinyurl.com/kv6g4d – Ferrari will be in the eye of the storm #
• 2009 British Grand Prix – Qualification – VET BAR WEB TRU NAK BUT ROS GLO RAI ALO MAS KUB KOV PIQ HEI FIS BOU SUT HAM BUE #

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• Formula one splits as F! teams announce their own world Championship http://tinyurl.com/kq3vfb – This was possibly the worst result possible #
• #f1 "The teams cannot continue to compromise on the fundamental values of the sport" – FOTA statement. http://tinyurl.com/mxyt8e #
• Mosley offers Compromise on 2010 rules to lure back breakaway teams – http://bit.ly/17beCk #
• Cosworth to run without rev limit in 2010 – http://tinyurl.com/l7abz7 – Another dicey change in regulations? #
• #f1 British Grand Prix 2009 – FP1 Results – VET WEB BUT BAR ALO MAS TRU HAM ROS FIS SUT KOV HEI RAI BOU GLO NAK PIQ BUE KUB #
• #f1 Looks like another Brawn v/s Red Bull this weekend. Ferrari and ALO have looked good too so far. HAM should be happy with P8 in FP1 #
• N.Technology withdraws F1 application – http://tinyurl.com/l4ezpo – Things seem to be going from bad to worse for FIA. #

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• Mosley outlines deal offer to teams – http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76269 #
• Alonso: I still have faith in Renault – http://tinyurl.com/nklzgg – Renault is currently 7th in the constructors championship #
• Lola abandons planned F1 comeback – http://tinyurl.com/m39guq – Everything seems to be going wrong for the FIA right now #

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