Official F1/Motorsport thread

[Bort]

Shame. Hopefully it won't have a long lasting effect on his F1 future.

Musical chairs for his seat. Hulk might be a good fit.

[Flabio]

Heidfeld's still a free agent isn't he? They *need* someone experienced to develop the car, they can't go with a couple of (almost) rookies if they expect to compete.

[Richard.John]

Weird though that we might see a car driven by Senna behind the wheel of a black and gold, Lotus Renault.

[Bort]

The hand surgeon taking about Kubica.

[Bort]

(Nothing raw. They just come across a smoking car at the end of the video.)

The next car on the stage had a camera in it. If you've seen the pic of the barrier still embedded in the car you can imagine how he crashed into it and how it whipped the car around.

Very very luck to still be alive.

[Kieran76]

Bahrain GP is now officially cancelled. Deffo the right decision, and lets be honest, no real loss to the calender. Last seasons race was a real dour affair.

[toythatkills]

Was gonna say the same thing. Let's hope they don't reschedule it, unless since then they've upgraded the track with spike pits or something.

[Bort]

Red Bull Racing

1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Mark Webber

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes

3. Jenson Button
4. Lewis Hamilton

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro

5. Fernando Alonso
6. Felipe Massa

Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team

7. Michael Schumacher
8. Nico Rosberg

Renault F1 Team

9. Nick Hiedfeld
10. Vitaly Petrov

AT&T Williams

11. Rubens Barrichello
12. Pastor Maldonado

Force India F1 Team

14. Adrian Sutil
15. Paul di Resta

Sauber F1 Team

16. Kamui Kobayashi
17. Sergio Perez

Scuderia Toro Rosso

18. Sebastien Buemi
19. Jaime Alguersuari

Team Lotus

20. Jarno Trulli
21. Heikki Kovalainen

HRT F1 Team

22. Narain Karthikeyan
23. Vitantonio Liuzzi


Marussia Virgin Racing

24. Timo Glock
25. Jerome D?Ambrosio

The last spot has been confirmed. Liuzzi has taken the second HRT drive.

[Darwock]

Why was Bahrain canclled?

[Flabio]

Have you even been watching the news?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12583633

[Bort]

Moto GP starts up again this weekend.

Losail, Qatar

Saturday 19 March
Qualifying: 1450-1805, BBC Red Button/online

Sunday 20 March
125cc and Moto2: 1550-1805, BBC Red Button/online
MotoGP live: 1830-2000, BBC Two/online
MotoGP repeat: 0000-0130, BBC Two

The Japanese round that was due to take place April 24th has been postponed.


Cardion AB Motoracing

Karel Abraham

Ducati Team

Valentino Rossi
Nicky Hayden

LCR Honda MotoGP

Toni Elias

Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP

Hector Barbera

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Colin Edwards
Cal Crutchlow

Pramac Racing Team

Randy De Puniet
Loris Capirossi

Repsol Honda Team

Andrea Dovizioso
Dani Pedrosa
Casey Stoner

Rizla Suzuki MotoGP

Alvaro Bautista

San Carlo Honda Gresini

Hiroshi Aoyama
Marco Simoncelli

Yamaha Factory Racing

Jorge Lorenzo
Ben Spies

[Darwock]

Have you even been watching the news?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12583633

Ahh, no. Living in the Japanese bubble - not much news gets through.

[Paulos G]

Motegi race has been postponed till later in the Moto GP season due to the quake.

[Charlie]

You'd think things like nature and human beings would stop f*cking about with earthquakes and demanding more freedom and what have you so sporting events can take place on time. It's just selfishness...

[Flabio]

Ahh, no. Living in the Japanese bubble - not much news gets through.

Just realised how confrontational my post sounded there, hehe, sorry.

I can't see Bahrain being reorganised for later in the year now either, the situation there is worsening rather than getting better. The crown prince has called in troops from nearby countries to help keep the peace. Doing something like that has a nasty habit of them, you know, deciding to annex your little country rather than help you keep it.

Back to the F1 though, and poor old Hispania will once again turn up at the first race having had no running with their new car. Couldn't get parts through customs in time for the last testing session.

I know that many people working there are great people and are really making a go of it, but someone higher up in the chain is really screwing them with all these messed up logistic issues.

Still, lest we forget, they're a country mile away from the worst F1 team of all time... (well worth a read that link, I'd forgotten just how silly those poor fools were)