As we get further and further into the 2009 F1 racing season, more and more interesting news bits come up. Here are some of the topics from this week.
• The lying scandal surrounding McLaren and caused driver Lewis Hamilton to be disqualified at the Australian Grand Prix continues. This week, Ron Dennis, McLaren’s chief executive, resigned in response to the scandal. He will be replaced by Martin Whitmarsh when the team appears before the F1 committee in Paris on April 28.
• First, there was concern over driving into the sun in Malaysia. Now there are some issues concerning the tyres that the tired Bridgestone are brigning to Chinese for the Chinese Grand Prix are not the best. Many, including Renault and Brawn team members, have made it known that they believe these medium and super-soft compound tyres are not the best for the Chinese course. In fact, several drivers had issues using the super-softs in Melbourne and are already anticipating the same kinds of problems in China.
• Despite the controversy surrounding Lewis Hamilton, he has recently been nominated for the Laureus Award. The award recognizes the top names in global sports achievements each year. Driver Sebastian Vettel has also been nominated for “Breakthrough of the Year.”
• Finally, the diffuser issue that has plagued the F1 for the past several weeks has been settled. The FIA has declared that the brand new diffuser design that three F1 teams (Brawn, Toyota, and Williams) used in Australia is legal. An appeal against this decision was made and has been rejected by the FIA, leaving the matter pretty much closed.
April 18th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
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