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Toyota leaves Formula One

Marco's Formula 1 Page — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:27:35 +0000

Toyota has become the third major car manufacturer to pull out of Formula One in the space of twelve months. With word of the exit having circulated already, confirmation of the Japanese marque’s decision came on Wednesday; the news does, however, mean that there is now space on the grid for the Qadbak-owned Sauber outfit.

With Honda having pulled the plug on its F1 project last December and the same news coming from BMW in July, the latter’s Hinwil-based team now looks to have secured a position on the 2010 grid after Toyota’s announcement arrived.

Having moved out of rallying at the end of the last decade to concentrate on its F1 plan, the Cologne-based team first moved onto the grid in 2002 with Mika Salo and Allan McNish as the driver line-up. Despite its significant budget, no podium result would come until the Malaysian Grand Prix of 2005, courtesy of Jarno Trulli, who followed up on the success to grab pole position at Indianapolis the same year.

Along with Brawn and Williams, Toyota looked to have finally succeeded in gaining an advantage over the rest of the field by being an early developer of a revolutionary double diffuser this season, although the red and white cars eventually fell back into the midfield as the likes of McLaren and Ferrari became stronger.

Toyota’s declaration this week underlines the ever-present economic issues of the sport following teams’ refusal to support a budget cap earlier in the year.

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Posted in News, Season 2010 Tagged: Exit, F1, Formula 1, Leave, Leaves, Season 2010, Toyota F1 Team

Qualification Abu Dhabi Grand Prix of 2009

Marco's Formula 1 Page — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:09:10 +0000

Comments on the Qualification

I really enjoyed this qualification. What an action and what a great circuit Yas Marina Circuit is!

Giancarlo Fisichello is very disappointing in his Ferrari, while Kimi Raikkonen did the best he could and got 11th. It’s a pitty for Force India with both cars on 17th and 18th. McLaren Mercedes shows they are still the best with Lewis Hamilton on pole, only a shame they didn’t do that in the first nine races. Red Bull Racing is going steady for 2nd in the championship with Sebastian Vettel on 2nd and Mark Webber on 3rd. BMW Sauber has both cars in the top ten. If this is the last race they contend, it’s a good result.

I look forward to the race this afternoon.

Results of the third qualification

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
1	L. Hamilton	McLaren	1:40.948
2	S. Vettel	Red Bull	1:41.615
3	M. Webber	Red Bull	1:41.726
4	R. Barrichello	Brawn GP	1:41.786
5	J. Button	Brawn GP	1:41.892
6	J. Trulli	Toyota	1:41.897
7	R. Kubica	BMW	1:41.992
8	N. Heidfeld	BMW	1:42.343
9	N. Rosberg	Williams	1:42.583
10	S. Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:42.713

Results of the second qualification

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
11	K. Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:40.726
12	K. Kobayashi	Toyota	1:40.777
13	H. Kovalainen	McLaren	1:40.983
14	K. Nakajima	Williams	1:41.148
15	J. Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:41.689

Results of the first qualification

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
16	F. Alonso	Renault	1:41.667
17	V. Liuzzi	Force India F1	1:41.701
18	A. Sutil	Force India F1	1:41.863
19	R. Grosjean	Renault	1:41.950
20	G. Fisichella	Ferrari	1:42.184

Pictures of the Saturday Qualification

Pictures of the Saturday Practice

Posted in Pictures, Qualification, Season 2009 Tagged: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, BGP001, Brawn GP F1 Team, Force India F1 Team, FW31, Heikki Kovalainen, Jenson Button, Kamui Kobayashi, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, McLaren Mercedes, MP4-24, Nico Rosberg, Qualification, R29, RB5, Red Bull Racing, Renault F1 Team, Romain Grosjean, Saturday, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Season 2009, Sebastian Vettel, Sebastien Buemi, STR4, TF1209, Toyota F1 Team, Vitantonio Liuzzi, VJM02, Williams F1 Team, Yas Marina Circuit

Results Brazilian Grand Prix of 2009

Marco's Formula 1 Page — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:41:58 +0000

The Results of the race driven on Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
1	M. Webber	Red Bull	1:32:23.081
2	R. Kubica	BMW	+ 7.626
3	L. Hamilton	McLaren	+ 18.944
4	S. Vettel	Red Bull	+ 19.652
5	J. Button	Brawn GP	+ 29.005
6	K. Räikkönen	Ferrari	+ 33.340
7	S. Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	+ 35.991
8	R. Barrichello	Brawn GP	+ 45.454
9	K. Kobayashi	Toyota	+ 1:03.321
10	G. Fisichella	Ferrari	+ 1:10.665
11	V. Liuzzi	Force India F1	+ 1:11.388
12	H. Kovalainen	McLaren	+ 1:13.499
13	R. Grosjean	Renault	+ 1 lap(s)
14	J. Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap(s)
Did not finish
15	K. Nakajima	Williams	+ 41 lap(s)
16	N. Rosberg	Williams	+ 44 lap(s)
17	N. Heidfeld	BMW	+ 50 lap(s)
18	A. Sutil	Force India F1	+ 71 lap(s)
19	J. Trulli	Toyota	+ 71 lap(s)
20	F. Alonso	Renault	+ 71 lap(s)

The results of the different sessions (FORMULA1.COM)
1st Friday Practice, 2nd Friday Practice
Saturday Practice, Saturday Qualification
Sunday Race Results

Various Links
- Race Report at GrandPrix.com
- Standings after this GP at MOTORSPORT.COM

Pictures of the different days (GPUPDATE.NET)
Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday

Pictures of the different days (MOTORSPORT.COM)
Thursday
Friday : Practice 1/Practice 2
Saturday : Practice/Qualifying
Sunday : Pre-Race/Race/Post-Race

A few selected pictures of the race

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Results Japanese Grand Prix of 2009

Marco's Formula 1 Page — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:30:05 +0000

The Results of the race driven on Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
1	S. Vettel	Red Bull	1:28:20.443
2	J. Trulli	Toyota	+ 4.877
3	L. Hamilton	McLaren	+ 6.472
4	K. Räikkönen	Ferrari	+ 7.940
5	N. Rosberg	Williams	+ 8.793
6	N. Heidfeld	BMW	+ 9.509
7	R. Barrichello	Brawn GP	+ 10.641
8	J. Button	Brawn GP	+ 11.474
9	R. Kubica	BMW	+ 11.777
10	F. Alonso	Renault	+ 13.065
11	H. Kovalainen	McLaren	+ 13.735
12	G. Fisichella	Ferrari	+ 14.596
13	A. Sutil	Force India F1	+ 14.959
14	V. Liuzzi	Force India F1	+ 15.734
15	K. Nakajima	Williams	+ 18.973
16	R. Grosjean	Renault	+ 1 lap(s)
17	M. Webber	Red Bull	+ 2 lap(s)
Did not finish
18	J. Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	+ 10 lap(s)
19	S. Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	+ 42 lap(s)

The results of the different sessions (FORMULA1.COM)
1st Friday Practice, 2nd Friday Practice
Saturday Practice, Saturday Qualification
Sunday Race Results

Various Links
- Race Report at GrandPrix.com
- Standings after this GP at MOTORSPORT.COM

Pictures of the different days (GPUPDATE.NET)
Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday

Pictures of the different days (MOTORSPORT.COM)
Postcard/Thursday
Friday : Practice 1/Practice 2
Saturday : Practice/Qualifying
Sunday : Pre-Race/Race/Post-Race

A few selected pictures of the race

Posted in Pictures, Results, Season 2009 Tagged: Adrian Sutil, F60, Force India F1 Team, Giancarlo Fisichella, Japanese Grand Prix, Jarno Trulli, Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, McLaren Mercedes, MP4-24, RB5, Red Bull Racing, Results, Scuderia Ferrari, Season 2009, Sebastian Vettel, Start of the Race, Sunday, Suzuka Circuit, Toyota F1 Team, VJM02

Qualification Japanese Grand Prix of 2009

Marco's Formula 1 Page — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:56:20 +0000

Comments on the Qualification

I haven’t seen the qualification, but for what I can see out of the results it must have been a very special tense qualification. I read there were three red flags … How difficult to set a time in such situations! But Sebastian Vettel did it, he put his RB5 on pole! To bad Mark Webber wasn’t able to qualify. Toyota was getting better and better and with Jarno on 2nd it’s clear they have a super car for now. To bad Timo Glock had the crash and must probably miss the race. Kimi tried and got eight as best result but what about Giancarlo? He is sixteenth! How shamefull!

Results of the third qualification

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
1	S. Vettel	Red Bull	1:32.160
2	J. Trulli	Toyota	1:32.220
3	L. Hamilton	McLaren	1:32.395
4	A. Sutil	Force India F1	1:32.466
5	R. Barrichello	Brawn GP	1:32.660
6	N. Heidfeld	BMW	1:32.945
7	J. Button	Brawn GP	1:32.962
8	K. Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:32.980
9	H. Kovalainen	McLaren	no time
10	S. Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	no time

Results of the second qualification

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
11	N. Rosberg	Williams	1:31.482
12	F. Alonso	Renault	1:31.638
13	R. Kubica	BMW	1:32.341
14	T. Glock	Toyota	no time
15	J. Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	no time

Results of the first qualification

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
16	G. Fisichella	Ferrari	1:31.704
17	K. Nakajima	Williams	1:31.718
18	R. Grosjean	Renault	1:32.073
19	V. Liuzzi	Force India F1	1:32.087

Pictures of the Saturday Qualification

Pictures of the Saturday Practice

Posted in Pictures, Qualification, Season 2009 Tagged: Adrian Sutil, BGP001, Brawn GP F1 Team, Fernando Alonso, Force India F1 Team, FW31, Japanese Grand Prix, Jarno Trulli, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, McLaren Mercedes, MP4-24, Nico Rosberg, Qualification, R29, RB5, Red Bull Racing, Renault F1 Team, Saturday, Season 2009, Suzuka Circuit, TF109, Timo Glock, Toyota F1 Team, VJM02, Williams F1 Team