How does it go, easy, easy, easy.
Masterful win for Jenson, his first lap move on the slow Lewis Hamilton (4th) won him the race and allowed him & the Brawn team to control the race.
Vettel got a well deserved place and 3rd spot for Jarno Trulli in the Toyota.
Sorry this one is short but I gotta flight to catch and loads to do, see you soon. kushtee.
Jenson Button wins!
I havn’t see such a good race at the front for a while, that was awesome. Valentino had a superb start as did a bunch of other riders, partcicularly Dani Pedrosa who eventually finished 3rd after giving Rossi a run for his money towards the end. Jorge was mighty and stayed with the pack until his time came to make a move on Rossi, he managed to pull a gap for a while Rossi and Pedrosa had a battle, Rossi started closing back in on Lorenzo but to little and tto late.
Casey Stoner went backwards at the start struggling with what seemed to be his tyres, he eventually fought back and passed De Angelis towards the end to take 4th place. Britains James Toseland had a good race and finished ahead of his team mate Colin Edwards in 9th.
The official results are:
1. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team 43min 47.238 sec
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 43min 48.542 sec
3. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 43min 51.001 sec
4. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 43min 52.929 sec
5. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 43min 56.445 sec
6. Marco Melandri ITA Hayate Racing Team 44min 17.793 sec
7. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 44min 19.994 sec
8. Mika Kallio FIN Pramac Racing 44min 26.654 sec
9. James Toseland GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 44min 30.344 sec
10. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 44min 30.483 sec
11. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP 44min 32.072 sec
12. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 44min 33.778 sec
13. Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini 44min 40.763 sec
14. Niccolo Canepa ITA Pramac Racing 45min 9.042 sec
15. Toni Elias SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini 44min 25.681 sec
DNF:
Yuki Takahashi JPN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Turn 1
Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro Team Turn 1
Sete Gibernau SPA Grupo Francisco Hernando Lap 14
See you soon, kushtee.
Jorge Lorenzo
I came accross this and just had to let you know, anyone who want to or already uses Illustrator must see this.
The ultimate tutorial roundup, nice work at instantshift.
http://www.instantshift.com/2009/03/19/125-ultimate-round-up-of-illustrator-tutorials/
Adobe Illustrator tutorial roundup
Great qualifying today and Toyota’s first 1-2, well kinda Toyota’s first anything. But seriously they have been looking handy, Glock is happy now he is back on slick tyres and Trulli is, well, just happy, so were team for that matter.
I think the Toyota’s are probably light and may stop maybe 5 laps before everyone else, not sure how that will pan out in the race but it certainly looks good for Jenson Button in the Brawn and Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull, looks like they may be on similar fuel loads.
Kimi didnt have as good a Q3 as he did Q1-Q2 but still looking much much better than the last 3 races, I hope he can do something tomorrow.
Really looking forward to the race, lets hope it has no interuptions like the last few, theres always a chance of a sandstorm rather than a rainstorm in Bahrain.
Until tomorrow, kushtee.
Nice article (as always) over at Smashing Magazine.
Just a nice list of some of the best plug-ins available for Photoshop.
Have a look at http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/23/ultimate-collection-of-useful-photoshop-plug-ins/
Photoshop plug-in collection
Free practice over, A lone Toyota with Glock at the wheel finishes top of the time sheets but breaks down a few laps later.
The Ferrari’s and McLarens are going well and put in some good times, is the this start of the return?
Jenson Button and Rubes Barrichello seem to be struggling in the BrawnGP car, many thought the hot weather would suit the car, are they struggling or is this just part of Ross Brawn’s master plan, we will see.
Looking forward to Qualifying in an hour or so.
Some good interviews and article’s over at James Allen’s blog visit http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/ and take a look.
See you later, kushtee
The use of light and shadow in web design is nothing new, a subtle light can really bring a design to life.
Smashing Magazine have written an excellent article of the use of light and shadow in design.
Smooch over to http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/20/5-simple-tricks-to-bring-light-and-shadow-into-your-designs/
and take a look.
Later, kushtee
Using light and shadow
Wow.
Another wet race, surely not in Bahrain too.
So, Vettel emerges king of the wet, again, he has a steady foot in the wet and seemed to enjoy driving the Red Bull today, a 1-2 for Red Bull wont do them any harm at all, Im sure their spirits are high for the rest of the season. Mark Webber still continues to be the unluckiest F1 driver to date, he probably doesnt see it that way but what does he have to do to get a win, I think he’s a great driver and he’s not afraid to be aggresive to either keep a place or gain a place, I’m sure his time will come. lets hope so, good luck Mark.
Jenson did well to get his 3rd podium, all be it 3rd, he increases his lead in the championship, and, he got more points than his 1st place 2 weeks ago, see older article for my rant on that.
Adrian Sutil has to be one of the unlickiest guys today, running in 6th after Hamilton went off track he had a spin spin and hit the wall at some pace, unlucky.
No points for Ferrari (grrr) again and BMW left empty handed too, Hamilton did well I feel from his 9th place on the grid. So, onto Bahrain next week, unfortunately its also the 2nd round of the MotoGP, not sure if they clash time wise but I will have to have 2 tv’s next to each other if they do. Lets hope Bahrain brings us a race without incident.
Later, kushtee.
Red Bull - Vettel 1st win for Red Bull pic itv-f1
Wow, great session.
I dont know why the media is billing this as a shock pole for vettel, firstly the Red Bull cars have been going well for a while, Webber missed out on the pole so Vettel took it, whats the big surprise????
Vettel has been driving well for a while and threatening something good, maybe even a second win is close although I suspect a low fuel load, maybe something similar to Buttons.
At the end of the day I would expect Ross Brawn to pull something out of the bag in terms of pit lane strategy, we will see. Lets hope Jenson has more fuel on board so he can put in some of those flying laps he’s been doing lately.
Alonso managed to pull a front row start out of the bag to give the Renault engine the top 3 places, lets hope he can translate it into a podium position. Definitely a mixed grid for tomorrows race, I’m really looking forward to it, it looks like we wont have any interuptions to upset proceedings for the race anyway.
Hamilton seems to be enjoying the car a bit more now he has a version of the diffuser that McLaren were opposing only a few days ago, hah, still only managing a 9th on the grid though.
So who’s for the win, I’m not sure I want to stick my neck out on this one, who do you think, let me know?
Later, kushtee.
Vettel on pole at China
Hi all.
Dont know if you know Keith “Cheggers” Chegwin, He’s old school Swap Shop dude, wey hey…
Anyway he made a twitter song and name checked all his followers to date, have a look at his you tube video to see if you’re on there at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68aT0Nhsnmg
You can follow him on twitter http://www.twitter.com/thekeithchegwin
My name on the video below, later, kushtee.
Chegger twitter name check