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Malaysia is only a week away and somehow I unfortunately can't see there being enough time to rush new and untested bits onto the car.

Full credit though to the Brawn GP team, Jenson and Rubens. A nice weekends work

pretty sure they (the big teams) already have something designed and made. They'll probably bring it out at the next friday and saturday practice session and if it doesn't work then they won't use it. If it does, then it'll make for even better racing

unfortunately can't see there being enough time to rush new and untested bits onto the car.

They won't need new bits, just use all the data from the past 3 days to create a better setup for next weekends race which will put them comfortably in the top 10 for qualifying.

http://www.planetf1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5117443,00.html

As a result the Toyota driver was slapped with a 25second penalty, which dropped him from third place to 12th with Mark Webber the only runner behind him in the classification.

Stewards docking Vettel 10 places for Malaysia is 100% BullSHIT! What are they playing at? It was tough, hard racing that didnt end well for either driver. If they are going to hand out penalties for such moves then how is it that Rubens gets away from his 1st corner antics and the tapping of Kimi?

Looks like we are set for another year of FIA stupidity

I can't believe he got a $50,000 fine! I would still call it a racing incident and you see it numerous times in other rounds and a blind eye gets turned, fair enough he drove on but his car was STILL drivable to an extent.

Mind you I don't see any penalties being slapped on R.Kubica??? wtf?

There seemed to be alot of mis-communication (or lack of communication) between crews/drivers/stewards. Take the first safety car issue, there was a good 2 laps wasted cos a few drivers didn't know whats going on and i mean how can you expect them to they don't have track side coverage.

I was standing on turn 3 when Kubica and Vettel hit eachother and it really looked as though Vettel tried to give Kubica the squeeze. I haven't seen a replay, but I think vettel was trying to shut the door way too late.

EDIT: After seeing this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQdiGI7b2dY and http://www.motorchili.com/video/3325/F1-Au...nd-Kubica-crash, I stand by my original comment. Though I do think Rubens deserves a similar penalty.

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Well done for Brawn GP for getting the 1-2. Let's see what other sponsers they will get other than Virgin since there have done well...They will be up there until the big teams improve their aero packages. They will be alright for Sepang.

I don't beleive that Vettel should have got a 10 grid penalty and the fine...it was a racing accident...Vettel should have gave way for Kubica but in the same way Kubica should have gave more racing room for Vettel...

Also it's a Mercedes 1-2-3 as Hamilton has been promoted to 3rd because Trulli was given a 25 second penalty after the race for passing Hamilton under the safety car

this is going to be a crazy 2009 season

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I really enjoyed the incar footage. It seemed way better than lst year.

All we have to do is find a way to block out the ridiculous ravings of the commentators,

I wish they would just SHUT UP.

Good to see Lewis in 3rd place from 18th :banana: (after Trulli gets the inevitable demotion to 4th for passing under safety car conditions :O )

there's nothing like being (more or less) right :D. that'll teach these sneaky Toyota bastards for ignoring yellow warning lights, lol

6 points to the champ to start his title defence.

Kubica looks good for the title i reckonz

already changed your mind about Gonzo being the lock for '09?

It was a good race - I really see these new tyre regs playing a big part in results this year as well. It was amazing to see how fast some of those cars were when first on the soft tyres but then how at the end of the stint they really went off. I reckon we'll see some good action this year with tyre conditions during races.

However my biggest worry for the season is this dffuser thing. From my understanding of the rules wording I can't see how the Diffuser3 crew can lose (but then one of the teams isn't Ferrari so I can see it happening). So Brawn haven't won a GP yet.... It's almost unbelievable to think that Hamilton may end up being awarded the victory in Melb and Webber in the points!

But the biggest problem is the fact that which ever way the FIA do decide on the teams in the wrong are screwed with the new no Winter testing rule. Because the problem is as far as I'm aware that the cars have to present for scrutiny on the Thursdays before the GP which means they can't actually play around trialing new parts on the Friday / Saturday. They basically have to make a choice before the weekend starts and if as Mclaren has said that their diffuser style is part of their overall car design these guys won't simply be able to whack on a new diffuser with-out testing in real life if things are going to work. So if the Diffuser3 win I can't see how any of the other teams can take the punt on putting out a car with untested parts. If the ruling goes the other way then the Diffuser3 lot are screwed as they won't have a choice.

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