F1weekly podcast # 342

The Sand Piper   English driver Jenson Button, driving a Mercedes-Benz powered Brawn GP car, wins the Gulf Air 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, his third victory in four starts in five weeks this season. Last week’s Chinese Grand Prix winner Sebastian Vettel of Germany was second in his Renault-powered Red Bull. Italian Jarno Trulli, who […]

Brawn GP does it again.

    Jenson Button pulls off a great win for Brawn GP in Bahrain. Sebatian Vettel continues his great form with the Red Bull. Jarno Trulli could not bring home Toyota’s first win and settles for third. Lewis Hamilton very happy with four points for McLaren Mercedes. Kimi Raikkonen brings in Ferrari’s first points of […]

Toyota on pole.

Bahrain Grand Prix cleared for take-off: After season opener in Australia, and two races in Asia, the Formula 1 show has landed in Bahrain for round four in the 2009 World Championship. The desert fox for the past two years has been Ferrari’s Felipe Massa, who now finds his team in a hole after three […]

Button on top

  Le Mans. Loneliness of long distance runner. The Le Mans 24-hour race is one of the greatest racing events. Legends of motorsport have raced in this classic event, from Nuvolari and Fangio to Ickx and Kristensen. The Bentley boys, Ford GT40, blue Matra, turbo Renault, Porsche 917 and in recent years turbo-diesel Audi have […]

How long does Nelsinho have.

On the fences: Beleaguered Nelson Piquet Jr., son of three time world champion and a Dutch model, is not sitting pretty at ING Renault. After surviving a tumultuous rookie season last year, he is still trying to put his Formula 1 career on the right foot. The former British F3 champion and GP2 stand-out has […]