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No such thing as taking all the "credit is there." LOL Chubbennaitor 09:48, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

On the Portal you said it was all your work. Anyway, "it doesn't matter." Chubbennaitor 09:53, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Portal Peer review. Chubbennaitor 09:55, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

I wasn't. I just mentioned it in a joke (hence the LOL). I wasn't bothered just wanted you——to realise what you'd done. Chubbennaitor 10:01, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

I know but it's the best I can do here. It's just nice to have a mention. I won't bring it back up again. I'm fixing up 2008 Turkish GP by, "the way." Chubbennaitor 13:09, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Do you have/know of any pictures we can get for Turkey? I really did choose a hard one. But Turkey was so packed full with the pre. And post race issues. Super Aguri, Rubens Barrichello 257th GP etc. Chubbennaitor 20:07, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter: Happy First Anniversary! Year II · Issue 2 · February 3, 2009 – March 5, 2009
New users New members -- Grahamhopgood (talk · contribs) (February 13, 2009) Vakie81 (talk · contribs) (February 24, 2009) New recipients -- Alistairjh (talk · contribs) (February 11, 2009) Grahamhopgood (talk · contribs) (February 13, 2009) Ian Dalziel (talk · contribs) (February 15, 2009) Vakie81 (talk · contribs) (February 22, 2009) New editors -- WikiProject news Check out Apterygial's My Insane Idea userproject, which aims to improve the 2008 Formula One season article and that season's Grands Prix to Featured Topic status. Newsletter news The Newsletter is looking for contributors. We are asking YOU to help this Newsletter become a better place Newsletter It is the Newsletter's 1st anniversary!	Article developments Formula One articles Importance Top High Mid Low None Total Quality FA 3 4 4 11 FL 1 3 1 5 A 2 2 GA 3 5 5 6 19 B 17 28 35 55 10 145 C 4 15 15 22 1 57 Start 12 98 132 278 241 761 Stub 1 20 93 1001 367 1482 List 4 7 9 2 22 Assessed 45 180 296 1364 619 2504 Unassessed 4 4 Total 45 180 296 1364 623 2508 New Good Articles -- 2008 Chinese Grand Prix Completed Peer Reviews -- 2008 Chinese Grand Prix Ongoing Peer Reviews -- 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix 2008 German Grand Prix Portal:Formula One New articles -- Force India VJM02 Red Bull RB5 US Grand Prix Engineering Deletions -- Alonsomania
Editors' Comment We need a few users to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and "answer your questions." Current contributors -- Diniz (talk · contribs) Chubbennaitor (talk · contribs) Cdhaptomos (talk · contribs) Cs-wolves (talk · contribs) LB22 (talk · contribs) How to help WPF1 -- Expand the articles in Category:Formula One stubs. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Article requests: Erich Zakowski, Daniele Coronna, Hans Fouche, Chris Radage, Giorgio Stirano, Steve Tarrant, Dave Ryan, Tony Jardine, Simon Taylor Copyedit: Bahrain Grand Prix, History of Formula One, Monaco Grand Prix, 2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Rob White (Formula One), Rob Smedley Expand: Honda RA271, Paddy Lowe, Red Bull RB3, Spyker F1, Toyota TF107, BMW Sauber F1.07, Mario Theissen, Franz Tost, Chinese Grand Prix, Colin Kolles, Concorde Agreement, Formula One Constructors Association, McLaren MP4/1, Ove Andersson, Bob Bell, Korean International Circuit, Grand Prix Drivers' Association, Spyker F8-VII, Arai (company), Shoei, Schuberth Helme GmbH, Bell Racing Company, Jim Bamber, Nazir Hoosein, Formula One video games, Make Cars Green, Jonathan Legard more Update: History of Formula One, Toyota, Robert Doornbos, Formula One regulations, 2024 Formula One season, Future of Formula One, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Super Aguri F1, Divina Galica, Grand Prix World Championship Images needed: Max Mosley, Sakon Yamamoto, Jordan Grand Prix circa 1992-1997, Paddy Lowe more For more work, see this generated list or the Auxiliary list Keep in touch and up-to-date with the changes at the project talk page. Please leave any queries at the Newsletter Desk. Useful Links -- About us XIV:WikiProject Formula One XIV talk:WikiProject Formula One 2009 Formula One season
Images Below is the selected F1 Picture (found here) which is chosen monthly. The picture has to be, one uploaded that month and only from the current season. It is exclusive to the Newsletter. REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE. New images 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Circuit Cars
Article of the month - 2008 Chinese Grand Prix, new Good Article The 2008 Chinese Grand Prix (formally the V Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on October 19, 2008 at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China. It was the 17th and penultimate race of the 2008 Formula One season. The race, contested over 56 laps, was won by Lewis Hamilton for the McLaren team after starting from pole position. Ferrari driver Felipe Massa finished second. And Kimi Räikkönen was third in the other Ferrari. Hamilton, the eventual Drivers' Champion, led the Championship going into the race, and started from pole position alongside Räikkönen. Second in the Drivers' Championship, Massa began from third, next to Fernando Alonso of Renault. The first three drivers retained their positions into the first corner. But Alonso was passed by Hamilton's McLaren teammate Heikki Kovalainen. However, Alonso was able to regain the place midway through the first lap. Over the course of the race, Hamilton extended a considerable lead over the two Ferraris. Massa passed Räikkönen with seven laps remaining, to improve his chances of surpassing Hamilton's points tally at the final race in Brazil. The result extended Ferrari's lead over McLaren in the Constructors' Championship from seven to 11 points. Third-placed in the Drivers' Championship, Robert Kubica's sixth place at the Grand Prix eliminated his hopes of winning the Championship, and reduced his lead over fourth-placed Räikkönen to six points. (More...)
2009 Teams and Races From 2009 Formula One season 2009 Teams Team Constructor Drivers Car Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4-24 Heikki Kovalainen Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari Felipe Massa Ferrari F60 Kimi Räikkönen BMW Sauber F1 Team BMW Sauber Robert Kubica BMW Sauber F1.09 Nick Heidfeld ING Renault F1 Team Renault Fernando Alonso Renault R29 Nelson Piquet, Jr. Panasonic Toyota Racing Toyota Jarno Trulli Toyota TF109 Timo Glock Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso STR4 Sébastien Bourdais Red Bull Racing Red Bull Mark Webber Red Bull RB5 Sebastian Vettel AT&T Williams F1 Team Williams Nico Rosberg Williams FW31 Kazuki Nakajima Former Honda* TBA* TBA TBA* TBA Force India F1 Team Force India Adrian Sutil Force India VJM02 Giancarlo Fisichella *Honda Motors Ltd. have pulled out. But are hoping for potential buyers 2009 Grands Prix Grand Prix Circuit Last Winner Date ING Australian Grand Prix Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Lewis Hamilton 29 March Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit Kimi Räikkönen 5 April Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix Shanghai International Circuit Lewis Hamilton 19 April Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain International Circuit Felipe Massa 26 April Gran Premio de España Telefónica Circuit de Catalunya Kimi Räikkönen 10 May Grand Prix de Monaco Circuit de Monaco Lewis Hamilton 24 May Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix Istanbul Park Felipe Massa 7 June Santander British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit Lewis Hamilton 21 June Großer Preis von Deutschland Nürburgring Lewis Hamilton 12 July Magyar Nagydij Hungaroring Heikki Kovalainen 26 July Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe Valencia Street Circuit Felipe Massa 23 August ING Belgian Grand Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Felipe Massa 30 August Gran Premio Santander d'Italia Autodromo Nazionale Monza Sebastian Vettel 13 September SingTel Singapore Grand Prix Marina Bay Street Circuit Fernando Alonso 27 September Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka Circuit Fernando Alonso 4 October Grande Prêmio do Brasil Autódromo José Carlos Pace Felipe Massa 18 October Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Yas Marina Circuit Inaugural Race 1 November

– Cs-wolves(talk) 10:10, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

The Insane Idea Newsletter

The Insane Idea Newsletter Issue 1 - March 2009 Status: Explanation: Since I'm not allowed to ruthlessly take over the F1 project's newsletter (the urge is a local thing, I live in the same city Rupert Murdoch started off), I figured I could whet my appetite for doing something little different by producing what should be a one-off newsletter. It's packed full of information about the project's *ahem* 19 articles, where they're going and who is taking them there. Project news Promoted articles, so far: 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, the final race of the 2008 Formula One season, was the first race to reach Featured article status as part of this project, after a one-comment GAN. The path of the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix article was not so smooth. Lasting an incredible 26 days, and making rare use of the talk page, the FAC was somewhat of a marathon, but with the help of several members of the project, and many concessions, passage was made. 2008 Belgian Grand Prix was the first 2008 race report to attain Good article status, way back in November, after a truly horrific GAN (my first article assessment on XIV, incidentally). In the end, it doesn't really matter, as I intend to carry out a major re-write on the article later this year, and have a shot at FA. In stark contrast, 2008 Italian Grand Prix quick-passed GAN. The reviewer suggested a trip to FAC, but as this was around the time the Japanese article was there, I had no intention on following him up on it, and still don't. Remember that ad for Honda (*spit*, we daren't speak their name), with the tag-line "Isn't it nice when things just work?" 2008 Chinese Grand Prix, with the exception of an infobox cite problem, passed with flying colours, thanks in no small part to the suggestions from Diniz and AlexJ. Current nominations: After another helpful review from AlexJ, 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix is currently at GAN. Not a lot to report back here, so we'll move on. 2008 German Grand Prix became the first peer review as part of this project to be listed by someone other than me, when Darth Newdar asked the community for suggestions. So far, reviews have come from me and AlexJ, and I believe I can speak on behalf of the Sith when I say "more, please!" Written by Apterygial, based on a template shamelessly copied from WikiProject Greater Manchester | Single-Page View Aims If you are reading this. Because you are scavenging through someone else's talk page, allow me to explain the point of this project. We are here, in our electronic capacity, to make the 2008 Formula One season a Featured topic. This means at least seven articles to FA status, and the rest to GA status. Currently, as you should have been able to work out, we have two FAs and three GAs. While content writing is the key aspect, others such as copyediting, helping with peers reviews or just pointing out where the articles are just plain wrong are quite important. Reminders Rather than spam everyone when an article reaches PR or FAC, it would be better simply to leave a message on the project's talk page. For this reason, it may be a good idea to put the page on your watchlists if you want to be alerted to such things. If you are writing an article, don't be afraid to take your lead from the existing GAs and FAs, particularly the later ones. This includes not just the format (with one section for Practice and qualifying) but paragraphs as well; the explanation of qualifying (which most recently appeared in the Bahrain article), originally written by D.M.N., has been hammered out across several PRs and FACs, to the point that I believe it is quite watertight. It is an important explanation, because modern qualifying practices in F1 are actually fairly hard to understand if you have never come across them before. There is a project userbox, if you're interested. I don't even use it, but you can if you want. The status box should be updated whenever an article changes class, which I believe people have been doing to this point anyway. I also use it to indicate (with links) whether an article is at PR, GAN or FAC, so it can be quite a useful page to keep an eye on. Members When I created the project page, I wrote that I was "fully expecting that the only name there will always be me". Four months later, we have seven users listed in the members section. I want to thank all of them for the effort they have put in so far, and to remind them that there is still a long way to go.

This is a good idea! Keep them coming.--Diniz(talk) 00:02, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Would you mind if I proposed this image as a replacement for the current WP:F1 logo, which is two years out-of-date, on the project talk page? It's always something that's bugged me.--Diniz(talk) 15:40, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks; have posted it at WT:F1. Thanks also for contributing your 2¢ to Shannon Racing, and for the handy countdown on your user page! ;) --Diniz(talk) 00:38, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

On March 9, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Force India VJM02, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Shubinator (talk) 00:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I had another day dedicated to me before, in December. With regards to the portal, I believe it's rather too bold to remove lead image. Try find a digital checker-flag image on Commons and put it as lead image. OhanaUnited 15:32, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm just worried about "word-squeeze", which is the pictures on both sides squeeze the words in the middle and making it difficult to read. One image should suffice. OhanaUnited 03:19, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

• Hi - I did some very minor changes to the above yesterday with the intention of making the introduction flow a little better as it was written in a very staccato style. I see that you have immediately reverted these edits and your edit summary reads 'tidy'! I'm just mystified as to how you see your actions as a 'tidy' and why you reverted my changes. Regards --Paste _{Let’s have a chat.} 08:45, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Many thanks for your reply, it's much appreciated.--Paste _{Let’s have a chat.} 12:40, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Apterygial.

First, thanks very much for your PR. I have done all of the stuff you and AlexJ suggested apart from the post-race (I'll probably do that tomorrow, if not the next day!).

I am now ready for some more things to fix if you would like to tell me them. Thanks,

Darth Newdar (talk) 17:17, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi, I have now fixed all the problems that Diniz raised, apart from the copyedit, which I have asked Diniz to do for me. Is there anything else I need to do to the article before I go to GAN? Darth Newdar (talk) 15:07, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

I wan't doing anything and then I took on the hardest one. I was just happy it wasn't stub class. It's not you. I've never done this before. I've mainly been dealing with my Flickr account because my yahoo went 'kapuut'. Plus I've got an A in my ICT exam, so I'm happy. Chubbennaitor 07:42, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes in both. Chubbennaitor 14:07, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

I, Chubbennaitor hereby award you the Motorsport Barnstar for your recent work on WP:MII, your dedication in WP:F1 and helping with the revamp of the Portal:F1.

BTW:I've hit the jackpot on 2009 F1 images. Chubbennaitor 15:33, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

I wasn't expecting one back. Sorry if the box wasn't right it wouldn't work. Chubbennaitor 07:54, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

You've been busy today. Have you really been here that long! Chubbennaitor 08:31, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

look here.

They don't say what you've done, but I find it interesting especially as I'm fairly good at reading graphs. Chubbennaitor 08:39, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

I agree. The fourth one's great. Chubbennaitor 08:53, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm going to this Grand Prix for my Birthday. YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS. Expect a lot of images of very bad quality (My debut). Chubbennaitor 19:05, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Sounds interesting; I'm definitely up for it! And only one week to go before I have access to the Autocourse again... ;)--Diniz(talk) 23:15, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

After a preliminary examination of the car articles, I have no idea which one I would like to improve, so I'll get back to you on that.--Diniz(talk) 23:19, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I tried to base the B-class Benetton B186 and Lola T93/30 articles loosely on those FAs when I wrote them. And it should indeed be a wholly different challenge from the race report articles.--Diniz(talk) 23:24, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Well, the Williams FW30 article is already at a decent level, but to be honest I prefer to start off with the freedom of a 'blank sheet of canvas'. I'll let you know when I make my decision. And it may be a bit longer than a week on reflection, as I've realised that I've committed myself to a couple of other tasks, in addition to some personal projects I want to progress during the holiday. And there's also a draft article for the 107% rule that's been festering in my sandbox for a while... ;) --Diniz(talk) 23:29, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

I agree with your sentiment, and I was arguing to leave it alone as well. The thing is, when someone comes in and changes it, arguing in an aggressive fashion, you end up in a ridiculous argument. I maintain that any argument with Eightball is a ridiculous argument, but I'll not just walk away and let him make unencyclopedic edits. I'll assume you're joking about the president bit... enjoy the season :) Bretonbanquet (talk) 22:58, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

I came here to tell you I wouldn't edit it again because you asked nicely and that counts for something. I nearly changed my mind because of the smugness of the above comment, but be proud that your tact outweighed it. The thing is, someone who argues for not changing the numbers clearly does not know anything about F1, because it implies that Ferrari is taking chassis, fitting it with Raikkonen's seat, his name on the side, and then deliberately giving it the wrong number. And then I get people telling me I'm being unencyclopedic. Whatever, at some point you have to realize that people already view everything they read on XIV with a healthy dose of skepticism, a few more errors can't hurt...right? Enjoy the season. Eightball (talk) 05:54, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

OK. I understand. I thought that the Spanish one needed a better image. What about the better pictures from a different angle from the 2008 Oz GP? They're good. I thought that the Oz GP needed a better picture. There we go. I'm fine if you revert them. Chubbennaitor 08:05, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

What about the Japan one which we know is at Suzuka not Fuji this time. I've found a pit stop one? File:Scuderia Ferrari Pit Stop1.JPG Chubbennaitor 13:56, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

I was wondering whether a computer piece of artwork based on an image that we use here is legal to be used for public domain. Chubbennaitor 19:44, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

By. i've just had enough. Chubbennaitor 21:22, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi I notice that after the conversation about the edit war that Chubbenaitor subsequently retired. I was wondering if there was any point in taking Ironholds to WP:RFC or WP:WQA beacuse of his incivility? --DFS454 (talk) 16:19, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

File:Circuit de Catalunya Turns 1-3.jpg is a decent picture of turns 1-3 at Barcelona. Plus can you respond to the above. Chubbennaitor 20:40, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Um, I don't know. It'll come to me in a minute. Hang on............... D.M.N. (talk) 11:15, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

You're userpage looks fine. D.M.N. (talk) 11:20, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

I should be able to start work on the commitments I made earlier, after I've expanded the 1995 European Grand Prix article for D.M.N.. Would you prefer me to work on the Hungarian GP article first. Or the car article (which I've decided will be the Renault R28)?--Diniz(talk) 19:20, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

I definitely plan on doing both, don't worry. :P I actually couldn't make my mind up on which one to do first, but I suppose that seeing if the 2008 car articles can be incorporated into the remit of the II is more important than "yet another" race report!--Diniz(talk) 23:01, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Just one little niggle. ※

Because Brawn uses a bright yellow, and that was a lime-toned green/yellow. In any case, the majority of Brawn's colourscheme is white. Pyrope 17:50, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

For the majority of team boxes the major colour is the background and the accent colours are used as the text colour. This isn't really feasible for Brawn as that yellow wouldn't make a good text colour. Pyrope 13:59, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

On 4 April, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2009 Australian Grand Prix, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Shubinator (talk) 04:18, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Yep, very true on both counts. ;) Cs-wolves(talk) 10:41, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

All the 2009 race reports are now either piped "Grand Prix" or "※ Grand Prix". I'm not quite sure which one is correct; any thoughts? Darth Newdar (talk) 11:54, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Just wanted to say that I am in no way denigrating all the work you and others do to get articles up to FA/GA standard - there's real skill involved in that and it's work that XIV wants done. I'm just having my little moan ;) Bretonbanquet (talk) 00:19, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

I've just read the FA review you mentioned... my god. There's no way I could have stuck through that, and my admiration for you FA-chasing editors has risen considerably. It strikes me that one or two editors, like Ling Nut, were just trying to be difficult, no? I think it's very hard to strike a balance between catering for the uninitiated while still trying to please the hardcore fans. When you think about it, no other publication has to do that - Autosport, for example, assumes a high level of prior knowledge, and even a daily newspaper assumes more prior knowledge than some Wiki editors would allow. It's an eye-opener for me, for sure! Bretonbanquet (talk) 23:55, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year II · Issue 3 · March 5, 2009 – April 7, 2009 Previous month's issue
New users New members -- Petera93 (talk · contribs) (March 7, 2009) K.Sørensen (talk · contribs) (March 13, 2009) Akshaysarode21 (talk · contribs) (March 28, 2009) Lpjz290 (talk · contribs) (March 30, 2009) Thelostlibertine (talk · contribs) (April 4, 2009) New recipients -- Petera93 (talk · contribs) (March 6, 2009) Paste (talk · contribs) (March 14, 2009) Akshaysarode21 (talk · contribs) (March 29, 2009) New editors -- WikiProject news Check out Apterygial's My Insane Idea userproject, which aims to improve the 2008 Formula One season article and that season's Grands Prix to Featured Topic status. Newsletter news The Newsletter is looking for contributors. We are asking YOU to help this Newsletter become a better place Newsletter	Article developments Formula One articles Importance Top High Mid Low None Total Quality FA 3 4 4 11 FL 1 3 1 5 A 2 2 GA 3 5 5 6 19 B 17 28 35 54 10 144 C 4 15 17 25 1 62 Start 12 100 137 280 239 768 Stub 1 19 101 1004 367 1492 List 4 7 9 2 22 Assessed 45 181 311 1371 617 2525 Unassessed 130 130 Total 45 181 311 1371 747 2655 Current Featured Portal Candidates -- Portal:Formula One Current Good Article Candidates -- 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix 2008 German Grand Prix Completed Peer Reviews -- Portal:Formula One 2008 German Grand Prix 2008 Turkish Grand Prix Ongoing Peer Reviews -- Forti New articles -- Brawn GP Brawn BGP 001 Shannon Racing 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix Toro Rosso STR4 2009 Chinese Grand Prix 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix 2009 Spanish Grand Prix 107% rule 2009 Turkish Grand Prix 2009 German Grand Prix 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix 2009 Singapore Grand Prix 2009 European Grand Prix 2009 Belgian Grand Prix 2009 Italian Grand Prix
Editors' Comment We need a few users to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors -- Diniz (talk · contribs) Chubbennaitor (talk · contribs) Cdhaptomos (talk · contribs) Cs-wolves (talk · contribs) LB22 (talk · contribs) Alistairjh (talk · contribs) How to help WPF1 -- Expand the articles in Category:Formula One stubs. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Article requests: Erich Zakowski, Daniele Coronna, Hans Fouche, Chris Radage, Giorgio Stirano, Steve Tarrant, Dave Ryan, Tony Jardine, Simon Taylor Copyedit: Bahrain Grand Prix, History of Formula One, Monaco Grand Prix, 2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Rob White (Formula One), Rob Smedley Expand: Honda RA271, Paddy Lowe, Red Bull RB3, Spyker F1, Toyota TF107, BMW Sauber F1.07, Mario Theissen, Franz Tost, Chinese Grand Prix, Colin Kolles, Concorde Agreement, Formula One Constructors Association, McLaren MP4/1, Ove Andersson, Bob Bell, Korean International Circuit, Grand Prix Drivers' Association, Spyker F8-VII, Arai (company), Shoei, Schuberth Helme GmbH, Bell Racing Company, Jim Bamber, Nazir Hoosein, Formula One video games, Make Cars Green, Jonathan Legard more Update: History of Formula One, Toyota, Robert Doornbos, Formula One regulations, 2024 Formula One season, Future of Formula One, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Super Aguri F1, Divina Galica, Grand Prix World Championship Images needed: Max Mosley, Sakon Yamamoto, Jordan Grand Prix circa 1992-1997, Paddy Lowe, 2008 Turkish Grand Prix more For more work, see this generated list or the Auxiliary list Keep in touch and up-to-date with the changes at the project talk page. Please leave any queries at the Newsletter Desk. Useful Links -- About us XIV:WikiProject Formula One XIV talk:WikiProject Formula One 2009 Formula One season
Images Below is the F1 Picture for last month (found here) which is decided on every 25th-27th of each month. The picture has to be one uploaded that month and only from the current season. It is exclusive to the Newsletter. REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE. New images 2000 2005 2008 2009 Circuit Drivers Tyres
Article of the month - 2008 German Grand Prix, current Good Article Candidate. The 2008 German Grand Prix (formally the LXVIII Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland) was a Formula One motor race held on July 20, 2008 at the Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany. It was the 10th race of the 2008 Formula One season. The race, contested over 67 laps, was won by Lewis Hamilton for the McLaren team after starting from pole position. Nelson Piquet, Jr. finished second in a Renault car, with Felipe Massa third in a Ferrari. Hamilton maintained his startline advantage and led until he made his first pit stop on lap 18. As other cars made their pit stops, Hamilton regained the lead on lap 22. On lap 36 Timo Glock crashed, and the race was neutralized by the deployment of the safety car. Hamilton, on a two-stop strategy, did not stop to get more fuel during this period, while all the cars around him did. Thus when he did eventually stop on lap 50, he rejoined the race in fifth. In the closing stages of the race, Hamilton overtook first his team-mate Heikki Kovalainen, then Massa, and finally Piquet, to take the lead again on lap 60, which he maintained to win the race. The victory was Hamilton's second consecutive win, having won the preceding British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The win put him ahead of his two main rivals in the Drivers' Championship, Kimi Räikkönen (who finished sixth) and Massa of Ferrari, who were on equal points with him before the race. After the race he was four points ahead of Räikkönen, and seven ahead of Massa. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren drew closer to the two teams ahead of them, BMW Sauber and Ferrari. Ferrari still led by 15 points from McLaren, and 12 from BMW, whose drivers – Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica – finished fourth and seventh respectively. (More...)
Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Jenson Button Brawn GP 15 2nd Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 10 3rd Jarno Trulli Toyota 8.5 4th Timo Glock Toyota 8 5th Nick Heidfeld BMW 4 6th Fernando Alonso Renault 4 7th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 3.5 8th Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso 2 9th Mark Webber Red Bull 1.5 10th Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1 11th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1 12th Adrian Sutil Force India 0 13th Felipe Massa Ferrari 0 14th Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 0 15th Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 0 16th Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 0 17th Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault 0 18th Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0 19th Robert Kubica BMW 0 20th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 0 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Entered Chassis Points 1st Virgin Brawn GP F1 Team BGP 001 25 2nd Panasonic Toyota Racing TF109 16.5 3rd BMW Sauber F1 Team F1.09 4 4th ING Renault F1 Team R29 4 5th AT&T WilliamsF1 Team FW31 3.5 6th Scuderia Toro Rosso STR4 3 7th Red Bull Racing RB5 1.5 8th Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-24 1 9th Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro F60 0 10th Force India F1 Team VJM02 0 See 2009 Formula One season for more information
Australian Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Jenson Button Brawn GP 1:34:15.784 2nd Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP +0.807# 3rd Jarno Trulli† Toyota† +1.604† 4th Timo Glock Toyota +4.435 5th Fernando Alonso Renault +4.879 6th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 +5.722 7th Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso +6.004 8th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso +6.298 9th Adrian Sutil Force India +6.335 10th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +7.085 Australian Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Weight Row one Jenson Button Brawn GP 1:26.202 664.5kg Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 1:26.505 666.5kg Row two Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:26.830 657kg Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:26.914 650kg Row three Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1:26.973 657kg Felipe Massa* Ferrari* 1:27.033* 654kg* Row four Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.163 655.5kg Mark Webber* Red Bull* 1:27.246* 662kg* Row five Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:25.504 (Q2) 691.5kg Fernando Alonso Renault 1:25.605 (Q2) 680.7kg FriP1: Rosberg tops first Australia practice FriP2: Rosberg stays on top in second practice SatP: Rosberg also tops final Australia practice Qualy: Button heads Brawn Front row Race:Button takes home dream win with a Brawn 1-2 # The race finished under the safety car. † After the race, Trulli was originally given a 25-second penalty for passing Lewis Hamilton (4th, +2.914) under yellow flags.※ However, due to misleading the stewards, Hamilton was disqualified and Trulli's penalty was overturned. ※ * Timo Glock (1:26.975, 6th) and Trulli (1:27.127, 8th) were both disqualified from qualifying and sent to the back of the grid, as their Toyotas' rear wing elements were in breach of the rules.
Malaysian Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Jenson Button Brawn GP 55:30.622 2nd Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +22.722 3rd Timo Glock Toyota +23.513 4th Jarno Trulli Toyota +46.173 5th Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP +47.360 6th Mark Webber Red Bull +52.333 7th Lewis Hamilton McLaren +1:00.733 8th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 +1:11.576 9th Felipe Massa Ferrari +1:16.932 10th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso +1:42.164 Malaysian Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Weight Row one Jenson Button Brawn GP 1:35.181 660kg Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:35.273 656.5kg Row two Timo Glock* Toyota* 1:35.690* 656.5kg Nico Rosberg^ WilliamsF1^ 1:35.750^ 656kg Row three Mark Webber Red Bull 1:35.797 656kg Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:36.106 663kg Row four Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:36.170 662.5kg Rubens Barrichello^ Brawn GP^ 1:35.651^ 664.5kg Row five Fernando Alonso Renault 1:37.659 680.5kg Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:34.769 (Q2) 692kg FriP1: Rosberg fastest in first Malaysia practice FriP2: Ferrari duo on top in second practice SatP: Rosberg back on top Qualifying: Button grabs second consecutive pole Race: Button wins shortened Malaysian Grand Prix The race was red flagged on lap 33 and the results were taken from lap 31. * Sebastian Vettel (3rd, 1:35.518) got a 10 place grid penalty for his collision with Kubica at the previous Grand Prix. ※ ^ Rubens Barrichello (4th, 1:35.651) got a 5 place grid penalty for a gearbox change. ※

– Cs-wolves(talk) 12:43, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Time for me to sleep. I'll try and finish the review tomorrow. Thanks! Viriditas (talk) 12:12, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Just to let you know, I'm back, and I'm going to try and knock out the rest of the review, if I can. Viriditas (talk) 08:33, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Actually, the questions are great. But I may need to get my eyes checked... :) Viriditas (talk) 10:56, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, it's time for me to sleep again. I will try and get up early and review the rest of the article. I hope to have it passed as a GA by late tomorrow night. Thanks! Viriditas (talk) 11:19, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the holiday greetings, and the same to you. I will be in and out for the next few hours, but I probably won't finish up until later tonight. Viriditas (talk) 02:03, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

On a related note, the good article review for 2008 German Grand Prix has also begun (just in case you weren't watching it). Darth Newdar hasn't edited for several days, so it might be worth keeping an eye on it.--Diniz(talk) 02:22, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

I was watching it, and I think we can safely deal with the minor issues to keep the review moving on, but Darth Newdar should tackle any the reviewer deems to be fundamental or endemic. Apterygial 02:57, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

I stayed up late to try and finish, but I couldn't do it. I'll try again tomorrow. Have a great day! :) Viriditas (talk) 14:00, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi. I passed the article and I left many suggestions for improvement in the review. I also think the "Race" section can be tightened up a bit. Thanks! Viriditas (talk) 12:31, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the very kind comments. I'm not sure how to answer your question, other than to tell you that I didn't actually finish the review until last night, at which time I passed it. I could have put it on hold due to my suggestions (and I think this is where your question comes into play), but at that point, I didn't feel my suggestions were necessary to change the outcome; I just wanted to finish reviewing it. But, there are a few proposed changes I recommend taking a look at on the review page when you have some time. Thanks! Viriditas (talk) 20:10, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I saw it. :) I hope everything is going well for you. Thanks for contacting me! Viriditas (talk) 10:27, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! I am taking a short (I promise) break from wikis in general for a few weeks, but when I come back I'll begin working on the next article for the Insane Idea. Darth Newdar (talk) 16:49, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Wow, MII has took over! Only just noticed how much progress has been made. I'm working as well.... slowly.... and slowly.... and slowly! ;) D.M.N. (talk) 17:00, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

I've taken a look at the article, made some minor edits, and left some suggestions on the talk page. Good luck with progressing it to GA/FA status!

I've also started work on expanding the Renault R28 article in my sandbox, so expect some more MII developments soon. ;) --Diniz(talk) 17:14, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

No hurry; I won't take Forti any further until my summer holidays, which start in June. I head back to uni on Friday so I probably won't be able to complete a full draft of Renault R28, but I'll do as much as I can. Unfortunately I don't think I have the space to take last year's Autocourse and 18 or so issues of Autosport back with me, not to mention the distraction from exam term that they would cause!--Diniz(talk) 16:13, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry I haven't had time to do a detailed look over this. I've had a quick glance over it, and can't see anything obvious that would prevent it getting GA status. AlexJ (talk) 01:09, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Don't know if you watch this page, but some good quality images are now available from recent Malaysian GP. Could be a good addition. Sleaves 20:29, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Must have forgotten to put it on my watchlist. I'll take a look. Apterygial 00:25, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Just to let you know I have also suggested a possible image. Darth Newdar (talk) 17:27, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

And another! Darth Newdar (talk) 06:59, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

1. I have no problem with waiting, if you think it would hinder the FPOC process. 2. Of course you can; I don't think I'm going to be able to do it any time soon anyway. Any help you need, just ask. Cdhaptomos talk–contribs 16:03, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Just added one for Chinese GP. Feel free to add alternates if you can think of better ones. Also couple of suggestions added for portal. Do review them when you have the chance. Sleaves 16:15, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

I have also left you a couple of DYKs to have a look at, can be found at Portal talk:Formula One/Did you know. Darth Newdar (talk) 06:59, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Another couple there for you - one from me, one from somebody else. Darth Newdar (talk) 14:06, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

And another couple from me. :) Darth Newdar (talk) 17:08, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi Apterygial, In the references section of the 2008 Turkish Grand Prix, the article that I am now working on, there is some Autosport thing called "Massa Attack", cited as a publication. I can't read it, as you have to be subscribed to Autosport to read it. It is also not actually cited in the article. So, what do I do with it? Darth Newdar (talk) 20:03, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

I have now just realised that two refs cited just say "Hughes, pg. xx". They obviously refer to this ref, so I have now moved the "Massa Attack" thing, to reference those two. Sorted! Darth Newdar (talk) 15:01, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

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