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Post edited 12:43 pm – November 16, 2009 by teflon

Anyone else seen this?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/h…..362295.stm

Looks like Brawn is basically out of contention for next year since… well… they wont exist! They've been bought up buy Mercedes and a group from Abu Dhabi and are now Mercedes Grand Prix. Ross Brawn will stay on as team principle, but Jensen is out and Rosberg and Heidfeld are likely the two in the seats.

Apparently Button's been seen having talks with McLaren so it's possible that we'll have an all Hamilton and Button in McLaren's next year, though where that leaves Raikkonen is anyone's guess.

So everything's completely up in the air once again.

My reckoning is that if Button is with McLaren next year, he's not going to be doing too well. It's going to be a fast car, sure, but Button can be quite temperamental if thing's aren't just right, whilst Hamilton can really get the job done and has shown some brilliant pace at the end of this year, especially in qualifying, which is where Button is going to be losing his races if he can't get into the top 4 spots.

Add a resurgent Ferrari with Massa and Alonso, and Vettel at Red Bull into the mix and I can't see Button making much headway in 2010.

Good find teflon, wow Button and Hamilton team mates that would be ace. And I think that Ferrari will be definate contenders next year with those two drivers….bring it on.

From what i hear Jenson wasn't offered a contract with the Brawn/Mercedes team so he had no choice but to go to McLaren!

I'm glad he has gone to McLaren, next season will be fantastic   

freezebug2 said:

Manorhowze said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/h…..363892.stm

So it is now official. Button joins Mclaren.

For Jenson to go there does make sense as he wants to prove he is a quick driver and if he can beat Lewis in the same car then that would prove it beyond doubt. 

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I missed your post but just read about on it yahoo sport news, hope Codemasters include Button and Hamilton as team mates in their new F1 game next year?

Even if they don't, they can send it out as a patch.

Also, for those who care, Raikkonen is leaving F1 for a year and trying out a rallying career.

Roynaldo said:I honestly believe that Lewis is by far the best driver out there, If he has the car to compete with the top runners (unlike the majority of this season) then he will always be in the mix for the championship, and hes still young and has a good 15 years left in the sport to prove just that.

When you see what he can do with an average car it just proves how good he is, Alonso is the same although I think he is an arrogant prick.

Agree 1000% with what you just said. 4 yeses.

gazzagb said:Think this could be the best year ever for McLaren, with 2 world class drivers. I agree with Roynaldo, Lewis is still the best driver out there and i think Vettel is probably second best. Those two deffo have a bright future ahead of them in F1.

Yup it is an exciting prospect and F1 really has turned around from watching the paint dry for some people to great expection in waiting. Brrrrrrring it on.

So glad that the British GP is back at Silverstone. We should see some big improvements to the pit and paddock, especially as its for the next 17 years.

The track will also be modifyed for MotoGP, and new stands will be built:

However the F1 British GPrace will be on Sunday, 11 July – the same day as the 2010 World Cup final .

Thankfully the WC final is at 19:30 UK time, according to the FIFA website. This means i can watch the F1 and then prepare for the footie final.

I dunno… I don't think I like it. 

Yes, I can see that they needed to increase the number of drivers scoring points, but now the differences between the top four places are ridiculous which means that it's still going to just be the top 3 drivers in each race that pull way ahead of the rest of the pack… So thats a "meh" from me…

Renault being back is great too. Yes, there was the whole cheating scandal, but they're on of the few big success stories of the decade, after coming into it and working their socks off to win two consecutive championships against the tide of Ferrari's dominance.

So it's good to see them stick it out another few years.

More F1 news

Lotus F1 have signed Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen as their Driver line up for 2010. This looks like a very good pairing for a new team, not only in terms of pace but they should be able to develop the car due to the experience of the two. It does show that Lotus are serious about being the best of the newcomers.