2009 Formula One World Championship
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The 2009 Formula One season is the 60th FIA Formula One World Championship season. There are a total of ten teams signed up to compete in the championship.[1]
The season is scheduled to take place over 17 rounds, starting with the Australian Grand Prix on 29 March 2009 and ending on 1 November 2009 with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which is included on the race calendar for the first time and will be held at the new Yas Marina Circuit. The French and Canadian Grands Prix, which were both included in the 2008 championship, have been dropped.
Several rule changes will be implemented by the FIA, in a bid to cut costs due to the global financial crisis and to improve the on-track spectacle. New rules governing tyres, aerodynamics and Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems, among others, are some of the biggest changes in the Formula One regulations for several decades.[2]
Pre-season testing
The first multi-team testing session took place at Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona in November 2008, two weeks after the end of previous season.[3] All teams, except Toyota, took part in the testing session where some teams tested their new aerodynamics package and slick tyres.[4] BMW Sauber and Williams amongst the forerunners in this case, with the German manufacturer running both rear and front wings to 2009 specifications. The team's test driver, Christian Klien, labelled the car the ugliest car he'd ever seen.[5] F1 newcomers Sébastien Buemi, Lucas di Grassi and Bruno Senna tested for Toro Rosso and Honda respectively. Takuma Sato returned for a test with Toro Rosso and WRC Champion Sébastien Loeb tested for Red Bull. McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa also tested for Force India, an exercise seen as a part of the teams' new technical partnership.[6] Red Bull, Toro Rosso and Renault were the only teams to use solely their 2008 cars (albeit with slick tyres), whilst the other teams also tested 2009 interim cars during the 3-day test.
The next test took place at Jerez in December 2008, and was attended by six teams. Toro Rosso candidate Sébastien Buemi topped the time-sheets on all three days, defeating rival candidates Takuma Sato and Sébastien Bourdais.[7] The test also saw the McLaren team debut a front wing and nosecone designed to 2009 specifications, as well as stripped bodywork.[8] BMW Sauber and Williams continued running the interim cars which debuted at the previous test, while Renault and Toro Rosso continued running their 2008 cars with slicks and simulated downforce-levels.
Following the first launches, the teams returned to the track on the 19th of January for more testing. Toyota, McLaren, Williams and Renault tested at Algarve again together with Toro Rosso, which used their 2008 car. Sébastien Buemi, in his first outing as confirmed driver for the Toro Rosso team, topped the first three days in the interim car.[9] Heavy rain hampered the teams in the first two days, and only on Wednesday could the drivers test the new cars on the slick tyres. On Thursday, however, the rain returned, and testing was stopped early in the morning as the medical helicopters couldn't take off in the torrential rain.[10] Ferrari intended to test at Algarve as well, but moved the test to Mugello, where the rain continued to limit their testing amidst mounting concerns over the F60's legality.[11][12] BMW Sauber, meanwhile, enjoyed warmer weather testing the F1.09 at Valencia.[13]
Teams
Teams
The following teams are signed with Formula One Management and make up the Formula One Teams Association:
- McLaren-Mercedes
- Ferrari
- BMW Sauber
- Renault
- Toyota
- Toro Rosso-Ferrari
- Red Bull-Renault
- Williams-Toyota
- Brawn-Mercedes
- Force India-Mercedes
New car launches
Constructor | Chassis | Launch Date | Launch Location |
---|---|---|---|
Ferrari | F60 | January 12[14] | Mugello, Italy |
Toyota | TF109 | January 15[15] | Online[16] |
McLaren-Mercedes | MP4-24 | January 16[17] | Woking, United Kingdom |
Renault | R29 | January 19[18] | Portimão, Portugal |
Williams-Toyota | FW31 | January 19[19] | Portimão, Portugal |
BMW Sauber | F1.09 | January 20[15] | Valencia, Spain |
Red Bull-Renault | RB5 | February 9[20] | Jerez, Spain |
Force India-Mercedes | VJM02 | March 1[21] | Jerez, Spain |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari | STR4 | March 9[22] | Circuit de Catalunya, Spain |
Brawn-Mercedes | BGP 001 | March 9[23] | Circuit de Catalunya, Spain |
Drivers
Schedule
Confirmed calendar changes
- The debuting Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has been added to the race calendar, as part of Formula One's expansion in the Middle East.[46] The race will take place at the Hermann Tilke-designed Yas Marina Circuit, which is currently under construction on Yas Island. The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be the final round of the 2009 World Championship on 1 November, 2009.
- After being dropped in 2007 and replaced by the Fuji Speedway, the Suzuka Circuit will return to host the Japanese Grand Prix in 2009. The race will then alternate between the two circuits.
- On October 7, 2008, the FIA formalized the 2009 season calendar with the dropping of the Canadian Grand Prix (for apparent financial problems) and the rearrangement of the Turkish Grand Prix to June 7, 2009.[47] Excluding the Indianapolis 500, 2009 will be the first Formula One season since 1958 with no Grand Prix in North America. [48] The Canadian Grand Prix had been on the provisional schedule, before being dropped.
- On October 15, 2008, the organisers of the French Grand Prix announced via their official website that the race would no longer be part of the 2009 season, citing "economic problems".[49][50] This will be the second time that there has not been a French Grand Prix on the schedule since the start of the World Drivers' Championship in 1950. The only previous time was 1955. [51] The race had been on the "final" schedule for 2009, and Bernie Ecclestone had previously stated that it would stay on the calendar, as they had a contract until 2011.[52]
- On November 5, 2008, the FIA World Council shifted the Chinese Grand Prix to April and reshuffled the others to accommodate the loss of the French Grand Prix. [53]
2009 Race Schedule
After several revisions, the FIA published the 2009 Formula One World Championship Race Calendar on 5 November 2008 [54]
† Night Race
‡ New Circuit
* Since the 1995 season, Grands Prix held at the Nürburgring have been titled something other than the "German Grand Prix" due to a dispute with the Hockenheimring over naming rights. With the issue still in dispute at the end of the 2008 season it was reported that either the Nürburgring or Valencia Street Circuit Grand Prix would change titles[72]. The FIA calendar currently lists the Nürburgring race as the German Grand Prix, and the Valencia race as the European Grand Prix[73].
Changes
Driver changes
Changed teams
Entered F1
Exited F1
- David Coulthard: Red Bull Racing → consultant and test driver for Red Bull, as well as providing commentary for the BBC's coverage.
Team changes
- Force India changed their engine supplier from Ferrari to Mercedes in a five-year deal.[44]
- Gerhard Berger sold his half-stake of Scuderia Toro Rosso to Red Bull, claiming that the new regulations would "leave no room for improvement for a small team like STR". [74]
- Honda announced in December 2008 that they are withdrawing their Formula One team from the 2009 World Championship due to the problems caused by the global financial breakdown and to focus on their core business activities.[75][76] It was confirmed on 5th March 2009 that the team would compete in the 2009 season as Brawn GP, with Mercedes engines, following a management buy-out, and would retain the services of both Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello as drivers.[77]
Rule changes
On 22 December 2006, the FIA released technical regulations for the 2009 season.[78] These have been revised several times to accomodate the findings of the Overtaking Working Group (formed in response to concerns that wheel-to-wheel racing was becoming increasingly rare)[79] and the increasing need for cost-cutting in the sport in the wake of the economic crisis[80].
- Slick tyres will return for the first time since they were banned for the 1998 season. Bridgestone will continue to be the sole supplier of tyres, and drivers will still have to use both compounds of tyre during a race.[81] These compounds are differentiated by a green marking around the sides of the tyres, rather than a white marking in a groove as used in 2008.[82]
- The aerodynamic regulations have been radically altered for the 2009 season. Front wings will be lower and wider, while rear wings will be much higher and narrower. This makes the 2009 cars strikingly different in appearance from those of previous seasons, and several drivers have expressed concerns that the larger front wings could trigger more accidents; especially at the start of Grands Prix when the cars are racing close to each other. As well as the changes in the dimensions of the wings, bodywork will be much more regulated with many of the additional components seen in previous seasons effectively outlawed (including barge boards, winglets, turning vanes, chimneys, viking horns and dumbo ears), the diffuser at the rear of the car has been moved back and upwards. Many other minor chassis components have also been standardised. The aim of the new aerodynamic regulations, as well as the reintroduction of slick tyres, is to decrease reliance on aerodynamic downforce and increase mechanical grip with the aim of making wheel-to-wheel racing easier.
- For the first time, cars will be allowed to use driver adjustable bodywork, in the form of adjustable flaps in the front wing. The flaps can be adjusted by up to six degrees, limited to only two adjustments per lap.
- Along with changes to bodywork and tyre size, the 2006 document includes details of a "Kinetic Energy Recovery System". This is a regenerative braking device designed to recover some of the vehicle's kinetic energy, which is normally dissipated as heat during braking. The recovered energy can be stored electrically, in a battery or supercapacitor, or mechanically, in a flywheel, for use as a source of additional accelerative power at the driver's discretion by way of a "boost button" on the steering wheel. The regulations limit the additional power to around 82 hp for six seconds a lap. The regulations do not make this compulsory, and due to concerns about both limited performance gains and safety implications many teams are believed to be unlikely to use the new KERS systems for at least the start of the 2009 season [83].
- While it was reported in 2008 that the FIA were planning on introducing a budget cap to limit the amount of spending by Formula One teams[84], the amount was not agreed upon and the budget cap idea was dropped. Instead, costs will be brought down by an almost total ban on in-season testing, a forced reduction in wind tunnel usage, the sharing of more data during race weekends, and an increased minimum engine lifespan: the engine will have to last for three races, instead of two in 2008.
- Each driver will be limited to a maximum of 8 engines throughout the season, in addition to four engines for practice/testing purposes. To aid improvements in reliability, the engines will be detuned from 19,000RPM to 18,000RPM[85].
- On 27 January 2009, the FIA announced that the rule stating that the pit lane is closed during a Safety Car period will be scrapped in 2009. The rule was introduced in 2007 to avoid people rushing back to the pits to refuel, possibly speeding through a danger zone, but software has been successfully developed to solve this problem.[86]
New F1 Partnerships
Korean electronics firm LG set a partnership with FOM to show their logo during live timing system and timing graphics.[87]
Broadcasting changes
- The BBC regain coverage of Formula One in the United Kingdom after losing it to ITV in 1997. The deal will last for 5 years and includes TV, radio and online coverage rights.[88] The broadcaster confirmed the details of coverage on 25 February 2009 [89] including the return of iconic theme tune The Chain by Fleetwood Mac. [90]
- In Spain, Telecinco loses the F1 coverage rights in favor of Mediapro, major shareholder of LaSexta.[91]
- In Bulgaria, TV7 have acquired the coverage rights for the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons from bTV.[92]
- ESPN Star Sports has agreed to a new 5-year deal for the exclusive rights to broadcast Formula One in 24 Asian countries, including India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea.[93]
- In Sweden, Viasat extends its broadcasting rights through 2011. The broadcast will be moved to the new motorsports channel Viasat Motor, but qualifications and race reruns will be on TV6 as well. [94]
- In Denmark, TV3 Puls replaces TV2.
- In Greece, ANT1 has acquired the coverage rights for the next three years, replacing Alpha TV.[95]
- In Russia, RTR Sport replaces Ren-TV.[96]
- In Australian Ten and is subsidiary One HD and One will cover the season.
- In Latvia, TV3 and Viasat Sport Baltic have bought the rights for showing live races for 3 years, replacing LNT, which had broadcast Formula One races for more than ten years.
Rumours
Rumoured team changes
- Honda: Several indications shows that the management buyout lead by Ross Brawn has been successful. According to grandprix.com, the team would be renamed to Brawn Racing and the domains www.brawnracing.com and www.brawnracing.co.uk have been registered in the name of former BAR and lawyer Caroline McGrory, who has signed with the new team as the company secretary[97]. Globoesporte.com says that the new team's main color will be blue due to its major sponsor, one that has never been involved in F1 before.[98]
Rumoured regulation changes
- Bernie Ecclestone has raised the idea of introducing a "medals" system in place of the current points-scoring system, whereby first, second and third placed drivers in each race would receive, respectively, gold, silver and bronze medals. The Driver's Championship would then be awarded at the end of the season to the driver with the most gold medals (if two drivers had the same number of gold medals, silver medals would be taken into account, and so on).[99] While Ecclestone was keen on introducing the system for the start of the 2009 season, FIA President Max Mosley has expressed a cautious approach which would include a public consultation on the idea before its implementation.
- Due to the withdrawals of the Super Aguri team during the 2008 season and the Honda team prior to the 2009 season, potentially there could be only 9 teams on the grid. It has been reported, and confirmed by Bernie Ecclestone, that some of the top teams may get to field a third non-points scoring car, in order to maintain at least a 20 car grid, although Ecclestone has denied that he is contractually bound to provide a minimum number of cars for each Grand Prix.[100]
- The Formula One Teams Association announced in a statement that they would like to see two rule changes for 2009. These are a new points system to give greater differentiation to grand prix winners on a scale of 12-9-7-5-4-3-2-1. The other proposal is for race fuel loads, tyre specifications, and refuelling data to be made public[101]
Rumoured driver changes
- It seems that 2008 GP2 Series runner-up Bruno Senna will not have his debut in F1 this year. According to GPUpdate.net, Rubens Barrichello has signed with Brawn GP[102], which has been confirmed by the driver himself[103]. Jenson Button is being considered a certain name for the new team[104].
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