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February

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year I - Issue 1 - February 2008
"So to avoid any confusion, here is the order: Hakkinen leads and is yet to stop. Coulthard leads and is yet to stop..." - Murray Walker
From the editor Hello, Reader! Welcome to our first monthly Formula 1 WP Newsletter. This is to give you the best source of information, right in your user talk page. We hope that you find this newsletter useful, and please leave me a message on this newsletter in my talk page. All that is left to say is, I hope that you enjoy the read! Enjoy! --LB22 (talk) 21:13, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
News We are delighted to have a new user, ESPImperium, who joined on January 28 2008. Our current Improvement Drive is Juan Manuel Fangio. Wanted Articles include Roland Bruynseraede and Erich Zakowski.	We need a few users to help me with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave me a message on my talk page or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the central newsletter page. Current contributors - LB22 (talk · contribs) Diniz (talk · contribs) Other areas where you can help - Keep up some of the great facts in the "Did You Know" section of the Formula One portal! Remember, yours may be put in next Wednesday! Help out with the articles in Category:Formula One stubs. Selected Image -
General Formula One news Most of the teams have unveiled their challengers for 2008, apart from Super Aguri.

March

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year I - Issue 2 - March 2008
"The running gag of the Grand Prix series is that whereas Murray, safe in the commentary box, sounds like a blindfolded man riding a unicycle on the rim of the pit of doom, the men actually facing the danger are all so taciturn that you might as well try interviewing the cars themselves." - Clive James
The 2008 Formula One season is almost underway in the relaxed atmosphere of Melbourne. There we will see what rivalries are in store, with everyone hoping that the championship will be just as close as last year. The controversies of 2007 are long gone, ready to be replaced by the sweet smell of good old sportsmanship. Chubbennaitor (talk)
News We are delighted to have a new user, NapHit, who joined on February 17 2008. Our current Improvement Drive is Juan Manuel Fangio. Wanted Articles include Roland Bruynseraede and Erich Zakowski. The Max Mosley article is currently being peer reviewed. Please leave some comments! Our newsletters are now collapsible.	Editor's Comment I am incredibly pleased that we have some backers of our new letter. So it is decided that we will go on and publish one for you every month. Don't forget to give us your ideas. I just thought that I should point out that this is our official first edition, as the last one was a pilot. However, we will keep with Issue II onwards! I would also like to thank Diniz and Chubbennaitor for helping me live out my newsletter idea. Happy Reading! - LB22 (talk to me!)Email me! 18:23, 29 February 2008 (UTC) We need a few users to help me with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave me a message on my talk page or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the central newsletter page. Current contributors - LB22 (talk · contribs) Diniz (talk · contribs) Chubbennaitor (talk · contribs) Other areas where you can help - Keep up some of the great facts in the "Did You Know" section of the Formula One portal! Remember, yours may be put in next Wednesday! Help out with the articles in Category:Formula One stubs. Selected Image -
Recent Formula One news All of the F1 teams apart from Super Aguri have been taking part in the final full test of the off-season at the Circuit de Catalunya. Retired former champion Michael Schumacher was on hand to test the Ferrari F2008. [1] Super Aguri's future is hanging in the balance as talks continue with parent team Honda. [2] Ferrari's Italian court case against McLaren continues, with several of the British team's personnel being questioned. [3]

April

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year I - Issue 3 - April 2008
"We will miss him a little bit as a driver, we will miss him a lot in the football matches." Jarno Trulli on Michael Schumacher. [4]
The Current Improvement Drive is Juan Manuel Fangio.
The 2008 Formula One season is underway. With the relaxing atmosphere of the first round at Melbourne (where Lewis Hamilton won with Nick Heidfeld second and a superb Nico Rosberg in third after a very eventful race with only seven drivers finishing) behind us, the focus then shifted to Malaysia. A superior Kimi Räikkönen got back on track with a great win; Robert Kubica and Heikki Kovalainen finished in distant second and third places followed by a tremendous Jarno Trulli and unlucky Lewis Hamilton in fourth and fifth places respectively. Mark Webber, Fernando Alonso, David Coulthard and Jenson Button all showed their teams' strong improvements and performances in seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth respectively. The two Grands Prix have shown all the rivalries we will be seeing during the season and how dependent the results are on the removal of traction control and engine braking. Bahrain is here and I bet everyone out there is hoping for a very good and close-finishing race there. Chubbennaitor and -- Diniz (talk) 00:41, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
News New members -- Tompw (talk · contribs) (March 2, 2008) PYLrulz (talk · contribs) (March 25, 2008) SheffieldSteel (talk · contribs) (March 27, 2008) Xtreme racer (talk · contribs) (March 30, 2008) Sage Callahan (talk · contribs) (April 1, 2008) Barkjon (talk · contribs) (April 2, 2008) New Recipents -- Oahiyeel (talk · contribs) (March 18, 2008) The359 (talk · contribs) (March 30, 2008) Barkjon (talk · contribs) (April 2, 2008) The 1995 Japanese Grand Prix article has been listed as a Good Article. Image:Heidfeld and Rosberg - 2008 Melb GP.jpg has been promoted to Featured Picture status. Image:Lewis hamilton - 2008 Melb GP.jpg is a current Featured Picture candidate. Please leave comments here. Image:Kimi Raikkonen 2008 Australia.jpg is a current Featured Picture Candidate. Please leave comments here. You can leave your comments on the Newsletter on either LB22's Newsletter Desk or Chubbennaitor's Newsletter Desk. We now have an IRC channel. Only two of the editors will be able to see the queries. The Newsletter is now being handed out by BCBot.	Editor's Comment We need a few users to help me with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave me a message on my talk page (and the other contributors) 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 - LB22 (talk · contribs) Diniz (talk · contribs) Chubbennaitor (talk · contribs) Other areas where you can help - Keep up some of the great facts in the "Did You Know" section of the Formula One portal! Remember, yours may be put in next Wednesday! Help out with the articles in Category:Formula One stubs. Read the to-do list in Portal:Formula One and help to complete the tasks. Selected Image -
Recent Formula One news Raikkonen:I'm not going to dominate '08 Ecclstone :Mosley stay away from Bahrain Coulthard pays tribute to old mentor David Leslie Extra seats for British GP FIA quiet about Max Mosely FI confident for Q2 McLaren to the end of the pits FIA confirm quali rule change Ex-FIA president passes away Honda not in with the points for Bahrain Sepang: Night race main priority Qatar wants to be a stop for the F1 circus Schumacher to help with McLaren spy gate money Toro Rosso is put on the market
Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 14 2nd Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 11 3rd Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 11 Constructors' Championship Constructor Points McLaren 24 BMW Sauber 19 Scuderia Ferrari 11 Standings after the 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix. See 2008 Formula One season for further season summary and formula1.com or ITV-F1.com (and there is more there for the championship) for complete standings and statistics.
Last race Driver Racing Time Fastest Last Qualifying Time Kimi Räikkönen 1h31m18.555s 1m36.230s Robert Kubica +19.57s 1m36.727s Heikki Kovalainen +38.45s 1m36.613s Last Race Grid Line up Driver Time Felipe Massa 1m35.748s Kimi Räikkönen 1m36.23s Jarno Trulli 1m36.711s* Malaysian GP results Malaysian Grand Prix 2nd test results Malaysian Grand Prix 1st test results *Jarno Trulli was promoted 2 places after Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen were demoted 5 places for impeding in qualifying

May

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year I - Issue 4 - May 2008
"We're watching Ralf Schumacher... son, of course of double world champion Michael Schumacher..... er, the brother of Michael Schumacher.…." Murray Walker
The Current Improvement Drive is Juan Manuel Fangio.
Honda made significant changes to the RA108. The first flyaway stages of the 2008 season have come to a close with Bahrain, where Felipe Massa, Rubens Barrichello, Jarno Trulli and Giancarlo Fisichella drove storming races to 1st, 11th, 6th and 12th respectively. Robert Kubica also looked impressive (especially during qualifying), and looks for BMW Sauber to be in championship contention. The unfortunate Lewis Hamilton finished in 13th, losing the championship lead to Kimi Räikkönen. Jenson Button (who retired) had a race to forget after a qualifying session to remember. Then most of the cars got updated and the teams tested their first 2009-spec cars in tests at the Circuit de Catalunya. In a probable look into the future of Formula One design, Renault used RBR's idea of a 'shark fin' on the airbox and the teams looking into the 2009 regulations, including the planned introduction of slick tyres. Honda tried a 'dumbo wing' on the car's nosecone and every other team tried to improve. Super Aguri lost their deal with the Magma Group after the planned buyout last month fell through, but did make it to the Spanish GP; SA's future is in the air again and still looking poor. The Spanish GP got underway with the hope that the adaptions will give new teams chances to win or get in the points. Fernando Alonso starred in qualifying by setting a provisional pole position time just before Kimi Räikkönen took it away by 0.091s. Toyota have made a jump from their slot at 11th-12th on the grid to clear points positions. McLaren didn't have a nice time with fifth and sixth places, in addition to David Coulthard who could only manage 17th after having a bad last lap. The Circuit de Catalunya saw Kimi Räikkönen take the glory with Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton finishing in second and third places respectively. Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella all drove one of their most best races, with Kazuki Nakajima also showing that he and WilliamsF1 are worth their stay in Formula One. Heikki Kovalainen had a nasty crash, causing a prolonged Safety Car period. He was rushed to hospital for checks; thankfully he was announced to have no serious injuries. Toro Rosso had a race to forget after both their cars were crashed out by other drivers. At the start of the season the FIA threatened the cancellation of the Spanish and European GPs if racism continued in Spain after after hearing of the racial abuse directed at McLaren's Lewis Hamilton while he was testing the MP4-23 at Barcelona during Winter testing. However, this was considered 'stupid' and has not happened due to the Spanish GP is completed and the European GP sold out.' Chubbennaitor, Sage J Callahan, Diniz(talk),  Barkjon , Motofan
News New members -- Deltasquared (talk · contribs) (April 11, 2008) Clyde1998 (talk · contribs) (April 13, 2008) Colinsuper7 (talk · contribs) (April 18, 2008) Motofan (talk · contribs) (April 23, 2008) Notime2cry (talk · contribs) (April 25, 2008) New recipents -- Sage Callahan (talk · contribs) (April 10, 2008) Clyde1998 (talk · contribs) (April 13, 2008) Aldango (talk · contribs) (April 22, 2008) Motofan (talk · contribs) (April 24, 2008) New editors -- Barkjon (talk · contribs) (April 2, 2008) Sage Callahan (talk · contribs) (April 13, 2008) Motofan (talk · contribs) (April 30, 2008) YOU can nominate and vote for the F1 picture of the month here and F1 driver of the month here. If you want to redesign the Newsletter then please leave a comment and what you want to happen here	Editor's Comment We need a few users to help me 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 - LB22 (talk · contribs) (retired) Diniz (talk · contribs) Chubbennaitor (talk · contribs) Barkjon (talk · contribs) Sage Callahan (talk · contribs) Motofan (talk · contribs) Other areas where you can help - Keep up some of the great facts in the "Did You Know" section of the Formula One portal! Remember, yours may be put in next Wednesday! Help out with the articles in Category:Formula One stubs. Read the to-do list in Portal:Formula One and help to complete the tasks. Leave any queries at the Newsletter Desk Selected Image - April's Monthly F1 picture Jack Brabham leads a group of cars during the first lap of the 1963 Dutch Grand Prix.
Formula One news from the Month Fry pours cold water on SA deal BMW pushing to the edge for Turkey Kovy making big recovery and hopes for Turkey Honda are sure of strong car in Istanbul Rubens proud to beat Patrese's record Jaime Alguersuari will have first F1 test for RBR Mallya backs Sutil's recovery SA closing re-rescue deal BMW Sauber thinking about using Ferrari 'nose hole' nose cone Williams thinking over engine cover Mosley inocence declared in Paris Webber pushes for Barcelona track Heidfeld: SC rules stupid Oz ready for GP Track change Sato had the race of his life (2008) Button shocked over first points from '08 Drivers worried over tyre warmer ban Sato proud of SA's courage Schu's in the money... and the screens Silverstone looking at a secure future Negotiations still ongoing over SA 'EveryRace' anti-racist campaign underway Renault unsure on new car Brawn enthusiastic on Honda recovery Mosley: I have backing of FIA majority SA depending on Honda Magma group pulls out of SA deal RBR style 'shark fin' for Renault Lewis' wing broken before incident STR3 gets first run
Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 29 2nd Lewis Hamilton BMW Sauber 20 3rd Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 19 4th Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 18 5th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 16 6th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 14 7th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 9 8th Mark Webber Red Bull 8 9th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 7 10th Fernando Alonso Renault F1 6 11th Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 5 12th Jenson Button Honda F1 3 13th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 2 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Points 1st Scuderia Ferrari 47 2nd BMW Sauber 35 3rd McLaren 34 4th WilliamsF1 12 5th Toyota F1 9 6th Red Bull 8 7th Renault F1 6 8th Honda F1 3 9th Toro Rosso 2 10th Force India 0 11th Super Aguri 0 Standings after the 2008 Spanish Grand Prix. See 2008 Formula One season for further season summary and formula1.com or ITV-F1.com (and there is more there for the championship) for complete standings and statistics. Bahrain Grand Prix Driver Constructor Qualifying Time 1st Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1m33.123s 2nd Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 1m33.418s 3rd Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m33.096s 4th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m33.737s 5th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1m33.488s 6th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 1m33.994s 7th Mark Webber Red Bull 1m32.371s 8th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1m34.015s 9th Timo Glock Toyota F1 1m32.528s 10th Fernando Alonso Renault F1 1m35.115s Bahrain Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m33.096s Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1m33.123s Row two Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1m33.292s Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 1m33.418s Row three Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1m33.488s Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m33.737s Row four Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 1m33.994s Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1m34.015s Row five Jenson Button Honda Racing F1 1m35.057s Fernando Alonso Renault F1 1m35.115s Massa answers critics with win Kubica hits tremendous pole Friday Practice 2: Hamilton Crashes whilst Ferrari's don't budge off 1-2 Friday Practice 1- Ferrari's lead while Williams star Spanish Grand Prix Driver Constructor Qualifying Time 1st Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 1m21.813s 2nd Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1m22.058s 3rd Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1m22.096s 4th Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m22.065s 5th Mark Webber Red Bull 1m22.429s 6th Jenson Button Honda F1 1m21.211s 7th Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 1m21.117s 8th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 1m22.529s 9th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m22.542s 10th Timo Glock Toyota F1 1m21.230s Spanish Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 1m21.813s Fernando Alonso Renault F1 1m21.904s Row two Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1m22.058s Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m22.065s Row three Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1m22.096s Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1m22.231s Row four Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m22.429s Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 1m22.529s Row five Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m22.542s Nelsinho Piquet Renault F1 1m22.699s Raikkonen cruises to an unchallenged victory Raikkonen beats amazing Alonso to pole Heidfeld at the top for Saturday morning Ferrari just pip Renault off top Ferrari top in Friday Practice Driver of the Month Ayrton Senna Ayrton Senna at Imola 1989. Ayrton Senna at the 1991 United States Grand Prix. Ayrton Senna (da Silva) is most known for his push to win, much the same as Gilles Villeneuve. Senna is a three time Formula One Champion, winning in 1988, 1990, and 1991. Many people have compared Senna to Juan Manuel Fangio, who is known as "The Master" of Formula One. Senna is a Brazilian, and raced for Toleman, Lotus, McLaren, and Williams. Statistically, he is among the greatest ever, with 41 wins and 65 pole positions. His then-record of 65 pole positions was broken by Michael Schumacher in the 2006 San Marino Grand Prix. His rivalry with Alain Prost is among the most legendary in Formula One, going as far as Senna colliding with Prost in the first turn of Suzuka in 1990, giving Senna the title. Tragically, Senna died during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix when his Williams left the track at high speed, hitting the concrete retaining wall at around 135 mph. No driver since has been killed while driving a Formula One car. His skill in wet weather and bad conditions has made him stand out among other drivers. Where most people would choose to drive conservatively, to avoid causing a crash, Senna would still push his hardest. Following the death of Senna (and Roland Ratzenberger), many safety improvements have been made. What could possibly be better than his on-the-track skills was what he did off the track. His character and attitude has made him a legend among F1 fans. Nominated by Sage Callahan

June

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year I - Issue 5 - June 2008
"Unless I'm very much mistaken....I AM very much mistaken!" Murray Walker agrees with most people who talk about him.
The Current Improvement Drive is Juan Manuel Fangio.
Lewis Hamilton lived up to McLaren's expectations with a memorable win at a rainswept Monaco Grand Prix. Carnage after the pit lane pile-up. Rosberg just becomes untangled while Hamilton and Raikkonen get out of their cars Carnage after the pit lane pile-up. Hamilton and Raikkonen's cars left stranded on the pit-lane exit. Robert Kubica secured his and BMW Sauber's first win at the Canadian Grand Prix. Rubens Barrichello had to be one of the drivers of the month after scoring consecutive points and out racing his team-mate Jenson Button. The week before the Turkish Grand Prix there was a controversy over Super Aguri being barred from the Istanbul paddock. This was a result of Honda's Nick Fry telling Bernie Ecclestone that Super Aguri wouldn't be competing in the race after worries that Weigl's sponsorship would be insufficient. The next day Super Aguri announced that they would be departing from Formula One, as the team was past saving. McLaren went into Turkey hoping for a good result and got a mixed one with Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen finishing second and twelfth respectively. The lights had a bit of a problem at the start but eventually the race got underway with Hamilton overtaking his team-mate. Kimi Räikkönen got overtaken by a fast-starting Alonso while Giancarlo Fisichella charged into the back of Kazuki Nakajima. Hamilton chose a three-stop strategy due to high tyre wear, but put in a fantastic overtaking manoeuvre on Felipe Massa. Late-race there was a three-way battle between Jenson Button, Nelsinho Piquet and a recovering Kovalainen, who had his left-rear tyre punctured by Räikkönen's front wing on the first lap. Button was struggling on the option tyre while Piquet was trying some moves; on his second overtaking chance he pushed Button into the pit entrance causing Button to slow. Probably thinking it was Hamilton lapping him, Button let Kovalainen pass on the corner immediately after (first corner). Massa thus won the first race of the month, with Lewis Hamilton and his Ferrari team-mate following in hot pursuit behind. Rubens Barrichello celebrated his 257th Grand Prix start by finishing 14th with a "257" paint job on the car and a special "257-themed" helmet. Barrichello's 257th GP race surpassed Riccardo Patrese's former record of 256 GPs, making him the most experienced driver in F1 history. After the Spanish Grand Prix he celebrated in a round of golf accompanied by ITV's Louise Goodman and fellow racers. A week before the Monaco Grand Prix a test was held at Paul Ricard. There were mixed results with only 11-12 cars being tested per day and the sessions being affected by changeable weather. Honda kept their promise and the wings on the nose got a makeover with other visible changes as well. Then the circus moved to Monaco, the stylish venue on the calendar mapped around the bay of Monte Carlo. McLaren's drivers had special diamond studded helmets for the occasion. On the Tuesday that week Mark Webber proved to be the man of the hour after using First Aid on his companion, AMD's Morris Denton, alongside cycling legend, Lance Armstrong. A car had hit Denton through some traffic works; he would need 90 stitches but arrived at the paddock that weekend. Fisichella didn't get his wish of a points finish on his 200th Grand Prix start after retiring with a jumping gearbox. At the start of the parade lap, Kovalainen stalled and had to start from the pit lane, but despite starting from there he grabbed the last of the points-paying positions with eighth and catching up to seventh; he finished three seconds behind Kazuki Nakajima after the gap was sixteen seconds just five laps before. The race started in the rain for the first time since 1997 and the Ferraris came under pressure from Hamilton at the start with Räikkönen falling back to third. Massa led early on, whilst Hamilton tapped the wall and sustained a puncture. However, the McLaren team was able to use the changed pit-stop strategy to their advantage due to frequent Safety Car periods and the gradual improvement in the weather that necessitated a switch to dry tyres before the end of the race. While Massa and Robert Kubica struggled on worn tyres and heavy fuel loads mid-race, Hamilton was able to build up a big enough lead to maintain first position after his second pit stop. Kubica, who jumped past Massa when the Ferrari driver had a brief excursion at Ste. Devote, finished ahead of the Brazilian in second place, but there was last-minute drama behind. Adrian Sutil was running in a strong fourth place after the final safety car period until a recovering Räikkönen, who had earlier damaged his front wing and been forced to pit, slipped up going into the Nouvelle Chicane. Kimi only put on another new front wing and rejoined in ninth, but a devastated Sutil had bad car damage and retired just before the race's 90% distance mark. This left the way clear for Webber, Sebastian Vettel (débuting the Toro Rosso STR3 chassis), Nakajima, Barrichello and Kovalainen to finish in the points. Two weeks later, the championship moved to Canada on its annual trip to North America. The track had been partially resurfaced since 2007, but these new sections of tarmac began to break up, causing a hazard throughout the race weekend. Nevertheless, Hamilton seemed unaffected as he set a pole position time 0.6 seconds faster than second-placed Kubica. In the race, the front two and third man Räikkönen held position until the first round of pit stops, which were taken under Safety Car conditions. Hamilton lost position to his two pursuers with a longer stop, but then compounded his problems by running into the back of Räikkönen as the Finn and Kubica waited for the green light to come on at the end of the pitlane. Both retired, whilst Nico Rosberg (who was also involved) lost his front wing. Both Hamilton and Rosberg have been given ten-place grid penalties for the next race of the season, in France. This incident, fuel rig problems for Massa and Kovalainen's poor pace turned the race into an all-BMW Sauber fight between Kubica and Nick Heidfeld. Choosing different strategies, the former prevailed by making an additional pitsop to the latter. The race marked Kubica's and BMW's first win in F1, and the first time since the 1999 European Grand Prix that neither Ferrari, McLaren nor Renault has appeared on the podium, as David Coulthard finished in third place to take his first points of the season. Timo Glock was also a first-time 2008 scorer as he beat the recovering Massa to the flag, and they were followed home by Jarno Trulli, Barrichello and Vettel. Massa performed the most impressive pass of the race in his progress from the back of the field following his fuel glitch by passing Jenson Button and Kovalainen simulataneously at the Old Pits Hairpin. The result has elevated Kubica into the lead of the Drivers' Championship, with Hamilton, Massa, Raikkonen and Heidfeld not far behind. Chubbennaitor,  Barkjon , Diniz(talk) Sage J Callahan
News New members -- Cdhaptomos (talk · contribs) (May 9, 2008) JoBeSi (talk · contribs) (May 9, 2008) Bigmouth strikes (talk · contribs) (May 20, 2008) Ashley89H (talk · contribs) (May 25, 2008) Donnie Park (talk · contribs) (June 2, 2008) Wael.Mogherbi (talk · contribs) (June 7, 2008) New recipients -- Donnie Park (talk · contribs) (June 2, 2008) Cdhaptomos (talk · contribs) (June 11, 2008) New editors -- None If you have any comments or improvements for the Newsletter please post them at the Newsletter desk	Editor's Comment We need a few users to help me 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 - LB22 (talk · contribs) (retired) Diniz (talk · contribs) Chubbennaitor (talk · contribs) Barkjon (talk · contribs) Sage Callahan (talk · contribs) Motofan (talk · contribs) Other areas where you can help - Keep up some of the great facts in the "Did You Know" section of the Formula One portal! Remember, yours may be put in next Wednesday! Help out with the articles in Category:Formula One stubs. Read the to-do list in Portal:Formula One and help to complete the tasks. Leave any queries at the Newsletter Desk Selected Image - May's Monthly F1 picture 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. May picture-Jenson Button at the Malaysian Grand Prix, notice the difference of the wings from what now stars.
The month's Formula One news Ove Andersson killed in rally crash Dennis receives motoring medal Hamilton and Rosberg get 10-place grid penalty after Kimi shunt Track resurfaced Mosley wins confidence vote in Paris Brawn confident of points finish at Canada Ecclestone calls Mosley to stand down Button focused on 2009 revival Silverstone gets planning permission for revamp Honda Racing F1 Team takes environmental pole position Mosley declines compromise deal Kovalainen praised by McLaren Heidfeld not to take official action over Alonso tangle Kubica: Title my aim Lewis sure Sutil will bounce back Mike Conway scores first GP2 win Bruno Senna keeps tradition with win at Monaco Hamilton in for Goodwood Frank Williams celebrates 600th GP start Alonso: Expect Monaco surprise Hamilton: Monaco win a dream Webber hero of the hour when saving friend Fisi looking for point at 200th GP Customer car row nearing resolution Hakkinen escapes house fire Williams regrets split with BMW Trulli fastest in rain-affected test Diamond-studded helmet for Hamilton Kubica to collect Bandini Trophy in... his F1.08 Raikkonen brings Ferrari back on track Monaco style test led by Hamilton Renault create YouTube page RA108 to have some visually interesting changes Blackmail plot against Sutil uncovered Q1 tweaked down to only 5 cars after SA departure Davidson: I WILL BE BACK Rubens to have special livery at Turkey STR3 to make debut at Monaco Super Aguri withdraw from Formula One FIA go into 'Nazi' controversy Sato was confused about SA being barred SA cars were barred from Istanbul paddock
Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 42 2nd Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 38 3rd Lewis Hamilton McLaren 38 4th Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 35 5th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 28 6th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 15 7th Mark Webber Red Bull 15 8th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 12 9th Fernando Alonso Renault F1 9 10th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 8 11th Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 7 12th David Coulthard Red Bull 6 13th Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 5 14th Rubens Barrichello Honda F1 5 15th Jenson Button Honda F1 3 16th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 2 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Points 1st Scuderia Ferrari 73 2nd BMW Sauber 70 3rd McLaren 53 4th Red Bull 15 5th Toyota F1 17 6th WilliamsF1 15 7th Renault F1 9 8th Honda F1 8 9th Toro Rosso 6 10th Force India 0 11th Super Aguri1 0* Standings after the 2008 Monaco Grand Prix. See 2008 Formula One season for further season summary and formula1.com or ITV-F1.com (and there is more there for the championship) for complete standings and statistics. ^Note 1 : Super Aguri withdrew from the championship on the Wednesday before the Turkish Grand Prix. Turkish Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Felipe Massa2 Scuderia Ferrari 1h26m49.451s 2nd Lewis Hamilton McLaren +3.779s 3rd Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari +4.271s 4th Robert Kubica BMW Sauber +21.945s 5th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +38.741s 6th Fernando Alonso Renault F1 +53.724s 7th Mark Webber Red Bull Racing +1m04.229s 8th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 +1m11.406s 9th David Coulthard Red Bull Racing +1m15.270s 10th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 +1m16.344s Turkish Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Felipe Massa2 Scuderia Ferrari 1:27.617 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:27.808 Row two Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:27.923 Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 1:27.936 Row three Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:28.390 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1:28.417 Row four Fernando Alonso Renault F1 1:28.422 Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 1:28.836 Row five Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:28.882 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1:29.959 Massa takes hat-trick win Massa masters Istanbul qualifying again Practice 2:Raikkonen back on form Practice 1:Massa tops time sheets Note 1:Rubens Barrichello qualified 12th and finished 14th on his record-breaking 257th Grand Prix start beating Ricardo Patrese's record of 256 Grand Prix starts. ^Note 2 : Felipe Massa took his hat-trick win and pole position at the Turkish Grand Prix. He won in 2006, 2007 and now 2008 Note 3:this was the first time in the 2008 season that Sebastian Vettel finished a race. Monaco Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 2h00m42.742s 2nd Robert Kubica BMW Sauber +3.064s 3rd Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari +4.811s 4th Mark Webber Red Bull +19.295s 5th Sebastian Vettel3 Toro Rosso +24.657s 6th Rubens Barrichello4 / Honda F1 +28.408s 7th Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 +30.180s 8th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren +33.191s 9th Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari +33.792s 10th Fernando Alonso Renault F1 +1 Lap Monaco Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1:15.787 Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 1:15.815 Row two Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:15.839 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:16.165 Row three Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.171 Nico Rosberg WilliamsF12 1:16.548 Row four Fernando Alonso Renault F1 1:16.852 Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 1:17.203 Row five Mark Webber Red Bull 1:17.343 David Coulthard3 Red Bull no time Hamilton wins highlight Monaco win Massa and Ferrari get shock front row lock and pole Sat P: Kovalainen first even though crashing Thursday P.2:Hamilton takes back McLaren rule Thursday P.1:Raikkonen leads first Note 1:This was Giancarlo Fisichella's 200th Grand Prix start. ^Note 2 : This was Frank Williams's 600th GP start as a manager of a WilliamsF1 ^Note 3 : Sebastian Vettel, Fisichella and David Coulthard got five plae grid penalties for changing their gearbox. [5] ^Note 4 : Car #17 and #21 were under investigation for reasons undiscovered and there wasn't an outcome in the end Canadian Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 2nd Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 3rd David Coulthard Red Bull 4th Timo Glock Toyota F1 5th Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 6th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 7th Rubens Barrichello / Honda F1 8th Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 9th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 10th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 Canadian Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:17.886 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:18.498 Row two Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 1:18.735 Fernando Alonso Renault F1 1:18.746 Row three Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1:18.844 Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1:19.048 Row four Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:19.089 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:19.633 Row Five Rubens Barrichello / Honda F1 1:20.848 Mark Webber Red Bull no time4 LH takes pole while the rest of the grid seems to be turning upside down saturday P:Rosberg tops with Piquet shockingly going eighth Friday P2:Hamilton retakes glory while Button relives Canada woes Friday P1:Massa tops damp opener Note 1: Vettel didn't qualify after hitting the wall and damaging his STR3 in Saturday morning practice. Note 2: Bourdais changed his engine after qualifying and got a five-place grid penalty (to the back of the grid. Note 3: Button set one time of 1:23.565 but then drove back into the pits with a gearbox problem he started 18th on the grid in front of the two Toro Rossos. ^Note 4 : Mark Webber spun at the end of Q2 but with a secured place in Q3. He did not set a time due to the car not being suitable to drive.

July

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year I · Issue 6 · June 12 – July 8, 2008
The Current Improvement Drive is Juan Manuel Fangio.
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Images Below is the F1 Picture for last month (found here). The picture has to be one uploaded that month and only from the current season. It is exclusive to the Newsletter. June picture - The start of the Canadian Grand Prix; Lewis Hamilton leads Robert Kubica and the rest of the pack. New images 1950 1978 1988 1990 1991 1993 1995 1996 1999 2000 2001 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 File:Raikkonen Australia 2008.jpg File:Kimi burning exhaust.jpg
Article of the month - 1995 Japanese Grand Prix, recent Good Article promotion and failed Featured article candidate. The 1995 Japanese Grand Prix (officially known as the XXI Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on October 29, 1995 at the Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka. It was the 16th and penultimate race of the 1995 Formula One season. The race, contested over 53 laps, was won by Michael Schumacher for the Benetton team after starting from pole position. Mika Häkkinen finished second in a McLaren, and Johnny Herbert third in the other Benetton. Schumacher won his ninth race of the season, which equalled Nigel Mansell's record for victories in a season that was set in 1992. As both the Williams cars retired from the race, Benetton were confirmed as Constructors' Champions as Williams could not pass Benetton's points total with only one race remaining. Jean Alesi, driving for Ferrari, started second beside Schumacher. However, since his car had moved forward before the start, he was forced to serve a 10-second stop and go penalty. Alesi climbed up to second, before retiring on lap 25. (More...)
Championship standings and Grand Prix results Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 48 2nd Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 48 3rd Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 48 4th Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 46 5th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 36 6th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 24 7th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 20 8th Mark Webber Red Bull 18 9th Fernando Alonso Renault F1 13 10th Rubens Barrichello Honda F1 11 11th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 8 12th Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 7 13th David Coulthard Red Bull 6 13th Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 5 14th Timo Glock Toyota F1 5 15th Jenson Button Honda F1 3 16th Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault F1 2 17th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 2 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Points 1st Scuderia Ferrari 96 2nd BMW Sauber 82 3rd McLaren 72 4th Toyota F1 25 5th Red Bull 24 6th WilliamsF1 16 7th Renault F1 15 8th Honda F1 14 9th Toro Rosso 6 10th Force India 0 11th Super Aguri1 0* Standings after the 2008 British Grand Prix. See 2008 Formula One season for further season summary and formula1.com or ITV-F1.com (and there is more there for the championship) for complete standings and statistics. ^Note 1 : Super Aguri withdrew from the championship on the Wednesday before the Turkish Grand Prix.
French Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1:31:50.245 2nd Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari +17.984 3rd Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 +28.250 4th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren +28.929 5th Robert Kubica BMW Sauber +30.512 6th Mark Webber Red Bull +40.304 7th Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault F1 +41.033 8th Fernando Alonso Renault F1 +43.372 9th David Coulthard Red Bull +51.021 10th Lewis Hamilton McLaren +54.538 French Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 1:16.449 Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1:16.490 Row two Fernando Alonso (Lewis Hamilton Renault F1 McLaren 1:16.840 1:16.693)1 Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 1:16.920 Row three Robert Kubica (Heikki Kovalainen BMW Sauber McLaren 1:17.037 1:16.944)2 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:17.233 Row four David Coulthard Red Bull 1:17.426 Timo Glock Toyota F1 1:17.596 Row five Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault F1 1:15.770 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:16.944 Only one retirement on Massa's and Piguet's day Honda woes with Raikkonen heading Ferrari front row and Piquet having best quali result Sat P: Piquet shows progress going fastest French GP announces revamp Fri P2: Alonso gives surprise attack with Vettel devouring the track Fri P1: McLarens and Ferraris lead with Honda struggling at the back ^Note 1 : Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg both got 10 place grid penalties after causing the collision with Kimi Räikkönen at the Canadian Grand Prix. Hamilton started 13th and Nico Rosberg started 20th. ^Note 2 : Heikki Kovalainen got a 5 place grid penalty for impeding Kazuki Nakajima and Mark Webber in qualifying.
British Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:39:09.440 2nd Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +1:08.577 3rd Rubens Barrichello /Honda F1 +1:22.273 4th Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari +1 lap 5th Fernando Alonso Renault F1 +1 lap 6th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren +1 lap 7th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 +1 lap 8th Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 +1 lap 9th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 +1 lap 10th Mark Webber Red Bull +1 lap British Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:21.049 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:21.554 Row two Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 1:21.706 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:21.835 Row three Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.873 Fernando Alonso Renault F1 1:22.029 Row four Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault F1 1:22.491 Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 1:23.251 Row five Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1:23.305 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber no time Hamilton gets maiden British GP win and breaks UK's drought of none UK winners Kovalainen, Webber and Piquet all have best quali results ever. (Pole, 2nd, 7th) Sat Pr: Alonso gives last gasp of speed going fastest Fri P2: Kovalainen shows speed Donington gets British GP from 2010 Fri P1: Ferrari's quick blast

August

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year I · Issue 7 · July 8, 2008 – August 6, 2008
The Current Improvement Drive is Juan Manuel Fangio.
New users New members -- Danny 93 (talk · contribs) (July 13, 2008) Strike555 (talk · contribs) (July 22, 2008) Alonso McLaren (talk · contribs) (July 23, 2008) A Prodigy (talk · contribs) (July 27, 2008) Spenalzo (talk · contribs) (August 4, 2008) New recipients -- Diniz (talk · contribs) (July 13, 2008) Thelb4 (talk · contribs) (July 22, 2008) CF1V8 (talk · contribs) (July 31, 2008) Cs-wolves (talk · contribs) (August 1, 2008) Spenalzo (talk · contribs) (August 4, 2008) New editors -- Cdhaptomos (talk · contribs) (July 8, 2008) WikiProject Latest	Article developments Formula One articles Importance Top High Mid Low None Total Quality FA 3 5 1 9 A 2 2 GA 2 5 2 6 15 B 18 34 32 58 10 152 C 3 3 4 11 2 23 Start 14 97 119 248 263 741 Stub 22 50 869 497 1438 List 5 8 8 1 22 Assessed 45 174 218 1193 772 2402 Unassessed 3 3 Total 45 174 218 1193 775 2405 New Featured Articles -- Current Featured Article Candidates -- Failed Featured Article Candidates -- New Good Articles -- Current Good Article Candidates -- Forti Max Mosley Failed Good Article Candidates -- Good Article Reassessments -- Max Mosley Completed Peer Reviews -- Ongoing Peer Reviews -- Death of Ayrton Senna New articles -- Bernard Cahier Haas Lola Sauber C23 Deletions --
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Images Below is the F1 Picture for last month (found here). The picture has to be one uploaded that month and only from the current season. It is exclusive to the Newsletter. July picture - Nelson Piquet testing for Renault at the Circuit de Catalunya. New images 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1988 1992 1993 1994 1995 1998 2003 2004 2006 2008 Helmets Track maps (more available) File:Zandvoort - Historical.svg Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Newsletter/200808Image:Prince George Circuit.png
Article of the month: Forti (current GA candidate) Forti Corse, commonly known as Forti, was an Italian motor racing team chiefly known for its brief, and unsuccessful, involvement in Formula One in the mid-1990s. It was established in the 1970s and competed in lower formulae for two decades, with some success. The team graduated to F1 as a constructor and entrant in 1995 and continued into 1996, before succumbing to financial problems mid-season. The team competed in a total of 27 Grands Prix, scoring no points, and is recognised as one of the last truly privateer teams to race in an era when many large car manufacturers were increasing their involvement in the sport. (More...)
Championship standings and Grand Prix results Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 62 2nd Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 57 2nd Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 54 4th Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 49 5th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 41 6th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 38 7th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 22 8th Fernando Alonso Renault F1 18 9th Mark Webber Red Bull 18 10th Timo Glock Toyota F1 13 11th Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault F1 13 12th Rubens Barrichello Honda F1 11 13th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 8 14th Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 7 15th David Coulthard Red Bull 6 15th Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 6 17th Jenson Button Honda F1 3 18th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 2 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Points 1st Scuderia Ferrari 111 2nd McLaren 100 3rd BMW Sauber 90 4th Toyota F1 35 5th Renault F1 31 6th Red Bull 24 7th WilliamsF1 16 8th Honda F1 14 9th Toro Rosso 8 10th Force India 0 11th Super Aguri1 0* Standings after the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix. See 2008 Formula One season for further season summary and formula1.com or ITV-F1.com (and there is more there for the championship) for complete standings and statistics. ^Note 1 : Super Aguri withdrew from the championship on the Wednesday before the Turkish Grand Prix.
German Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:31:20.874 2nd Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault F1 +5.586 3rd Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari +9.339 4th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +9.825 5th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren +12.411 6th Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari +14.403 7th Robert Kubica BMW Sauber +22.682 8th Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso +33.299 9th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 +37.158 10th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 +37.625 German Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:15.666 Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1:15.859 Row two Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:16.143 Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 1:16.191 Row three Fernando Alonso Renault F1 1:16.385 Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 1:16.389 Row four Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.521 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:17.014 Row five Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 1:17.244 David Coulthard Red Bull 1:17.503 Vettel drives for RBR in 2009 Hamilton fastest at first day of test Hamilton fastest again Massa moves infront Massa pips the top infront of fast Button Fri P1:Hamilton goes fast in drizzly first session Fri P2:Hamilton pips Ferraris and fast German fleet Sat P:Kovy shows his hand with Kubica's problems Hamilton tops a very close field Hamilton takes home win with lucky Piquet following
Hungarian Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:37:27.067 2nd Timo Glock Toyota F1 +11.0 3rd Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari +16.8 4th Fernando Alonso Renault F1 +21.6 5th Lewis Hamilton McLaren +23.0 6th Nelson Piquet Renault F1 +32.2 7th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 +36.4 8th Robert Kubica BMW Sauber +48.3 9th Mark Webber Red Bull +58.8 10th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +67.7 Hungarian Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:20.899 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:21.140 Row two Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1:21.191 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:21.281 Row three Timo Glock Toyota F1 1:21.326 Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 1:21.516 Row four Fernando Alonso Renault F1 1:21.698 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:21.732 Row five Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 1:21.767 Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault F1 1:22.371 Practice one - Ferrari dominate opening session Practice two - Piquet prevents a McLaren one-two Final practice - Massa heads the Hamilton chase Hamilton heads McLaren one-two in qualifying Ferrari failure helps Kovalainen to maiden win

September

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year I · Issue 8 · August 6, 2008 – August 29, 2008
The Current Improvement Drive is Juan Manuel Fangio.
New users New members -- Wiki Roxor (talk · contribs) (August 8, 2008) Wes Richards (talk · contribs) (August 8, 2008) KMcD (talk · contribs) (August 21, 2008) Anik Ghosh (talk · contribs) (August 21, 2008) KaragouniS (talk · contribs) (August 22, 2008) Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contribs) (August 24, 2008) New recipients -- Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contribs) (August 23, 2008) KaragouniS (talk · contribs) (August 24, 2008) New editors -- WikiProject Latest 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 5 1 1 10 A 2 2 GA 3 5 2 6 16 B 17 34 32 59 10 152 C 4 6 7 13 1 31 Start 15 97 123 260 255 750 Stub 1 29 84 939 370 1423 List 5 8 8 2 23 Assessed 48 184 259 1280 636 2407 Unassessed 2 2 Total 48 184 259 1280 638 2409 New Featured Articles -- 1995 Japanese Grand Prix Current Featured Article Candidates -- 1995 Pacific Grand Prix Failed Featured Article Candidates -- New Good Articles -- Max Mosley Forti Current Good Article Candidates -- Failed Good Article Candidates -- Good Article Reassessments -- Completed Peer Reviews -- Death of Ayrton Senna 1995 Pacific Grand Prix Ongoing Peer Reviews -- New articles -- Dino Toso Jordan 191 Sauber C22 Deletions -- Chris Dyer List of rain affected Formula One Grands 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) 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 Copyedit: Bahrain Grand Prix, History of Formula One, Monaco Grand Prix, 2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Rob White (Formula One) 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 more more Update: History of Formula One, Toyota, Robert Doornbos, Formula One regulations, 2025 Formula One season, Future of Formula One, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Super Aguri F1, Divina Galica, convert results table for Gordini Review and comment: 1995 Pacific Grand Prix (FAC) Images needed: Max Mosley, Sakon Yamamoto, Ligier, Jordan Grand Prix circa 1992-1997, Paddy Lowe more Current Portal Improvement Drive: Juan Manuel Fangio For more work, see this generated 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 Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Formula One 2008 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. August picture - Felipe Massa at the European GP Friday Practice session. New images 2005 2006 2007 2008 Circuits
Article of the month - Max Mosley, recently relisted as a Good Article Max Rufus Mosley (born April 13, 1940) is president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), a non-profit association that represents the interests of motoring organisations and car users worldwide. The FIA is also the governing body for Formula One and other international motorsports. Mosley is a former barrister and amateur racing driver, and a founder and co-owner of March Engineering, a successful racing car constructor and Formula One racing team. He looked after legal and commercial issues for the company between 1969 and 1977. In the late 1970s, Mosley became the official legal adviser to the Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA), the body which represents the Formula One teams. In this role he drew up the first version of the Concorde Agreement, which settled a dispute between FOCA and the Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile (FISA), the governing body of Formula One. Mosley was elected president of FISA in 1991 and became president of the FIA, FISA's parent body, in 1993. Mosley has identified his major achievement as FIA President as being the promotion of the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP or Encap), a European car safety performance assessment programme. He has also promoted increased safety and the use of green technologies in motor racing. In 2008, Mosley retained his position after stories about his sex life appeared in the British press. Mosley is the son of Sir Oswald Mosley, former leader of the British Union of Fascists (BUF), and Diana Mitford. He was educated in France, Germany and Britain before going on to attend university at Christ Church, Oxford where he graduated with a degree in physics. In his teens and early twenties Mosley was involved with his father's post-war party, the Union Movement (UM). He has said that the association of his surname with fascism stopped him from developing his interest in politics further, although he briefly worked for the Conservative Party in the early 1980s. (More...)
Championship standings and Grand Prix results Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 70 2nd Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 64 3rd Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 57 4th Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 55 5th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 43 6th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 41 7th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 26 8th Fernando Alonso Renault F1 18 9th Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 18 10th Timo Glock Toyota F1 15 11th Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault F1 13 12th Rubens Barrichello Honda F1 11 13th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 9 14th Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 8 15th Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 7 16th David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 6 17th Jenson Button Honda F1 3 18th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 2 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Points 1st Scuderia Ferrari 121 2nd McLaren 113 3rd BMW Sauber 96 4th Toyota F1 41 5th Renault F1 31 6th Red Bull 24 7th WilliamsF1 17 8th Honda F1 14 9th Toro Rosso 11 10th Force India 0 11th Super Aguri1 0* Standings after the 2008 European Grand Prix. See 2008 Formula One season for further season summary and formula1.com or ITV-F1.com (and there is more there for the championship) for complete standings and statistics. ^Note 1 : Super Aguri withdrew from the championship on the Wednesday before the Turkish Grand Prix.
European Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1:35:32.339 2nd Lewis Hamilton McLaren +5.6 3rd Robert Kubica BMW Sauber +37.3 4th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren +39.7 5th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 +50.6 6th Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso +52.6 7th Timo Glock Toyota F1 +67.9 8th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 +71.4 9th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +82.1 10th Sébastien Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso +89.7 European Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1:38.989 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:39.199 Row two Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:39.392 Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 1:39.488 Row three Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:39.937 Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:40.142 Row four Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 1:40.309 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:40.631 Row five Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1:40.721 Sébastien Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:40.750 FP1: Vettel shows up big guns in learning the new track FP2: Late surge by Alonso and Button FP3: Kubica takes his turn at the top Qualifying: Massa puts Ferrari on pole for European Grand Prix Race: Massa keeps win after controversy in Valencia

September C

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year I · Issue 9 · August 29, 2008 – October 2, 2008
The Current Improvement Drive is Juan Manuel Fangio.
New users New members -- Apterygial (talk · contribs) (September 26, 2008) Loosmark (talk · contribs) (October 2, 2008) New recipients -- Blooded Edge (talk · contribs) (September 30, 2008) New editors -- WikiProject news In the Wikipedia 0.7 DVD these articles have been picked to be shown on it. WikiProject Latest 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 5 3 11 A 2 2 GA 3 5 2 6 16 B 17 31 35 56 10 149 C 3 9 11 17 1 41 Start 13 97 128 263 250 751 Stub 1 18 94 942 369 1424 List 5 8 8 2 23 Assessed 45 173 283 1286 630 2417 Unassessed 6 6 Total 45 173 283 1286 636 2423 New Featured Articles -- 1995 Pacific Grand Prix Current Featured Article Candidates -- Failed Featured Article Candidates -- New Good Articles -- Current Good Article Candidates -- Failed Good Article Candidates -- Good Article Reassessments -- Completed Peer Reviews -- Ongoing Peer Reviews -- New articles -- Allegations of cheating in the 1994 Formula One season Deletions --
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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. September picture - The start of the 2008 Belgian Grand Prix. New images 1985 1989 2005 2007 2008 Circuits
Article of the month - 1995 Pacific Grand Prix, new Featured Article The 1995 Pacific Grand Prix (formally the II Pacific Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on October 22, 1995 at the TI Circuit, Aida, Japan. It was the 15th race of the 1995 Formula One season. The race, contested over 83 laps, was won by Michael Schumacher for the Benetton team after starting from third position. David Coulthard, who started the Grand Prix from pole position, finished second in a Williams car, with Damon Hill third in the other Williams. Schumacher's win confirmed him as 1995 Drivers' Champion as Hill could not pass Schumacher's points total with only two races remaining. Hill started the race alongside Coulthard on the front row, amidst pressure from the British media for not being "forceful" enough in battles. Schumacher attempted to drive around the outside of Hill at the first corner, but Hill held Schumacher off as Jean Alesi, driving for Ferrari got past both on the inside line to take second position. As a result, Hill dropped down to third and Schumacher dropped down to fifth behind Gerhard Berger. Schumacher managed to get past Alesi and Hill during the first of three pit stops. This allowed him, on a new set of slick tyres, to close on Coulthard who was on a two-stop strategy. Schumacher opened up a gap of 21 seconds by lapping two seconds faster per lap than Coulthard, so that when his third stop came, he still led the race. (More...)
Championship standings and Grand Prix results Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 84 2nd Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 77 3rd Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 64 4th Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 57 5th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 56 6th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 51 7th Fernando Alonso Renault F1 38 8th Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 27 9th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 26 10th Timo Glock Toyota F1 20 11th Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 20 12th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 17 13th Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault F1 13 14th Rubens Barrichello Honda F1 11 15th Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 9 16th David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 8 17th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 4 18th Jenson Button Honda F1 3 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Points 1st McLaren 135 2nd Scuderia Ferrari 134 3rd BMW Sauber 120 4th Renault F1 51 5th Toyota F1 46 6th Toro Rosso 31 7th Red Bull 28 8th WilliamsF1 26 9th Honda F1 14 10th Force India 0 11th Super Aguri1 0* Standings after the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. See 2008 Formula One season for further season summary and formula1.com or ITV-F1.com (and there is more there for the championship) for complete standings and statistics. ^Note 1 : Super Aguri withdrew from the championship on the Wednesday before the Turkish Grand Prix.
Belgian Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:22:44.933* 2nd Felipe Massa Ferrari +14.461 3rd Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +23.844 4th Fernando Alonso Renault +28.939 5th Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso +29.037 6th Robert Kubica BMW Sauber +29.498 7th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso +31.196 8th Timo Glock Toyota +56.506* 9th Mark Webber Red Bull +57.237 10th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren +1 Lap Belgian Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:47.338 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:47.678 Row two Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:47.815 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:47.992 Row three Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:48.315 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:48.504 Row four Mark Webber Red Bull 1:48.736 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:48.763 Row five Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:48.951 Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 1:50.319 FP1: Ferrari lead the way at Spa FP2: Alonso the surprise leader at Spa SatP: Heidfeld tops drying Spa-Francorchamps Hamilton takes pole from under Ferrari's noses Hamilton takes win at last second in chaotic last laps *Hamilton was given a 25 second + to his racing time demoting him to 3rd place gifting Felipe Massa the win 1. McLaren appealed with hard evidence 2. Timo Glock also recieved this penalty for overtaking under the yellow flag dropping him to ninth place out of the points. Italian Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 1:26:47.494 2nd Heikki Kovalainen McLaren +12.512 3rd Robert Kubica BMW Sauber +20.471 4th Fernando Alonso Renault +23.903 5th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +27.748 6th Felipe Massa Ferrari +28.816 7th Lewis Hamilton McLaren +29.912 8th Mark Webber Red Bull +32.048 9th Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +39.468 10th Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault +54.445 Italian Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 1:37.555 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:37.631 Row two Mark Webber Red Bull 1:38.117 Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:38.445 Row three Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1:38.767 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:38.894 Row four Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:39.152 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:39.751 Row five Timo Glock Toyota 1:39.787 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:39.906 FP1: Sutil tops wet first session FP2: Dry session shows normal pattern with Kimi setting the fastest time FP3: Glock makes best of difficult conditions Qualifying: Record-breaking Vettel puts Toro Rosso on pole at Monza Race: Vettel takes historic Italian Grand Prix win Singapore Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Fernando Alonso Renault 1:57:16.304 2nd Nico Rosberg Williams +2.957 3rd Lewis Hamilton McLaren +5.917 4th Timo Glock Toyota +8.155 5th Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso +10.268 6th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +11.101 7th David Coulthard Red Bull +16.387 8th Kazuki Nakajima Williams +18.489 9th Jenson Button Honda +19.885 10th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren +26.902 Singapore Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:44.801 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:45.465 Row two Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:45.617 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:45.779 Row three Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:45.873 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:45.964* Row four Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 1:46.244 Timo Glock Toyota 1:46.328 Row five Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1:46.611 Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 1:47.547 *Heidfeld was demoted three places for blocking Barrichello en route to the pits. FP1: Hamilton fastest in first-ever night session1 FP2: Alonso at the 11th hour goes fastest with fast Rosberg & JB around slow iceman2 SP: Alonso sets Saturday pace in Singapore Qualifying: Massa storms to first floodlit pole in Singapore Alonso wins shock Singapore GP with no Ferrari score

October

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year I · Issue 10 · October 2, 2008 – November 6, 2008
The Current Improvement Drive is Juan Manuel Fangio.
New users New members -- Darth Newdar (talk · contribs) (October 14, 2008) Pannie196 (talk · contribs) (October 23, 2008) Ste900R (talk · contribs) (October 24, 2008) DaChosenWon (talk · contribs) (November 2, 2008) New recipients -- Ste900R (talk · contribs) (October 27, 2008) Jamesontai (talk · contribs) (October 28, 2008) Darth Newdar (talk · contribs) (November 4, 2008) New editors -- WikiProject news WikiProject Latest 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 3 3 9 FL 2 2 A 2 2 GA 3 5 2 6 16 B 17 31 36 55 10 149 C 3 11 10 18 1 43 Start 13 96 129 265 250 753 Stub 1 18 94 944 371 1428 List 5 8 9 2 24 Assessed 45 174 285 1290 632 2426 Unassessed 1 7 8 Total 45 174 286 1290 639 2434 Articles featured on the Main Page -- 1995 Pacific Grand Prix (October 22, 2008) New Featured Articles -- Current Featured Article Candidates -- Failed Featured Article Candidates -- Current Featured Article Reviews -- Damon Hill Failed Featured Picture Candidates -- :Image:Bridgestone Make Cars Green tyres 2008 Japan.jpg New Good Articles -- Current Good Article Candidates -- 2008 Belgian Grand Prix Failed Good Article Candidates -- Good Article Reassessments -- Completed Peer Reviews -- Ongoing Peer Reviews -- New articles -- 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix FIA Contract Recognition Board Chris Dyer McLaren M14A McLaren M14D McLaren M19A McLaren M19C McLaren M28 McLaren M29F Milano (racing team) Phil Irving Deletions --
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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. October picture - Massa driving out of Eau Rouge over the crest of the hill at the 2008 Belgian Grand Prix. New images 2007 2008
Article of the month - 2008 Belgian Grand Prix, current Good Article Candidate The 2008 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the LXIV ING Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on September 7, 2008, at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium. It was the 13th race of the 2008 Formula One season. The race, contested over 44 laps, was won by Felipe Massa for the Ferrari team, after the initial winner, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton, was penalised for cutting a chicane and gaining an advantage over Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen. Hamilton started from pole position alongside title rival Massa. Hamilton's McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen started from third next to the 2007 winner Kimi Räikkönen. Following a spin by Hamilton on the second lap, Räikkönen led the race, until rain fell on lap 41 and Hamilton performed the penalised pass. Räikkönen crashed in the following lap as rain started raining heavily. Massa finished second on the road after Hamilton, followed by Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber. Hamilton received a drive-through penalty, which demoted him to third place and advanced Massa and Heidfeld to first and second positions. McLaren appealed the decision at the FIA International Court of Appeal. Their case, however, was judged inadmissible, with the Court ruling that drive-through penalties cannot be challenged. The penalty created a large amount of criticism from the global press, mainly from the United Kingdom and Italy, with several former drivers questioning the decision. Massa's retrospective win, with Hamilton demoted to third, narrowed the gap in the Championship from six points to just two. (More...)
Championship standings and Grand Prix results Drivers' World Champion - Lewis Hamilton Constructors' World Champion - Scuderia Ferrari Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 98 2nd Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 97 3rd Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 75 4th Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 75 5th Fernando Alonso Renault F1 61 6th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 60 7th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 53 8th Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 35 9th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 30 10th Timo Glock Toyota F1 25 11th Mark Webber Red Bull 21 12th Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault F1 19 13th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 17 14th Rubens Barrichello Honda F1 11 15th Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 9 16th David Coulthard Red Bull 8 17th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 4 18th Jenson Button Honda F1 3 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Points 1st Scuderia Ferrari 172 2nd McLaren 151 3rd BMW Sauber 135 4th Renault F1 80 5th Toyota F1 56 6th Toro Rosso 39 7th Red Bull 29 8th WilliamsF1 26 9th Honda F1 14 10th Force India 0 11th Super Aguri1 0* Final standings. See 2008 Formula One season for further season summary and formula1.com or ITV-F1.com (and there is more there for the championship) for complete standings and statistics. ^Note 1 : Super Aguri withdrew from the championship on the Wednesday before the Turkish Grand Prix.
Japanese Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Fernando Alonso Renault 1:30:21.892 2nd Robert Kubica BMW Sauber +5.283 3rd Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +6.400 4th Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault +20.570 5th Jarno Trulli Toyota +23.767 6th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso +34.085* 7th Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso +39.207 8th Felipe Massa Ferrari +46.158 9th Mark Webber Red Bull +50.811 10th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +54.120 Japanese Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:18.404 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:18.644 Row two Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:18.821 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:18.852 Row three Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:18.874 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:18.979 Row four Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:19.026 Timo Glock Toyota 1:19.118 Row five Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 1:19.638 Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:20.167 Fri Practice 1: Hamilton sets the early pace in Japan Fri Practice 2: Glock and Alonso overshadow title rivals Sat Practice: Kubica fastest on drying Fuji Speedway Qualifying: Hamilton beats Raikkonen to pole position at Fuji Race: Alonso makes it two wins in a row in Japan *Bourdais received a 25 second penalty for colliding with Massa at Turn 1 when exiting the pits.
Chinese Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:31.57.403 2nd Felipe Massa Ferrari +14.925 3rd Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +16.445 4th Fernando Alonso Renault +18.370 5th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +28.923 6th Robert Kubica BMW Sauber +33.219 7th Timo Glock Toyota +41.722 8th Nelsinho Piquet Renault +56.645 9th Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso +1:04.339 10th David Coulthard Red Bull +1:14.842 Chinese Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:36.303 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:36.645 Row two Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:36.889 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:36.927 Row three Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:36.930 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:37.083* Row four Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:37.201† Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 1:37.685 Row five Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:37.934 Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:38.885 FriP1: First blood to Hamilton in China FriP2: Hamilton stays ahead in Shanghai SatP: Heidfeld pips Hamilton for P1 Qualifying: Hamilton eases to pole position in Shanghai Hamilton dominates from race start to take win * Webber penalised ten places for an engine change. † Heidfeld demoted to ninth for obstructing David Coulthard.
Brazilian Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:34:11.435 2nd Fernando Alonso Renault +13.298 3rd Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +16.235 4th Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso +38.011 5th Lewis Hamilton McLaren +38.907 6th Timo Glock Toyota +44.368 7th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren +55.074 8th Jarno Trulli Toyota +1:08.433 9th Mark Webber Red Bull +1:19.666 10th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +1 lap Brazilian Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:12.368 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:12.737 Row two Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:12.825 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:12.830 Row three Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:12.917 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:12.967 Row four Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 1:13.082 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:13.297 Row five Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:14.105 Timo Glock Toyota 1:14.230 FriP1: Title rivals start as they mean to go on FriP2: Alonso tops inconclusive second session SatP: Alonso at the last Qualifying: Massa storms to vital pole, Hamilton qualifies fourth in Brazil Massa on pole, Trulli 2nd, Hamilton 4th Race: Massa victorious, Hamilton champion after nail-biting finish in Brazil Hamilton clinches historic championship

November

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year I · Issue 11 · November 7, 2008 – December 2, 2008
The Current Improvement Drive is Juan Manuel Fangio.
New users New members -- MetzMaboo (talk · contribs) (November 27, 2008) New recipients -- MetzMaboo (talk · contribs) (November 27, 2008) Apterygial (talk · contribs) (November 28, 2008) New editors -- WikiProject news The Newsletter regrets that it has to inform readers of the death of WP:F1 member Pete Fenelon, who passed away in October (please see Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians for more information). WikiProject Latest 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 3 3 9 FL 1 3 4 A 2 2 GA 3 5 3 6 17 B 18 31 35 55 10 149 C 3 13 10 21 1 48 Start 12 95 132 264 251 754 Stub 1 18 91 945 372 1427 List 4 7 9 2 22 Assessed 45 175 285 1293 634 2432 Unassessed 18 18 Total 45 175 285 1293 652 2450 Articles featured on the Main Page -- New Featured Articles -- Current Featured Article Candidates -- Failed Featured Article Candidates -- Failed Featured Picture Candidates -- New Good Articles -- 2008 Belgian Grand Prix Current Good Article Candidates -- 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix Failed Good Article Candidates -- Good Article Reassessments -- Completed Peer Reviews -- 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix Ongoing Peer Reviews -- 2008 Italian Grand Prix New articles -- Deletions --
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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. November picture - Giancarlo Fisichella kicks up sparks with his Force India at the 2008 Chinese Grand Prix. New images 1965 1979 2006 2007 2008
Article of the month - 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, current Good Article candidate. The 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally the XXXVII Grande Prêmio Santander do Brasil) was a Formula One motor race held on November 2 2008, at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, in São Paulo, Brazil. It was the 18th and final race of the 2008 Formula One season. The race, contested over 71 laps, was won by Felipe Massa after starting from pole position. Fernando Alonso finished second in a Renault, and Kimi Räikkönen third in a Ferrari. Before the race, Drivers' Championship leader Lewis Hamilton had received heated criticism in the British press for his aggressive driving style at the Japanese Grand Prix three weeks previously. There, Hamilton's late braking at the first corner sent Räikkönen off the road and saw the McLaren driver relegated to the back of the field after a penalty. Massa started the race alongside Toyota driver Jarno Trulli. Massa's Ferrari team-mate Räikkönen began from third next to Hamilton. Rain fell minutes before the race, delaying the start, and as the track dried Massa established a lead of several seconds. More rain in the closing laps did not prevent Hamilton from finishing the race in fifth position, securing him the points needed to take the Championship. (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 F2009 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 TBA Toro Rosso STR4 TBA Red Bull Racing Red Bull Mark Webber Red Bull RB5 Sebastian Vettel AT&T Williams F1 Team Williams Nico Rosberg Williams FW31 Kazuki Nakajima Honda Racing F1 Team Honda TBA Honda RA109 TBA Force India F1 Team Force India Adrian Sutil Force India VJM02 Giancarlo Fisichella 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

December

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter wishes you a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2009. Year I · Issue 12 · December 3, 2008 – December 31, 2008
The Current Improvement Drive is Juan Manuel Fangio.
New users New members -- Ejconrad (talk · contribs) (December 9, 2008) New recipients -- Aec is away (talk · contribs) (December 27, 2008) New editors -- WikiProject news WikiProject Latest 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 3 3 9 FL 1 3 1 5 A 2 2 GA 3 6 3 6 18 B 18 29 36 55 10 148 C 3 14 13 21 1 52 Start 12 98 135 271 239 755 Stub 1 20 88 952 369 1430 List 4 7 8 2 21 Assessed 45 180 289 1307 619 2440 Unassessed 18 18 Total 45 180 289 1307 637 2458 Articles featured on the Main Page -- New Featured Articles -- 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix Current Featured Article Candidates -- 2008 Japanese Grand Prix Failed Featured Article Candidates -- Featured Article Reviews -- Damon Hill Failed Featured Picture Candidates -- New Good Articles -- 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix Current Good Article Candidates -- 2008 Italian Grand Prix Failed Good Article Candidates -- Good Article Reassessments -- Mauricio Gugelmin Completed Peer Reviews -- 2008 Italian Grand Prix 2008 Japanese Grand Prix Ongoing Peer Reviews -- New articles -- History of Formula One regulations Lola T93/30 Lola T95/30 Deletions --
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) 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, Copyedit: Bahrain Grand Prix, History of Formula One, Monaco Grand Prix, 2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Rob White (Formula One) 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 more more Update: History of Formula One, Toyota, Robert Doornbos, Formula One regulations, 2025 Formula One season, Future of Formula One, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Super Aguri F1, Divina Galica, convert results table for Gordini Images needed: Max Mosley, Sakon Yamamoto, Jordan Grand Prix circa 1992-1997, Paddy Lowe more For more work, see this generated 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 Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Formula One 2008 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. December picture - Gary Paffett testing a McLaren MP4-23 with a 2009-specification front wing at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. New images 1990 1991 2008
Article of the month - Damon Hill, kept at Featured Article status after review. Damon Graham Devereux Hill OBE (born 17 September 1960) is a retired British racing driver from England. In 1996 Hill won the Formula One World Championship; as the son of the late Graham Hill, he is the only son of a world champion to win the title. His father died in a plane crash when Hill was 15, leaving the family in reduced circumstances and Hill came to professional motorsports at the relatively late age of 23 by racing motorcycles. After some minor success, he moved on to single-seater racing cars, and progressed steadily up the ranks to the International Formula 3000 championship by 1989, where although often competitive he never won a race. Hill became a test driver for the Formula One title-winning Williams team in 1992. He was unexpectedly promoted to the Williams race team the following year after 1992 champion Nigel Mansell's departure and took the first of his 22 victories at the 1993 Hungarian Grand Prix. During the mid 1990s, Hill was Michael Schumacher's main rival for the Formula One Driver's Championship. The two clashed on and off the track; their collision at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix gave Schumacher his first title by a single point. Hill won the 1996 World Drivers' Championship, but was dropped by Williams for the following season. He went on to drive for the less competitive Arrows and Jordan teams, and in 1998 gave Jordan its first win. Hill retired from racing after the 1999 season. He has since launched several businesses as well as making appearances playing the guitar with celebrity bands. In 2006, he became president of the British Racing Drivers' Club, succeeding Jackie Stewart. (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 F2009 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 TBA Toro Rosso STR4 TBA Red Bull Racing Red Bull Mark Webber Red Bull RB5 Sebastian Vettel AT&T Williams F1 Team Williams Nico Rosberg Williams FW31 Kazuki Nakajima Honda Racing F1 Team* Honda* Jenson Button Honda RA109* 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 March 29 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit Kimi Räikkönen April 5 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix Shanghai International Circuit Lewis Hamilton April 19 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain International Circuit Felipe Massa April 26 Gran Premio de España Telefónica Circuit de Catalunya Kimi Räikkönen May 10 Grand Prix de Monaco Circuit de Monaco Lewis Hamilton May 24 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix Istanbul Park Felipe Massa June 7 Santander British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit Lewis Hamilton June 21 Großer Preis von Deutschland Nürburgring Lewis Hamilton July 12 Magyar Nagydij Hungaroring Heikki Kovalainen July 26 Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe Valencia Street Circuit Felipe Massa August 23 ING Belgian Grand Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Felipe Massa August 30 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia Autodromo Nazionale Monza Sebastian Vettel September 13 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix Marina Bay Street Circuit Fernando Alonso September 27 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka Circuit Fernando Alonso October 4 Grande Prêmio do Brasil Autódromo José Carlos Pace Felipe Massa October 18 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Yas Marina Circuit Inaugural Race November 1

2009

January

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year II · Issue 1 · January 1, 2009 – February 2, 2009
New users New members -- Fsarmony (talk · contribs) (January 4, 2009) Chaosdruid (talk · contribs) (January 27, 2009) Ziggyziggyziggy (talk · contribs) (January 27, 2009) Alistairjh (talk · contribs) (January 29, 2009) New recipients -- Sporti (talk · contribs) (January 19, 2009) Schumi555 (talk · contribs) (January 27, 2009) "New" editors -- LB22 (talk · contribs) (January 22, 2009) - Glad to be back!! WikiProject news Check out Apterygial's My Insane Idea userproject, which has helped promote 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix to FA status. Check out Chubbennaitor, Cdhaptomos and another of Apterygial's big ideas to revive the F1 Portal. WikiProject Latest 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 4 6 18 B 17 28 34 55 10 144 C 4 15 14 21 1 55 Start 12 98 135 275 240 760 Stub 1 20 93 989 366 1469 List 4 7 9 2 22 Assessed 45 180 296 1348 617 2486 Total 45 180 296 1348 617 2486 New Featured Articles -- 2008 Japanese Grand Prix New Featured Lists -- List of Formula One Grand Prix winners New Good Articles -- 2008 Italian Grand Prix Good Article Reassessments -- Gilles Villeneuve Lewis Hamilton Mario Andretti Mark Webber Michael Schumacher New articles -- Ferrari F60 McLaren MP4-24 List of motorsport terminology Toyota TF109 Renault R29 Williams FW31 BMW Sauber F1.09
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, Copyedit: Bahrain Grand Prix, History of Formula One, Monaco Grand Prix, 2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Rob White (Formula One) 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 more Update: History of Formula One, Toyota, Robert Doornbos, Formula One regulations, 2025 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 Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One Wikipedia 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. January picture - Stirling Moss driving his Rob Walker-entered Lotus to victory at the 1961 German Grand Prix. New images 2008
Article of the month - List of Formula One Grand Prix winners, new Featured List Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. The F1 world championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, held usually on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets. The most famous Grand Prix is the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo. The results of each race are combined to determine two annual Championships, one for drivers and one for constructors. Michael Schumacher holds the record for the most Grand Prix victories, having won 91 times. Alain Prost, is second with 51 wins, and Ayrton Senna is third, with 41 wins. Michael Schumacher holds the distinction of having the longest time between his first win and his last. He won his first Grand Prix in 1992 at the Belgian Grand Prix, and his last in 2006 at the Chinese Grand Prix, a gap that spans 14 years, 1 month and 1 day. The youngest winner of a Grand Prix is Sebastian Vettel, who was 21 years, 73 days old when he won the 2008 Italian Grand Prix. Luigi Fagioli is the oldest winner of a Formula One Grand Prix; he was 53 years and 22 days old when he won the 1951 French Grand Prix. (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 TBA Red Bull Racing Red Bull Mark Webber Red Bull RB5 Sebastian Vettel AT&T Williams F1 Team Williams Nico Rosberg Williams FW31 Kazuki Nakajima Honda Racing F1 Team* Honda* Jenson Button Honda RA109* 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

February

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, 2025 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 Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One Wikipedia 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. February picture - Sebastian Vettel testing the new Red Bull RB5 at the Jerez circuit. 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

March

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, 2025 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 Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One Wikipedia 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. March picture - Rubens Barrichello drives down the start/finish straight of the Circuit de Catalunya in the Brawn BGP 001 after the team was saved just the week before. 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.[6] However, due to misleading the stewards, Hamilton was disqualified and Trulli's penalty was overturned. [7] * 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. [8] ^ Rubens Barrichello (4th, 1:35.651) got a 5 place grid penalty for a gearbox change. [9]

April

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year II · Issue 4 · April 8, 2009 – May 6, 2009 Previous month's issue
New users New members -- Izzard cn (talk · contribs) (April 15, 2009) Yuriybrisk (talk · contribs) (April 21, 2009) WilliamF1two (talk · contribs) (April 25, 2009) Numyht (talk · contribs) (April 28, 2009) New recipients -- WilliamF1two (talk · contribs) (April 26, 2009) Mrbutter (talk · contribs) (May 6, 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 7 6 21 B 17 29 36 55 10 147 C 4 15 17 24 1 61 Start 12 101 138 285 238 774 Stub 1 19 98 1014 366 1498 List 4 8 9 2 23 Assessed 45 184 312 1386 615 2542 Unassessed 127 127 Total 45 184 312 1386 742 2669 New Featured Portals Portal:Formula One New Good Articles -- 2008 German Grand Prix 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix Current Good Article Candidates -- 1995 European Grand Prix Completed Peer Reviews -- Forti 2008 Spanish Grand Prix Ongoing Peer Reviews -- 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix 2008 Turkish Grand Prix New articles -- Dave Ryan (Formula One) Tony Jardine Ed Wood (engineer) Jon Tomlinson Honda RA301
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, Simon Taylor, F1-X Dubai, Intertechnique 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, 2025 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 Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One Wikipedia 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. April picture - Red Bull Racing got their first win at the Chinese Grand Prix with a one two lead by Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber beating the current championship leader Jenson Button. New images 2001 2006 2007 2009 Media
Article of the month - 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, new Good Article The 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix (formally the V Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on April 6, 2008 at the Bahrain International Circuit, in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the third race of the 2008 Formula One season. The race, contested over 57 laps, was won by Felipe Massa for the Ferrari team. Kimi Räikkönen was second in the other Ferrari, and BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica was third. The race began with Kubica in pole position alongside Massa; Lewis Hamilton, the eventual Drivers' Champion, started from third, alongside Räikkönen. Kubica was passed by Massa into the first corner, and then by Räikkönen on the third lap. The Ferraris dominated at the front of the race, leading to their one-two finish. Hamilton had a slow start after almost stalling on the grid, and dropped back to ninth. The McLaren driver ran into the back of Fernando Alonso's Renault a lap later, breaking off the McLaren's front wing and dropping Hamilton to the back of the field. Kubica's strong finish promoted BMW Sauber to the lead in the Constructors' Championship, after BMW driver Nick Heidfeld finished fourth. Ferrari and McLaren trailed, one and two points behind, respectively. Räikkönen took the lead in the Drivers' Championship, with 19 points, three points ahead of Heidfeld and five ahead of Hamilton, Kubica and Kovalainen, with 15 races remaining in the season. (More..)
Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Jenson Button Brawn GP 31 2nd Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 19 3rd Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 18 4th Jarno Trulli Toyota 14.5 5th Timo Glock Toyota 12 6th Mark Webber Red Bull 9.5 7th Lewis Hamilton McLaren 9 8th Fernando Alonso Renault 5 9th Nick Heidfeld BMW 4 10th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 4 11th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 3.5 12th Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 3 13th Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso 3 14th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1 15th Adrian Sutil Force India 0 16th Felipe Massa Ferrari 0 17th Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault 0 18th Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 0 19th Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 0 20th Robert Kubica BMW 0 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Entered Chassis Points 1st Brawn GP F1 Team BGP 001 50 2nd Red Bull Racing RB5 27.5 3rd Panasonic Toyota Racing TF109 26.5 4th Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-24 13 5th ING Renault F1 Team R29 5 6th BMW Sauber F1 Team F1.09 4 7th Scuderia Toro Rosso STR4 4 8th AT&T WilliamsF1 Team FW31 3.5 9th Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro F60 3 10th Force India F1 Team VJM02 0 See 2009 Formula One season for more information
Chinese Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:57:43.485 2nd Mark Webber Red Bull +10.970 3rd Jenson Button Brawn GP +44.975 4th Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP +1:03.704 5th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren +1:05.102 6th Lewis Hamilton McLaren +1:11.866 7th Timo Glock Toyota +1:14.476 8th Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso +1:16.439 9th Fernando Alonso Renault +1:24.309 10th Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +1:31.750 Fastest Lap: Rubens Barrichello 1:52.592 on lap 42 Chinese Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Weight Row one Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:36.184 644kg Fernando Alonso Renault 1:36.381 637kg Row two Mark Webber Red Bull 1:36.466 646.5kg Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 1:36.493 661kg Row three Jenson Button Brawn GP 1:36.532 659kg Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:36.835 664.5kg Row four Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1:37.397 650.5kg Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:38.089 673.5kg Row five Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:38.595 679kg Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso 1:39.321 673kg FriP1: Hamilton sets the early pace in China FriP2: Button edges Rosberg in second practice SatP: Rosberg fastest in final China practice Qualifying: Vettel gives Red Bull first F1 pole Race: Vettel scores Red Bull's maiden F1 win Timo Glock received a five place grid penalty for changing his gearbox, dropping from 14th to 19th [10]
Bahrain Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Jenson Button Brawn GP 1:31:48.182 2nd Sebastian Vettel Red Bull +7.187 3rd Jarno Trulli Toyota +9.170 4th Lewis Hamilton McLaren +22.096 5th Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP +37.779 6th Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +42.057 7th Timo Glock Toyota +42.880 8th Fernando Alonso Renault +52.775 9th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 +58.198 10th Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault +1:05.149 Fastest Lap: Jarno Trulli 1:34.556 on lap 10 Bahrain Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Weight Row one Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:33.431 648.5kg Timo Glock Toyota 1:33.712 643kg Row two Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:34.015 659kg Jenson Button Brawn GP 1:34.044 652.5kg Row three Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:34.196 652.5kg Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 1:34.239 649kg Row four Fernando Alonso Renault 1:34.578 650.5kg Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:34.818 664.5kg Row five Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1:35.134 670.5kg Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:35.380 671.5kg FriP1: Hamilton tops first practice in Bahrain FriP2: Rosberg back on top in second practice SatP: Glock fastest in final Bahrain practice Qualifying: Trulli heads all-Toyota front row Race: Button storms to Bahrain GP victory Adrian Sutil received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Mark Webber, and dropped him from 16th to 19th. [11]

May

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year II · Issue 5 · May 6, 2009 – June 2, 2009 Previous month's issue
New users New members -- Airbus A380 (talk · contribs) (May 21, 2009) PodPedia (talk · contribs) (May 30, 2009) New recipients -- PodPedia (talk · contribs) (May 30, 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 9 6 23 B 17 29 36 54 10 146 C 4 16 15 25 60 Start 12 103 143 289 230 777 Stub 1 20 97 1016 365 1499 List 4 8 9 2 23 Assessed 45 188 316 1392 605 2546 Unassessed 128 128 Total 45 188 316 1392 733 2674 See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Article alerts Current Featured Article Candidates -- 1995 European Grand Prix New Good Articles -- 2008 Spanish Grand Prix 2008 Turkish Grand Prix Failed Good Article Candidates -- 1995 European Grand Prix Completed Peer Reviews -- 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix 2008 Turkish Grand Prix 2008 Monaco Grand Prix Ongoing Peer Reviews -- 1995 Brazilian Grand Prix Brawn BGP 001
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 -- Midgrid (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, Simon Taylor, F1-X Dubai, Intertechnique 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, Michael Turner (illustrator) more Update: History of Formula One, Toyota, Robert Doornbos, Formula One regulations, 2025 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 Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One Wikipedia 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. May picture - Sébastien Buemi turns the last corner of Circuit de Catalunya in the Toro Rosso STR4; he would go on to retire on the first lap after being shunted into by his teammate. New images 1973 1976 1978 1986 2009 Circuit Safety Car People
Article of the month - 2008 Turkish Grand Prix, new Good Article The 2008 Turkish Grand Prix (formally the IV Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on May 11, 2008 at the Istanbul Racing Circuit, Istanbul, Turkey. It was the fifth race of the 2008 Formula One season. The race, contested over 58 laps, was won by Felipe Massa for the Ferrari team after starting from pole position. Lewis Hamilton finished second in a McLaren, with Kimi Räikkönen third in the second Ferrari. Massa claimed pole, with teammate Räikkönen fourth, the two Ferrari cars sandwiching the McLarens of Heikki Kovalainen and Hamilton. At the first corner Räikkönen clipped Kovalainen's rear tyre and gave him a puncture. The safety car was deployed on the first lap, after a collision, but only remained out for one lap. During the course of the race, Hamilton, intending to make one more pit stop than both Ferrari drivers, was faster than Massa due to carrying a lighter fuel load and overtook him on lap 24. After Hamilton had made his third pit stop, he rejoined in second behind Massa but in front of the Championship leader, Räikkönen. Massa won the race, with Hamilton 3.779 seconds behind, and Räikkönen a further half-second behind. The two BMW Sauber cars of Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld took fourth and fifth. In the week running up to the grand prix, the Super Aguri team had withdrawn from Formula One, due to financial problems, leaving the sport with only ten teams. Massa's victory was his third consecutive pole position and victory in Turkey, having also won the race from pole in 2006 and 2007. This was also Rubens Barrichello's 257th Grand Prix start, breaking Riccardo Patrese's previous record of 256. Due to the race result, Räikkönen's lead in the Drivers' Championship was lowered to seven points. Massa rose to second from fourth, whilst Hamilton dropped to third, both drivers tying on 28 points but separated by Massa's two wins thus far to Hamilton's one. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari increased their lead to 22 points ahead of BMW Sauber, with McLaren a further two points behind in third. (More...)
Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Jenson Button Brawn GP 51 2nd Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 35 3rd Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 23 4th Mark Webber Red Bull 19.5 5th Jarno Trulli Toyota 14.5 6th Timo Glock Toyota 12 7th Fernando Alonso Renault 11 8th Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 9 9th Lewis Hamilton McLaren 9 10th Felipe Massa Ferrari 8 11th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 7.5 12th Nick Heidfeld BMW 6 13th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 4 14th Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso 3 15th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 2 16th Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 0 17th Adrian Sutil Force India 0 18th Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault 0 19th Robert Kubica BMW 0 20th Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 0 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Entered Chassis Points 1st Brawn GP F1 Team BGP 001 86 2nd Red Bull Racing RB5 42.5 3rd Panasonic Toyota Racing TF109 26.5 4th Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro F60 17 5th Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-24 13 6th ING Renault F1 Team R29 11 7th AT&T WilliamsF1 Team FW31 7.5 8th BMW Sauber F1 Team F1.09 6 9th Scuderia Toro Rosso STR4 5 10th Force India F1 Team VJM02 0 See 2009 Formula One season for more information
Spanish Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Jenson Button Brawn GP 1:37:19.202 2nd Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP +13.056 3rd Mark Webber Red Bull +13.924 4th Sebastian Vettel Red Bull +18.941 5th Fernando Alonso Renault +43.166 6th Felipe Massa Ferrari +50.827 7th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +52.312 8th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 +1:05.211 9th Lewis Hamilton McLaren +1 Lap 10th Timo Glock Toyota +1 Lap Fastest Lap: Rubens Barrichello 1:22.762 on lap 28 Spanish Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Weight Row one Jenson Button Brawn GP 1:20.527 646kg Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:20.660 651.5kg Row two Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 1:20.762 649.5kg Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:20.934 655kg Row three Mark Webber Red Bull 1:21.049 651.5kg Timo Glock Toyota 1:21.247 646.5kg Row four Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:21.254 655.5kg Fernando Alonso Renault 1:21.392 645kg Row five Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1:22.558 668kg Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:22.685 660kg FriP1: Button tops first practice in Spain FriP2: Williams duo leads second practice SatP: Ferrari takes one-two in final practice Qualifying: Button flies to Spanish GP pole Race: Button leads Brawn 1-2 at Spanish GP
Monaco Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Jenson Button Brawn GP 1:40:44.282 2nd Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP +7.666 3rd Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +13.442 4th Felipe Massa Ferrari +15.110 5th Mark Webber Red Bull +15.730 6th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 +33.586 7th Fernando Alonso Renault +37.839 8th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso +1:03.142 9th Giancarlo Fisichella Force India +1:05.040 10th Timo Glock Toyota +1 Lap Fastest Lap: Felipe Massa 1:15.154 on lap 50 Monaco Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Weight Row one Jenson Button Brawn GP 1:14.902 647.5kg Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:14.927 644kg Row two Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 1:15.077 648kg Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:15.271 631.5kg Row three Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.437 643.5kg Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1:15.455 642kg Row four Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:15.516 644kg Mark Webber Red Bull 1:15.653 646.5kg Row five Fernando Alonso Renault 1:16.009 654kg Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 1:17.344 668kg ThursP1: Barrichello tops first Monaco practice ThursP2: Rosberg heads second Monaco practice SatP: Alonso tops final practice in Monaco Qualifying: Button takes Monaco pole Race: Button takes dominant Monaco win

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The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year I - Special Edition - 2008 F1 Preview
"And it's GO GO GO! Anything can happen in Formula One and it usually does!" – Murray Walker
Welcome to the 2008 Season Preview provided by Chubbennaitor, Diniz and LB22.
The 2008 Formula One season is underway tonight. A sense of a new term starts in Melbourne's pit lane and the practices start at 11:00pm (GMT) tonight (13th March) and will show all of the rivalries we will be seeing during the season. With three contenders for the title, Kimi won't have it easy with Lewis, Fernando and the other drivers hot in pursuit! Enjoy the special issue! LB22 (talk to me!)Email me! 20 44, 13 March 2008 (UTC) and Chubbennaitor!
Team and Driver Lineups Ferrari 1. Kimi Räikkönen 2. Felipe Massa BMW Sauber 3. Nick Heidfeld 4. Robert Kubica Renault 5.Fernando Alonso 6.Nelson Piquet Jr. Williams 7. Nico Rosberg 8. Kazuki Nakajima Red Bull 9. David Coulthard 10. Mark Webber	Editor's Prediction This is the predictions of our editors LB22 (talk · contribs): I think Hamilton or Kimi will win the title and BMW will win a race or two Diniz (talk · contribs): As long as Wikipedia covers it encyclopedically, I don't mind! Chubbennaitor (talk · contribs): Hamilton or a suprising Jenson Button. Kovalainen's in with a chance of the title too. After the start of the season Ferrari most likely won't win. The Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit. File:Kimi Raikkonen qualifying.jpg The reigning champion, Kimi Räikkönen. 2005 and 2006 champion Fernando Alonso returns to Renault.
Toyota 11. Jarno Trulli 12. Timo Glock Toro Rosso 14. Sébastien Bourdais 15. Sebastian Vettel Honda 16. Jenson Button 17. Rubens Barrichello Super Aguri 18. Takuma Sato 19. Anthony Davidson Force India 20. Adrian Sutil 21. Giancarlo Fisichella McLaren 22. Lewis Hamilton 23. Heikki Kovalainen