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2009 FIA Formula One World Championship Race Calendar
01 2009 FORMULA 1 ING AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne) 26 - 29 Mar
02 2009 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur) 03 - 05 Apr
03 2009 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX (Bahrain) 17 - 19 Apr
04 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPANA TELEFONICA 2009 (Catalunya) 08 - 10 May
05 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2009 (Monte Carlo) 21 - 24 May
06 2009 FORMULA 1 TURKISH GRAND PRIX (Istanbul) 05 - 07 Jun
07 2009 FORMULA 1 SANTANDER BRITISH GRAND PRIX (Silverstone) 19 - 21 Jun
08 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE 2009 (Magny-Cours) 26 - 28 Jun
09 FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2009 (Nürburgring) 10 - 12 Jul 10 FORMULA 1 ING MAGYAR NAGYDIJ 2009 (Budapest) 24 - 26 Jul
11 2009 FORMULA 1 TELEFONICA GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE (Valencia) 21 - 23 Aug
12 2009 FORMULA 1 ING BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Spa-Francorchamps) 28 - 30 Aug
13 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO SANTANDER D'ITALIA 2009 (Monza) 11 - 13 Sep
14 2009 FORMULA 1 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Singapore) 25 - 27 Sep
15 2009 FORMULA 1 FUJI TELEVISION JAPANESE GRAND PRIX (Suzuka) 09 - 11 Oct
16 2009 FORMULA 1 CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai) 16 - 18 Oct
17 FORMULA 1 GRANDE PREMIO DO BRASIL 2009 (Sao Paulo) 30 Oct - 01 Nov
18 2009 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX (Abu Dhabi) 13 - 15 Nov

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The Formula One driver market - who goes where in 2009?

With the 2008 Formula One season rapidly reaching its climax, the bulk of the teams have already settled their driver line-ups for next year. However, there are still a few notable question marks. We take a team-by-team look at who is definitely going where for 2009 - and review the speculation on the remaining unknowns…

Ferrari:
The recent announcement that Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa will continue their Ferrari partnership at least until the end of 2010 should have been enough to quell the Raikkonen retirement rumours. However, there are still those who would have you believe the Finn could turn his back on the Scuderia - and Formula One - at the end of the year. The man himself is insisting the loss of his drivers’ title - possibly to his team mate - will only inspire him to come back stronger in 2009. And given his revived form in recent races, only the most cynical would disagree.

McLaren:
No question marks here, even in the headline-hungry F1 press. Lewis Hamilton is securely signed until the end of 2012 and Heikki Kovalainen has been confirmed for a second season with the Woking team.

BMW Sauber:
Now a proven race winner, rising star Robert Kubica was no doubt high on the shopping list of many a team boss for 2009. In the end the Pole opted to stick with BMW, for one more season at least. Nick Heidfeld’s qualifying problems prompted the team to delay their ’09 announcement, but with those now solved the team are keeping their faith in the German, ensuring an unchanged line-up. Unadventurous maybe, but the consistency could be key to their increasingly realistic title ambitions.

Renault:
If a prize were given to the man at the centre of the most ‘silly- season’ rumours it would go to Fernando Alonso. First he was linked to a 2009 Ferrari drive (a link that assumed Raikkonen would retire), then BMW Sauber were mooted as his favoured destination, and then Honda confessed they were courting the former champion. At the end of it all the smart money is on the Spaniard staying put, especially after back-to-back wins in Singapore and Japan in a much improved R28. Who is his likely 2009 team mate? Nelson Piquet’s future remains uncertain. Even by rookie standards he has committed a fair few howlers, but some more mature drives in recent rounds could save the day. If they don’t, Renault have some impressive GP2 talent on their books in the shape of Brazilian Lucas di Grassi and Frenchman Romain Grosjean.

Toyota:
Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock have proved a consistent and competitive pairing in 2008 and both will continue in 2009. It will be Glock’s second season and Trulli’s fifth with the Japanese team, who still await that elusive first win.

Toro Rosso:
At the start of 2008 a Toro Rosso seat wasn’t a highly sought-after drive. Six months and a race win later it’s a very different story. With Sebastian Vettel departing for Red Bull Racing there’s at least one ’09 vacancy up for grabs. Gerhard Berger has admitted he’s having a tough time making a decision on Sebastien Bourdais (who in turn has said he can’t wait around forever). The multiple CART champion has spent much of the season struggling with a car ill-suited to his driving style, but has started to come good of late. The alternatives? Super Aguri refugee Takuma Sato impressed in a recent test, as did the team’s Swiss reserve driver Sebastien Buemi. And then, of course, there is Bruno Senna, nephew of Berger’s great friend and former team mate Ayrton. Come crunch time and Bourdais’s increasingly polished performances could well keep him on board. Expect a few more turns of the rumour mill regarding his ’09 team mate, though.

Red Bull Racing:
Another clear cut line-up here, with Mark Webber retained and Monza winner Vettel stepping up from Toro Rosso to replace the retirement-bound father-to-be David Coulthard.

Williams:
Oft lauded as one of Formula One’s hottest young talents, Nico Rosberg’s star has had precious few chances to shine this year. Perhaps no surprise then that there was talk of an all-German tie-up at BMW Sauber. That speculation came to nought and Rosberg stays put for 2009, along with Japanese team mate Kazuki Nakajima, whose quietly confident showings have not only impressed Frank Williams, but have also been more than enough to keep Rosberg honest.

Honda:
Honda have one of the most experienced and successful line-ups on the grid and both Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello are keen to remain for 2009, when a host of regulation changes could help Ross Brawn get the Japanese team back on course. But neither driver has been confirmed, most likely because Alonso’s future plans remain uncertain. In the unlikely event that the Spaniard is tempted away from Renault, who would be for the chop? According to reports it’s Barrichello, with some even suggesting that Honda bosses in Japan are keen to replace the veteran Brazilian with a younger name regardless of the Alonso outcome.

Force India:
Comments from team owner Vijay Mallya would lead you to believe that Force India’s line-up of Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil is a dead cert to remain unchanged. However, there has been no official announcement - and no end of conspiracy theories regarding alternatives. Does test driver Vitantonio Liuzzi really have a clause in his contract guaranteeing him a 2009 race drive? Do Force India’s talks with McLaren regarding a potential technical tie-up really mean Mercedes’ DTM star Paul di Resta is in line for a seat? Like Toro Rosso, Force India is a team whose 2009 plans still prompt far more questions than answers. Watch this space...

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Hamilton gana el Mundial 2008 en una carrera de infarto

El campeonato se ha cambiado de mano en la última curva


Hamilton el Campeón más joven de la historia

Lewis Hamilton se ha coronado hoy Campeón del Mundo de Fórmula 1 en el circuito de Interlagos al terminar quinto una carrera que ha ganado Felipe Massa. Ha sido un Gran Premio histórico, en el que Hamilton ha superado a Timo Glock en la última curva y esto le ha convertido en el Campeón más joven de la historia de la categoría.

Fernando Alonso ha terminado el Gran Premio en la segunda posición en una carrera digna de un campeón, mientras que Kimi Raikkonen ha completado un podio más agrio que dulce para Ferrari, que al menos se lleva el Campeonato Mundial de Constructores.

La lluvia ha tenido la clave en este Gran Premio de Brasil, como ha ocurrido en tantas carreras de este Mundial 2008. Primero ha llovido y se ha retrasado el procedimiento de salida. Una vez el Gran Premio ha empezado, y el coche de seguridad ha hecho su aparición en carrera, aunque sin alterar significativamente el orden de las primeras posiciones.

Luego, la pista se ha secado poco a poco y, una vez los pilotos han vuelto a montar las gomas de seco, Fernando Alonso ya ha pasado a ocupar el segundo puesto, mientras que Massa ha continuado en el liderato, por delante de pilotos como el propio Alonso, Glock y un velocísimo Vettel, que ha elegido una estrategia de tres paradas en boxes.

Hamilton siempre ha sufrido en esta alocada y emocionantísima carrera, alternando entre el quinto y el cuarto lugar de la clasificación. Justo esa posición ocupaba cuando la lluvia ha vuelto a arreciar sobre el Autódromo José Carlos Pace y todos los pilotos han vuelto a los boxes para montar neumáticos de mojado.

Sólo algunos valientes han aguantado con las gomas de seco, y uno de ellos ha sido Timo Glock, que ha aguantado en la cuarta posición hasta la última curva del Gran Premio. Mientras tanto, Sebastian Vettel ha superado con gran maestría a Lewis Hamilton y ha dejado al británico momentáneamente en la sexta plaza.

Así han transcurrido las últimas tres vueltas de la carrera, con Hamilton forzando al máximo para recuperar la posición respecto a Vettel. No ha podido, y los familiares de Massa ya celebraban la victoria del brasileño en el Mundial 2008 cuando el dúo Vettel-Hamilton han alcanzado a Glock y han fulminado al alemán de Toyota que mantenía los neumáticos de seco.

De este modo, Hamilton se convierte en el piloto más joven de la historia en ganar un Mundial de Fórmula 1, con 23 años, 9 meses y 12 días. Massa ha llorado durante la vuelta de retorno a boxes, pero luego ha aceptado deportivamente su derrota. Por su lado, Fernando Alonso ha conseguido escalar hasta la quinta posición del Mundial de Pilotos, por detrás de Hamilton, Massa, Raikkonen y Kubica.