Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Newsletter/200910

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year II · Issue 10 · October 5, 2009 – November 9, 2009 Previous month's issue
New users New members -- New recipients -- Anesleyp (talk · contribs) (October 16) Jasonauk (talk · contribs) (November 8) 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	Article developments Formula One articles Importance Top High Mid Low None Total Quality FA 3 4 5 12 FL 1 3 1 5 A 2 2 GA 3 5 9 5 22 B 17 29 39 56 11 152 C 4 22 19 30 1 76 Start 14 99 148 298 226 785 Stub 2 23 93 1067 360 1545 List 3 8 10 2 23 Assessed 47 193 326 1458 598 2622 Unassessed 94 94 Total 47 193 326 1458 692 2716 See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Article alerts Completed Peer Reviews -- 1995 British Grand Prix Ongoing Peer Reviews -- DAMS GD-01 New articles -- DAMS GD-01 Jean Sage
Editors' Comment Users are always welcome 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) 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, Simon Taylor, Intertechnique, 10 Tenths Copyedit: Bahrain Grand Prix, History of Formula One, Monaco Grand Prix, 2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Rob White (Formula One), Rob Smedley Expand: F1-X Dubai, 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, 2024 Formula One season, Future of Formula One, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Super Aguri F1, Divina Galica, Grand Prix World Championship Images needed: Max Mosley, Sakon Yamamoto, Jordan Grand Prix circa 1992-1997, Paddy Lowe, 2008 Turkish Grand Prix more For more work, see this generated list or the Auxiliary list Keep in touch and up-to-date with the changes at the project talk page. Please leave any queries here. Useful Links -- About us Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Formula One 2009 Formula One season
Images Below is the F1 Picture of the month (found here). The picture has to be one uploaded in the last month and only from the current season. It is exclusive to the Newsletter. REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE. Jack Brabham leads a group of cars during the first lap of the 1963 Dutch Grand Prix. New images 1990 2006 2007 2009 File:Lucas GP Brasil 2009.jpg
Article of the month - DAMS GD-01, current Peer Review nominee The DAMS GD-01 was an unraced Formula One car used by the French motorsport team, Driot-Arnoux Motor Sport (DAMS). The GD-01 was designed and built by a collaboration of DAMS and Reynard engineers from 1994 to 1995, and was intended to establish the team—which had achieved considerable success in lower categories—in Formula One, but a continuing lack of finance meant that the team never entered the championship, despite completing construction of the chassis and conducting some testing. (More...)
Drivers' World Champion - Jenson Button Constructors' World Champion - Brawn GP Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Jenson Button Brawn GP 95 2nd Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 84 3rd Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 77 4th Mark Webber Red Bull 69.5 5th Lewis Hamilton McLaren 49 6th Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 48 7th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 34.5 8th Jarno Trulli Toyota 32.5 9th Fernando Alonso Renault 26 10th Timo Glock Toyota 24 11th Felipe Massa Ferrari 22 12th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 22 13th Nick Heidfeld BMW 19 14th Robert Kubica BMW 17 15th Giancarlo Fisichella Force India Ferrari 8 16th Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso 6 17th Adrian Sutil Force India 5 18th Kamui Kobayashi Toyota 3 19th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 2 20th Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 0 21st Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault 0 22nd Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India 0 23rd Romain Grosjean Renault 0 24th Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso 0 25th Luca Badoer Ferrari 0 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Entered Chassis Points 1st Brawn GP F1 Team BGP 001 172 2nd Red Bull Racing RB5 153.5 3rd Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-24 71 4th Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro F60 70 5th Panasonic Toyota Racing TF109 59.5 6th BMW Sauber F1 Team F1.09 36 7th AT&T WilliamsF1 Team FW31 34.5 8th ING Renault F1 Team R29 26 9th Force India F1 Team VJM02 13 10th Scuderia Toro Rosso STR4 8 See 2009 Formula One season for more information
Brazilian Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Mark Webber Red Bull 1:32:23.081 2nd Robert Kubica BMW Sauber + 7.626 3rd Lewis Hamilton McLaren + 18.944 4th Sebastian Vettel Red Bull + 19.652 5th Jenson Button Brawn GP + 29.005 6th Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari + 33.340 7th Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso + 35.991 8th Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP + 45.454 9th Kamui Kobayashi Toyota + 1:03.324 10th Giancarlo Fisichella Ferrari + 1:10.665 Fastest Lap: Mark Webber 1:13.733 on lap 25 Brazilian Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Weight Row one Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 1:19.576 650.5 kg Mark Webber Red Bull 1:19.668 656.0 kg Row two Adrian Sutil Force India 1:19.912 656.5 kg Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:20.097 658.5 kg Row three Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:20.168 651.5 kg Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso 1:20.250 659.0 kg Row four Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1:20.326 657.0 kg Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:20.631 656.0 kg Row five Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 1:20.674 664.0 kg Fernando Alonso Renault 1:21.422 652.0 kg * Heikki Kovalainen (9th, + 48.499) was given a 25-second time penalty post-race, for an unsafe release at his first pit stop. [1] FriP1: Webber tops first practice at Interlagos FriP2: Alonso leads second Interlagos practice Tropical storm delays Saturday practice SatP: Rosberg tops shortened practice 3 Qualifying: Barrichello on pole, Button down in 14th Race: Button clinches title as Webber wins Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:34:03.414 2nd Mark Webber Red Bull + 17.857 3rd Jenson Button Brawn GP + 18.467 4th Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP + 22.735 5th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber + 26.253 6th Kamui Kobayashi Toyota + 28.343 7th Jarno Trulli Toyota + 34.366 8th Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso + 41.294 9th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 + 45.941 10th Robert Kubica BMW Sauber + 48.180 Fastest Lap: Sebastian Vettel 1:40.279 on lap 54 Abu Dhabi Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Weight Row one Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:40.948 658.5 kg Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:41.615 663.0 kg Row two Mark Webber Red Bull 1:41.726 660.0 kg Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 1:41.786 655.0 kg Row three Jenson Button Brawn GP 1:41.892 657.0 kg Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:41.897 661.0 kg Row four Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:41.992 654.5 kg Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:42.343 664.0 kg Row five Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1:42.583 665.0 kg Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso 1:42.713 661.5 kg FriP1: Hamilton heads first Abu Dhabi practice FriP2: McLaren duo on top in second practice SatP: Button fastest in final Abu Dhabi practice Qualifying: Hamilton flies to Abu Dhabi pole Race: Vettel leads Red Bull 1-2 in Abu Dhabi