#australian gp 2004

[kwisatzworld]

Valentino Rossi held a press conference at Phillip Island after winning the 2004 MotoGP world champion.

#valentino rossi #motogp #australian gp 2004 #i understand why he can wrap the media in his fingers #he gives you feedback: looks nods smiles. and he's very GENTLE #he knows how to be charming in front of the camera #born to be a star #*mygifs

[misanocircuit]

a photo compilation of Luca celebrating his big brother Valentino's titles! :")

pics are Australia 2004 and Japan 2008

#motogp #valentino rossi #luca marini #nostalgia #brotherhood #brothers #vr46 riders academy #australian gp 2004 #japanese gp 2008 #2000s #vr46 #lm10 #lm97

[f1cars]

Michael Schumacher drives Scuderia Ferrari's F2004 during qualifying for the 2004 Australian Grand Prix. Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne

Alexander Hassenstein

#f1 #formula 1 #Michael Schumacher #Ferrari #F2004 #Australian GP 2004 #Alexander Hassenstein #2004 #melbourne #qualifying

[herohimbowhore]

On This Day in F1: March 7th

Present: Saudi Arabia Day 1

History: 2004 Australian Grand Prix

The second race weekend of the year begins on March 7th as rumors continue to spiral and the integrity of the sport is brought into question after question. It’s been a disappointing and frustrating few days when it comes to Formula 1.

But we did get the first sessions of F1 Academy today — free practice and qualifying. Not only are sessions live-streamed on F1TV, but also on YouTube for free.

F2 is also in Saudi Arabia for the weekend and by the looks of it, Prema is getting back to the front after a disappointing start in Bahrain.

20 years ago, the Formula 1 circus was not in Saudi Arabia, but down under for the Australian Grand Prix.

The 2004 season opening race was important for many reasons.

One: It was the first win in Michael Schumacher’s campaign for his seventh (and last) world championship — a race that he dominated by starting from pole position and leading every lap.

(Image from Wiki)

Two: Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello finished 1-2 which gave Ferrari its first 1-2 finish since the 2002 Japanese Grand Prix.

Three: Australia 2004 was the 150th race for the McLaren-Mercedes partnership. But it was not a successful race as McLaren was only able to score 1 point. Kimi Raikkonen had to retire the car on lap 9 due to engine/spin issues. Meanwhile, David Coulthard was able to score a point for the team when he finished in 8th place and 1 lap down from the leader.

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Previous: Mar. 2 — 2010 Team US F1 Shuts Down

Next: Mar. 8 — Saudi Arabia Day 2

On This Day in F1 Masterlist

If you want some Sunday motorsport, IndyCar has its first race in St. Petersburg that starts at 12pm EST. NASCAR is in Phoenix which starts at 3:30pm EST. MotoGP is also racing on Sunday in Qatar at 1pm EST.

#on this day in f1 #formula 1 #f1 #2004 Australian Grand Prix #f1 history #saudi arabian gp 2024 #f1 academy #michael schumacher

[42bakery]

One of my favourite interview from Dani has to be 'La Caja de DAZN'. This is an out of the box interview were DAZN asked close people to the riders to give them important objects to allow them to talk about the rider's career. The rider's can talk as much or as little as they want and sometimes, one object can have more than one meaning.

Those are the objects in Dani's box and what it meant.

That glue represents Antonio (he's a carpenter). It meant his job and the money they need for Dani to compete. It also represents Dani's origin as a rider and the passion for bikes that share. The first bike, the miniature bikes to play...

This represents Basilia and a period of time. Apparently people saw Dani on the street an remember Dani as the Colacao guy. The story behind the add is real. Basi has been the person to stay with Dani the whole time he has been in the hospital.

Dani is not very fan of football, but he's a Barça fan. The importance is in the detail that this shirt belongs to Iniesta. In a Catalan GP Dani wore a racing boots with Iniesta's name due to Alpinestar doing a special edition related to the World Cup. Dani choose Iniesta due to his values in and out of the pitch.

This also helped to talk about his retirement. How he needed it, but he still misses it.

Dani's 125cc winning shirt (2003). Dani says people still have it and show it to him.

They mention that Puig told him that after 5 years with the same bike it was time for Dani to finally win the championship (or something) with this bike. They always had it present in their mind.

Dani explains that the 2 stoke bikes and the learning curve. First it was learning how the two strokes worked, then how to be fast and do the proper setting of the bike and on top of that the process to get the 'good' parts. So when you do the good results you get the parts. According to Dani, currently riders all have the same materials properly set up.

This represents both 250cc years (and championship) Dani did. For Dani is a glorious period of time. He had no pre-season and no real training that winter break. Added with his short stature and lack of weight, people weren't really expecting a lot, but Dani settled very well with the bike and the category. He did so well that he actually won the first race.

He also confesses that he has this bike (250cc) at his house.

It's also mentioned his rivals in that category. In 2004 it was Sebas Porto and in 2005 it was Jorge, Casey and Andrea (Dovizioso)

And not so well know detail of this bike is that there was a special sticker that was Puig's idea (yes Puig had a big hand and influence in young Dani).

Dani didn't reveal what it was, but it was something between Alberto and his dad. What people though that C.N.O meant Centro Nacional de Operaciones (National Centre of Operations), but Dani said is not really that, it's close but not that.

Do I need to say this is a mini-replica of Jorge's X-Fuera helmet?

This bring us back to 2005, when Spanish media sometimes talked more about 250cc (and Dani-Jorge battles/rivalry) than MotoGP. Dani notes that their 250cc rivalry moved and shifted when they moved to MotoGP. For him, in 250cc it was them (managers and riders) talking to the media and responding through the media more than track rivalries (not that it lacked), but in MotoGP in was more on track than media.

Dani confesses that for them sometimes it wasn't about who was going to win the race, just to be in front of the other because they had other rivals on track such and Vale or Casey.

This took a trip to memory lane where Dani explains how he and Jorge meet, then become rivals and finally friends. They also explain the infamous handshake in Jerez 2008.

This is tape to explain the injuries. They mention the one in Australian GP in 2003 when he broke both ankles. Dani is a rider that didn't crash a lot, but unfortunately, he broke every time they did.

This lead to Dani's neardy side, which is that he apparently calculate the number of crashes per year he had. According to his data, he did it 2-3 times per year test including (5 or 6 the year he crashed the most). And for half of those crashes he ended up in the hospital (Poor Dani had to have surgery twice a year). In comparison, Marc his teammate at the time crashed more than 30 times and only once or less did Marc need surgery.

At the end of his career, Dani was mostly affected of the collarbone, but at the start it was mostly extremities (hand and feet).

This is a phone, but the important isn't the phone itself, it's the Movistar logo on it that can't be seen. This brings us back to Dani's origin. When Dani's family didn't have enough money for Dani to keep going in bikes and then the add of the Movistar Joven Activa Cup appeared in their life. It was a promotional cup with DORNA's approval and the support of Movistar as an sponsor.

It was Antonio who encouraged Dani to send the application despite knowing Dani didn't have the age for it, but it was the only way for Dani to stay riding motobikes and not change to bikes. That was the ladder to took Dani to MotoGP.

When Puig proposed Dani to move from the Cup to CEV, Antonio told Dani to not accept and do a second year in the Cup to win more experience and not suffer from his lack of height and experience, but Dani decided that he wanted to move to the CEV.

They reveal that Dani raced with the number 26 in his first year in the World Championship (2001).

This is the film 'The last samurai' which allows us to know where the 'little Samurai' nickname comes from.

When the film came out, Dani went to the cinema to see it, and a scene left an impact on him. Added to the message and values that the film had, let him to the samurai path. He also was riding for Honda that they are like that, so it ted nicely.

This is an orange, and is just there for the colour orange. it's supposed to be the moment to talk about KTM, but Dani also wanted to talk about Repsol. Dani started his career racing with the colour blue (his favourite), but since he moved to MotoGP, the orange has followed him.

Dani talks about how an objective have to be followed by the appropriate tools, and how KTM has been growing since their objective have been growing too.

Golden wings to represent Honda. Dani has been racing with Honda his whole life including the Movistar Cup and the CEV. For Dani it always has been Honda because all the big names and his idols have been there. There wasn't any other team for him.

Even his leathers in minimotos where the Repsol replica!

That is a piece of titanium, and Dani's first tough is that the metal is there because he has so much inside him. But no, the meaning of this object is because Sete (Gibernau) used to call Dani Titanium because Dani was small and strong; lightweight and tough/hardy.

The nickname made the aparence for the first time when Dani broke his ankles in 2003. Sete has holding a piece of paper with it.

'Titanio' Pedrosa mejorate pronto. Estamos contigo - Titanium Pedrosa get well soon. We are with you.

From then on, every time Sete and Dani had an event together, both raced in the Movistar team, Sete called Dani Titanium.

Ernest ventured to ask Dani if his life would have changed had he become MotoGP World Champion. Dani said yes (no hesitation) and explains that some colateral things would have changed, but doesn't further elaborate. When asked of if he still feels as it's missing, Dani said that not at the moment, but he felt it in the past. And that he had to digest and work on accepting it.

Source: La Caja de DAZN (DAZN's box).

#MotoGP #250cc #125cc #DAZN Spain #La Caja de DANZ #Dani Pedrosa #DaniLoveFest2024 #DaniLoveFest

[wigglesforonce]

the year of ferrari arrives, praying for easier spreadsheeting ahead (2004 edition)

that is so many pins, i am so jealous of the owner of this hat, 2004 australian gp

are the mechanics watching the race on a laptop hung from the ceiling?, 2004 australian gp

jordan drivers nick heidfeld and giorgio pantone playing basketball, (different yellow team) renault drivers fernando alonso and jarno trulli (in an amazing hairstyle) playing tennis, 2004 australian gp

some seaside training (felipe massa and giancarlo fisichella w trainers), 2004 malaysian gp

mood (takuma sato), 2004 bahrain gp

why did we stop creating horrifying charicature puppets of drivers :/, 2004 san marino gp

the 'felipe massa playing sports' saga continues, 2004 spanish gp

renault drivers conferring whilst sporting fashionable hairdos, 2004 monaco gp

pictured: me and my bestie being oh so proud of each other, 2004 monaco gp

..floating car, 2004 monaco gp

me explaining how i make my spreadsheets to my uninterested friends, 2004 canadian gp

a jackie stewart parade, 2004 united states gp

hes coming for you (mark webber), 2004 french gp

hes being caught so tenderly, 2004 british gp

magical girl schumi (this podium celebration is too good not to include), 2004 german gp

why are there so many weirdly blurry photos like this (mark webber), 2004 hungarian gp

what did they put into the renault drivers water this weekend goddamn, 2004 italian gp

the fuel pigs are back!, 2004 italian gp

ill just put this here, 2004 chinese gp

unusual photobomber, 2004 brazilian gp

#wiggles overshares #fernando alonso #felipe massa #michael schumacher #rubens barrichello #jarno trulli #giancarlo fisichella #mark webber #i finished almost all of this and then forgot bat it for like a month #but we push through and have finished the 2004 season #wahoo #there are some bangers that i didnt include bc there were simply so many photos #and i couldnt fit them all #anywaysenjoy i can move onto 2005 now :D

[princemick]

MICHAEL -- SUNDAY, AUSTRALIAN GP 2004

#f1 #michael schumacher #fer.schumi #kyle.gif #f1edit #michaelschumacheredit #australia04

[f1reader]

He might have been karting since the age of ten, but remarkably Kimi had only raced cars on 23 occasions (three in Formula Ford and 20 in Formula Renault) before he joined the grid for the 2001 Australian Grand Prix. Bearing in mind that in 2000 a Formula Renault car was powered by a 185 bhp engine from a Renault Clio, the step up to a 800bhp+ Sauber F1 car was a big one. However, Kimi took to F1 incredibly quickly, being on the pace of Sauber’s regular drivers on just his second day in testing. There were many who voiced concerns about granting an F1 Super Licence to a driver with so little experience, but Sauber signed him for the 2001 season regardless.

He really is the ‘Iceman’

It was Ron Dennis that gave Kimi the nickname of ‘Iceman’ when he was driving for McLaren but his laid-back approach and ability to remain unfazed by anything F1 could throw at him were never more evident than on the day of his F1 debut in Australia 2001. You might have expected a 21-year-old with so little experience to be anxiously pacing up and down the garage 30 minutes before the start of his first race. Not Kimi though – he was fast asleep in the Sauber motorhome. Having qualified just three tenths of a second slower than his much more experienced team-mate ‘Quick Nick’ Heidfeld, he scored a point with a sixth-place finish in his very first F1 race.

Except when he’s not the Iceman

Speaking recently on the ‘F1: Beyond the Grid’ podcast, Fernando Alonso had this to say about Kimi: “He’s a very good character in Formula 1 and we will miss him… he’s very honest, he’s not playing any games, he’s what you see. A part of this may be a mask that we see from him, of being very cold and not talking too much. There is a different person I think inside… not the Iceman. I think he’s quite warm inside, even if you need to meet him outside of racing, it’s when you see the real Kimi”.

He tells it like it is and always makes us smile

Kimi might not be known as F1’s chattiest driver, but when he does speak, he comes out with some real corkers. In an era when most drivers are terrified of upsetting their bosses and sponsors, Kimi doesn’t seem to care. Here are a few of his most famous quotes:

- On the grid prior to the 2006 Brazilian GP, Kimi was approached by Martin Brundle on live TV. "You missed the presentation by Pele, will you get over it?" asked Brundle. "Yeah. I was having a sh*t," replied Kimi.

- Whilst leading the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in 2012 Kimi was clearly becoming irritated by the instructions coming over the radio from his Race Engineer. "Just leave me alone, I know what I’m doing," he said. Then later in the race when told to look after his tyres, he replied, "yes, yes, yes, I’m doing that all the time – you don’t have to remind me every 10 seconds…" Apparently, he did know what he was doing because he went on to win the race.

- When asked how he found the new McLaren in testing in January 2004, Kimi didn’t mince his words. "It’s complete sh*t," he replied in Finnish.

- Interviewer: What is the most exciting part of the race?

- Kimi: I think it’s the start, always

- Interviewer: And the most boring?

- Kimi: Now

He’s monumentally smart when it comes to money

His manager will probably want to take some credit here, but despite winning just the one championship, Kimi has become phenomenally wealthy. His net worth has been estimated at between $200-250m. Only Alonso, Hamilton and Schumacher have earned more from the sport and in 2009 he was said to be the second highest paid sportsperson in the world after Tiger Woods.

One of his most impressive deals was the one with Ferrari for the 2010 season. The team had both Massa and Raikkonen under contract but desperately wanted Fernando Alonso in the car. The solution was to offer Kimi a reputed £20m not to drive that year.

Then there was the time that he nearly bankrupted the Lotus team. When Kimi signed his two-year deal with Lotus he was to receive both a salary and a points bonus. The team clearly weren’t confident that they would do particularly well because they apparently agreed to pay €50,000 per point scored. Kimi went on to finish on the podium 13 times and win twice, scoring 390 points over the two years. That would have meant a bonus of €19.5m!

Series 18, episode 7 in March 2012 saw Kimi join Jeremy Clarkson as the ‘star in a reasonably priced car’. He wasn’t particularly quick in the Suzuki Liana but to be fair, it was ‘extremely wet’ that day. Regardless, for a man who has talked about hating giving interviews, he entered into the spirit of things and gave us a lot of laughs.

He’s a proper F1 driver

But the main reason why we love Kimi, is that he’s a proper F1 driver. As the 2007 World Champion, his name will forever feature on a list that includes the likes of Fangio, Clark, Stewart, Senna, Schumacher and Hamilton. Kimi deserves his place amongst the greats - he’s fast, committed and supremely talented, but most of all, he clearly loves F1. With the exception of Schumacher and Alonso, no other driver has still been competing at this level fourteen years after winning their first championship.

[itsrattysworld]

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[sasa-chans-random-history]

January 13

[1334] Henry II of Castile, King of Castile and León (1369-79), born in Seville, Spain.

[1505] Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (1535-71), born in Cölln, Germany.

[1610] Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria by marriage to Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, born in Graz, Duchy of Styria.

[1865] Princess Marie of Orléans, French Princess by birth and Danish Princess by marriage to Prince Valdemar, born in Ham, London, England.

[1938] Tord Grip, Swedish football player and manager, born in Ytterhogdal, Sweden.

[1939] Jacek Gmoch, Polish football player, trainer and manager, born in Pruszków, Poland.

[1947] Carles Rexach, Spanish-Catalan football winger and manager, born in Pedralbes, Barcelona, Spain.

[1960] Takis Lemonis, Greek footballer and manager, born in Colonus, Athens, Greece.

[1962] Trace Adkins, American country singer and actor, born in Sarepta, Louisiana, United States.

[1966] Patrick Dempsey, American actor, born in Lewiston, Maine, United States.

[1968] Mike Whitlow, English football defender and coach (U-18 at League Two club Mansfield Town), born in Northwich, England.

[1970] Frank Kooiman, Dutch football goalkeeper, born in Vlaardingen, Netherlands.

[1977] Orlando Bloom, English actor, born in Canterbury, England.

[1980] Akira Kaji, Japanese football defender, born in Minamiawaji, Hyogo, Japan.

[1980] Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish football defender, born in Stockholm, Sweden.

[1989] Bryan Arguez, American soccer defensive midfielder, born in in Miami, Florida, United States.

[1990] Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor, born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

[703 AD] Empress Jitō, the 41st monarch of Japan, dies.

[858 AD] Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (839-858), dies.

[888 AD] Charles III, the Fat (Charles Le Gros) Emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 881-888, dies at about 49.

[1330] Frederick I (III), the Fair, Duke of Austria and Styria (from 1308) as well as the anti-King of Germany (1314-1325) and then the co-King until his death.

[1363] Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol, dies.

[1735] Princess Polyxena of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg, second wife of Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Piedmont, Queen of Sardinia (1730-35), dies at 28.

[1797] Duchess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Queen of Prussia and Electress of Brandenburg as the wife of Frederik II the Great, dies at 81.

[1879] Henry the Navigator, Prince of the Netherlands, 3rd son of King William II of the Netherlands, dies at 58.

[1932] Sophia of Prussia, Queen Consort of the Hellenes (1913-17) and (1920-22) as the wife of Constantine I of Greece, dies at 61.

[2004] Harold Shipman (Doctor Death), British GP and prolific serial killer, commits suicide by hanging himself in his cell at HM Prison Wakefield at 57.

[2014] Bobby Collins, Scottish football midfielder and manager, dies at 82.

[2017] Antony Armstrong-Jones, Lord Snowdon, British photographer and ex-husband of Princess Margaret, dies at 86.

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[sbknews]

Guevara is the 2022 Moto3 World Champion!

Sealed with a win: the Majorcan wraps up the crown Down Under. Izan Guevara (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) is the 2022 Moto3™ World Champion! The Majorcan took another stunning victory in the Animoca Brands Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix to wrap up the crown, taking himself more than the requisite 50 points clear with two rounds remaining. Guevara, born in Majorca in 2004, was already riding motorcycles by the age of three. His first international success came in the European Talent Cup in 2019, as the Spaniard took two top tens in his debut races before winning a stunning six races in a row to take the crown as a rookie. That would be his calling card as an achievement the following season, too. Guevara raced in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2020 and moved into what was then the Moto3™ Junior World Championship, now known as JuniorGP™. There, it was a similar story to the ETC the year before: a few solid results prefaced a first win, a second place and then a run of four victories in a row – three of which were taken from P22 on the grid at MotorLand Aragon. In Valencia, Guevara completed the stunning feat of taking the crown as a rookie, defeating Xavier Artigas and Pedro Acosta. The Majorcan then moved up to the Moto3™ World Championship for 2021 and hit the ground running. The number 28 made an impression immediately, homing in on the podium at Silverstone and Aragon with fourth places. That first rookie win finally came in a chaotic Americas GP, with the GASGAS Aspar rider having shown serious speed all weekend. 2022, therefore, saw Guevara head into the season as a contender from the off. He started the season one place further back than his Grand Prix debut after starting from the back, but was on the podium in Lombok – his first visit to the rostrum that wasn’t a win. By Jerez he was back on the top step with a true stunner of a victory, going round the outside at the final corner. He wasn’t off the podium again before Silverstone, including wins in Catalunya and Germany, and back-to-back glory came again in Aragon and on his first visit to Mobility Resort Motegi. By Phillip Island, Guevara’s advantage had grown to 49 and the Majorcan had his first match point. He played it in style, escaping in a front group of four and then taking the lead to pull away on the final lap – sealing the crown with his sixth win of the season. Congratulations, Izan!

#1ZAN IN STATS Aged 18 years 110 days old on race day at the Australian GP, Izan Guevara becomes the fifth youngest rider to clinch a lightweight world title ahead of Valentino Rossi, who was 18 years and 196 days old when he clinched the title in Brno in 1997. Aged 17 years and 97 days old when he took his maiden Moto3™ win at the Americas GP last year, Guevara became the sixth youngest winner in the class behind Maverick Viñales (17 years and 86 days old). This is the first time that a GASGAS rider has won the Moto3™ World Championship, and it's also the first title for a non-Honda or a non-KTM rider in the class. Guevara has won seven times in Moto3™, and he is tied with Brad Binder and Sergio Garcia in ninth place on the list of riders with most wins in Moto3™. Guevara has stood on the podium 11 times so far in 2022, which is more than everyone else in the class. With six wins in 2022 so far, he is also the most successful rider in terms of victories, ahead of Dennis Foggia. Guevara is the seventh Spanish rider to win the Moto3™ title since the introduction of the class back in 2012, and the 16th Spanish rider to clinch the title in the lightweight category (the 23rd in GP racing). Guevara’s title is also the 22nd in the lightweight category for Spain and the 56th in Grand Prix racing. Izan Guevara: "I'm really happy with my career so far. In 2019 I won the ETC, then Moto3 in JuniorGP with Aspar and I won my first year... then I moved to the Moto3 World Championship with the same team. Last year I was able to have a good season, I took a victory in Austin. A good rookie season. Then this year I pushed in every race to get my goal of being World Champion. And today I achieved it. I'm really happy. "In the start of the race today it was really complicated with the slightly wet conditions, but the track dried quickly and I felt really comfortable. It was possible to push in the lead group with my pace, I'm so happy with this moment, this Championship... I'd like to thank my team, my family for the support, and all my friends. "Today I was really focused on the race, in every overtake I didn't take any risk and I'm really happy with it, winning the Championship with the victory is an incredible moment and I'll enjoy it!"

BIOGRAPHY First Grand Prix: Qatar 2021, Moto3™ First pole position: Qatar 2022, Moto3™ First podium: Americas 2021, Moto3™ First victory: Americas 2021, Moto3™ Grands Prix: 36 Victories: 7 Podiums: 12 Pole positions: 4 Fastest laps: 6 World Championships: Moto3™ (2022) World Championship career: 2021: Moto3™ World Championship – 8th, GASGAS, 18 races, 125 points 2022: Moto3™ World Championship – 1st, GASGAS, 18* races, 290 points *season underway For more Moto3 info checkout our dedicated Moto3 News page Or visit the official MotoGP website motogp.com

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#1ZAN #AustralianGP #IzanGuevara #Moto3 #Moto32022 #moto3worldchampion #PhillipIsland

[kwisatzworld]

kiss kiss😘

#valentino rossi #motogp #australian gp 2004 #*mygifs

[maranello]

AUSTRALIA, 2004 — Michael Schumacher runs to celebrate pole. (Photo by Steve Etherington/LAT Photographic)

#f1 #michael schumacher #australian gp 2004 #scuderia ferrari #2004 #ph #ph: steve etherington #*ph #*m #*schumi #run boy run

[race-week]

The History of the Mercedes F1 Team

I was inspired by the videos Sky showed during testing of the histories of Aston Martin and Alpine during testing so I thought I would do Mercedes, as this team has one of the weirder histories in F1, bear in mind I have just used the results from the train from Tyrell down to the present-day Mercedes team - so the two championships the original Mercedes team have aren’t included

Constructors Championships: 9 

(1971, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)

Drivers Championships: 11 

(1969, 1971, 1973, 2009,  2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) Jackie Stewart (3), Jenson Button (1), Lewis Hamilton (7), Nico Rosberg (1)

 Race victories: 148

Pole positions: 147

Fastest laps: 109

Tyrell Racing (1968 - 1998)

First entry: 1968 South African Grand Prix Races entered: 465 entries (463 starts) Constructors Championships: 1 (1971) Drivers Championships: 3 (1969, 1971, 1973) - Jackie Stewart Race victories: 33 Pole positions: 19 Fastest laps: 27 Final entry: 1998 Japanese Grand Prix

Eventually, in 1998 and in the face of dwindling form and ill health, Ken Tyrell sold his team to British American Tobacco, the team becoming British American Racing.

British American Racing and BAR Lucky Strike Honda (1999 - 2005)

First entry: 1999 Australian Grand Prix Races entered: 118 (117 starts) Engines: Supertec, Honda Constructors Championships: 0 (best finish; 2nd 2004) Drivers Championships: 0 Race victories: 0 Podiums:15 Points: 227 Pole positions: 2 Fastest laps: 0 Final entry: 2005 Chinese Grand Prix

At the end of 2005, Honda obtained 100% ownership of BAR from British American Tobacco, completing their ambition to become a full F1 manufacturer team. In addition, Jenson Button's Williams contract was bought out for US$30 million, and Button signed a multi-year contract with Honda.

Honda Racing F1 Team (2006 - 2008)

First entry: 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix Races entered: 43 Engines: Honda Constructors Championships: 0 Drivers Championships: 0 Race victories: 1 Podiums: 4 Points: 106 Pole positions: 1 Fastest laps: 0 Final entry: 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix

Honda suddenly exited the sport at the end of the 2008 season, unwilling to continue the Brackley-based team's $300 million budget and staff of 700 during the global economic crisis.

The team continued to work on the Honda RA109 for the 2009 season while Honda attempted to sell the racing team.

Ross Brawn bought the team for £1 in order to keep the team in the sport   

Brawn GP Formula One Team (2009)

First entry: 2009 Australian Grand Prix Races entered: 17 Engines: Mercedes Constructors Championships: 1 (2009) Drivers Championships: 1 (2009) - Jenson Button Race victories: 8 Podiums: 15 Points: 172 Pole positions: 5 Fastest laps: 4 Final entry: 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

On 16 November 2009 it was officially announced that Daimler AG in partnership with Aabar Investments had purchased a 75.1% stake in Brawn GP (Daimler AG: 45.1%; Aabar: 30%).

It was rumoured that the partnership paid £110m for the 75.1%. The team would be rebranded as Mercedes GP for 2010. The remaining 24.9% stake is Ross Brawn's in partnership with Nick Fry. The team used the Brawn GP base in Brackley for its operations and Brawn stayed on as team principal until the end of the 2013 season.

 Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team (2010 - Present)

First entry: 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix Last entry: 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Races entered: 227 Engines: Mercedes Constructors Championships: 7 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) Drivers Championships: 7 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) - Lewis Hamilton (6) Nico Rosberg (1) Race victories: 106 Podiums: 219 Points: 5685 Pole positions: 120 Fastest laps: 78

#f1 essay #f1 history #f1 #Formula 1 #also it’s so crazy to think that a team with 11 drivers titles came from 4 drivers - 3 who were british #some of my favourite ever f1 cars are in this list #some fantastic liveries too

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On This Day in F1: March 8th

Present: Saudi Arabia Day 2

History: 1998 Australian Grand Prix

March 8th, 2024 had free practice 3 and qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

The big news of the day was Carlos Sainz having appendicitis and Ollie Bearman filling in for him. Now is this just another outcome of Alex Albon’s famous appendix? Or will we be seeing a new line of dominoes falling into place in the coming months? Only time will tell.

Timing remains essential to the 1998 Australian Grand Prix.

On March 8th, 1998, Albert Park (then called the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit) hosted the 1998 season opener. The race was dominated by the McLaren-Mercedes team with its two drivers taking home a 1-2 finish.

While it was no surprise that a McLaren driver took the chequered flag first, there was controversy surrounding it.

For the first half of the Grand Prix, Mika Hakkinen was leading the race. However, on lap 36, he lost the lead due to coming into the pits after a misheard call. This led to Hakkinen's teammate, David Coulthard, leading the race.

Coulthard had a 12-second lead that was reduced to 2 seconds by lap 55. On the front straight during lap 56, Coulthard let Hakkinen pass him. This move and the pre-season agreement between drivers - whoever led the first corner would win the race - drew great controversy and race-fixing allegations.

McLaren Team Boss, Ron Dennis, spoke on the controversy and claimed that someone else had tapped into their team radios which led to Hakkinen losing the lead and coming into the pits.

"We do not and have not manipulated Grands Prix unless there were some exceptional circumstances, which occurred in Australia [1998] when someone had tapped into our radio and instructed Mika Häkkinen to enter the pits."

Eventually, they would go in front of the World Motorsport Council where the verdict was "any future act prejudicial to the interests of competition should be severely punished in accordance with article 151c of the International Sporting Code." Team orders remained controversial in Formula One and were banned following the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix. It wasn't until after the 2010 German Grand Prix that they were allowed again.

In 2023, Hakkinen spoke about the 1998 Australian GP and the agreement that he had with Coulthard:

"The team said something on the radio, I was confused, I thought they asked me to come to change tyres and that was not the case. They were just giving me some different information. So I just drove through the pit lane and I of course lost the lead of the race, David got the lead."

"We were sitting on the front row, me and David – and we just made a deal. The driver who was first at the first corner when the race starts, that driver is going to win the Grand Prix. There's not going to be any fight. We had a deal, so David had to let me past – brilliant!"

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Dani Pedrosa training ahead of the 2004 season after his bad injury at the bad crash and injury in the Australian GP

#125cc #250cc #Dani Pedrosa #El origen del samurái #Dani Pedrosa; elegido para ganar #DaniLoveFest2024 #DaniLoveFest