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Alrighty, a bit of information first:
The teams and drivers
- - Scuderia Ferrari: Kimi Räikkönen & Felipe Massa
- - BMW Sauber: Nick Heidfeld & Robert Kubica
- - McLaren Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton & Heikki Kovalainen
- - Renault F1: Fernando Alonso & Nelson Piquet Jr
- - Williams F1: Nico Rosberg & Kazuki Nakajima
- - Toyota Racing: Jarno Trulli & Timo Glock
- - Honda Racing F1: Jenson Button & Rubens Barrichello
- - Red Bull Racing: David Coulthard & Mark Webber
- - Scuderia Toro Rosso: Sébastien Bourdais & Sebastian Vettel
- - Force India : Adrian Sutil & Giancarlo Fisichella
- - Super Aguri F1: Takuma Sato & Anthony Davidson (NOT CURRENTLY RACING)
- 1) Australian GP- Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit : March 16 ~DONE
- 2) Malaysian GP- Sepang International Circuit : March 23 ~DONE
- 3) Bahrain GP- Bahrain International Circuit : April 6 ~DONE
- 4) Spanish GP- Circuit de Catalunya : April 27 ~DONE
- 5) Turkish GP- Istanbul Park : May 11 ~DONE
- 6) Monaco GP- Circuit de Monaco : May 25 ~DONE
- 7) Canadian GP- Circuit Gilles Villeneuve : June 8 ~DONE
- French GP- Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours : June 22 ~DONE
- 9) British GP- Silverstone Circuit : July 6 ~DONE
- 10) German GP- Hockenheimring : July 20 ~DONE
- 11) Hungarian GP- Hungaroring : August 3
- 12) European GP- Valencia Street Circuit : August 24
- 13) Belgian GP- Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps : September 7
- 14) Italian GP- Autodromo Nazionale di Monza : September 14
- 15) Singapore GP- Singapore Street Circuit (Night Race) : September 28
- 16) Japanese GP- Fuji Speedway : October 12
- 17) Chinese GP- Shanghai International Circuit : October 19
- 18) Brazilian GP- Autódromo José Carlos Pace : November 2
- No traction control or any electronic driver aid
- Engines must last two consecutive race meetings. If they are changed, the team looses 10 spots on the grid
- Bridgestone is the sole tyre supplier till 2010.
- Teams must use both hard and soft compound tyres during the same race.
- American leg of the season has been cancelled indefinitely.
- The Max Mosley incident. you can look this up yourselves
- Ralf Schumacher left Formula 1 to pursue a career in DTM
- Super Aguri will not race the next year due to financial difficulties. Actually they officially left the scene on May 6th, just before the Turkish GP.
- Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) - 58
- Felipe Massa (Ferrari) - 54
- Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) - 51
- Robert Kubica (BMW) - 48
- Nick Heidfeld (BMW) - 41
- Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren) - 28
- Jarno Trulli (Toyota) - 20
- Mark Webber (Red Bull) - 18
- Fernando Alonso (Renault) - 13
- Rubens Barrichello (Honda) - 11
- Nelson Piquet Jr (Renault) - 10
- Nico Rosberg (Williams) - 8
- Kazuki Nakajima (Williams) - 8
- David Coulthard (Red Bull) - 6
- Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso) - 6
- Timo Glock (Toyota) - 5
- Jenson Button (Honda) - 3
- Sébastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso) - 2
- Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India) - 0
- Adrian Sutil (Force India) - 0
- Takuma Sato (Super Aguri) - 0
- Anthony Davidson (Super Aguri) - 0
- Ferrari - 105
- BMW Sauber - 89
- McLaren - 86
- Toyota - 25
- Red Bull - 24
- Williams - 16
- Renault - 15
- Honda - 14
- Toro Rosso - 8
- Force India - 0
- Super Aguri - 0
Further details on races, track information and pictures can be found here
This post shall be updated after every race and if anyone thinks any important information needs to be posted here just let me know.
Happy posting and remember supporting your team promotes healthy conversations between rivals, let just not degenerate into a shouting match