View Poll Results: 2009 Driver's Championship winner?

Lewis Hamilton

6.06%

Kimi Raikkonen

6.06%

Felipe Massa

10.61%

Jenson Button

57.58%

Rubens Barrichello

1.52%

Jarno Trulli

4.55%

Timo Glock

Nick Heidfeld

Robert Kubica

1.52%

Fernando Alonso

3.03%

Sebastien Vettel

7.58%

Someone else

1.52%

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Sep 14, 2009 | 10:10 AM

#841

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Liuzzi did great! I was really impressed.

Loved watching LH crash

I really hope Rubans can make a good strong flight for the drivers championship

Agreed on all three points.

I would like to see Rubens stick it to Jensen.

Sep 14, 2009 | 10:21 AM

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I did not realize so many people hated hamilton.

Sep 14, 2009 | 10:24 AM

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It's too bad Sutil was on a two stopper. He'd have been on the podium if he'd gone with a one-stop strategy.

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Yeah, I don't quite get why LH and AS (can't believe we're talking about those two in the same breath) ran two-stops... one-stop was clearly advantageous.

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How did Force India become so fast in the last two races...?

Whatever they did over summer break was obviously a home run success. My guess is a vastly improved aero package, but I haven't seen any technical analysis on their car (and honestly, I didn't pay attention to it prior). They have the best powerplant, and Sutil seems to be a very good driver. Other than the pit stops, at least.

Sep 14, 2009 | 10:25 AM

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I did not realize so many people hated hamilton.

Anyone who is successful will have a lot of detractors. And for what it's worth, nearly everyone who dislikes LH seems to be a Ferrari fan.

Sep 14, 2009 | 10:27 AM

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If the allegations are true Renault should be banned from the sport IMO. I can't imagine that they are true but you never know, and yes, Nelson has ruined his chances of ever driving in F1 again, I agree.

Unless his daddy buys a team as some reports are suggesting. But yeah - I can't imagine any other team wanting to be involved with him.

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If this is true... and i don't think it is... F1 will lose one of there biggest engine manufacturers, remember they not only sell motors to other F1 teams but provide all the motors for GP3

I think Piquet Jr. is just trying to cause problems - but the idea of sketchy team orders from Flavio doesn't surprise me. I agree F1 can't afford to lose Renault, so I'd imagine a penalty like being stripped of their championship points for the rest of the year.

Sep 14, 2009 | 10:30 AM

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Sep 15, 2009 | 08:37 AM

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Looks to be 14 teams on the grid for next season.

Sep 15, 2009 | 09:29 AM

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More pylons!

Sep 15, 2009 | 10:02 AM

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Glad to see Lotus coming back for F1

Sep 16, 2009 | 07:05 AM

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Its true...

http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,189...563045,00.html

Both Symonds and Briatore have left the team. What will happen to Renualt now?

Sep 16, 2009 | 07:13 AM

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weird. i wont be able to yell " FLAAAAAAAAAAAVIO" everytime i see him on tv anymore. wonder whats going to come of this news?

Sep 16, 2009 | 08:19 AM

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ITS TRUE!!!!!

Hate to say it but I told you so. See ya Flavio. Piquets career is still over in f1. What do you guys think.

Sep 16, 2009 | 08:24 AM

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Piquet Jr. has no business in F1.

LOL @ Flavio and Symonds for actually thinking they could pull this off. Did they really think that they could on the one hand ask Piquet to crash his car and then turn around and arbitrarily fire the guy without it coming back to haunt them? The sheer ego of it all...