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Mattzel89
PostPosted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 9:55 pm 
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Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland
(am I the only german who thinks this sounds incredibly stupid?)

Well, for the first time since 1985 the German Grand Prix will be held at the Nürburgring. After a year off and lots of changes to the Ring itself, Formula One is back in the Eifel Mountains, home of the Green Hell.

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The Nürburgring, simply known as "The Ring" by enthusiasts, is a motorsport race track in Nürburg, Germany. It was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel, which is about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of Cologne, and 120 kilometres (75 mi) northwest of Frankfurt. Nicknamed The Green Hell by Jackie Stewart, it is widely considered the toughest, most dangerous and most demanding purpose-built race track in the world.

Originally, the track featured four track configurations: the 28.265 kilometres (17.563 miles) long Gesamtstrecke ("Whole Course"), which in turn consisted of the 22.810 km (14.173 mi) Nordschleife ("Northern Loop"), and the 7.747 km (4.814 mi) Südschleife ("Southern Loop"). There also was a 2.281 km (1.417 mi) warm-up loop called Zielschleife ("Finish Loop") or better known as Betonschleife, around the pit area. Between 1982 and 1983 the start-finish area was demolished to create a new GP-Strecke, and this is currently used for all major and international racing events. However, the Nordschleife is still in use.


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Race Date: 12 Jul 2009
Number of Laps: 60
Circuit Length: 5.148 km
Race Distance: 308.863 km
Lap Record: 1:29.468 - M. Schumacher (2004)

Formula 1 Timetable

Fri 10 July 2009
Friday Practice 1 10:00 - 11:30
Friday Practice 2 14:00 - 15:30

Sat 11 July 2009
Saturday Practice 11:00 - 12:00
Qualifying 14:00

Sun 12 July 2009
Race 14:00


Championship Standings

1 Brawn-Mercedes 105
2 RBR-Renault 74.5
3 Toyota 34.5
4 Ferrari 26
5 Williams-Toyota 15.5
6 McLaren-Mercedes 13
7 Renault 11
8 BMW Sauber 8
9 STR-Ferrari 5
10 Force India-Mercedes 0


1 Jenson Button British Brawn-Mercedes 64
2 Rubens Barrichello Brazilian Brawn-Mercedes 41
3 Sebastian Vettel German RBR-Renault 39
4 Mark Webber Australian RBR-Renault 35.5
5 Jarno Trulli Italian Toyota 21.5
6 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 16
7 Nico Rosberg German Williams-Toyota 15.5
8 Timo Glock German Toyota 13
9 Fernando Alonso Spanish Renault 11
10 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Ferrari 10
11 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 9
12 Nick Heidfeld German BMW Sauber 6
13 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish McLaren-Mercedes 4
14 Sebastien Buemi Swiss STR-Ferrari 3
15 Robert Kubica Polish BMW Sauber 2
16 Sebastien Bourdais French STR-Ferrari 2
17 Giancarlo Fisichella Italian Force India-Mercedes 0
18 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Mercedes 0
19 Nelsinho Piquet Brazilian Renault 0
20 Kazuki Nakajima Japanese Williams-Toyota 0


http://www.nuerburgring.de/english/home.html
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Hopefully this one won't be the 5th awful race in a row.
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PAXTON wrote:
Hopefully this one won't be the 5th awful race in a row.


I don't see a reason why wouldn't it be. Except for the rain. But then again we've seen some good races in the dry on Nürburgring before...
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great track
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Are there any changes to the circuit this year?
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scotty wrote:
mclaren2008 wrote:
Are there any changes to the circuit this year?


They've reversed the direction.


You're wrong.

They will finally prove that F1 cars can race upside down, so they lift and flipped the entire track, but they didn't change the direction.
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big fan of this track :thumbsup:
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This track is much better than Hockenhiem.

Hopefully it will be a good race, im expecting a Vettel win.
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2007 proved to be an important race in the championship so I reckon that this one may be just as important. If Button has another bad race and Vettel romps to a win then Button will be under extra pressure.

I don't know why but Webber may be in with a chance here because he had a podium in 2007.
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Mattzel89 wrote:
Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland
(am I the only german who thinks this sounds incredibly stupid?)


No, you're not, I also don't understand why they don't name it "Großer Santander Preis von Deutschland" which would be gramatically correct. The old Hockenheim Grand Prix was also called "Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland".
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Woo I'll miss this race :flag:
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so, who is going exactly?

I know of Rudy88, caio89, Hatzenbach, Jerom, SFM (?) and myself. Anyone else?
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I read Vettel was going to get something named after him. A bit early don't you think?
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ryan86 wrote:
I read Vettel was going to get something named after him. A bit early don't you think?

A grandstand.
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caio89 wrote:
Mattzel89 wrote:
Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland
(am I the only german who thinks this sounds incredibly stupid?)


No, you're not, I also don't understand why they don't name it "Großer Santander Preis von Deutschland" which would be gramatically correct. The old Hockenheim Grand Prix was also called "Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland".



tbh, I like the name like it is cuz it doesn't sound that normal :D

Tobias wrote:
so, who is going exactly?

I know of Rudy88, caio89, Hatzenbach, Jerom, SFM (?) and myself. Anyone else?


SFM ! ;) Probably I'm gonna be there at noon on Thursday.
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Mattzel89 wrote:
Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland
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Santander is also a bank, so maybe, just maybe, they put the name that way because there is a national Santander of Germany?
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I don't think he meant it that way. :D
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I can feel an epic race coming up.
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