That is what everyone is calling the Sepang 2009 GP. Not only did the heavens open and rained out the track just as the meteorological department predicted, and is wont to happen at most Malaysian Grand Prixs, but the race was red-flagged to a standstill.
So, although there was no chequered flag being waved, the eventual winner was Jenson Button as at the point the red flag command came from race central, he was, in effect, the race leader. However, sadly for him, the race had been underway less than the necessary two thirds distance or 75% race laps before it was called off so he only gains half of the actual race points.
In other news, Ferrari's weekend was a disaster. Hoping to improve on the less than stellar Australian outing, all Ferrari managed to do was put further spotlight on their bumbling strategies and lack of common sense, and of course, reminding anyone and everyone of the glaring absence of the holy F1 trinity we all know as Rory Byrne, Ross Brawn and Jean Todt. And it was looking quite good in Friday practice for the Prancing Horse outfit.
KERS. You are exactly that. A curse. By the time the red flag came out, about all of the KERS equipped cars were waterlogged, potentially causing a hazardous situation. Hence a lot of electrical malfunctions and potential driver electrocution.
The highlight of the race was the radio convo between Felipe Massa and Ron Smedley, his race engineer, in which the whole world heard Ron trying to calm a frantic, rain-sodden, visually impaired Felipe Massa by assuring "Felipe baby" that they would be bringing out the white visors to him soonish. That practically lit the blogosphere alight as the world giggled over the radio transmission. It has even inspired a single cleverly named, you guessed it, "Felipe Baby"" .
Other controversial happenings? The sight of Kimi Raikkonen out of his racing suit and dressed in bermudas and the company tee, eating a choc ice and grabbing a can of coke from the Ferrari garage fridge just after a Ferrari spokesperson announced that he would indeed be rejoining the race if race command starts it up again. To be fair, at that point, his car had already malfunctioned, was in the garage and had been put up on blocks. He just had not been announced as officially retired from the race. However, that didn't stop news spreading about how lackadaisical his attitude was and the motivation thing coming into question again.
All in all, the tropical rains of Sepang brought the race to a watery end. Let's just look forward to China.
So, although there was no chequered flag being waved, the eventual winner was Jenson Button as at the point the red flag command came from race central, he was, in effect, the race leader. However, sadly for him, the race had been underway less than the necessary two thirds distance or 75% race laps before it was called off so he only gains half of the actual race points.
In other news, Ferrari's weekend was a disaster. Hoping to improve on the less than stellar Australian outing, all Ferrari managed to do was put further spotlight on their bumbling strategies and lack of common sense, and of course, reminding anyone and everyone of the glaring absence of the holy F1 trinity we all know as Rory Byrne, Ross Brawn and Jean Todt. And it was looking quite good in Friday practice for the Prancing Horse outfit.
KERS. You are exactly that. A curse. By the time the red flag came out, about all of the KERS equipped cars were waterlogged, potentially causing a hazardous situation. Hence a lot of electrical malfunctions and potential driver electrocution.
The highlight of the race was the radio convo between Felipe Massa and Ron Smedley, his race engineer, in which the whole world heard Ron trying to calm a frantic, rain-sodden, visually impaired Felipe Massa by assuring "Felipe baby" that they would be bringing out the white visors to him soonish. That practically lit the blogosphere alight as the world giggled over the radio transmission. It has even inspired a single cleverly named, you guessed it, "Felipe Baby"" .
Other controversial happenings? The sight of Kimi Raikkonen out of his racing suit and dressed in bermudas and the company tee, eating a choc ice and grabbing a can of coke from the Ferrari garage fridge just after a Ferrari spokesperson announced that he would indeed be rejoining the race if race command starts it up again. To be fair, at that point, his car had already malfunctioned, was in the garage and had been put up on blocks. He just had not been announced as officially retired from the race. However, that didn't stop news spreading about how lackadaisical his attitude was and the motivation thing coming into question again.
All in all, the tropical rains of Sepang brought the race to a watery end. Let's just look forward to China.
