Toyota cheating in F1 AGAIN!

he Toyotas of Timo Glock will start Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix from the back of the grid after stewards found their cars to be in contravention of the rules. They had qualified sixth and eighth respectively.

A post-qualifying inspection by the FIA found the TF109s’ to have ‘extreme flexibility’ in their rear wings, thus breaking Formula One racing’s technical regulations. Glock’s and Trulli’s qualifying times were cancelled as a result.

"The Stewards have received a report from the Technical Delegate that the upper rear wing elements of cars No. 9 and 10 are showing extreme flexibility in contravention of Article 3.15 of the 2009 Formula One Technical Regulations,” said the FIA.
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M53R - 3/29/2009 8:19:57 AM

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Toyota's F1 history is just embarrassing lol.

MrBratwurst - 3/29/2009 8:47:45 AM

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M53R:

| Toyota's F1 history is just embarrassing lol.

Why? Because even starting from the LAST position they still managed to humilitate BMW?

2009 results:
1. Brawn GP 18
2. Toyota 10
3. McLaren-Mercedes 5
4. Renault 3
5. Williams-Toyota 2
6. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1
7. Ferrari 0
7. BMW-Sauber 0
7. Force India-Mercedes 0
7. Red Bull-Renault 0

1. Jenson Button 10
2. Rubens Barrichello 8
3. Jarno Trulli 6 <- Toyota drivers
4. Lewis Hamilton 5
5. Timo Glock 4 <- Toyota drivers (started LAST, finished 5th)
6. Fernando Alonso 3
7. Nico Rosberg 2
8. Sebastien Buemi 1
9. Heikki Kovalainen 0
9. Mark Webber 0
9. Giancarlo Fisichella 0
9. Adrian Sutil 0
9. Kazuki Nakajima 0
9. Sebastian Vettel 0
9. Sebastien Bourdais 0
9. Nelson Piquet 0
9. Felipe Massa 0
9. Kimi Raikkonen 0
9. Robert Kubica 0 <- BMW drivers (started 4th, finished LAST)
9. Nick Heidfeld 0 <- BMW drivers (started 11th - mmm, impressive, finished LAST)

Willis - 3/29/2009 9:40:22 AM

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Eh, Earth to David, wake up! Brawn uses MERCEDES-BENZ engines! What a moron (and troll).

M53R - 3/29/2009 12:13:15 PM

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I think both you need to learn something very useful in life. It's called "reading". I said Toyota's HISTORY. And I assure you, this is only one race. Heck, Ferrari scored no points either. Does that mean Toyota is better than Ferrari?!

Threepoint1415926 - 3/29/2009 1:19:59 PM

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Talk about cheating! Giving Toyota a little more credit than they're worth aren't you? Never mind the 2009 year means nothing because it's only been one race but regardless... CORRECT constructors scores below

2009 Current Constructors Standings:

01 Brawn-Mercedes 18
02 McLaren-Mercedes 6
03 Toyota 5
04 Renault 4
05 Williams-Toyota 3
06 STR-Ferrari 3
07 Force India-Mercedes 0
08 BMW Sauber 0
09 RBR-Renault 0
10 Ferrari 0

M53R - 3/29/2009 12:29:10 PM

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And omg, where did you get the results sheet from? These are the results from the F1 official website:

1 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 58 1:34:15.784 1 10
2 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 58 +0.8 secs 2 8
3 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 +2.9 secs 18 6
4 10 Timo Glock Toyota 58 +4.4 secs 19 5
5 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 58 +4.8 secs 10 4
6 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 58 +5.7 secs 5 3
7 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 58 +6.0 secs 13 2
8 11 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 58 +6.2 secs 17 1
9 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 58 +6.3 secs 16
10 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 58 +7.0 secs 9
11 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 58 +7.3 secs 15
12 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 58 +26.6 secs 20
13 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 57 +1 Lap 8
14 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 56 +2 Laps 3
15 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 55 +3 Laps 4
16 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 55 +3 Laps 7
Ret 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 45 +13 Laps 6
Ret 8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 24 Spin 14
Ret 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 17 Accident 11
Ret 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 0 Accident damage 12

Both BMWs had accidents in the race, Kubica was 3rd overtaking the 2nd when their cars touched and he ended up with car damage. You Toyota fanboys are unreal!

abcd - 3/29/2009 5:27:14 PM

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So who's chief designer of Toyota F1 car, he is responsible for this suposed "cheating", racing team hasn't many in common with Toyota Motor Company except sponsorship. In present times F1 is for MOST (not all) automakes only marketing and nothing more, it' not only Toyota, for example suposed "Mercedes" engines in F1 haven't much in common with automaker Mercedes, except financing:

"Although Mercedes is stamped on the engine covers, they are in fact manufactured in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England by Ilmor Engineering Limited. Who are the gray men from Brixworth? Ewan Tytler tells their story"

http://atlasf1.autosport.com/2001/jan03/tytler.html