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AS WE PREPARE FOR SINGAPORE, WE TAKE A QUICK LOOK BACK AT THE 2009 EUROPEAN SEASON... In Spain, Bourdais drives over back of Buemi both retire, Button's fourth win, another Brawn 1-2, but Webber and Vettel next best, Diffusergate and ...

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AS WE PREPARE FOR SINGAPORE, WE TAKE A QUICK LOOK BACK AT

THE
2009
EUROPEAN
SEASON...

In Spain, Bourdais drives over back of Buemi both retire, Button's fourth win, another Brawn 1-2, but Webber and Vettel next best, Diffusergate and Lewis Liargate behind us replaced by budget capping bitch slapping, Ferrari grumbling about going elsewhere, lots of new bits on cars, tears over two tier F1, motorhomes are back, Monaco is glam as ever - no cost cutting here, Button makes it five out of six. Kimi smiles in press conference shock, Campos and US F1 confirm 2010 entries, Vettel crashes out, Bourdais takes first point for eighth, Bernie FOTA Max, Father Son and Holy Ghost, Turkey sees Jenson win again, Mark and Seb go second and third, rumours of FOTA teams boycotting race are false, drivers back FOTA, Toyota fits KERS... to its paddock bicycles, McLaren save 20,000 sheets of paper by only distributing its releases electronically - journos tell wives to start buying toilet paper, Turn 8 puts drivers under same G- force as astronauts and plenty of outer space in grandstands as no spectators, Scalextric to enter F1 in 2010, Will Donington building site turn into race track and sign death warrant for Silverstone? Seb and Mark do the one-two at home, Austrian anthem finally played on podium, Jammy Lewis does donut on track, Silverstone concert uses Eddie Jordan on drums to quickly clear crowds, Rumours of Bulgarian GP, Bernie boobs over famous German dictator, Mark wins at last, Seb second, Bye bye Bourdais, Next FIA Pres? Vatanen and Todt the long and the short of it, Backstreet Motors announce plans to enter F1 in 2010, Webber signs up for more Red Bull fizz in 2010, Hamilton takes first win of the year in Budapest so KERS is Kool, Bernie says no more Silverstone then yes more Silverstone, Confused?, Alguersuari dubbed "most dangerous man in F1" as baby driver joins Toro Rosso, poor poor Massa, wheel falls off Alonso's Renault but much worse to come, BMW pull out to go Green, yeah right, Prestige Taxis announce plans to enter F1 in 2010, F1 has first ever summer holiday - kids now know Daddy's name. Still plenty of beach time in sticky Valencia, Renault allowed to race, ticket sales rise, Massa to be replaced by Alonso, Bourdais, Montoya, Davidson, Gene, Bortolotti, Villeneuve, Andretti, Coulthard, but no it's Badoer, as Schumacher is pain in the neck, Grosjean replaces Piquet who is VERY VERY PISSED OFF, Barrichello wins race in his 17th F1 season, Vettel gets short of engines, Force India show signs of improvement, Vettel inks another Bull contract for 2011, De Lorean cars to enter F1 in 2010, Sunshine at Spa, Kimi wins but still too poor to get a haircut, Fisico second from pole for Force India so world stops spinning, Second Ferrari driven by Luca Von Badtoworse, KERS now tres chic and de rigeur, Fisico gets Ferrari call up for Monza, Montezemolo on home turf with shirt collar bigger than Monza rear wing, Vettel gets to watch the action for a change during P1 as he does so few laps, Former Red Bull boy Liuzzi in at Force India, Barrichello takes win number 2 at age equal to two Toro Rosso drivers combined, Crashgate means bye bye Flav and Pat, Hello Team Lotus. Reliant Robin Racing to enter F1 so 28 cars on 2010 grid. As the European season closes, Red Bull Racing is second in the Constructors' and Alguersuari Buemi Vettel and Webber prepare for night racing in Singapore...

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