FORMULA ONE 2009: THREE WEEKS COUNTDOWN (PART 1)

I'm not sure if there are many Formula One fans out that but I'm pretty sure that Tiuniasing is one of them. The 60th Formula One (2009) season will begins in three weeks time with its first race in Melbourne, Australia on the 29 March.

Now, I am sure that not many know about the new starting line up for this season. There is some technical changes, driver changes and also team changes. For part one, we will deal with the team changes.

Now pay attention to what is going to list down here. It is for you newbies and F1-noob:

VODAFONE McLAREN MERCEDES (McLaren)

Base: Woking, Surrey, UK
Team Principal: Martin Whitmarsh
Chassis and engine: MP4-24, Mercedes FO 108W
Drivers: (1) Lewis Hamilton GBR (2) Heikki Kovalainen FIN

SCUDERIA FERRARI MARLBORO (Ferrari)
Base: Maranello, Italy
Team Principal: Stefano Domenicali
Chassis and engine: F60, Ferrari o56
Drivers: (3) Kimi Raikkonen FIN (4) Felipe Massa BRA

BMW SAUBER F1 TEAM (BMW Sauber)
Base: Hinwil, Switzerland and Munich, Germany
Team Principal: Mario Theissen
Chassis and engine: F1.09, BMW P86/9
Drivers: (5) Robert Kubica POL (6) Nick Heidfeld GER

ING RENAULT F1 TEAM (Renault)
Base: Enstone, Oxfordshire, UK
Team Principal: Flavio Briatore
Chassis and engine: R29, Renault RS27
Drivers: (7) Fernando Alonso ESP (8) Nelson Piquet Jr BRA

PANASONIC TOYOTA RACING (Toyota)
Base: Cologne, Germany
Team Principal: Tadashi Yamashina
Chassis and engine: TF 109, Toyota RVX-09
Drivers: (9) Jarno Trulli ITA (10) Timo Glock GER
SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO (Toro Rosso)
Base: Faenza, Italy
Team Principal: Franz Tost
Chassis and engine: STR 4, Ferrari 056
Drivers: (11) Sebastien Bourdais FRA (12) Sebastien Buemi SUI

RED BULL RACING (Red Bull)
Base: Milton Keynes, UK
Team Principal: Christian Horner
Chassis and engine: RB5, Renault RS27
Drivers: (14) Mark Webber AUS (15) sebastian Vettel GER

AT&T WILLIAMS F1 TEAM (Williams)
Base: Grove, Oxfordshire, UK
Team Principal: Frank Williams, Patrick Head
Chassis and engine: FW31, Toyota RVX-09
Drivers: (16) Nico Rosberg GER (17) Kazuki Nakajima JAP

BRAWN GP F1 TEAM (Brawn)
Base: Brackley, Northamptonshire, UK
Team Principal: Ross Brawn
Chassis and engine: BGP 001, Mercedes FO 108W
Drivers: (18) Jenson Button GBR (19) Rubens Barrichello BRA

FORCE INDIA F1 TEAM (Force India)
Base: Silverstone, Northamptonshire, UK
Team Principal: Vijay Mallya
Chassis and engine: VJM02, Mercedes FO 108W
Drivers: (20) Adrian Sutil GER (21) Giancarlo Fisichella ITA

Now stay tune for the next part where we will deal about the calender and schedule line ups.
Ciao!!