.:: 2009 Chinese GP Thread ::.

Indeed. The only reason Button only gets the British national anthem once because he drives for a British team too.

Redders1989

At last, FIA did something right for once!!

[QUOTE="mgmeek"]Isn't RBR based in the UK though?Redders1989

Exactly. RBR would be the British nathional anthem, so there was no mess-up.

Aren't Toyota based in Germany, so would that mean they would play the German instead of Japanese anthem?

I do like what Dietrich Mateschitz said 

"I was surprised and I wondered why they played the British anthem," he said. "It was a mistake. This should not happen again. But we will give the FIA some more opportunities to get it right in the future!" 

Source: Autosport.com

Actually, when I think about it, it doesn't quite make sense. Look at the last three cases (from my knowledge) of differences in countries for base country/recognised country:

HUNGARY 2006: Honda (Japan), based in Brackley (United Kingdom) - Japanese National Anthem played.
ITALY 2008: Toro Rosso (Austrian), based in Faenza (Italy) - Italian National Anthem played.
CHINA 2009: Red Bull (Austrian), based in Milton Keynes (United Kingdom) - British National Anthem played.

The Red Bull/Toro Rosso ones were different in comparison to Honda. So which one is right? :?

I would think that the FIA has the anthem that the teams wish to be played when they win. So a Honda/Toyota would make sense to request a Japanese anthem as that is a manufacturer. Red Bull is just a product and international so the teams' HQ anthem makes sense. They couldn't choose just any old anthem, likely have to choose between either the sponsor/manufacturer or the team base of operations.

Man, NASCAR is so much simpler! :P

Man, NASCAR is so much simpler! :P

mgmeek

[QUOTE="mgmeek"]

Man, NASCAR is so much simpler! :P

XSamFisherX

I saw a video clip of that once. Sorry, but their reasons as to why NASCAR is better than F1 is just pure fail.

Actually, when I think about it, it doesn't quite make sense. Look at the last three cases (from my knowledge) of differences in countries for base country/recognised country:

HUNGARY 2006: Honda (Japan), based in Brackley (United Kingdom) - Japanese National Anthem played.
ITALY 2008: Toro Rosso (Austrian), based in Faenza (Italy) - Italian National Anthem played.
CHINA 2009: Red Bull (Austrian), based in Milton Keynes (United Kingdom) - British National Anthem played.

The Red Bull/Toro Rosso ones were different in comparison to Honda. So which one is right? :?

Redders1989

Toro Rosso are Italian, not Austrian, they are different from Red Bull for whatever reason.

The teams are registered as the following nationalities:

McLaren- British
Ferrari- Italian
BMW- German
Renault- French
Toyota- Japanese
Toro Rosso- Italian
Red Bull- Austrian
Williams- British
Force India- Indian
Brawn GP- British

I guess the teams decide their nationality, which explains the Red Bull/Toro Rosso difference. Honda was the correct anthem, Toro Rosso was correct, but Red Bull was incorrect.

[QUOTE="mgmeek"]

Man, NASCAR is so much simpler! :P

XSamFisherX

Why do ya gotta bring up digger? :roll:

I saw a video clip of that once. Sorry, but their reasons as to why NASCAR is better than F1 is just pure fail.

Redders1989

Aw, it was just supposed to be light-hearted, came off a little confrontational though. 

And thanks for clearing that up cjek. :)

[QUOTE="XSamFisherX"][QUOTE="mgmeek"]

Man, NASCAR is so much simpler! :P

mgmeek

Why do ya gotta bring up digger? :roll: