gotosy Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Vettel wins, raikkonen back in the podium 2nd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Bahrain GP 1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1h35:10.990 2. Raikkonen Lotus-Renault + 3.300 3. Grosjean Lotus-Renault + 10.100 4. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 38.700 5. Rosberg Mercedes + 55.400 6. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 57.500 7. Alonso Ferrari + 57.800 8. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 58.900 9. Massa Ferrari + 1:04.900 10. Schumacher Mercedes + 1:11.400 11. Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 1:12.700 12. Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes + 1:16.500 13. Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1:30.300 14. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1:33.700 15. Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap 16. Petrov Caterham-Renault + 1 lap 17. Kovalainen Caterham-Renault + 1 lap 18. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 1 lap 19. Glock Marussia-Cosworth + 2 laps 20. De la Rosa HRT-Cosworth + 2 laps 21. Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth + 2 laps 22. Senna Williams-Renault + 3 laps Drivers Championship 1. Vettel 53 2. Hamilton 49 3. Webber 48 4. Button 43 5. Alonso 43 6. Rosberg 35 7. Raikkonen 34 8. Grosjean 23 9. Perez 22 10. Di Resta 15 11. Senna 14 12. Kobayashi 9 13. Vergne 4 14. Maldonado 4 15. Hulkenberg 2 16. Schumacher 2 17. Massa 2 18. Ricciardo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted April 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Didn't watch it as I don't think they should be out there, but heard McLaren screwed up Hamilton's pitstops AGAIN. This is becoming a joke! Oz - Clutch and pitstop. 3-10 pts lost Mal - Pitstop 3-10 pts lost Chn - Gearbox 3-10 pts lost Bah - Pitstops. 6-11 pts lost On his consistent performances alone he should be comfortably leading the WDC, but the team continually screw up and have lost him a huge amount of points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulsa Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Bernie Ecclestone Has say, there will have a GP in France in 2013 http://www.lequipe.fr/Formule-1/Actualites/Ecclestone-a-dit-oui/278825 The track will be Paul Ricard (Le Castelet) South of France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westfale Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Bernie Ecclestone Has say, there will have a GP in France in 2013 http://www.lequipe.f...-dit-oui/278825 The track will be Paul Ricard (Le Castelet) South of France Do you like a race in France? I would be very happy if the German GP would be canceled. Today was a very artificial race. No spectators, no atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deawebo Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Rosberg didn't won... But Vettel did it again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulsa Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Do you like a race in France? I would be very happy if the German GP would be canceled. Today was a very artificial race. No spectators, no atmosphere. Since 2008 there wasn't race in France... But it was a popular race. But maybe since some years F1 was artificial.... I hope this race will be a success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted April 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Smuggled footage of Bahrain crackdown Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller takes up the story of the anti-government protest movement in Bahrain, a week after being arrested and deported. http://www.channel4.com/news/smuggled-footage-of-bahrain-crackdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Struggling Ferrari reveal major redesign ... The new Ferrari design makes the rear bodywork, in front of and between the rear wheels, much more tightly waisted than before. It has the benefit of less bodywork obstructing the critical 'coke-bottle' area at the rear, where the bodywork sweeps inwards towards the back of the car. It also moves the exhaust exits further into the centre of the car, abandoning attempts to gain an aerodynamic benefit from blowing them at the area where the rear wheels meet the floor in an attempt to 'seal' the diffuser and increase downforce. All teams have been exploring different exhaust positions in an attempt to recover performance lost to the ban on exhaust-blown diffusers - last year's must-have technology, where teams boosted downforce by blowing exhaust gases along the rear floor of the cars even when the driver was off the throttle. Alonso said the evidence of the first four races, in which cars with very different exhaust designs have been competitive at different times, suggested continuing to chase this area was a waste of time. "It is not important any more which [exhaust] position you choose and how you manage the position," he said, adding: "I think this year we cannot lose even five minutes on this and there are bigger areas on the car we need to improve and we try to do it." Alonso set the third fastest time on the final day of the Mugello test, despite an excursion off track in the morning which broke the car's front wing. He ended up 0.328 seconds slower than pace-setter Romain Grosjean of Lotus. They were split by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel. Grosjean's fastest time was one minute 21.035 seconds - 0.232secs quicker than Vettel. McLaren were the only team not to use their race drivers at the test, preferring to employ test drivers Gary Paffett and Oliver Turvey, instead of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. Red Bull have an upgrade package for the Spanish Grand Prix, but in Mugello were focusing on set-up work with an aim to better understand the 2012 Pirelli tyres. Lotus also focused on tyre assessment, as well as trying out some aerodynamic and suspension changes to the car. Grosjean's time was set in the afternoon, when conditions were windier than the morning, when Vettel and Alonso set their fastest laps, although Alonso also got close to his best time later in the day. Lotus were pleased with the performance of the car. Trackside operations director Alan Permane said they were "flying - it's really good to be able to do 21.0 in the windier afternoon". BBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Jacques Villeneuve drives his father Gilles' Ferrari 312 T4 at Fiorano in 2012 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of his death http://www.gpupdate....-father-gilles/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Hamilton takes the pole for the spanish GP surprising Maldonado 2nd, Alonso 3rd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Spain GP Qualifying 1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m21.707s 2. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m22.285s + 0.578 3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m22.302s + 0.595 4. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m22.424s + 0.717 5. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m22.487s + 0.780 6. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m22.533s + 0.826 7. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m23.005s + 1.298 8. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault No time 9. Michael Schumacher Mercedes No time 10. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari No time 11. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m22.944s + 0.839 12. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m22.977s + 0.872 13. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m23.125s + 1.020 14. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m23.177s + 1.072 15. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m23.265s + 1.160 16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m23.442s + 1.337 17. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m23.444s + 1.339 18. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m24.981s + 2.398 19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m25.277s + 2.694 20. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m25.507s + 2.924 21. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m26.582s + 3.999 22. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.032s + 4.449 23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m27.555s + 4.972 24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m31.122s + 8.539 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted May 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Fourth race on the spin McLaren have completely fucked up Hamilton's race. How can you underfuel a car in qualifying? I've got a pocket calculator, I'll take the job of whoever was meant to work that one out. And 0.5 a second quicker than the rest, they didn't even need to get close to the margins with his fuel! Complete incompetence from McLaren. Again. However, the FIA penalty is also ridiculous, given that only Q3 was affected. A 5-10 place grid penalty would've been fair, not exclusion from qualifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 What Mclaren is doing? It must be very frustrated for Hamilton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 Spain GP results 1. Maldonado Williams-Renault 1h39:09.145 2. Alonso Ferrari + 3.195 3. Raikkonen Lotus-Renault + 3.884 4. Grosjean Lotus-Renault + 14.799 5. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1:14.641 6. Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 1:17.576 7. Rosberg Mercedes + 1:27.919 8. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 1:28.100 9. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 1:25.200 10. Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes + 1 lap 11. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 1 lap 12. Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap 13. Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap 14. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1 lap 15. Massa Ferrari + 1 lap 16. Kovalainen Caterham-Renault + 1 lap 17. Petrov Caterham-Renault + 1 lap 18. Glock Marussia-Cosworth + 2 laps 19. De la Rosa HRT-Cosworth + 3 laps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 Major fire breaks out in Williams garage after Spanish Grand Prix The Circuit de Catalunya pitlane had to be evacuated following the Spanish Grand Prix after a big fire broke out in the Williams garage. The fire is initially believed to have been caused by an explosion in the area behind where the cars are worked on. The pitlane was evacuated and firefighters and ambulances arrived at the scene. It is currently unclear whether there are any injuries. Williams was still celebrating its first victory since the 2004 season, achieved by Pastor Maldonado moments earlier. Force India's Otmar Szafnauer told Sky that one of his team's mechanics had been taken to the medical centre for smoking inhalation. Williams said one of its mechanics was also in the medical centre, but was unsure about the injuries if any. http://www.autosport...rt.php/id/99589 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Lotus rule out Raikkonen rally return Lotus team principal Eric Boullier has dismissed any notion of Kimi Raikkonen making a one-off return to rallying. Raikkonen quit Formula One at the end of 2009 and spent two years fulfilling an ambition by competing in the World Rally Championship, albeit with limited success. That resulted in the 2007 world champion returning to F1 this season, signing up with Lotus in tandem with Romain Grosjean. Raikkonen, however, recently remarked he would love to take part in his home rally in Finland one more time. However, Boullier said: "There was a journalist who asked him if he loves rally - yes. Would you love to do rally again? - yes. Would you love to do your home rally? - yes. There was nothing else, but contractually he cannot do it. End of story." Notably, Lotus - known as Renault last year - allowed Robert Kubica to compete in a rally event prior to the start of the campaign. The Pole, however, was involved in a horrendous accident which resulted in him requiring several operations, and it is almost certain he will never return to F1 again. Recalling that, Boullier added: "Obviously there is a trauma here after 2011. "But we can't have a contract with the drivers that has a clause that allows them to take any risk because they are so valuable to the team. "So, rallying, skiing, whatever you want. It is not allowed." UKPA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Monaco Schumacher was fatest but will rue penalty for his shunt into Senna in Spain Webber earns the pole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Monaco Grand Prix qualifying 2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m14.381s 3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m14.448s 4. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m14.583s 5. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m14.639s 6. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m14.948s 1. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m14.301s (5 place penalty) 7. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m15.049s 8. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m15.199s 10. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault no time 11. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m15.421s + 0.510 12. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m15.508s + 0.597 13. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m15.536s + 0.625 14. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m15.709s + 0.798 15. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m15.718s + 0.807 16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m15.878s + 0.967 17. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m16.885s + 1.974 18. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m16.538s + 1.120 9. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m15.245s (10 place penalty) 19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m17.404s + 1.986 20. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m17.947s + 2.529 21. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m18.096s + 2.678 22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m18.476s + 3.058 23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m19.310s + 3.892 24. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari no time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Webber wins, Rosberg 2nd, alonso 3rd Bit boring race Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Monaco GP 1. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1h46:06.557 2. Rosberg Mercedes + 0.643 3. Alonso Ferrari + 0.947 4. Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 1.343 5. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 4.101 6. Massa Ferrari + 6.195 7. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 41.537 8. Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes + 42.562 9. Raikkonen Lotus-Renault + 44.036 10. Senna Williams-Renault + 44.516 11. Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 1 lap 12. Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap 13. Kovalainen Caterham-Renault + 1 lap 14. Glock Marussia-Cosworth + 1 lap 15. Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth + 2 laps Drivers Championship 1. Alonso 76 2. Vettel 73 3. Webber 73 4. Hamilton 63 5. Rosberg 59 6. Raikkonen 51 7. Button 45 8. Grosjean 35 9. Maldonado 29 10. Perez 22 11. Di Resta 21 12. Kobayashi 19 13. Senna 15 14. Massa 10 15. Hulkenberg 7 16. Vergne 4 17. Schumacher 2 18. Ricciardo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 Canada gp qualifying 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m13.784s 2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m14.087s + 0.303 3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m14.151s + 0.367 4. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m14.346s + 0.562 5. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m14.411s + 0.627 6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m14.465s + 0.681 7. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m14.645s + 0.861 8. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m14.705s + 0.921 9. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m14.812s + 1.028 10. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m15.182s + 1.398 11. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m14.688s + 0.501 12. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m14.734s + 0.547 13. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m14.748s + 0.561 14. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m15.078s + 0.891 15. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m15.156s + 0.969 16. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m15.170s + 0.983 17. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m15.231s + 1.044 18. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m16.263s + 1.602 19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m16.482s + 1.821 20. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m16.602s + 1.941 21. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m17.492s + 2.831 22. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m17.901s + 3.240 23. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m18.255s + 3.594 24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m18.330s + 3.669 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 Hamilton the seventh winner in 7 races Canada GP 1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1h32:29.586 2. Grosjean Lotus-Renault + 2.513 3. Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 5.260 4. Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 7.295 5. Alonso Ferrari + 13.411 6. Rosberg Mercedes + 13.842 7. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 15.085 8. Raikkonen Lotus-Renault + 15.567 9. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 24.432 10. Massa Ferrari + 25.272 11. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 37.693 12. Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes + 46.236 13. Maldonado Williams-Renault + 47.052 14. Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1:04.475 15. Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap 16. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 1 lap 17. Senna Williams-Renault + 1 lap 18. Kovalainen Caterham-Renault + 1 lap 19. Petrov Caterham-Renault + 1 lap 20. Pic Marussia-Cosworth + 2 laps Drivers Chamionship 1. Hamilton 88 2. Alonso 86 3. Vettel 85 4. Webber 79 5. Rosberg 67 6. Raikkonen 55 7. Grosjean 53 8. Button 45 9. Perez 37 10. Maldonado 29 11. Kobayashi 21 12. Di Resta 21 13. Senna 15 14. Massa 11 15. Hulkenberg 7 16. Vergne 4 17. Schumacher 2 18. Ricciardo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted June 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 So pleased for Lewis! He's deserved this the way he's driven this season. And nice of Red Bull and Ferrari to let him get two nice (but easy) overtakes in as well - the win wouldn't have been quite the same had they pitted at the right time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Valencia Vettel takes pole 2. Hamilton 3. Maldonado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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