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brudgon wrote:FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA 2013
practice1
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:25.565 24
2 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:25.600 0.035 25
3 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:25.704 0.139 25

Lewis Hamilton leads opening Monza practice :
Lewis Hamilton topped the opening free practice session for the Italian Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver, running a revised low-downforce package after the team was disappointed with its form at Spa two weeks ago, was the last of the leading drivers to start setting flying laps. He knocked Ferrari's Alonso from top spot by 0.298 seconds five minutes before the one-hour mark.
Alonso looked set to reclaim top spot three minutes later, setting the fastest times in both the first and second sector, only to run a little wide at the exit of the Parabolica, kicking up dust, and end up 35-thousandths of a second slower. Hamilton's 13th lap suggested he would have been able to go quicker again even if Alonso improved, going fastest in both the first and second sectors before backing off in the final part of the lap and not improving his time. The first half-hour of the session was predictably quiet, with only four drivers setting lap times and Sergio Perez heading Jenson Button at the top of the timesheets by over a second.
During this early running, Button's car developed a problem with the DRS not shutting as quickly as expected, triggering a stewards' investigation into unauthorised use of the device. McLaren fixed the problem and the 2009 world champion later returned to the track to end up seventh fastest. With all drivers running the orange-banded Pirelli hard compound rubber, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel knocked Perez out of top spot just before the halfway point of the 90-minute session. He was eventually relegated to third by Hamilton, Alonso and Nico Rosberg, the second Mercedes driver improving to third relatively late in the session. Kimi Raikkonen ended the session fifth fastest driving the new long-wheelbase specification Lotus E21, believed to be around 100mm longer than the previous car, for the first time. Team-mate Romain Grosjean drove the regular version of the car to allow the team to back-to-back the two. He ended the morning 12th. Force India's new third driver, James Calado, made his grand prix session debut after previously testing for the Silverstone squad. He completed 24 laps, ending up within half-a-second of team-mate Paul di Resta's pace and will now turn his attention to GP2 action for the rest of the weekend. Both Caterham and Marussia also ran their reserve drivers. Caterham's Heikki Kovalainen was the faster of the two, while Rodolfo Gonzalez was the first driver to complete a flying lap to top the times after 21 minutes but ended the session slowest. As is typical for Monza, numerous drivers were forced to short-cut chicanes after a mistake, with Williams driver Pastor Maldonado having the most dramatic moment when he bounced through the gravel at Ascari. The top 14 cars were all within nine tenths of a second of each other.

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA 2013
practice1
1 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:25.565 24
2 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:25.600 0.035 25
3 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:25.704 0.139 25
4 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:25.753 0.188 26
5 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:25.941 0.376 22
6 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.007 0.442 24
7 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.035 0.470 23
8 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:26.103 0.538 27
9 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:26.149 0.584 21
10 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:26.155 0.590 25
11 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:26.194 0.629 25
12 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:26.295 0.730 23
13 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:26.387 0.822 21
14 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:26.449 0.884 16
15 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:26.594 1.029 13
16 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:26.802 1.237 21
17 15 James Calado Force India-Mercedes 1:27.041 1.476 24
18 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.224 1.659 16
19 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:27.818 2.253 24
20 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:27.869 2.304 20
21 21 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:28.192 2.627 21
22 22 Rodolfo Gonzalez Marussia-Cosworth 1:29.526 3.961 26

The Italian Grand Prix(12th round of the 2013 Formula 1 World Championship) - Autodromo di Monza
6/7/8 September 2013
Monza is a legendary race track for F1 fans. It was built more than ninety years ago at the park of the Royal Villa in Monza and is Europe's oldest permanent circuit still in use. The first Grand Prix was held here in 1922. After the start of the F1 world championship (1950), the Italian Grand Prix has been always raced at Monza (except in 1980, when it was held at Imola) and Monza has hosted more Grand Prix than any other circuit. Monza race track is the fastest circuit on the F1 calendar with an average speed of around 250 km/h in qualifying and demands the development of a special aerodynamic setup, reducing the drag with a very low downforce package in order to attain top speeds of around 340 km/h. In this way with less downforce, corners such as the two Lesmos curves and the famous Parabolica: a long and open corner that generates big lateral forces, remain a challenging for pilots. The cars spend 75 percent of the lap at full throttle. Monza is also an enormous challenge for engines and brakes. At the first chicane, the cars brake from 340kph to 80kph in just 150 metres. Thanks to its special characteristics, the circuit of Monza could be the most difficult track for the Red Bull. Pirelli’s tyre compounds for the Italian Grand Prix are: medium (white stripe) and hard (orange stripe). The same combination as seen at Spa Franchorchamps 2 weeks ago. Two drs zones: the first on the start-finish straight while the second zone will be on the straight that runs between the trees before a fast chicane called the Variante Ascari, a left-right-left combination taken at high speed. Winners, Podium and pole position (last 3 editions)
2010: 1° Alonso – Ferrari (2° Button and 3°Massa) – fastest lap: Alonso – pole: Alonso, time 1m 21.962
2011: 1° Vettel – Red Bull (2° Button and 3° Alonso) – fastest lap: Hamilton – pole: Vettel, time 1m 22.275
2012: 1° Hamilton – Mc Laren (2° Perez and 3° Alonso) – fastest lap: Rosberg – pole: Hamilton 1m 24.010
Wins for current pilots: Alonso 2 wins (2007-2010) – Vettel 2 wins (2008-2011)Hamilton one win(2012)
Podiums at Monza: Alonso(5 times) – Button(4) – Raikkonen (3) – Vettel and Hamilton(2) – Perez and Massa(1)
Pole position: Hamilton, Vettel and Alonso (2) – Raikkonen 1. (In Italy, Webber no win no podium and no pole)
Stats on this season after 11 races.
Wins: Vettel(5 times) Alonso and Rosberg(2); Raikkonen and Hamilton (1)
Podium: Vettel(8); Raikkonen and Alonso(6); Hamilton(5); Webber(3); Rosberg and Grosjean(2); Massa(1).
Pole position: Hamilton(5 times) Vettel, and Rosberg (3)

Today in Monza paddocks the calendar for next season has been announced.
The 2014 F1 World Championship will begin in Australia on March 16 and will
end in Brazil on November 30 (Italian GP will be on September 7).
Austria and Mexico will return to organize a race and Russia will make its debut
on new Sochi circuit.
This temporary document will be submitted to Fia council on September 26.

05/09/1965 david brabham former australian f1 driver
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28/08/1989 valtteri bottas finnish f1 driver
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brudgon wrote:1 Sebastian Vettel German Red Bull Racing-Renault 197
2 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 151

46 points... I am afraid we already know who will win chamionships in 2013 :/ (afraid because I expected emotions to the last race)

I would like to Thank 2 people here on this Topic ... namely... brudgon & oberon for there contribution ( posting the results ) during my absence when i was at the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit for the F1 !!!

Weldone Guys

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

27/08/1959 gerhard berger former austrian f1 driver
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27/08/1976 mark webber australian f1 driver
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FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA 2013
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Fri 06 September 2013
Practice 1 10:00 - 11:30
Practice 2 14:00 - 15:30
Sat 07 September 2013
Practice 3 11:00 - 12:00
Qualifying 14:00
Sun 08 September 2013
Race 14:00

f1 constructors standings
1 Red Bull Racing-Renault 312
2 Mercedes 235
3 Ferrari 218
4 Lotus-Renault 187
5 McLaren-Mercedes 65
6 Force India-Mercedes 61
7 STR-Ferrari 25
8 Sauber-Ferrari 7
9 Williams-Renault 1
10 Marussia-Cosworth 0
11 Caterham-Renault 0

f1 drivers standings
1 Sebastian Vettel German Red Bull Racing-Renault 197
2 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 151
3 Lewis Hamilton British Mercedes 139
4 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Lotus-Renault 134
5 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull Racing-Renault 115
6 Nico Rosberg German Mercedes 96
7 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 67
8 Romain Grosjean French Lotus-Renault 53
9 Jenson Button British McLaren-Mercedes 47
10 Paul di Resta British Force India-Mercedes 36
11 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Mercedes 25
12 Sergio Perez Mexican McLaren-Mercedes 18
13 Jean-Eric Vergne French STR-Ferrari 13
14 Daniel Ricciardo Australian STR-Ferrari 12
15 Nico Hulkenberg German Sauber-Ferrari 7
16 Pastor Maldonado Venezuelan Williams-Renault 1
17 Valtteri Bottas Finnish Williams-Renault 0
18 Esteban Gutierrez Mexican Sauber-Ferrari 0
19 Jules Bianchi French Marussia-Cosworth 0
20 Charles Pic French Caterham-Renault 0
21 Giedo van der Garde Dutch Caterham-Renault 0
22 Max Chilton British Marussia-Cosworth 0

Spa Franchorchamps –The race:
Vettel has controlled the race from the start to the finish
Alonso from ninth on the grid to second under the chequered flag
Pole man Hamilton completed the podium in third position.
Fifth wins for Vettel in 2013 and his second career victory at Spa(2011 and 2013)

1; Sebastian Vettel; Red Bull Racing-Renault;
2; Fernando Alonso; Ferrari; +16.8 secs;
3; Lewis Hamilton; Mercedes; +27.7 secs;
4; Nico Rosberg; Mercedes; +29.8 secs;
5; Mark Webber; Red Bull Racing-Renault; +33.8 secs; ;
6; Jenson Button; McLaren-Mercedes; +40.7 secs; ;
7; Felipe Massa; Ferrari; +53.9 secs;
8; Romain Grosjean; Lotus-Renault; +55.8 secs;
9; Adrian Sutil; Force India-Mercedes; +69.5 secs;
10 ; Daniel Ricciardo; STR-Ferrari; +73.4 secs;
11; Sergio Perez; McLaren-Mercedes; +81.9 secs;
12; Jean-Eric Vergne; STR-Ferrari; +86.7 secs;
13; Nico Hulkenberg; Sauber-Ferrari; +88.2 secs;
14; Esteban Gutierrez; Sauber-Ferrari; +100.6 secs;
15; Valtteri Bottas; Williams-Renault; + 107.4 secs;
16; Giedo van der Garde; Caterham-Renault; +1 Lap;
17; Pastor Maldonado; Williams-Renault; +1 Lap;
18; Jules Bianchi; Marussia-Cosworth; +1 Lap;
19; Max Chilton; Marussia-Cosworth; +2 Laps;
Ret ; Paul di Resta; Force India-Mercedes; +18 Laps;
Ret ; Kimi Räikkönen; Lotus-Renault; +19 Laps;
Ret ; Charles Pic; Caterham-Renault; +36 Laps;

Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull (1m 50.756s) at lap 40
Pitstop Kimi Raikkonen: retired
Bat. 2 Teams : Jenson Button> Paul di Resta(retired)
Grid Position Felipe Massa: 7th place

Crazy qualifying at Spa in continuously changing weather conditions
q1 rain and intermediate tyres
q2 dry and medium tyre(slick)
q3 again rain and Hamilton has taken a sensational pole position, Vettel 2nd and Webber in 3rd place after a thrilling qualifying session.
fourth position for Rosberg - A battle between Mercedes and Red Bull.
Romain Grosjean and Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus will line up in the 4th row
Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa of Ferrari will line up in the 5th row
Lewis Hamilton has taken his fourth consecutive pole position.

Spa - Qualifying – Results
1.; Lewis Hamilton; Mercedes-Mercedes; 2m 01.012s
2.; Sebastian Vettel; Red Bull-Renault; 2m 01.200s
3.; Mark Webber; Red Bull-Renault; 2m 01.325s
4.; Nico Rosberg; Mercedes-Mercedes; 2m 02.251s
5.; Paul di Resta; Force India-Mercedes; 2m 02.332s
6.; Jenson Button; McLaren-Mercedes; 2m 03.075s
7.; Romain Grosjean; Lotus-Renault; 2m 03.081s
8.; Kimi Raikkonen; Lotus-Renault; 2m 03.390s
9.; Fernando Alonso; Ferrari-Ferrari; 2m 03.482s
10.; Felipe Massa; Ferrari-Ferrari; 2m 04.059s
Q2
11.; Nico Hulkenberg; Sauber-Ferrari; 1m 49.088s
12.; Adrian Sutil; Force India-Mercedes; 1m 49.103s
13.; Sergio Perez; McLaren-Mercedes; 1m 49.304s
14.; Giedo van der Garde; Caterham-Renault; 1m 52.036s
15.; Jules Bianchi; Marussia-Cosworth; 1m 52.563s
16.; Max Chilton; Marussia-Cosworth; 1m 52.762s
Q1
17.; Pastor Maldonado; Williams-Renault; 2m 03.072s
18.; Jean-Eric Vergne; Toro Rosso-Ferrari; 2m 03.300s
19.; Daniel Ricciardo; Toro Rosso-Ferrari; 2m 03.317s
20.; Valtteri Bottas; Williams-Renault; 2m 03.432s
21.; Esteban Gutierrez; Sauber-Ferrari; 2m 04.324s
22.; Charles Pic; Caterham-Renault; 2m 07.384s

Qual : 2m 01.012s
Pole : Lewis Hamilton
Team Battle : Fernando Alonso >Felipe Massa
Grid Position Hamilton : 1°st