Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion

Nasif Moisés Estéfano
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Born : 18th November 1932 - Died : 21st October 1973

i think world f1 champion will decide at the last race in brasil.....but also the f1 game

The result of the qualifying :

1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:35.657 -
2. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:35.766 + 0.109
3. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:36.174 + 0.517
4. Romain Grosjean : Lotus : 1:36.587 + 0.930
5. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : 1:36.708 + 1.051
6. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:36.794 + 1.137
7. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:36.937 + 1.280
8. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 1:37.141 + 1.484
9. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:37.300 + 1.643
10. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:37.842 + 2.185

Q2
11. Bruno Senna : Williams : 1:37.604 + 1.947
12. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:37.616 + 1.959
13. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:37.665 + 2.008
14. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 1:37.879 + 2.222
15. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:38.206 + 2.549
16. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:38.437 + 2.780
17. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:38.501 + 2.844

Q1
18. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : 1:39.114 -
19. Timo Glock Marussia : F1 Team : 1:40.056 + 4.399
20. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team : 1:40.664 + 5.007
21. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : 1:40.809 + 5.152
22. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : 1:41.166 + 5.509
23. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team : 1:42.011 + 6.354
24. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT F1 Team : 1:42.740 + 7.083

Grosjean wil get a 5 place gridpenalty because of changing gearbox , this means that Alonso wil start on the 8th place !


my hope for tomorrow ....is that Hamilton wil win the race ,otherwise it will be a loss for Alonso

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

The result of the 3rd practice session that has just ended :

1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:36.490 -
2. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:36.748 + 0.258
3. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:37.001 + 0.511
4. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:37.180 + 0.690
5. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:37.247 + 0.757
6. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:37.262 + 0.772
7. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:37.298 + 0.808
8. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:37.415 + 0.925
9. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 1:37.495 + 1.005
10. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:37.538 + 1.048
11. Bruno Senna : Williams : 1:37.569 + 1.079
12. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:37.760 + 1.270
13. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : 1:37.765 + 1.275
14. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:37.953 + 1.463
15. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : 1:38.547 + 2.057
16. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:38.653 + 2.163
17. Romain Grosjean : Lotus : 1:38.753 + 2.263
18. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 1:39.689 + 3.199
19. Timo Glock : Marussia F1 Team : 1:40.407 + 3.917
20. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : 1:40.753 + 4.263
21. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : 1:41.011 + 4.521
22. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team : 1:41.466 + 4.976
23. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team : 1:43.563 + 7.073
24. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT F1 Team : 1:44.043 + 7.553

Comment of the session :
Sebastian Vettel goes into United States Grand Prix qualifying as a strong pole favourite after completing a clean sweep of fastest practice times on Saturday morning at Austin. As had been the case in both Friday sessions, when Vettel unleashed the Red Bull's pace, he blasted the rest of the field away, although Lewis Hamilton eventually narrowed the gap to 0.258 seconds. The Red Bull's ability to get its tyres working in the chilly morning temperatures appeared to be key. Many drivers found that they could not generate any tyre temperature in time when they moved onto the medium Pirellis in the final minutes.
Vettel was a spectacular exception, as he swiftly delivered a 1m36.490s.
Others needed several more laps to improve on their hard tyre times, with Hamilton finally making it to a 1m36.748s. The McLarens had been first and second on hard tyre pace earlier in the session.
Pastor Maldonado fared better than many with the tyres and got his Williams to second for a spell before Hamilton slipped ahead. Fernando Alonso's first medium tyre run saw his Ferrari slew wildly off the road at Turn 19. He eventually got to fourth, with team-mate Felipe Massa behind Nico Rosberg's Mercedes in sixth.
Mark Webber, Sergio Perez, Nico Hulkenberg and Jenson Button completed the top 10. Two drivers ended the session on the sidelines. Jean-Eric Vergne parked his Toro Rosso trackside with broken suspension, while compatriot Romain Grosjean got no mileage on the medium tyres as a gearbox issue kept his Lotus in the garage. After Friday's clash between Vergne and Heikki Kovalainen, drivers continued to trip over each other during practice three. Michael Schumacher and Massa had a near miss at the penultimate corner, and Perez and Charles Pic made contact at Turn 7 as the Sauber tried to dive past the Marussia, which was shoved into a spin.

Later on today : 19.00u CET the qualification

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

And here are the times of the 2nd session that just ended :

1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:37.718 -
2. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:38.475 + 0.757
3. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:38.483 + 0.765
4. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:38.748 + 1.030
5. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:38.786 + 1.068
6. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:39.029 + 1.311
7. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:39.448 + 1.730
8. Bruno Senna : Williams : 1:39.531 + 1.813
9. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:39.653 + 1.935
10. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:40.115 + 2.397
11. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : 1:40.166 + 2.448
12. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:40.230 + 2.512
13. Romain Grosjean : Lotus : 1:40.286 + 2.568
14. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:40.326 + 2.608
15. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : 1:40.435 + 2.717
16. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 1:40.516 + 2.798
17. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 1:40.700 + 2.982
18. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:41.430 + 3.712
19. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : 1:42.476 + 4.758
20. Timo Glock : Marussia F1 Team : 1:42.652 + 4.934
21. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : 1:42.846 + 5.128
22. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team : 1:43.538 + 5.820
23. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team : 1:44.453 + 6.735
24. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT F1 Team : 1:45.114 + 7.396


Comment of this session :
Sebastian Vettel blitzed the field once again in second practice for Formula 1's United States return at Austin, despite sitting out the majority of the session with a water leak on his Red Bull.
The world champion had to park in the garage after just three laps at the start of the afternoon when the team detected the water system fault. Vettel would not reappear for almost an hour, but when he did, he left his rivals in no doubt whatsoever about his pace this weekend as a 1m37.718s lap on his second medium-tyre run put him 0.757 seconds clear of the pack. Even during Vettel's absence, Red Bull had been in front for most of the session thanks to Mark Webber. The Australian had produced a 1m39.485s on hard tyres just after the half-hour mark to depose early pacesetter Nico Rosberg's Mercedes, and then found another two tenths next time round. Felipe Massa enjoyed a seven-minute spell in first place when he delivered a 1m39.106s, but soon after Webber switched to the softer Pirellis and regained the top spot. Webber's first medium-tyre effort was a 1m38.958s, and he swiftly improved to 1m38.475s - although that was firmly eclipsed by Vettel's pace when the German was back in action. There was some cause for optimism for Vettel's title rival Fernando Alonso's Ferrari team. Alonso took third, just 0.008s down on Webber, and Massa had at least ended up quickest in the 'hard tyre' segment of the session. The McLarens completed the top five, Lewis Hamilton escaping a Turn 13 spin to pip team-mate Jenson Button. Sometime pacesetters Massa and Rosberg ended up sixth and seventh. Bruno Senna was top Williams driver in eighth, while his team-mate Pastor Maldonado suffered an apparent engine problem in the closing seconds. Kamui Kobayashi lost a lot of track time to an exhaust problem before taking his Sauber to ninth ahead of Michael Schumacher's Mercedes.
The Lotus duo were just outside the top 10. Romain Grosjean tested the limits of the dramatic Turn 1 with a quick spin late on, emulating an earlier error by Caterham driver Vitaly Petrov.
The other Caterham also had an incident. Heikki Kovalainen had to nurse his car around a full lap with a puncture following a light brush with Jean-Eric Vergne's Toro Rosso, which sustained front wing damage in the tangle. At the tail of the field, the troubled HRT team did not leave the garage for the first half of the session and completed significantly less mileage than most of the pack.

Tomorrow ( saturday ) at 16.00u CET wil be the3rd practice session ,with at 19.00u CET the qualifying

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

36 minutes to go in this session , Vettel is preparing again for getting in the car !
Felipe Massa at the moment on 1st place !

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Vettel in the box and out of the car !
Car has a problem with a waterleak !!!
They are a bit worried at the moment at Red Bull !!!

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Here are the times of the 1st practice session :

1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:38.125 -
2. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:39.543 + 1.418
3. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:40.337 + 2.212
4. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:40.528 + 2.403
5. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:40.650 + 2.525
6. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:40.966 + 2.841
7. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 1:41.023 + 2.898
8. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:41.036 + 2.911
9. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:41.159 + 3.034
10. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:41.473 + 3.348
11. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:41.783 + 3.658
12. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : 1:41.825 + 3.700
13. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 1:41.833 + 3.708
14. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : 1:41.880 + 3.755
15. Romain Grosjean : Lotus : 1:41.998 + 3.873
16. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:42.539 + 4.414
17. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:42.588 + 4.463
18. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team : 1:43.288 + 5.163
19. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : 1:43.443 + 5.318
20. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : 1:43.522 + 5.397
21. Timo Glock : Marussia F1 Team : 1:44.464 + 6.339
22. Bruno Senna : Williams : 1:44.548 + 6.423
23. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team : 1:46.917 + 8.792
24. Qing Hua Ma : HRT F1 Team : 1:48.559 + 10.434

Comment of this session :
Sebastian Vettel led the way for Red Bull in the opening practice session for the United States Grand Prix at the brand new Austin circuit on Friday. Lewis Hamilton ended up second for McLaren, over a second down on Vettel, with Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button and Mark Webber rounding out the top five.
Positions and times are likely to prove irrelevant however as the very green circuit continues to rubber-in - and teams and drivers continue to acclimatise - as the weekend progresses. The honour of christening the circuit fell to Abu Dhabi Grand Prix winner Kimi Raikkonen, who led a host of drivers out on early, and very tentative, exploratory laps. Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi meanwhile completed the first flying lap, a very modest 1m54.846s.
That benchmark fell rapidly: next time around he was already more than six seconds faster, while within a quarter of an hour Webber had moved it on by a full 11 seconds, dropping down to a 1m43.672s.
Still though the track was treacherous, with a litany of small offs and rear wheel drifts punctuating the action.
The trend continued even when championship rivals Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso and the two McLarens of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button entered the fray in earnest around the one hour mark.
Of the quartet it was Alonso who was up to speed fastest, the Ferrari man lowering the benchmark to a 1m42.538s. Hamilton was quickly up to speed however, becoming the first man to drop into the 1m40s at the session's halfway mark. At the same time Nico Hulkenberg enjoyed the dubious honour of becoming the first man to spin at Austin, losing the rear of his Force India as he crested the blind Turn 1 apex. Sergio Perez also had a wild moment as his rear broke traction coming into the pits, although he was able to save the slide.
Alonso and Hamilton swapped top spot again as the session wore on, with the Briton pushing hard enough to run wide at T19. He was not alone however: Vettel, Felipe Massa and a litany of other drivers fell foul of the quick left-hander across the session. Heading into the final 15 minutes Hamilton suddenly surged clear, a blistering 1m39.687s - from which he then shaved a further 0.1s – moving him over half a second clear of the field. It appeared that would be enough to keep him top, but with three minutes to go championship leader Vettel celebrated the opening of his 100th grand prix by seizing control. The German had already proved mighty in the first sector, but was able to improve massively in the second and third splits as he blitzed the field with a 1m38.125s set as the flag fell. No-one else had either the time to muster an answer, leaving Vettel comfortably clear of the chasing pack. Felipe Massa claimed sixth as the flag fell, ahead of Nico Hulkenberg, Kamui Kobayashi and Nico Rosberg, running a non-coanda effect exhaust layout for comparative purposes.
Perez rounded out the top 10 ahead of the second Force India of Paul di Resta, Toro Rosso pair Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne and Raikkonen, who had to be wheeled down the pitlane as the session finished. Pastor Maldonado finished as the fastest Williams in 16th, while Marussia's Charles Pic claimed the 'best of the rest' tag in 18th ahead of Caterham's Heikki Kovalainen.

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Shaky-Schumi

Christian Horner 16th November 1973
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Happy Birthday to your 39th anniversary

Short News :

Vettel becomes Champion this weekend if :
- He claimes victory ( 1st place ) & Alonso not finsih at the top 4 ( with 1st 4th )
- He becomes 2nd & Alonso ends up not at the top 8 ( with the 1st 8th )
- He becomes 3rd & Alonso ends not the top 10 ( with the 1st 10 )


In all other cases, the title race will be decided at the last race in Brazil. That would depend on the outcome of this weekend in Austin . So it could/might be that we can see a thriller in the last race !

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

f1 news
The Grand Prix this Sunday in Austin will be an important event in the career of Sebastian Vettel not only because he is playing the third consecutive World Title. In fact, the Red Bull driver will compete in the 100 ° GP during his dazzling athletic activities in Formula 1, with the aim of celebrating in the best way this milestone prestige.

Circuit of the Americas – Austin(Texas) – 1° edition
The statistic of this season after 18 races
wins: Vettel(5) Alonso and Hamilton (3)Webber and Button (2), Rosberg, Maldonado and Raikkonen (1)
2°place: Alonso(4) Raikkonen and Button (3); Vettel and Perez (2), Rosberg, Grosjean, Webber and Massa(1)
3°place: Alonso(4) Raikkonen and Hamilton(3) Grosjean and Vettel (2), Schumacher, Perez, Kobayashi and Webber (1)
pole: Hamilton(6) Vettel (5); Alonso and Webber (2), Rosberg, Maldonado and Button (1)
fastest lap: Vettel(5); Raikkonen, Rosberg and Button (2) Kobayashi, Grosjean, Perez, Schumacher Senna, Hulkenberg and Webber (1)
After five years, the Formula 1 championship returns in USA on the new Austin circuit. The track looks quite good with many ups and downs. The first corner is a steep uphill left hander, following by a sequence of fast turns, similar at the Maggots Becketts Chapel complex (Silverstone) or Esses(Suzuka). For sure the first half of the track is the most interesting. Then there is the usually long straight(only one) that begins and ends with slow corners, while in the last sector(the slowest) there are the curves 16 -17 and 18: a long multi-apex right hander. The driving direction is anticlockwise and at the beginning of the weekend, the track will be very slippery. Only a single DRS zone on the longest straight. The tyre compounds will be silver hard(prime) and white medium(option). A very conservative choice, perhaps too, used only on circuits with a high tyre wear or probably the Pirelli engineers have done a prudent choice because the track is completely new.
In the past, many circuits(Indianapolis Watkins Glen, Long Beach, Las Vegas Detroit, Dallas, Phoenix and others) have hosted Formula One in USA. The circuit of Las Vegas, built in the Caesar Palace hotel parking, is probably one of the worst in the history of formula 1. Not good even Phoenix, Dallas and Detroit(all, street circuits); instead a bit better, Long Beach. For me, the best track in USA was Watkins Glen. A fast circuit but perhaps also too dangerous. On this track Francois Cevert won his one and only Gran Prix(1971), but tragically, it was also the place where two years later, the young Frenchman would lose his life in qualifying. Cevert was a good driver, one of the best French pilots of all time. In 1973 finished second, six times, often behind his teammate and first driver in Tyrrell, Jacky Stewart. After the fatal accident of his teammate, the Scottish, three time world champion, announced his decision not to compete at Watkins Glen and he retired forever from the races. Just a few months before had died in Zandvoort, another pilot Roger Williamson. Was his second Grand Prix. His friend David Purley stops and desperately tries to save him from the flames, but he can’t and no one helps him. A black day in the history of F1.

A litle reminder for this weekend : The Grand Prix of America :

Friday :
1st practice session : 16.00u - 17.30u ( CET )
2nd practice session : 20.00u - 21.30u ( CET )

Saturday :
3rd practice session : 16.00u - 17.00u ( CET )
Qualification : 19.00u - 20.00u 5 ( CET )

Sunday :
Race : 20.00u ( CET )

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Shaky-Schumi

10/11/1965 happy birthday to eddie irvine former ferrari driver
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