Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion

drivers standings
1 Sebastian Vettel German Red Bull Racing-Renault 255
2 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 245
3 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Lotus-Renault 198
4 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull Racing-Renault 167
5 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 165
6 Jenson Button British McLaren-Mercedes 153
7 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 95
8 Nico Rosberg German Mercedes 93
9 Romain Grosjean French Lotus-Renault 90
10 Sergio Perez Mexican Sauber-Ferrari 66
11 Kamui Kobayashi Japanese Sauber-Ferrari 58
12 Nico Hulkenberg German Force India-Mercedes 49
13 Paul di Resta British Force India-Mercedes 46
14 Pastor Maldonado Venezuelan Williams-Renault 43
15 Michael Schumacher German Mercedes 43
16 Bruno Senna Brazilian Williams-Renault 30
17 Jean-Eric Vergne French STR-Ferrari 12
18 Daniel Ricciardo Australian STR-Ferrari 10
19 Timo Glock German Marussia-Cosworth 0
20 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish Caterham-Renault 0
21 Vitaly Petrov Russian Caterham-Renault 0
22 Jerome D'Ambrosio Belgian Lotus-Renault 0
23 Charles Pic French Marussia-Cosworth 0
24 Narain Karthikeyan Indian HRT-Cosworth 0
25 Pedro de la Rosa Spanish HRT-Cosworth 0

2012 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX
1 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 55 Winner 4 25
2 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 55 +0.8 secs 6 18
3 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 55 +4.1 secs 24 15
4 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 55 +7.7 secs 5 12
5 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 55 +13.0 secs 3 10
6 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 55 +20.0 secs 15 8
7 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 55 +22.8 secs 8 6
8 19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 55 +23.5 secs 14 4
9 11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 55 +24.1 secs 12 2
10 16 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 55 +27.4 secs 16 1
11 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 55 +28.0 secs 13
12 17 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 55 +34.9 secs 17
13 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 55 +47.7 secs 18
14 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 55 +56.4 secs 21
15 15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 55 +56.7 secs 11
16 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 55 +64.5 secs 20
17 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 55 +71.7 secs 22
Ret 25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 41 +14 Laps 19
Ret 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 37 Accident 9
Ret 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 37 Accident 2
Ret 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 19 +36 Laps 1
Ret 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 7 Accident 23
Ret 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 7 Accident 7
Ret 12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 0 Accident 10

let me spam a little saying this:

KIMI !!!! number 1 ..the one and only ! the best of the bests

welcome back to the top !

p.s. next year will be funny hehe

2nd saftey car.
Vettel rank 4 with new soft tyres.
Could be interesting and thrilling the last 14 laps.

Latest News update :

The car of Sebastian Vettel is out of the Parc Fermé ,Vettel will start from the pit ...this means that the mechanics ( Team ) can work on his car to get the maximum out of it !

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

oberon wrote:Vettel disqualified from Qualifying
he will be starting from the back of the grid for tomorrow’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
he parked his Red Bull on track at the end of qualifying but
F1 regulations stipulate that pilots must return to the pits after qualifying to provide a one-litre fuel sample, but the stewards said Vettel's car had "insufficient fuel" for that.
as Hamilton in Barcellona

excuse me but i'm ferrari's fan

And the latest on this :

An FIA statement read:
The Stewards received a report from the Race Director that car 1 failed to return to the pits under its own power as required under Article 6.6.2 of the FIA Formula One Technical Regulations.
The Stewards heard from the driver and team representatives and studied telemetry evidence that showed the reason why the car was stopped.
The Stewards accepted the explanation and considered the incident as being a case of force majeure.

...However a report was received from the Technical Delegate that showed during post-qualifying scrutineering an insufficient quantity of fuel for sampling purposes.
The Stewards determine that this is a breach of Article 6.6.2 of the FIA Formula One Technical Regulations and the Competitor is accordingly excluded from the results of the Qualifying Session.
The Competitor is however allowed to start the race from the back of the grid.

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

The report from the FIA :

Technical Report
At the end of the 3rd qualifying practice session today car number 01,driver Sebastian Vettel ,stopped on the circuit between turns 18 and 19 .
It was checked wheter car number 01 had enough fuel on board in order to be driven back to the pits under it's own power and in addition to this that a one liter fuel sample may be taken.
The car had 850 ml fuel on board wich is not enough for the required one liter fuelsample .
As this is not in compliance with Article 6.6.2 of the 2012 Formula One Sporting Regulations ,I am referring this matter to the stewards for there consideration .

The FIA Formula 1 Technical Delegate
Jo Bauer

So this means that Vettel wil have to start from the back at place 24 , like it happend with Hamilton after the qualifying in Spain !

For the Championship can this get interesting

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Vettel disqualified from Qualifying
he will be starting from the back of the grid for tomorrow’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
he parked his Red Bull on track at the end of qualifying but
F1 regulations stipulate that pilots must return to the pits after qualifying to provide a one-litre fuel sample, but the stewards said Vettel's car had "insufficient fuel" for that.
as Hamilton in Barcellona

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The result of the qualifying :

1. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:40.630 -
2. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:40.978 + 0.348
3. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:41.073 + 0.443
4. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:41.226 + 0.596
5. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : 1:41.260 + 0.630
6. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:41.290 + 0.660
7. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:41.582 + 0.952
8. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:41.603 + 0.973
9. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:41.723 + 1.093
10. Romain Grosjean : Lotus : 1:41.778 + 1.148

Q2
11. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 1:42.919 + 2.289
12. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:42.084 + 1.454
13. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:42.218 + 1.588
14. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:42.289 + 1.659
15. Bruno Senna : Williams : 1:42.330 + 1.700
16. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:42.606 + 1.976
17. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : 1:42.765 + 2.135

Q1
18. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 1:44.058 -
19. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : 1:44.956 + 4.326
20. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team : 1:45.089 + 4.459
21. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : 1:45.151 + 4.521
22. Timo Glock : Marussia F1 Team : 1:45.426 + 4.796
23. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team : 1:45.766 + 5.136
24. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT F1 Team : 1:46.382 + 5.752

Comment of the qulifying :
Lewis Hamilton halted Red Bull's run of qualifying dominance with a commanding run to pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. It was a disappointing qualifying session for both Formula 1's title contenders, with Sebastian Vettel only third behind Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber - but far better off than his Ferrari rival Fernando Alonso, who lines up only seventh. McLaren driver Hamilton had been quickest in two of the three Yas Marina practice sessions, led Q1 and Q2, then produced a 1m40.630s early in Q3 to immediately put himself 0.4 seconds clear of his opposition. A second pole shot might have been faster still, but once it became clear that Hamilton's rivals had no answer to his pace, the Briton backed off and pitted.
Webber's 1m40.978s pushed Vettel off the front row. The points leader, hampered by a substantial loss of practice mileage, had pushed hard throughout qualifying - brushing a barrier in Q1, flying over kerbs in Q2, and then stopping on track after his unsuccessful final flying lap in Q3.
Pastor Maldonado delivered the strong Williams qualifying result he had promised by grabbing fourth on the grid. Kimi Raikkonen improved to fifth for Lotus on his second Q3 run, with Jenson Button making similar gains to take sixth. Button had been as low as ninth at one stage, but a five-place and 0.6s gap to McLaren team-mate Hamilton will not please the 2009 champion. Alonso held fourth after the early Q3 runs, only to be shoved down to a potentially costly seventh as others improved. His team-mate Felipe Massa starts ninth, ahead of Romain Grosjean's Lotus. Nico Rosberg made just one run in Q3 and initially held fifth, before falling to eighth when his rivals came out again. Rosberg's performance was a boost for Mercedes on what had looked like being another disappointing weekend. His team-mate Michael Schumacher was only 14th, amid mutual apologies from team to driver over the radio. Force India and Sauber could not reach the top 10 this time. Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez filled row six, with Paul di Resta 13th in his new chassis and Kamui Kobayashi six tenths down on Perez in 16th after locking up on his last lap. Bruno Senna's run of tepid qualifying performances continued with 15th, 0.4s slower than Williams team-mate Maldonado in Q2.
Having appeared to conquer his qualifying problems in the summer, Jean-Eric Vergne notched up his second straight Q1 exit - and his eighth of the year - in Abu Dhabi. The recently re-signed Toro Rosso driver was on course to make the cut before spinning. He pushed on for another lap, but his abused tyres had no more pace to offer. Vergne's team-mate Daniel Ricciardo brought up the rear of the Q2 field in 17th.
Marussia pushed Caterham hard in the battle at the tail of the field. Although Heikki Kovalainen emerged in front again, he was only a tenth ahead of Charles Pic. Vitaly Petrov was right in the fight in the second Caterham too, but Timo Glock was puzzled by a relative lack of speed from his Marussia as he beat only the back-row dwelling HRTs.

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Shaky-Schumi

The times of the 3rd session :

1. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:42.130 -
2. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:42.240 + 0.110
3. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:42.614 + 0.484
4. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:42.743 + 0.613
5. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 1:42.750 + 0.620
6. Romain Grosjean : Lotus : 1:43.015 + 0.885
7. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:43.064 + 0.934
8. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:43.133 + 1.003
9. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus 1:43.184 + 1.054
10. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:43.338 + 1.208
11. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:43.480 + 1.350
12. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:43.571 + 1.441
13. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:43.593 + 1.463
14. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:43.635 + 1.505
15. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:44.010 + 1.880
16. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 1:44.025 + 1.895
17. Bruno Senna : Williams : 1:44.071 + 1.941
18. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso : 1:44.149 + 2.019
19. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : 1:45.301 + 3.171
20. Timo Glock : Marussia F1 Team : 1:45.879 + 3.749
21. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team : 1:46.036 + 3.906
22. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : 1:46.261 + 4.131
23. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team : 1:46.554 + 4.424
24. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT F1 Team : 1:47.032 + 4.902

Comment of the session :
McLaren headed the final practice session in Abu Dhabi with almost half a second in hand over Red Bull.
But Sebastian Vettel only managed a single flying lap after missing much of the 60 minutes due to a braking problem. Lewis Hamilton set a string of laps and comfortably headed the times early in the session. As was the case on Friday, McLaren were comfortably quickest on medium tyres, Hamilton over a second quicker than the next non-McLaren. That was Romain Grosjean’s Lotus, who was 1.113s slower than Hamilton but had visible damage on his front-right tyre from a lock-up when he was pushed back into the pits.
Vettel spent much of the session in the pits. After taking to the track for his first run he returned to the garage where the Red Bull mechanics went to work on his brakes.
Hamilton only managed to improve his time by 0.018s after switching to the soft tyres. He missed an opportunity to set another timed lap as the chequered flag came out before he could begin one. “I wish you’d told me earlier,” he said to his engineer. Even so Hamilton ended up quickest ahead of his team mate. Vettel’s single flying lap was good enough to put him third ahead of team mate Mark Webber.
Nico Hulkenberg was fifth for Force India ahead of Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado.
For the second day running Ferrari had broken the curfew as they worked on their car. Fernando Alonso ended the session in eighth place, one second slower than Hamilton. Kimi Raikkonen and Paul di Resta completed the top ten.

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Shaky-Schumi

The times of the 2nd practice session that has just ended :

1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:41.751 -
2. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:41.919 + 0.168
3. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:42.412 + 0.661
4. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:42.466 + 0.715
5. Romain Grosjean : Lotus : 1:42.500 + 0.749
6. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : 1:42.532 + 0.781
7. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:42.587 + 0.836
8. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:42.823 + 1.072
9. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:42.998 + 1.247
10. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:43.106 + 1.355
11. Bruno Senna : Williams : 1:43.191 + 1.440
12. Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP : 1:43.200 + 1.449
13. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 1:43.255 + 1.504
14. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:43.267 + 1.516
15. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:43.578 + 1.827
16. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:43.689 + 1.938
17. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : 1:44.260 + 2.509
18. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 1:45.073 + 3.322
19. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : 1:45.245 + 3.494
20. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : 1:45.782 + 4.031
21. Timo Glock : Marussia F1 Team : 1:46.589 + 4.838
22. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team : 1:46.671 + 4.920
23. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team : 1:46.707 + 4.956
24. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT F1 Team : 1:47.706 + 5.955

Comment of the session :
Sebastian Vettel redressed the balance in the second free practice session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as he used his early laps on Pirelli's soft tyre to set the pace ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.
Hamilton has only ever started on the front row in Abu Dhabi and also won last year's race and started on pole for the inaugural event in 2009. But in the end it was the world champion, on a mighty roll at the moment and seeking his fifth consecutive win, who came out on top of a mini duel in the second 90 minutes of running on Friday. Jenson Button was third, confirming that McLaren could be a problematic threat to Ferrari's championship challenge this weekend, while Mark Webber was fourth amid more reliability issues.
Vettel's chief championship rival Fernando Alonso was only seventh fastest, some 0.8s away from the ultimate pace. The two Saubers were the first cars on the significantly cooler track - temperatures having dropped noticeably since the first session – and while Sergio Perez set an early marker of 1m45.819s, it didn't stand for long as first Kimi Raikkonen posted a 1m44.503s and then Vettel a 1m43.323s. The Red Bull then immediately posted a 1m43.067s on the next lap. With only 10 minutes gone, most of the field had already ventured on track, and all of them on Pirelli's mediums – this weekend's prime selection. Vettel kept improving too as he then posted a 1m42.730s. He needed to, as Button emerged from the pits on all cylinders and fired in a 1m42.804s in the McLaren. That duo then pitted and out came Hamilton, who also could not match Vettel, but got within 0.06s of the Red Bull. He got even closer on the second lap (0.047s).
Hamilton persevered, in spite of suggestions from his team that he should pop in for a set-up change, and kept banging in the laps. On his tenth attempt he finally moved to the front with a 1m42.095s as McLaren, just as it did in P1, looked a match for Red Bull. That lap changed the game a bit, and while Button and then Vettel both improved again, neither was within half a second of the 2008 world champion.
Around half distance most switched to the soft tyres, but that didn't change the order much.
Once he did get heat into the tyres though, Vettel suddenly found a bunch of time and went fastest on a 1m42.056s lap. And that wasn't all as he went faster still when the tyres zeroed in, this time setting a 1m41.751s. Hamilton though was still in play, and he lobbed in a 1m41.919s as if to remind Vettel to stay on his toes, but in the end he ran out of time before the soft-tyre long runs became a priority. After that, Vettel's time was safe. Vettel worked down from the low-49s into the mid-48s during his long runs, while McLaren and Alonso's Ferrari were quicker, though as ever, fuel levels made it impossible to evaluate.
During this period Hamilton radioed in to inform McLaren that he was suffering a recurrence of the steering wheel issues he had in the Indian race last weekend. He was told to stay out and later was informed that he was the quickest of all through the long runs. Ferrari's world championship aspirations must have fluttered with concern after its drivers Alonso and Felipe Massa could manage only seventh and eighth. Pastor Maldonado was ninth and Perez tenth. There were several spins and incidents, most notable of which were those of Vitaly Petrov, who rotated at Turn 8 on an in-lap and Narain Karthikeyan at the Turn 17 chicane.

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Here are the times of the 1st practice session :

1. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 01:43.285
2. Jenson Button : McLaren : 01:43.618
3. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull : 01:44.050
4. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 01:44.366
5. Mark Webber : Red Bull : 01:44.542
6. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes : 01:44.694
7. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 01:45.115
8. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes : 01:45.194
9. Valtteri Bottas : Williams : 01:45.347
10. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : 01:45.422
11. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 01:45.567
12. Nico Hülkenberg : Force India : 01:45.587
13. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 01:45.722
14. Romain Grosjean : Lotus : 01:45.743
15. Jules Bianchi : Force India : 01:45.789
16. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 01:45.811
17. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : 01:46.649
18. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 01:46.708
19. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : 01:47.418
20. Timo Glock : Marussia : 01:47.891
21. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT : 01:48.354
22. Max Chilton : Marussia : 01:48.887
23. Qing Hua : Ma HRT : 01:50.487
24. Giedo van der Garde : Caterham : no time set

Comment of this session :
Lewis Hamilton headed Jenson Button as McLaren dominated the first free practice session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Friday morning. Hamilton set his table-topping 1m43.285s lap with 25 of the 90 minutes remaining, and beat his countryman and team-mate by 0.333s, with title protagonists Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso third and fourth. More than 35 minutes had elapsed when most of the drivers took to the track, surface temperatures having exceeded 45 degrees Celsius by that point.
Jean-Eric Vergne set the initial pace, and brought his marker down from 1m48.9s to 1m46.6s before Valtteri Bottas, Michael Schumacher and Alonso took turns at the top, the latter in 1m45.1s with 50 minutes gone.
Championship leader Vettel was the first driver to break into the 1m44s shortly afterwards, but his spell at the top lasted less than a minute as Hamilton took a lead he would not relinquish. Button improved his time before the end of the session as Hamilton experimented with a number of different fuel settings during the final half-hour. Vettel ended up third, despite the double world champion running wide at Turn 16 after getting his Red Bull crossed up on the kerb at the corner's entry.
Ferrari driver Alonso, who had dropped to sixth, set his best time in the final minute of the session to climb back up to fourth, ahead of Mark Webber in the second Red Bull and Michael Schumacher's Mercedes.
Pastor Maldonado and Nico Rosberg completed the top eight while Bottas was the best of the test drivers in action in his Williams. He was ninth overall, ahead of Kimi Raikkonen's Lotus.
Sauber driver Sergio Perez had a scary moment at the pit entrance with 12 minutes to go. Attempting to simulate a full-speed, race entry, the Mexican ran wide as he turned right and was forced to drive over the run-off area and back onto the race track to avoid contact with the barrier.
Heikki Kovalainen was the only one of the Caterham drivers to set a time as Giedo van der Garde spent the session in the garage as his team tried to rectify an engine installation issue.
Marussia's Max Chilton did get out though, to undertake a series of aero tests in his maiden F1 practice outing.
His team-mate Timo Glock, 20th, suffered a series of lock-ups and wide moments. He lost a potentially strong laptime with 25 minutes left when he was impeded by Schumacher's Mercedes under braking for the left-hander at the end of the main straight. He communicated his annoyance with a waved hand, but immediately saw Schumacher pull off the track and gesturing a wave of his own in the Marussia's direction by way of apology.

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Yas Marina circuit – 4° edition
In my opinion the worst circuit of the season. I can understand that in Singapore is difficult to create a good track because it is a street circuit but in the middle of the desert you have unlimited possibility of choice. You can copy famous curves of other tracks like Spa or Suzuka; instead nothing. Again long straights and slow curves often even at 90 degrees. There are two extremely long straights divided by a tight chicane with heavy braking zones, and then in the last sector, a sequence of 90 degree bends(left- and right-hand), where you need a good traction and stability under braking. The race starts in the late afternoon and arrives under floodlights after the sunsets so the track temperature falls during the GP. Yas Marina is one of very few circuit on the F1 calendar that runs in an anti-clockwise direction. Overtaking is very difficult and for this reason, two years ago Alonso has lost in an incredible way the world championship after a race managed badly from Ferrari's box. Like in Bahrain, there is a fine covering of dust on the track surface.
The circuits in the desert are nothing new. Even before the Second World War there was a very fast track near Tripoli(Lybia), the Mellaha circuit. In 1935, for the Tripoli Gran Prix, famous for its prize pool, there were no weight limits for cars(the free Formula) and Scuderia Alfa Romeo(team manager Enzo Ferrari) participated in the race with 3 powerful cars: “Bimotore” that means powered by two engines, (3165 ccm each one = 6330 ccm, sixteen-cylinder). This car had a huge power but was also very heavy (more than 1000 kg of weight without fuel); another big issue was the instability of the car and the high fuel consumption. On the long straights Nuvolari at the wheel of his Alfa Romeo was very fast and able to pass the other pilots but the huge tyre wear, forced him to make 13(thirteen)pit stops to change tires. At the end won Rudy Caracciola (Mercedes w25), second Achille Varzi(Auto Union type B). The Alfa Romeo Bimotore will participate only to another GP, at AVUS in the same year. We return to nowadays. Tyres: Pirelli have decided to bring for this GP: tyres medium “white” (prime) and tyres soft “yellow” (option) A combination widely used this year. As in India we'll have two distinct DRS zones.
Podium 2009: Vettel – Webber – Button. Fastest lap on race: Vettel – pole position : Hamilton 1'40''948
Podium 2010: Vettel – Hamilton – Button. Fastest lap on race: Hamilton – pole position : Vettel 1'39''394
Podium 2011: Hamilton – Alonso – Button. fastest lap on race: Webber – pole position : Vettel 1'38''481
in the previous three editions Button always on the podium and always third