Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion

shaky-schumi wrote:...Have a nice week everyone ...and enjoy the shows !

(and now i'm goïng to bed because this has worn me out after watching the 24H of le Mans completely and making this in order ..it took me 2 hours )

Dear shaky,

I'm sure you're waiting for every race with a great pleasant anticipation and the race is often the Highlight of the week.
So I would ask you to enjoy the race and please don't see any need to post the new ranking as soon as possible.
I'm sure nobody will be angry about you if the new ranking is posted one day later or at least some hours later.
We all enjoy being part in this game and I (and probably all other participants, too) hope that you enjoy this game and the race as much as we do.
So please don't put any preasure on yourself and sit down, relax, watch the race and maybe drink some beer but don't feel a need to post the new ranking immediately.
There is in general one week or more till the next race and so please take all the time you want and need.

Enjoy the race.

Sorry for the delay ..here is the official result of the qualification of the Valencia Grand Prix :

1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:36.975
2. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:37.163 + 0.188
3. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:37.380 + 0.405
4. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:37.454 + 0.479
5. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:37.535 + 0.560
6. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:37.645 + 0.670
7. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:38.231 + 1.256
8. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:38.240 + 1.265
9. Nick Heidfeld : Lotus Renault : no time
10. Adrian Sutil : Force India : no time

Q2
11. Vitaly Petrov : Lotus Renault : 1:39.068 + 1.763
12. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:39.422 + 2.447
13. Rubens Barrichello : Williams : 1:39.489 + 2.514
14. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:39.525 + 2.550
15. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:39.645 + 2.670
16. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:39.657 + 2.682
17. Sébastien Buemi : Toro Rosso : 1:39.711 + 2.736

Q1
18. Jaime Alguersuari : Toro Rosso : 1:40.232 + 3.257
19. Heikki Kovalainen : Team Lotus : 1:41.664 + 4.689
20. Jarno Trulli : Team Lotus : 1:42.234 + 5.259
21. Timo Glock : Virgin Racing : 1:42.553 + 5.578
22. Vitantonio Liuzzi : HRT : 1:43.584 + 6.609
23. Jerome D'Ambrosio : Virgin Racing : 1:43.735 + 6.760
24. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT : 1:44.363 + 7.388


Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Here are the times of the 3rd and last practrice session that is just bin driven :

1. Sebastian Vettel 1:37.258
2. Fernando Alonso 1:37.678 + 0.420
3. Felipe Massa 1:37.840 + 0.582
4. Mark Webber 1:38.068 + 0.810
5. Jenson Button 1:38.326 + 1.068
6. Nico Rosberg 1:38.580 + 1.322
7. Lewis Hamilton 1:38.741 + 1.483
8. Michael Schumacher 1:38.799 + 1.541
9. Vitaly Petrov 1:38.822 + 1.564
10. Nick Heidfeld 1:39.113 + 1.855
11. Adrian Sutil 1:39.411 + 2.153
12. Sergio Perez 1:39.778 + 2.520
13. Paul di Resta 1:39.823 + 2.565
14. Kamui Kobayashi 1:39.848 + 2.590
15. Sébastien Buemi 1:39.888 + 2.630
16. Rubens Barrichello 1:39.987 + 2.729
17. Pastor Maldonado 1:40.004 + 2.746
18. Jaime Alguersuari 1:40.239 + 2.981
19. Heikki Kovalainen 1:41.267 + 4.009
20. Jarno Trulli Team 1:41.690 + 4.432
21. Timo Glock 1:42.557 + 5.299
22. Vitantonio Liuzzi 1:43.243 + 5.985
23. Jerome D'Ambrosio 1:43.309 + 6.051
24. Narain Karthikeyan 1:44.630 + 7.372

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

And the times of the 2nd session :

1. Fernando Alonso : 01:37.968
2. Lewis Hamilton : 01:38.195
3. Sebastian Vettel : 01:38.265
4. Michael Schumacher : 01:38.315
5. Felipe Massa : 01:38.443
6. Jenson Button : 01:38.483
7. Mark Webber : 01:38.531
8. Nico Rosberg : 01:38.981
9. Nick Heidfeld : 01:39.040
10. Vitaly Petrov : 01:39.586
11. Adrian Sutil : 01:39.626
12. Rubens Barrichello : 01:40.020
13. Pastor Maldonado : 01:40.301
14. Paul di Resta : 01:40.363
15. Sebastien : 01:40.454
16. Sergio Perez : 01:40.531
17. Kamui Kobayashi : 01:42.083
18. Heikki Kovalainen : 01:42.156
19. Jarno Trulli : 01:42.239
20. Timo Glock : 01:42.273
21. Jerome D`Ambrosio : 01:42.809
22. Vitantonio Liuzzi : 01:44.460
23. Narain Karthikeyan : 01:46.906
24. Jaime Alguersuari : no time

tomorrow at 11.00u will be the 3rd session followed in the afternoon at 14.00u the qualification !

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

these are the times of the 1st practice sesion from today at Valencia :

1. Mark Webber : Red Bull : 01:40.403
2. Vitaly Petrov ; Renault : 01:41.227
3. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 01:41.239
4. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 01:41.510
5. Nick Heidfeld : Renault : 01:41.580
6. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 01:41.758
7. Jenson Button : McLaren : 01:41.926
8. Adrian Sutil : Force India : 01:41.955
9. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes Grand Prix : 01:42.043
10. Jaime Alguersuari : Scuderia Toro Rosso : 01:42.216
11. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes Grand Prix : 01:42.270
12. Daniel Ricciardo : Scuderia Toro Rosso : 01:42.412
13. Rubens Barrichello : Williams : 01:42.704
14. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 01:42.738
15. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 01:42.841
16. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull : 01:42.941
17. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 01:43.201
18. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 01:43.769
19. Heikki Kovalainen : Lotus F1 : 01:44.136
20. Jerome D'Ambrosio : Virgin Racing : 01:45.026
21. Timo Glock : Virgin Racing : 01:45.221
22. Vitantonio Liuzzi : HRT : 01:45.494
23. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT : 01:46.926
24. Karun Chandhok :Lotus F1 : no time

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

This weekend, F1 in my city.
I hope that Ferrari should continue his ascending line and that my nice city should give luck to Alonso.

As you all allready now ..this weekend it's the Grand Prix of Europe at the Valencia street circuit in Spain .
Here are the times for this weeknds GP :

Friday:
1st practice session : 10.00u - 11.30u
2nd practice session : 14.00u - 15.30u

Saturday :
3rd practice session : 11.00u - 12.00u
qualification : 14.00u - 15.00u

Sunday :

race : 14.00u

And as always the tv sender/station DSF/Sport1 will bring the 1st and 2nd practice session " Live " !

Kind Regars
Shaky-Schumi

the podium of the last 3 Valencia GP (Gran Prix of Europa)

2010
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull
2 Lewis Hamilton Mc Laren
3 Jenson Button Mc Laren
fastest lap on race: Jenson Button Mc Laren

2009
1 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes
2 Lewis Hamilton Mc Laren
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
fastest lap on race: Timo Glock Toyota

2008
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari
2 Lewis Hamilton Mc Laren
3 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber
fastest lap on race: Felipe Massa Ferrari

for the third time the European Grand Prix takes place in Valencia
In the past, this race was also held on the Nürburgring, Donington Park, Brands Hatch, Jerez de la Frontera
GP Europe 1993 (Donington Park) a masterpiece – the first lap of Senna from 5° to 1° place in one lap
GP Europe 1997 (Jerez de la Frontera) the famous crash between M. Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve
It was the final race of the 1997. Schumacher retired after the collision, while Villeneuve continued the race and won the world championship. On Saturday Villeneuve, M Schumacher and Frentzen got the same time in qualifying. Starting order was decided by who recorded the time, first.
Last year there was the Mark Webber’s terrifying accident
Valencia is a street circuit that is faster than Monaco; top speeds is of over 300 km/h - and average speeds of 200 km/h; The track has been criticised for not encouraging overtaking on all three occasions F1 has visited, but this year will have two DRS zones The first zone will run after Turn 10, with the second zone after Turn 14. The single detection area will be 130 metres before Turn 8. The use of a single detection zone means that a driver who is behind a rival(less than one second) in the detection zone can use his DRS both to overtake in the first activation zone and then to pull out a gap at the second.
The medium tyre(denoted by white markings) can make its debut, and will be used as “prime”
The soft tyre(yellow) will be used, as “option”, instead of the supersoft tyre, as previously announced.
The circuit is particularly demanding on the brakes with several heavy braking zones and the track is at least 14 metres wide along its entire length, and very smooth. There are 25 corners, the highest number of any currently used circuit

The Bahrain Grand Prix will not be raced this year it was re-scheduled from 13th march to 3rd october but as now been scrapped.

Instead on the 3rd october the FIA have decided that the inaugural Indian Grand Prix will go ahead as originally planned.

So far Bahrain is still on next years provisional calendar for the 11th march, lets see if there are any changes to that in the future.

@ glamrocker'


undeniably enjoyable race, pure ride of pilots---nice 2watch
good ride Webber ,Schumacher & more remind myself tomorrow after watching replays of this ....who else was good....
but good ride ,way by elimination of opponents?!?{any1 else ,only1 wronging]
what is ? mcl crusade against ferrari,,, others pilots mutually alright,-- I select again
i remember :: brasil,,,,: Schumi vs Raikonnen in mcl ,unless 7 laps mutually overtaking ,walls ,fences,meanders etc..
no casualties[novictims] ,almost without destruction , minor...no pits
i remember 2 ::no victims -- Schumi vs Barichello vs wall very,,,verrrryy close


Greets gentlemen

F40LM wrote:hanshel ::

But I haven´t seen a real foul

F1 and rain = roulette
F1 and big rain = big roulette
Botton was today the man with biggest luck - that´s all !!!

1. Vettel 161
2. Button 101 = most important facts !!!

i just wanted to edit this
now i must a little change the plan
yyeesss!!?!Button was today the man with biggest luck - that´s all !!!

should be punished in during the race -that´s all

past ...--could also [only he wronging ] there was another like him in this race[/quote]

Sounds like sour grapes to me. The race was one of the most enjoyable races for years and still we get the moaners. Its sport enjoy the spectacle not the result. (Must say I enjoyed the result though)

Panda wrote:Other stations did it too.In my country the broadcasting finished after midnight.So, a big thank to all t.v.stations who stayed there until the end of the race.

For Raiuno rain was a bless rather than an effort, since they got high figure audience till midnight: between 21:00 and 24:00 they got an average of 6 million viewers, while definitely less than 4 were expected, with the scheduled show.

i agree totally...
it was very nice to see the finish... it was spectacular...
after that much ups and downs... and the 1st place in the end... just great...

shaky-schumi wrote:A Big Thank You for the German tv station RTL for broadcasting the complete race until the end for 5 hours and 30 minutes !!!

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Other stations did it too.In my country the broadcasting finished after midnight.So, a big thank to all t.v.stations who stayed there until the end of the race.

hanshel ::

But I haven´t seen a real foul

F1 and rain = roulette
F1 and big rain = big roulette
Botton was today the man with biggest luck - that´s all !!!

1. Vettel 161
2. Button 101 = most important facts !!! [/quote]



i just wanted to edit this
now i must a little change the plan
yyeesss!!?!Button was today the man with biggest luck - that´s all !!!

should be punished in during the race -that´s all

past ...--could also [only he wronging ] there was another like him in this race