Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion

News flash :
"Next week announcing street race in New Jersey" . From 2013 there will be 2 Formula 1 Grands Prix in America, know Autosport to report. The British magazine reports that Bernie Ecclestone has been able to reach agreement with local politicians and so there will be about two years racing through the streets of New Jersey. An announcement will be made ​​next week.Ecclestone has never made ​​a secret of his love for organize a race in and around New York. Formula 1 goes next season back to America after an absence of four years and from 2013 there would be two races in America.According to sources, there is now an agreement and the confirmation of the event next week by Governor Chris Christie. The Grand Prix would have to find place in June 2013 so that the back-to-back will be the race in Canada. The Wall Street Journal reports that for a press conference is scheduled next Tuesday.Exactly where the race should be run is not yet clear, but likely at the edge of the Hudson river. This would raise the Manhattan skyline can be used as a backdrop .

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Shaky-Schumi

21/10/2007
After a miraculous comeback, Kimi Raikkonen and Ferrari graduate world champions respectively for the first and fifteenth time in the last GP of the season in Brazil

19/10/1981
19/10/2011
happy birthday to heikki kovalainen f1 driver
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f1 in india

(ANSA) - Two weeks after the first Grand Prix Formula 1 in India, a group of peasants back to protest against the construction of the circuit in Greater Noida, near New Delhi, for which the local government has expropriated their lands. The inhabitants of the village of Atta Gujran, near the new path, asking for compensation, jobs and the opening of a road blocked by the plant. Otherwise, the farmers are ready to block the gala 'Opening where they waited several celebrities'.

Off Topic :

bellerophon wrote:Hi Mr shaky-schumi

bellerophon's area's electricity went off at 2016 yesterday, so he is without power and cannot watch or listen to the race. He also can't use the telephone.

So he stopped me in the car in the town centre and asked me to conctact you using his log-in details when I got home.

I promised I would, so here is what was on the piece of paper he gave me he to write:

1. Button
2. Hamilton
3. Vettel

SC: >2

PS: 3

FL: Button

I hope this makes some sense to you and he hopes you can give him some special dispensation. He seems to have made a big effort to want to get this to you.

Thanks a lot
...............

So because i'm a friendly person i will let this vote of bellerophon count ..even when it was a bit later that i resieved it ..it will count for this race

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Here is the official result of todays race :

1. Sebastian Vettel: Red Bull Racing : 1:39.605
2. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : + 12.019
3. Mark Webber Red Bull Racing : + 12.477
4. Jenson Button : McLaren : + 14.694
5. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : + 15.689
6. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : + 25.133
7. Jaime Alguersuari : Toro Rosso : + 49.538
8. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : + 54.053
9. Sébastien Buemi : Toro Rosso : + 1:02.762
10. Paul di Resta : Force India : + 1:08.602
11. Adrian Sutil: Force India : + 1:11.229
12. Rubens Barrichello : Williams : + 1:33.068
13. Bruno Senna : Lotus Renault : + 1 lap
14. Heikki Kovalainen : Team Lotus : + 1 lap
15. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : + 1 lap
16. Sergio Perez : Sauber : + 1 lap
17. Jarno Trulli: Team Lotus : + 1 lap
18. Timo Glock : Virgin Racing : + 1 lap
19. Daniel Ricciardo : HRT : + 1 lap
20. Jerome D'Ambrosio : Virgin Racing : + 1 lap
21. Vitantonio Liuzzi : HRT : + 3 laps
Did Not Finish:
22. Pastor Maldonado :Williams : not yet known
23. Vitaly Petrov : Lotus Renault : crash
24. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : crash

Safetycar : 1
Fastest Lap : Sebastian Vettel : 1:39.605
Pitstops Hamilton : 2

Source : F1Today , The Official Formula 1 Website


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Shaky-Schumi

After watching a exciting qualifying are here the official result of it :

1. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:35.820
2. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:36.042 :+ 0.222
3. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:36.126 :+ 0.306
4. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:36.468 :+ 0.648
5. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:36.831 :+ 1.011
6. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:36.980 :+ 1.160
7. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:37.754 :+ 1.934
8. Vitaly Petrov : Lotus Renault GP : 1:38.124 :+ 2.304
9. Paul di Resta : Force India : no time -
10. Adrian Sutil : Force India : no time -

Q2
11. Jaime Alguersuari : Toro Rosso : 1:38.315 : no time -
12. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:38.354 :+ 2.534
13. Sébastien Buemi : Toro Rosso : 1:38.508 :+ 2.688
14. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:38.775 :+ 2.955
15. Bruno Senna : Lotus Renault : 1:38.791 :+ 2.971
16. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:39.189 :+ 3.369
17. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:39.443 :+ 3.623

Q1
18. Rubens Barrichello : Williams : 1:39.538 :+ 3.718
19. Heikki Kovalainen : Team Lotus : 1:40.522 :+ 4.702
20. Jarno Trulli Team : Team Lotus : 1:41.101 :+ 5.281
21. Timo Glock : Virgin Racing : 1:42.091 :+ 6.271
22. Jerome D'Ambrosio : Virgin Racing : 1:43.483 :+ 7.663
23. Vitantonio Liuzzi : HRT : 1:43.758 :+ 7.938
24. Daniel Ricciardo HRT : no time

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

I wish everyone good luck for scoring points tomorrow at our game ,and let's hope that we will see a nice race on sunday morning 08.00u !

Here are the results of the 3rd practice session :

1. Jenson Button : 1:36.910
2. Lewis Hamilton : 1:37.199 : + 0.289
3. Mark Webber : 1:37.723 : + 0.813
4. Fernando Alonso : 1:38.029 : + 1.119
5. Felipe Massa : 1:38.434 : + 1.524
6. Michael Schumacher : 1:39.559 : + 2.649
7. Vitaly Petrov : 1:39.612 : + 2.702
8. Adrian Sutil : 1:39.660 : + 2.750
9. Sebastian Vettel : 1:39.695 : + 2.785
10. Nico Rosberg : 1:39.743 : + 2.833
11. Paul di Resta : 1:39.847 : + 2.937
12. Jaime Alguersuari : 1:39.851 : + 2.941
13. Sébastien Buemi : 1:39.964 : + 3.054
14. Kamui Kobayashi : 1:40.005 : + 3.095
15. Sergio Perez : 1:40.030 : + 3.120
16. Bruno Senna : 1:40.451 : + 3.541
17. Pastor Maldonado : 1:40.529 : + 3.619
18. Rubens Barrichello : 1:40.711 : + 3.801
19. Heikki Kovalainen : 1:41.909 + 4.999
20. Jarno Trulli : 1:41.945 : + 5.035
21. Timo Glock : 1:43.275 : + 6.365
22. Jerome D'Ambrosio : 1:44.377 : + 7.467
23. Vitantonio Liuzzi : 1:44.421 : + 7.511
24. Daniel Ricciardo : 1:45.143 : + 8.233

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

in 15 minutes starts the qualification

15/10/1983
15/10/2011
happy birthday to bruno senna f1 driver
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In this 2nd session the rain was less,but the track (circuit) was very wet. This time the drivers did run more than just a couple of laps . The results of this session is :

1. Lewis Hamilton : 01:50.828
2. Jenson Button : 01:50.932
3. Sebastian Vettel : 01:52.646
4. Fernando Alonso : 01:52.774
5. Mark Webber : 01:53.049 27
6. Jaime Alguersuari : 01:53.402
7. Felipe Massa : 01:53.707
8. Nico Rosberg : 01:53.914
9. Sebastien Buemi : 01:53.948
10. Paul di Resta : 01:53.957
11. Vitaly Petrov : 01:54.500
12. Adrian Sutil : 01:54.392
13. Rubens Barrichello : 01:54.831
14. Michael Schumacher : 01:54.965
15. Bruno Senna : 01:55.187
16. Sergio Perez : 01:55.203
17. Kamui Kobayashi 01:55.544
18. Pastor Maldonado : 01:55.067
19. Heikki Kovalainen : 01:56.669
20. Jarno Trulli : 01:57.173
21. Timo Glock : 01:58.269
22. Jerome D`Ambrosio : 01:59.458
23. Daniel Ricciardo : 01:59.958
24. Vitantonio Liuzzi : 02:00.165

Tonight at 04.00u will be the 3rd practice session ,followed at 07.00u with the qualification

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Shaky-Schumi

Do to rain in the 1st practice session the drivers did only do a view laps in this 90 minutes session . The 1st car came out after 53 minutes . Some of them did only a installation lap and that was it ! So here are the times of this 1st session :

1. Michael Schumacher: Mercedes : 02:02.784
2. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull : 02:02.840
3. Paul di Resta : Force India : 02:02.912
4. Adrian Sutil : Force India : 02:03.141
5. Sebastien Buemi : Toro Rosso : 02:03.182
6. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 02:03.292
7. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 02:03.391
8. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes : 02:04.311
9. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 02:04.797
10. Mark Webber : Red Bull : 02:05.183
11. Karun Chandhok : Team Lotus : 02:05.350
12. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 02:05.852
13. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 02:07.541
14. Rubens Barrichello : Williams : 02:08.218
15. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT : 02:08.832
16. Daniel Ricciardo : HRT : 02:09.232
17. Jerome D`Ambrosio : Virgin : 02:12.658
18. Timo Glock : Virgin : 02:14.508
19. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : no time
20. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : no time
21. Bruno Senna : Lotus Renault : no time
22. Vitaly Petrov : Lotus Renault : no time
23. Heikki Kovalainen : Team Lotus : no time
24. Jenson Button : McLaren : no time

Welldone Michael Schumacher

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Shaky-Schumi

The Ferrari F1 Team fired their entire pit crew yesterday.
This announcement followed Ferrari's decision to take advantage of the British government's 'Work for your Dole' scheme and employ some Liverpudlian youngsters.

The decision to hire them was brought about by a recent documentary on how unemployed youths from Toxteth were able to remove a set of wheels in less than 6 seconds without proper equipment, whereas Ferrari's existing crew could only do it in 8 seconds with millions of pounds worth of high tech gear.

It was thought to be an excellent, bold move by the Ferrari management team as most races are won and lost in the pits, giving Ferrari an advantage over every other team. However, Ferrari got more than they bargained for!

At the crew's first practice session, not only was the scouse pit crew able to change all four wheels in under 6 seconds but, within 12 seconds, they had re-sprayed, re-badged and sold the car to the Mclaren team for 8 cases of Stella, a bag of weed and some photos of Lewis Hamilton's bird in the shower.

Short News :
The Force India team will be renamed Sahara Force India Formula One following a buy-in from the Sahara Group.
Vijay Mallya will remain team principal of the Silverstone-based outfit.Mallya sold a 42.5% stake in his team to Sahara Group.
The Sahara Group’s businesses includes television channels, real estate companies, film distribution, tourism services and a cricket team.

Here are the times for this weekends Gp of Korea :

Friday 14 oktober 2011

Free Practice 1: 03u00 - 04u30
Free Practice 2: 07u00 - 08u30

Saturday 15 oktober 2011

Free Practice 3: 04u00 - 05u00
Qualification: 07u00 - 08u00

Sunday 16 oktober 2011

Race: 08u00

The German sender/tv station Sport1( DSF) will broadcast friday morning from 07.00u till 08.35 u

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Shaky-Schumi

the podium of the last one South Korea GP (Yeongam)

2010
1 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari
fastest lap on race: Fernando Alonso Ferrari

This weekend will be held on the second edition of the Grand Prix of Korea. Last year the circuit was approved by the FIA in extremis. Due to the rain, on race day, the start was delayed and it happened behind the safety car. After the engine failure of Sebastian Vettel, Alonso took the lead and won the GP. The track has a very long straight(more than 1 km) that ends with a tight corner and then another shorter straight. The second and the third sector are instead composed of a continuous series of curves and probably will be difficult to overtake, because there is only one line through that sequence of corners, but will need to see a dry race to judge the Korean circuit. In my opinion, the best tracks in Europe are: Spa(number one), Monaco, Silverstone and Monza. Outside of Europe: Suzuka, Interlagos, Montreal and Melbourne. In the last one GP only six drivers posted a time in the final qualifying segment. The same situation happened many times this season In fact several teams decided to limit their running in qualifying on Saturday in order to save sets of tyre that could be very important for the race. Also this weekend there will be the same problem, because this race will be a severe test for supersoft tyres. My suggestion is: more sets of tires to be used only for qualifying.
the soft(yellow) and the supersoft(red) tyre will be used as “prime” and “option” respectively: the same combination used for Monaco, Canada, Hungary and Singapore
Single DRS zone for the Korean Grand Prix.: halfway down long straight
The podium after 15 races:
1° place: Vettel 9 – Button 3 – Hamilton 2 – Alonso 1
2° place; Vettel 4 – Alonso 4 – Button 3 – Hamilton 2 – Webber 2
3° place; Webber 6 – Button 3 – Alonso 3 – Vettel 1 – Heidfeld 1 – Petrov 1
Total podium: Vettel 14 – Button 9 – Webber 8 – Alonso 8 – Hamilton 4 – Heidfeld and Petrov 1
Fastest lap on race: Webber 5 – Hamilton 3 – Button 3 – Massa 2 – Vettel 1 – Alonso 1

12/10/2003
Michael Schumacher wins his sixth title of champion of the Formula 1 , becoming the only driver to win so many