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Result 2nd practice session :

Vettel edges out Alonso in second Friday practice
Sebastian Vettel narrowly edged out home favourite Fernando Alonso to set the fastest time in second free practice for the Spanish Grand Prix. Just 0.083 seconds covered the top three at Barcelona, as Alonso's Ferrari split the Red Bulls of Vettel and Mark Webber. After an early all-Mercedes battle for the top spot, it was Alonso and the Red Bulls that dominated the lead order through the low-fuel runs.
Webber kicked off the dice with a 1m23.112s after 22 minutes, but was deposed by Alonso on a 1m23.030s five minutes later. When they switched to the softer medium tyres shortly afterwards, Webber reclaimed first place by 0.2s over Alonso, before Vettel jumped ahead of them both. Alonso's retaliation managed to get him back in front of Webber, but Vettel remained just out of reach. Kimi Raikkonen's Lotus and Felipe Massa's Ferrari completed the top five. Lewis Hamilton spun his Mercedes at Turn 11 during the early runs, swiftly rejoining without problems and ultimately taking sixth ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg.
Tyre wear was again high and there was a scare at Force India when Paul di Resta's left rear delaminated on the main straight, forcing the Scot to park on the grass. He was still 10th quickest, two places behind team-mate Adrian Sutil. Jean-Eric Vergne split them, in a strong performance for Toro Rosso, which also had Daniel Ricciardo in 11th. McLaren was only 12th and 13th with Jenson Button and Sergio Perez as it began to evaluate its major upgrade package, including a new front wing.

1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing 1:22.808
2. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari - 1:22.825 + 0.017
3. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing - 1:22.891 + 0.083
4. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus - 1:23.030 + 0.222
5. Felipe Massa : Ferrari - 1:23.110 + 0.302
6. Lewis Hamilton : Mercedes GP - 1:23.140 + 0.332
7. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP - 1:23.398 + 0.590
8. Adrian Sutil : Force India - 1:23.840 + 1.032
9. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso - 1:24.058 + 1.250
10. Paul di Resta : Force India - 1:24.104 + 1.296
11. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso - 1:24.175 + 1.367
12. Jenson Button : McLaren - 1:24.306 + 1.498
13. Sergio Perez : McLaren - 1:24.854 + 2.046
14. Valtteri Bottas : Williams - 1:24.888 + 2.080
15. Nico Hulkenberg : Sauber - 1:25.167 + 2.359
16. Pastor Maldonado : Williams - 1:25.321 + 2.513
17. Esteban Gutierrez : Sauber - 1:25.441 + 2.633
18. Romain Grosjean : Lotus - 1:25.851 + 3.043
19. Giedo van der Garde : Caterham - 1:25.963 + 3.155
20. Jules Bianchi : Marussia F1 Team - 1:26.078 + 3.270
21. Charles Pic : Caterham - 1:26.930 + 4.122
22. Max Chilton : Marussia F1 Team - 1:26.970 + 4.162

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Shaky-Schumi

Result of the 1st practice session :

Fernando Alonso leads damp first practice :
Fernando Alonso grabbed the fastest time in a Ferrari one-two as wet weather frustrated the Formula 1 field's attempts to get an early understanding of the Spanish Grand Prix upgrade packages in opening practice at Barcelona. It was only coming into the final quarter of an hour that slicks were viable, and even then there were sufficient slippery patches to limit the relevance of the laps that drivers managed.
But with so many developments to try, teams were less reticent about coming out early than is often the case in wet sessions. The Spanish crowd therefore had a decent amount of track activity to enjoy all morning, and would also have appreciated seeing home hero Alonso on time of the times for much of the session.
Alonso spent a while as the fastest man during the wet running, though he tumbled down the order as conditions improved. Going into the closing seconds, his Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa was the latest to burst to the top of a constantly fluctuating timing screen as everyone got up to speed on slicks.
But Alonso finished the morning with a flourish, setting a 1m25.252s lap to beat his team-mate by 0.203 seconds. Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne had starred by being the first man to get slicks to work, and he remained consistently up front for the rest of the session, ending up third.
Romain Grosjean had an early spin into the hairpin at the end of the back straight, before finishing the session fourth for Lotus. Adrian Sutil's Force India, Lewis Hamilton's McLaren and Valtteri Bottas's Williams were next up in an inevitably shuffled order, with Kimi Raikkonen, Nico Rosberg and Paul di Resta completing the top 10.
Jenson Button was the only driver not to attempt a flying lap, though he did six exploratory tours in the updated McLaren. Red Bull also hung back when the track dried, with Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber at the foot of the top 20.

1. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari - 1:25.252
2. Felipe Massa : Ferrari - 1:25.455 + 0.203
3. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso - 1:25.667 + 0.415
4. Romain Grosjean : Lotus - 1:26.042 + 0.790
5. Adrian Sutil :Force India - 1:26.212 + 0.960
6. Lewis Hamilton : Mercedes GP - 1:26.374 + 1.122
7. Valtteri Bottas : Williams - 1:26.456 + 1.204
8. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus - 1:26.614 + 1.362
9. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP - 1:26.621 + 1.369
10. Paul di Resta : Force India - 1:26.755 + 1.503
11. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso - 1:26.940 + 1.688
12. Nico Hulkenberg : Sauber - 1:27.061 + 1.809
13. Sergio Perez : McLaren - 1:27.135 + 1.883
14. Esteban Gutierrez : Sauber - 1:27.250 + 1.998
15. Pastor Maldonado : Williams - 1:27.576 + 2.324
16. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham - 1:28.373 + 3.121
17. Giedo van der Garde : Caterham - 1:28.600 + 3.348
18. Jules Bianchi : Marussia F1 Team - 1:28.887 + 3.635
19. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing - 1:29.457 + 4.205
20. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing - 1:29.473 + 4.221
21. Rodolfo Gonzalez : Marussia F1 Team - 1:30.314 + 5.062
22. Jenson Button : McLaren - no time set

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Shaky-Schumi

A little reminder :

brudgon wrote:Fri 10 May 2013
Practice 1 10:00 - 11:30
Practice 2 14:00 - 15:30

Sat 11 May 2013
Practice 3 11:00 - 12:00
Qualifying 14:00

Sun 12 May 2013
Race 14:00

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Shaky-Schumi

F1 – this week end - Barcelona GP - some statistics:

Tomorrow: practice 1 and 2
Saturday 11 may : practice 3 and qualifying
Sunday 12 may: the race at 14.00

the winners (last 5 editions)
2008 Raikkonen – Ferrari
2009 Button – Brown Mercedes
2010 Webber – Red Bull Renault (2° place Alonso and 3° place Vettel)
2011 Vettel – Red Bull Renault (2° place Hamilton and 3° place Button)
2012 Maldonado – Williams Renault (2° place Alonso and 3° place Raikkonen)
- In previous years also one victory for Alonso and Massa.

Pole position: (last 3 editions)
2010 Webber – Red Bull Renault – pole time 1m 19.995
2011 Webber – Red Bull Renault – pole time 1m 20.981
2012 Maldonado – Mercedes – pole time 1m 22.285* (the best lap time was 1.21.707 (Hamilton) but was canceled for not having sufficient fuel onboard and so Lewis lost his pole position)
- Also 2 pole position for Raikkonen – quite strange Vettel and Hamilton: never in pole at Barcelona

Best flying laps at Barcelona, during the preseason tests only two months ago:
1 Nico Rosberg – Mercedes time: 1m20.130s (soft tyre) *
2. Fernando Alonso – Ferrari time: 1m20.494s (soft tyre) *
3. Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes time: 1m20.558s (soft tyre) *
* important: during this week end, soft tires will not be used

When is the next race, I wanna be sure not to miss it

Barcelona GP – Circuit de Catalunya - Montmelò
the Grand Prix of Spain has a good tradition in the history of F1. The first edition was held in 1951, but only from the end of the sixties becomes a regular event in the calendar. In the past various circuits (Jarama, Jerez and Montjuic) hosted the Spanish GP and since 1991 the circuit of Barcelona is the home of the event. All the drivers know very well this track because often hosts pre-season winter testing. During these twenty years, the track has not changed a lot. Personally I don't like the chicane inserted between the last two curves Europcar and New Holland; however, the layout is still quite good. Montmelò is a technical circuit with some interesting corners and an important test for the aerodynamics of the cars. Tyre: hard compound(orange stripe) and medium compound(white stripe) a very conservative choice because tyre wear is high: also brake demand and downforce level are high.
Now we have spectacular races, but in the past the Formula One was completely different and better for me.
today is 8th May and lots of old memories came to my mind.
Exactly 31 years ago, it was on saturday and there was the final qualifying session of the Belgium GP at Zolder. That afternoon I was not at my home and I heard on the radio that Villeneuve was at Lovanio’s hospital after a terrible crash. Gilles died that same evening, but I would remember two extraordinary victories of Gilles: Jarama 81 and Monaco 81 and his exploits. At Canadian Grand Prix, Gilles had damaged the front wing obscuring the most of his view, nevertheless he drove his Ferrari for many laps in heavy rain condition.
But above all is in the legend of formula One what happened at Dijon(French Grand Prix 1979). Arnoux(Renault) vs Villenueve(Ferrari) in the last three laps, wheel to wheel, side by side, in a series of passes. Breathtaking. I watch Formula One racing since 40 years but do not remember a duel as much exciting.
and how once: Forza Gil.

gp spain podium 2012
1 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 66 1:39:09.145
2 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 66 +3.1 secs
3 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 66 +3.8 secs

21/03/1960
01/05/1994 ayrton senna
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Happy Birthday Felipe !!!!!!!!! 25/04/1981

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21/04/1991 max chilton british f1 driver
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FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA 2013
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Fri 10 May 2013
Practice 1 10:00 - 11:30
Practice 2 14:00 - 15:30
Sat 11 May 2013
Practice 3 11:00 - 12:00
Qualifying 14:00
Sun 12 May 2013
Race 14:00

Championship Driver Standings :

1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull - 77
2. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus - 67
3. Lewis Hamilton : Mercedes - 50
4. Fernando Alonso :Ferrari - 47
5. Mark Webber : Red Bull - 34
6. Felipe Massa : Ferrari - 30
7. Romain Grosjean : Lotus - 26
8. Paul di Resta : Force India - 20
9. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes - 14
10. Jenson Button : McLaren - 13
11. Sergio Perez : McLaren - 8
12. Adrian Sutil : Force India - 6
13. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso - 6
14. Nico Hülkenberg : Sauber - 5
15. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso - 1
16. Valtteri Bottas : Williams - 0
17. Pastor Maldonado : Williams - 0
18. Esteban Gutiérrez : Sauber - 0
19. Jules Bianchi : Marussia - 0
20. Charles Pic : Caterham - 0
21. Giedo van der Garde : Caterham - 0
22. Max Chilton : Marussia - 0

Championship Constructor Standings :

1. Infiniti Red Bull Racing - 111
2. Lotus F1 Team - 93
3. Scuderia Ferrari - 77
4. Mercedes AMG Petronas - 64
5. Sahara Force India - 26
6. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes - 21
7. Scuderia Toro Rosso - 7
8. Sauber F1 Team - 5
9. Williams F1 Team - 0
10. Marussia Racing - 0
11. Caterham F1 Team - 0


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Shaky-Schumi

Result of the Bahrain GP :

Vettel leaves action behind and wins for Red Bull :
Sebastian Vettel breezed to his second victory of the 2013 Formula 1 season in the Bahrain Grand Prix.
The world champion thrust his Red Bull to the front amid spectacular early dicing, then left the action behind.
In a repeat of the 2012 Sakhir podium, Lotus duo Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean made it through the field to second and third, the latter denying Paul di Resta a maiden F1 podium with just six laps to go.
Vettel was in a hurry to hit the front from the outset. He forced polesitter Nico Rosberg to defend heavily off the line, and although Fernando Alonso managed to get his Ferrari between them around the outside, Vettel surged back into second with a bold move at Turn 5. Vettel then pounced on Rosberg's Mercedes into Turn 4 on lap two, only to run wide. Next time around he made the move stick, and thereafter inched away towards an ever-more certain victory. Alonso was soon up to second but his DRS flap jammed open. He made an emergency pitstop to fix it, but the problem reoccurred. By lap nine, he was 19th, had made two pitstops and knew he would be without DRS all afternoon. With Alonso out of contention, the best of the rest battle became a contest between di Resta and Raikkonen, both two-stopping compared to most frontrunners' three.
Di Resta looked to be best-placed until his final stop, when Raikkonen vaulted him having stopped sooner.
Force India remained on course for third for a while, but Grosjean was looming. The three-stopping Frenchman saved his medium tyres for the final stint and was able to hunt down and pass di Resta, who had to settle for a career-best fourth. The rest of the top 10 featured wild racing all afternoon, with an abundance of side by side and wheel to wheel action as different strategies unfolded and different cars found pace at different junctures.
Lewis Hamilton crept forward after a low-key start and finally grabbed fifth. Sergio Perez produced by far his most combative performance for McLaren yet. He was embroiled in a long dice with team-mate Jenson Button and the fading Rosberg, which featured contact between the McLarens and anxious radio messages on more than one occasion. Despite losing a front wing endplate against his team-mate's car, Perez finished sixth, joining Hamilton in passing Mark Webber on the final lap. Webber had been a podium threat for a spell, before falling back on his final set of tyres. Alonso fought through to eighth despite his lack of DRS, with Rosberg and Button forced to four-stop and ending up ninth and 10th. Felipe Massa suffered two right rear punctures and was only 15th. He had also made contact with Adrian Sutil on lap one, causing a puncture for the Force India driver, who made it back up to 13th.

1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing - 1h36.26.961
2. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus + 9.100
3. Romain Grosjean : Lotus + 19.500
4. Paul di Resta : Force India + 21.700
5. Lewis Hamilton : Mercedes GP + 35.200
6. Sergio Perez : McLaren + 35.900
7. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing + 37.200
8. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari + 37.500
9. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP + 41.100
10. Jenson Button : McLaren + 46.600
11. Pastor Maldonado : Williams + 1m06.400
12. Nico Hulkenberg : Sauber + 1m12.900
13. Adrian Sutil : Force India + 1m16.700
14. Valtteri Bottas : Williams + 1m21.500
15. Felipe Massa : Ferrari + 1m26.300
16. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso + 1 ronde
17. Charles Pic : Caterham + 1 lap
18. Esteban Gutierrez : Sauber + 1lap
19. Jules Bianchi : Marussia F1 Team + 1 lap
20. Max Chilton : Marussia F1 Team + 1 lap
21. Giedo van der Garde : Caterham + 2 laps
Did Not Finish :
22. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso

Fastest Lap : Sebastian Vettel - 1:36.961
Pitstop Felipe Massa : 4
Bat. 2 Teams : Raikkonen > Webber
Grid Pos. Nico Hulkenberg : 12th place

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Shaky-Schumi

Result of the qualifying :

Nico Rosberg takes surprise pole for Mercedes :
Nico Rosberg claimed a shock pole position for Mercedes in Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying at Sakhir.
Mercedes had not looked like an outright frontrunner during practice, but Rosberg set a banker 1m32.4s lap at the start of Q3 and it proved impossible to beat. Sebastian Vettel got closest for Red Bull with a 1m32.584s, just ahead of Fernando Alonso's Ferrari. Rosberg then made his pole absolutely certain, improving to 1m32.330s to clinch the top spot by over 0.2 seconds. His team-mate Lewis Hamilton was 0.4s slower in fourth place. He will lose five places for having a gearbox change prior to the session.
Fifth position will also change post-session. Mark Webber took the spot for Red Bull, but faces a three-place penalty for his collision with Jean-Eric Vergne in China. Ferrari put Felipe Massa on hard tyres for Q3 and he took sixth place, followed by the Force Indias of Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil. The latter only just made it into Q3 with a late charge. Friday pacesetter Kimi Raikkonen was only ninth in his Lotus.
McLaren was ecstatic to see Jenson Button reach Q3 against expectations with a last-gasp lap. The Briton chose not to do a flying lap in the pole shootout. The late Q2 improvements lik pushed Romain Grosjean's Lotus down to 11th. The Frenchman was back in the pits at the end of the segment and his first lap had not been good enough.The two Williams set exactly equal 1m34.425s laps in Q1, but Valtteri Bottas had got there first, so he made it to Q2 - where he took 15th - while Pastor Maldonado was left in 17th.
Esteban Gutierrez's troubles continued as he only managed 18th in qualifying, which will become last when his five-place penalty for crashing into Sutil in China is applied. There was a change in form at the back. Driving the upgraded Caterham, Charles Pic got his team ahead of Marussia for the first time in 2013, as he beat Jules Bianchi by a full 0.9s. Giedo van der Garde, in the older-spec Caterham, also outqualified a Marussia, pushing Max Chilton down to 22nd.

1. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP - 1:32.330 -
2. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing - 1:32.584 + 0.254
3. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari - 1:32.667 + 0.337
4. Lewis Hamilton : Mercedes GP - 1:32.762 + 0.432
5. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing - 1:33.078 + 0.748
6. Felipe Massa : Ferrari - 1:33.207 + 0.877
7. Paul di Resta : Force India - 1:33.235 + 0.905
8. Adrian Sutil : Force India - 1:33.246 + 0.916
9. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus - 1:33.327 + 0.997
10. Jenson Button : McLaren - no time set
Q2
11. Romain Grosjean : Lotus - 1:33.762 + 1.432
12. Sergio Perez : McLaren - 1:33.914 + 1.584
13. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso - 1:33.974 + 1.644
14. Nico Hulkenberg : Sauber - 1:33.976 + 1.646
15. Valtteri Bottas : Williams - 1:34.105 + 1.775
16. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso - 1:34.284 + 1.954
17. Pastor Maldonado : Williams - 1:34.425 + 2.095
Q1
18. Esteban Guiterrez : Sauber - 1:35.283 -
19. Charles Pic : Caterham - 1:34.730 + 2.400
20. Jules Bianchi : Marussia F1 Team - 1:36.178 + 3.848
21. Giedo van der Garde : Caterham - 1:36.304 + 3.974
22. Max Chilton : Marussia F1 Team - 1:36.476 + 4.146

Qual : 1:32.330
Pole : Nico Rosberg
Team Battle : Jules Bianchi > Max Chilton
Grid Position Daniel Ricciardo : 13th place


Because of the grid penalty's : Mark Webber will start on the 8th place
Lewis Hamilton will start on the 9th place
Esteban Guiterrez will start on the 22nd place

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Shaky-Schumi