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A reminder for this weekend :

brudgon wrote:Fri 11 October 2013
Practice 1 : 03:00 - 04:30
Practice 2 : 07:00 - 08:30

Sat 12 October 2013
Practice 3 : 04:00 - 05:00
Qualifying : 07:00

Sun 13 October 2013
Race : 08:00

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

The Japanese Grand Prix(15th round of the 2013 Formula 1 World Championship)
Suzuka circuit (11-12 and 13 October)
Just seven days after the Grand Prix of Korea, the F1 season continues this week end in Japan. Suzuka is one of the most interesting tracks of the Formula One World Championship and has a long history of races. It is also the only circuit that runs both clockwise and anti-clockwise due to its unique layout: an unusual figure of eight, that requires an overpass and an underpass. This is one of the best circuit in calendar, fast and technical. In my opinion only Spa Franchorchamps is better than Suzuka. How many memories on this track: Senna and Prost with their endless challenge (1988-89-90). Michael Schumacher, in 2000 (after 21 years the world championship returns to Maranello). At Suzuka circuit you can find two large radius turns, known as the Spoon curve and the legendary 130R, both very demanding for tyres. Very difficult are also the Esses, a consecutive series of curves with rapid change of direction(from Turn 3 to curve 6). Then in uphill through a long left hander known as Dunlop Curve, before going in two tricky right-handed corners, called Degner curves. The circuit is a true challenge for drivers and cars. Tyre allocation for Suzuka Grand Prix: Pirelli will bring medium compound(white stripe) and of course hard compound(orange stripe). The most conservative choice as at Spa and Monza. Only one DRS zone: on the start/finish straight. In 2007 and 2008, the GP of Japan took place at Fuji circuit.
Winners, Podium and pole position (last 4 editions at Suzuka).
2009: 1° Vettel – Red Bull (2° Trulli and 3° Hamilton) – fastest lap: Webber – pole: Vettel, time 1m 32.160
2010: 1° Vettel – Red Bull (2° Webber and 3° Alonso) – fastest lap: Webber – pole: Vettel, time 1m 30.785
2011: 1° Button – McLaren (2° Alonso and 3° Vettel) – fastest lap: Button – pole: Vettel, time 1m 30.466
2012: 1° Vettel – Red Bull (2° Massa and 3° Kobayashi) – fastest lap: Vettel – pole: Vettel, time 1m 30.839
Vettel always in pole position in the last four years and three victories plus a third place on Sunday.
Maybe he's the favorite?
The stats of this season(2013) after 14 races.
Winners: Vettel(8 times) Alonso and Rosberg(2); Raikkonen and Hamilton (1)
Second place: Raikkonen(6) Alonso(5); Webber(2); Vettel(1). Never a Mercedes driver in second place until now.
Third place: Hamilton(4); Grosjean(3) Vettel and Webber(2); Raikkonen Alonso and Massa(1)
Total Podium: Vettel(11); Alonso and Raikkonen(8); Hamilton(5); Webber(4); Grosjean(3); Rosberg (2); Massa(1).
Pole position: Vettel (6 times); Hamilton (5 times) – Rosberg (3)

Latest news from the F1 site

Pic, Van der Garde, Bianchi and Chilton given reprimands


Caterham’s Charles Pic and Giedo van der Garde and Marussia’s Jules Bianchi and Max Chilton have all been reprimanded by race stewards in Korea.

Bianchi and Pic received their reprimands for failing to respond to yellow flags, whilst Van der Garde and Chilton were punished for lapping too quickly during the safety-car period.

Bianchi and Pic now face automatic 10-place grid penalties at the next round in Japan, as both have accrued three reprimands this season.

Meanwhile, the stewards opted to take no further action against either McLaren’s Sergio Perez or Force India’s Adrian Sutil, who were also the subject of post-race investigations.

Perez had been placed under investigation on suspicion of forcing Force India’s Paul di Resta off track and for a separate tangle with Ferrari’s Felipe Massa, whilst Sutil was investigated over his collision with Mark Webber which led to the Red Bull driver retiring from the race.

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Result of the South-Korea GP F1 race 2013 :

1. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull-Renault
2. Kimi Raikkonen - Lotus-Renault
3. Romain Grosjean - Lotus-Renault
4. Nico Hulkenberg - Sauber-Ferrari
5. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP
6. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari
7. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP
8. Jenson Button - McLaren-Mercedes
9. Felipe Massa - Ferrari
10. Sergio Perez - McLaren-Mercedes
11. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber-Ferrari
12. Valtteri Bottas - Williams-Renault
13. Pastor Maldonado - Williams-Renault
14. Charles Pic -Caterham-Renault
15. Giedo van der Garde - Caterham-Renault
16. Jules Bianchi - Marussia-Cosworth
17. Max Chilton - Marussia-Cosworth
Did Not Finish :
18. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso-Ferrari
19. Daniel Ricciardo - Toro Rosso-Ferrari
20. Adrian Sutil - Force India-Mercedes
21. Mark Webber - Red Bull-Renault
22. Paul di Resta - Force India-Mercedes


Fastest Lap : Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull-Renault 1:41.380
Pitstop Sebastian Vettel : 2
Bat. 2 Teams : Both Drivers Did Not Finish
Grid Pos. Roamin Grosjean : 3rd place

Vettel wins in Korea, taking four in a row :
Sebastian Vettel has taken his fourth consecutive victory in his Red Bull-Renault winning the Korean Grand Prix today over the Lotus-Renaults of Kimi Raikkonen, by 4.2 seconds, and Romain Grosjean 4.9 seconds behind the winner. Vettel has now won the Korean Grand Prix for three straight years. Nico Hulkenberg (24.1s) completed a strong drive under pressure for most of the race in his Sauber-Ferrari to finish fourth, followed by Lewis Hamilton (25.2s) in the Mercedes GP in fifth, Fernando Alonso (26.1s) in the Ferrari in sixth, Nico Rosberg (26.6s) in the second Mercedes in seventh, Jenson Button (32.2s) in McLaren-Mercedes was eighth, Felipe Massa (34.3s) in the second Ferrari was ninth and Sergio Perez (35.1) in the second McLaren finished in the final points position.
Before the start, Mark Webber, who qualified third, moves back to 13th on the grid due to his penalty for getting a ride back to the pits in Singapore. Drivers have the choice of white sidewalled medium, and red sidewalled super soft compound tyres, with two-stops being expected. Daniel Ricciardo in 12th is the only driver starting on medium tyres. At the start polesitter Vettel rockets into the lead, Hamilton and Grosjean follow. At turn 3 Grosjean dives down the inside of Hamilton and takes second place. The Ferraris make contact and Massa spins. At the end of the first lap Vettel has a 2.1 second lead over Grosjean, Hamilton, Rosberg, Hulkenberg, Alonso, Ricciardo, Raikkonen, and Pastor Maldonado. On lap 2 Vettel sets fast lap at 1m46.3s. Adrian Sutil complains of a lack of downforce with front wing damage. On lap 3 Webber passes Perez for 11th place. Button radios that he has front wing damage.
On lap 4 Raikkonen goes wheel-to-wheel with Ricciardo and takes seventh place. On lap 5 Button pits for a new front wing as his brake temperatures were rising. He switches to medium compound tyres. Vettel holds a 2.7 second lead over Grosjean.
On lap 6 Webber passes Maldonado to take ninth. Button sets fast lap at 1m46.2s. On lap 7 Sutil pits for a new front wing. Massa pits as well. Both switching to medium tyres. On lap 8 Maldonado, Paul di Resta and Esteban Gutierrez all pit for medium tyres. Webber passes Ricciardo for eighth place. Guido van der Garde and Jules Bianchi are under investigation by the stewards. Vettel sets fast lap at 1m45.9s. On lap 9 Raikkonen passes Alonso for sixth place. On lap 10 Hamilton and Alonso both pit, switching to medium tyres. Van der Garde is given a drive-through penalty for forcing Bianchi off the track. On lap 11 Grosjean pits from second place to switch to medium tyres, along with Rosberg and Hulkenberg. Grosjean comes back out just ahead of Hamilton. On lap 12 Vettel pits from the lead and switches to medium compound tyres, he rejoins behind. Webber. Raikkonen pits as well.
Hamilton sets fast lap at 1m45.1s. On lap 13 Perez and Di Resta touch as they go side-by-side, but continue. Webber pits. Ricciardo, who started on medium tyres, is the over driver not to have pitted yet. Alonso is pressuring Hulkenberg in sixth place. Vettel sets fast lap at 1m44.5s. At lap 15, Vettel leads Grosjean by 3.5 seconds, followed by Hamilton (6.3s), Ricciardo (13.5s), Rosberg (15.2s), Hulkenberg (19.3s), Alonso (19.8s), Raikkonen (20.6s) Webber (21.6s) and Button (30.9s) in tenth place. On lap 16 Perez passes Maldonado for 11th place at the first corner. On lap 18 Rosberg closes on Ricciardo and passes him for fourth place. Red Bull tells Vettel to watch his tyre wear, as drivers are suffering right-front tyre graining. On lap 19 Ricciardo makes his first pit stop, getting another set of medium tyres. The stewards announce that the incident between Perez and Di Resta will be investigated after the race.
Alonso is pushing Hulkenberg harder, as his right-front tyre graining has cleared. On lap 21 Vettel sets fast lap at 1m44.4s. Ricciardo passes Di Resta for 12th place. Hulkenberg complains that his tyres are going off. At lap 23 Button pits from 10th place, staying on medium tyres. Massa passes Gutierrez for 12th place. Hamilton complains about his tyres, and Mercedes tells him to wait out the graining phase and his tyres should come back. Hamilton replies "it's been through the graining phase and it's dead." On lap 25 Vettel sets fast lap at 1m43.9s. On lap 26 Raikkonen makes his second pit stop. Hamilton's lap times are suffering. Di Resta spins and touches the barriers - his day is done. On lap 26 Webber passes Alonso for sixth place. Hulkenberg pits from fifth. On lap 28, Rosberg passes Hamilton. Rosberg front wing is sparking on the track, as it appears that the front wing has become detached. Rosberg pits at the end of the lap for repairs. Hamilton complains that he needs to pit. Alonso pits. Raikkonen sets fast lap at 1m42.8s. On lap 30 Hamilton pits and gets another set of medium tyres. At lap 30 Vettel leads Grossjean by 5.4 seconds, followed by Webber (34.7s), Perez (51.2s), Raikkonen (51.8s), Hamilton (54.1s), Hulkenberg (57.9s), Alonso (59.2s), Ricciardo (61.8s) and Button (68.1s) in tenth. On lap 31 Webber pits from third place for another set of medium tyres. Perez tyre comes apart and there is debris on the track. The safety car is deployed. Vettel and Grosjean dive into the pits for new tyres. Ricciardo, Webber, Gutierrez and Perez all pit. Webber was right behind Perez and pitted again as a precaution, and switches to super soft compound tyres, as he has run out of more medium tyres. On lap 32, Vettel leads behind the safety car, followed by Grosjean, Raikkonen , Hamilton, Hulkenberg, Alonso, Button, Rosberg, Maldonado and Ricciardo in tenth. Webber runs 11th. At the end of lap 36 the safety car comes in and the race resumes. At the first corner Sutil spins and collects Webber. Sutil continues and Webber is out. The Red Bull catches fire. Webber gets out of the car and the fire continues to increase. Raikkonen passes Grosjean for second place, and Hulkenberg passes Hamilton for fourth at turn 3. As the field comes back around the safety car deploys, but I local track car is out on track heading for Webber car, which continues to burn. Sutil pits for a long stop with damage to the rear of his Force India. On lap 40, behind the safety car Vettel leads Raikkonen, Grosjean, Hulkenberg, Hamilton, Alonso, Button, Rosberg, Maldonado and Ricciardo in tenth. At the end of lap 40 the safety car comes in and the race resumes again. Hamilton and Alonso battle over fifth place. Alonso passes Hamilton, but the British driver comes back and repasses. Vettel sets fast lap at 1m42.1s. On lap 41 Sutil is given a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pits. On lap 42 Vettel goes quicker at 1m41.9s, and leads Raikkonen by 2.0 seconds. Hamilton closes on Hulkenberg in fourth place. On lap 43 Vettel again goes faster at 1m41.7s, and then 1m41.6s the next lap. On lap 45 Maldonado passes Gutierrez for tenth. Gutierrez repasses, while Massa passes the both, Maldonado losing four places. On lap 46 Perez passes Gutierrez for 11th. On lap 47 Hamilton attacks Hulkenberg in fourth, with Alonso lurking just behind. On lap 48 Hamilton passes Hulkenberg, but is passed right back. Alonso then attacks Hamilton, but it unable to find a way by - Button joins the fight right behind Alonso. Hulkenberg continues to hold the followers off. At lap 50 Vettel continues to lead Raikkonen by 4.2 seconds, followed by Grosjean (5.5s), Hulkenberg (20.4s), Hamilton (20.8s), Alonso (21.5s), Button (22.4s), Rosberg (23.0s), Ricciardo (27.9s) and Massa (29.0s) in tenth place. On lap 51 Vettel sets fast lap once again at 1m41.6s. Hamilton tells the team that Hulkenberg's traction is "unreal". On lap 52 Sutil pits once again. On lap 53 Red Bull radios Vettel with a message "fail 22", the German continues and sets another fast lap at 1m41.3s. Rosberg passes Button for seventh. On lap 54 Ricciardo is stranded at the side of the track with a mechanical problem, his team mate Jean-Eric Vergne pits. Vettel wins his fourth consecutive Grand Prix over Raikkonen and Grosjean.

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

2013 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX

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Fri 11 October 2013
Practice 1 03:00 - 04:30
Practice 2 07:00 - 08:30
Sat 12 October 2013
Practice 3 04:00 - 05:00
Qualifying 07:00
Sun 13 October 2013
Race 08:00

drivers standings
1 Sebastian Vettel German Red Bull Racing-Renault 272
2 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 195
3 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Lotus-Renault 167
4 Lewis Hamilton British Mercedes 161
5 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull Racing-Renault 130
6 Nico Rosberg German Mercedes 122
7 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 89
8 Romain Grosjean French Lotus-Renault 72
9 Jenson Button British McLaren-Mercedes 58
10 Paul di Resta British Force India-Mercedes 36
11 Nico Hulkenberg German Sauber-Ferrari 31
12 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Mercedes 26
13 Sergio Perez Mexican McLaren-Mercedes 23
14 Daniel Ricciardo Australian STR-Ferrari 18
15 Jean-Eric Vergne French STR-Ferrari 13
16 Pastor Maldonado Venezuelan Williams-Renault 1
17 Esteban Gutierrez Mexican Sauber-Ferrari 0
18 Valtteri Bottas Finnish Williams-Renault 0
19 Jules Bianchi French Marussia-Cosworth 0
20 Charles Pic French Caterham-Renault 0
21 Giedo van der Garde Dutch Caterham-Renault 0
22 Max Chilton British Marussia-Cosworth 0

constructors standings
1 Red Bull Racing-Renault 402
2 Ferrari 284
3 Mercedes 283
4 Lotus-Renault 239
5 McLaren-Mercedes 81
6 Force India-Mercedes 62
7 Sauber-Ferrari 31
8 STR-Ferrari 31
9 Williams-Renault 1
10 Marussia-Cosworth 0
11 Caterham-Renault 0

2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
race results
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 55 Winner 1 25
2 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 55 +4.2 secs 9 18
3 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 55 +4.9 secs 3 15
4 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 55 +24.1 secs 7 12
5 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 55 +25.2 secs 2 10
6 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 55 +26.1 secs 5 8
7 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 55 +26.6 secs 4 6
8 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 55 +32.2 secs 11 4
9 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 55 +34.3 secs 6 2
10 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 55 +35.1 secs 10 1
11 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 55 +35.9 secs 8
12 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 55 +47.0 secs 17
13 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 55 +50.0 secs 18
14 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 55 +63.5 secs 19
15 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 55 +64.5 secs 20
16 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 55 +67.9 secs 22
17 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 55 +72.8 secs 21
18 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 53 +2 Laps 16
19 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 52 +3 Laps 12
20 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 50 +5 Laps 14
Ret 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 36 +19 Laps 13
Ret 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 24 Accident 15
Note - Webber qualified third, but penalised 10 grid places for accumulating three stewards' reprimands. Bianchi qualified 21st, but started 22nd after being penalised three grid places for impeding Di Resta in qualifying

Result of the Qualifying :

1. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull - 01:37.202
2. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 01:37.420
3. Mark Webber - Red Bull - 01:37.464
4. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 01:37.531
5. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 01:37.679
6. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 01:38.038
7. Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 01:38.223
8. Nico Hülkenberg - Sauber - 01:38.237
9. Esteban Gutiérrez - Sauber - 01:38.405
10.Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus - 01:38.822
Q2
11. Sergio Perez - McLaren - 01:38.362
12. Jenson Button - McLaren - 01:38.365
13. Daniel Ricciardo - Toro Rosso - 01:38.417
14. Adrian Sutil - Force India - 01:38.431
15. Paul di Resta - Force India - 01:38.718
16. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 01:38.781
Q3
17. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 01:39.470
18. Pastor Maldonado - Williams - 01:39.987
19. Charles Pic - Caterham - 01:40.864
20. Giedo van der Garde - Caterham - 01:40.871
21. Jules Bianchi - Marussia - 01:41.169
22. Max Chilton -Marussia - 01:41.322

Qual. Time :01:37.202
Pole : Sebastian Vettel
Team Bat. : Nico Hülkenberg > Esteban Gutiérrez
Grid Pos. Fernando Alonso : 6th place

Ps : Mark Webber will be put back 10 places because of the gridpenalty he resieved for the taxi drive with Fernando Alonso , so he will be starting from the 13th place !

Third pole in a row for Vettel in Korea :
Sebastian Vettel earned the 42nd pole position of his F1 career in Korea on Saturday afternoon. He clocked a 1:37.202 in his Red Bull. Lewis Hamilton qualified second with a time of 1:37.420 in his Mercedes. Mark Webber was third fastest with a lap of 1:37.464 in his Red Bull.
Qualifying 1
Sauber driver Esteban Gutierrez was the first driver to venture out as the 20-minute Q1 began. He was on Pirelli's medium compound tires. He clocked the first time as well, a 1:41.058. The ambient temperature at the start of the one-hour session was 77 degrees Fahrenheit (25 degrees Celsius), and the track temperature was 91 degrees Fahrenheit (33 degrees Celsius.) 6 minutes into the session, Jenson Button turned a 1:40.169 in his McLaren shod with the medium compound rubber. But Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg soon beat that with a 1:39.415. Lewis Hamilton slotted into second with a time of 1:39.737 in his Mercedes. 9 minutes into the session, Fernando Alonso took over second after setting a 1:39.504 in his Ferrari. 10 minutes into the session, Hamilton topped the times with a 1:38.574. Sebastian Vettel, who had been quickest in FP3, was just heading out for his first run as was his Red Bull teammate Mark Webber. 13 minutes into the session, Gutierrez turned a 1:38.725 on the super soft Pirellis, which moved him up to second spot. Vettel, on mediums, turned a 1:39.199 to move into third. Webber, also on mediums, topped that with a 1:39.138.
With 2 minutes remaining in the session, Romain Grosjean clocked his first time of the session, a 1:39.176, which put his Lotus seventh on the list. With less than 2 minutes remaining in the session, Hulkenberg, his Sauber on super softs, went to the top with a 1:38.427. Rosberg, also on super softs, beat that with a 1:38.418. Then Kimi Raikkonen turned a 1:38.341 in his Lotus. The top 10 at the end of Q1 were: Raikkonen, Rosberg, Hulkenberg, Alonso, Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso), Hamilton, Vettel, Gutierrez, Jenson Button (McLaren) and Felipe Massa (Ferrari.) Webber, who had not switched to the super softs, was 15th and thus just made the cut into Q2, as did Paul di Resta (Force India) who had traffic on his lap and scraped in at the 16th spot. The six drivers eliminated at the end of Q1 were: Williams teammates Valterri Bottas and Pastor Maldonado. Caterham teammates Charles Pic and Guido van der Garde, and Marussia teammates Jules Bianchi and Max Chilton.
Qualifying 2
Nobody headed out as the green lights came on to start the 15 minute session. 12 minutes into the session, Ricciardo became the first. He was on the red side-walled Pirelli super softs. Everybody else was on used super softs as well. With 8 minutes remaining in the session, Raikkonen set the fast time of 1:39.236, but Alonso beat that with a 1:38.504 and Hamilton beat that with a 1:37.824.
With 6 minutes remaining in the session, the top 6 were: Hamilton, Rosberg, Alonso, Gutierrez, Massa and Button. With 3 minutes remaining in the session, Webber completed his first run and clocked a 1:37.840 which put him second. Moments later Vettel finished his first flying lap and went to the top with a 1:37.569. A number of drivers fitted new sets of super softs for their final Q2 attempt. But they could not beat the times of Vettel, Hamilton and Webber who held the top three spots The top 10 at the end of Q2 were: Vettel, Hamilton, Webber, Hulkenberg, Alonso, Rosberg, Grosjean, Raikkonen, Massa and Gutierrez. The six drivers eliminated at the end of Q2 were: Gutierrez, Sergio Perez (McLaren), Button, Ricciardo, Adrian Sutil (Force India), di Resta and Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso.)
Qualifying 3
And so it was on to the final session that would set the top 10 grid places. Wherever Webber qualified, he would move back 10 places because of his penalty for hitching a ride in Alonso's Ferrari in Singapore. Webber got the ball rolling. Rosberg followed him out. Everybody was on the super soft Pirellis. Webber set the bar at 1:37.464 which beat Rosberg's 1:37.679. Hamilton grabbed second with a 1:37.508, and then Vettel beat them all with a 1:37.202. So the order was now Vettel, Webber, Hamilton, Grosjean and Rosberg. The other five drivers had not made a first run yet with four minutes to go. With 3 minutes remaining in the session, everybody was in the pits. Then, one by one, the drivers headed out for one final go. It was a bit of an anticlimax, however. Webber could not go faster and dropped to third as Hamilton improved to a 1:37.420. Grosjean, Rosberg, Alonso, Massa, Hulkenberg, Gutierrez and Raikkonen rounded out the top 10.


Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
qualifiyng results
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:38.683 1:37.569 1:37.202
2 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:38.574 1:37.824 1:37.420
3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:39.138 1:37.840 1:37.464
4 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:39.065 1:38.076 1:37.531
5 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:38.418 1:38.031 1:37.679
6 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:38.520 1:37.978 1:38.038
7 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:38.884 1:38.295 1:38.223
8 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.427 1:37.913 1:38.237
9 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.725 1:38.327 1:38.405
10 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:38.341 1:38.181 1:38.822
11 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.049 1:38.362
12 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.882 1:38.365
13 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:38.525 1:38.417
14 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:38.988 1:38.431
15 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:39.185 1:38.718
16 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:39.075 1:38.781
17 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:39.470
18 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:39.987
19 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:40.864
20 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:40.871
21 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:41.169
22 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:41.322
Q1 107% Time 1:45.224

Result of the 3rd practice session :

1. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing - 1:37.881 -
2. Mark Webber - Red Bull Racing - 1:38.018 + 0.137
3. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP - 1:38.318 + 0.437
4. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP - 1:38.332 + 0.451
5. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:38.486 + 0.605
6. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 1:38.701 + 0.820
7. Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 1:38.816 + 0.935
8. Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus - 1:38.857 + 0.976
9. Nico Hulkenberg - Sauber - 1:38.961 + 1.080
10. Jenson Button - McLaren - 1:39.114 + 1.233
11. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber - 1:39.128 + 1.247
12. Pastor Maldonado - Williams - 1:39.196 + 1.315
13. Adrian Sutil - Force India - 1:39.204 + 1.323
14. Sergio Perez - McLaren - 1:39.274 + 1.393
15. Daniel Ricciardo - Toro Rosso - 1:39.327 + 1.446
16. Paul di Resta - Force India - 1:39.371 + 1.490
17. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:39.665 + 1.784
18. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:40.128 + 2.247
19. Charles Pic - Caterham - 1:41.360 + 3.479
20. Giedo van der Garde - Caterham - 1:41.614 + 3.733
21. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team - 1:41.646 + 3.765
22. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team - 1:42.267 + 4.386

Vettel moves ahead in 3rd practice :
Sebastian Vettel topped the timesheets during final practice for the Korean Grand Prix on Saturday morning. The Red Bull driver, who clocked an effort of 1:37.881 with the Super Soft tyres, led team-mate Mark Webber by 0.137 seconds, as Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton watched on from third and fourth. Following a season-long trend, the first 45 minutes of the hour-long session was used for Medium-tyre runs. Hamilton, who suffered a slight delay in the early minutes due to vibrations on his brake pedal, was again the man in charge during this race preparation phase, continuing the form that saw him top both outings on Friday.
But when the switch to Super Softs arrived, Red Bull moved to the fore. Webber was the first of the frontrunners to head out for a timed attempt, initially clocking a 1:38.132 before lowering his benchmark to 1:38.018. Vettel then made his mark, finding an improvement of 1.2 seconds between compounds and breaking the 1m37s barrier. Rosberg and Hamilton thus fell back, the pair over four tenths of a second adrift of the ultimate pace. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Lotus driver Romain Grosjean followed in fifth and sixth, although the latter has more to yield after a mistake in the final sector. Felipe Massa, who ended the Medium tyre period a lowly 15th, enjoyed a better level of performance on the softer rubber, taking seventh position ahead of Kimi Räikkönen. The final top ten positions narrowly went to Nico Hülkenberg and Jenson Button, with the upper midfield battle set to be an extremely close one this weekend. At the tail end of the order, Caterham again demonstrated more pace than key rivals Marussia.

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

brudgon wrote:2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
practice2
1 : Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
2 : Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing-Renault
3 : Nico Rosberg - Mercedes
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Lewis Hamilton stays on top in second F1 practice :
Lewis Hamilton completed a clean sweep of fastest times in Korean Grand Prix Friday practice as Mercedes again took the fight to Red Bull. In another strong hint that the champion team will face tougher opposition this weekend than of late, Hamilton not only set the outright pace with a 1m38.673s, but was also very positive about tyre life over later long runs. Sebastian Vettel was 0.108 seconds down on Hamilton in second place. The runaway world championship leader, chasing a fourth consecutive Formula 1 race win this weekend, waited much longer than anyone else to move to super-soft tyres, jumping to second when he did so. That denied Mercedes a one-two, with Vettel edging Nico Rosberg by 0.016s. Mark Webber had been Hamilton's main rival early on, as the pair swapped first place several times. The second Red Bull ended up back in fourth, but was within 0.063s of its sister car. Felipe Massa was Ferrari's pacesetter in fifth, two places ahead of team-mate Fernando Alonso. Romain Grosjean's Lotus was in between them.
The second Lotus of Kimi Raikkonen got straight back out after its morning crash and went eighth. Despite a cockpit niggle, Jenson Button was ninth for McLaren, ahead of very-closely matched Force India duo Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta, who were just 0.001s apart. No one repeated Raikkonen's trip into the wall, but both Caterham's Charles Pic and Sauber's Esteban Gutierrez had spins during the afternoon while Alonso visited the grass on his final lap.

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Shaky-Schumi

brudgon wrote:2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
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1 : Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes 1:39.630
2 : Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing-Renault
3 : Mark Webber - Red Bull Racing-Renault
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Lewis Hamilton sets FP1 pace as Raikkonen crashes :
Lewis Hamilton set the pace in opening practice for the Korean Grand Prix as Kimi Raikkonen suffered a big crash at the end of the session. Mercedes driver Hamilton posted a lap of 1m39.630s to beat championship leader Sebastian Vettel by 0.037s, although the Red Bull driver had all the fastest sectors of the session. Team-mate Mark Webber was third quickest and the only other man to lap in the 1m39s. Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes was fourth ahead of McLaren's Jenson Button and Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso. Romain Grosjean was seventh ahead of Raikkonen, who ended the session with a heavy crash. As the session was coming to a close, Raikkonen lost control of his Lotus and crashed heavily at the final corner, causing substantial damage to his car.
The Finn was able to walk away from the crash, but the team faces a race against the time to have the car ready for second practice.
Although perfect weather conditions welcomed the drivers at the start of the session, it took over 15 minutes before the first lap time was set by Rodolfo Gonzalez. The Marussia driver had the track basically to himself for the first half hour, but that did not stop him from enduring drama, the Venezuelan losing control of his car and crashing against the barriers at Turn 13. He lost his front wing and returned to the pits, leaving the circuit empty for several more minutes. McLaren's Sergio Perez and Button joined Gonzalez in the timesheets with over 35 minutes of the session gone as the action finally began to pick up. Perez was the pacesetter for several minutes as most of the frontrunners continues to wait in their garages for the track conditions to improve. Mercedes' Rosberg relegated Perez to second at the 50-minute mark, the German posting a 1m41.498s that was soon bettered by less than a tenth by Alonso. Rosberg fought back seconds later to regain the top spot, the Mercedes driver followed by Vettel and Raikkonen, all of them lapping in the 1m40s. Hamilton became the first man to lap in the 1m39s with half an hour left, the Briton outpacing his team-mate by nearly half a second as Webber jumped up to second behind the Briton. Hamilton's time would remain unbeaten until the end, although Vettel moved up to second with a minute of the session left. Apart from Gonzalez's and Raikkonen's crashes, the session included spins from James Calado and Hamilton, as well as several offs without further consequences.
Felipe Massa's session was curtailed by a puncture that meant the Brazilian spent most of the 90 minutes in the pits, the Ferrari driver completing his first timed lap with just 12 minutes to go.

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Shaky-Schumi

2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
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1 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:38.673 31
2 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:38.781 0.108 30
3 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:38.797 0.124 32
4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:38.844 0.171 35
5 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:39.114 0.441 30
6 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:39.226 0.553 34
7 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:39.444 0.771 31
8 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:39.757 1.084 33
9 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.774 1.101 29
10 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:40.006 1.333 34
11 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:40.007 1.334 34
12 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.152 1.479 31
13 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:40.186 1.513 33
14 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:40.210 1.537 34
15 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:40.446 1.773 30
16 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:40.552 1.879 26
17 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:41.117 2.444 35
18 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:41.289 2.616 34
19 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:42.461 3.788 36
20 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:42.798 4.125 35
21 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:43.108 4.435 31
22 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:43.441 4.768 29

2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
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1 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:39.630 20
2 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:39.667 0.037 20
3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:39.816 0.186 19
4 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:40.117 0.487 20
5 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.215 0.585 22
6 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:40.374 0.744 18
7 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:40.396 0.766 19
8 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:40.677 1.047 15
9 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.860 1.230 20
10 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:40.880 1.250 13
11 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:40.899 1.269 20
12 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:41.432 1.802 18
13 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:41.482 1.852 22
14 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.626 1.996 21
15 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:41.924 2.294 19
16 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:42.002 2.372 20
17 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:42.043 2.413 18
18 14 James Calado Force India-Mercedes 1:43.008 3.378 21
19 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:43.660 4.030 20
20 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:43.883 4.253 19
21 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:44.100 4.470 14
22 22 Rodolfo Gonzalez Marussia-Cosworth 1:46.810 7.180 10