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a Little impression of the Indian Grand Prix of 2012

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2013 FORMULA 1 AIRTEL INDIAN GRAND PRIX
practice2 results
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:25.722 35
2 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:26.011 0.289 38
3 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:26.220 0.498 36
4 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:26.399 0.677 36
5 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:26.430 0.708 39
6 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:26.582 0.860 40
7 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:26.601 0.879 41
8 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:26.632 0.910 32
9 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.857 1.135 40
10 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.972 1.250 39
11 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:27.304 1.582 17
12 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:27.375 1.653 36
13 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:27.429 1.707 31
14 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.491 1.769 40
15 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:27.608 1.886 38
16 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:27.720 1.998 23
17 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.949 2.227 34
18 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:28.431 2.709 30
19 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:28.692 2.970 39
20 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:28.799 3.077 32
21 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:29.366 3.644 37
22 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:30.164 4.442 27

2013 FORMULA 1 AIRTEL INDIAN GRAND PRIX
practice1 results
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:26.683 24
2 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:26.871 0.188 17
3 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:26.899 0.216 23
4 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:26.990 0.307 20
5 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:27.227 0.544 21
6 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.335 0.652 23
7 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.416 0.733 23
8 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.692 1.009 21
9 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.770 1.087 19
10 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:27.800 1.117 23
11 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:28.035 1.352 25
12 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:28.214 1.531 6
13 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:28.336 1.653 18
14 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:28.342 1.659 21
15 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:28.468 1.785 20
16 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:28.538 1.855 18
17 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:28.730 2.047 18
18 14 James Calado Force India-Mercedes 1:29.197 2.514 22
19 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:29.413 2.730 24
20 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:29.560 2.877 20
21 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:30.026 3.343 23
22 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:30.471 3.788 17

A reminder for this weekend ! :

brudgon wrote:Fri 25 October 2013
Practice 1 : 06:30 - 08:00
Practice 2 : 10:30 - 12:00

Sat 26 October 2013
Practice 3 : 07:30 - 08:30
Qualifying : 10:30

Sun 27 October 2013
Race : 10:30

Kind Regards
Shaky

f1 news
The Indian Supreme Court will consider a request to cancel tomorrow's Grand Prix of India, presented by some lawyers through the instrument of the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) provided in the Indian Constitution to protect the public interest. According to the prosecution, the organizers of the event (Jaypee Sports International Limited) have not paid certain fees for the event held in 2012.
The race is scheduled for next Sunday at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, 50 kilometers from New Delhi. The same organizers were called in difficulty for the poor response of the audience for the Grand Prix: compared to the 96,000 sold for the first edition, and 65,000 sold last year, this year fans bought fewer than 30,000 tickets

The Indian Grand Prix(16th round of the 2013 Formula 1 World Championship)
Buddh International Circuit (25 – 26 and 27 October)
The first edition of the Indian Grand Prix was held on October 2011 and on this track has always won Sebastian Vettel. The Indian Grand Prix will take a one-year pause in 2014, but could return in 2015, maybe in an early-season date (march or april). The track, designed by Hermann Tilke, has two long straights followed by slow corners. A high top speed is important along the very long back straight, but there is also the need for good traction out of second-gear corners. Then, in the second and third sector, there is a wide range of corner types, including an interesting multiple-apex right-hander (Curves n. 10 and 11) with a profile similar to Turn n. 8 at Istanbul Otodrom (Turkey). The track has a width up to 20 metres in some areas and a lot of ups and downs. The asphalt is smooth and tyre degradation is low. Last year the winning strategy was: only one pit-stop, but with different tyre compound(hard and soft). This year Pirelli has gone for a slightly more aggressive choice and is expected a strategy on two pit stops. They will bring medium compound (white stripe) and, soft compound (yellow stripe), the same combination used in 2013 at Shanghai, Nurburgring and Hungaroring. Obviously at Buddh Circuit, there will be two DRS zones along the main straights.
Winners, Podium and pole position. This year will be the 3° edition
2011: 1° Vettel – Red Bull (2° Button and 3° Alonso) – fastest lap: Vettel – pole: Vettel, time 1m 24.178
2012: 1° Vettel – Red Bull (2° Alonso and 3° Webber) – fastest lap: Button – pole: Vettel, time 1m 25.283
The stats of this season(2013) after 15 races.
Winners: Vettel(9) Alonso and Rosberg(2); Raikkonen and Hamilton (1)
Second place: Raikkonen(6) Alonso(5); Webber(3); Vettel(1). Never a Mercedes driver in second place until now.
Third place: Hamilton and Grosjean(4) Vettel and Webber(2); Raikkonen, Alonso and Massa(1)
Total Podium: Vettel(12); Alonso and Raikkonen(8); Hamilton and Webber(5); Grosjean(4); Rosberg (2); Massa(1).
Pole position: Vettel (6) – Hamilton (5) – Rosberg (3) – Webber(1)
- Vettel has won the last five Grand Prix. Only Ascari and Schumacher have a longer series of consecutive wins (seven for both) in the history of F1 World Championship

23/10/1966 alex zanardi italian driver
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Toro Rosso team announced yesterday that Russian driver Daniil Kvyat, 19 y.o., will replace Daniel Ricciardo
next year and his team mate will be Jean Eric Vergne.

19/10/1981 heikki kovalainen finnish f1 driver
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17/10/1979 kimi raikkonen finnish f1 driver
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gp india last year podium
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:31:10.744
2 Fernando Alonso Ferrari +9.4 secs 5
3 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault +13.2 secs
pole
Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:25.283

15/10/1983 bruno senna brasilian f1 driver
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I agree with you kyke but at least Red Bull stopped Webber only because Vettel is going to win the Championship title, i think it's worse what Ferrari did with Massa from the first race of the season when he must let Alonso passing him every time.

Today in Network Bull they have demonstrated that they did not want that Webber was winning today.
It was clear that the strategy of three stops was harmful to him and was benefiting Vettel.
Vettel, does not need helps like that to win the championship.
For me, it is shameful what they have done.

Result of the race :

1. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing
2. Mark Webber -Red Bull Racing
3. Romain Grosjean - Lotus
4. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari
5. Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus
6. Nico Hulkenberg - Sauber
7. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber
8. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP
9. Jenson Button - McLaren
10. Felipe Massa - Ferrari
11. Paul di Resta - Force India
12. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso
13. Daniel Ricciardo - Toro Rosso
14. Adrian Sutil - Force India
15. Sergio Perez - McLaren
16. Pastor Maldonado - Williams
17. Valtteri Bottas - Williams
18. Charles Pic - Caterham
19. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team
Did Not Finish :
20. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP
21. Giedo van der Garde - Caterham
22. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team


Fastest Lap : Mark Webber - 1:34.587
Pitstop Valt. Bottas : 2 ( lap 8 + lap 27 )
Bat . 2 Team : Nico Rosberg > Felipe Massa
Grid Pos. Max Chilton: 19th place

Sebastian Vettel defeats Mark Webber and Romain Grosjean :
Sebastian Vettel clinched his fifth consecutive Formula 1 victory as differing strategies produced a thrilling climax to a three-way fight for Japanese Grand Prix honours at Suzuka. Polesitter Mark Webber passed Romain Grosjean late on to secure a Red Bull one-two, but fell seven seconds short of denying Vettel and securing what would have been a first victory of his farewell F1 campaign.
Fernando Alonso meanwhile finished fourth, ensuring that Vettel must wait until India at least to be crowned a four-time champion.
It was Grosjean's Lotus that captured the lead at the start, jumping from fourth into the lead as both Red Bulls got poor starts.
The Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton also got the jump on the Red Bulls, but as he squeezed in between the two RB9s he and Vettel brushed, puncturing Hamilton's rear right and causing floor damage which would ultimately lead to his retirement after just nine laps.
In the background, Giedo van der Garde and Jules Bianchi collided at Turn 1, with the incident set to be reviewed after the race.
For the first half of the race Grosjean was able to maintain his advantage over Webber and Vettel, with the trio easing away from a chasing pack led by Nico Rosberg and the Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso. The group lost massive time through the first round of stops when Daniel Ricciardo, who started on the hard compound and ran a deep first stint, managed to jump into fourth and hold a string of quicker cars at bay for several laps. It was Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg - who jumped the Ferraris through the first round of stops - who eventually managed to break Ricciardo's resistance, but by then the top three were 27 seconds down the road and out of touch. That allowed Vettel, Grosjean and Webber to adopt wildly different strategies, with the latter opting for a three-stop plan in contrast to the two-stops of Vettel and Grosjean. Webber therefore held track position heading into the final 10 laps, while Vettel was able to go far deeper than Grosjean in his middle stint, and therefore had much fresher tyres on which to close a two-second deficit to the Lotus man. The crucial pass came on lap 41 when Vettel attacked at Casio and then dived down Grosjean's inside at Turn 1 for second. With Webber pitting one lap later, Vettel duly hit the front and was able to cruise home to extend his winning streak. That he did so owed much to Grosjean however, whose spirited defence kept Webber - now on the option tyre for a final 10-lap charge - at bay until the final laps, when Webber picked him off at Turn 1 to secure second. Behind, Alonso executed a great pass around the outside of Hulkenberg heading into Turn 1 to clinch fourth and keep the title race technically open. Kimi Raikkonen also picked off Hulkenberg's Sauber to seal fifth ahead of the German. Esteban Gutierrez held on to deny Rosberg - hit by a drive-through penalty for an unsafe pit release - in a fight for seventh, while Jenson Button and Felipe Massa rounded out the top 10. Massa also had to fight back from a drive-through for speeding in the pitlane, although his cause was also aided when Sergio Perez and Rosberg collided while fighting for 10th, sending the former to the pits with damage. Paul di Resta beat Jean-Eric Vergne to 11th, while a third drive-through - this time for Ricciardo after he went off-track passing di Resta at 130R - meant the Australian was restricted to 13th ahead of Adrian Sutil, Perez and the Williams of Pastor Maldonado and Valtteri Bottas.

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi