Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion

@dazaman, this is the rule in 2010 for the qualification .

Qualifying: This is run over an hour and is split into three sessions. In Q1 (the first session) all cars may take to the track and complete as many or as few laps as they like. At the end of the 20-minute session there is a seven-minute break and the slowest eight cars are eliminated and the times re-set. Q2 is run to the same rules over 15 minutes, and at the end of the session a further eight cars are eliminated. This leaves the last 10 cars to fight it out in Q3 for the top spot in a session that lasts ten minutes.

And also inportant to know the points system for this year !

Points: The points system will be dramatically altered in 2010. The points awarded to the top four finishers are increased and points will be given down to the tenth place finisher as follows:

1st= 25 : 2nd = 20 : 3rd = 15 : 4th = 10 : 5th = 8 : 6th = 6 : 7th= 5 : 8th= 3 : 9th = 2 : 10th= 1

Kind Regards
shaky-schumi

just wondering if the fia would bring back the 104% rules in qualifying if the new cars are that bad. because would kill the new teams straight away witch would not benefit f1.

fman1 wrote:Hi Shaky !
Have you seen the color of Lilian's dress? If Ferrari turn as the same speed than the Lilian's panty falls during the night, it should win every races !

@f1man,i rader would see Gia in a red dress than Lilian !!!

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

(ps: let us not get to mutch off topic ,thanks )

Hi Shaky !
Have you seen the color of Lilian's dress? If Ferrari turn as the same speed than the Lilian's panty falls during the night, it should win every races !

Here is some news of what was happend and say'd in F1 this week !

USF1 is officialy out of of F1 ,they have bin taken out of the list of the official entry grid list ( this was a big mistake of tis team to enter so fast in F1 ,they should have first take the time to have enough budget to come around atleashed for 1 season , they should have also taken the time for bringing in some sponsors ,they should have taken the time to test there cars ,they should have taken also the time to select the drivers more precisly/careful instead of always take a driver who brings money with hime ( like some other teams do ) ,they should take the time to learn the car inside and outside when they take the car on a test circuit, with other words just make a test year and after that year you can enter the F1 like Toyota did ! )
With the USF1 not entering the F1 the other team Stefan GP thought that they might/could enter the F1 grid( they where allready convinced that they could take there place even when they don't have the licence to drive this season ) ,but the FIA wil not let them enter ,there is no place for this team ,the explenation of the FIA is " it's not possible for a replacement team to enter the F1 is this late stage " ( so this means no J.Villeneuve on the grid )
Campos Meta 1 has changed there name into Hispania Racing ,the tem is named this after Grupo Hispania,a company owned by the Spaniard Jose Ramon Carabante ,one of there drivers is a very well known name ( atleashed his surname !!!!) Bruno Senna ,and the second driver is Indier Karun Chandhok ( after Narain Karthikeyanwho drove for Jordan in 2005 is this the second Indier driver who takes part in the F1 ),Senna and Chandhok are not stranger to eachother because there will be driving again together like they where teammates at iSport in de GP2 classes )
Renault will be working together with the Russian car maker Lada ,this means Renault will have the logo of Lada on both there cars ,Renault will also have the first Russian driver ever in F1 ,his name Vitaly Petrov ,he will also have the logo on his driving gear ,the deal was also undersigned by the Russian Premier Vladimir Poetin !
Ferrari Team Principal Stefano Domenicali say'd " there will be no space for making errors this year ,every single mistake how little it also may be can cost us a lot in a short time and specialy at the end of the season !!! "
Hamilton " racing against Schumacher is very special ! "
Hamilton conformt " i did not behave well against Alonso in 2007 "
The FIA will take a close look at the rear wing design because some say'd it's not legal !
Schumacher " i'm so exited as a child who will get a present on christmas day "
Rosberg " i'm not slower than Schumacher "
Rosberg " Schumacher will have more respect for me "
Button " i don't want to lose my number 1 "
F1-world holds breath for super difusser of MercedesGP
Vettel about the Schumacher-Hype " i don't care ,on the circuit a driver is a driver "

And to end this post here is the official list of the FIA of the teams and drivers who will be starting at the 210 season !!!!!!!!!!
The new list also confirms Campos's name change to HRT and Sauber's car numbers.

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
1 Jenson Button (GB)
2 Lewis Hamilton (GB)

Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team
3 Michael Schumacher (D)
4 Nico Rosberg (D)

Red Bull Racing
5 Sebastian Vettel (D)
6 Mark Webber (AUS)

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
7 Felipe Massa (BR)
8 Fernando Alonso (E)

AT&T Williams
9 Rubens Barrichello (BR)
10 Nico Hulkenberg (D)

Renault F1 Team
11 Robert Kubica (PL)
12 Vitaly Petrov (RUS)

Force India F1 Team
14 Adrian Sutil (D)
15 Vitantonio Liuzzi (I)

Scuderia Toro Rosso
16 Sebastien Buemi (CH)
17 Jaime Alguersuari (E)

Lotus Racing
18 Jarno Trulli (I)
19 Heikki Kovalainen (FIN)

HRT F1 Team
20 Karun Chandhok (IN)
21 Bruno Senna (BR)

BMW Sauber F1 Team
22 Pedro de la Rosa (E)
23 Kamui Kobayashi (J)

Virgin Racing
24 Timo Glock (D)
25 Lucas di Grassi (BR)

So instead of 26 car on the grid we will see 24 cars this season !
6 days to go until the start of the first practice session in Bahrein on friday morning 08.00u ( for tv broadcasting check your tv guide -tv stations ! , i will watch on friday the german tv station DF ,they bring it live
( i took 1 vacation day to watch the start ,this is a tradition from me )
I hope that some of you fans wil also have the opertunity to watch the start of this hopefully succesfull season

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

ENJOY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Something funny: Sauber team will be engined by Ferrari, but it still has BMW name, so official name team is BMW Sauber Ferrari.

For the people who are interested this afternoon there will be a review of the " 2009 season " on BBC1 . It wil begin at 14.00u til 15.00u ( for the the british fans it will start at 13.00u till 14.00u because of there time running 1 hour behind ) For me personaly it was a season to forget because of the bad season of Ferrari and i'm sure there are many of you Ferrari fans who has the same opion about this ! But i as a F1 fan i'm sure gonna watch this program annyway .

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

USF1 Team is asking the FIA if they can skip the 2010 season !!!!! ( i personely find that it was a mistake to let them start annyway , i find that they should have asked the FIA if they could have tested a whole year like Toyota did before they joined and than join the F1 a year later ,in this year they could learn the car and than they will also have the time to get a budget for that season )

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

First my thanks goes to elmo for putting this clip on this topic ( look Schumi still drives in a red car )

Oké F1 fans and readers here are the final and last results of the last test from today after this day the cars and teams will move to Bahrein for the first race !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. L. Hamilton McLaren MP4-25
Best Time 1:20.472 Laps 134
2. M. Webber Red Bull Racing RB6
Best Time 1:20.496 +0.024 Laps 61
3. F. Massa Ferrari F10
Best Time 1:20.539 +0.067 Laps 114
4. A. Sutil Force India VJM-03
Best Time 1:20.611 +0.139 Laps 100
5. S. Vettel Red Bull Racing RB6
Best Time 1:20.667 +0.195 Laps 76
6. M. Schumacher Mercedes GP W01
Best Time 1:20.745 +0.273 Laps 123
7. R. Barrichello Williams FW32
Best Time 1:20.870 +0.398 Laps 84
8. K. Kobayashi Sauber C29
Best Time 1:20.911 +0.439 Laps 67
9. S. Buemi Toro Rosso STR5
Best Time 1:22.135 +1.663 Laps 88
10. R. Kubica Renault R30
Best Time 1:23.175 +2.703 Laps 107
11. H. Kovalainen Lotus F1 T127
Best Time 1:25.251 +4.779 Laps 65
12. L. Di Grassi Virgin Racing VR-01
Best Time 1:26.160 +5.688 Laps 49

This last test gave us a indication of how close it will be again on the grid ,and witch
of the teams did there homework . Now let's hope that we will have a fantastic season to watch this year aswel on the circuit as on tv !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

you've seen stills of the car, here it is in motion.
Some of you may even recognise the driver.
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These are the results from yesterday ,after some brief rain the track dry'd up very soon and the drivers where back on the track to furfill they duty !!! After seeïng the McLaren,Red Bull and Renault with a shark fin it was up to Ferrari to test with this body work !

1. N. Rosberg Mercedes GP
Best Time 1:20.686 Laps 128
2. S. Buemi Toro Rosso STR5
Best Time 1:21.413 +0.727 Laps 106
3. J. Button McLaren MP4-25
Best Time 1:21.450 +0.764 Laps 105
4. R. Barrichello Williams FW32
Best Time 1:21.975 +1.289 Laps 101
5. F. Massa Ferrari F10
Best Time 1:22.344 +1.658 Laps 115
6. V. Petrov Renault R30
Best Time 1:22.523 +1.837 Laps 68
7.A. Sutil Force India VJM-03
Best Time 1:22.606 +1.920 Laps 61
8. S. Vettel Red Bull Racing RB6
Best Time 1:23.123 +2.437 Laps 51
9. J. Trulli Lotus F1 T127
Best Time 1:25.059 +4.373 Laps 102
10. K. Kobayashi Sauber C29
Best Time 1:26.216 +5.530 Laps 105
11. T. Glock Virgin Racing VR-01
Best Time 1:26.305 +5.619 Laps 31

The time that was set by Rosberg was before the rain came down in the morning ,nobody came near that time in the afternoon after the rain was gone !
The VirginRacing team had again a problem with there car ,this time it was the oil pump !
Hulkenburg say'd that the Williams car has not the full speed yet !
Rosberg is counting on a big step forward in Bahrein.
The works on the new circuit in South-Korea is on schedule !
Mercedes GP waits until Bahrein to introduce a new diffuser .
Rumor is that MercedesGp is payïng Schumi 21 million € pro year instead of the 7 million € !
There is a new safety car namely the Mercedes SLS AMG .

Today wil be the last day of testing before the race starts in Bahrein !!!!!!!!!!

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Today's results driven again in a very good weather condition !!!!
1. N. Hulkenberg Williams FW32
Best Time 1:20.614 Laps 99
2. F. Alonso Ferrari F10
Best Time 1:20.637 +0.023 Laps 134

3. P. de la Rosa Sauber C29
Best Time 1:20.973 +0.359 Laps 114


4. V. Liuzzi Force India VJM-03
Best Time 1:21.056 +0.442 Laps 90

5. S. Vettel Red Bull Racing RB6
Best Time 1:21.258 +0.644 Laps 125

6. J. Alguersuari Toro Rosso STR5
Best Time 1:21.571 +0.957 Laps 104

7. M. Schumacher Mercedes GP W01
Best Time :21.689 +1.075 Laps 185

8. L. Hamilton McLaren MP4-25
Best Time 1:22.152 +1.538 Laps 93

9. R. Kubica Renault R30
Best Time 1:24.912 +4.298 Laps 53

10. J. Trulli Lotus F1 T127
Best Time 1:25.524 +4.910 Laps 70

11. T. Glock Virgin Racing VR-01
Best Time 1:25.942 +5.328 Laps 52


Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

These are the results of todays test ! The best positif thing today was the weather it was dry and sunny

1. M. Webber Red Bull Racing RB6
Best Time 1:21.487 Laps 109
2. N. Hulkenberg Williams FW32
Best Time 1:22.407 +0.920 Laps 82
3. N. Rosberg Mercedes GP W01
Best Time 1:22.514 +1.027 Laps 107
4. P. de la Rosa Sauber C29
Best Time 1:23.144 +1.657 Laps 73
5. J. Button McLaren MP4-25
Best Time 1:23.452 +1.965 Laps 101
6. V. Liuzzi Force India VJM-03
Best Time 1:24.064 +2.577 Laps 65
7. F. Alonso Ferrari F10
Best Time 1:24.170 +2.683 Laps 74
8. V. Petrov Renault R30
Best Time 1:24.173 +2.686 Laps 74
9. J. Alguersuari Toro Rosso STR5
Best Time 1:24.869 +3.382 Laps 111
10. L. Di Grassi Virgin Racing VR-01
Best Time 1:27.057 +5.570 Laps 31
11. F. Fauzy Lotus F1 T127
Best Time 1:28.002 +6.515 Laps 76

The VirginRacing Team had again a bad day ,the car crashed into the tyre wahl and it was over for today because it was not able to drive annymore. And the problem is ( again !!!!) they have no spare parts with them ,so they have fly them over and than reapair the car .The team say'd that the car wil be ready to drive on friday afternoon !!
Also again a problem for the Ferrari team ,the car had again some technical problems and had to stay the whole morning in the garage ,but in the afternoon they had solved the problem and Alonso could drive the car and they could finish there program that they had planned
If everything works well than the MercedesGp team will have a new sponsor ,namely a german multinational ,his name is not yet known The deal was made possibel thanks to the presents of Michael Schumacher as one of the drivers of that team
The teams can not convince bridgestone to stay as a tyre supliër after 2010 in F1
Alonso is full of convidence " put your money on me "

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Here are the names of the pilots who will drive the car at that day at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona ,starting from thursday !

McLaren

Thursday: Jenson Button
Friday: Lewis Hamilton
Saturday: Jenson Button
Sunday: Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes Grand Prix

Thursday: Nico Rosberg
Friday: Michael Schumacher
Saturday: Nico Rosberg
Sunday: Michael Schumacher

Red Bull Racing

Not yet known

Ferrari

Thursday: Fernando Alonso
Friday: Fernando Alonso
Saturday: Felipe Massa
Sunday: Felipe Massa

Sauber

Thursday: Pedro de la Rosa
Friday: Pedro de la Rosa
Saturday: Kamui Kobayashi
Sunday: Kamui Kobayashi

Williams

Thursday: Nico Hülkenberg
Friday: Nico Hülkenberg
Saturday: Rubens Barrichello
Sunday: Rubens Barrichello

Renault

Thursday: Vitaly Petrov
Friday: Vitaly Petrov
Saturday: Robert Kubica
Sunday: Robert Kubica

Force India

Thursday: Vitantonio Liuzzi
Friday: Vitantonio Liuzzi
Saturday: Adrian Sutil
Sunday: Adrian Sutil

Scuderia Toro Rosso

Thursday: Jaime Alguersuari
Friday: Jaime Alguersuari
Saturday: Sebastien Buemi
Sunday: Sebastien Buemi

Lotus F1

Thursday: Fairuz Fauzy
Friday: Jarno Trulli
Saturday: Jarno Trulli
Sunday: Heikki Kovalainen

Virgin Racing

Not yet known

Will be missing these last testing days before the champsionship begins : Campos Meta en Team US F1

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

These are the times of yesterdays test at Jerez and this time the circuit was dry and the sun was there all the time so the teams took the advantage of that weather on the track

1. J. Button McLaren MP4-25
Best Time 1:18.871 Laps 108
2. R. Kubica Renault R30
Best Time 1:19.114 +0.243 Laps 117
3. K. Kobayashi Sauber C29
Best Time 1:19.188 +0.317 Laps 117
4. V. Liuzzi Force India VJM-03
Best Time 1:19.650 +0.779 Laps 80
5. N. Rosberg Mercedes GP W01
Best Time 1:20.061 +1.190 Laps 130
6. F. Alonso Ferrari F10
Best Time 1:20.436 +1.565 Laps 137
7. J. Alguersuari Toro Rosso STR5
Best Time 1:21.053 +2.182 Laps 139
8. M. Webber Red Bull Racing RB6
Best Time 1:21.194 +2.323 Laps 87
9. N. Hülkenberg Williams FW32
Best Time 1:21.919 +3.048 Laps 137
10. T. Glock Virgin Racing VR-01
Best Time 1:22.433 +3.562 Laps 27
11. J. Trulli Lotus F1 T127
Best Time 1:23.470 +4.599 Laps 141

It was the first time for Trulli to drive the Lotus car .
Again the Virgin Racing Team had hydraulic problems .
Alonso say'd that the Ferrari car was the best car he had ever driven at F1
The teams will move now to Barcelona for the last days of testing before the season starts at the 14th of march .This will be the final test for all of them .
The dates are from the 25 th till the 28th
Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi