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not official but seems robert kubica next year will be the pirelli's text driver
 if it will be welcome back to kubica in the f1 circus
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Here's a link for the 3rd practice session that just started !
[hidden link - please register] Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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And the times of the 2nd practice session :
1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:48.340 - 2. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:48.651 + 0.311 3. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:48.896 + 0.556 4. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:48.964 + 0.624 5. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:49.086 + 0.746 6. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:49.300 + 0.960 7. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 1:49.339 + 0.999 8. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:49.790 + 1.450 9. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:50.039 + 1.699 10. Romain Grosjean : Lotus : 1:50.161 + 1.821 11. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:50.263 + 1.923 12. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : 1:50.345 + 2.005 13. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:50.636 + 2.296 14. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : 1:50.791 + 2.451 15. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:51.122 + 2.782 16. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:51.450 + 3.110 17. Bruno Senna : Williams : 1:51.452 + 3.112 18. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 1:52.009 + 3.669 19. Timo Glock : Marussia F1 Team : 1:52.218 + 3.878 20. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : 1:52.576 + 4.236 21. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team : 1:52.863 + 4.523 22. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : 1:52.936 + 4.596 23. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team : 1:54.448 + 6.108 24. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT F1 Team : 1:54.514 + 6.174 Comment of the 2nd session : Sebastian Vettel emphasised his FP1 pace in Singapore by going fastest again in the second free practice session at Marina Bay. The world champion, who has endured a tough sequence of grand prix weekends in terms of pace recently broken only by his attrition-assisted second place in Belgium, looked rapid throughout Friday. In the end Vettel recorded a time more than three tenths faster than his nearest rival - Jenson Button's McLaren. Fernando Alonso was third quickest for Ferrari ahead of Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton, Force India's impressive Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg. The first of the updated Mercedes W03s was eighth fastest in the hands of Nico Rosberg, while Felipe Massa and Romain Grosjean completed the top ten. The second session, which ran entirely under dry conditions, burst into life quickly and it was the two McLarens of Hamilton and Button that set the early pace on the soft tyres. But just as in the first session, it was Vettel and Hamilton that began trading times at the top of the list. This continued until Bruno Senna lightly brushed his Williams against the outside wall at Turn 19. The incident may have been small, but the stranded car proved difficult to remove and necessitated a short red-flag period. When the session resumed, first Massa, and then Hamilton switched to the super-soft option tyre and shot ahead of Vettel and the rest. The Englishman's 1m49.086s set the tone for what was to follow as the rest of the frontrunners switched to their option programmes. That prompted Webber to move to the front in the sister Red Bull car, only until Alonso's 1m48.896s bumped the Aussie down. Both were then dropped by Button's 1m48.651, before Vettel settled the matter for good with a 1m48.340s. The session then settled down into the usual game of cat and mouse as teams tried to evaluate their long run pace while at the same time masking it from their rivals. Of the frontrunners, Hamilton and Raikkonen both looked rapid on heavy fuel, while Red Bull seemed happy with degradation level of Vettel's super-softs. Besides Senna's problem, there were no major incidents though once again several drivers rocked over the kerbs at Turn 10 and Perez (15th) ran on at Turn 4 without hitting anything. The Mexican's Sauber team-mate Kamui Kobayashi (16th) had a similar experience at Turn 1 and then spun at Turn 19 right at the flag drop. Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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Here are the time of the 1st practice session :
1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:50.566 - 2. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:50.615 + 0.049 3. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:51.459 + 0.893 4. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:51.525 + 0.959 5. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:51.576 + 1.010 6. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:51.655 + 1.089 7. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 1:51.658 + 1.092 8. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:51.943 + 1.377 9. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : 1:52.275 + 1.709 10. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:52.296 + 1.730 11. Bruno Senna : Williams : 1:52.629 + 2.063 12. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : 1:52.716 + 2.150 13. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:52.839 + 2.273 14. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:52.986 + 2.420 15. Romain Grosjean : Lotus : 1:53.028 + 2.462 16. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:53.080 + 2.514 17. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 1:53.189 + 2.623 18. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:53.227 + 2.661 19. Timo Glock : Marussia F1 Team : 1:54.908 + 4.342 20. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : 1:55.091 + 4.525 21. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team : 1:55.335 + 4.769 22. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : 1:55.760 + 5.194 23. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team : 1:56.656 + 6.090 24. Qing Hua Ma : HRT F1 Team : 1:58.053 + 7.487 Comment of the 1st session : World champion Sebastian Vettel set the pace in the opening practice for the Singapore Grand Prix as he and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton were separated by less than a tenth. The two championship protagonists ended the first 90 minutes nearly a second faster than Jenson Button and Ferrari's points leader Fernando Alonso. Pastor Maldonado was an encouraging fifth fastest for Williams ahead of Mark Webber in the second Red Bull. Both Force India's impressed, with Nico Hulkenberg and Paul di Resta seventh and eighth ahead of Daniel Ricciardo's Toro Rosso and Sergio Perez's "unstably handling" Sauber. Heavy early morning rain set the tone for the start of the session on the Marina Bay circuit, which was still significantly damp when free practice began. Unsurprisingly. it was a tentative first half hour's running with only Jean-Eric Vergne, Romain Grosjean, Pedro de la Rosa and Timo Glock setting times on intermediates. Alonso ended up being the fastest man on the grooved Pirellis with a 2m01.573s before Kamui Kobayashi reset the reference with a time three second faster on a set of soft slicks. Kobayashi improved his time further and stayed top through the middle of the session, heading a timesheet that showed Mercedes's Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher - sporting the much-vaunted updated W03s - in second and third. It wasn't long before Rosberg moved ahead, but as the session moved towards the hour mark, and more slick running occurred through the field, so the times tumbled. In the final 30 minutes there was a fascinating period of running when first Hamilton, and then Vettel went fastest and the pair traded times at the top of the leaderboard. Hamilton, who was one of several to clump over the kerbs at Turn 10 heavily, then ended his running in the pits some 10 minutes before the end of the session. No one else looked likely to challenge Vettel's 1m50.566s, though it was during this period that Button moved ahead of Alonso to go third. There were no significant yellows, though several drivers shot off down escape roads – most notably Maldonado and Grosjean, who was 15th fastest on his return, three places behind Lotus team-mate Kimi Raikkonen. Once again Hua Qing Ma did a steady job for HRT. On a less than grippy complicated street circuit the Chinese driver, standing in for Narain Karthikeyan, ended the session less than two seconds off the pace of Pedro de la Rosa on his first visit to the circuit. Kind Regards Shaky- Schumi |
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shaky-schumi wrote:A little reminder for this weekend shaky-schumi wrote:until saturday 13.30u CET here ,because at 14.00u CET will be the qualifying of this GP I'm a little bit confused now. 
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Singapur last years pole
Sebastian Vettel 1:44:381 |
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this year seems the right year for alonso
but i hope also for the constructors championship with the help of massago on ferrari team 
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A little reminder for this weekend
!!!shaky-schumi wrote:Friday : All times are CET ( Central European Time ) |
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GP Singapore - Marina Bay street circuit – 5° edition
the first and only night-time event in Formula One history, therefore qualifying and race will be racing during night under artificial lighting. Of course in Europe we will see the event in the afternoon. This is a stop-start track and one of the slowest of the season, with many 90-degree curves and several high kerbs. It is a twisty and bumpy street circuit which runs close to the barriers with practically no run-off areas. So this track does not forgive any mistakes. The grip levels are initially low, improving throughout the weekend. The intense heat even at night, with a high level of humidity and the length of the race make this race very demanding for the pilots. Singapore GP is one of the few circuit of the season, that runs in an anti-clockwise direction, and is a quite difficult place to attempt an overtaking maneuver. The atmosphere of a night race is amazing, but in my opinion there are too many unnecessary chicane and too many 90° bends. At the Singapore Grand Prix the cars start with the higher fuel load of the year. Set up: high downforce package to give the car good stability under braking and to maximise traction out of the corners. Another key factor could be the safety car. Tyre compounds Soft yellow(prime) and supersoft red(option) as at Monaco and Montreal. DRS: only one zone, the same as 2011. Podium 2011: Vettel – Button – Webber. fastest lap on race: Button – pole position : Vettel 1'44''381 Podium 2010: Alonso – Vettel – Webber. fastest lap on race: Alonso – pole position : Alonso 1'45''390 Podium 2009: Hamilton – Glock – Alonso. fastest lap on race: Alonso – pole position : Hamilton 1'47''891 Podium 2008: Alonso – Rosberg – Hamilton. fastest lap on race: Raikkonen – pole position : Massa 1'44''801 The statistic of this season after 13 races 2012 wins: Alonso and Hamilton (3)Webber and Button (2), Rosberg, Vettel, Maldonado (1) 2012 second place: Raikkonen(3); Alonso, Vettel, Perez and Button(2), Rosberg, and Grosjean(1) 2012 third place: Raikkonen and Hamilton(3) Alonso and Grosjean (2), Vettel, Schumacher, Perez (1) 2012 pole: Hamilton(4) Vettel (3); Alonso (2), Rosberg, Maldonado, Webber and Button (1) 2012 fastest lap: Vettel(3); Raikkonen and Rosberg (2), Button, Kobayashi, Grosjean, Perez, Schumacher and Senna (1) |
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Cristiano da Matta 19th September 1973
[hidden link - please register] Happy Birthday to your 39th anniversary 
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Happy birthday to Stirling Moss - 17/09/1929 an extraordinary boy of 83 years,
Sir Stirling Moss is a legendary British racing driver. On track was a warrior and in every race, his attitude was “first or nothing" but in this way he became "the greatest driver never to win the World Championship". He placed second in the Drivers' Championship four times from 1955 to 1958; and third, 3 times from 1959 to 1961. Moss is one of the three strongest English pilots of all time, with Nigel Mansell and Graham Hill (Lewis Hamilton is still too young and Jim Clark and Stewart are Scottish). Statistic: Championship starts 66 – Wins 16 – Podium 24 – Pole position 16 – Fastest lap 19. |
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Post: #1136 Last edited: 13.09.2012, 22:51 13.09.2012, 22:40 Re: Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion
NewsFlash :
 Former F1 medical delegate Sid Watkins dies aged 84 (wednesday 12th september 2012 ) : Sid Watkins, Formula 1's former FIA Medical Delegate, who was key in making the sport as safe as it is today, has died. He was 84. Widely known throughout motor racing as 'the Prof', Watkins served for more than two decades as head of F1's on-track medical team - improving safety standards and saving the lives of many drivers.Born and educated in Liverpool, Watkins had worked as a doctor at Brands Hatch and Watkins Glen before being offered the medical delegate role for F1 after meeting Bernie Ecclestone in 1978. He campaigned hard to improve safety standards and medical facilities at tracks through a spell where the sport lost many high-profile drivers - including Ronnie Peterson and Gilles Villeneuve. His efforts to ensure that medical centres were up to scratch, medical cars were used correctly and a medical helicopter was mandatory helped improve the sport dramatically. That work helped save the lives of a number of drivers through Watkins' 26-year spell in F1, including Didier Pironi, Nelson Piquet, Gerhard Berger, Rubens Barrichello, Mika Hakkinen, Martin Donnelly, and Karl Wendlinger. But his saddest weekend came at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, where Watkins witnessed first-hand as both Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna - a personal friend - were killed. After that Imola weekend, Watkins was involved in the setting up of the FIA Expert Advisory Safety Committee, which eventually became the FIA Institute for Motor Sport Safety. Watkins retired from his medical role in F1 in 2005, but continued to push for ever improved standards through his role as the first president of the FIA Institute, before stepping down from that position in 2011 but retaining an honorary role. He most recently returned to the spotlight in the film 'Senna' where he recounted the Imola 1994 weekend and how he tried to persuade the Brazilian racing driver to retire from the sport after Ratzenberger's crash so the pair of them could 'go fishing'. Watkins famously wrote in his autobiography about what he told Senna: "What else do you need to do? You have been world champion three times, you are obviously the quickest driver. Give it up and let's go fishing." [hidden image - please register] [hidden image - please register] [hidden image - please register] [hidden image - please register] My condolences goes out to Mister Sid Watkins family & friends !!!!!!Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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