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shaky-schumi wrote:Vitaly Petrov (Russian)

Why you think that he can lose his job? His position in LRGP is safe, especially when we have bad news about Robert Kubica's return.

Drivers who will/could loose there seat after next weeks Brazilian Grand Prix :

Rubens Barrichello (Brazilian)
Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela )
Adrian Sutil (German)
Paul di Resta (Scottish,UK )
Bruno Senna (Brazilian)
Vitaly Petrov (Russian)
Jerome D'Ambrosio (Belgian )
Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italian )
Jaime Alguersuari (Spaniard)
Sebastien Buemi (Swiss)
Daniel Ricciardo (Australian )

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Here are the times of the last day of the young-drivers test at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi from today :

1. Jean-Eric Vergne : Red Bull Racing RB7 : 1:38.917 - 46 laps
2. Sam Bird : Mercedes GP W02 : 1:40.897 + 1.980 - 104 laps
3. Jules Bianchi : Ferrari 150° : 1:41.347 + 2.430 - 106 laps
4. Oliver Turvey : McLaren MP4-26 : 1:41.513 + 2.596 - 89laps
5. Max Chilton : Force India VJM-04 : 1:41.575 + 2.658 - 79 laps
6. Esteban Gutierrez : Sauber C30 : 1:42.049 + 3.132 - 77 laps
7. Mirko Bortolotti : Williams FW33 : 1:43.277 + 4.360 - 74 laps
8. Kevin Ceccon : Toro Rosso STR6 : 1:43.686 + 4.769 - 35 laps
9. Alexander Rossi : Team Lotus T128 : 1:44.283 + 5.366 - 74 laps
10. Jan Charouz : Lotus Renault GP R31 : 1:44.470 + 5.553 - 82 laps
11. Stefano Coletti : Toro Rosso STR6 : 1:44.545 + 5.628 - 48 laps
12. Nathanael Berthon : HRT F111 : 1:45.839 + 6.922 - 51 laps
13. Robert Wickens : Virgin Racing MVR-02 : 1:45.934 + 7.017 - 34 laps
14. Charles Pic : Virgin Racing MVR-02 : 1:46.348 + 7.431 - 49 laps

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Shaky-Schumi

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These are the times from the morning session of the young-driver test, day 2 :
Today was also the debut of Kevin Korjus, Kevin Ceccon en Johnny Cecotto junior in a Formule 1-car

1. Jean-Eric Vergne – Red Bull Racing – 1:40.188 – 17 laps
2. Jules Bianchi – Ferrari – 1:40.838 – 45 laps
3. Valtteri Bottas – Williams – 1:42.548 – 38 laps
4. Gary Paffett – McLaren – 1:42.645 – 23 laps
5. Esteban Gutierrez – Sauber – 1:43.637 – 47 laps
6. Sam Bird – Mercedes GP – 1:43.734 – 43 laps
7. Luiz Razia – Team Lotus – 1:44.323 – 44 laps
8. Kevin Korjus – Lotus Renault GP – 1:44.425 – 38 laps
9. Kevin Ceccon – Scuderia Toro Rosso – 1:44.947 – 41 laps
10. Johnny Cecotto jr – Force India – 1:45.475 – 39 laps
11. Jan Charouz – HRT – 1:46.728 – 37 laps
12. Charles Pic – Virgin Racing – 1:48.397 – 21 laps

And these are the times of the complete day + the actual driven laps :

1. Jean-Eric Vergne : Red Bull Racing RB7 : 1:40.188 - 43 laps
2. Jules Bianchi : Ferrari 150° : 1:40.279 + 0.091 - 91 laps
3. Gary Paffett : McLaren MP4-26 : 1:41.756 + 1.568 - 52 laps
4. Valtteri Bottas : Williams FW33 : 1:42.367 + 2.179 - 68 laps
5. Johnny Cecotto jr : Force India VJM-04 : 1:42.873 + 2.685 - 84 laps
6. Esteban Gutierrez : Sauber C30 : 1:43.367 + 3.179 - 96 laps
7. Sam Bird : Mercedes GP W02 : 1:43.734 + 3.546 - 94 laps
8. Kevin Korjus : Lotus Renault R31 : 1:43.776 + 3.588 - 81 laps
9. Luiz Razia : Team Lotus T128 : 1:43.944 + 3.756 - 89 laps
10. Kevin Ceccon : Toro Rosso STR6 1:44.808 + 4.620 - 97 laps
11. Jan Charouz : HRT F111 : 1:46.644 + 6.456 - 56 laps
12. Charles Pic : Virgin Racing MVR-02 : 1:46.698 + 6.510 - 61 laps
13. Nathanael Berthon : HRT F111 : 1:48.646 + 8.458 - 9 laps


Italian F3 pair complete Ferrari test
While all eyes are on the Young Drivers Test in Abu Dhabi, Ferrari also tested another pair of junior races in Italy yesterday.
Italian Sergio Campana and Canadian Michael Lewis drove a 2009-specification F60 at the Vallelunga circuit.
Campana won the Italian Formula Three championship and Lewis was the best rookie in the series this year. Campana did 43 laps and set a best time of 1’20.600, while Lewis did a quickest time of 1’21.040 in 45 laps.


Source : F1Today + F1 Fanatic- The Formula 1 Blog

Tomorrow will be the last day of this 3 day testing ,those times will be posted tomorrow after work .

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

As promissed here are the times of the 1st day of the 3 day rookie test at Abu Dhabi at the Yas Marina Circuit :

These 1st times are from the morning session :

1. Jean-Eric Vergne – Red Bull Racing – 1:40.707 – 33 laps
2. Jules Bianchi – Ferrari – 1:42.632 – 34 laps
3. Oliver Turvey – McLaren – 1:43.502 – 35 laps
4. Valtteri Bottas – Williams – 1:43.816 – 47 laps
5. Fabio Leimer – Sauber – 1:44.354 – 34 laps
6. Robert Wickens – Lotus Renault GP – 1:44.579 – 29 laps
7. Rodolfo Gonzalez – Team Lotus – 1:45.026 – 44 laps
8. Sam Bird – Mercedes GP – 1:45.564 – 12 laps
9. Max Chilton – Force India – 1:45.714 – 42 laps
10. Dani Clos – HRT – 1:46.922 – 39 laps
11. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs – Virgin Racing – 1:47.292 – 32 laps

And these are the times of the complete 1st day -including the total driven laps of the day ! :

1. Jean-Eric Vergne : Red Bull Racing RB7 : 1:40.011 : 82 laps
2. Jules Bianchi : Ferrari 150° : 1:40.960 + 0.949 : 85 laps
3. Robert Wickens : Lotus Renault R31 : 1:42.217 + 2.206 : 77 laps
4. Fabio Leimer : Sauber C30 : 1:42.331 + 2.320 : 67 laps
5. Gary Paffett : McLaren MP4-26 : 1:42.912 + 2.901 : 41 laps
6. Max Chilton : Force India VJM-04 : 1:43.016 + 3.005 : 80 laps
7. Valtteri Bottas : Williams FW33 : 1:43.118 + 3.107 : 71 laps
8. Oliver Turvey : McLaren MP4-26 : 1:43.502 + 3.491 : 35 laps
9. Sam Bird : Mercedes GP W02 : 1:43.548 + 3.537 : 52 laps
10. Rodolfo Gonzalez : Team Lotus T128 : 1:44.022 + 4.011 : 87 laps
11. Stefano Coletti : Toro Rosso STR6 : 1:45.278 + 5.267 : 87 laps
12. Dani Clos : HRT F111 : 1:45.329 + 5.318 : 68 laps
13. Charles Pic : Virgin Racing MVR-02 : 1:46.930 + 6.919 : 30 laps
14. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs : Virgin Racing MVR-02 : 1:47.292 + 7.281 : 32 laps

The times from the 2nd day ( wednesday ) will be posted tomorrow after work !

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

On tuesday ( 15/11) starts on the circuit in Abu Dhabi a three-day rookie test . Young talents will have the opertunity do drive a Formula 1 car and get some experience. The names for these 3 days are :

Red Bull Racing
Tuesday: Jean-Eric Vergne
Wednesday: Jean-Eric Vergne
Thursday: Jean-Eric Vergne

McLaren
Gary Paffett en Oliver Turvey (not yet known who will drive when)

Ferrari
Tuesday: Jules Bianchi
Wednesday: Jules Bianchi
Thursday: Jules Bianchi

Mercedes GP
Tuesday: Sam Bird
Wednesday: Sam Bird
Thursday: Not yet known

Lotus Renault
Tuesday: Robert Wickens
Wednesday: Kevin Korjus
Thursday: Jan Charouz

Force India
Tuesday: Max Chilton
Wednesday: Johnny Cecotto Jr.
Thursday: Max Chilton

Sauber
Esteban Gutierrez en Fabio Leimer (Not yet known who will drive when)

Scuderia Toro Rosso
Tuesday: Stefano Coletti
Wednesday: Kevin Ceccon
Thursday: Stefano Coletti/Kevin Ceccon

Williams
Tuesday: Valtteri Bottas
Wednesday: Valtteri Bottas
Thursday: Mirko Bortolotti

Team Lotus
Tuesday: Rodolfo Gonzalez
Wednesday: Luiz Razia
Thursday: Alexander Rossi

HRT
Tuesday: Dani Clos
Wednesday: Dani Clos
Thursday: Dani Clos

Virgin Racing
Tusday :Adrian Quaife-Hobbs/Charles Pic
Wednesday: Charles Pic
Thursday:Robert Wickens

If there are times given free for public i will post them tomorrow after my work !

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Here is the Official result of the Grand Prix Formula 1 of Abu Dhabi :

1. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1.37:11.886
2. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : + 8.457
3. Jenson Button : McLaren : + 25.881
4. Mark Webber Red Bull Racing + 35.784
5. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : + 50.578
6. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : + 52.317
7. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : + 1:15.900
8. Adrian Sutil : Force India : + 1:17.100
9. Paul di Resta : Force India : + 1:40.000
10. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : + 1 lap
11. Sergio Perez : Sauber : + 1 lap
12. Rubens Barrichello : Williams : + 1 lap
13. Vitaly Petrov : Lotus Renault : + 1 lap
14. Pastor Maldonado : Williams: + 1 lap
15. Jaime Alguersuari : Toro Rosso : + 1 lap
16. Bruno Senna : Lotus Renault : + 1 lap
17. Heikki Kovalainen : Team Lotus: + 1 lap
18. Jarno Trulli : Team Lotus : + 2 laps
19. Timo Glock : Virgin Racing : + 2 laps
20. Vitantonio Liuzzi : HRT : + 2 laps
Did Not Finish
21. Daniel Ricciardo : HRT
22. Sébastien Buemi : Toro Rosso :
23. Jerome D'Ambrosio : Virgin Racing
24. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing

Safetycar : no
Fastest Lap : Mark Webber : 1:42.612
Pitstops Kamui Kobayashi : 2

source : F1Today + The Official Formula1 Webside

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Shaky-Schumi

No offence to German F1 fans but Yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay Hamilton wins

With Sebastian Vettel taking pole today he as equaled the record for most poles in one season at 14 held by Nigel Mansell, so with Brazil still to come it is possible he will have that record to himself

Here is the official result of the qualification :

1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:38.481
2. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:38.622 + 0.141
3. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:38.631 + 0.150
4. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:38.858 + 0.377
5. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:39.058 + 0.577
6. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:39.695 + 1.214
7. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:39.773 + 1.292
8. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:40.662 + 2.181
9. Adrian Sutil : Force India : 1:40.768 + 2.287
10. Paul di Resta : Force India : no time -

Q2
11. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:40.874 -
12. Vitaly Petrov : Lotus Renault : 1:40.919 + 2.438
13. Sébastien Buemi : Toro Rosso : 1:41.009 + 2.528
14. Bruno Senna : Lotus Renault : 1:41.079 + 2.598
15. Jaime Alguersuari : Toro Rosso : 1:41.162 + 2.681
16. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:41.240 + 2.759
17. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:41.760 + 3.279

Q1
18. Heikki Kovalainen : Team Lotus : 1:42.979 + 4.498
19. Jarno Trulli : Team Lotus : 1:43.884 + 5.403
20. Timo Glock : Virgin Racing : 1:44.515 + 6.034
21. Daniel Ricciardo : HRT : 1:44.641 + 6.160
22. Jerome D'Ambrosio : Virgin Racing : 1:44.699 + 6.218
23. Vitantonio Liuzzi : HRT : 1:45.159 + 6.678
24. Rubens Barrichello : Williams : no time set at all -

Source : F1Today + GPupdate.net + the Official Formula1 Webside

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Shaky-Schumi

Here are the results of the last practice session from today :

1. Lewis Hamilton : 1:38.976
2. Sebastian Vettel : 1:39.403 + 0.427
3. Mark Webber : 1:39.427 + 0.451
4. Jenson Button : 1:39.429 + 0.453
5. Fernando Alonso : 1:39.661 + 0.685
6. Nico Rosberg : 1:40.135 + 1.159
7. Felipe Massa : 1:40.183 + 1.207
8. Adrian Sutil : 1:40.429 + 1.453
9. Paul di Resta : 1:40.511 + 1.535
10. Michael Schumacher 1:40.938 + 1.962
11. Bruno Senna : 1:41.509 + 2.533
12. Kamui Kobayashi : 1:41.527 + 2.551
13. Sergio Perez : 1:41.566 + 2.590
14. Vitaly Petrov : 1:41.594 + 2.618
15. Sébastien Buemi : 1:41.622 + 2.646
16. Jaime Alguersuari : 1:41.855 + 2.879
17. Pastor Maldonado : 1:42.025 + 3.049
18. Heikki Kovalainen : 1:43.409 + 4.433
19. Rubens Barrichello : 1:43.861 + 4.885 *
20. Timo Glock : 1:45.262 + 6.286
21. Vitantonio : 1:45.302 + 6.326
22. Jerome D'Ambrosio : 1:45.509 + 6.533
23. Daniel Ricciardo 1:45.732 + 6.756
24. Jarno Trulli Team: no time **

* = oil leak
** = engine problem

This afternoon at 14.00u CET is the qualification

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Shaky-Schumi

Hey motorsports fans
Here is a link for the 3rd practice session ,you can watch it " Live " now
Klik on motorsport and clik than on free practice 3rd session and than take the link of BBC + on the right side there is also a chat box !

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Shaky-Schumi

These are the times of todays 2nd practice session :

1. Lewis Hamilton: 1:39.586
2. Jenson Button : 1:39.785 + 0.199
3. Fernando Alonso : 1:39.971 + 0.385
4. Felipe Massa : 1:39.980 + 0.394
5. Mark Webber : 1:40.104 + 0.518
6. Sebastian Vettel : 1:40.132 + 0.546
7. Michael Schumacher : 1:40.553 + 0.967
8. Adrian Sutil : 1:40.951 + 1.365
9. Paul di Resta : 1:41.021 + 1.435
10. Kamui Kobayashi : 1:41.490 + 1.904
11. Sergio Perez : 1:41.565 + 1.979
12. Sébastien Buemi : 1:41.680 + 2.094
13. Vitaly Petrov : 1:41.947 + 2.361
14. Jaime Alguersuari : 1:41.983 + 2.397
15. Bruno Senna : 1:42.369 + 2.783
16. Rubens Barrichello : 1:42.798 + 3.212
17. Pastor Maldonado : 1:42.910 + 3.324
18. Heikki Kovalainen : 1:43.562 + 3.976
19. Jarno Trulli : 1:44.050 + 4.464
20. Nico Rosberg : 1:44.265 + 4.679
21. Timo Glock : 1:45.468 + 5.882
22. Jerome D'Ambrosio : 1:46.142 + 6.556
23. Vitantonio Liuzzi : 1:46.249 + 6.663
24. Daniel Ricciardo : 1:46.328 + 6.742

Tomorrow morning at 11.00u will be the 3rd practice session

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Off Topic : Got this afternoon a email with the conformation that my Bronze tickets for next years Gp of Spa-Franchorchamps are orderd and that they have resieved my payment ..so next year again to the GP..and maybe it will also be the last time next year that there is the Gp of Belgium , because there are rumors that the Belgium GP changes/swap with the France GP ,this means Gp of France in 2013 and Belguim GP in 2014 ,GP¨France 2015 and Belguim GP un 2016 ,etc

I orderd the tickets so soon allready because at the moment there is a discount until December

Here are the results of the 1st practice session of the GP of Abu Dhabi at the Yas Marina Circuit :

1. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:40.263
2. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:40.389 + 0.126
3. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:40.403 + 0.140
4. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:40.755 + 0.492
5. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:40.801 + 0.538
6. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:41.260 + 0.997
7. Adrian Sutil : Force India : 1:41.340 + 1.077
8. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:42.130 + 1.867
9. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:42.151 + 1.888
10. Jaime Alguersuari : Toro Rosso : 1:42.377 + 2.114
11. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 1:42.633 + 2.370
12. Romain Grosjean : Lotus Renault : 1:42.685 + 2.422
13. Vitaly Petrov : Lotus Renault : 1:43.118 + 2.855
14. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:43.255 + 2.992
15. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:43.389 + 3.126
16. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:44.412 + 4.149
17. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:44.484 + 4.221
18. Heikki Kovalainen : Team Lotus : 1:44.565 + 4.302
19. Jarno Trulli : Team Lotus : 1:44.898 + 4.635
20. Vitantonio Liuzzi : HRT : 1:46.385 + 6.122
21. Daniel Ricciardo : HRT : 1:46.532 + 6.269
22. Timo Glock : Virgin Racing : 1:48.024 + 7.761
23. Robert Wickens : Virgin Racing : 1:48.551 + 8.288
24. Rubens Barrichello : Williams : no time - **

** = had engine problem ,his engine has to be changed for the 2nd practice session

Bruno Senna was ( Lotus-Renault ) replaced by Romain Grosjean for one session
Jerome D'Ambrosio ( Virgin Racing ) was replaced by Robert Wickens for one session

The 2nd session will be broadcast " Live" at 14.00u Cet on tv on the german sender Sport1 ( DSF )

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi