Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion

After qualifying Hamilton and Perez 5 positions back in starting grid due to defiance of yellow flags.

And her are the times of the 2nd free practice :

1. Felipe Massa :1:25.706
2. Sebastian Vettel :1:25.794 + 0.088
3. Fernando Alonso : 1:25.930 + 0.224
4. Lewis Hamilton : 1:26.454 + 0.748
5. Mark Webber : 1:26.500 + 0.794
6. Jenson Button : 1:26.714 + 1.008
7. Adrian Sutil : 1:27.316 + 1.610
8. Bruno Senna : 1:27.498 + 1.792
9. Paul di Resta : 1:27.853 + 2.147
10. Sébastien Buemi : 1:27.868 + 2.162
11. Vitaly Petrov Lotus : 1:27.890 + 2.184
12. Kamui Kobayashi : 1:28.050 + 2.344
13. Sergio Perez : 1:28.289 + 2.583
14. Jaime Alguersuari : 1:28.552 + 2.846
15. Rubens Barrichello : 1:28.691 + 2.985
16. Pastor Maldonado : 1:28.708 + 3.002
17. Jarno Trulli : 1:29.332 + 3.626
18. Heikki Kovalainen : 1:30.241 + 4.535
19. Nico Rosberg : 1:31.098 + 5.392
20. Timo Glock : 1:31.469 + 5.763
21. Michael Schumacher : 1:31.804 + 6.098
22. Jerome D'Ambrosio : 1:32.593 + 6.887
23. Daniel Ricciardo : 1:32.768 + 7.062
24. Narain Karthikeyan : 1:32.824 + 7.118

Welldone Felipe !!!


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Shaky-Schumi

Here are the times of this mornings 1st free practice session :

1. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:26.836
2. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:27.416 + 0.580
3. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:27.428 + 0.592
4. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:28.394 + 1.558
5. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:28.531 + 1.695
6. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:28.542 + 1.706
7. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:28.644 + 1.808
8. Adrian Sutil : Force India : 1:28.705 + 1.869
9. Sébastien Buemi : Toro Rosso : 1:29.219 + 2.383
10. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:29.355 + 2.519
11. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:29.700 + 2.864
12. Vitaly Petrov : Lotus Renault : 1:29.705 + 2.869
13. Bruno Senna : Lotus Renault : 1:29.799 + 2.963
14. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:30.132 + 3.296
15. Rubens Barrichello : Williams : 1:30.367 + 3.531
16. Jaime Alguersuari : Toro Rosso : 1:30.566 + 3.730
17. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:30.669 + 3.833
18. Jarno Trulli : Team Lotus : 1:30.818 + 3.982
19. Karun Chandhok : Team Lotus : 1:32.487 + 5.651
20. Timo Glock : Virgin Racing : 1:32.771 + 5.935
21. Daniel Ricciardo : HRT : 1:33.928 + 7.092
22. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT : 1:34.113 + 7.277
23. Jerome D'Ambrosio : Virgin Racing : 1:35.796 + 8.960
24. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:35.899 + 9.063

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton and Sauber driver Sergio Perez are sanctioned after the first free practice .
The pair will be put three places back after the qualifying . The reason for the grid penalties were ignoring the yellow flags when they where still waved !

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Shaky-Schumi

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Major wins
1962 Belgian Grand Prix (Jim Clark in R1)
1962 British Grand Prix (Jim Clark in R2)
1962 USA Grand Prix (Jim Clark in R3)
1963 Belgian Grand Prix (Jim Clark in R4)
1963 Dutch Grand Prix (Jim Clark in R4)
1963 French Grand Prix (Jim Clark in R4)
1963 British Grand Prix (Jim Clark in R4)
1963 Italian Grand Prix (Jim Clark in R4)
1963 Mexican Grand Prix (Jim Clark in R4)
1963 South African Grand Prix (Jim Clark in R4)
1964 Dutch Grand Prix (Jim Clark in R6)
1964 Belgian Grand Prix (Jim Clark in R6)
1964 British Grand Prix (Jim Clark in R6)
1965 French Grand Prix (Jim Clark in R6)

Here are the times for this weekends race at the New Circuit in India ,time are CET( Central European Time) ofcourse :

Friday :
1st practice session : 06u30 - 08u00
2nd practice session : 10u30 - 12u00

Saturday :

3 practice session : 07u30 -08u30
Qaulification : 10u30 - 11u30

Sunday :

Race : 10u30

As always the German tv sender/station Sport1 ( DSF) brings the session of friday " Live" starting from :06:30u - 08:05u of the 1st session , followed at 10:30u - 12:05u the 2nd session

Hope that this new continent and new circuit will bring a nice ,exciting and clean race to watch !

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

For the first time India will host a Grand Prix Formula One
The new Buddh International Circuit has several ups and downs. It looks fast with some long straights and slow technical corners. There are also a slightly banked, double apex corners (10/11). It is similar to the famous curve 8 in Turkey(Istanbul Park) but with one difference: instead of widening, the second part tightens. The average predicted speed is 210 km/h. and the gap in lap time between hard and soft tires will be huge on this track At the Indian GP, pilots will have available 6 sets of soft(yellow) and 5 sets of hard(silver) tyres to plan out their strategy. Teams usually are given 11 sets of dry-weather tyres per grand prix weekend, but normally five softer option sets and six harder primes. After practices five sets of tyres must be returned to the tyre supplier So before the start of Saturday’s qualifying and for the race each driver has available 3 sets of each specification in dry conditions. The most used strategy in this season for the top drivers, is of three pit stops. In this way, the drivers remain on track for several laps with the faster tires and they use the harder tyre only in the last part of the race. The FIA has set two independent DRS-zones for the Indian Grand Prix,on the start/finish straight and on the long straight after curve three. The same system was used at the Italian GP in Monza.
the podium after 16 races:
1° place: Vettel 10 – Button 3 – Hamilton 2 – Alonso 1
2° place; Vettel 4 – Alonso 4 – Button 3 – Hamilton 3 – Webber 2
3° place; Webber 7 – Button 3 – Alonso 3 – Vettel 1 – Heidfeld 1 – Petrov 1
Total podium: Vettel 15 – Button 9 – Webber 9 – Alonso 8 – Hamilton 5 – Heidfeld and Petrov 1
Fastest lap on race: Webber 5 – Hamilton 3 – Button 3 – Massa 2 – Vettel 2 – Alonso 1
Pole positions: Vettel 12 – Webber 3 – Hamilton 1
The record for poles in a single season by a driver is 14 (Mansell, 1992).
The record for wins in a single season by a driver is 13 (Schumacher, 2004)
Ciao Marco

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Designed by Carlo Chiti collaboration with Mauro Forghieri , was equipped with both a Dino V6 that with a 6-cylinder V-120 °. By Phil Hill won the drivers' and constructors championship in 1961 .

New Jersey confirms 2013 F1 street race planson the 2013 F1 calendar
Plans for a second Grand Prix in the United States of America were formally announced today.
A street race at New Jersey will join the F1 calendar in 2013 with the title Grand Prix of America.
It will join the Unites States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas which is due to join the calendar next year. It will potentially increase the number of races on the F1 calendar in 2013 to 21.
The event organisers revealed a revised 5.15km (3.2 mile) track

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Shaky-Schumi

Panda wrote:My guess is that his only reason is some extra money Karthikeyan and his sponsors are bringing to the team.

Unfortunately, in today's F1 we have many pay-drivers - average drivers with a big sponsor - Karthikeyan, Ricciardo (he has support from Red Bull), Petrov, Maldonado, Perez, d'Ambrosio, Bruno Senna and others. HRT has only one big sponsor - it's Karthikeyan's Tata.

Sad, but F1 becomes a big business without talented drivers :/

feels3 wrote:

Panda wrote:

shaky-schumi wrote:Another short news :
Official: Liuzzi set aside for comeback Karthikeyan

Vitantonio Liuzzi will not be in action on next weekends Grand Prix . This is confirmed by Hispania Racing team boss Colin Kolles today .The Italian will be confronted with Narain Karthikeyan, who for his home race in India will return once more in the Spanish car.Last month it became clear that Karthikeyan in his home race would return to the cockpit with HRT.The Indian will thus take over the seat of Liuzzi.
Team boss Kolles went on: "For HRT, the race in India is even more special than for the other teams. We have Karthikeyan the first Indian driver and for our sponsor TATA it seems like we have a home race. Narain is a talented driver and we are glad we could race with his experience. I asked Tonio Liuzzi place just to stand and I have to thank him for his professionalism. "

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Shaky-Schumi

This is another clear example of what money can do.Karthikeyan as a driver sucks!!!!!
As for the big bosses of every racing team, they sould be concentrate on how to make their cars better instead of collecting money in any way they can.

Agree, but Liuzzi isn't a good driver too. He has worse results than "newbie" Daniel Ricciardo which is in same team.

Yeah but you see that's not the point.
Because if mr Kolles was looking for a better driver,he wouldn't of choose Karthikeyan.
What do you think ?
My guess is that his only reason is some extra money Karthikeyan and his sponsors are bringing to the team.

Panda wrote:

shaky-schumi wrote:Another short news :
Official: Liuzzi set aside for comeback Karthikeyan

Vitantonio Liuzzi will not be in action on next weekends Grand Prix . This is confirmed by Hispania Racing team boss Colin Kolles today .The Italian will be confronted with Narain Karthikeyan, who for his home race in India will return once more in the Spanish car.Last month it became clear that Karthikeyan in his home race would return to the cockpit with HRT.The Indian will thus take over the seat of Liuzzi.
Team boss Kolles went on: "For HRT, the race in India is even more special than for the other teams. We have Karthikeyan the first Indian driver and for our sponsor TATA it seems like we have a home race. Narain is a talented driver and we are glad we could race with his experience. I asked Tonio Liuzzi place just to stand and I have to thank him for his professionalism. "

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

This is another clear example of what money can do.Karthikeyan as a driver sucks!!!!!
As for the big bosses of every racing team, they sould be concentrate on how to make their cars better instead of collecting money in any way they can.

Agree, but Liuzzi isn't a good driver too. He has worse results than "newbie" Daniel Ricciardo which is in same team.

shaky-schumi wrote:Another short news :
Official: Liuzzi set aside for comeback Karthikeyan

Vitantonio Liuzzi will not be in action on next weekends Grand Prix . This is confirmed by Hispania Racing team boss Colin Kolles today .The Italian will be confronted with Narain Karthikeyan, who for his home race in India will return once more in the Spanish car.Last month it became clear that Karthikeyan in his home race would return to the cockpit with HRT.The Indian will thus take over the seat of Liuzzi.
Team boss Kolles went on: "For HRT, the race in India is even more special than for the other teams. We have Karthikeyan the first Indian driver and for our sponsor TATA it seems like we have a home race. Narain is a talented driver and we are glad we could race with his experience. I asked Tonio Liuzzi place just to stand and I have to thank him for his professionalism. "

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

This is another clear example of what money can do.Karthikeyan as a driver sucks!!!!!
As for the big bosses of every racing team, they sould be concentrate on how to make their cars better instead of collecting money in any way they can.

Another short news :
Official: Liuzzi set aside for comeback Karthikeyan

Vitantonio Liuzzi will not be in action on next weekends Grand Prix . This is confirmed by Hispania Racing team boss Colin Kolles today .The Italian will be confronted with Narain Karthikeyan, who for his home race in India will return once more in the Spanish car.Last month it became clear that Karthikeyan in his home race would return to the cockpit with HRT.The Indian will thus take over the seat of Liuzzi.
Team boss Kolles went on: "For HRT, the race in India is even more special than for the other teams. We have Karthikeyan the first Indian driver and for our sponsor TATA it seems like we have a home race. Narain is a talented driver and we are glad we could race with his experience. I asked Tonio Liuzzi place just to stand and I have to thank him for his professionalism. "

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

News flash :
"Next week announcing street race in New Jersey" . From 2013 there will be 2 Formula 1 Grands Prix in America, know Autosport to report. The British magazine reports that Bernie Ecclestone has been able to reach agreement with local politicians and so there will be about two years racing through the streets of New Jersey. An announcement will be made ​​next week.Ecclestone has never made ​​a secret of his love for organize a race in and around New York. Formula 1 goes next season back to America after an absence of four years and from 2013 there would be two races in America.According to sources, there is now an agreement and the confirmation of the event next week by Governor Chris Christie. The Grand Prix would have to find place in June 2013 so that the back-to-back will be the race in Canada. The Wall Street Journal reports that for a press conference is scheduled next Tuesday.Exactly where the race should be run is not yet clear, but likely at the edge of the Hudson river. This would raise the Manhattan skyline can be used as a backdrop .

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Shaky-Schumi

21/10/2007
After a miraculous comeback, Kimi Raikkonen and Ferrari graduate world champions respectively for the first and fifteenth time in the last GP of the season in Brazil