Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion

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03.12.2011, 13:56

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A warm up for todays and tomorrows ROC ! Tongue :

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Here is a little highlight from last year of what we can expect/see :

... on saturday ...
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Enjoy whatching this 2 days event people ...i surtenly will do Tongue Tongue Tongue !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ps: it seems that the German tv station/sender "SAT1" will also broadcast this event Cool ...check the tv program for it !

02.12.2011, 23:00

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Short News :

The Williams Team has confirmed that Pastor Maldonado will continue to drive for Williams in 2012 !
Valtteri Bottas was just confirmed as test and reserve driver for Williams in 2012.

Ferrari and Red Bull have confirmed today that they have stept out of the FOTA ( Formula One Teams' Association ) , this means that the FOTA have only nine Teams of the twelve .

The start list for the International Challenge of Go-Kart Champions, the annual kart racing Felipe Massa has been distributed. There are 29 top drivers this weekend from different racing classes at the start in Florianopolis. Formula 1 driver Adrian Sutil, Pastor Maldonado and Jerome d'Ambrosio will be joining for the first time.

The complete list of participants is as follows :

1. Felipe Massa
2. Rubens Barrichello
3. Lucas di Grassi
4. Vitantonio Liuzzi
5. Jérôme d'Ambrosio
6. Jaime Alguersuari
7. Pastor Maldonado
8. Adrian Sutil
9. Gianni Morbidelli
10.Tony Kanaan
11. Vitor Meira
12. Hélio Castroneves
13. Bia Figueiredo
14. Jules Bianchi
15. Pietro Fittipaldi
16. Nelson Piquet Jr.
17. Enrique Bernoldi
18. Marcos Gomes
19. Xandinho Negrão
20. Cacá Bueno
21. Luciano Burti
22. Ricardo Zonta
23. Allam Khodair
24. Max Wilson
25. Tuka Rocha
26. Antonio Pizzonia
27. Popó Bueno
28. Christian Fittipaldi
29. Allam Khodair
30. Leonardo Nienkötter

Bernie Ecclestone wants even fewer European F1 races Angry
November 30 2011 : Bernie Ecclestone plans to the number of Formula 1 races on European soil in the coming years to bring back a lot. This year there were nine European races on the calendar in the future there may be only five.

The Toro Rosso team has two new people attracted to the technical department.Jon Tomlinson and Luca Furbatto join the team .Tomlinson is in Bicester to work for the wind tunnel,Furbatto joins the design team at Faenza.Tomlinson held the role of head of aerodynamics at Williams and Furbatto comes over from McLaren, where he was under contract since 2000.As of April 1, 2012 Furbatto takes on the role of chief designer Ben Butler, who returns to Red Bull Technology.

The "Race Of Champions " can be watched for free online at [hidden link - please register] & [hidden link - please register] !

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Shaky-Schumi

01.12.2011, 21:50

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Little info for this weekend " Race Of Champions " :

RoC: Group Classification for Race of Champions 2011 announced :

De Nations Cup (3 december)
Poule A

Team France (Sebastien Ogier & Romain Grosjean)
Team Nordic (Tom Kristensen & Juho Hänninen)
Team USA (Travis Pastrana & Brian Deegan)
SAT1 Team Germany 2 (Timo Scheider & Timo Glock)

Poule B
Team Germany (Michael Schumacher & Sebastian Vettel
Team Slavic (Vitaly Petrov & Jan Kopecky)
Team Groot-Brittannië (Jenson Button & Andy Priaulx)
Team All Stars (David Coulthard & Filipe Albuquerque)

De Race of Champions (4 december)
Poule A

Filipe Albuquerque
Andy Priaulx
David Coulthard
Travis Pastrana

Poule B
Mattias Ekstrom
Martin Tomczyk
Jan Kopecky
Sebastien Ogier

Poule C
Michael Schumacher
Jenson Button
Brian Deegan
Juho Hänninen

Poule D
Sebastian Vettel
Tom Kristensen
Vitaly Petrov
Romain Grosjean

The top two from each group advance to the knockout phase

Here are the Times for the weekend :

Saturday 3 December

17:00 Doors open
17:40 Exhibitions
19:00-22:00 ROC Nations Cup

Sunday 4 December

12:00 Doors open
12:30-13:20 ROC Legends Cup
13:30 Exhibitions
14:00-17:00 Race Of Champions

NB: All timings subject to change

MotorsTV will bring " the Nations Cup " from 19.25u - 22.00u on sunday in a full - lengh replay
...and on monday they will bring " the Race of Champions " in a full - lengh replay from 21.15u - 23.50u


The " Drivers " for this year are :

Michael Schumacher ( German)
Sebastian Vettel ( German)
Jenson Button ( British )
Andy Priaulx ( British )
Tom Kristensen (Danish )
Mattias Ekström (Swedish)
David Coulthard ( Bristish )
Filipe Albuquerque (Portuguese )
Travis Pastrama ( American )
Brian Deegan (American )
Sébastian Ogier ( French )
Romain Grosjean (French )
Vitaly Petrov (Russian )
Timo Glock ( German )
Timo Scheider ( German )
Martin Tomczyk (German)
Jan Kopecky (Czech )
Juho Hänninen ( Finnish)

The " Cars " that they will drive are :

Audi R8LMS
Skoda Fabia Super 2000
VW Sirocco
ROC Car
KTM X-Bow
World Touring Racecar
RX150
ROC 2 -Seater


Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi


Enjoy this event !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cool Thumb up

30.11.2011, 13:16

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30.11.2011, 00:00

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30/11/1966 happy birthday to mika salo
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29.11.2011, 09:46

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Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen will return to Formula 1 next season after signing a two-year deal with Lotus Renault GP.

28.11.2011, 22:43

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Now how Cool - beautifull is this Smile Thumb up ...the complete Ferrari Team congratulate Felipe Massa's 100 Grand Prix at the Ferrari box ..and also ...his old Team Mate and best friend Michael Schumacher Tongue Thumb up and his fellow country man Rubens Barrichello , Ferrari gave Felipe a cake and a signed engine cover Smile Thumb up ( ...euh ..Felipe ..if you don't want the engine cover Tongue In love ..i will always except it ..no problem ...i have room in my house ..and if it's nessecary i will make room Big Grin )


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Short News :

Marussia Virgin Racing has signed a contract with Charles Pic to be there driver for next season ...this means exit Jerome D'Ambrosio ( Belgium ) Cry

It was yesterday the 300th and last race for Renault ,next year they will take over the identity of Lotus !

Virgin also made their last appearance before transforming into Marussia in time for next season.

Patrick Head ( 65 year ) of the Williams Team will say goodby at the end of the year as engineering director , from next year on he will concentrate on the bussines activities of the Team !
Head founded the Williams team in 1977 with Frank Williams. The Briton was from 1977 to 2004 Technical Director of the racing stable from Grove.

Daniel Ricciardo is bin linked for a race seat at Team Lotus/Caterham .

Virgin receive a 5,000$ fine for 'unsafe release' Timo Glock !

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

27.11.2011, 23:26

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congratulations to the winners of the forum.

and my personal consideration about this season :

very impressive job by Button, the one who really demonstrated his skills in tactics.
Good job by Vettel but always i have the doubt simple because his car was indeed the best with no mercy for the others.
I have some disappointments about Massa, Alonso and the Ferrari's team, i think that something more could have been done... btw i wait the coming of kubica or Hamilton to really begin to enjoy.
I don't like what's goin on in Ferrari in these last years.

well let's hope for a better 2012 championship with better rules and nice GP.
May be next year i will re-join this nice funny game.

GG everyone.

27.11.2011, 23:22

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I lost my crown from last years game to a well diserved winner ....but watch out wolf1 ....i will be fighting again for it next season Cool...together with my Team Ferrari and the drivers and with Schumi Smile
So prepair yourself allready for a tough fight because " When the going gets tough ,the tough get going " Cool Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

27.11.2011, 23:06

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kyke50 wrote:Congratulations to Wolf1, Bellerophon and dazaman, are just winners.
I am very happy of my position, but with three specialists like them, it was impossible to aim higher.
shaky, thank you very much and congratulations on your great work and thank you all for participation and sportsmanship demonstrated.
Kind regards

I was very lucky in the last race kyke nothing more, so if i had not been so lucky you would have 3rd which is more than deserved.

Congratulations to you, bellerophon and the champion for this year wolf1 Smile don't relax wolf1 i'm going to get that title next year Tongue

27.11.2011, 22:54

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Congratulations to Wolf1, Bellerophon and dazaman, are just winners.
I am very happy of my position, but with three specialists like them, it was impossible to aim higher.
shaky, thank you very much and congratulations on your great work and thank you all for participation and sportsmanship demonstrated.
Kind regards

27.11.2011, 22:43

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Aldo that the Formula 1 season has come to a end i try to keep this topic alive during the silend months ,ofcourse everyone els can still contribute here also if it has to do with Formula 1 during these months Smile Thumb up . As soon when the official list of the drivers is complete i will post it here ..it will be halfway / end December because there are still some seats to fill in at some Teams and also the race calender is not definite !

One more thing …the F1 season is over now but next weekend there is one more event in Motorsport ..and I can advice you all too watch it ….it’s the “ ROC “ ..or fullout sayd “ Race Of Champions “ ,this will be on saturday the 3rd of december and sunday 4th december ,check your tvprograms for the broadcast …I think that" Eurosport " or " Motorsport tv" will be one of them ….in this event you will see Champions from different kind of motorsports racing in a Arena ( Dusseldorf Esprit Arena,Germany ),in a real relaxed atmosphere with ofcourse a figthing spirit on the track ,but of the track they are all friends !!! Here is the link with all the info about this event …Enjoy : [hidden link - please register] . Who can beat the Champion from last year Filipe Albuquerque? Will Team Germany win again this year ( Vettel + Schumacher) or is it another country who will win ?

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

27.11.2011, 20:26

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Here are the Final results of the Final race of the formula season 2011 at the Sao Paulo circuit in Brasil :

1. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:15.324 71
2. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : + 16.983
3. Jenson Button : McLaren : + 27.638
4. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : + 35.048
5. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : + 1:06.733
6. Adrian Sutil : Force India : + 1 lap
7. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : + 1 lap
8. Paul di Resta : Force India : + 1 lap
9. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : + 1 lap
10. Vitaly Petrov : Lotus Renault : + 1 lap
11. Jaime Alguersuari : Toro Rosso : + 1 lap
12. Sébastien Buemi : Toro Rosso : + 1 lap
13. Sergio Perez : Sauber : + 1 lap
14. Rubens Barrichello : Williams : + 1 lap
15. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : + 1 lap
16. Heikki Kovalainen : Team Lotus : + 2 laps
17. Bruno Senna : Lotus Renault : + 2 laps
18. Jarno Trulli : Team Lotus : + 2 laps
19. Jerome D'Ambrosio : Virgin Racing : + 3 ronden 0:00.000 68
20. Daniel Ricciardo : HRT :+ 3 laps
Did Not Finish :
21. Vitantonio Liuzzi : HRT : not yet known
22. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : gearbox problem
23. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : spin out
24. Timo Glock : Virgin Racing : loos wheel

Safetycar : no
Fastest Lap : Mark Webber :1:15.324
Pitstops Michael Schumacher : 3

Here are also the Final standings of the Driver from this season 2011 :

1.Sebastian Vettel : 392
2. Jenson Button: 270
3. Mark Webber : 258
4. Fernando Alonso : 257
5. Lewis Hamilton : 227
6. Felipe Massa : 118
7. Nico Rosberg : 89
8. Michael Schumacher : 76
9. Adrian Sutil : 42
10. Vitaly Petrov : 37
11. Nick Heidfeld : 34
12. Kamui Kobayashi : 30
13. Paul di Resta : 27
14. Jaime Alguersuari : 26
15. Sébastien Buemi : 15
16. Sergio Perez : 14
17. Rubens Barrichello : 4
18. Bruno Senna : 2
19. Pastor Maldonado : 1
20. Heikki Kovalainen :0
21. Jerome D'Ambrosio : 0
22. Timo Glock : 0
23. Jarno Trulli : 0
24. Vitantonio Liuzzi : 0
25. Daniel Ricciardo : 0
26. Narain Karthikeyan : 0
27. Pedro de la Rosa : 0
28. Karun Chandhok : 0

And also the Final standings of the Constructors of this seasons 2011 :

1.Red Bull Racing : 650
2. McLaren :497
3. Ferrari : 375
4. Mercedes GP : 165
5. Lotus Renault GP : 73
6. Force India : 69
7. Sauber : 44
8. Toro Rosso : 41
9. Williams : 5
10. Team Lotus : 0
11. Virgin Racing : 0
12. HRT F1 Team : 0

Source : F1Today

Kind Regards
Shaky -Schumi

26.11.2011, 20:04

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Here are the results of the last qualification from this seasons F1 :

1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:11.918
2. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:12.099 + 0.181
3. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:12.283 + 0.365
4. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:12.480 + 0.562
5. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:12.591 + 0.673
6. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:13.050 + 1.132
7. Felipe Massa : Ferrar :i 1:13.068 + 1.150
8. Adrian Sutil : Force India : 1:13.298 + 1.380
9. Bruno Senna : Lotus Renault : 1:13.761 + 1.843
10. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : no time set -

Q2
11. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:13.584 -
12. Rubens Barrichello : Williams : 1:13.801 + 1.883
13. Jaime Alguersuari : Toro Rosso : 1:13.804 + 1.886
14. Sébastien Buemi : Toro Rosso : 1:13.919 + 2.001
15. Vitaly Petrov : Lotus Renault : 1:14.053 + 2.135
16. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:14.129 + 2.211
17. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:14.182 + 2.264

Q1
18. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:14.625 + 2.707
19. Heikki Kovalainen : Team Lotus : 1:15.068 + 3.150
20. Jarno Trulli : Team Lotus : 1:15.358 + 3.440
21. Vitantonio Liuzzi : HRT : 1:16.631 + 4.713
22. Daniel Ricciardo : HRT : 1:16.890 + 4.972
23. Jerome D'Ambrosio : Virgin Racing : 1:17.019 + 5.101
24. Timo Glock : Virgin Racing : 1:17.060 + 5.142


So these are the final qualification positions of the drivers ,let's see how it turns out tomorrow durring the race ...will it be again Vettel who tkes the win ?...can McLaren catch the Red Bulls with the start ?.....how about the Ferrari's ?..can they over a surprice ? ..and what about the rest of the pack ? ...we will see this all tomorrow at 17.00u at the final race of the season ...and not to forget ...there can be rain ...so let us hope that this last race is a well diserved race too watch Cool Thumb up

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

26.11.2011, 16:55

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Sorry for the delay Confused , here are the times from the 3rd and final free practice session of this season :

1. Sebastian Vettel : 1:12.460
2. Jenson Button : 1:12.547 + 0.087
3. Mark Webber : 1:12.597 + 0.137
4. Lewis Hamilton : 1:12.622 + 0.162
5. Fernando Alonso:1:12.765 + 0.305
6. Adrian Sutil : 1:13.113 + 0.653
7. Nico Rosberg : 1:13.286 + 0.826
8. Michael Schumacher : 1:13.393 + 0.933
9. Paul di Resta : 1:13.419 + 0.959
10. Felipe Massa : 1:13.583 + 1.123
11. Vitaly Petrov : 1:13.838 + 1.378
12. Rubens Barrichello : 1:14.283 + 1.823
13. Jaime Alguersuari :1:14.286 + 1.826
14. Kamui Kobayashi : 1:14.311 + 1.851
15. Pastor Maldonado : 1:14.454 + 1.994
16. Sergio Perez : 1:14.547 + 2.087
17. Bruno Senna : 1:14.551 + 2.091
18. Jarno Trulli : 1:15.843 + 3.383
19. Heikki Kovalainen : 1:16.026 + 3.566
20. Jerome D'Ambrosio : 1:16.616 + 4.156
21. Vitantonio Liuzzi : 1:17.143 + 4.683
22. Daniel Ricciardo : 1:17.296 + 4.836
23. Timo Glock : 1:17.984 + 5.524
24. Sébastien Buemi : no time set *

* = Hydrolic problem

In 5 minutes will start the last Qualification of this seasons F1

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi