Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion

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13.05.2012, 17:50

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Newsflash !!!!! :

Major fire breaks out in Williams garage after Spanish Grand Prix
The Circuit de Catalunya pitlane had to be evacuated following the Spanish Grand Prix after a big fire broke out in the Williams garage. The fire is initially believed to have been caused by an explosion in the area behind where the cars are worked on.
The pitlane was evacuated and firefighters and ambulances arrived at the scene. It is currently unclear whether there are any injuries. Williams was still celebrating its first victory since the 2004 season, achieved by Pastor Maldonado moments earlier.
Force India's Otmar Szafnauer told Sky that one of his team's mechanics had been taken to the medical centre for smoking inhalation.
Williams said one of its mechanics was also in the medical centre, but was unsure about the injuries if any.

Latest was that it was a Kers system that exploded from the car !

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

13.05.2012, 16:34

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fman1 wrote:Congratulations to Dazaman ! Alone to have found the 3 first drivers today Thumb up... but in disorder Sad
I wish him to be more lucky next time.

Close but no cigar Confused with 20 laps to go i thought i had all, so congratulations to Pastor for a great drive to hold off Alonso Smile

13.05.2012, 16:27

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Congratulations to Dazaman ! Alone to have found the 3 first drivers today Thumb up... but in disorder Sad
I wish him to be more lucky next time.

13.05.2012, 16:07

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For me a surprise has been the victory of Maldonado, although it has been very fully deserved.
Very well Alonso supporting his position.
Good work of Raikkonen and Hamilton.
Shumi, continues with the bad luck.
Other important names, they all have disappointed me.

13.05.2012, 16:01

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My congratulations Pastor (good gift sir Williams to the 70th anniversary) Alonso - where he sat there and stood up! Lewis Hamilton from 24 to 8!!!!! Michael Schumacher - scary stability!

13.05.2012, 14:27

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go go alonso!!!!!!!

13.05.2012, 01:56

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Some ideas:

- Stratospheric time of Hamilton that has not serve for anything due to a bad decision of Mc Laren. If Lewis has taken over half a second to Maldonado, why do they adjust so the level of the gas? In my country we would say that "they have played with fire", and at last they have burned themselves.
- The last position of Lewis assures a very exciting race.
- Congratulations to Pastor and Fernando, who have done a Pole high above the capabilities of their cars. Jenson and Mark, just the opposite.
- Lotus, they are no longer a surprise.
- About Vettel, I do not understand ...
- Massa ...

13.05.2012, 00:09

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hanshel wrote:I am not a fan of Hamilton but how stupid are the rules ??? Thumb down Angry
What ever happen with his fu***ing fuel - he was qualified for 10 because still one of the Q3 Drivers or I am id**t ?
And others drive in Q3 like Sunday city tour through Barcelona ! Thumb down

i totally agree.. and i thought exact the same .

All these silly rules are goin to destroy the real competition and the show.

FU FIA Rules !

12.05.2012, 23:50

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wolf1 wrote:I wanna see Vettel VS Schumi in a good, hard but fair Fight tomorrow. Please Racegod let it happen!

Yes I would like it Thumb up but unfortunatelly Ross Brawn is in England and not in Spain because some problems with his health ! So I think Schumi must maybe fight with blunt sword ! Confused

12.05.2012, 22:22

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wolf1 wrote:I wanna see Vettel VS Schumi in a good, hard but fair Fight tomorrow. Please Racegod let it happen!

Ditto for that Smile ! But i rather would see this happening between Schumi and Alonso !!! I wouls also not be surpriced that we will see Hamilton ending up at around 10th place ( if he does nothing stupid/dumb/control his tempature/ pitstops go wel ) ,Felipe can also make some places forward ( atleashed i hope Confused Blush ) because his starts are always very good !!!
I hope that finaly Alonso can go for victory ,specialy for his home crowd and Fans and also for giving the Ferrari Team a boost for all the hard work they have done Thumb up !!!! Maldonado ? ...i think he will lose a lot of places Confused
The ones that i'm a bit afraid of are the Lotus Team with Raikkonen and Grosjean !
But lets see what the race brings tomorrow Cool...hopefully with a lot of excitement...aldo that this circuit is not the best one for overtaking Confused Sad

Kind Regards
Shaky

12.05.2012, 21:50

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I wanna see Vettel VS Schumi in a good, hard but fair Fight tomorrow. Please Racegod let it happen!

12.05.2012, 21:45

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YEAH! The farther into the forest, the thicker the partisans! It seems ETV head of the race and not the FIA! What the hell was not joking! A good chance for the Pastor and Fernando! Sebastian Vettel, too, can fight, if a good start!

12.05.2012, 21:00

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Very important news!!!


McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton has lost his pole position for Sunday’s Spanish race after the stewards found his car did not have sufficient fuel onboard to comply with the rules on its return to parc ferme.

As a result of the decision, Williams’ Pastor Maldonado inherits pole for the Barcelona round, whilst Hamilton - excluded from the qualifying results - will start from the back of the grid.

The Briton stopped out on track at the end of Q3, after being told over his radio to pull over at the side of the circuit. There wasn’t enough fuel in his MP4-27 to enable it to return under its own power to the pits and for the team to provide a one-litre fuel sample in post-qualifying scrutineering, as required by the sport’s technical regulations.

After a lengthy discussion, the FIA stewards rejected McLaren’s case - put forward by team representative Sam Michael - that the car had stopped out on track due to reasons of ‘force majeure’.

"A team member had put an insufficient quantity of fuel into the car, thereby resulting in the car having to be stopped on the circuit in order to be able to provide the required amount for sampling purposes,” explained the FIA in a statement. “As the amount of fuel put into the car is under the complete control of the competitor, the stewards cannot accept this as a case of force majeure.

"The Stewards determine that this is a breach of Article 6.6.2 of the FIA Formula One Technical Regulations and the Competitor is accordingly excluded from the results of the Qualifying Session. The Competitor is however allowed to start the race from the back of the grid."

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12.05.2012, 20:45

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I am not a fan of Hamilton but how stupid are the rules ??? Thumb down Angry
What ever happen with his fu***ing fuel - he was qualified for 10 because still one of the Q3 Drivers or I am id**t ?
And others drive in Q3 like Sunday city tour through Barcelona ! Thumb down

12.05.2012, 20:12

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Updated Starting Grid ! :

Row 1
1. Pastor Maldonado 1’22.285
Williams
2. Fernando Alonso 1’22.302
Ferrari

Row 2
3. Romain Grosjean 1’22.424
Lotus
4. Kimi Raikkonen 1’22.497
Lotus

Row 3
5. Sergio Perez 1’22.533
Sauber
6. Nico Rosberg 1’23.005
Mercedes

Row 4
7. Sebastian Vettel No time
Red Bull
8. Michael Schumacher No time
Mercedes

Row 5
9. Kamui Kobayashi No time
Sauber
10. Jenson Button No time
McLaren
Row 6
11. Mark Webber 1’22.977
Red Bull
12. Paul di Resta 1’23.125
Force India
Row 7
13. Nico Hulkenberg 1’23.177
Force India
14. Jean-Eric Vergne 1’23.265
Toro Rosso

Row 8
15. Daniel Ricciardo 1’23.442
Toro Rosso
16. Felipe Massa 1’23.444
Ferrari
Row 9
17. Bruno Senna No time
Williams
18. Vitaly Petrov 1’25.277
Caterham
Row 10
19. Heikki Kovalainen 1’25.507
Caterham
20. Charles Pic 1’26.582
Marussia
Row 11
21. Timo Glock 1’27.022
Marussia
22. Pedro de la Rosa 1’27.555
HRT
Row 12
23. Narain Karthikeyan 1’31.122
HRT
24. Lewis Hamilton* 1’21.707
McLaren

*Sent to back of grid

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Ps: This penalty result of Hamilton will have no effect on our " saturday F1 game " , because the result just after the qualification counts !!!!!
Everyone who had put down his " Top 3 " can ofcourse change it until sunday 13.20u , that's no problem !!!!