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A little reminder for this weekend :
[hidden image - please register] Track info characteristic Course Sepang International Circuit output : low Route length : 5.543 km full throttle : 63 percent Race distance : 56 laps = 310.408 km Tire wear : medium Lap record : Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams-BMW) 1:34,223 minutes brake wear : low Gasoline consumption : medium Friday : 1st Practice session : 03:00u - 04:30u * 2nd Practice session : 07:00u - 08:30u * Saturday : 3rd Practice session : 06:00u - 07:00u * Qualifying : 09:00u * Sunday : Race : 09:00u * * = CET Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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next week for alonso will be the 200th gp in his career
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malaysia gp
stefano domenicali words "The good performance of both our drivers mean much, because we offer an excellent launch pad on which to build a competitive season and I'm happy for both of their results. Refer to the Ferrari leading the constructors' championship is an excellent reward for those who work hard, both here and on the track in Maranello, "notes yet, while maintaining a prudent stance. "Obviously it's only the first step of a long season, this is the time to analyze and evaluate all data collected in Melbourne and quickly prepare to face the next weekend in Malaysia." |
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Damn, didn't know we had already started
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I told ya: ''this is the year of kimi'' !!
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Post: #1439 Last edited: 17.03.2013, 09:28 17.03.2013, 09:27 Re: Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion
Raikkonen takes emphatic victory in season opener :
Kimi Raikkonen played a two-stop strategy to perfection to beat Fernando Alonso to victory in an enthralling Australian Grand Prix. All predictions of tedious Red Bull domination proved way off the mark, as Sebastian Vettel finished third, overshadowed by the Lotus and Ferrari. The champion's team-mate Mark Webber was only sixth after a poor start, behind Felipe Massa's Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes, while Force India driver Adrian Sutil also led for long periods. The superiority Red Bull had displayed in all the weekend's dry running so far was never evident in the race. Webber immediately plunged outside the top five with a poor start, and Vettel was unable to get away from the fast-starting Massa and Alonso, who both passed Hamilton on lap one. Raikkonen overtook the Mercedes soon afterwards, and then closed in on Vettel, Massa and Alonso to make a four-car lead train. All the frontrunners pitted very early to get rid of their fragile super-soft tyres. The order among that quartet remained the same into the second stint, but they had to fight their way through those running longer, including Sutil - who had started on mediums and found himself in the lead by lap 15. Vettel, the Ferraris and Raikkonen were soon on the Force India's tail. They could not pass though, and Sutil was able to make his first pitstop at the same time as Vettel, Massa and Alonso made their second, bringing the Force India onto the same sequence as the victory contenders. Alonso pitted a lap before Sutil and Vettel and was able to leapfrog both. Sutil stayed ahead of Vettel in the pits but was overtaken into Turn 3 a lap later. Vettel could not put any pressure on Alonso however, even as the Ferrari had to battle through drivers on other strategies - including Hamilton, with whom the Spaniard had a spectacular dice before getting clear. By this time, Raikkonen's strategy had come into play . He stayed out until lap 34, a dozen laps longer than the other leaders, making it clear that Lotus was going for a two-stop to their three. That left him with a comfortable lead over Alonso and Vettel when they made their third stops, and although the Ferrari initially began carving chunks from the Lotus's advantage, once Alonso had used his new-tyre grip, the gap stabilised. Raikkonen was therefore able to claim victory by 12 seconds, as Alonso pulled 10s clear of Vettel. Massa faded in fourth after a very strong first half of the race. Hamilton was next up, having had to abandon his intended two-stop strategy and pit for a third time. Webber made a quiet recovery to sixth, just behind Hamilton, whose team-mate Nico Rosberg retired with electrical problems. Sutil stayed with the leaders until he finally had to take on super-softs with 12 laps to go. They did not last as he had hoped, and Sutil had to be content with seventh, just ahead of team-mate Paul di Resta. Jenson Button finished ninth for McLaren, while Romain Grosjean completed the scorers, holding off Sergio Perez and Jean-Eric Vergne. Nico Hulkenberg failed to take the start due to a pre-race fuel system problem on his Sauber. Pastor Maldonado spun off at Turn 1 before half-distance, and Daniel Ricciardo retired a sick-sounding Toro Rosso. Jules Bianchi dominated the backmarker pack in 15th. 1. Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 1:30:03.225 2. Fernando Alonso Ferrari +12.451 3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull +22.346 4. Felipe Massa Ferrari +33.577 5. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +45.561 6. Mark Webber Red Bull +46.800 7. Adrian Sutil Force India +1:05.068 8. Paul di Resta Force India +1:08.449 9. Jenson Button McLaren +1:21.630 10. Romain Grosjean Lotus +1:22.759 11. Sergio Perez McLaren +1:23.367 12. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso +1:23.857 13. Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber +1 lap 14. Valtteri Bottas Williams +1 lap 15. Jules Bianchi Marussia +1 lap 16. Charles Pic Caterham +2 laps 17. Max Chilton Marussia +2 laps 18. Giedo van der Garde Caterham +2 laps DNF: 19. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso +19 laps 20. Nico Rosberg Mercedes +32 laps 21. Pastor Maldonado Williams +34 laps Fastest Lap : Kimi Raikkonen : 1:29.274 Pitstop Sutil : 2 Bat.2 Teams : Hamilton > Webber Gr.Pos. Rosberg : DNF Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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constructors standings
1 Ferrari 30  2 Lotus-Renault 26 3 Red Bull Racing-Renault 23 4 Mercedes 10 5 Force India-Mercedes 10 6 McLaren-Mercedes 2 7 STR-Ferrari 0 8 Sauber-Ferrari 0 9 Williams-Renault 0 10 Marussia-Cosworth 0 11 Caterham-Renault 0 |
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driver's standings
1 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Lotus-Renault 25 2 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 18  3 Sebastian Vettel German Red Bull Racing-Renault 15 4 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 12 5 Lewis Hamilton British Mercedes 10 6 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull Racing-Renault 8 7 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Mercedes 6 8 Paul di Resta British Force India-Mercedes 4 9 Jenson Button British McLaren-Mercedes 2 10 Romain Grosjean French Lotus-Renault 1 11 Sergio Perez Mexican McLaren-Mercedes 0 12 Jean-Eric Vergne French STR-Ferrari 0 13 Esteban Gutierrez Mexican Sauber-Ferrari 0 14 Valtteri Bottas Finnish Williams-Renault 0 15 Jules Bianchi French Marussia-Cosworth 0 16 Charles Pic French Caterham-Renault 0 17 Max Chilton British Marussia-Cosworth 0 18 Giedo van der Garde Dutch Caterham-Renault 0 19 Daniel Ricciardo Australian STR-Ferrari 0 20 Nico Rosberg German Mercedes 0 21 Pastor Maldonado Venezuelan Williams-Renault 0 22 Nico Hulkenberg German Sauber-Ferrari 0 |
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2013 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX
[hidden link - please register] Fri 22 March 2013 Practice 1 03:00 - 04:30 Practice 2 07:00 - 08:30 Sat 23 March 2013 Practice 3 06:00 - 07:00 Qualifying 09:00 Sun 24 March 2013 Race 09:00 |
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australian gp results
1. Kimi Raikkonen Finand Lotus-Renault 58 laps 1hr 33m 03.225s 2. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari +00m 12.4s 3. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault +00m 22.3s 4. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari +00m 33.5s 5. Lewis Hamilton Britain Mercedes-Mercedes +00m 45.5s 6. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault +00m 46.8s 7. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes +01m 05.0s 8. Paul di Resta Britain Force India-Mercedes +01m 08.4s 9. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes +01m 21.6s 10. Romain Grosjean France Lotus-Renault +01m 22.7s 11. Sergio Perez Mexico McLaren-Mercedes +01m 23.3s 12. Jean-Eric Vergne France Toro Rosso-Ferrari +01m 23.8s 13. Esteban Gutierrez Spain Sauber-Ferrari +1 lap 14. Valtteri Bottas Finland Williams-Renault +1 lap 15. Jules Bianchi France Marussia-Cosworth +1 lap 16. Charles Pic France Caterham-Renault +2 laps 17. Max Chilton Britain Marussia-Cosworth +2 laps 18. Giedo van der Garde Holland Caterham-Renault +2 laps Rtd Daniel Ricciardo Australia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 40 laps completed Rtd Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 26 laps completed Rtd Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Williams-Renault 24 laps completed Dns Nico Hulkenberg Germany Sauber-Ferrari Fastest lap: Kimi Raikkonen Finand Lotus-Renault 1m 29.274s lap 56 |
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Vettel storms to first pole of 2013 F1 season
Sebastian Vettel made the most of a drying track to beat Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber to pole for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Damp conditions for the delayed remainder of qualifying raised hopes of a mixed-up grid, but in the end the pole shootout took place on slicks on a nearly-dry circuit, and it was the champion team that prevailed. Vettel put himself a second and a half ahead of the field with his 1m27.407s lap when he produced it. Webber looked poised to beat it until a mistake at the penultimate corner left him 0.420 seconds adrift. Vettel was improving further on his next lap before pitting when it became clear he was unbeatable. Lewis Hamilton kickstarted Mercedes' season with third on the grid, 0.6s off Vettel's pace. That was three places higher than team-mate Nico Rosberg, despite the German having been the class of the field when the track was wet. He comfortably topped Q2, having also flown in Saturday's Q1. The Ferraris split the Mercedes, Felipe Massa outqualifying team-mate Fernando Alonso by 0.003s to grab fourth place. Row four will be filled by the Lotus pair, Kimi Raikkonen ahead of Romain Grosjean. Paul di Resta got as high as second for Force India early in Q3 when intermediates were still the best choice. But on slicks he was pushed back to ninth, ahead of McLaren's Jenson Button, the first man to come out on dry tyres in the pole segment. Several drivers had tried slicks in the final minutes of Q2, but this move proved premature. While Button immediately returned to intermediates, his team-mate Sergio Perez persisted with slicks and found himself 15th on the grid for his McLaren debut. Having looked a likely top-five man on intermediates, the slick move left Jean-Eric Vergne only 13th, albeit ahead of inter-shod Toro Rosso team-mate Daniel Ricciardo. Valtteri Bottas discovered slicks made no difference to Williams's plight in 16th, while Nico Hulkenberg's Sauber and Adrian Sutil's Force India had the right tyres but were still squeezed back to row six. 1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull - 01:27.407 2. Mark Webber : Red Bull - 01:27.827 3. Lewis Hamilton : Mercedes - 01:28.087 4. Felipe Massa : Ferrari - 01:28.490 5. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari - 01:28.493 6. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes - 01:28.523 7. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus - 01:28.738 8. Romain Grosjean : Lotus - 01:29.013 9. Paul di Resta : Force India - 01:29.305 10. Jenson Button : McLaren - 01:30.357 Q2 11. Nico Hülkenberg : Sauber - 01:38.067 12. Adrian Sutil : Force India - 01:38.134 13. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso - 01:38.778 14. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso - 01:39.042 15. Sergio Perez : McLaren - 01:39.900 16. Valtteri Bottas : Williams - 01:40.290 Q3 17. Pastor Maldonado : Williams - 01:47.614 18. Esteban Gutiérrez : Sauber - 01:47.776 19. Jules Bianchi : Marussia - 01:48.147 20. Max Chilton : Marussia - 01:48.909 21. Giedo van der Garde : Caterham - 01:49.519 22. Charles Pic : Caterham - 01:50.626 Qual : 01:27.407 Pole : Sebastian Vettel T.Bat. : Vergne > Ricciardo Gr.Pos. Sutil : 12th place Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi Race starts at 07.00u !!! |
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News-update
 : Q2 en Q3 tonight at 01.00u Qualifying at Albert Park has been postponed until race day amid persistent rainfall, with Q2 and Q3 yet to run. The start of the second grid-deciding phase had been put back on numerous occasions until the looming sunset forced a delay, with the action set to resume at 11am local time (GMT +11) tomorrow morning. Saturday's opening qualifying session was disrupted before the action had even begun, with race control announcing a trio of ten minute delays following heavy rain showers. Once the action got underway and after a number of lead changes, Nico Rosberg set the initial pace to end Q1 four tenths ahead of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. Track workers attempt to improve the surfaceThere were a number of incidents during the session, with Lewis Hamilton narrowly avoiding a premature exit after spinning between Turns 1 and 2. Felipe Massa and Giedo van der Garde also suffered early troubles, losing their respective front wings after contact with the barriers. The biggest drama came in the late stages, however, when Charles Pic and Esteban Gutiérrez crashed in the second sector at almost the same moment, bringing out the yellow flags and effectively ending the session early. After Q1, in which Pastor Maldonado, Gutiérrez, Jules Bianchi, Max Chilton, Giedo van der Garde and Charles Pic were eliminated from the running, there was a wait of around two hours before race control ultimately decided to halt proceedings. Increasing showers and the upcoming sunset ultimately posed too much of an issue. The last time Formula 1 witnessed a qualifying delay was at the Japanese Grand Prix in 2010, when monsoon conditions hit Suzuka and forced the track to be closed. Sunday's delayed qualifying session in Melbourne gets underway at 11am local time (GMT +11 ) is 01.00u tonight Regards Shaky-Schumi  
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I doubt they will finish the qualifying today.
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