Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion

constructors standings
1 Red Bull Racing-Renault 402
2 Ferrari 284
3 Mercedes 283
4 Lotus-Renault 239
5 McLaren-Mercedes 81
6 Force India-Mercedes 62
7 Sauber-Ferrari 31
8 STR-Ferrari 31
9 Williams-Renault 1
10 Marussia-Cosworth 0
11 Caterham-Renault 0

2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
race results
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 55 Winner 1 25
2 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 55 +4.2 secs 9 18
3 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 55 +4.9 secs 3 15
4 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 55 +24.1 secs 7 12
5 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 55 +25.2 secs 2 10
6 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 55 +26.1 secs 5 8
7 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 55 +26.6 secs 4 6
8 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 55 +32.2 secs 11 4
9 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 55 +34.3 secs 6 2
10 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 55 +35.1 secs 10 1
11 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 55 +35.9 secs 8
12 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 55 +47.0 secs 17
13 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 55 +50.0 secs 18
14 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 55 +63.5 secs 19
15 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 55 +64.5 secs 20
16 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 55 +67.9 secs 22
17 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 55 +72.8 secs 21
18 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 53 +2 Laps 16
19 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 52 +3 Laps 12
20 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 50 +5 Laps 14
Ret 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 36 +19 Laps 13
Ret 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 24 Accident 15
Note - Webber qualified third, but penalised 10 grid places for accumulating three stewards' reprimands. Bianchi qualified 21st, but started 22nd after being penalised three grid places for impeding Di Resta in qualifying

Result of the Qualifying :

1. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull - 01:37.202
2. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 01:37.420
3. Mark Webber - Red Bull - 01:37.464
4. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 01:37.531
5. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 01:37.679
6. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 01:38.038
7. Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 01:38.223
8. Nico Hülkenberg - Sauber - 01:38.237
9. Esteban Gutiérrez - Sauber - 01:38.405
10.Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus - 01:38.822
Q2
11. Sergio Perez - McLaren - 01:38.362
12. Jenson Button - McLaren - 01:38.365
13. Daniel Ricciardo - Toro Rosso - 01:38.417
14. Adrian Sutil - Force India - 01:38.431
15. Paul di Resta - Force India - 01:38.718
16. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 01:38.781
Q3
17. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 01:39.470
18. Pastor Maldonado - Williams - 01:39.987
19. Charles Pic - Caterham - 01:40.864
20. Giedo van der Garde - Caterham - 01:40.871
21. Jules Bianchi - Marussia - 01:41.169
22. Max Chilton -Marussia - 01:41.322

Qual. Time :01:37.202
Pole : Sebastian Vettel
Team Bat. : Nico Hülkenberg > Esteban Gutiérrez
Grid Pos. Fernando Alonso : 6th place

Ps : Mark Webber will be put back 10 places because of the gridpenalty he resieved for the taxi drive with Fernando Alonso , so he will be starting from the 13th place !

Third pole in a row for Vettel in Korea :
Sebastian Vettel earned the 42nd pole position of his F1 career in Korea on Saturday afternoon. He clocked a 1:37.202 in his Red Bull. Lewis Hamilton qualified second with a time of 1:37.420 in his Mercedes. Mark Webber was third fastest with a lap of 1:37.464 in his Red Bull.
Qualifying 1
Sauber driver Esteban Gutierrez was the first driver to venture out as the 20-minute Q1 began. He was on Pirelli's medium compound tires. He clocked the first time as well, a 1:41.058. The ambient temperature at the start of the one-hour session was 77 degrees Fahrenheit (25 degrees Celsius), and the track temperature was 91 degrees Fahrenheit (33 degrees Celsius.) 6 minutes into the session, Jenson Button turned a 1:40.169 in his McLaren shod with the medium compound rubber. But Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg soon beat that with a 1:39.415. Lewis Hamilton slotted into second with a time of 1:39.737 in his Mercedes. 9 minutes into the session, Fernando Alonso took over second after setting a 1:39.504 in his Ferrari. 10 minutes into the session, Hamilton topped the times with a 1:38.574. Sebastian Vettel, who had been quickest in FP3, was just heading out for his first run as was his Red Bull teammate Mark Webber. 13 minutes into the session, Gutierrez turned a 1:38.725 on the super soft Pirellis, which moved him up to second spot. Vettel, on mediums, turned a 1:39.199 to move into third. Webber, also on mediums, topped that with a 1:39.138.
With 2 minutes remaining in the session, Romain Grosjean clocked his first time of the session, a 1:39.176, which put his Lotus seventh on the list. With less than 2 minutes remaining in the session, Hulkenberg, his Sauber on super softs, went to the top with a 1:38.427. Rosberg, also on super softs, beat that with a 1:38.418. Then Kimi Raikkonen turned a 1:38.341 in his Lotus. The top 10 at the end of Q1 were: Raikkonen, Rosberg, Hulkenberg, Alonso, Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso), Hamilton, Vettel, Gutierrez, Jenson Button (McLaren) and Felipe Massa (Ferrari.) Webber, who had not switched to the super softs, was 15th and thus just made the cut into Q2, as did Paul di Resta (Force India) who had traffic on his lap and scraped in at the 16th spot. The six drivers eliminated at the end of Q1 were: Williams teammates Valterri Bottas and Pastor Maldonado. Caterham teammates Charles Pic and Guido van der Garde, and Marussia teammates Jules Bianchi and Max Chilton.
Qualifying 2
Nobody headed out as the green lights came on to start the 15 minute session. 12 minutes into the session, Ricciardo became the first. He was on the red side-walled Pirelli super softs. Everybody else was on used super softs as well. With 8 minutes remaining in the session, Raikkonen set the fast time of 1:39.236, but Alonso beat that with a 1:38.504 and Hamilton beat that with a 1:37.824.
With 6 minutes remaining in the session, the top 6 were: Hamilton, Rosberg, Alonso, Gutierrez, Massa and Button. With 3 minutes remaining in the session, Webber completed his first run and clocked a 1:37.840 which put him second. Moments later Vettel finished his first flying lap and went to the top with a 1:37.569. A number of drivers fitted new sets of super softs for their final Q2 attempt. But they could not beat the times of Vettel, Hamilton and Webber who held the top three spots The top 10 at the end of Q2 were: Vettel, Hamilton, Webber, Hulkenberg, Alonso, Rosberg, Grosjean, Raikkonen, Massa and Gutierrez. The six drivers eliminated at the end of Q2 were: Gutierrez, Sergio Perez (McLaren), Button, Ricciardo, Adrian Sutil (Force India), di Resta and Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso.)
Qualifying 3
And so it was on to the final session that would set the top 10 grid places. Wherever Webber qualified, he would move back 10 places because of his penalty for hitching a ride in Alonso's Ferrari in Singapore. Webber got the ball rolling. Rosberg followed him out. Everybody was on the super soft Pirellis. Webber set the bar at 1:37.464 which beat Rosberg's 1:37.679. Hamilton grabbed second with a 1:37.508, and then Vettel beat them all with a 1:37.202. So the order was now Vettel, Webber, Hamilton, Grosjean and Rosberg. The other five drivers had not made a first run yet with four minutes to go. With 3 minutes remaining in the session, everybody was in the pits. Then, one by one, the drivers headed out for one final go. It was a bit of an anticlimax, however. Webber could not go faster and dropped to third as Hamilton improved to a 1:37.420. Grosjean, Rosberg, Alonso, Massa, Hulkenberg, Gutierrez and Raikkonen rounded out the top 10.


Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
qualifiyng results
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:38.683 1:37.569 1:37.202
2 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:38.574 1:37.824 1:37.420
3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:39.138 1:37.840 1:37.464
4 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:39.065 1:38.076 1:37.531
5 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:38.418 1:38.031 1:37.679
6 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:38.520 1:37.978 1:38.038
7 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:38.884 1:38.295 1:38.223
8 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.427 1:37.913 1:38.237
9 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.725 1:38.327 1:38.405
10 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:38.341 1:38.181 1:38.822
11 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.049 1:38.362
12 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.882 1:38.365
13 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:38.525 1:38.417
14 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:38.988 1:38.431
15 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:39.185 1:38.718
16 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:39.075 1:38.781
17 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:39.470
18 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:39.987
19 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:40.864
20 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:40.871
21 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:41.169
22 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:41.322
Q1 107% Time 1:45.224

Result of the 3rd practice session :

1. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing - 1:37.881 -
2. Mark Webber - Red Bull Racing - 1:38.018 + 0.137
3. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP - 1:38.318 + 0.437
4. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP - 1:38.332 + 0.451
5. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:38.486 + 0.605
6. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 1:38.701 + 0.820
7. Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 1:38.816 + 0.935
8. Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus - 1:38.857 + 0.976
9. Nico Hulkenberg - Sauber - 1:38.961 + 1.080
10. Jenson Button - McLaren - 1:39.114 + 1.233
11. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber - 1:39.128 + 1.247
12. Pastor Maldonado - Williams - 1:39.196 + 1.315
13. Adrian Sutil - Force India - 1:39.204 + 1.323
14. Sergio Perez - McLaren - 1:39.274 + 1.393
15. Daniel Ricciardo - Toro Rosso - 1:39.327 + 1.446
16. Paul di Resta - Force India - 1:39.371 + 1.490
17. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:39.665 + 1.784
18. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:40.128 + 2.247
19. Charles Pic - Caterham - 1:41.360 + 3.479
20. Giedo van der Garde - Caterham - 1:41.614 + 3.733
21. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team - 1:41.646 + 3.765
22. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team - 1:42.267 + 4.386

Vettel moves ahead in 3rd practice :
Sebastian Vettel topped the timesheets during final practice for the Korean Grand Prix on Saturday morning. The Red Bull driver, who clocked an effort of 1:37.881 with the Super Soft tyres, led team-mate Mark Webber by 0.137 seconds, as Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton watched on from third and fourth. Following a season-long trend, the first 45 minutes of the hour-long session was used for Medium-tyre runs. Hamilton, who suffered a slight delay in the early minutes due to vibrations on his brake pedal, was again the man in charge during this race preparation phase, continuing the form that saw him top both outings on Friday.
But when the switch to Super Softs arrived, Red Bull moved to the fore. Webber was the first of the frontrunners to head out for a timed attempt, initially clocking a 1:38.132 before lowering his benchmark to 1:38.018. Vettel then made his mark, finding an improvement of 1.2 seconds between compounds and breaking the 1m37s barrier. Rosberg and Hamilton thus fell back, the pair over four tenths of a second adrift of the ultimate pace. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Lotus driver Romain Grosjean followed in fifth and sixth, although the latter has more to yield after a mistake in the final sector. Felipe Massa, who ended the Medium tyre period a lowly 15th, enjoyed a better level of performance on the softer rubber, taking seventh position ahead of Kimi Räikkönen. The final top ten positions narrowly went to Nico Hülkenberg and Jenson Button, with the upper midfield battle set to be an extremely close one this weekend. At the tail end of the order, Caterham again demonstrated more pace than key rivals Marussia.

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

brudgon wrote:2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
practice2
1 : Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
2 : Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing-Renault
3 : Nico Rosberg - Mercedes
.......

Lewis Hamilton stays on top in second F1 practice :
Lewis Hamilton completed a clean sweep of fastest times in Korean Grand Prix Friday practice as Mercedes again took the fight to Red Bull. In another strong hint that the champion team will face tougher opposition this weekend than of late, Hamilton not only set the outright pace with a 1m38.673s, but was also very positive about tyre life over later long runs. Sebastian Vettel was 0.108 seconds down on Hamilton in second place. The runaway world championship leader, chasing a fourth consecutive Formula 1 race win this weekend, waited much longer than anyone else to move to super-soft tyres, jumping to second when he did so. That denied Mercedes a one-two, with Vettel edging Nico Rosberg by 0.016s. Mark Webber had been Hamilton's main rival early on, as the pair swapped first place several times. The second Red Bull ended up back in fourth, but was within 0.063s of its sister car. Felipe Massa was Ferrari's pacesetter in fifth, two places ahead of team-mate Fernando Alonso. Romain Grosjean's Lotus was in between them.
The second Lotus of Kimi Raikkonen got straight back out after its morning crash and went eighth. Despite a cockpit niggle, Jenson Button was ninth for McLaren, ahead of very-closely matched Force India duo Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta, who were just 0.001s apart. No one repeated Raikkonen's trip into the wall, but both Caterham's Charles Pic and Sauber's Esteban Gutierrez had spins during the afternoon while Alonso visited the grass on his final lap.

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

brudgon wrote:2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
practice1
1 : Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes 1:39.630
2 : Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing-Renault
3 : Mark Webber - Red Bull Racing-Renault
.........

Lewis Hamilton sets FP1 pace as Raikkonen crashes :
Lewis Hamilton set the pace in opening practice for the Korean Grand Prix as Kimi Raikkonen suffered a big crash at the end of the session. Mercedes driver Hamilton posted a lap of 1m39.630s to beat championship leader Sebastian Vettel by 0.037s, although the Red Bull driver had all the fastest sectors of the session. Team-mate Mark Webber was third quickest and the only other man to lap in the 1m39s. Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes was fourth ahead of McLaren's Jenson Button and Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso. Romain Grosjean was seventh ahead of Raikkonen, who ended the session with a heavy crash. As the session was coming to a close, Raikkonen lost control of his Lotus and crashed heavily at the final corner, causing substantial damage to his car.
The Finn was able to walk away from the crash, but the team faces a race against the time to have the car ready for second practice.
Although perfect weather conditions welcomed the drivers at the start of the session, it took over 15 minutes before the first lap time was set by Rodolfo Gonzalez. The Marussia driver had the track basically to himself for the first half hour, but that did not stop him from enduring drama, the Venezuelan losing control of his car and crashing against the barriers at Turn 13. He lost his front wing and returned to the pits, leaving the circuit empty for several more minutes. McLaren's Sergio Perez and Button joined Gonzalez in the timesheets with over 35 minutes of the session gone as the action finally began to pick up. Perez was the pacesetter for several minutes as most of the frontrunners continues to wait in their garages for the track conditions to improve. Mercedes' Rosberg relegated Perez to second at the 50-minute mark, the German posting a 1m41.498s that was soon bettered by less than a tenth by Alonso. Rosberg fought back seconds later to regain the top spot, the Mercedes driver followed by Vettel and Raikkonen, all of them lapping in the 1m40s. Hamilton became the first man to lap in the 1m39s with half an hour left, the Briton outpacing his team-mate by nearly half a second as Webber jumped up to second behind the Briton. Hamilton's time would remain unbeaten until the end, although Vettel moved up to second with a minute of the session left. Apart from Gonzalez's and Raikkonen's crashes, the session included spins from James Calado and Hamilton, as well as several offs without further consequences.
Felipe Massa's session was curtailed by a puncture that meant the Brazilian spent most of the 90 minutes in the pits, the Ferrari driver completing his first timed lap with just 12 minutes to go.

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
practice2
1 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:38.673 31
2 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:38.781 0.108 30
3 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:38.797 0.124 32
4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:38.844 0.171 35
5 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:39.114 0.441 30
6 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:39.226 0.553 34
7 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:39.444 0.771 31
8 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:39.757 1.084 33
9 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.774 1.101 29
10 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:40.006 1.333 34
11 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:40.007 1.334 34
12 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.152 1.479 31
13 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:40.186 1.513 33
14 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:40.210 1.537 34
15 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:40.446 1.773 30
16 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:40.552 1.879 26
17 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:41.117 2.444 35
18 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:41.289 2.616 34
19 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:42.461 3.788 36
20 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:42.798 4.125 35
21 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:43.108 4.435 31
22 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:43.441 4.768 29

2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
practice1
1 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:39.630 20
2 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:39.667 0.037 20
3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:39.816 0.186 19
4 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:40.117 0.487 20
5 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.215 0.585 22
6 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:40.374 0.744 18
7 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:40.396 0.766 19
8 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:40.677 1.047 15
9 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.860 1.230 20
10 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:40.880 1.250 13
11 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:40.899 1.269 20
12 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:41.432 1.802 18
13 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:41.482 1.852 22
14 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.626 1.996 21
15 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:41.924 2.294 19
16 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:42.002 2.372 20
17 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:42.043 2.413 18
18 14 James Calado Force India-Mercedes 1:43.008 3.378 21
19 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:43.660 4.030 20
20 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:43.883 4.253 19
21 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:44.100 4.470 14
22 22 Rodolfo Gonzalez Marussia-Cosworth 1:46.810 7.180 10

A little reminder for this weekend :

brudgon wrote:2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX

Fri 04 October 2013
Practice 1 : 03:00 - 04:30
Practice 2 : 07:00 - 08:30

Sat 05 October 2013
Practice 3 : 04:00 - 05:00
Qualifying : 07:00

Sun 06 October 2013
Race : 08:00

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

The South Korean Grand Prix(14th round of the 2013 Formula 1 World Championship)
Yeongam circuit – (4 - 5 and 6 October)
It will be the 4° edition of this race, but despite a provisional date already scheduled, for next year, the Korean GP could be at risk of dropping off the calendar. In my opinion, it would not be a serious loss. The Yeongam circuit runs anti clockwise and consists of 11 left turns and 7 right turns. The first sector has three straights with two slow corners in between. The second sector offers medium and high-speed corners, before a quite twisty final sector. The tarmac is not abrasive but the surface tends to be slippery, with a wide variety of corners and some heavy braking areas The Pirelli tyre compounds will be medium(white stripe) and super soft(red stripe). Probably there will be a significant difference in lap time between the two compounds. The Korean GP will see the same compounds chosen for Singapore. Two DRS zones: the first on the start-finish straight; the other between the curves 2 and 3 on a long 1.2 km straight.
Winners, Podium and pole position (last 3 editions)
2010: 1° Alonso – Ferrari (2° Hamilton and 3° Massa) – fastest lap: Alonso – pole: Vettel, time 1m 35.585
2011: 1° Vettel – Red Bull (2° Hamilton and 3° Webber) – fastest lap: Vettel – pole: Hamilton, time 1m 35.820
2012: 1° Vettel – Red Bull (2° Webber and 3° Alonso) – fastest lap: Webber – pole: Webber 1m 37.242

The stats of this season(2013) after 13 races.
Winners: Vettel(7 times) Alonso and Rosberg(2); Raikkonen and Hamilton (1)
Second place: Raikkonen and Alonso(5); Webber(2) and Vettel(1)
Third place: Hamilton(4); Vettel Webber and Grosjean(2) Raikkonen Alonso and Massa(1)
Total Podium: Vettel(10); Alonso(8); Raikkonen(7); Hamilton(5); Webber(4); Rosberg and Grosjean(2); Massa(1).
Pole position: Hamilton and Vettel (5 times) – Rosberg (3)

Mark Webber will get a 10-place grid penalty for the Korean Grand Prix. He was reprimanded after the Singapore race. Fernando Alonso gave Webber a lift back to the pits on the side of his Ferrari at the end of the race, because Webber's Red Bull failed on the last lap. That was Webber's third reprimand of the year, and so he received an automatic 10-place grid penalty. Alonso was also given a reprimand, but it is only the second in this season.

A typhoon named Fitow is moving to Korea and will certainly hit the city of Yeongam, where on Sunday is planned the GP
Organizers said "For sure there will be consequences, but we are planning all the security measures"
In 2010 race has been already stopped after few laps due to weather bad conditions.

28//09/1968 mika hakkinen former finnish f1 driver
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2014 calendar

16 March: Australia (Melbourne)

30 March: Malaysia (Sepang)

6 April: Bahrain (Sakhir)

20 April: China (Shanghai)

27 April: Korea (Korea International Circuit)*

11 May: Spain (Barcelona)

25 May: Monaco (Monaco)

1 June: Grand Prix of America (New Jersey)*

8 June: Canada (Montreal)

22 June: Austria (Red Bull Ring)

6 July: Britain (Silverstone)

20 July: Germany (Hockenheim)

27 July: Hungary (Budapest)

24 August: Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps)

7 September: Italy (Monza)

21 September: Singapore (Marina Bay)

5 October: Russia (Sochi)*

12 October: Japan (Suzuka)

26 October: Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina)

9 November: USA (Austin)

16 November: Mexico (Mexico City)*

30 November: Brazil (Interlagos)

* Subject to the circuit approval

FIA council approved today in Dubrovnik the 2014 calendar : there will be 22 GPS, first in Australia (March 16),
last in Brazil (November 30); Mexico and Austria will return, New Jersey and Russia will make their debut;
Italian GP will be September 7.