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2013 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX
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Fri 01 November 2013
Practice 1 10:00 - 11:30
Practice 2 14:00 - 15:30
Sat 02 November 2013
Practice 3 11:00 - 12:00
Qualifying 14:00
Sun 03 November 2013
Race 14:00

World Championship Driver Standings 2013 :

1. Sebastian Vettel -Red Bull - 297
2. Fernando Alonso -Ferrari - 207
3. Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus -177
4. Lewis Hamilton -Mercedes - 161
5. Mark Webber -Red Bull -148
6. Nico Rosberg -Mercedes - 126
7. Felipe Massa -Ferrari - 90
8. Romain Grosjean -Lotus - 87
9. Jenson Button -McLaren - 60
10. Nico Hülkenberg -Sauber - 39
11. Paul di Resta -Force India - 36
12. Adrian Sutil -Force India - 26
13. Sergio Perez -McLaren - 23
14. Daniel Ricciardo -Toro Rosso -18
15. Jean-Eric Vergne -Toro Rosso - 13
16. Esteban Gutiérrez -Sauber - 6
17. Pastor Maldonado -Williams - 1
18. Valtteri Bottas -Williams - 0
19. Jules Bianchi -Marussia - 0
20. Charles Pic - Caterham - 0
21. Giedo van der Garde - Caterham - 0
22. Max Chilton - Marussia - 0

World Championship Constructor Standings 2013 :

1 Red Bull Racing-Renault 470
2 Mercedes 313
3 Ferrari 309
4 Lotus-Renault 285
5 McLaren-Mercedes 93
6 Force India-Mercedes 68
7 Sauber-Ferrari 45
8 STR-Ferrari 32
9 Williams-Renault 1
10 Marussia-Cosworth 0
11 Caterham-Renault 0

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The result of the India GP :

1. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing -1:28.116
2. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes + 29.823
3. Romain Grosjean - Lotus + 39.892
4. Felipe Massa - Ferrari + 41.692
5. Sergio Perez - McLaren + 43.829
6. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP + 52.400
7. Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus 1:27.679 + 1:07.900
8. Paul di Resta - Force India+ 1:12.800
9. Adrian Sutil - Force India + 1:14.700
10. Daniel Ricciardo - Toro Rosso + 1:16.200
11. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari + 1:18.200
12. Pastor Maldonado - Williams + 1:18.900
13. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso + 1 lap
14. Jenson Button - McLaren + 1 lap
15. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber + 1 lap
16. Valtteri Bottas - Williams + 1 lap
17. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team + 2 laps
18. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team + 2 laps
Did Not Finish :
19. Nico Hulkenberg - Sauber
20. Mark Webber - Red Bull Racing
21. Charles Pic - Caterham 0:00.000
22. Giedo van der Garde - Caterham

Fastest lap : Kimi Raikkonen - 1:27.679
Pitstop Felipe Massa : 2 ( lap 9 - lap 31 )
Bat. 2 Teams : Ricciardo > Button
Grid Pos. Romain Grosjean : 3rd place

Vettel wins drivers’ title for fourth year running :
Sebastian Vettel won the Indian Grand Prix today in the Red Bull-Renault, clinching the 2013 Drivers World Championship. Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes GP finished in second, 29.8 seconds behind, Romain Grosjean in the Lotus-Renault finished in third place, 39.8 seconds behind the winner, after starting the race in 17th place. Vettel wins his fourth Drivers World Championship in a row. Red Bull secures the 2013 Constructors Championship - their fourth consecutive title in a row as well. Vettel has won all three Indian Grand Prix the past three years and takes his tenth victory of the season, and sixth win in a row. Vettel, at 26-years-old, is the youngest driver to win four World Championships - Juan Manual Fangio was 45, Alain Prost was 38 and Michael Schumacher was 32 - and the first to win all four consecutively. Felipe Massa (41.6s) in the Ferrari finished in fourth, followed by Sergio Perez (43.8s) in the McLaren-Mercedes in fifth, Lewis Hamilton (52.4s) in the second Mercedes GP in sixth, Kimi Raikkonen (1m07.9s) in the Lotus was seventh, Paul di Resta (1m12.8s) in the Force India-Mercedes was eighth, his team mate Adrian Sutil (1m14.7s) was ninth and Daniel Ricciardo (1m16.2s) in the Toro Rosso-Ferrari finished in the final points paying position in tenth place. Fernando Alonso in his Ferrari finished outside the points in 11th place. Before the start, in the title chase, if Vettel finishes in the top five positions he clinches the title today. Vettel once again starts from pole. The top four start on the yellow side-walled soft compound tyre, while Webber in fifth is the first car on the white side-walled medium compound tyre. Dry and hazy conditions set for the race. Drivers on the soft tyres expected to pit within the first few laps. At the start Vettel takes the lead from the pole, followed by Hamilton, Rosberg and Massa. Mark Webber bumps wheels with Raikkonen. Webber, as he collects up the car, backs up and Alonso touches him from behind and damages his front wing but continues. Further in the lap Alonso bumps wheels with Jenson Button. Massa passes both Mercedes, and Rosberg gets past his team mate Hamilton. At the end of the first lap Di Resta and Jean-Eric Vergne both pit.
On lap 3 Vettel pits and switches to medium tyres. Alonso pits and the team replaces the front wing. Massa now leads, followed by Rosberg, Hamilton, Nico Hulkenberg, Raikkonen, Webber, Perez, Ricciardo, Button and Sutil in tenth. Vettel runs 15th and Alonso runs 20th. On lap 6 Hulkenberg pit and changes to medium tyres. On lap 7 Button pits and switches to soft tyres. Webber sets fast lap at 1m37.4s. Perez passes Raikkonen for fifth place. On lap 8 Rosberg and Raikkonen both pit for medium tyres. Raikkonen has a problem with the left rear. Vergne passes Button for 17th. On lap 9 Massa pits from the lead along with Hamilton and Maldonado. Webber sets another fast lap at 1m31.8s as he takes over the lead. At lap 10 Webber leads Perez by 4.3 seconds, followed by Ricciardo (10.1s), Grosjean (13.7s), Vettel (14.5s), Sutil (16.0s), Esteban Gutierrez (17.3s), Massa (18.7s), Rosberg (21.8s) and Valtteri Bottas (22.5s) in tenth place. Hamilton runs 11th, Raikkonen 14th and Alonso 17th. On lap 11 Vettel passes Grosjean for fourth place, setting fast lap at 1m31.3s. On lap 13 Gutierrez is under investigation for jumping the start - he went from 16th to 7th on the first lap. Button pits for a second time and switches to medium tyres. Vettel passes his future team mate Ricciardo and takes third place. Vettel sets another fast lap at 1m31.0s. On lap 14 Grosjean pits from fifth and takes on medium tyres - the last of the drivers on soft tyres to stop. On lap 16 Vettel sets fast lap again. Perez asks McLaren if they are still on plan A, and the team responds - yes.
On lap 17 Hamilton passes Bottas for ninth place. Gutierrez pits to serve a drive-through penalty for jumping the start. Charles Pic pits for a second time for a punctured tyre. On lap 19 Vettel setting another fast lap at 1m30.7s. Alonso passes Gutierrez, but the young Mexican comes back as repasses for 13th place. On lap 20 Vettel closes on Perez in second place. On lap 21 Vettel passes Perez in turn 4. On lap 22 Alonso makes a strong move and passes Gutierrez for 13th place. Vettel sets another fast lap at 1m30.3s.
On lap 23 Webber, Perez, Ricciardo, Sutil, Bottas and Max Chilton all still yet to make a stop after starting on the medium compound tyres. On lap 24 Raikkonen is told by the team to cool the car on the straights. Rosberg passes Massa in turn 4, but then runs wide and Massa repasses him at the next corner for sixth. At lap 25 Webber leads his team mate Vettel by 10.8 seconds, followed by Perez (16.9s), Ricciardo (31.5s), Sutil (33.9s), Massa (35.1s), Rosberg (35.9s), Hamilton (36.9s), Hulkenberg (44.6s) and Raikkonen (46.0s) in tenth place. Alonso (52.0s) runs in 13th. On lap 26 the stewards are looking into wether Hulkenberg used the runoff area while passing Bottas earlier. On lap 27 Gutierrez and Vergne make their second stops. On lap 28 Rosberg pits from seventh place for more medium tyres. On lap 29 Webber pits from the lead for his first stop, switching to soft tyres. Perez pits from third place switching to soft tyres as well. Webber rejoins in second place behind his team mate. Perez rejoins seventh. Grosjean complains that Gutierrez was blocking him. On lap 30 Perez on the soft tyres makes a run and passes Hamilton for sixth place. On lap 31 Massa, Hamilton, Di Resta and Alonso all pit. Alonso taking soft tyres. The next lap Vettel pits from the lead and takes another set of medium tyres, and should be able to run to the finish. Bottas pits and takes another set of medium tyres. On lap 33 Webber pits from the lead, switching back to medium tyres, coming out in third place behind Ricciardo. Button makes his third stop. On lap 34 Ricciardo pits from second. Perez and Hulkenberg pit as well. Vettel sets fast lap at 1m29.1s. Red Bull radio to Vettel that he needs his tyres for the whole stint, "not just now". Sutil running in third is the only driver not yet to make a pitstop. At lap 35 Vettel leads his team mate Webber by 13.0 seconds, followed by Sutil (20.7s), Raikkonen (22.4s), Rosberg (31.7s), Grosjean (34.8s), Massa (36.9s), Ricciardo (37.7s), and Hamilton (40.1s) in tenth place. On lap 37 Alonso pits from 13th place for his final stop. Raikkonen passes Sutil for third place. On lap 38 Ricciardo pits and switches back to medium tyres. On lap 39 Webber is told he is losing gearbox sync. Moments later Red Bull tells him to stop the car and he pulls off the track and retires with an alternator failure. On lap 42 Rosberg sets fast lap at 1m29.0s. Sutil finally makes his first pit stop, switching to soft tyres, looking to make a one stop race, rejoining in ninth place. Raikkonen running in second place might try to run to the finish on this set of tyres. At lap 45 Vettel leads Raikkonen by 25.4 seconds, followed by Rosberg (32.3s), Grosjean (39.2s), Massa (41.6s), Hamilton (42.5s), Perez (44.5s), Hulkenberg (48.8s), Di Resta (66.3s) and Sutil (68.7s) in tenth place. Alonso (71.8s) runs 14th, the Ferrari not handling well since bumping Button on the first lap. Rosberg sets another fast lap at 1m28.9s. On lap 46 Gutierrez passes Bottas for 11th place. On lap 48 Gutierrez pits and switches to soft tyres. On lap 49 Ricciardo passes Bottas for 11th place. Alonso follows him and passes Bottas as well. On lap 51 Bottas makes his final pitstop. Rosberg is edging closer to Raikkonen in second place. Gutierrez on fresh tyres sets fast lap at 1m28.6s. On lap 52 with the cause of Webber's alternator failure still unknown Red Bull has told Vettel to stop using his KERS, and to even stop using his drink bottle. Rosberg passes Raikkonen in the DRS zone to take second place. Alonso still trying to pass Ricciardo for 11th place. On lap 54 Hulkenberg pits. Vettel sets fast lap 1m28.1s. At lap 55 Vettel holds a 26.6 second lead over Rosberg, followed by Raikkonen (35.3s), Grosjean (36,6s), Massa (38.7s), Hamilton (41.0), Perez (42.0s), Di Resta (70.4s), Sutil (75.9s) and Ricciardo (76.9s) in tenth place. On lap 56 Perez is closing on Hamilton in sixth place. Hulkenberg comes back into the pits and gets out of the car with a problem. Grosjean goes side-by-side with Raikkonen and is forced wide. He lets his team mate by. Grosjean then tries again as Raikkonen's tyres are worn out. Massa follows Grosjean and passes Raikkonen for fourth. On lap 58 Perez continues to chase Hamilton. Perez, Hamilton and Raikkonen go side-by-side down the straight and Perez passes both to take fifth place. Hamilton gets past Raikkonen. On lap 59 Raikkonen pits for tyres. Grosjean is told to short-shift. On lap 60 Button pits on the final lap. Vettel wins the Indian GP, taking his fourth title in a row. Raikkonen takes the fastest lap on the final lap at 1m27.6s. After the cool-down lap, Vettel drives onto the start-finish straight and performs a series of doughnuts in his Red Bull.


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From a Ferrari F1 Fan ! Congratulations Sebastian Vettel with Winning Your 4TH WORLD CHAMPION FORMULA 1 TITLE !!!

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Schumi

He is the champion fully deserved

Great race of Grosjean.
Started 17th ended 3rd.

Congrats to Sebastian Vettel. (4th title in a row)

Result of the qualifying GP F1 of India :

1. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing 1:24.119 -
2. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP 1:24.871 + 0.672
3. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP 1:24.941 + 0.742
4. Mark Webber - Red Bull Racing 1:25.047 + 0.848
5. Felipe Massa - Ferrari 1:25.201 + 1.002
6. Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus 1:25.248 + 1.049
7. Nico Hulkenberg - Sauber 1:25.334 + 1.135
8. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari 1:25.826 + 1.627
9. Sergio Perez - McLaren 1:26.153 + 1.954
10. Jenson Button - McLaren 1:26.487 + 2.288
Q2
11. Daniel Ricciardo - Toro Rosso 1:25.519 + 1.320
12. Paul di Resta - Force India 1:25.711 + 1.512
13. Adrian Sutil - Force India 1:25.740 + 1.541
14. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso 1:25.798 + 1.599
15. Valtteri Bottas - Williams 1:26.134 + 1.935
16. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber 1:26.336 + 2.137
17. Romain Grosjean - Lotus 1:26.577 + 2.378
Q1
18. Pastor Maldonado - Williams 1:26.842 -
19. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team 1:26.970 + 2.771
20. Giedo van der Garde - Caterham 1:27.105 + 2.906
21. Charles Pic - Caterham 1:27.487 + 3.288
22. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team 1:28.138 + 3.939

Qual : 1:24.119
Pole : Sebastian Vettel
Team Bat . : Raikkonen > Grosjean
Grid Pos . Mark Webber : 4th place

Sebastian Vettel flies to pole ahead of Nico Rosberg :
Sebastian Vettel produced one of his most commanding qualifying performances of an already-dominant 2013 Formula 1 campaign to take Indian Grand Prix pole. The Red Bull driver, who is poised to clinch a fourth straight world championship this weekend, was 1.7 seconds faster than his rivals when he first put in the 1m24.119s that became pole . That statistic was skewed by the fact that all those out on that stage were using medium tyres whereas Vettel was on softs. But even the soft-shod Mercedes of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton were seven tenths off Vettel as they took second and third. The shock of qualifying was Romain Grosjean's Q1 exit. The man who fought for victory at Suzuka a fortnight ago will be fighting to get through the field at Buddh having chosen to use medium tyres in Q1. Vettel was the only other man who went for that strategy, but while he had no problem getting through in 11th, Grosjean could only manage 17th. Mark Webber used mediums successfully in Q3 to take fourth on the grid. He was 0.928s slower than Red Bull team-mate Vettel, but 0.8s and four places ahead of next-best medium user Fernando Alonso. The Spaniard's Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa took fifth, followed by Kimi Raikkonen and Nico Hulkenberg for Lotus and Sauber respectively. McLaren used mediums for both its drivers as Sergio Perez and Jenson Button completed the top 10. There were no surprises in Q2, with the Toro Rossos and Force India intermingling on rows six and seven, ahead of Valtteri Bottas's Williams and Esteban Gutierrez's Sauber. Pastor Maldonado joined Grosjean among the Q1 departures, and was only 0.128s clear of Jules Bianchi's Marussia and 0.265s ahead of Giedo van der Garde's Caterham.


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Result of the 3rd practice session :

1. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing - 1:25.332 -
2. Mark Webber - Red Bull Racing - 1:25.892 + 0.560
3. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:26.105 + 0.773
4. Nico Hulkenberg - Sauber - 1:26.306 + 0.974
5. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 1:26.350 + 1.018
6. Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 1:26.435 + 1.103
7. Paul di Resta - Force India - 1:26.438 + 1.106
8. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP - 1:26.441 + 1.109
9. Jenson Button - McLaren - 1:26.489 + 1.157
10. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP - 1:26.557 + 1.225
11. Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus - 1:26.635 + 1.303
12. Pastor Maldonado - Williams - 1:26.641 + 1.309
13. Sergio Perez - McLaren - 1:26.737 + 1.405
14. Adrian Sutil - Force India - 1:26.847 + 1.515
15. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:26.876 + 1.544
16. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:26.883 + 1.551
17. Daniel Ricciardo - Toro Rosso - 1:27.259 + 1.927
18. Charles Pic - Caterham - 1:27.941 + 2.609
19. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber - 1:28.019 + 2.687
20. Giedo van der Garde - Caterham - 1:28.498 + 3.166
21. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team - 1:29.094 + 3.762
22. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team - 1:29.169 + 3.837

Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull complete practice sweep :
Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull remained untouchable in Indian Grand Prix practice, the Formula 1 world champion leading team-mate Mark Webber in a shortened final session ahead of qualifying. Vettel, quickest in both of Friday's sessions, needed just one lap on the softer tyres to elevate himself to first place with a time of 1m25.332s. He then focused on longer runs with the soft rubber, which he seemed to struggle on as the blistering issues continued.The German driver did not even complete a run using the harder compound. Webber finished second, but over 0.5 seconds behind his team-mate, with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso the first of the non-Red Bull drivers in third, albeit over seven tenths off Vettel. Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg showed strong pace once more, the Sauber driver finishing in fourth ahead of Lotus's Romain Grosjean, who completed the top five. The start of the session was initially delayed by 15 minutes because of visibility problems. Race control announced a further 15-minute delay moments later, only to then shorten that to five minutes, with the session finally getting underway 20 minutes later than scheduled and the running restricted to 40 minutes. The decision to shorten the session meant the action was frantic from the start, with most drivers taking to the track right away. Webber was the initial pacesetter in the Red Bull before Felipe Massa and then team-mate Alonso moved to the top of the times, before the Australian driver regained the top spot moments later. Twelve minutes in, it was McLaren's Sergio Perez who went quickest by just 0.044s as the top four were covered by less than a tenth of a second. Alonso then regained first place before Vettel completed his first soft-tyre run with a time that was over 1.5s quicker than anybody else and also the best lap of the weekend so far, a 1m25.332s. Webber also tried the soft tyres before the halfway point, but the Australian was over half a second off his team-mate's pace. Red Bull, struggling with the degradation of the soft tyres this weekend, seemed to focus mainly on solutions to extend the life of the rubber. Despite everyone trying the soft tyres as the session progress, no one could get close to Vettel's time. The only significant incident of the session involved Hulkenberg hitting one of his Sauber mechanics when returning to the pits. The mechanic took a tumble but got up on his own and seemed to suffer no serious injuries.

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a Little impression of the Indian Grand Prix of 2012

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2013 FORMULA 1 AIRTEL INDIAN GRAND PRIX
practice2 results
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:25.722 35
2 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:26.011 0.289 38
3 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:26.220 0.498 36
4 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:26.399 0.677 36
5 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:26.430 0.708 39
6 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:26.582 0.860 40
7 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:26.601 0.879 41
8 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:26.632 0.910 32
9 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.857 1.135 40
10 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.972 1.250 39
11 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:27.304 1.582 17
12 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:27.375 1.653 36
13 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:27.429 1.707 31
14 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.491 1.769 40
15 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:27.608 1.886 38
16 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:27.720 1.998 23
17 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.949 2.227 34
18 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:28.431 2.709 30
19 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:28.692 2.970 39
20 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:28.799 3.077 32
21 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:29.366 3.644 37
22 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:30.164 4.442 27

2013 FORMULA 1 AIRTEL INDIAN GRAND PRIX
practice1 results
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:26.683 24
2 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:26.871 0.188 17
3 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:26.899 0.216 23
4 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:26.990 0.307 20
5 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:27.227 0.544 21
6 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.335 0.652 23
7 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.416 0.733 23
8 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.692 1.009 21
9 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.770 1.087 19
10 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:27.800 1.117 23
11 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:28.035 1.352 25
12 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:28.214 1.531 6
13 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:28.336 1.653 18
14 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:28.342 1.659 21
15 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:28.468 1.785 20
16 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:28.538 1.855 18
17 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:28.730 2.047 18
18 14 James Calado Force India-Mercedes 1:29.197 2.514 22
19 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:29.413 2.730 24
20 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:29.560 2.877 20
21 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:30.026 3.343 23
22 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:30.471 3.788 17

A reminder for this weekend ! :

brudgon wrote:Fri 25 October 2013
Practice 1 : 06:30 - 08:00
Practice 2 : 10:30 - 12:00

Sat 26 October 2013
Practice 3 : 07:30 - 08:30
Qualifying : 10:30

Sun 27 October 2013
Race : 10:30

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Shaky

f1 news
The Indian Supreme Court will consider a request to cancel tomorrow's Grand Prix of India, presented by some lawyers through the instrument of the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) provided in the Indian Constitution to protect the public interest. According to the prosecution, the organizers of the event (Jaypee Sports International Limited) have not paid certain fees for the event held in 2012.
The race is scheduled for next Sunday at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, 50 kilometers from New Delhi. The same organizers were called in difficulty for the poor response of the audience for the Grand Prix: compared to the 96,000 sold for the first edition, and 65,000 sold last year, this year fans bought fewer than 30,000 tickets

The Indian Grand Prix(16th round of the 2013 Formula 1 World Championship)
Buddh International Circuit (25 – 26 and 27 October)
The first edition of the Indian Grand Prix was held on October 2011 and on this track has always won Sebastian Vettel. The Indian Grand Prix will take a one-year pause in 2014, but could return in 2015, maybe in an early-season date (march or april). The track, designed by Hermann Tilke, has two long straights followed by slow corners. A high top speed is important along the very long back straight, but there is also the need for good traction out of second-gear corners. Then, in the second and third sector, there is a wide range of corner types, including an interesting multiple-apex right-hander (Curves n. 10 and 11) with a profile similar to Turn n. 8 at Istanbul Otodrom (Turkey). The track has a width up to 20 metres in some areas and a lot of ups and downs. The asphalt is smooth and tyre degradation is low. Last year the winning strategy was: only one pit-stop, but with different tyre compound(hard and soft). This year Pirelli has gone for a slightly more aggressive choice and is expected a strategy on two pit stops. They will bring medium compound (white stripe) and, soft compound (yellow stripe), the same combination used in 2013 at Shanghai, Nurburgring and Hungaroring. Obviously at Buddh Circuit, there will be two DRS zones along the main straights.
Winners, Podium and pole position. This year will be the 3° edition
2011: 1° Vettel – Red Bull (2° Button and 3° Alonso) – fastest lap: Vettel – pole: Vettel, time 1m 24.178
2012: 1° Vettel – Red Bull (2° Alonso and 3° Webber) – fastest lap: Button – pole: Vettel, time 1m 25.283
The stats of this season(2013) after 15 races.
Winners: Vettel(9) Alonso and Rosberg(2); Raikkonen and Hamilton (1)
Second place: Raikkonen(6) Alonso(5); Webber(3); Vettel(1). Never a Mercedes driver in second place until now.
Third place: Hamilton and Grosjean(4) Vettel and Webber(2); Raikkonen, Alonso and Massa(1)
Total Podium: Vettel(12); Alonso and Raikkonen(8); Hamilton and Webber(5); Grosjean(4); Rosberg (2); Massa(1).
Pole position: Vettel (6) – Hamilton (5) – Rosberg (3) – Webber(1)
- Vettel has won the last five Grand Prix. Only Ascari and Schumacher have a longer series of consecutive wins (seven for both) in the history of F1 World Championship