FORMULA 1

2012 JEREZ TEST SESSION, 3 DAY, OLD MERCEDES W02 FASTEST AGAIN!!!

2012-02-09T17:02:00.000+01:00

Spanish F1 fans expected much more from Alonso and Ferrari

Nico Rosberg kept Mercedes at the top of the timesheets at the midway stage of day three testing at Jerez, with Romain Grosjean and Lotus this time the fastest of the 2012 runners. Grosjean impressed his pit wall by getting on the pace immediately on a brand new set of medium tyres, with trackside operations director Alan Permane tweeting, "RG 1st set new tyres 18.9.... Sweet". By lunch his best time was a 1:18.419, fastest time so far set by 2012 cars.

Sebastian Vettel was third quickest on his first day in the RB8. It was close between Vettel and Lewis Hamilton, who looked in the groove during a late run, but set just fourth quickest time.

Pos     Driver               Team           Time       Gap    Laps
 1.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes        1:17.613           74
 2.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus           1:18.419  +0.806   53
 3.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren         1:19.464  +1.851   38
 4.  Jules Vergne          Toro Rosso      1:19.734  +2.121   41
 5.  Sergio Perez          Sauber          1:19.770  +2.157   31
 6.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull        1:20.154  +2.541   28
 7.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari         1:20.412  +2.799   29
 8.  Bruno Senna           Williams        1:21.293  +3.680   61
 9.  Giedo Van der Garde   Caterham        1:23.505  +5.892   40

2012 JEREZ TEST SESSION, DAY 2 IN HIGH RESOLUTION

2012-02-09T16:57:00.001+01:00

SOON...

2012 JEREZ TEST SESSION, 2 DAY, MICHAEL SCHUMACHER FASTEST!!!

2012-02-08T18:05:00.001+01:00

Schumacher inspired by Raikkonen set fastest time!!!

Michael Schumacher set the fastest time on the second day of the first test in Jerez. Schumacher's morning time of 1:18.561 went unbeaten as Mercedes continued using its W02 to analyse the new Pirelli tyres. His time came during a short run on soft tyres.

Mark Webber led the way for the 2012 cars.Webber's time also came in the morning as much of the paddock chose to focus on longer runs in the afternoon.The Australian's 1m19.184s would remain the fastest time anyone has set in one of the new cars brought to Spain this week.

Pos     Driver              Team          Time       Gap   Laps
 1.  Michael Schumacher   Mercedes       1:18.561           132
 2.  Mark Webber          Red Bull       1:19.184  + 0.623   97
 3.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso     1:19.587  + 1.026  100
 4.  Jules Bianchi        Force India    1:20.221  + 1.660   46
 5.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus          1:20.239  + 1.678  117
 6.  Paul di Resta        Force India    1:20.272  + 1.711   69
 7.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari        1:20.454  + 1.893   95
 8.  Jenson Button        McLaren        1:20.688  + 2.127   85
 9.  Sergio Perez         Sauber         1:20.711  + 2.150   68
10.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams       1:21.197  + 2.636   97
11.  Heikki Kovalainen    Caterham       1:21.518  + 2.957  139
12.  Pedro de la Rosa     HRT            1:22.128  + 3.567   64

2012 JEREZ TEST SESSION, DAY 1 IN HIGH RESOLUTION

2012-02-08T18:04:00.001+01:00

2012 JEREZ TEST SESSION: DAY 1, KIMI RAIKKONEN FASTEST!!!

2012-02-07T17:33:00.002+01:00

Iceman is back!!!

Kimi Raikkonen marked his official Formula One return with the fastest time of the first day of pre-season testing at Jerez. The 2007 world champion went fastest straight out the blocks and was never displaced, as four fast stints in the morning allowed him to get down to a 1m19.670s., faster than any testing laps at the Spanish track throughout 2011.It was also faster than anyone else would manage all day, particularly with the afternoon session proving slower than the morning.

Force India's Paul di Resta came closest to displacing Raikkonen at the top of the timesheets, missing out by just over one tenth of a second. A successful day was boosted by the fact the Scot was able to complete over 100 laps.

As always, the headlines times should not be taken as a simple reflection of who’s quickest and who’s slowest. For example, HRT (running last year’s car) were only 5% slower than the fastest time, well below the 7-8% range typically seen in last year’s races.With nine new cars in action on the first day of the test some teams had comparatively quiet days.

Mark Webber got the year off to a slow start for defending champions Red Bull. He was unable to run during the first few hours of the session as fog at the track delayed the arrival of parts for the new RB8.Heikki Kovalainen logged 28 laps in the new Caterham CT01 but his day’s running came to an end when the car’s starter developed a fault.

Another driver whose test ended early was Daniel Ricciardo. A drop in oil pressure on his Toro Rosso STR7 caused him to pull over with just over half hour remaining, causing the first red flag of the day.“We had a very productive morning, doing over 40 laps and we made good progress with our programme,” said Ricciardo.“Then in the afternoon, we did a couple of longer runs, but had to cut it short, although we only lost an hour. I was using the medium tyre on that last run, having used hard tyres for the rest of the day.”

Meanwhile Kamui Kobayashi, who had shaken down the Sauber C31 yesterday, did over 100 laps in the new car today. But he hit trouble with less than half an hour left in the session, bringing the red flags out a second time.A brief restart gave Pedro de la Rosa time to post the final improvement of the day in last year’s HRT, before the chequered flag brought the first official test day of 2012 to an end.

Pos     Driver                Team                Time       Gap    Laps
 1.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault          1:19.670            73
 2.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes   1:19.772  + 0.102  101
 3.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes               1:20.219  + 0.549   56
 4.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault       1:20.496  + 0.826   53
 5.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:20.694  + 1.024   57
 6.  Michael Schumacher   Mercedes               1:20.794  + 1.124   41
 7.  Kamui Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari         1:21.353  + 1.683  106
 8.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes       1:21.530  + 1.860   60
 9.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari                1:22.815  + 3.145   69
10.  Heikki Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault       1:23.178  + 3.508   28
11.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault       1:23.371  + 3.701   25
11.  Pedro de la Rosa     HRT-Cosworth           1:23.676  + 4.006   44

2012 JEREZ: TEST SCHEDULE

2012-02-07T00:17:00.003+01:00

Action starts at Jerez, Formula 1 Test Session, 7-10 February

  Team       Car      Tuesday, 7 Feb      Wednesday, 8 Feb  Thurday, 9 Feb      Friday, 10 Feb
RED BULL     RB8      Mark Webber         Mark Webber       Sebastian Vettel    Sebastian Vettel
McLAREN      MP4-27   Jenson Button       Jenson Button     Luis Hamilton       Luis Hamilton
FERRARI      F2012    Felipe Massa        Felipe Massa      Fernando Alonso     Fernando Alonso
*MERCEDES GP W02      Rosberg/Schumacher  M.Schumacher      N. Rosberg              /
LOTUS        E20      Kimi Raikkonen      Kimi Raikkonen    Romain Grosjean     Romain Grosjean
FORCE INDIA  VJM05    Paul di Resta       Paul di Resta     Nico Hulkenberg     Nico Hulkenberg
SAUBER       C31      Kamiu Kobayashi     Sergio Peres      Sergio Perez        Kamui Kobayashi
TORO ROSSO   STR7     Daniel Ricciardo    Daniel Ricciardo  Jean-Eric Vergne    Jean-Eric Vergne
WILLIAMS     FW34     Pastor Maldonado    Pastor Maldonado  Bruno Senna         Bruno Senna
CATERHAM     CT01     Heikki Kovalainen   Heikki Kovalainen Giedo van der Garde Jarno Trulli
*HRT         F111     Pedro de la Rosa    Pedro de la Rosa        TBC              TBC
MARUSSIA     will miss the first test session of the year

* 2011 car

2012 CAR LAUNCHES: SAUBER C31

2012-02-06T17:45:00.001+01:00

Sauber was first F1 team to launch its 2012 car in Jerez on Monday.Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez unveiled the car to the media, with the C31 featuring another 'stepped' nose. The other most noticeable difference from the C30 are at the rear, with a redesigned gearbox allowing for more tightly packaged bodywork and a reconfigured floor.

Team principal Peter Sauber said:
"We're aiming to start the new season as strongly as we did in 2011, but then also to maintain this level of performance throughout the year. Our goal is to finish regularly in the points so as to put ourselves in a significantly better position in the World Championship."

2012 CAR LAUNCHES: RED BULL REVEALED RB8

2012-02-06T14:40:00.001+01:00

2012 CAR LAUNCHES: LOTUS E20

2012-02-06T00:47:00.001+01:00

The Enstone based team chose to launch the machine in an online broadcast from its factory. It will be given some demonstration runs at Jerez tomorrow ahead of the start of winter testing on Tuesday.

Team boss Eric Boullier said:
"It's true that the team's reputation is good in terms of innovation and we brought through the last years some nice ones, and let's say some more delicate ones, but definitely we have some this year.The E20 keeps the traditional black and gold colours used by the original Lotus F1 team in the 1970s and 80s, and features prominent new sponsorship from Unilever brands Rexona and Clear."

"My biggest hope is obviously to bring this positivity back again and to make sure this team is again at the front of the grid and for many years and a long time. Also, to have all the people in Enstone enjoying life here and enjoying their passion for motor racing and F1. The fear is that we can have anything wrong which you cannot expect or handle and which would slow down this process."

2012 CAR LAUNCH: SAHARA FORCE INDIA VJM05

2012-02-06T00:17:00.001+01:00

2012 CAR LAUNCH: FERRARI REVEALED AGGRESSIVE F2012

2012-02-03T15:33:00.001+01:00

Ferrari has launched its new car, The F2012 via an online presentation from its base in Maranello. Ferrari released following statement.

"The main changes when compared to 2011 concern the height of the front section of the chassis, the position of the exhaust pipes and the mapping for the electronic engine management. Practically every area of the car has been fundamentally revised, starting with the suspension layout: both the front and rear feature pull-rods, aimed at favouring aerodynamic performance and lowering the centre of gravity. The front wing is derived from the one introduced on the 150° Italia in the final part of its racing life and has been evolved from there. Further evolutions are planned in this area for the opening races of the season."

"The nose has a step in it that is not aesthetically pleasing: with the requirement from the regulations to lower the front part, this was a way of raising the bottom part of the chassis as much as possible for aerodynamic reasons. The sides have been redesigned, through modifications to the side impact structures, the repositioning of the radiators and revisions to all aerodynamic elements. The lower part of the rear of the car is much narrower and more tapered, a feature achieved partly through a new gearbox casing and a relocation of some mechanical components. In recent years, the area of exhausts has been crucial in terms of car performance and much effort was expended on this front, based on changes to the regulations introduced this year. The rear wing is conceptually similar to the one used in 2011, but every detail of it has been revised and it is now more efficient."4

"Naturally, it is still fitted with DRS (a drag reduction system,) which is operated hydraulically. The front and rear air intakes for the brakes have been redesigned and work was carried out in collaboration with Brembo to optimise the braking system."

Heavy snow in Maranello forced the team to cancel their launch ceremony and scrap plans for a shakedown run on their Fiorano circuit.

Will Ferrari have great year with F2012?!?

2012 CAR LAUNCH: FERRARI CEREMONY CANCELLED!!!

2012-02-02T18:02:00.000+01:00

Fiorano circuit covered with snow!!!

There was no let up from the snow last night, which continued to fall on Maranello and the surrounding area and the situation does not appear to be changing this morning. The forecast is still bad both in terms of predictions of more snow fall and of a further drop in temperature.

Therefore, the decision has been taken to cancel the presentation ceremony for the new car, which was to have taken place at 10.30cet tomorrow. The decision was taken because of the weather conditions and because of the difficulties that would have faced the 300 or so people due to attend from the team partners, the authorities and representatives of the media in their attempts to get to Maranello.Photographs and all technical information relating to the car, along with exclusive interviews, will be available to all on www.ferrarif1.com.

2012 CAR LAUNCH: McLAREN PRESENTED MP4-27

2012-02-01T15:33:00.001+01:00

2012 SCHEDULED CAR PROMOTIONS

2012-02-01T00:06:00.000+01:00

CATERHAM	26 JAN
McLAREN	1 FEB
FERRARI	3 FEB
FORCE INDIA	3 FEB
LOTUS	5 FEB
SAUBER	6 FEB
RED BULL	6 FEB
TORO ROSSO	6 FEB
WILLIAMS	7FEB
MERCEDES GP	21 FEB
MARUSIA	?
HRT	?

HAPPY NEW 2012 BY MAK FORMULA 1

2011-12-31T13:46:00.000+01:00

LOOKING FORWARD FOR 2012 F1 SEASON

2011 BRASIL GP: RACE IN HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES

2011-12-14T21:50:00.001+01:00

2011 BRASIL GP: NEW DOMINANT 1-2 FOR RED BULL, WEBBER AHEAD OF VETTEL

2011-11-27T19:10:00.001+01:00

Go, go, go Red Bull!!!

Red Bull absolutely dominated the Interlagos race. Mark Webber took his first win of the season at the Brazilian Grand Prix as team-mate Sebastian Vettel struggled to second with a race-long gearbox problem.

Vettel lead at the start, and Webber fending off the cars behind for second despite a slightly slower getaway.Vettel soon opened up a stable three-second gap to Webber, as the Red Bull duo left the rest in their wake at a rate sometimes up to one second per lap.

But from the early laps Vettel was receiving radio messages warning him to short-shift to nurse a developing gearbox problem, his pace slowed enough for Webber to sweep into the lead on lap 29.While the Australian went on to take his first win since the 2010 Hungarian GP, Vettel still had enough pace to hang on for second.

The Brazilian Grand Prix, Interlagos, Sao Paulo.
71 laps, 305.909km, Weather: Sunny.

Classified:
Pos     Driver                 Team                      Time
 1.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault           1h32:17.434
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault           +    16.983
 3.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes           +    27.638
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                    +    35.048
 5.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                    +  1:06.733
 6.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                   +     1 lap
 8.  Paul Di Resta         Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
 9.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
10.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                    +     1 lap
11.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
12.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
13.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
14.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
15.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                   +     1 lap
16.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
17.  Bruno Senna           Renault                    +    2 laps
18.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
19.  Jerom D'Ambrosio      Virgin-Cosworth            +    3 laps
20.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth               +    3 laps

Fastest lap: Mark Webber, 1:15.324

Not classified/retirements:
Driver               Team                  On lap
Vitantonio Liuzzi    HRT-Cosworth            62
Lewis Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes        37
Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth       27
Timo Glock           Virgin-Cosworth         22


FINAL RESULTS AFTER 19 RACES:                
Drivers:                     Constructors:             
 1.  Vettel       392        1.  Red Bull-Renault          650
 2.  Button       270        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          497
 3.  Webber       258        3.  Ferrari                   375
 4.  Alonso       257        4.  Mercedes                  165
 5.  Hamilton     227        5.  Renault                    73
 6.  Massa        118        6.  Force India-Mercedes       69
 7.  Rosberg       89        7.  Sauber-Ferrari             44
 8.  Schumacher    76        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         41
 9.  Sutil         42        9.  Williams-Cosworth           5
10.  Petrov        37       
11.  Heidfeld      34       
12.  Kobayashi     30       
13.  Di Resta      27       
14.  Alguersuari   26       
15.  Buemi         15       
16.  Perez         14       
17.  Barrichello    4       
18.  Senna          2       
19.  Maldonado      1

2011 BRASIL GP: SATURDAY IN HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES

2011-11-27T19:09:00.001+01:00

2011 BRASIL GP: VETTEL WITH RECORD 15-TH POLE THIS SEASON!!!

2011-11-26T21:41:00.001+01:00

Sebastian Vettel secured a record 15th pole position of the 2011 season with an imperious performance in Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying at Interlagos.

Pos  Driver                Team                 Time           Gap   
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m11.918s
 2.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m12.099s   + 0.181
 3.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m12.283s   + 0.365
 4.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m12.480s   + 0.562
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m12.591s   + 0.673
 6.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m13.050s   + 1.132
 7.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m13.068s   + 1.150
 8.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes 1m13.298s   + 1.380
 9.  Bruno Senna           Renault              1m13.761s   + 1.843
10.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes
Q2 Fastest time: S.Vettel 1m12.446s                           Gap
11.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m13.584s   + 1.138
12.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth    1m13.801s   + 1.355
13.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m13.804s   + 1.358
14.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m13.919s   + 1.473
15.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              1m14.053s   + 1.607
16.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m14.129s   + 1.683
17.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m14.182s   + 1.736
Q1 Fastest time: J.Button 1m14.571s                           Gap
18.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1m14.625s   + 1.344
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault        1m15.068s   + 1.787
20.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault        1m15.358s   + 2.077
21.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth         1m16.631s   + 3.350
22.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth         1m16.890s   + 3.609
23.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth      1m17.019s   + 3.738
24.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth      1m17.060s   + 3.779
107% time: 1m18.410s

2011 BRASIL GP: FRIDAY IN HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES

2011-11-26T20:47:00.001+01:00

2011 BRASIL GP: FRIDAY RESULTS

2011-11-25T18:48:00.001+01:00

Mark Webber fastest on free practice 1 for Brasilian Grand Prix

FIRST FREE PRACTICE

Pos  Driver                Team                    Time               Laps
 1.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        1m13.811s            26
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1m13.825s  + 0.014   25
 3.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes        1m13.961s  + 0.150   20
 4.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        1m14.025s  + 0.214   28
 5.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 1m14.507s  + 0.696   34
 6.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 1m14.541s  + 0.730   26
 7.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                1m15.162s  + 1.351   28
 8.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes    1m15.178s  + 1.367   28
 9.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes    1m15.241s  + 1.430   31
10.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                1m15.321s  + 1.510   29
11.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m15.468s  + 1.657   29
12.  Romain Grosjean       Renault                 1m15.547s  + 1.736   18
13.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       1m15.663s  + 1.852   27
14.  Bruno Senna           Renault                 1m15.732s  + 1.921   32
15.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari          1m15.747s  + 1.936   31
16.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth       1m15.836s  + 2.025   27
17.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari          1m15.979s  + 2.168   35
18.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m16.052s  + 2.241   33
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault           1m16.514s  + 2.703   33
20.  Luiz Razia            Lotus-Renault           1m17.595s  + 3.784   31
21.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth         1m18.140s  + 4.329   29
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth         1m18.653s  + 4.842   29
23.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth            1m18.952s  + 5.141   33
24.  Jan Charouz           HRT-Cosworth            1m19.577s  + 5.766   37

Hamilton fastest driver on Friday

SECOND FREE PRACTICE

Pos  Driver                Team                   Time                Laps
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes        1m13.392s          35
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        1m13.559s  + 0.167 41
 3.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        1m13.587s  + 0.195 41
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 1m13.598s  + 0.206 35
 5.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                1m13.723s  + 0.331 38
 6.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 1m13.750s  + 0.358 39
 7.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1m13.787s  + 0.395 36
 8.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                1m13.872s  + 0.480 42
 9.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1m14.144s  + 0.752 41
10.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes    1m14.807s  + 1.415 48
11.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                 1m14.856s  + 1.464 38
12.  Bruno Senna           Renault                 1m14.931s  + 1.539 37
13.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari          1m14.970s  + 1.578 32
14.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari          1m15.019s  + 1.627 45
15.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m15.264s  + 1.872 44
16.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m15.388s  + 1.996 41
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth       1m15.679s  + 2.287 43
18.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       1m15.903s  + 2.511 40
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault           1m16.298s  + 2.906 36
20.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault           1m16.338s  + 2.946 48
21.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth         1m18.031s  + 4.639 39
22.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth         1m18.051s  + 4.659 45
23.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth            1m18.367s  + 4.975 42
24.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth            1m18.476s  + 5.084 42

FORMULA 1 GRANDE PRÊMIO DO BRASIL 2011 (Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace)

2011-11-21T12:51:00.001+01:00

Circuit lenght: 4.309km
Race: 71 laps (305.909km)

Max throttle: 65%
Max speed: 314kph
Longest flatout section: 17s. (1.22km)
Curves right/left: 5/10

Tyre wear: Medium
Brake wear: Medium
Downforce level: Medium/High
Gear changes per lap: 40

Fastest Lap: 1:11.473 - Juan Pablo Montoya (2004)

Friday 25 November 2011
Free practice 1
10:00-11:30 Local / 13:00-14:30 CET
Free practice 2
14:00-15:30 Local / 17:00-18:30 CET

Saturday 26 November 2011
Saturday practice
11:00-12:00 Local / 14:00-15:00 CET
QUALIFYING
14:00 Local / 17:00 CET

Sunday 27 November 2011
RACE
14:00 Local / 17:00 CET

2011 ABU DHABI GP: RACE IN HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES, PART I

2011-11-14T22:52:00.001+01:00

2011 ABU DHABI GP: RACE IN HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES, PART II

2011-11-14T22:49:00.001+01:00

2011 ABU DHABI GP: RACE IN HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES, PART III

2011-11-14T22:45:00.001+01:00

2011 ABU DHABI GP: HAMILTON WINS, SEBASTIAN AUT IN FIRST LAP

2011-11-13T16:35:00.001+01:00

Haimilton wins, Vettel didn`t finish race becouse od flat tyre!!!

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina, United Arab Emirates;
55 laps, 305.355km, Weather: Dry, night race;

Classified:
Pos      Driver              Team                      Time
 1.  Lewis Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes           1h37:11.886
 2.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari                    +     8.457
 3.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +    25.881
 4.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault           +    35.784
 5.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari                    +    50.578
 6.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes                   +    52.317
 7.  Michael Schumacher   Mercedes                   +  1:15.900
 8.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +  1:17.100
 9.  Paul Di Resta        Force India-Mercedes       +  1:40.000
10.  Kamui Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
11.  Sergio Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
12.  Rubens Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
13.  Vitaly Petrov        Renault                    +     1 lap
14.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
15.  Jaime Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
16.  Bruno Senna          Renault                    +     1 lap
17.  Heikki Kovalainen    Lotus-Renault              +     1 lap
18.  Jarno Trulli         Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
19.  Timo Glock           Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
20.  Vitantonio Liuzzi    HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps

Fastest lap: Mark Webber, 1:42.612

Not classified/retirements:
Driver                  Team                 On lap
Daniel Ricciardo     HRT-Cosworth              49
Sebastien Buemi      Toro Rosso-Ferrari        19
Jerom D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth           18
Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault           1


Standings after 18 races:                
Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1.  Vettel       374       1.  Red Bull-Renault          607
 2.  Button       255       2.  McLaren-Mercedes          482
 3.  Alonso       245       3.  Ferrari                   353
 4.  Webber       233       4.  Mercedes                  159
 5.  Hamilton     227       5.  Renault                    72
 6.  Massa        108       6.  Force India-Mercedes       57
 7.  Rosberg       83       7.  Sauber-Ferrari             42
 8.  Schumacher    76       8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         41
 9.  Petrov        36       9.  Williams-Cosworth           5
10.  Sutil         34       
11.  Heidfeld      34       
12.  Kobayashi     28       
13.  Alguersuari   26       
14.  Di Resta      23       
15.  Buemi         15       
16.  Perez         14       
17.  Barrichello    4       
18.  Senna          2       
19.  Maldonado      1

2011 ABU DHABI GP: SATURDAY IN HIGH RESOLUTION

2011-11-13T15:36:00.001+01:00

2011 ABU DHABI GP: VETTEL WITH 14-TH POLE THIS SEASON

2011-11-12T17:31:00.001+01:00

Vettel likes to brake records!!!

Sebastian Vettel secured his 14th pole this season, beating Lewis Hamilton in the final lap of qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton little earlier pass his teammate, Jenson Button, just 0.009s. Along with Button from the second row will start Mark Webber, followed by two Ferrari cars, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Masa. Behind one row reserved for the Mercedes GP, with Nico Rosberg ahead of Michael Schumacher and Force India cars, Adrian Sutil at ninth and Paul di Resta on tenth.

Pastor Maldonado has 10 places grid penalty for engine change, it was his ninth engine this season. Today was the 17th fastest and that means he will start from last position. Rubens Barrichello wasn`t able to record time during the first part of qualifying due to a leak of oil from his car.

We expect an interesting race tomorrow starting at 14:00 CET

Pos  Driver                Team                 Time           Gap   
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m38.481s
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m38.622s  + 0.141
 3.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m38.631s  + 0.150
 4.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m38.858s  + 0.377
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m39.058s  + 0.577
 6.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m39.695s  + 1.214
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m39.773s  + 1.292
 8.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m40.662s  + 2.181
 9.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes 1m40.768s  + 2.287
10.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes
Q2 Fastest time: L.Hamilton 1m38.434s                        Gap
11.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m40.874s  + 2.440
12.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              1m40.919s  + 2.485
13.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m41.009s  + 2.575
14.  Bruno Senna           Renault              1m41.079s  + 2.645
15.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m41.162s  + 2.728
16.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m41.240s  + 2.806
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1m41.760s  + 3.326
Q1 Fastest time: L.Hamilton 1m39.782s                        Gap
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault        1m42.979s  + 3.197
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault        1m43.884s  + 4.102
20.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth      1m44.515s  + 4.733
21.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth         1m44.641s  + 4.859
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth      1m44.699s  + 4.917
23.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth         1m45.159s  + 5.377
24.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosoworth   no time

107% time: 1m46.766s

2011 ABU DHABI GP: FRIDAY IN HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES

2011-11-12T14:15:00.001+01:00

2011 ABU DHABI GP: FRIDAY RESULTS

2011-11-11T12:53:00.001+01:00

Jenson Button fastest driver on Free Practice 1

FIRST FREE PRACTICE

Jenson Button was fastest driver on first free practice session for Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, followed by Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton.Not so surprising results, but the use of experimental Pirelli soft tires will not allow to properly find out what happened in morning session.Perhaps the most interesting moments spining of Felipe Massa and a little later runway on his teammate Fernando Alonso. Ferrari continue to test items for the new season and this is probably the cause of accidents.

At the end of training Petrov went earlier in boxing, probably becouse of Renaults advanced exhaust system.The three "new" drivers on the track, 11th time for JE Vergne and R.Grosjan with 12th, 23rd time for Robert Wickens.Only driver not to set time was Barrichello due to engine problems.

Pos  Driver                Team                    Time              Laps
 1.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1m40.263s           21
 2.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        1m40.389s  + 0.126  26
 3.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes        1m40.403s  + 0.140  27
 4.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        1m40.755s  + 0.492  27
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 1m40.801s  + 0.538  25
 6.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 1m41.260s  + 0.997  17
 7.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1m41.340s  + 1.077  23
 8.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                1m42.130s  + 1.867  26
 9.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes    1m42.151s  + 1.888  28
10.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m42.377s  + 2.114  26
11.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m42.633s  + 2.370  26
12.  Romain Grosjean       Renault                 1m42.685s  + 2.422  29
13.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                 1m43.118s  + 2.855  13
14.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth       1m43.255s  + 2.992  29
15.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                1m43.389s  + 3.126  24
16.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari          1m44.412s  + 4.149  28
17.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari          1m44.484s  + 4.221  18
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault           1m44.565s  + 4.302  27
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault           1m44.898s  + 4.635  25
20.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth            1m46.385s  + 6.122  28
21.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth            1m46.532s  + 6.269  27
22.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth         1m48.024s  + 7.761  20
23.  Robert Wickens        Virgin-Cosworth         1m48.551s  + 8.288  23
24.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth                            3

McLaren was fastest car again!!!

SECOND FREE PRACTICE

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of the second practice session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso both crashed.

Hamilton's time of 1:39.586 was just 0.199s quicker than his McLaren team-mate Jenson Button as neither suffered the fate of Vettel or Alonso who both spun off at turn one. Despite that, Alonso was third ahead of Felipe Massa in fourth, with the Red Bull pair of Mark Webber and Vettel fifth and sixth quickest as the top six were separated by less than 0.6s.

Vettel spun at turn one after putting two wheels on the kerb under braking and slid sideways in to the wall. The expansive runoff area meant he managed to slow the car a lot but was unable to prevent it from nestling in the barriers. The damage was minimal, with just a broken front wing, but his session was interrupted as he had to wait for the car to be returned before getting back out for the final ten minutes.

Alonso soon followed suit as he lost the rear of his car later in the same corner, and slid backwards in to the barrier. He was less fortunate than Vettel, as he damaged the rear of the car and broke the suspension, ending his running.

Pos  Driver                Team                   Time              Laps
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m39.586s           31
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m39.785s  + 0.199  30
 3.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m39.971s  + 0.385  20
 4.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m39.980s  + 0.394  34
 5.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m40.104s  + 0.518  35
 6.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m40.132s  + 0.546  26
 7.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m40.553s  + 0.967  34
 8.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m40.951s  + 1.365  34
 9.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m41.021s  + 1.435  37
10.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m41.490s  + 1.904  34
11.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m41.565s  + 1.979  34
12.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m41.680s  + 2.094  33
13.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                1m41.947s  + 2.361  31
14.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m41.983s  + 2.397  34
15.  Bruno Senna           Renault                1m42.369s  + 2.783  36
16.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1m42.798s  + 3.212  35
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth      1m42.910s  + 3.324  34
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault          1m43.562s  + 3.976  36
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault          1m44.050s  + 4.464  38
20.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m44.265s  + 4.679  41
21.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth        1m45.486s  + 5.900  34
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth        1m46.142s  + 6.556  32
23.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth           1m46.249s  + 6.663  21
24.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth           1m46.328s  + 6.742  34

FERRARI FINALI MONDIALI IMAGES

2011-11-07T23:20:00.001+01:00

2011 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX (Yas Marina)

2011-11-07T22:49:00.001+01:00

Circuit lenght: 5.554 km
Race laps: 55 (305.470km)

Max throttle: 60%
Max speed: 317 kph
Longest flatout section: 1233 m.
Curves Right/Left: 9/11

Tyre wear: Medium
Brake wear: High
Downforce level: Medium/High
Gear changes per lap:44

Fastest Lap: 1:40.279 - Sebastian Vettel(2009)

Friday 11 November 2011
Free practice 1
13:00-14:30 Local / 10:00-11:30 CET
Free practice 2
17:00-18:30 Local / 14:00-15:30 CET

Saturday 12 November 2011
Saturday practice
14:00-15:00 Local / 11:00-12:00 CET
QUALIFYING
17:00 Local / 14:00 CET

Sunday 13 November 2011
RACE
17:00 Local / 14:00 CET

2011 INDIAN GP: RACE IN HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES

2011-11-07T14:28:00.002+01:00

2011 INDIAN GP: VETTEL WINS INAUGURAL INDIAN GP

2011-10-30T22:07:00.002+01:00

Winning Podium of inangural Indian Grand Prix!!!

Sebastian Vettel strolled to his 11th victory of the season at the Buddh International Circuit to become the winner of Formula 1's first ever Indian Grand Prix.

The Indian Grand Prix, Noida, New Delhi, India.
60 laps, 308.220km, Weather: Sunny, but lot of dust on track.

Classified:
Pos       Driver                Team                     Time
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault           1h30:35.002
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes           +     8.433
 3.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                    +    24.301
 4.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault           +    25.529
 5.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes GP                +  1:05.421
 6.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes GP                +  1:06.851
 7.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes           +  1:24.183
 8.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
 9.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
10.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
11.  Valery Petrov         Renault                    +     1 lap
12.  Bruno Senna           Renault                    +     1 lap
13.  Paul Di Resta         Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
14.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
15.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth          +    2 laps
16.  Jerom D'Ambrosio      Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
17.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth               +    3 laps
18.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth               +    3 laps
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault              +    4 laps

Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel, 1:27.457

Not classified/retirements:
Driver        Team                         On lap
Massa         Ferrari                      33
Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari           25
Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth            13
Glock         Virgin-Cosworth              3
Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari               1

 After 17 Races:                
 Drivers:                    Constructors:

 1.  Vettel       374        1.  Red Bull-Renault          595
 2.  Button       240        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          442
 3.  Alonso       227        3.  Ferrari                   325
 4.  Webber       221        4.  Mercedes                  145
 5.  Hamilton     202        5.  Renault                    72
 6.  Massa         98        6.  Force India-Mercedes       51
 7.  Rosberg       75        7.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         41
 8.  Schumacher    70        8.  Sauber-Ferrari             41
 9.  Petrov        36        9.  Williams-Cosworth           5
10.  Heidfeld      34       
11.  Sutil         30       
12.  Kobayashi     27       
13.  Alguersuari   26       
14.  Di Resta      21       
15.  Buemi         15       
16.  Perez         14       
17.  Barrichello    4       
18.  Senna          2       
19.  Maldonado      1

2011 INDIA GP: SATURDAY IN HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES

2011-10-30T22:07:00.000+01:00

2011 INDIA GP: VETTEL SECURED NEW POLE

2011-10-29T12:32:00.001+02:00

Another superb pole for German driver!!!

Sebastian Vettel did it again. He won his 13th pole this season and will stay enrolled in the history of Indian Grand Prix as driver who won the inaugural first starting position. Vettel got equal by the number of pole positions won in one season with Ayrton Senna and Alan Prost. He needs two more to be alone on top where now is Nigel Mansell with 14 pole positions in one season. Also, this was the 16th pole position for Red Bull this season, a new team record.

The fight for second place went to Lewis Hamilton, beating Mark Webber for a few hundredths of a second, but Briton will start from fifth becouse of yesterday penalty. This means that Red Bull starts from the first row, Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button from second and "good friends" Felipe Massa and Hamilton starting from the third row. To say that the Massa had spectacularly crash in his last fast lap, when he broke the front suspension of his right wheel from one of kerbs in turn 1.

Pos       Driver                Team               Time      Gap   
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m24.178
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m24.474  + 0.296
 3.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m24.508  + 0.330
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m24.519  + 0.341
 5.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m24.950  + 0.772
 6.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m25.122  + 0.944
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m25.451  + 1.273
 8.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes
 9.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari
10.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Q2 Fastest time: S.Vettel 1:24.657                           Gap
11.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault               1m26.319  + 1.662
12.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m26.337  + 1.680
13.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m26.503  + 1.846
14.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth     1m26.537  + 1.880
15.  Bruno Senna           Renault               1m26.651  + 1.994
16.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth     1m27.247  + 2.590
17.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m27.562  + 2.905
Q1 Fastest time: V.Petrov 1:26.189                           Gap
18.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m27.876  + 1.687
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault         1m28.565  + 2.376
20.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault         1m28.752  + 2.563
21.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m30.216  + 4.027
22.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth          1m30.238  + 4.049
23.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth       1m30.866  + 4.677
24.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth       1m34.046  + 7.857

107% time: 1:32.222

PENALTY:
-Petrov had a penalty of five starting positions back over incident with Michael Schumacher in Korea
-Perez yesterday got three starting positions back for ignoring yellow flags in the first free training
-Hamilton also got a penalty of three starting positions back for ignoring yellow flags in the first free training
-Ricardo earned five starting positions back because of changed gear box.
-Karthikeyan earned five starting positions back for blocking Schumacher.

2011 INDIA GP: FRIDAY IN HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES

2011-10-29T12:24:00.001+02:00

2011 INDIA GP: FRIDAY RESULTS

2011-10-28T15:23:00.000+02:00

Hamilton fastest but gets grid penalty!!!

FIRST FREE PRACTICE

Pos  Driver                Team                   Time               Laps
01.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m26.836s            22
02.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m27.416s  + 0.580   23
03.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m27.428s  + 0.592   27
04.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m28.394s  + 1.558   23
05.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m28.531s  + 1.695   23
06.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m28.542s  + 1.706   29
07.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m28.644s  + 1.808   22
08.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m28.705s  + 1.869   23
09.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m29.219s  + 2.383   24
10.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m29.355s  + 2.519   29
11.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m29.700s  + 2.864   24
12.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                1m29.705s  + 2.869   22
13.  Bruno Senna           Renault                1m29.799s  + 2.963   20
14.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m30.132s  + 3.296   25
15.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1m30.367s  + 3.531   21
16.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m30.566s  + 3.730   19
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth      1m30.699s  + 3.833   22
18.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault          1m30.818s  + 3.982   22
19.  Karun Chandhok        Lotus-Renault          1m32.487s  + 5.651   24
20.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth           1m32.771s  + 5.935   24
21.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth           1m33.928s  + 7.092   27
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth        1m34.113s  + 7.277   30
23.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth        1m35.896s  + 8.960   19
24.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m35.899s  + 9.063    4

Еxtraordinarily to see Ferrari as fastest car!!!

SECOND FREE PRACTICE

Pos  Driver                Team                   Time              Laps
 1.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m25.706s          33
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m25.794s  + 0.088  34
 3.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m25.930s  + 0.224  34
 4.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m26.454s  + 0.748  26
 5.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m26.500s  + 0.794  30
 6.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m26.714s  + 1.008  28
 7.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m27.316s  + 1.610  34
 8.  Bruno Senna           Renault                1m27.498s  + 1.792  36
 9.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m27.853s  + 2.147  35
10.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m27.868s  + 2.162  35
11.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                1m27.890s  + 2.184  37
12.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m28.050s  + 2.344  34
13.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m28.289s  + 2.583  36
14.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m28.552s  + 2.846  31
15.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1m28.691s  + 2.985  29
16.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth      1m28.708s  + 3.002  24
17.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault          1m29.332s  + 3.626  39
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault          1m30.241s  + 4.535  41
19.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m31.098s  + 5.392  38
20.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth        1m31.469s  + 5.763  32
21.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m31.804s  + 6.098  28
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth        1m32.593s  + 6.887  12
23.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth           1m32.768s  + 7.062  33
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth           1m32.824s  + 7.118  33

2011 GRAND PRIX OF INDIA (Jaypee International)

2011-10-24T23:22:00.001+02:00

Circuit lenght: 5.137 km
Race: 60 laps (308.220 km)

Max throttle: 65 %
Max speed: 318 кm/h (Estimated)
Longest flatout section: /
Curves Right/Left: 9/7

Tyre wear: Medium
Brake wear: Medium
Downforce level: High
Gear changes per lap: 54

Fastest Lap: 1:27.457 - Sebastian Vettel(2011)

Friday 28 October 2011
Free practice 1
10:00-11:30 Local / 06:30-08:00 CET
Free practice 2
14:00-15:30 Local / 10:30-12:00 CET

Saturday 29 October 2011
Saturday practice
11:00-12:00 Local / 07:30-08:30 CET
QUALIFYING
14:00 Local / 10:30 CET

Sunday 30 October 2011
RACE
15:00 Local / 10:30 CET

2011 KOREAN GP: RACE IN HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES

2011-10-20T00:45:00.002+02:00

2011 KOREAN GP: VETTEL WINS, RED BULL SECURED TITLE

2011-10-20T00:44:00.002+02:00

Seb proved he is the best driver in these F1 season!!!

The Korean Grand Prix, Yongam, Korea
55 laps, 305.909km, Weather: Dry.

Classified:
Pos        Driver            Team                      Time
 1.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault           1h30:01.994
 2.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +    12.019
 3.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault           +    12.477
 4.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes           +    14.694
 5.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari                    +    15.689
 6.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari                    +    25.133
 7.  Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    49.538
 8.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes                   +    54.053
 9.  Sebastien Buemi     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:02.762
10.  Paul Di Resta       Force India-Mercedes       +  1:08.602
11.  Adrian Sutil        Force India-Mercedes       +  1:11.229
12.  Rubens Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth          +  1:33.068
13.  Bruno Senna         Renault                    +     1 lap
14.  Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus-Renault              +     1 lap
15.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
16.  Sergio Perez        Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
17.  Jarno Trulli        Lotus-Renault              +     1 lap
18.  Timo Glock          Virgin-Cosworth            +     1 lap
19.  Daniel Ricciardo    HRT-Cosworth               +     1 lap
20.  Jerom D'Ambrosio    Virgin-Cosworth            +     1 lap
21.  Vitantonio Liuzzi   HRT-Cosworth               +    3 laps

Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel, 1:39.605

Not classified/retirements:
Driver        Team                         On lap
Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth            31
Petrov        Renault                      17
Schumacher    Mercedes                     16


After 16 races:                
Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1.  Vettel       349        1.  Red Bull-Renault          558
 2.  Button       222        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          418
 3.  Alonso       212        3.  Ferrari                   310
 4.  Webber       209        4.  Mercedes                  127
 5.  Hamilton     196        5.  Renault                    72
 6.  Massa         98        6.  Force India-Mercedes       49
 7.  Rosberg       67        7.  Sauber-Ferrari             40
 8.  Schumacher    60        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         37
 9.  Petrov        36        9.  Williams-Cosworth           5
10.  Heidfeld      34       
11.  Sutil         28       
12.  Kobayashi     27       
13.  Alguersuari   22       
14.  Di Resta      21       
15.  Buemi         15       
16.  Perez         13       
17.  Barrichello    4       
18.  Senna          2       
19.  Maldonado      1

2011 KOREAN GP: SATURDAY IN HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES

2011-10-15T23:35:00.001+02:00

2011 KOREAN GP: FINALY HAMILTON ON POLE!!!

2011-10-15T10:59:00.003+02:00

Congratulations, finaly someone to beat me for Pole!!!

Pos  Driver                Team                 Time           Gap   
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m35.820s
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m36.042s  + 0.222
 3.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m36.126s  + 0.306
 4.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m36.468s  + 0.648
 5.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m36.831s  + 1.011
 6.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m36.980s  + 1.160
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m37.754s  + 1.934
 8.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              1m38.124s  + 2.304
 9.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes no time
10.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes no time
Q2 cut-off time: 1m38.254s                                   Gap **
11.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m38.315s   + 1.789
12.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m38.354s   + 1.828
13.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m38.508s   + 1.982
14.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m38.775s   + 2.249
15.  Bruno Senna           Renault              1m38.791s   + 2.265
16.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1m39.189s   + 2.663
17.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m39.443s   + 2.917
Q1 cut-off time: 1m39.464s                                    Gap *
18.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth    1m39.538s   + 2.013
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault        1m40.522s   + 2.997
20.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault        1m41.101s   + 3.576
21.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth      1m42.091s   + 4.566
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth      1m43.483s   + 5.958
23.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth         1m43.758s   + 6.233
24.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth         no time

107% time: 1m44.351s

2011 KOREAN GP: FRIDAY IN HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES

2011-10-15T10:58:00.002+02:00

2011 KOREAN GP: LOT OF FRIDAY RAIN!!!

2011-10-14T15:29:00.001+02:00

FIRST FREE PRACTICE

Lot of rain and little driving on the first free practice for Korean Grand Prix. In such a situation Schumacher was fastest, followed by Sebastian Vettel and Paul di Resta. Many off track experience, but no serious incidents, closest to that was Vettel with a Virgin car. All cars had full wet tires, becouse track was completely damp. So nothing significant happened in the first practice.

Pos  Driver                Team                    Time                Laps
 1.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                2m02.784s            10
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        2m02.840s  + 0.056    8
 3.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes    2m02.912s  + 0.128   12
 4.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    2m03.141s  + 0.357   12
 5.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari      2m03.182s  + 0.398    9
 6.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari          2m03.292s  + 0.508   13
 7.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes        2m03.391s  + 0.607    6
 8.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                2m04.311s  + 1.527   12
 9.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari          2m04.797s  + 2.013    8
10.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        2m05.183s  + 2.399    5
11.  Karun Chandhok        Lotus-Renault           2m06.350s  + 3.566   11
12.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth       2m06.852s  + 4.068   11
13.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      2m07.541s  + 4.757    9
14.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       2m08.218s  + 5.434    5
15.  Narian Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth            2m08.832s  + 6.048   14
16.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth            2m09.232s  + 6.448   14
17.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth         2m12.658s  + 9.874    7
18.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth         2m14.508s  + 11.724   4
19.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 no time               1
20.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 no time               5
21.  Bruno Senna           Renault                 no time               1
22.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                 no time               1
23.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault           no time               1
24.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        no time               1

SECOND FREE PRACTICE

During the second free practice was not raining but the track was not dry enough for slick tires so all cars drove by Intermedia Pirelli tires. Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time ahead of Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel, with gap almost 2 seconds behind the fastest time. All fast laps were set up with new tires, but the amount of fuel was unknown, so this difference could hardly be explained otherwise than by radically different program for the practice between teams.

An interesting incident had Nico Rosberg, who failed to stop on the final streight and hit car of Algersuari Jamie, who at that moment was emerging out of the pits. Rosberg has already said that the pit exit is dangerous and asked that it be changed. He was summoned by the stewards to explain his actions, but come late and was fined 10,000 for the delay Stewards concluded that Rosberg has good behavior in Formula 1 and don`t deserves sanction about that incident.

Pos  Driver                Team                   Time               Laps
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m50.828s            26
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m50.932s  + 0.104   19
 3.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m52.646s  + 1.818   30
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m52.774s  + 1.946   25
 5.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m53.049s  + 2.221   27
 6.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m53.402s  + 2.574   25
 7.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m53.707s  + 2.879   24
 8.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m53.914s  + 3.086   18
 9.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m53.948s  + 3.120   27
10.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m53.957s  + 3.129   32
11.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                1m54.200s  + 3.372   26
12.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m54.392s  + 3.564   26
13.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1m54.831s  + 4.003   30
14.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m54.965s  + 4.137   21
15.  Bruno Senna           Renault                1m55.187s  + 4.359   28
16.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m55.203s  + 4.375   24
17.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m55.544s  + 4.716   23
18.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth      1m56.067s  + 5.239   22
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault          1m56.669s  + 5.841   20
20.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault          1m57.173s  + 6.345   19
21.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth        1m58.269s  + 7.441   25
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth        1m59.458s  + 8.630   26
23.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth           1m59.958s  + 9.130   19
24.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth           2m00.165s  + 9.337   20

2011 KOREAN GRAND PRIX (Yeongam)

2011-10-13T15:08:00.000+02:00

Circuit lenght: 5.615km
Race laps: 55 (308.630km)

Max Throttle: 61%
Max Speed: 317 kм/ч
Longest flatout section: 1250m.
Curves right/left: 7/11

Tyre wear: Medium
Brake wear: Medium
Downforce level: High
Gear changes per lap: 47

Fastest Lap: 1:50.257 - Fernando Alonso(2010)

Friday14 October 2011
Free Practice 1
10:00-11:30 Local / 03:00-04:30 CET
Free Practice 2
14:00-15:30 Local / 07:00-08:30 CET

Saturday 15 Оctober 2011
Saturday practice
11:00-12:00 Local / 04:00-05:00 CET
QUALIFYING
14:00 Local / 07:00 CET

Sunday 16 ОOctober 2011
RACE
15:00 Local / 08:00 CET

VETTEL CELEBRATES NEW TITLE

2011-10-13T15:01:00.003+02:00

2011 JAPANESE GP: RACE IN HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES

2011-10-13T15:01:00.001+02:00

2011 JAPANESE GP: BUTTON SECURED WIN, VETTEL SECURED TITLE!!!

2011-10-09T13:44:00.001+02:00

Sebastian Vettel secured Title with 3-rd place, Button wins Suzuka 2011!!!

Button with a beautiful and perfect driving tactics came to win Suzuka, but Sebastian Vettel has received all congratulations for second consecutive title of World Champion in Formula 1. He did not realize the desire to do it with a win, but third place on the podium was enough to theoretically ensure the title.

On this Japanese Grand Prix tires were the deciding factor, so the drivers and cars that are "soft" towards the Pirelli tires were on the first two places. Jenson Button as the winner, with Alonso and Ferrari settle for second place. A good race for Alonso, and showed how to drive, not like the last race when he overslept it. He passed Vettel through pit-stop strategy, and later even tried to attack Button for first place, but Button does not allow that, on the contrary in the last laps he speed up and set the fastest lap in the race.

Mark Webber with another average performance in fourth place, supported by contact with Michael Schumacher, again with loss of the front wing. As Australian and Hamilton with another contact again with Felipe Massa, and was considered by the stewards. They decided that there was no basis for sanctions.

Michael Schumacher again with good performance, indicating Mercedes GP good performance in next season? Let's hope. One of the better drivers today was Sergio Perez, who started as a 17-th and finished the race on 8 place. Notable progress had Nico Rosberg, who started as a 23-rd and eventually managed to score a point with tenth place.

The Japanese Grand Prix
Suzuka, Japan;
53 laps; 307.573km;
Weather: Sunny.

Classified:
Pos      Driver                Team                       Time
 1.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes           1h30:53.427
 2.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                    +     1.160
 3.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault           +     2.006
 4.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault           +     8.071
 5.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes           +    24.268
 6.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    27.120
 7.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                    +    28.240
 8.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari             +    39.377
 9.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                    +    42.607
10.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                   +    44.322
11.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes       +    54.447
12.  Paul Di Resta         Force India-Mercedes       +  1:02.326
13.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari             +  1:03.705
14.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:04.194
15.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth          +  1:06.623
16.  Bruno Senna           Renault                    +  1:12.628
17.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth          +  1:14.191
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault              +  1:27.824
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault              +  1:36.140
20.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
21.  Jerom D'Ambrosio      Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
22.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps
23.  Vitantonio Liuzzi     HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps

Fastest lap: Jenson Button - 1:36.568

Not classified/retirements:
     Driver                   Team                 On lap
Sebastian Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari           35

After 15 Races:                
Drivers:                    Constructors:

 1.  Vettel       324        1.  Red Bull-Renault          518
 2.  Button       210        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          388
 3.  Alonso       202        3.  Ferrari                   292
 4.  Webber       194        4.  Mercedes                  123
 5.  Hamilton     178        5.  Renault                    72
 6.  Massa         90        6.  Force India-Mercedes       48
 7.  Rosberg       63        7.  Sauber-Ferrari             40
 8.  Schumacher    60        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         29
 9.  Petrov        36        9.  Williams-Cosworth           5
10.  Heidfeld      34       
11.  Sutil         28       
12.  Kobayashi     27       
13.  Di Resta      20       
14.  Alguersuari   16       
15.  Buemi         13       
16.  Perez         13       
17.  Barrichello    4       
18.  Senna          2       
19.  Maldonado      1

2011 JAPANESE GP: SATURDAY IN HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES

2011-10-08T23:42:00.001+02:00

2011 JAPANESE GP: VETTEL SECURED ANOTHER POLE

2011-10-08T11:42:00.005+02:00

Vettel stole Pole from Jenson, Lewis asking himself why Button started to beat me.

Sebastian Vettel took his 12th pole position of the season at Suzuka, denying Jenson Button the top spot by just 0.009 seconds.After McLaren and Button had topped all three practice sessions, and Lewis Hamilton led Q2 and the initial Q3 laps, it looked like Red Bull might finally be beaten to a pole for the first time in 2011.

But Hamilton made error and will start third, alongside Felipe Massa, with Fernando Alonso fifth and Mark Webber sixth.Michael Schumacher starts seventh despite making the same mistake as Hamilton, with Bruno Senna eighth, Vitaly Petrov ninth and Kamui Kobayashi tenth even though all four failed to set a time. Their positions were decided by sector times as none of the four completed a lap.

It was a strange end to the session as McLaren had looked quickest and Hamilton emerging in qualifying as the favourite for pole. However, going in to the final chicane Hamilton was swamped by Webber on the inside and Schumacher on the outside, leaving him unable to cross the line in time to set a lap.

 P.         DRIVER                          TEAM                        TIME            GAP  
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1:30.466           
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1:30.475  + 0.009  
 3.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1:30.617  + 0.151  
 4.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1:30.804  + 0.338  
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1:30.886  + 0.420  
 6.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1:31.156  + 0.690  
 7.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             no time                
 8.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              no time                
 9.  Bruno Senna           Renault              no time                
10.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       no time      
Q2 Fastest Time: L.Hamilton 1:31.612                         GAP
11.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes 1:32.463  + 1.997
12.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1:32.746  + 2.280
13.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth    1:33.079  + 2.613
14.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1:33.224  + 2.758
15.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1:33.227  + 2.761
16.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1:33.427  + 2.961
17.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       no time           
Q1 Fastest Time: K.Kobayashi 1:32.626                         GAP
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault        1:35.454   + 4.988     
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault        1:35.514   + 5.048     
20.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth      1:36.439   + 5.973
21.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth      1:36.507   + 6.041
22.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth         1:37.846   + 7.380     
23.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             no time                 
24.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth         no time                 
107% time: 1:39.109