2012 Formula 1 - Official Thread

camaroz1985 · January 30th, 2012, 09:56 AM

Ok, its only official because I say it is, but I did this the last couple years, and thought I should do it again this year.

Here is a quick look at notable technical/rules changes for 2011
- Blown diffusers are now banned. Rules that dictate exhaust location have been amended to help prevent creative ways around this rule. Creative engine mapping was also prohibited, and a general clause about blowing the exhaust over any part of the car to create downforce was installed.
- Reactive ride height systems banned.
- Inseason testing is again allowed after being banned in 2009. There will be an organized midseason test in Mugello, and teams are allowed only 15 days of in season testing.

Now for the team lineups and schedules

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Teams and Drivers
Red Bull Racing
Drivers : 1 Sebastian Vettel (GER)
          2 Mark Webber (AUS)
Constructor : Red Bull
Chassis : RB8
Engine: Renault RS27-2012

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
Drivers : 3 Jenson Button (GBR)
          4 Lewis Hamilton (GBR)
Constructor : McLaren
Chassis : MP4-27
Engine : Mercedes FO 108Z

Scuderia Ferrari
Drivers : 5 Fernando Alonso (ESP)
          6 Felipe Massa (BRA)
Constructor : Ferrari
Chassis : TBA
Engine : Ferrari 056

Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team
Drivers : 7 Michael Schumacher (GER)
          8 Nico Rosberg (GER)
Constructor : Mercedes
Chassis : MGP W03
Engine : Mercedes FO 108Z

Lotus F1 Team
Drivers : 9 Kimi Raikkonen (FIN)
          10 Romain Grosjean (FRA)
Constructor : Lotus
Chassis : E20
Engine : Renault RS27-2012

Sahara Force India F1 Team
Drivers : 11 Paul Di Resta (GBR)
          12 Nico Hulkenberg (GER) 
Constructor : Force India 
Chassis : VJM05
Engine : Mercedes FO 108Z

Sauber F1 Team
Drivers : 14 Kamui Kobayashi (JPN)
          15 Sergio Perez (MEX)
Constructor : Sauber
Chassis : C31
Enigne : Ferrari 056

Scuderia Toro Rosso
Drivers : 16 Daniel Ricciardo (AUS)
          17 Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA)
Constructor : Toro Rosso
Chassis : STR7
Engine : Ferrari 056

Williams F1
Drivers : 18 Pastor Maldonado (VEN)
          19 Bruno Senna (BRA)
Constructor : Williams
Chassis : FW34
Engine : Renault RS27-2012

Caterham F1 Team
Drivers : 20 Heikki Kovalainen (FIN)
          21 Vitaly Petrov (RUS)
Constructor : Caterham
Chassis : CT01
Engine : Renault RS27-2012

Hispania Racing Team
Drivers : 22 Pedro de la Rosa (ESP)
          23 Narain Karthikeyan (IND)
Constructor : HRT
Chassis : F112
Engine : Cosworth CA2012

Marussia F1 Team
Drivers : 24 Timo Glock (GER)
          25 Charles Pic (FRA)
Constructor : Marussia
Chassis : MR01
Engine : Cosworth CA2012

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2011 Test Calendar
Feb 7-10 -- Jerez
Feb 21-24 -- Barcelona
Mar 1-4 -- Barcelona
May 1-3 -- Mugello


2011 Race Calendar
Round 01 – Australian GP – Mar 16-18
Round 02 – Malaysian GP – Mar 23-25
Round 03 – Chinese GP – Apr 13-15
Round 04 - Bahrain GP - Apr 20-22
Round 05 – Spanish GP – May 11-13
Round 06 – Monaco GP – May 24-27
Round 07 – Canadian GP – June 8-10
Round 08 – European GP – June 22-24
Round 09 – British GP – July 6-8
Round 10 – German GP – July 20-22
Round 11 – Hungarian GP – July 27-29
Round 12 – Belgian GP – Aug 31-Sep 2
Round 13 – Italian GP – Sep 7-9
Round 14 – Singapore GP – Sep 21-23
Round 15 – Japanese GP – Oct 5-7
Round 16 – Korean GP – Oct 12-14
Round 17 – Indian GP – Oct 26-28
Round 18 – Abu Dhabi GP – Nov 2-4
Round 19 - United States GP - Nov 16-18
Round 20 – Brazilian GP -  Nov 23-25

I will update shortly with links to pictures of the new cars.

I will also make a post for each GP as the season progresses, just like last year. I know this will come as no news to the avid fan, but for the casual fan it should make all the information readily available.

It will also give us a place to “discuss” the season as it progresses.

camaroz1985 · January 30th, 2012, 10:07 AM

Jan 26 - Caterham CT01
Feb 1 - McLaren
Feb 3 - Force India
Feb 3 - Ferrari
Feb 5 - Lotus
Feb 6 - Red Bull
Feb 6 - Sauber
Feb 6 - Toro Rosso
Feb 7 - Williams
Feb 21 - Mercedes
Mar 5 - Marussia
Mar 5 - HRT

HKr1 · January 31st, 2012, 09:44 AM

So, Lewis is keeping his number... But, Button is on top.

camaroz1985 · February 2nd, 2012, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HKr1

So, Lewis is keeping his number... But, Button is on top.

Oops my mistake. Switched the order of the names, but not the numbers. Button is 3 this year.

Also added pictures from the McLaren launch.

camaroz1985 · February 3rd, 2012, 07:42 AM

Force India unveiled, and Ferrari unveiled online. They had to cancel the actual unveiling due to snow.

Ferrari has a weird nose.

camaroz1985 · February 6th, 2012, 10:25 AM

Lotus and Sauber launches are up. More stepped noses. Looks like McLaren is the only car without one so far.

camaroz1985 · February 6th, 2012, 02:04 PM

Added Toro Rosso. Red Bull also "launched" but no official pictures. The only picture shown looks like a sketch.

camaroz1985 · February 7th, 2012, 09:42 AM

2/7 - Day 1

Code:

Pos  Driver               Team                   Time                Laps
 1.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault          1m19.670s            73
 2.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes   1m19.772s  + 0.102  101
 3.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes               1m20.219s  + 0.549   56
 4.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault       1m20.496s  + 0.826   53
 5.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m20.694s  + 1.024   57
 6.  Michael Schumacher   Mercedes               1m20.794s  + 1.124   41
 7.  Kamui Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari         1m21.353s  + 1.683  106
 8.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes       1m21.530s  + 1.860   60
 9.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari                1m22.815s  + 3.145   69
10.  Heikki Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault       1m23.178s  + 3.508   28
11.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault       1m23.371s  + 3.701   25
11.  Pedro de la Rosa     HRT-Cosworth           1m23.676s  + 4.006   44

2/8 - Day 2

Code:

Pos  Driver               Team           Time               Laps
 1.  Michael Schumacher   Mercedes       1m18.561s           132
 2.  Mark Webber          Red Bull       1m19.184s  + 0.623   97
 3.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso     1m19.587s  + 1.026  100
 4.  Jules Bianchi        Force India    1m20.221s  + 1.660   46
 5.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus          1m20.239s  + 1.678  117
 6.  Paul di Resta        Force India    1m20.272s  + 1.711   69
 7.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari        1m20.454s  + 1.893   95
 8.  Jenson Button        McLaren        1m20.688s  + 2.127   85
 9.  Sergio Perez         Sauber         1m20.711s  + 2.150   68
10.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams       1m21.197s  + 2.636   97
11.  Heikki Kovalainen    Caterham       1m21.518s  + 2.957  139
12.  Pedro de la Rosa     HRT            1m22.128s  + 3.567   64

2/9 - Day 3

Code:

Pos  Driver         Team            Time                Laps
 1.  Rosberg        Mercedes        1m17.613s           118
 2.  Grosjean       Lotus           1m18.419s  +0.806   117
 3.  Vettel         Red Bull        1m19.297s  +1.684   96
 4.  Hamilton       McLaren         1m19.464s  +1.851   80
 5.  Vergne         Toro Rosso      1m19.734s  +2.121   79
 6.  Perez          Sauber          1m19.770s  +2.157   48
 7.  Alonso         Ferrari         1m20.412s  +2.799   67
 8.  Senna          Williams        1m21.293s  +3.680   125
 9.  Van der Garde  Caterham        1m23.324s  +5.711   74

2/10 - Day 4

Code:

Pos  Driver         Team            Time                Laps
 1.  Alonso         Ferrari         1m18.877s           39
 2.  Vergne         Toro Rosso      1m19.597s  +0.720   80
 3.  Vettel         Red Bull        1m19.606s  +0.729   50
 4.  Hamilton       McLaren         1m19.640s  +0.763   86
 5.  Grosjean       Lotus           1m19.729s  +0.852   95
 6.  Kobayashi      Sauber          1m19.834s  +0.957   76
 7.  Hulkenberg     Force India     1m19.977s  +1.100   90
 8.  Senna          Williams        1m20.132s  +1.255   125
 9.  Trulli         Caterham        1m22.198s  +3.321   117

Alex · February 7th, 2012, 10:15 AM

Go Kimi!

camaroz1985 · February 8th, 2012, 09:35 AM

Day 2 times are up. Mercedes and HRT are running 2011 cars, but Schumacher is on top.

camaroz1985 · February 10th, 2012, 09:18 AM

First tests are over. What have we learned? Nothing really, because who knows what kind of runs each team was on. I'm excited for the season to start.

camaroz1985 · February 21st, 2012, 07:34 AM

Narain Karthikeyan got the final spot at HRT, and Jarno Trulli has been replaced by Vitaly Petrov at Caterham.

CC Cowboy · February 21st, 2012, 08:52 AM

Anyone going to any of the races this year?

Monaco is always around my birthday and I've been to it a few times, besides the beautiful women are there, Montreal is always fun and it is closer plus great women and food, Valencia is at a great spot in Spain and the food there is wonderful, as are the women, and Austin is the closest (to me) but I'm not sure they have it together , but those great Texas ladies could make it worth it. Decisions decisions!

camaroz1985 · February 21st, 2012, 09:00 AM

I wish I could. I was hoping to get to the USGP, but probably won't happen this year. Maybe next year I can make it to both US races.

I would love to go to Monaco though, or pretty much any other European race.

CC Cowboy · February 21st, 2012, 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camaroz1985

I wish I could. I was hoping to get to the USGP, but probably won't happen this year. Maybe next year I can make it to both US races.

I would love to go to Monaco though, or pretty much any other European race.

You better hurry. There won't be an European races before long.

camaroz1985 · February 21st, 2012, 11:20 AM

Ain't that the truth. They are moving away from all the historic tracks it seems.

camaroz1985 · February 21st, 2012, 11:22 AM

2/21 - Day 1

Code:

Pos  Driver         Team            Time                Laps
 1.  Vettel         Red Bull        1m23.265s           79
 2.  Hulkenberg     Force India     1m23.440s  +0.175   97
 3.  Hamilton       McLaren         1m23.590s  +0.325   114
 4.  Ricciardo      Toro Rosso      1m23.618s  +0.353   76
 5.  Alonso         Ferrari         1m24.100s  +0.835   75
 6.  Schumacher     Mercedes        1m24.150s  +0.885   51
 7.  Perez          Sauber          1m24.219s  +0.954   66
 8.  Senna          Williams        1m25.711s  +2.446   97
 9.  Kovalainen     Caterham        1m26.035s  +2.770   31
10.  Grosjean       Lotus           1m26.809s  +3.544    7
11.  Pic            Marussia        1m28.026s  +4.761   121

2/22 - Day 2

Code:

Pos  Driver         Team            Time                Laps
 1.  Hulkenberg     Force India     1m22.608s           112
 2.  Perez          Sauber          1m22.648s  +0.040   85
 3.  Vettel         Red Bull        1m22.891s  +0.283   104
 4.  Alonso         Ferrari         1m23.180s  +0.572   87
 5.  Ricciardo      Toro Rosso      1m23.639s  +1.031   48
 6.  Hamilton       McLaren         1m23.806s  +1.198   120
 7.  Rosberg        Mercedes        1m24.555s  +1.947   82
 8.  Bottas         Williams        1m25.738s  +3.130   117
 9.  Petrov         Caterham        1m26.605s  +3.997   69
10.  Pic            Marussia        1m27.343s  +4.735   108

2/23 - Day 3

Code:

Pos  Driver         Team            Time                Laps
 1.  Maldonado      Williams        1m22.391s           106
 2.  Schumacher     Mercedes        1m23.384s  +0.993   127
 3.  Kobayashi      Sauber          1m23.582s  +1.191   99
 4.  Button         McLaren         1m23.918s  +1.527   114
 5.  Vergne         Toro Rosso      1m24.433s  +2.042   78
 6.  Webber         Red Bull        1m24.771s  +2.380   97
 7.  Massa          Ferrari         1m24.771s  +2.380   84
 8.  Di Resta       Force India     1m25.646s  +3.255   83
 9.  Glock          Marussia        1m26.173s  +3.782   108
10.  Petrov         Caterham        1m26.448s  +4.057   70

2/24 - Day 4

Code:

Pos  Driver         Team            Time                Laps
 1.  Kobayashi      Sauber          1m22.312s           145
 2.  Maldonado      Williams        1m22.561s  +0.249   134
 3.  Di Resta       Force India     1m23.119s  +0.807   101
 4.  Button         McLaren         1m23.200s  +0.888   115
 5.  Massa          Ferrari         1m23.563s  +1.251   103
 6.  Webber         Red Bull        1m23.774s  +1.462   85
 7.  Vergne         Toro Rosso      1m23.792s  +1.480   92
 8.  Rosberg        Mercedes        1m23.843s  +1.531   139
 9.  Kovalainen     Caterham        1m26.968s  +4.656   70

camaroz1985 · February 21st, 2012, 11:24 AM

Lotus has pulled out of this test due to issues with their chassis. They expect to have it fixed for next week's test.

HKr1 · February 23rd, 2012, 02:49 PM

Guess were gonna have to record the opener........ Signed up for a TD, and I thought that date sounded familiar for something

camaroz1985 · March 1st, 2012, 09:34 AM

Day 1

Code:

Pos  Driver         Team            Time                Laps
 1.  Grosjean       Lotus           1m23.252s           73
 2.  Button         McLaren         1m23.510s  +0.258   64
 3.  Perez          Sauber          1m23.820s  +0.568   118
 4.  Webber         Red Bull        1m23.830s  +0.578   102
 5.  Rosberg        Mercedes        1m23.992s  +0.740   128
 6.  Vergne         Toro Rosso      1m24.216s  +0.964   113
 7.  Di Resta       Force India     1m24.305s  +1.053   98
 8.  Massa          Ferrari         1m24.318s  +1.066   105
 9.  Petrov         Caterham        1m24.876s  +1.624   123
10.  Maldonado      Williams        1m25.587s  +2.335   58

Day 2

Code:

Pos  Driver         Team            Time                Laps
 1.  Grosjean       Lotus           1m22.614s           123
 2.  Vergne         Toro Rosso      1m23.126s  +0.512   31
 3.  Vettel         Red Bull        1m23.361s  +0.747   85
 4.  Alonso         Ferrari         1m23.447s  +0.833   124
 5.  Kovalainen     Caterham        1m23.828s  +1.214   104
 6.  Kobayashi      Sauber          1m23.836s  +1.222   77
 7.  Hulkenberg     Force India     1m23.893s  +1.279   33
 8.  Schumacher     Mercedes        1m23.978s  +1.364   79
 9.  Hamilton       McLaren         1m24.111s  +1.497   65
10.  Senna          Williams        1m24.925s  +2.311   48
11.  Maldonado      Williams        1m25.801s  +3.187   20

Day 3

Code:

Pos  Driver         Team            Time                Laps
 1.  Perez          Sauber          1m22.094s           114
 2.  Button         McLaren         1m22.103s  +0.009   44
 3.  Ricciardo      Toro Rosso      1m22.155s  +0.061   131
 4.  Massa          Ferrari         1m22.413s  +0.319   122
 5.  Di Resta       Force India     1m22.446s  +0.352   108
 6.  Senna          Williams        1m22.480s  +0.386   111
 7.  Kovalainen     Caterham        1m22.630s  +0.536   64
 8.  Webber         Red Bull        1m22.662s  +0.568   70
 9.  Rosberg        Mercedes        1m22.932s  +0.838   129
10.  Raikkonen      Lotus           1m25.379s  +3.285   43

Day 4

Code:

Pos  Driver         Team            Time                Laps
 1.  Raikkonen      Lotus           1m22.030s           121
 2.  Alonso         Ferrari         1m22.250s  +0.220   115
 3.  Senna          Williams        1m22.296s  +0.266   53
 4.  Hulkenberg     Force India     1m22.312s  +0.282   101
 5.  Kobayashi      Sauber          1m22.386s  +0.356   72
 6.  Hamilton       McLaren         1m22.430s  +0.400   115
 7.  Petrov         Caterham        1m22.795s  +0.765   101
 8.  Schumacher     Mercedes        1m22.939s  +0.909   100
 9.  Maldonado      Williams        1m23.347s  +1.317   48
10.  Ricciardo      Toro Rosso      1m23.393s  +1.363   100
11.  Vettel         Red Bull        1m23.608s  +1.578   23

camaroz1985 · March 5th, 2012, 11:32 AM

Testing is over, let's get to the racing. Less than 2 weeks!!!

camaroz1985 · March 20th, 2012, 09:12 AM

Date: 3/18/2012
Circuit: Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne
Circuit Length: 5.303 km (3.295 mi)
Number of Laps: 58
Race Lenght: 307.574 km (191.118 mi)
Lap Record: 1:24.125 - M Schumacher (2004)
2011 Winner: Sebastian Vettel

Track Map

Results

Friday Practice 1

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team                   Time               Laps
 1.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m27.560s            11
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m27.805s  + 0.245   14
 3.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m28.235s  + 0.675   17
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m28.360s  + 0.800   21
 5.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m28.467s  + 0.907   21
 6.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m28.683s  + 1.123   22
 7.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m28.908s  + 1.348   23
 8.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault       1m29.415s  + 1.855   16
 9.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault          1m29.565s  + 2.005    8
10.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m29.722s  + 2.162   26
11.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m29.790s  + 2.230   21
12.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes   1m29.865s  + 2.305   17
13.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m29.881s  + 2.321   18
14.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault       1m29.953s  + 2.393   21
15.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m30.124s  + 2.564   22
16.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault          1m30.515s  + 2.955   16
17.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault       1m30.586s  + 3.026   16
18.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m30.743s  + 3.183   11
19.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m31.178s  + 3.618   17
20.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault       1m31.983s  + 4.423    8
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth      1m34.730s  + 7.170    8
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth      1m40.256s  + 12.696  11
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth           no time               3
24.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth           no time               0

Friday Practice 2

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team                    Time               Laps
 1.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                1m29.183s            16
 2.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes    1m29.292s  +  0.109  19
 3.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari          1m30.199s  +  1.016  23
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 1m30.341s  +  1.158  13
 5.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari          1m30.709s  +  1.526  14
 6.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes    1m31.466s  +  2.283  13
 7.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 1m31.505s  +  2.322  14
 8.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault        1m31.932s  +  2.749  16
 9.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                1m32.184s  +  3.001  17
10.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        1m32.194s  +  3.011  19
11.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        1m32.296s  +  3.113  20
12.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth       1m32.632s  +  3.449  17
13.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault        1m32.767s  +  3.584  15
14.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault           1m32.822s  +  3.639  11
15.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1m33.039s  +  3.856  18
16.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes        1m33.252s  +  4.069  11
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault        1m34.108s  +  4.925  21
18.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault           1m34.275s  +  5.092   7
19.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault        1m34.312s  +  5.129  17
20.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m34.485s  +  5.302  29
21.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m34.604s  +  5.421  31
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth       1m34.770s  +  5.587  13
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth            1m42.627s  +  13.444 16
24.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth                                  1

Saturday Practice

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team                  Time               Laps
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.681s           18
 2.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m25.758s  + 0.077  21
 3.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m25.900s  + 0.219  20
 4.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.906s  + 0.225  17
 5.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m25.929s  + 0.248  23
 6.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m26.078s  + 0.397  14
 7.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m26.211s  + 0.530  12
 8.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m26.470s  + 0.789  17
 9.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m26.632s  + 0.951  20
10.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m26.723s  + 1.042  17
11.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m26.733s  + 1.052  15
12.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m26.737s  + 1.056  19
13.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m26.755s  + 1.074  21
14.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m27.029s  + 1.348  23
15.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m27.119s  + 1.438  20
16.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m27.323s  + 1.642  19
17.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m27.428s  + 1.747  22
18.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m28.023s  + 2.342  19
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m28.341s  + 2.660  19
20.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m28.702s  + 3.021  11
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m30.728s  + 5.047  13
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m31.225s  + 5.544  14
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m33.114s  + 7.433  12
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m33.261s  + 7.580  13

Qualifying

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team                  Time          Gap   
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m24.922s
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.074s  + 0.152
 3.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m25.302s  + 0.380
 4.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m25.336s  + 0.414
 5.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m25.651s  + 0.729
 6.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m25.668s  + 0.746
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m25.686s  + 0.764
 8.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m25.908s  + 0.986
 9.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m26.451s  + 1.529
10.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    No time
Q2 cut-off time: 1m26.319s                                   Gap **
11.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m26.429s  + 0.960
12.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m26.4942  + 1.025
13.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m26.590s  + 1.121
14.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m26.663s  + 1.194
15.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m27.086s  + 1.617
16.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m27.497s  + 2.028
17.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        No time
Q1 cut-off time: 1m27.633s                                    Gap *
18.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m27.758s  + 1.576
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m28.679s  + 2.497
20.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m29.018s  + 2.836
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m30.923s  + 4.741
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m31.670s  + 5.488
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m33.495s  + 7.313
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m33.643s  + 7.461

107% time: 1m32.214s
* Gap to quickest in Q1
** Gap to quickest in Q2

Race

Code:

Weather: Sunny

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
 1.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           1h34:09.565
 2.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +     2.139
 3.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +     4.075
 4.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +     4.547
 5.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +    21.565
 6.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +    36.766
 7.  Raikkonen     Lotus-Renault              +    38.014
 8.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +    39.458
 9.  Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    39.556
10.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +    39.737
11.  Vergne        Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    39.848
12.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +    57.642
13.  Maldonado     Williams-Renault           +     1 lap
14.  Glock         Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
15.  Pic           Marussia-Cosworth          +    2 laps
16.  Senna         Williams-Renault           +    4 laps

Fastest lap: Button, 1:29.187

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                         On lap
Massa         Ferrari                      47
Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault             42
Petrov        Caterham-Renault             37
Schumacher    Mercedes                     11
Grosjean      Lotus-Renault                2
Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes         1
Karthikeyan   HRT-Cosworth                 DNS
De la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth                 DNS

Driver's Championship Standings - After 1 of 20 Rounds

Code:

 1.  Button        25
 2.  Vettel        18
 3.  Hamilton      15
 4.  Webber        12
 5.  Alonso        10
 6.  Kobayashi      8
 7.  Raikkonen      6
 8.  Perez          4       
 9.  Ricciardo      2       
10.  Di Resta       1

Constructor's Championship Standings - After 1 of 20 Rounds

Code:

 1.  McLaren-Mercedes           40
 2.  Red Bull-Renault           30
 3.  Sauber-Ferrari             12
 4.  Ferrari                    10
 5.  Lotus-Renault               6
 6.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari          2
 7.  Force India-Mercedes        1

Alex · March 20th, 2012, 09:42 AM

Good first race! Should be a fun season.

camaroz1985 · March 21st, 2012, 06:30 AM

Yeah looks like it could be a close one.

Isn't it good that the prettiest car won? I know everyone was trying to push the rules with the step nose, but they are just downright ugly. Apparently when the FIA realized what teams were doing they thought about making a mandatory cover to hide the step, but since it was so close to the start of the year they would have had to have unanimous consent from the teams to make that change, and of course they didn't do that.

Alex · March 21st, 2012, 02:36 PM

Really? I heard it differently, that the teams wanted to put a non-structural cover on it to make it look sleeker, but the FIA refused?

camaroz1985 · March 22nd, 2012, 07:07 AM

Hmmm. Guess we will never know.

CC Cowboy · March 22nd, 2012, 06:09 PM

Practice at 2am is killing me. Last weekend I was so tired between bike week races, Supercross, F1, Sebring, and Nascar I don't think I slept more than 3 hours a night.

Alex · March 22nd, 2012, 07:40 PM

DVR.

camaroz1985 · March 23rd, 2012, 06:34 AM

Date: 3/25/2012
Circuit: Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur
Circuit Length: 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
Number of Laps: 56
Race Lenght: 310.408 km (192.879 mi)
Lap Record: 1:34.223 - JP Montoya (2004)
2011 Winner: Sebastian Vettel

Track Map

TV Schedule (All times ET, and shown on SPEED)

Fri, 3/23, 2:0AM - Practice
Sat, 3/24, 4:00AM - Qualifying
Sun, 3/25, 3:30AM - Race
Sun, 3/25, 3:00PM - Race (Replay)
Tue, 3/27, 12:00PM - Race (Replay)

Results

Friday Practice 1

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team                   Time               Laps
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m38.021s            19
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m38.535s  + 0.514   21
 3.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m38.813s  + 0.792   21
 4.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m38.826s  + 0.805   19
 5.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault          1m38.919s  + 0.898   17
 6.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m39.092s  + 1.071   20
 7.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault          1m39.128s  + 1.107   22
 8.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m39.298s  + 1.277   23
 9.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m39.323s  + 1.302   15
10.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes   1m39.440s  + 1.419   19
11.  Valterri Bottas       Williams-Renault       1m39.724s  + 1.703   23
12.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault       1m39.783s  + 1.762   23
13.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m39.896s  + 1.875   16
14.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m39.910s  + 1.889   21
15.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m39.980s  + 1.959   23
16.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m40.099s  + 2.078   23
17.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault       1m40.247s  + 2.226   19
18.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m40.469s  + 2.448   23
19.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault       1m40.857s  + 2.836   25
20.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m41.085s  + 3.064   23
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth      1m43.170s  + 5.149   18
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth      1m44.580s  + 6.559   14
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth           1m45.360s  + 7.339    8
24.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth           1m45.528s  + 7.507   18

Friday Practice 2

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team                  Time               Laps
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m38.172             28
 2.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m38.533s  + 0.361   34
 3.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m38.535s  + 0.363   29
 4.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m38.696s  + 0.524   34
 5.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m38.853s  + 0.681   33
 6.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m38.891s  + 0.719   27
 7.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m39.133s  + 0.961   29
 8.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m39.297s  + 1.125   33
 9.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m39.311s  + 1.139   22
10.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m39.402s  + 1.230   25
11.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m39.444s  + 1.272   35
12.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m39.464s  + 1.292   26
13.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m39.625s  + 1.453   20
14.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m39.687s  + 1.515   16
15.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m39.696s  + 1.524   29
16.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m40.271s  + 2.099   27
17.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m40.678s  + 2.506   34
18.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m40.947s  + 2.775   33
19.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m41.464s  + 3.292   25
20.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m41.681s  + 3.509   20
21.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m42.594s  + 4.422   18
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m42.874s  + 4.702   24
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m43.658s  + 5.486   18
24.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m43.283s  + 5.561   22

Saturday Practice

Code:

Pos Driver                Team                  Time               Laps
 1. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m36.877             16
 2. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m37.320s  + 0.443   15
 3. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m37.338s  + 0.461   12
 4. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m37.356s  + 0.479   13
 5. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m37.382s  + 0.505   13
 6. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m37.404s  + 0.527   12
 7. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m37.455s  + 0.578   13
 8. Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m37.663s  + 0.786   15
 9. Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m37.776s  + 0.899    8
10. Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m37.977s  + 1.100   17
11. Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m38.091s  + 1.214   20
12. Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m38.178s  + 1.301   15
13. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m38.246s  + 1.369   17
14. Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m38.285s  + 1.408   16
15. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m38.423s  + 1.546   13
16. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m38.640s  + 1.763   11
17. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m38.794s  + 1.917   18
18. Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m39.20$s  + 2.332   16
19. Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m39.704s  + 2.827   15
20. Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m40.189s  + 3.312   14
21. Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m41.901s  + 5.024   14
22. Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m42.007s  + 5.130   14
23. Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m42.464s  + 5.587   14
24. Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m43.378s  + 6.501   17

Qualifying

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team                 Time         Gap   
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m36.219s
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m36.368s   + 0.149
 3.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m36.391s   + 0.172
 4.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m36.461s   + 0.242
 5.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault        1m36.461s   + 0.242
 6.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m36.634s   + 0.415
 7.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault        1m36.658s   + 0.439
 8.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m36.664s   + 0.445
 9.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m37.566s   + 1.347
10.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m37.698s   + 1.479
Q2 cut-off time: 1m37.477s                                   Gap **
11.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault     1m37.589s   + 0.874
12.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m37.731s   + 1.016
13.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault     1m37.841s   + 1.126
14.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m37.877s   + 1.162
15.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m37.883s   + 1.168
16.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes 1m37.890s   + 1.175
17.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m38.069s   + 1.354
Q1 cut-off time: 1m38.437s                                   Gap *
18.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m39.077s   + 1.905
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault     1m39.306s   + 2.134
20.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault     1m39.567s   + 2.395
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth    1m40.903s   + 3.731
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth    1m41.250s   + 4.078
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth         1m42.914s   + 5.742
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth         1m43.655s   + 6.483

107% time: 1m43.974s
* Gap to quickest in Q1
** Gap to quickest in Q2

Race

Code:

Weather: Mixed conditions.

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
 1.  Alonso        Ferrari                    2h44:51.812
 2.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +     2.263
 3.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +    14.591
 4.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    17.688
 5.  Raikkonen     Lotus-Renault              +    29.456
 6.  Senna         Williams-Renault           +    37.667
 7.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +    44.412
 8.  Vergne        Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    46.985
 9.  Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes       +    47.892
10.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    49.996
11.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +  1:15.527
12.  Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:16.826
13.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +  1:18.593
14.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +  1:19.719
15.  Massa         Ferrari                    +  1:37.319
16.  Petrov        Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
17.  Glock         Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
18.  Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
19.  Maldonado     Williams-Renault           +    2 laps
20.  Pic           Marussia-Cosworth          +    2 laps
21.  Karthikeyan   HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps
22.  De la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps

Fastest lap: Raikkonen, 1:40.722

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                         On lap
Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari               47
Grosjean      Lotus-Renault                4

Driver's Championship Standings - After 2 of 20 Rounds

Code:

 1.  Alonso        35
 2.  Hamilton      30
 3.  Button        25
 4.  Webber        24
 5.  Perez         22
 6.  Vettel        18
 7.  Raikkonen     16
 8.  Senna          8
 9.  Kobayashi      8
10.  Di Resta       7       
11.  Vergne         4       
12.  Hulkenberg     2       
13.  Ricciardo      2       
14.  Schumacher     1

Constructor's Championship Standings - After 2 of 20 Rounds

Code:

 1.  McLaren-Mercedes           55
 2.  Red Bull-Renault           42
 3.  Ferrari                    35
 4.  Sauber-Ferrari             30
 5.  Lotus-Renault              16
 6.  Force India-Mercedes        9
 7.  Williams-Renault            8
 8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari          6
 9.  Mercedes                    1

HKr1 · March 23rd, 2012, 10:40 AM

Speed is killing me with there new entry/exit music. Dam it sucks!!

CC Cowboy · March 24th, 2012, 10:46 AM

Alex, for some strange reason (for me) it's only good if it's live.

Great qualifying (at 4 am).

Race should be a good one. Kimi (Lotus) and Michael (MB) are doing well. I hope Button stuffs his teammate (whoever he is) on the start again.

Ferrari is doing......terrible.

I can't wait until 2am (GP2). That should wake me up for the 3:30am F1.

At least Supercross is at a proper hour. I don't understand why the world doesn't run on my time.

Todd250 · March 24th, 2012, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CC Cowboy

Practice at 2am is killing me. Last weekend I was so tired between bike week races, Supercross, F1, Sebring, and Nascar I don't think I slept more than 3 hours a night.

It can be exhausting being a race fan!!!

I am excited for this race and to see how the race in on a dedicated circuit not a street course. There are more places to pass at Sepang and hopefully we will see more. Glad Vettel is at least temporarily dethroned for the sake of competition.

HKr1 · March 25th, 2012, 03:09 PM

Pretty good race

camaroz1985 · March 26th, 2012, 06:11 AM

A very unexpected race. I was really pulling for Perez once I realized Hamilton couldn't catch him. Too bad he threw away a certain race win.

CC Cowboy · March 26th, 2012, 08:43 AM

Good racing all weekend.

A red car wins F1 (due to rain)

A red car wins NASCAR (due to rain)

A red car wins Indycar

A red bike wins lites
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A green bike wins Supercross (they might change series name to "VilloMoto")

adouglas · March 26th, 2012, 08:56 AM

I wonder if Felipe's on suicide watch?

Everyone in Italy wants your head.
You can't blame it on the car because they gave you a brand-new chassis.
Your teammate wins while the best you can do is come in 15th.
The guy rumored to be first in line for your seat winds up on the podium.

I think he can hear the fat lady clearing her throat.

adouglas · March 26th, 2012, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camaroz1985

Too bad he threw away a certain race win.

I don't buy that. It's one thing to catch the guy in front... it's quite another to pass him, especially a driver of Fernando's caliber and experience. Even if your car is faster and even if you've got DRS working for you.

Given enough time, he might have found the right moment. However, there just weren't enough laps left.

camaroz1985 · March 27th, 2012, 05:36 AM

He had a bunch of laps, he would have gotten by. Alonso was a sitting duck.

If Perez passed in the DRS zone, he could have made a 1 sec. gap before the activation zone on the next lap.

camaroz1985 · April 10th, 2012, 06:58 AM

Date: 4/15/2012
Circuit: Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai
Circuit Length: 5.451 km (3.387 mi)
Number of Laps: 56
Race Lenght: 305.256 km (189.677 mi)
Lap Record: 1:32.238 - M. Schumacher (2004)
2011 Winner: Lewis Hamilton

Track Map

TV Schedule (All times ET, and shown on SPEED)

Fri, 4/13, 2:0AM - Practice
Sat, 4/14, 2:00AM - Qualifying
Sun, 4/15, 1:00AM - Qualifying (Replay)
Sun, 4/15, 2:30AM - Race
Sun, 4/15, 3:30PM - Race (Replay)
Tue, 4/17, 12:00PM - Race (Replay)

Results

Friday Practice 1

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team                  Time               Laps
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m37.106              7
 2.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m38.116s  + 1.010   14
 3.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m38.316s  + 1.210   14
 4.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m38.584s  + 1.478   13
 5.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m38.911s  + 1.805   12
 6.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m38.977s  + 1.871   15
 7.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m39.198s  + 2.092   12
 8.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m39.199s  + 2.093    6
 9.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m39.748s  + 2.642   16
10.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m39.768s  + 2.662   14
11.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m40.056s  + 2.950   14
12.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m40.153s  + 3.047   14
13.  Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault      1m40.298s  + 3.192    8
14.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m40.328s  + 3.222   13
15.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m40.540s  + 3.434   12
16.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m41.071s  + 3.965   14
17.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m41.204s  + 4.098   14
18.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m42.330s  + 5.224   14
19.  Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault      1m42.521s  + 5.415   11      
20.  Jules Bianchi         Force India-Mercedes  1m44.118s  + 7.012    8
21.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m44.227s  + 7.121   10
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m44.500s  + 7.394   15
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m47.204s  + 10.098  12
24.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m50.465s  + 13.359  11

Friday Practice 2

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team                   Time               Laps
 1.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m35.973             32
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m36.145s  + 0.172   29
 3.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m36.160s  + 0.187   26
 4.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m36.433s  + 0.460   23
 5.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m36.617s  + 0.644   30
 6.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m36.711s  + 0.738   27
 7.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m36.956s  + 0.983   28
 8.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m36.966s  + 0.993   30
 9.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes   1m37.191s  + 1.218   30
10.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m37.316s  + 1.343   32
11.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m37.417s  + 1.444   22
12.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m37.616s  + 1.643   33
13.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault          1m37.836s  + 1.863   30
14.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m37.930s  + 1.957   31
15.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault          1m37.972s  + 1.999   25
16.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault       1m38.176s  + 2.203   34
17.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m38.293s  + 2.320   30
18.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault       1m38.783s  + 2.810   37
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault       1m38.990s  + 3.017   36
20.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault       1m39.346s  + 3.373   19
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth      1m39.651s  + 3.678   15
22.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth           1m40.343s  + 4.370   24
23.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth      1m40.753s  + 4.780   30
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth           1m41.125s  + 5.162   26

Saturday Practice

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team                   Time               Laps
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m35.940s            13
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m36.093s  + 0.123   12
 3.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m36.389s  + 0.449   16
 4.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m36.512s  + 0.572   17
 5.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m36.635s  + 0.695   16
 6.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault       1m36.765s  + 0.825   17
 7.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m36.781s  + 0.841   19
 8.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m36.880s  + 0.940   17
 9.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m37.039s  + 1.099   15
10.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault          1m37.061s  + 1.121   17
11.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes   1m37.237s  + 1.297   16
12.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault          1m37.274s  + 1.334   19
13.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m37.288s  + 1.348   16
14.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault       1m37.425s  + 1.485   14
15.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m37.465s  + 1.525   12
16.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m37.493s  + 1.553   13
17.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m37.628s  + 1.688   14
18.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m37.831s  + 1.891   14
19.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault       1m38.701s  + 2.761   19
20.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault       1m39.198s  + 3.258   19
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth      1m39.796s  + 3.856   18
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth      1m40.048s  + 4.108   17
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth           1m41.263s  + 5.323   14
24.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth           1m41.499s  + 5.559   18

Qualifying

Code:

Pos  Driver                Team                 Time          Gap   
 1.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m35.121s          2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m35.626s  + 0.505 3.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m35.691s  + 0.570 4.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m35.784s  + 0.663 5.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault        1m35.898s  + 0.777 6.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m36.191s  + 1.070 7.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m36.290s  + 1.169 8.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m36.524s  + 1.403 9.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m36.622s  + 1.50110.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault        No time
Q2 cut-off time: 1m35.831s                                   Gap **
11.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m36.031s  + 0.331
12.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m36.255s  + 0.555
13.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault     1m36.283s  + 0.583
14.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault     1m36.289s  + 0.589
15.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m36.317s  + 0.617
16.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes 1m36.745s  + 1.045
17.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m36.956s  + 1.256
Q1 cut-off time: 1m36.933s                                    Gap *
18.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m37.714s  + 1.516
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault     1m38.463s  + 2.265
20.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault     1m38.677s  + 2.479
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth    1m39.282s  + 3.084
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth    1m39.717s  + 3.519
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth         1m40.411s  + 4.213
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth         1m41.000s  + 4.802

107% time: 1m42.931s
* Gap to quickest in Q1
** Gap to quickest in Q2

Race

Code:

Weather: Dry.

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
 1.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   1h36:26.929
 2.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +    20.626
 3.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +    26.012
 4.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    27.924
 5.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +    30.483
 6.  Grosjean      Lotus-Renault              +    31.491
 7.  Senna         Williams-Renault           +    34.597
 8.  Maldonado     Williams-Renault           +    35.643
 9.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +    37.256
10.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +    38.720
11.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +    41.066
12.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +    42.273
13.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    42.700
14.  Raikkonen     Lotus-Renault              +    50.500
15.  Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes       +    51.200
16.  Vergne        Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    51.700
17.  Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:03.100
18.  Petrov        Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
19.  Glock         Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
20.  Pic           Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
21.  De la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth               +     1 lap
22.  Karthikeyan   HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps
23.  Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault           +    3 laps

Fastest lap: Kobayashi, 1:39.960

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                         On lap
Schumacher    Mercedes                     16

Driver's Championship Standings - After 3 of 20 Rounds

Code:

 1.  Hamilton      45
 2.  Button        43
 3.  Alonso        37
 4.  Webber        36
 5.  Vettel        28
 6.  Rosberg       25
 7.  Perez         22
 8.  Raikkonen     16
 9.  Senna         14
10.  Kobayashi      9       
11.  Grosjean       8       
12.  Di Resta       7       
13.  Vergne         4       
14.  Maldonado      4       
15.  Ricciardo      2       
16.  Hulkenberg     2       
17.  Schumacher     1

Constructor's Championship Standings - After 3 of 20 Rounds

Code:

 1.  McLaren-Mercedes           88
 2.  Red Bull-Renault           64
 3.  Ferrari                    37
 4.  Sauber-Ferrari             31
 5.  Mercedes                   26
 6.  Lotus-Renault              24
 7.  Williams-Renault           18
 8.  Force India-Mercedes        9
 9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari          6

CC Cowboy · April 14th, 2012, 09:10 AM

Nico Nico Nico, and Michael!

Reminds me of 1955 in Italy. It was a sunny day for Mercedes. El Maestro, Juan Manuel Fangio, my idol from Argentina (a place well know for beautiful women) puts the car on pole then leads every lap but one ( Stirling Moss got lucky, also set fastest lap).

I wonder how much longer Massa has an F-1 ride. There is always NASCAR.

January 30th, 2012, 10:07 AM	#2
camaroz1985 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ryan Location: Carlisle, PA Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2008 WR250R, 2006 Ural Raven (Sold), 2009 Versys Green (Sold), 2008 Ninja 250R Green (Sold) Posts: A lot.	2012 Car Launch Dates Jan 26 - Caterham CT01 Feb 1 - McLaren Feb 3 - Force India Feb 3 - Ferrari Feb 5 - Lotus Feb 6 - Red Bull Feb 6 - Sauber Feb 6 - Toro Rosso Feb 7 - Williams Feb 21 - Mercedes Mar 5 - Marussia Mar 5 - HRT Last futzed with by camaroz1985; March 13th, 2012 at 08:53 AM.

February 7th, 2012, 10:15 AM	#9
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Go Kimi! __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

February 21st, 2012, 08:52 AM	#13
CC Cowboy ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Whodat Location: Ware Is.,MA Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): I pass the wind! Posts: A lot. MOTM - Mar '13, Jun '14	Anyone going to any of the races this year? Monaco is always around my birthday and I've been to it a few times, besides the beautiful women are there, Montreal is always fun and it is closer plus great women and food, Valencia is at a great spot in Spain and the food there is wonderful, as are the women, and Austin is the closest (to me) but I'm not sure they have it together , but those great Texas ladies could make it worth it. Decisions decisions! __________________________________________________ If everything seems under control; you're just not going fast enough!

March 20th, 2012, 09:42 AM	#23
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Good first race! Should be a fun season. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

March 21st, 2012, 02:36 PM	#25
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Really? I heard it differently, that the teams wanted to put a non-structural cover on it to make it look sleeker, but the FIA refused? __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

January 31st, 2012, 09:44 AM	#3
HKr1 IC2(SW) Name: Kerry Location: Pensacola Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: A lot.	So, Lewis is keeping his number... But, Button is on top.

February 3rd, 2012, 07:42 AM	#5
camaroz1985 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ryan Location: Carlisle, PA Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2008 WR250R, 2006 Ural Raven (Sold), 2009 Versys Green (Sold), 2008 Ninja 250R Green (Sold) Posts: A lot.	Force India unveiled, and Ferrari unveiled online. They had to cancel the actual unveiling due to snow. Ferrari has a weird nose.

February 6th, 2012, 10:25 AM	#6
camaroz1985 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ryan Location: Carlisle, PA Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2008 WR250R, 2006 Ural Raven (Sold), 2009 Versys Green (Sold), 2008 Ninja 250R Green (Sold) Posts: A lot.	Lotus and Sauber launches are up. More stepped noses. Looks like McLaren is the only car without one so far.

February 6th, 2012, 02:04 PM	#7
camaroz1985 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ryan Location: Carlisle, PA Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2008 WR250R, 2006 Ural Raven (Sold), 2009 Versys Green (Sold), 2008 Ninja 250R Green (Sold) Posts: A lot.	Added Toro Rosso. Red Bull also "launched" but no official pictures. The only picture shown looks like a sketch.

February 8th, 2012, 09:35 AM	#10
camaroz1985 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ryan Location: Carlisle, PA Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2008 WR250R, 2006 Ural Raven (Sold), 2009 Versys Green (Sold), 2008 Ninja 250R Green (Sold) Posts: A lot.	Day 2 times are up. Mercedes and HRT are running 2011 cars, but Schumacher is on top.

February 10th, 2012, 09:18 AM	#11
camaroz1985 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ryan Location: Carlisle, PA Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2008 WR250R, 2006 Ural Raven (Sold), 2009 Versys Green (Sold), 2008 Ninja 250R Green (Sold) Posts: A lot.	First tests are over. What have we learned? Nothing really, because who knows what kind of runs each team was on. I'm excited for the season to start.

February 21st, 2012, 07:34 AM	#12
camaroz1985 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ryan Location: Carlisle, PA Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2008 WR250R, 2006 Ural Raven (Sold), 2009 Versys Green (Sold), 2008 Ninja 250R Green (Sold) Posts: A lot.	Narain Karthikeyan got the final spot at HRT, and Jarno Trulli has been replaced by Vitaly Petrov at Caterham.

February 21st, 2012, 09:00 AM	#14
camaroz1985 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ryan Location: Carlisle, PA Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2008 WR250R, 2006 Ural Raven (Sold), 2009 Versys Green (Sold), 2008 Ninja 250R Green (Sold) Posts: A lot.	I wish I could. I was hoping to get to the USGP, but probably won't happen this year. Maybe next year I can make it to both US races. I would love to go to Monaco though, or pretty much any other European race.

February 21st, 2012, 11:20 AM	#16
camaroz1985 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ryan Location: Carlisle, PA Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2008 WR250R, 2006 Ural Raven (Sold), 2009 Versys Green (Sold), 2008 Ninja 250R Green (Sold) Posts: A lot.	Ain't that the truth. They are moving away from all the historic tracks it seems.

February 21st, 2012, 11:24 AM	#18
camaroz1985 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ryan Location: Carlisle, PA Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2008 WR250R, 2006 Ural Raven (Sold), 2009 Versys Green (Sold), 2008 Ninja 250R Green (Sold) Posts: A lot.	Lotus has pulled out of this test due to issues with their chassis. They expect to have it fixed for next week's test.

February 23rd, 2012, 02:49 PM	#19
HKr1 IC2(SW) Name: Kerry Location: Pensacola Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: A lot.	Guess were gonna have to record the opener........ Signed up for a TD, and I thought that date sounded familiar for something

March 5th, 2012, 11:32 AM	#21
camaroz1985 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ryan Location: Carlisle, PA Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2008 WR250R, 2006 Ural Raven (Sold), 2009 Versys Green (Sold), 2008 Ninja 250R Green (Sold) Posts: A lot.	Testing is over, let's get to the racing. Less than 2 weeks!!!

March 21st, 2012, 06:30 AM	#24
camaroz1985 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ryan Location: Carlisle, PA Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2008 WR250R, 2006 Ural Raven (Sold), 2009 Versys Green (Sold), 2008 Ninja 250R Green (Sold) Posts: A lot.	Yeah looks like it could be a close one. Isn't it good that the prettiest car won? I know everyone was trying to push the rules with the step nose, but they are just downright ugly. Apparently when the FIA realized what teams were doing they thought about making a mandatory cover to hide the step, but since it was so close to the start of the year they would have had to have unanimous consent from the teams to make that change, and of course they didn't do that.

March 22nd, 2012, 07:07 AM	#26
camaroz1985 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ryan Location: Carlisle, PA Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2008 WR250R, 2006 Ural Raven (Sold), 2009 Versys Green (Sold), 2008 Ninja 250R Green (Sold) Posts: A lot.	Hmmm. Guess we will never know.

March 22nd, 2012, 06:09 PM	#27
CC Cowboy ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Whodat Location: Ware Is.,MA Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): I pass the wind! Posts: A lot. MOTM - Mar '13, Jun '14	Practice at 2am is killing me. Last weekend I was so tired between bike week races, Supercross, F1, Sebring, and Nascar I don't think I slept more than 3 hours a night. __________________________________________________ If everything seems under control; you're just not going fast enough!

March 22nd, 2012, 07:40 PM	#28
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	DVR. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

March 23rd, 2012, 10:40 AM	#30
HKr1 IC2(SW) Name: Kerry Location: Pensacola Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: A lot.	Speed is killing me with there new entry/exit music. Dam it sucks!!

March 24th, 2012, 10:46 AM	#31
CC Cowboy ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Whodat Location: Ware Is.,MA Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): I pass the wind! Posts: A lot. MOTM - Mar '13, Jun '14	Alex, for some strange reason (for me) it's only good if it's live. Great qualifying (at 4 am). Race should be a good one. Kimi (Lotus) and Michael (MB) are doing well. I hope Button stuffs his teammate (whoever he is) on the start again. Ferrari is doing......terrible. I can't wait until 2am (GP2). That should wake me up for the 3:30am F1. At least Supercross is at a proper hour. I don't understand why the world doesn't run on my time. __________________________________________________ If everything seems under control; you're just not going fast enough!

March 25th, 2012, 03:09 PM	#33
HKr1 IC2(SW) Name: Kerry Location: Pensacola Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: A lot.	Pretty good race

March 26th, 2012, 06:11 AM	#34
camaroz1985 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ryan Location: Carlisle, PA Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2008 WR250R, 2006 Ural Raven (Sold), 2009 Versys Green (Sold), 2008 Ninja 250R Green (Sold) Posts: A lot.	A very unexpected race. I was really pulling for Perez once I realized Hamilton couldn't catch him. Too bad he threw away a certain race win.

March 26th, 2012, 08:43 AM	#35
CC Cowboy ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Whodat Location: Ware Is.,MA Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): I pass the wind! Posts: A lot. MOTM - Mar '13, Jun '14	Good racing all weekend. A red car wins F1 (due to rain) A red car wins NASCAR (due to rain) A red car wins Indycar A red bike wins lites l A green bike wins Supercross (they might change series name to "VilloMoto") __________________________________________________ If everything seems under control; you're just not going fast enough!

March 26th, 2012, 08:56 AM	#36
adouglas Cat herder Name: Gort Location: A secret lair which, being secret, has an undisclosed location Join Date: May 2009 Motorcycle(s): Aprilia RS660 Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 6 MOTM - Jul '18, Nov '16, Aug '14, May '13	I wonder if Felipe's on suicide watch? Everyone in Italy wants your head. You can't blame it on the car because they gave you a brand-new chassis. Your teammate wins while the best you can do is come in 15th. The guy rumored to be first in line for your seat winds up on the podium. I think he can hear the fat lady clearing her throat.

March 27th, 2012, 05:36 AM	#38
camaroz1985 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ryan Location: Carlisle, PA Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2008 WR250R, 2006 Ural Raven (Sold), 2009 Versys Green (Sold), 2008 Ninja 250R Green (Sold) Posts: A lot.	He had a bunch of laps, he would have gotten by. Alonso was a sitting duck. If Perez passed in the DRS zone, he could have made a 1 sec. gap before the activation zone on the next lap.

April 14th, 2012, 09:10 AM	#40
CC Cowboy ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Whodat Location: Ware Is.,MA Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): I pass the wind! Posts: A lot. MOTM - Mar '13, Jun '14	Nico Nico Nico, and Michael! Reminds me of 1955 in Italy. It was a sunny day for Mercedes. El Maestro, Juan Manuel Fangio, my idol from Argentina (a place well know for beautiful women) puts the car on pole then leads every lap but one ( Stirling Moss got lucky, also set fastest lap). I wonder how much longer Massa has an F-1 ride. There is always NASCAR. __________________________________________________ If everything seems under control; you're just not going fast enough!

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