Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion

As you all allready now ..this weekend it's the Grand Prix of Europe at the Valencia street circuit in Spain .
Here are the times for this weeknds GP :

Friday:
1st practice session : 10.00u - 11.30u
2nd practice session : 14.00u - 15.30u

Saturday :
3rd practice session : 11.00u - 12.00u
qualification : 14.00u - 15.00u

Sunday :

race : 14.00u

And as always the tv sender/station DSF/Sport1 will bring the 1st and 2nd practice session " Live " !

Kind Regars
Shaky-Schumi

the podium of the last 3 Valencia GP (Gran Prix of Europa)

2010
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull
2 Lewis Hamilton Mc Laren
3 Jenson Button Mc Laren
fastest lap on race: Jenson Button Mc Laren

2009
1 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes
2 Lewis Hamilton Mc Laren
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
fastest lap on race: Timo Glock Toyota

2008
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari
2 Lewis Hamilton Mc Laren
3 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber
fastest lap on race: Felipe Massa Ferrari

for the third time the European Grand Prix takes place in Valencia
In the past, this race was also held on the Nürburgring, Donington Park, Brands Hatch, Jerez de la Frontera
GP Europe 1993 (Donington Park) a masterpiece – the first lap of Senna from 5° to 1° place in one lap
GP Europe 1997 (Jerez de la Frontera) the famous crash between M. Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve
It was the final race of the 1997. Schumacher retired after the collision, while Villeneuve continued the race and won the world championship. On Saturday Villeneuve, M Schumacher and Frentzen got the same time in qualifying. Starting order was decided by who recorded the time, first.
Last year there was the Mark Webber’s terrifying accident
Valencia is a street circuit that is faster than Monaco; top speeds is of over 300 km/h - and average speeds of 200 km/h; The track has been criticised for not encouraging overtaking on all three occasions F1 has visited, but this year will have two DRS zones The first zone will run after Turn 10, with the second zone after Turn 14. The single detection area will be 130 metres before Turn 8. The use of a single detection zone means that a driver who is behind a rival(less than one second) in the detection zone can use his DRS both to overtake in the first activation zone and then to pull out a gap at the second.
The medium tyre(denoted by white markings) can make its debut, and will be used as “prime”
The soft tyre(yellow) will be used, as “option”, instead of the supersoft tyre, as previously announced.
The circuit is particularly demanding on the brakes with several heavy braking zones and the track is at least 14 metres wide along its entire length, and very smooth. There are 25 corners, the highest number of any currently used circuit

The Bahrain Grand Prix will not be raced this year it was re-scheduled from 13th march to 3rd october but as now been scrapped.

Instead on the 3rd october the FIA have decided that the inaugural Indian Grand Prix will go ahead as originally planned.

So far Bahrain is still on next years provisional calendar for the 11th march, lets see if there are any changes to that in the future.

@ glamrocker'


undeniably enjoyable race, pure ride of pilots---nice 2watch
good ride Webber ,Schumacher & more remind myself tomorrow after watching replays of this ....who else was good....
but good ride ,way by elimination of opponents?!?{any1 else ,only1 wronging]
what is ? mcl crusade against ferrari,,, others pilots mutually alright,-- I select again
i remember :: brasil,,,,: Schumi vs Raikonnen in mcl ,unless 7 laps mutually overtaking ,walls ,fences,meanders etc..
no casualties[novictims] ,almost without destruction , minor...no pits
i remember 2 ::no victims -- Schumi vs Barichello vs wall very,,,verrrryy close


Greets gentlemen

F40LM wrote:hanshel ::

But I haven´t seen a real foul

F1 and rain = roulette
F1 and big rain = big roulette
Botton was today the man with biggest luck - that´s all !!!

1. Vettel 161
2. Button 101 = most important facts !!!

i just wanted to edit this
now i must a little change the plan
yyeesss!!?!Button was today the man with biggest luck - that´s all !!!

should be punished in during the race -that´s all

past ...--could also [only he wronging ] there was another like him in this race[/quote]

Sounds like sour grapes to me. The race was one of the most enjoyable races for years and still we get the moaners. Its sport enjoy the spectacle not the result. (Must say I enjoyed the result though)

Panda wrote:Other stations did it too.In my country the broadcasting finished after midnight.So, a big thank to all t.v.stations who stayed there until the end of the race.

For Raiuno rain was a bless rather than an effort, since they got high figure audience till midnight: between 21:00 and 24:00 they got an average of 6 million viewers, while definitely less than 4 were expected, with the scheduled show.

i agree totally...
it was very nice to see the finish... it was spectacular...
after that much ups and downs... and the 1st place in the end... just great...

shaky-schumi wrote:A Big Thank You for the German tv station RTL for broadcasting the complete race until the end for 5 hours and 30 minutes !!!

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Other stations did it too.In my country the broadcasting finished after midnight.So, a big thank to all t.v.stations who stayed there until the end of the race.

hanshel ::

But I haven´t seen a real foul

F1 and rain = roulette
F1 and big rain = big roulette
Botton was today the man with biggest luck - that´s all !!!

1. Vettel 161
2. Button 101 = most important facts !!! [/quote]



i just wanted to edit this
now i must a little change the plan
yyeesss!!?!Button was today the man with biggest luck - that´s all !!!

should be punished in during the race -that´s all

past ...--could also [only he wronging ] there was another like him in this race

F40LM wrote: Button
wtf-psychological syndrome--[winer nice?.?.?]
he destroy a few cars:::pushed out Hamliton
hit [out] Alonso
pushed out Massa
yee.yeee.yeeee Button from 21 to 1 = betwixt ,Hamilton 'action 'and Vettel slide.multi safetycars ,water ,7 cars out , 3 opponent eliminated himself
race not wide .onlly, only! 1 lap dubel not 3,4,5 as another races ,,easy
it good 4 him [tor^ 4 km]
Button deserves 4 a +25 s penalty -at least
4 a zigzaging on the track

But I haven´t seen a real foul

F1 and rain = roulette
F1 and big rain = big roulette
Botton was today the man with biggest luck - that´s all !!!

1. Vettel 161
2. Button 101 = most important facts !!!

when i saw Schumi on 2nd place... for a moment my heart pumped like a mad...
then ..suddently i realized that he has not yet the right car to aim the podium...

Button
wtf-psychological syndrome--[winer nice?.?.?]
he destroy a few cars:::pushed out Hamliton
hit [out] Alonso
pushed out Massa
yee.yeee.yeeee Button from 21 to 1 = betwixt ,Hamilton 'action 'and Vettel slide.multi safetycars ,water ,7 cars out , 3 opponent eliminated himself
race not wide .onlly, only! 1 lap dubel not 3,4,5 as another races ,,easy
it good 4 him [tor^ 4 km]
Button deserves 4 a +25 s penalty -at least
4 a zigzaging on the track

unfortunately i work on sunday in the summer and i can't watch the formula 1 gp so many thank's shaky to post the result's race
fantastic work

good old days

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After a fantastic race with a lot of exciting moments ..and too many rain ..we have seen a nice end !
Here is the official race result :

1. Jenson Button McLaren 4:04:39.539
2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull +2.709
3. Mark Webber Red Bull +13.828
4. Michael Schumacher Mercedes Grand Prix +14.219
5. Vitaly Petrov Renault +20.395
6. Felipe Massa Ferrari +33.225
7. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber +33.270
8. Jaime Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso +35.964
9. Rubens Barrichello Williams +45.100
10. Sebastien Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso +47.000
11. Nico Rosberg Mercedes Grand Prix +50.400
12. Pedro de la Rosa McLaren +1:03.600
13. Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT F1 Team +1 Ronde
14. Narain Karthikeyan HRT F1 Team +1 Ronde
15. Jerome d` Ambrosio Virgin Racing +1 Ronde
16. Timo Glock Virgin Racing +1 Ronde
17. Jarno Trulli Lotus F1 +1 Ronde
Did not finish
18. Paul di Resta Force India F1 +3 laps
19. Pastor Maldonado Williams +9 laps
20. Nick Heidfeld Renault +15 laps
21. Adrian Sutil Force India F1 +21 laps
22. Fernando Alonso Ferrari +34 laps
23. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus F1 +42 laps
24. Lewis Hamilton McLaren +63 laps

Safetycar : 5
Fastest lap: Jenson Button : 1:16.956
Pitstop : Felipe Massa : 2 ( this is official !!! pitstop at the pits and not on the track is 2 )

Source : The Officail Fomula 1 Website + GP Update .net

Congratulations to Button for finishing 1st !
A fantastic drive of Michael Schumacher !
Almost a great result for the Ferrari Team
A Big Thank You for the German tv station RTL for broadcasting the complete race until the end for 5 hours and 30 minutes !!!

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi