Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion

Felipe Massa 25th April 1981
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Happy Birthday to your 31st anniversary

23/04/1963 happy birthday to paul belmondo former f1 driver
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The Latest News :
Rosberg escapes penalty for incidents with Hamilton and Alonso
Nico Rosberg has escaped any sanction for the on-track moments during the Bahrain Grand Prix when he appeared to push Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso off the track.The stewards of the meeting met with the drivers and their team representatives after the race to look into the details of the clash that took place as Hamilton exited the pits on lap 11 and tried to retake a position. Rosberg defended hard, moving across to the right on the exit of Turn 3, and Hamilton had to complete his pass off the track before Turn 4. The situation was repeated when Alonso tried to pass the German on lap 11, although the Spaniard did not manage to overtake.
The stewards looked into the matter and decided that because Rosberg had moved to the right to defend his position in a 'constant and continuous straight line manner' and because Hamilton was not alongside Rosberg as he began that move that the German did nothing wrong.
The stewards added: "Had a significant portion of Car 4 (Hamilton) been alongside that of Car 8 (Rosberg) whilst Car 4 still remained within the confines of the track, then the actions of Car 8 may not be considered legitimate."
Rosberg was cleared for his incident with Alonso for the same reasons.
"I can only say that if, instead of such a wide run-off area there had been a wall, I'm not sure I'd be here now to talk about it," said Alonso.
After hearing the decision, Alonso wrote on Twitter: "I think you are going to have fun in future races! You can defend position as you want and you can overtake outside the track! Enjoy!"

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

shaky-schumi wrote:....but it wil not have a effect on our game

hehehe our game is above the F1 rules ! hehehe

FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA SANTANDER 2012
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Fri 11 May 2012
Practice 1 10:00 - 11:30
Practice 2 14:00 - 15:30
Sat 12 May 2012
Practice 3 11:00 - 12:00
Qualifying 14:00
Sun 13 May 2012
Race 14:00

We have seen 4 races with 4 different winners,i hope that this can continue the whole season..this way it will be a very exciting F1 year .Congratulations to Vettel for winning his 1st GP this season..and also congratulations to Raikkonen and Grosjean of the Lotus Team.....a well diserved 2th and 3rd place ..it was actualy not a surprive ..but only when it will happen ..and today we saw that the Lotus car is capable to reach the podium...and also congratulations to the Ferrari Team ..they did a fantastic job with the pitstops..this way both cars ended up in the top 10 ..and this means that finaly Felipe Massa has his first points of the season !!! Also Congratulations Schumi ....from 22nd place to 10th place ! Hopefully next time it will be for a podium !
Oké enough blablabla .... here is the result of the GP of Bahrain 2012 :

1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull : 1:35:10.990
2. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : +3.333
3. Romain Grosjean : Lotus : +10.194
4. Mark Webber : Red Bull : +38.788
5. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes : +55.460
6. Paul di Resta : Force India : +57.543
7. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : +57.803
8. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : +58.984
9. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : +1:04.999
10. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes : +1:11.490
11. Sergio Perez : Sauber : +1:12.702
12. Nico Hülkenberg : Force India : +1:16.539
13. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : +1:30.334
14. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : +1:33.723
15. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : +1 lap
16. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : +1 lap
17. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : +1 lap
18. Jenson Button : McLaren : +2 laps
19. Timo Glock : Marussia : +2 laps
20. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT : +2 laps
21. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT : +2 laps
Did Not Finish
22. Bruno Senna : Williams : +3 laps
23. Pastor Maldonado : Williams :+32 laps
24. Charles Pic : Marussia : +33 laps

Fastest Lap : Sebastian Vettel - 1:36.379
Pitstop Sergio Perez : 3
D.S.L : 14 drivers

There is still a investigation going on of the incidents between Rosberg and Hamilton ,Rosberg and Alonso and the unsafe release of Alonso ....but it wil not have a effect on our game

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Congratulations To Sebastian! Lotus - an accident or pattern. McLaren dismiss the left rear mechanics! Jenson

Amazing KIMI today !!

perfect strategy, perfect car..

the 1st place is near... get it !!

go kimi GOOOO !

News Flash :

Schumacher to start 22nd after gearbox change penalty

Michael Schumacher will start today’s race from 22nd on the grid after the team decided to change his gearbox.
Schumacher will receive a five-place penalty for changing the unit, as drivers are required to use the same gearbox for five consecutive races. He will share row 11 of the grid with Pastor Maldonado, who also has a gearbox change penalty.
Meanwhile Jean-Eric Vergne will not receive a penalty for missing the weighbridge during yesterday’s qualifying session after the stewards chose to issue a reprimand

Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Esteban Tuero 22nd April 1978
(Former Minardi Pilot in 1998)
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Happy Birthday to your 34th anniversary

Well! Red bull woke up! I think that if nothing will happen - Sebastian can celebrate its first victory!

Here is the result of the Qualifying ....and nooooo i'm not amused with the result of Schumi and Massa

1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing: 1:32.422 -
2. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren: 1:32.520 + 0.098
3. Mark Webber Red : Bull Racing: 1:32.637 + 0.215
4. Jenson Button: McLaren: 1:32.711 + 0.289
5. Nico Rosberg :Mercedes GP: 1:32.821 + 0.399
6. Daniel Ricciardo :Toro Rosso: 1:32.912 + 0.490
7. Romain Grosjean: Lotus: 1:33.008 + 0.586
8. Sergio Perez :Sauber: 1:33.394 + 0.972
9. Fernando Alonso: Ferrari: no time -
10. Paul di Resta: Force India: no time -
Q2
11. Kimi Räikkönen: Lotus: 1:33.789 + 1.367
12. Kamui Kobayashi: Sauber: 1:33.806 + 1.384
13. Nico Hulkenberg: Force India: 1:33.807 + 1.385
14. Felipe Massa: Ferrari: 1:33.912 + 1.490
15. Bruno Senna: Williams: 1:34.017 + 1.595
16. Heikki Kovalainen: Caterham: 1:36.132 + 3.710
17. Pastor Maldonado: William no time -
Q1
18. Michael Schumacher: Mercedes GP: 1:34.865 -
19. Jean-Eric Vergne: Toro Rosso: 1:35.014 + 2.592
20. Vitaly Petrov: Caterham: 1:35.823 + 3.401
21. Charles Pic: Marussia F1 Team: 1:37.683 + 5.261
22. Pedro de la Rosa: HRT F1 Team: 1:37.883 + 5.461
23. Timo Glock: Marussia F1 Team: 1:37.905 + 5.483
24. Narain Karthikeyan: HRT F1 Team: 1:38.314 + 5.892

Sebastian Vettel returned Red Bull to pole position as the world champion rediscovered his qualifying form and took the top spot on the grid for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Red Bull briefly looked set for a front row sweep until points leader Lewis Hamilton got between Vettel and Webber. Despite its practice pace, Shanghai winner Mercedes had a disappointing session. Nico Rosberg could only qualify fifth, and his team-mate Michael Schumacher did not even get beyond Q1.
McLaren had been quickest early in Q3, but Red Bull had more speed in hand, and a 1m32.422s lap from Vettel gave him pole by just under a tenth of a second, as Hamilton slipped through to demote Webber to third. Jenson Button completes row two in the second McLaren. Rosberg only made one Q3 run and was 0.4 seconds off the pace in fifth.
Daniel Ricciardo gave Toro Rosso huge encouragement as he stormed to a career-best sixth on the grid, in front of Romain Grosjean's Lotus and Sergio Perez's Sauber. Fernando Alonso got Ferrari into the top 10, then elected not to do a Q3 flying lap, as did Paul di Resta - who got Force India into the pole shoot-out despite having missed out on Friday afternoon practice. The pair will share row five, with Alonso five places ahead of Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa.
Schumacher's exit in Q1 was the shock of the session, and was down to both a problem with the Mercedes and a supreme lap from Caterham's Heikki Kovalainen. With track conditions rapidly improving, early Q1 times did not prove sufficient. Both Red Bulls flirted with elimination, as did Perez, but in the end it was Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne - for a third straight race - and Schumacher who ended up on the wrong side of the cut-off. A DRS problem compromised Schumacher's session, and he did not get out for a final run. Vergne may face further trouble after the session as replays suggested he missed a call to the weighbridge in Q1.
Schumacher had still looked safe for Q2 until Kovalainen made a massive improvement on his final Q1 lap, putting in a time that not only got him ahead of the Toro Rosso and Mercedes, but to within a tenth of McLaren and Ferrari, as he outpaced team-mate Vitaly Petrov by a second.
Schumacher was not the only world champion making an early departure from qualifying, as Grosjean's progress into Q3 came at the expense of Lotus team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, who will start 11th. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) and Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) could not match their team-mates' form and were 12th and 13th. It was a tough session for Williams too, with Bruno Senna only 15th and a KERS issue preventing Pastor Maldonado - who was already facing a five-place gearbox change penalty - from running in Q2. At the back, Marussia was nearly three seconds off Kovalainen's pace, as Charles Pic outqualified team-mate Timo Glock for the first time - the German ending up behind Pedro de la Rosa's HRT as well in 23rd place.

Maldonado will get a 5 place penalty grid because of changing his gearbox on friday ! so he will start from 22th place !

Qual: 1:32.422
Pole: Vettel
Rain: no

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

may be tomorrow will be a strange gp.

i fear that because many of the teams decided to do a worst lap time for the grid qualification to save a set of tires.
Save the tires from a great consumption could be the key to win this GP.

good luck anyone.

The Champ is back on pole !

But Schumi !
Out in Q1 !!! What a bad joke !
Poor Schumi ! Next sabotage from his team !?
What is going on ???

piggy wrote:to be in bahrain at any costs ??

it doesn't look a good idea to me.

what do you think about it guys ?

I think the FIA should have cancelled the Bahrain GP, because the situation in this Country doesn`t deserve a GP. But Money rules the World...