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Red Bull announced the confirmation of Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne as pilots for the World F1 CHAMPIONSHIP 2013. "Both - said the team principal Franz Tost - they did a good job this season.

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Rome, October 31 - (Adnkronos) - Nico Hulkenberg will be 'behind the wheel of the Sauber F1 World 2013. The 25 year-old German, who stars in a good season this year with Force India, and 'was chosen by the Swiss team to replace the Mexican Sergio Perez, hired by McLaren for next year. The name of Hulkenberg had also been linked with Ferrari before the official confirmation of Felipe Massa. "I look forward to working with Sauber. E 'a team well-placed and very competitive. Moreover, this is a team that young drivers have more' repeatedly expressed performance. I'd pick this witness. Sauber is through a phase of very positive development and I am confident that together we can achieve a lot, "the words of Hulkenberg. The German then assures that "I will remain 'completely focused on my work with the Force India" to the end of this season. To his current team is also a thank you "for giving me the chance 'to return to F1 as a rider." Hulkenberg made his debut in the 'circus' in 2010 with Williams after winning the world title the year before in GP2. "We are seeing Nico a bit 'of time and its performances were very convincing," said Monisha Kaltenborn, Sauber boss. The Swiss team has not yet announced the second driver for 2013.

Sébastien Buemi 31st October 1988
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Happy Birthday to your 24th anniversary

Giuseppe Farina
(F1-World Champion 1950 - The 1st F1 Champion in History)
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Born : 30th October 1906 - Died : 30th June 1966

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Raikkonen with Lotus-even in 2013
Kimi Raikkonen will drive the Lotus next season too. With a promotional video released today, the team has confirmed the 33-year old Finnish driver for the 2013 season

Bernie Ecclestone 28th October 1930
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Happy Birthday to your 82nd anniversary

brudgon wrote:1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault
2 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
3 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault
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Fastest Lap : Jenson Button : 1:28.203
Pitstop Ricciardo : 1
D.S.L : 14

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2012 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX
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Fri 02 November 2012
Practice 1 10:00 - 11:30
Practice 2 14:00 - 15:30
Sat 03 November 2012
Practice 3 11:00 - 12:00
Qualifying 14:00
Sun 04 November 2012
Race 14:00

f1 constructors standing
1 Red Bull Racing-Renault 407
2 Ferrari 316
3 McLaren-Mercedes 306
4 Lotus-Renault 263
5 Mercedes 136
6 Sauber-Ferrari 116
7 Force India-Mercedes 93
8 Williams-Renault 59
9 STR-Ferrari 21
10 Marussia-Cosworth 0
11 Caterham-Renault 0
12 HRT-Cosworth 0

f1 world standings
1 Sebastian Vettel German Red Bull Racing-Renault 240
2 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 227
3 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Lotus-Renault 173
4 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull Racing-Renault 167
5 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 165
6 Jenson Button British McLaren-Mercedes 141
7 Nico Rosberg German Mercedes 93
8 Romain Grosjean French Lotus-Renault 90
9 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 89
10 Sergio Perez Mexican Sauber-Ferrari 66
11 Kamui Kobayashi Japanese Sauber-Ferrari 50
12 Nico Hulkenberg German Force India-Mercedes 49
13 Paul di Resta British Force India-Mercedes 44
14 Michael Schumacher German Mercedes 43
15 Pastor Maldonado Venezuelan Williams-Renault 33
16 Bruno Senna Brazilian Williams-Renault 26
17 Jean-Eric Vergne French STR-Ferrari 12
18 Daniel Ricciardo Australian STR-Ferrari 9
19 Timo Glock German Marussia-Cosworth 0
20 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish Caterham-Renault 0
21 Vitaly Petrov Russian Caterham-Renault 0
22 Jerome D'Ambrosio Belgian Lotus-Renault 0
23 Charles Pic French Marussia-Cosworth 0
24 Narain Karthikeyan Indian HRT-Cosworth 0
25 Pedro de la Rosa Spanish HRT-Cosworth 0

2012 FORMULA 1 AIRTEL INDIAN GRAND PRIX
race results
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 60 1:31:10.744 1 25
2 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 60 +9.4 secs 5 18
3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 60 +13.2 secs 2 15
4 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 60 +13.9 secs 3 12
5 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 60 +26.2 secs 4 10
6 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 60 +44.6 secs 6 8
7 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 60 +45.2 secs 7 6
8 12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 60 +54.9 secs 12 4
9 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 60 +56.1 secs 11 2
10 19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 60 +74.9 secs 13 1
11 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 60 +81.6 secs 10
12 11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 60 +82.8 secs 16
13 16 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 60 +86.0 secs 15
14 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 60 +86.4 secs 17
15 17 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 59 +1 Lap 18
16 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 59 +1 Lap 9
17 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 59 +1 Lap 19
18 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 59 +1 Lap 20
19 25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 59 +1 Lap 24
20 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 58 +2 Laps 21
21 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 58 +2 Laps 23
22 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 55 +5 Laps 14
Ret 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 42 Brakes 22
Ret 15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 20 +40 Laps 8

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Here is the official result of the qualifying :

1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:25.283 -
2. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:25.327 + 0.044
3. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:25.544 + 0.261
4. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:25.659 + 0.376
5. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:25.773 + 0.490
6. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:25.857 + 0.574
7. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : 1:26.236 + 0.953
8. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:26.360 + 1.077
9. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:26.713 + 1.430
10. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : no time set -

Q2
11. Romain Grosjean : Lotus : 1:26.136 + 0.853
12. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 1:26.241 + 0.958
13. Bruno Senna : Williams : 1:26.331 + 1.048
14. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:26.574 + 1.291
15. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : 1:26.777 + 1.494
16. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:26.989 + 1.706
17. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:27.219 + 1.936

Q1
18. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 1:27.525 -
19. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : 1:28.756 + 3.473
20. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : 1:29.500 + 4.217
21. Timo Glock : Marussia F1 Team : 1:29.613 + 4.330
22. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team : 1:30.592 + 5.309
23. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT F1 Team : 1:30.593 + 5.310
24. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team : 1:30.662 + 5.379

Comment of the qualifying :
Sebastian Vettel translated his domination of Indian Grand Prix practice into another pole position as Red Bull again filled the front row in qualifying at Buddh. An error at Turn 7 on his first Q3 run gave Vettel's rivals a tiny hint of potential vulnerability. But the world champion responded with a 1m25.283s at the second attempt to beat team-mate Mark Webber to the top spot. Webber's retaliation was then compromised by a mistake at Turn 3. Vettel stayed out in case he had to defend his position, before abandoning the lap once it became clear he was out of reach . His championship rival Fernando Alonso starts back in fifth. The McLarens of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button filled row two, pushing the Ferraris of Alonso and Felipe Massa down to row three.
Kimi Raikkonen's Lotus and Sergio Perez's Sauber will share row four.
Despite fearing that Williams lacked qualifying pace this weekend, Pastor Maldonado still made it into Q3 again and took ninth. Nico Rosberg also reached the pole shoot-out but did not set a time.
Several teams saw one of their drivers reach the top 10 while the other ended up in the midfield.
The second Lotus of Romain Grosjean was pushed outside the Q3 cut late on, leaving him 11th. Bruno Senna's promising start to Q2 did not translate into a top-10 appearance and his Williams fell to 13th, and Michael Schumacher was 0.6s off Mercedes team-mate Rosberg as he qualified 14th.
There were big intra-teams gaps for Force India and Sauber too, with 0.7s splitting Nico Hulkenberg in 12th and Paul di Resta in 16th, and Kamui Kobayashi a long way off emulating Perez's Q3 form in 17th.
Jean-Eric Vergne was again eliminated in Q1. Heikki Kovalainen spun into the gravel at the end of the opening segment, leaving his Caterham team-mate Vitaly Petrov free to lead the tail-end pack.

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The times of the 3rd practice session :

1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:25.842 -
2. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:26.034 + 0.192
3. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:26.108 + 0.266
4. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:26.151 + 0.309
5. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : 1:26.209 + 0.367
6. Bruno Senna : Williams : 1:26.214 + 0.372
7. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:26.521 + 0.679
8. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 1:26.531 + 0.689
9. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:26.652 + 0.810
10. Romain Grosjean : Lotus : 1:26.664 + 0.822
11. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:26.691 + 0.849
12. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:27.140 + 1.298
13. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:27.162 + 1.320
14. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:27.193 + 1.351
15. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:27.229 + 1.387
16. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : 1:27.374 + 1.532
17. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 1:27.711 + 1.869
18. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:27.983 + 2.141
19. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : 1:29.035 + 3.193
20. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : 1:29.237 + 3.395
21. Timo Glock : Marussia F1 Team : 1:29.617 + 3.775
22. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team : 1:30.298 + 4.456
23. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT F1 Team : 1:30.824 + 4.982
24. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team : 1:30.873 + 5.031

Comment of the 3rd session :
Sebastian Vettel continued his and Red Bull's perfect start to the Indian Grand Prix weekend by once again setting the pace in the final practice session.
The German hit the front 25 minutes into the session and was never then displaced, despite being one of the last to switch onto soft rubber.
Having struggled for one-lap pace, McLaren did at least have the comfort of getting closer than it was able to in second practice, when Vettel enjoyed a commanding gap of more than six tenths of a second over the field.
Jenson Button got to within 0.192s of the German at the top of the timesheets, while Lewis Hamilton was fractions down the road in fourth.
The two silver arrows were split by the second Red Bull of Mark Webber, who captured third late on on his soft tyre run.
Kimi Raikkonen sealed fifth in the final minutes, while the impressive Bruno Senna - who had run third before the field switched to softs – ended sixth fastest.
In contrast to McLaren, Ferrari struggled more, although it also stuck to its own individual programme, waiting until the session's halfway mark to post its first times and then playing with drafting shortly afterward.
Fernando Alonso, looking to respond to Vettel's run of three straight wins, could only finish seventh fastest, six tenths down on Vettel.
Force India's Nico Hulkenberg, Mercedes' Michael Schumacher and the second Lotus of Romain Grosjean rounded out the top 10.
The session has begun slowly, with the first laptimes only being set a quarter of the way into the hour.
Raikkonen was the first to post a time, immediately going fastest with a 1m27.686s that kept him top until Webber and then Vettel went out.
Nico Rosberg was also out early, but quickly hit problems as he ran through the gravel while shadowing the second Lotus of Romain Grosjean.
Even as he did, Grosjean was on his radio complaining of a lack of balance and grip, a problem echoed down the pitlane.
Sergio Perez was also struggling with a nervous Sauber and could only manage 13th fastest at the flag, five places up the road from team-mate Kamui Kobayashi.
That put him behind Felipe Massa and Pastor Maldonado in the second Ferrari and Williams respectively.
Paul di Resta was seventh before the field switched to soft rubber, but found himself dropping down the order and eventually wound up 14th, just ahead of Nico Rosberg and the two Toro Rossos.
Daniel Ricciardo had the edge in the STR intra-team battle, ending the session three tenths faster than Jean-Eric Vergne. Heikki Kovailainen and Caterham were meanwhile best of the rest.
Rosberg's trip across the gravel and Webber's spin at the final turn were the only moments in a realtively-incident free session.

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Shaky-Schumi

For those who are interested ...there is a -20% till the end of this month if you order weekend tickets for the Belgian GP of 2013 !!!!

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My ticket for next year is allready ordered and payd for next years Belgian GP

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