Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion

Very pleased with the result of the race. Congrats to Pastor, great!!!
Glad that there have been 5 different winners in 5 races. Finally a vibrant and open championship!
Very happy to see Ferrari and Alonso back up in the top!!!
The worst, the serious incident in Williams box, these things should not happen ever in a championship so professional. However, just yesterday I commented about "playing with fire", which is a typical sentence here, and it seems that someone in Williams took it seriously. Sorry for the joke.

News Update ! :

Michael Schumacher handed Monaco Grand Prix grid penalty :
Michael Schumacher will lose five places on the starting grid for the Monaco Grand Prix following his crash with Bruno Senna in Spain. The Mercedes driver crashed into the back of the Williams when fighting for position at the end of the straight on lap 13, with both drivers retiring.
The stewards deemed the seven-time champion was to blame for having caused the collision and he will be dropped five places on the starting grid at Monaco. Schumacher believed the accident had been Senna's fault.
"I just took a minute to watch the video and if you look at the overhead shot you can see that he moves right to defend his inside position, but in the braking phase he moves back left right in front of me," said Schumacher.
"Then I tried to avoid to the inside again, but too late. Then it's done because that's in the braking phase. Very frustrating. Very much annoyed about that."

Formula 1 personnel injured in Williams fire:
A number of Formula 1 personnel are being treated by medical staff at the Circuit de Catalunya for burns and smoke inhalation following a major fire in the Williams garage after the Spanish Grand Prix.
Shortly after a team photo was taken to celebrate Pastor Maldonado's victory, around 90 minutes after the end of the race, it is believed that fuel exploded while it was being prepared for transportation as part of the post-race procedure.
The explosion filled the garage with black smoke, which poured into the pits and paddock, and personnel from a number of teams as well as track officials moved quickly to put the blaze out.
A number of team members were caught up in the incident, with those suffering from burns and smoke inhalation being taken to the medical centre.
While there has been no official confirmation of the number of F1 personnel involved in the incident or the extent of their injuries, Williams, Force India and Caterham have confirmed that their staff members are being treated.
Williams has said that four of its crew are being looked at in the medical centre, although the extent of the injuries is unknown.
Force India has confirmed that one of its team members was being treated for smoke inhalation, while Caterham has issued a statement confirming that four of its crew are being attended to too.
"Caterham F1 Team was involved in a fire that started in the Williams F1 Team's garage after the end of the Spanish Grand Prix," it said in a statement.
"All the team's employees have been accounted for and four people have been taken to the circuit medical centre for examination; one with a minor hand injury and three with respiratory issues.
"A further statement will be issued when more details about the incident are confirmed."

Regards
Shaky-Schumi

This gives as Standing at the Drivers Championship after the Spanish GP :

1. Sebastian Vettel 61
2. Fernando Alonso 61
3. Lewis Hamilton 53
4. Kimi Räikkönen 49
5. Mark Webber 48
6. Jenson Button 45
7. Nico Rosberg 41
8. Romain Grosjean 35
9. Pastor Maldonado 29
10. Sergio Perez 22
11. Kamui Kobayashi 19
12. Paul di Resta 15
13. Bruno Senna 14
14. Jean-Eric Vergne 4
15. Nico Hülkenberg 3
16. Michael Schumacher 2
17. Daniel Ricciardo 2
18. Felipe Massa 2
19. Timo Glock 0
20. Charles Pic 0
21. Heikki Kovalainen 0
22. Vitaly Petrov 0
23. Pedro de la Rosa 0
24. Narain Karthikeyan 0

And for the Constructor Championship after the Spanish GP :

1. Red Bull Racing 109
2. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 98
3. Lotus F1 Team 84
4. Scuderia Ferrari 63
5. Mercedes AMG Petronas 43
6. Williams F1 Team 43
7. Sauber F1 Team 41
8. Sahara Force India 18
9. Scuderia Toro Rosso 6
10. Marussia Racing 0
11. Caterham F1 Team 0
12. HRT F1 Team 0


Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

With a bit of delay ( again ) are here the results of todays race :

1. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:39:09.145
2. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : +3.195
3. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : +3.884
4. Romain Grosjean : Lotus : +14.799
5. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : +1:04.641
6. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull : +1:07.576
7. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes : +1:17.919
8. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : +1:18.140
9. Jenson Button : McLaren : +1:25.246
10. Nico Hülkenberg : Force India : +1 lap
11. Mark Webber : Red Bull : +1 lap
12. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : +1 lap
13. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : +1 lap
14. Paul di Resta : Force India : +1 lap
15. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : +1 lap
16. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : +1 lap
17. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : +1 lap
18. Timo Glock : Marussia : +2 laps
19. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT : +3 laps
Did Not Finish :
20. Sergio Perez : Sauber : +29 laps
21. Charles Pic : Marussia : +31 laps
22. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT : +44 laps
23. Bruno Senna : Williams : +54 laps
24. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes : +54 laps

Fastes Lap : Romain Grosjean -1:26.250
Pitstop Alonso : 3
D.S.L : 9 drivers

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

" 'We'l stay safe, but send a camera down there' " ..... ?????????????????





Regards
Shaky-Schumi

shaky-schumi wrote:Newsflash !!!!! :

Major fire breaks out in Williams garage after Spanish Grand Prix
The Circuit de Catalunya pitlane had to be evacuated following the Spanish Grand Prix after a big fire broke out in the Williams garage. The fire is initially believed to have been caused by an explosion in the area behind where the cars are worked on.
The pitlane was evacuated and firefighters and ambulances arrived at the scene. It is currently unclear whether there are any injuries. Williams was still celebrating its first victory since the 2004 season, achieved by Pastor Maldonado moments earlier.
Force India's Otmar Szafnauer told Sky that one of his team's mechanics had been taken to the medical centre for smoking inhalation.
Williams said one of its mechanics was also in the medical centre, but was unsure about the injuries if any.

Latest was that it was a Kers system that exploded from the car !

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

It seems that thanks to God, only there are 5 wounded, slight.

Newsflash !!!!! :

Major fire breaks out in Williams garage after Spanish Grand Prix
The Circuit de Catalunya pitlane had to be evacuated following the Spanish Grand Prix after a big fire broke out in the Williams garage. The fire is initially believed to have been caused by an explosion in the area behind where the cars are worked on.
The pitlane was evacuated and firefighters and ambulances arrived at the scene. It is currently unclear whether there are any injuries. Williams was still celebrating its first victory since the 2004 season, achieved by Pastor Maldonado moments earlier.
Force India's Otmar Szafnauer told Sky that one of his team's mechanics had been taken to the medical centre for smoking inhalation.
Williams said one of its mechanics was also in the medical centre, but was unsure about the injuries if any.

Latest was that it was a Kers system that exploded from the car !

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

fman1 wrote:Congratulations to Dazaman ! Alone to have found the 3 first drivers today ... but in disorder
I wish him to be more lucky next time.

Close but no cigar with 20 laps to go i thought i had all, so congratulations to Pastor for a great drive to hold off Alonso

Congratulations to Dazaman ! Alone to have found the 3 first drivers today ... but in disorder
I wish him to be more lucky next time.

For me a surprise has been the victory of Maldonado, although it has been very fully deserved.
Very well Alonso supporting his position.
Good work of Raikkonen and Hamilton.
Shumi, continues with the bad luck.
Other important names, they all have disappointed me.

My congratulations Pastor (good gift sir Williams to the 70th anniversary) Alonso - where he sat there and stood up! Lewis Hamilton from 24 to 8!!!!! Michael Schumacher - scary stability!

go go alonso!!!!!!!

Some ideas:

- Stratospheric time of Hamilton that has not serve for anything due to a bad decision of Mc Laren. If Lewis has taken over half a second to Maldonado, why do they adjust so the level of the gas? In my country we would say that "they have played with fire", and at last they have burned themselves.
- The last position of Lewis assures a very exciting race.
- Congratulations to Pastor and Fernando, who have done a Pole high above the capabilities of their cars. Jenson and Mark, just the opposite.
- Lotus, they are no longer a surprise.
- About Vettel, I do not understand ...
- Massa ...

hanshel wrote:I am not a fan of Hamilton but how stupid are the rules ???
What ever happen with his fu***ing fuel - he was qualified for 10 because still one of the Q3 Drivers or I am id**t ?
And others drive in Q3 like Sunday city tour through Barcelona !

i totally agree.. and i thought exact the same .

All these silly rules are goin to destroy the real competition and the show.

FU FIA Rules !

wolf1 wrote:I wanna see Vettel VS Schumi in a good, hard but fair Fight tomorrow. Please Racegod let it happen!

Yes I would like it but unfortunatelly Ross Brawn is in England and not in Spain because some problems with his health ! So I think Schumi must maybe fight with blunt sword !