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my compliments to felipe for his another year in the ferrari team

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Ferrari hands Felipe Massa one-year contract extension
Felipe Massa will stay at Ferrari for another season after the Italian squad confirmed a new deal for the Brazilian driver on Tuesday. Massa's position alongside Fernando Alonso was in doubt for several months after a poor start to the season during which he struggled to even score points.
Before this year's Japanese Grand Prix, the Brazilian had last been on the podium in 2010 in Korea.
Massa, however, turned his form around and began to show the kind of competitiveness Ferrari wanted from him, a resurgence that has secured him a contract extension, as reported by AUTOSPORT on Sunday.
The Ferrari driver has been with the team since the 2006 season, during which time he has scored 11 wins. He finished runner-up to Lewis Hamilton in the 2008 world championship.
Massa said after the Korean Grand Prix that he believed he was back to his best following a difficult period.
"I feel very strong now, to be honest," he said. "I feel in a strong direction, driving the car more in an automatic way, so I am much more happy.
"To put everything together is really nice, so the most important thing is to go in the car and have fun. When you go in the car and you don't have fun or be happy, even if you have one of the best jobs in the world, it is not nice.
"If you are not happy you cannot do the job in the right direction. So the situation is now happier and much better."

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Shaky-Schumi

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brudgon wrote:2012 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault
2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault
3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
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Fastest Lap : Mark Webber - 1:42.037
Pitstop Kamui Kobayashi : DNF
D.S.L. : 15

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A rightful victory of Red Bull ! The change of the leader of the championship ! Thank You Kamui!!!! How nice Sebastian stroked the bull in the car !

2012 FORMULA 1 AIRTEL INDIAN GRAND PRIX
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Fri 26 October 2012
Practice 1 06:30 - 08:00
Practice 2 10:30 - 12:00
Sat 27 October 2012
Practice 3 07:30 - 08:30
Qualifying 10:30
Sun 28 October 2012
Race 10:30

constructors standings
1 Red Bull Racing-Renault 367
2 Ferrari 290
3 McLaren-Mercedes 284
4 Lotus-Renault 255
5 Mercedes 136
6 Sauber-Ferrari 116
7 Force India-Mercedes 89
8 Williams-Renault 58
9 STR-Ferrari 21
10 Marussia-Cosworth 0
11 Caterham-Renault 0
12 HRT-Cosworth 0

drivers standings
1 Sebastian Vettel German Red Bull Racing-Renault 215
2 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 209
3 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Lotus-Renault 167
4 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 153
5 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull Racing-Renault 152
6 Jenson Button British McLaren-Mercedes 131
7 Nico Rosberg German Mercedes 93
8 Romain Grosjean French Lotus-Renault 88
9 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 81
10 Sergio Perez Mexican Sauber-Ferrari 66
11 Kamui Kobayashi Japanese Sauber-Ferrari 50
12 Nico Hulkenberg German Force India-Mercedes 45
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 25
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 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 55 Winner 2 25
2 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 55 +8.2 secs 1 18
3 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 55 +13.9 secs 4 15
4 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 55 +20.1 secs 6 12
5 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 55 +36.7 secs 5 10
6 12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 55 +45.3 secs 8 8
7 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 55 +54.8 secs 7 6
8 17 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 55 +69.5 secs 16 4
9 16 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 55 +71.7 secs 21 2
10 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 55 +79.6 secs 3 1
11 15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 55 +80.0 secs 12
12 11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 55 +84.4 secs 14
13 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 55 +89.2 secs 10
14 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 55 +94.9 secs 15
15 19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 55 +96.9 secs 17
16 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 54 +1 Lap 18
17 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 54 +1 Lap 19
18 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 54 +1 Lap 20
19 25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 53 +2 Laps 24
20 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 53 +2 Laps 23
Ret 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 16 +39 Laps 22
Ret 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 16 +39 Laps 13
Ret 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1 Accident 9
Ret 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1 Accident 11
Note - Pic dropped ten grid places for an unscheduled engine change; Ricciardo dropped five - gearbox penalty. Karthikeyan failed to set a Q3 time within the 107% requirement - raced at stewards' discretion.

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Maria de Villota appeared in public for the first time after the July incident

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Double Red Bull ! What a disgruntled face had Sebastian Vettel after the end of the qualification !

The Qualifying Result :

1. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:37.242 -
2. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:37.316 + 0.074
3. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:37.469 + 0.227
4. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:37.534 + 0.292
5. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : 1:37.625 + 0.383
6. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:37.884 + 0.642
7. Romain Grosjean : Lotus : 1:37.934 + 0.692
8. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 1:38.266 + 1.024
9. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:38.361 + 1.119
10. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:38.513 + 1.271

Q2
11. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:38.441 + 1.199
12. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:38.460 + 1.218
13. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:38.594 + 1.352
14. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:38.643 + 1.401
15. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:38.725 + 1.483
16. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : 1:39.084 + 1.842
17. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 1:39.340 + 2.098

Q1
18. Bruno Senna : Williams : 1:39.443 -
19. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : 1:40.207 + 2.965
20. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : 1:40.333 + 3.091
21. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team : 1:41.317 + 4.075
22. Timo Glock : Marussia F1 Team : 1:41.371 + 4.129
23. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team : 1:42.881 + 5.639
24. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT F1 Team : no time -

Rain : no

Comment of the qualifying :
Mark Webber beat Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel to Korean Grand Prix pole position as the Australian's last lap upstaged the hitherto dominant world champion. Vettel had looked unstoppable until the final seconds of qualifying. Fastest in Q1 and Q2, his first Q3 lap was three tenths of a second clear of the opposition.
But then Webber, who had been third in the provisional order, found a half-second improvement on his last pole attempt to set a 1m37.242s. The result was also the 200th Formula 1 pole for Red Bull's engine supplier Renault. Vettel's response was simply not quick enough, with a poor first sector preventing him from improving on his earlier mark. That ensured pole for Webber by 0.074s, despite his potentially costly practice problems.
Fernando Alonso had held the outside front row grid spot after the first Q1 runs, but Webber's leap and an improvement from Lewis Hamilton's McLaren pushed the championship leader's Ferrari back to fourth.
Lotus showed better form than of late as Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean took fifth and seventh in their upgraded cars, either side of Ferrari's Felipe Massa.
Nico Hulkenberg took his Force India to eighth, beating the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher. There could have been several surprises in the early part of qualifying, but in the end the only major upset was that Jenson Button did not make Q3. The McLaren driver's first Q2 lap was compromised by an error, and then he missed the cut by 0.005s when he had to back off on his second shot as yellows flew for Daniel Ricciardo's Toro Rosso parking with a gearbox problem. Had the end of Q1 worked out very slightly differently, neither McLaren would have reached the top 10. Hamilton was one of few drivers not to use super softs in Q1, and as others found big gains on the quicker rubber, his early time was shoved back to 17th place.
The McLaren was sat in the pits and could not respond, but escaped a shock elimination as Bruno Senna's final lap was not good enough, leaving the Williams down with the Caterhams, Marussias and HRTs. Senna's team-mate Pastor Maldonado fared only marginally better, qualifying 15th.
Alonso did use super softs and make two runs in Q1, yet that was only good enough for 16th. There were no such scares for either Hamilton or Alonso in Q2, though. Sauber had to settle for 12th and 13th this week, while Paul di Resta blamed traffic as his Force India ended up only 14th. At the very back, Narain Karthikeyan did not set a time due to brake problems with his HRT.


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The result of the 3rd practice session :

1. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:37.642 -
2. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:38.169 + 0.527
3. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:38.511 + 0.869
4. Romain Grosjean : Lotus : 1:38.582 + 0.940
5. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : 1:38.666 + 1.024
6. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:38.705 + 1.063
7. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:38.766 + 1.124
8. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:38.791 + 1.149
9. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:38.833 + 1.191
10. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 1:38.932 + 1.290
11. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:38.954 + 1.312
12. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:39.010 + 1.368
13. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:39.150 + 1.508
14. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:39.156 + 1.514
15. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:39.345 + 1.703
16. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 1:39.448 + 1.806
17. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : 1:39.537 + 1.895
18. Bruno Senna : Williams : 1:39.706 + 2.064
19. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : 1:41.114 + 3.472
20. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : 1:41.437 + 3.795
21. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team : 1:41.684 + 4.042
22. Timo Glock : Marussia F1 Team : 1:42.062 + 4.420
23. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT F1 Team : 1:42.845 + 5.203
24. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team : 1:42.882 + 5.240

There was a problem with the car of Mark Webber , it could be that they have to change his gearbox ,witch means that he wil get a 5 place grid penalty after quaifying !.......but so far it's a rumor !

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Shaky-Schumi