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Here is the schedule for this weekends F1 race at Spa- Francochamps ...in a bid of a special way

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Shaky - Schumi

CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER 10 RACES :

1. Mercedes 383 points
2. Ferrari 236 points
3. Williams 151 points
4. Red Bull 96 points
5. Force India 39 points
6. Lotus 35 points
7. Toro Rosso 31 points
8. Sauber 22 points
9. McLaren 17 points

DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER 10 RACES :

1. L. Hamilton GBR Mercedes 202 points
2. N. Rosberg GER Mercedes 181 points
3. S. Vettel GER Ferrari 160 points
4. V. Bottas FIN Williams 77 points
5. K. Raikkonen FIN Ferrari 76 points
6. F. Massa BRA Williams 74 points
7. D. Ricciardo AUS Red Bull 51 points
8. D. Kvyat RUS Red Bull 45 points
9. N. Hulkenberg GER Force India 24 points
10. R. Grosjean FRA Lotus 23 points
11. M. Verstappen NED Renault 22 points
12. F. Nasr BRA Sauber 16 points
13. S. Perez MEX Force India 15 points
14. P. Maldonado VEN Lotus 12 points
15. F. Alonso ESP McLaren 11 points
16. C. Sainz jr. ESP Toro Rosso 9 points
17. J. Button GBR McLaren & M. Ericsson SWE 6 points

Result of the race :

1. Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari - 1h46:09.985
2. Daniil Kvyat Red - Bull Racing + 15.700 69
3. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing + 25.084 69
4. Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso + 44.251 69
5. Fernando Alonso - McLaren + 49.079 69
6. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP + 52.025 69
7. Romain Grosjean - Lotus + 58.578 69
8. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP + 58.876 69
9. Jenson Button - McLaren + 1m6.7 69
10. Marcus Ericsson - Sauber + 1m9.1 69
11. Felipe Nasr - Sauber + 1m13.4 69
12. Felipe Massa - Williams + 1m14.2 69
14. Valtteri Bottas - Williams + 1m20.2 69
14. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus + 1m25.1 69
15. Roberto Merhi - Manor F1 Team + 2 laps 68
16. Will Stevens - Manor F1 Team + 2 laps 68
Did Not Finish :
17. Carlos Sainz jr - Toro Rosso
18. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari
19. Sergio Perez - Force India
20. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India

Fastest Lap : Lewis Hamilton - 1:26.491
Pitstop Jenson Button : 4
Bat 2 Teams : V.Bottas > R. Raikkonen
Gris pos. N.Hulkenberg : DNF

Sebastian Vettel wins thrilling Hungarian Grand Prix :
Ferrari Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel took victory in a dramatic Hungarian Grand Prix, as Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg suffered their worst race of the season. It was the German's first victory at the Hungaroring and second of the season, bringing his career tally to 41 to equal three-time world champion Ayrton Senna's mark. It was also the first time since the 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix, a run of 29 races, where Mercedes failed to score a podium finish with either car with Hamilton sixth and Rosberg eighth. Hamilton was on course to lose his championship lead, first after running wide at the chicane on the first lap when he felt Rosberg crossed his line and then losing time when he pitted for a new wing and then having to a drive-through penalty after contact with Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo. But in defending second with a few laps to go, Rosberg clashed with Ricciardo at Turn 1, giving the Mercedes a puncture and damaging Ricciardo's front wing. Rosberg was forced to pit and rejoined eighth, two places behind Hamilton who had fought his way back through the field to increase his championship lead to 21 points. Hamilton and Rosberg both bogged down from the front row at the start, allowing Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen to get ahead, with Rosberg running third ahead of Hamilton. Ferrari looked on course for its first one-two since the 2010 German Grand Prix before a MGU-K problem cost Raikkonen power. He eventually retired after the team were unable to fix it. The virtual safety car was called into action when Nico Hulkenberg's Force India suffered a front wing failure, pitching the German head-on into the tyre barrier at Turn 1. When it became clear there was too much debris on the track, the real safety car was sent out, bunching the field up to cost Vettel his sizeable lead - setting up a thrilling finale. Daniil Kvyat scored a career-best second, to become the youngest driver to score a podium since Vettel in Italy 2008, the Russian benefitting from Ricciardo's clash with Rosberg late on.Ricciardo survived the contact, which the stewards decided to take no further action on, with Rosberg to give Red Bull a double podium with third. Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen, who had a drive-through penalty for making contact with Williams' Valtteri Bottas, battled his way up to a career-best fourth place. The drama in the second-half of the race allowed Fernando Alonso to finish fifth, scoring McLaren-Honda's best result of the season, with Jenson Button finishing ninth. Romain Grosjean was seventh in the Lotus while Marcus Ericsson gave Sauber an unlikely point with 10th, a few seconds clear of team-mate Felipe Nasr. Williams failed to score for only the second time this season, with Massa - who was given a time-penalty for being out of position on the grid and forcing an aborted start - 12th and Bottas 13th.

Kind Regards
Shaky - Schumi

Whoehoe yes yes yes Welldone Sebastian

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And i must say ....that 2 years in a row ,the Hungarian GP is a real great race , the other years it was nooooooring , riding behind eachtother like a train , no overtakings , but now these 2 years it's worth a " " this race !!!

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Shaky - Schumi

Result of the qualifying :

1. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP 1:22.020
2. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP 1:22.595 +0.575
3. Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari 1:22.739 +0.719
4. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing 1:22.774 +0.754
5. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari 1:23.020 +1.000
6. Valtteri Bottas - Williams 1:23.222 +1.202
7. Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull Racing 1:23.332 +1.312
8. Felipe Massa - Williams 1:23.537 +1.517
9. Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso 1:23.679 +1.659
10. Romain Grosjean - Lotus 1:24.181 +2.161
Q2
11. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India 1:23.826 +1.806
12. Carlos Sainz jr - Toro Rosso 1:23.869 +1.849
13. Sergio Perez - Force India 1:24.461 +2.441
14. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus 1:24.609 +2.589
15. Fernando Alonso - McLaren - no time
16. Jenson Button McLaren 1:24.739 +2.719
Q1
17. Marcus Ericsson - Sauber 1:24.843 +2.823
18. Felipe Nasr - Sauber 1:24.977 +2.957
19. Roberto Merhi -Manor F1 Team 1:27.416 +5.396
20. Will Stevens - Manor F1 Team 1:27.949 +5.929

Qualifying Time : 1:22.020
Pole :L. Hamilton
Team Bat. : R. Merhi > W. Stevens
Grid Pos. P.Maldonado : 14th place

Lewis Hamilton takes comfortable pole :
Lewis Hamilton comfortably claimed pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix, by beating Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg for the ninth time in 10 Formula 1 qualifying sessions this season. Rosberg complained about the handling of his car throughout the different stages of qualifying and couldn't recover sufficiently to put up much of a fight. Hamilton and Rosberg were separated by 0.358s after the first runs in Q3, and the German ended up over half a second adrift of Hamilton, who set the fastest lap of the weekend so far on his final effort to claim his fifth career pole in Hungary. The expected close fight for best of the rest behind Mercedes materialised, as less than half a second covered Ferrari, Red Bull and Williams in Q2. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel ultimately claimed third on the grid, but he ended up only 0.035s clear of the improved Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo. The second Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen finished up 0.246s further back in fifth, while Valtteri Bottas was fastest of the two Williams drivers in sixth. The second Red Bull of Daniil Kvyat joined the second Williams of Felipe Massa on row four, just ahead of Max Verstappen's Toro Rosso, which only made one run in Q3. Romain Grosjean's Lotus rounded out the top 10, over half a second adrift of the next fastest car. Neither Force India made it through to the top-10 shootout, along with the second Toro Rosso of Carlos Sainz and Pastor Maldonado's Lotus. Hulkenberg and Sainz were less than a tenth away from Grosjean's 10th placed Lotus in Q2, while Perez was almost six tenths further back in 13th. Maldonado was top-10 fast in Q1, but he locked up at Turn 1 on his final flying lap in Q2, which contributed to him missing Q3 by 0.804s. McLaren headed into qualifying hoping to challenge for a place in the top 10, but could do no better than 15th and 16th after both drivers encountered technical trouble. Fernando Alonso made it through to Q2, but stopped at the entry to the pitlane during his first run, bringing out the red flags and ending the Spaniard's session early.
An earlier problem with ERS deployment on Jenson Button's car meant the Briton missed the Q2 cut by lapping just over a tenth of a second shy of Sainz's Toro Rosso. The Briton estimated his problem cost him 0.3s on his final flying lap. The 2009 world champion joined the Saubers and Manors in dropping out during the first phase of qualifying. Felipe Nasr felt he "lost it in the last two corners" and finished up 0.154s adrift of Sauber team-mate Marcus Ericsson, who felt he drove a good final flying lap in the sister C34. Roberto Merhi comfortably out-qualified his team-mate Will Stevens by 0.533s, as the Manor cars filled their customary place on the final row of the grid.

Kind Regards
Shaky - Schumi

Result of the 3rd practice session :

1 Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes 1’22.997
2 Nico Rosberg - Mercedes 1’23.095 + 0.098
3 Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari 1’23.886 + 0.889
4 Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull-Renault 1’24.215 + 1.218
5 Carlos Sainz Jnr - Toro Rosso-Renault 1’24.326 + 1.329
6 Nico Hulkenberg - Force India-Mercedes 1’24.483 + 1.486
7 Max Verstappen -Toro Rosso-Renault 1’24.678 + 1.681
8 Fernando Alonso - McLaren-Honda 1’24.846 + 1.849
9 Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull-Renault 1’24.929 + 1.932
10 Romain Grosjean - Lotus-Mercedes 1’24.941 + 1.944
11 Pastor Maldonado - Lotus-Mercedes 1’24.953 + 1.956
12 Felipe Massa - Williams-Mercedes 1’25.094 + 2.097
13 Jenson Button - McLaren-Honda 1’25.229 + 2.232
14 Valtteri Bottas - Williams-Mercedes 1’25.345 + 2.348
15 Sergio Perez - Force India-Mercedes 1’25.393 + 2.396
16 Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari 1’25.661 + 2.664
17 Felipe Nasr - Sauber-Ferrari 1’26.060 + 3.063
18 Marcus Ericsson - Sauber-Ferrari 1’26.095 + 3.098
19 Will Stevens - Manor-Ferrari 1’28.757 + 5.760
20 Roberto Merhi - Manor-Ferrari 1’28.908 + 5.911

Three-in-a-row for Hamilton as Rosberg cuts the gap as Vettel comes also a bit closer :
Lewis Hamilton completed a clean sweep of practice sessions for the Hungarian Grand Prix by setting the quickest time in the final hour of running. Hamilton’s best effort of 1’22.997 was almost a full second quicker than he managed yesterday. Team mate Nico Rosberg was much closer to him than yesterday, however, the pair ending the session separated by less than a tenth of a second. However it wasn’t a trouble-free session for Rosberg: a practice start went wrong as he sat at the pit lane exit, forcing him to climb out of his car with a minute remaining. Sebastian Vettel was third-quickest in the only Ferrari which was able to set a time on the quicker soft tyre. A water leak sidelined Kimi Raikkonen earlier in the session. There was little to choose between Ferrari, Red Bull and Williams on the medium tyres, but on the soft tyres Vettel had three-tenths of a second in hand over Daniil Kvyat’s RB11. Carlos Sainz Jnr took fifth for Toro Rosso. Force India returned to action for the first time since Sergio Perez’s crash in first practice. “The cause of yesterday’s issue was identified and a solution put in place overnight,” said the team after a right-rear suspension failure put Perez’s car into the wall. Playing catch-up to their rivals, the VJM08s did their soft tyre runs early in the session. Nico Hulkenberg’s was quick enough for the sixth-fastest time. Fernando Alonso also got his McLaren into the top ten.

Kind Regards
Shaky - Schumi

Result of the 2nd practice session :

1. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP 1:23.949
2. Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull Racing 1:24.300 +0.351
3. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing 1:24.451 +0.502
4. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP 1:24.668 +0.719
5. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari 1:25.134 +1.185
6. Carlos Sainz jr - Toro Rosso 1:25.599 +1.650
7. Sebastian Vettel -Ferrari 1:25.660 +1.711
8. Fernando Alonso - McLaren 1:25.752 +1.803
9. Valtteri Bottas - Williams 1:25.881 +1.932
10. Felipe Massa - Williams 1:25.920 +1.971
11. Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso 1:25.935 +1.986
12. Jenson Button - McLaren 1:25.994 +2.045
13. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus 1:26.090 +2.141
14. Felipe Nasr - Sauber 1:26.379 +2.430
15. Romain Grosjean - Lotus 1:26.442 +2.493
16. Marcus Ericsson - Sauber 1:26.831 +2.882
17. Roberto Merhi - Manor F1 Team 1:29.113 +5.164
18. Will Stevens - Manor F1 Team 1:29.115 +5.166
19. Sergio Perez - Force India - no time
20. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India - ,no time

Hamilton leads for the rapid but unreliable Red Bulls :
Lewis Hamilton stayed on top in the second practice session at the Hungaroring but this time the Red Bulls were his closest challengers. Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo ended the session within half a second of Hamilton’s best time, relegating Nico Rosberg to fourth place. However the session did not go entirely to plan for Red Bull. Ricciardo’s RB11 came to a stop with less than half an hour to go in a plume of smoke which suggested another Renault power unit problem was to blame. Track temperatures exceeded 50C during the session which made for slippery track conditions. Among the drivers to spin were Romain Grosjean and Sebastian Vettel – the latter losing his Ferrari twice. Kimi Raikkonen was back on track following his front wing failure in first practice and put his Ferrari in the top five. The two red cars were separated by Carlos Sainz Jnr’s Toro Rosso, with Fernando Alonso a strong eighth for McLaren. Neither Force India ran during the session as the team continues to investigate the problem which caused Sergio Perez’s crash and roll in first practice.

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Shaky - schumi

Some photos of Sergio Perez dramatic crash during first free practice of the Hungarian GP : he escaped unhurt

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Result of the 1st practice session :

1 Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes 1’25.141
2 Nico Rosberg - Mercedes 1’25.250 + 0.109
3 Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari 1’25.812 + 0.671
4 Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull-Renault + 1’26.053 0.912
5 Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull-Renault 1’26.070 + 0.929
6 Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari 1’26.395 + 1.254
7 Carlos Sainz Jnr - Toro Rosso-Renault 1’26.727 + 1.586
8 Sergio Perez - Force India-Mercedes 1’26.776 + 1.635
9 Valtteri Bottas - Williams-Mercedes 1’26.825 + 1.684
10 Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso-Renault 1’26.934 + 1.793
11 Fernando Alonso - McLaren-Honda 1’27.272 + 2.131
12 Jenson Button - McLaren-Honda 1’27.308 + 2.167
13 Nico Hulkenberg - Force India-Mercedes 1’27.317 + 2.176
14 Felipe Massa - Williams-Mercedes 1’27.381 + 2.240
15 Felipe Nasr - Sauber-Ferrari 1’27.409 + 2.268
16 Marcus Ericsson - Sauber-Ferrari 1’27.732 + 2.591
17 Pastor Maldonado -Lotus-Mercedes 1’28.568 + 3.427
18 Will Stevens - Manor-Ferrari 1’29.693 + 4.552
19 4 Fabio Leimer - Manor-Ferrari 1’30.631 + 5.490

Hamilton on top after Perez crash stops practice :
Sergio Perez was unhurt after a rolling his Force India during the first practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Force India driver spun at the exit of turn 11 when a right-rear suspension component appeared to fail on his car. The VJM08 hit the barrier on the inside of the track nose-first, then flipped onto its roll-hoop after it rebounded. Perez quickly told his team he was OK before climbing out of the car. The crash occurred almost one hour into the session and the red falgs were out for over quarter of an hour while the car was recovered. Practice eventually resumed with 26 minutes remaining. At that point Lewis Hamilton was still leading the times with the 1’25.291, but soon after returning to the track he took over a tenth of his best time. Nico Rosberg also improved, ending up little more than a tenth of a second off his team mate. However a further red flag caused another interruption. Kimi Raikkonen’s front wing failed at the exit of turn 12, showering the track with debris. While he limped back with a wing-less car and a punctured tyre, the marshals began another clean-up operation. This was completed with little more than half a minute remaining, allowing some drivers to head out for a quick extra couple of laps and a practice start or, in Pastor Maldonado’s case, an aerodynamic cruise test. Lotus were playing catch-up having done little running in the opening minutes of the session, and Jolyon Palmer failed to set a time before.

Kind Regards
Shaky - Schumi

His fellow GP2 champion Fabio Leimer had his first run in an official F1 session, ending up 19th for Manor.

The Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring 24,25 and 26 July
The circuit is located just outside the wonderful city of Budapest
Hungaroring is well-known for its tricky layout, that offers rare opportunities to overtake, so strategy during the race is important
Pirelli has chosen the for this weekend in Budapest
White medium” and “Yellow soft” compounds for this Grand Prix
The same choice as in Melbourne, Bahrain and Shanghai

2011 Podium: Button(Mc Laren) – 2° Vettel and 3° Alonso.
Fastest lap: Massa – pole position : Vettel 1.19.815

2012 Podium: Hamilton (Mc Laren) – 2° Raikkonen and 3° Grosjean.
Fastest lap: Vettel – Pole position : Hamilton 1.20.953

2013 Podium: Hamilton (Mercedes) – 2° Raikkonen. and 3° Vettel
Fastest lap: Webber – pole position : Hamilton 1.19.388

2014 Podium: Ricciardo(Red Bull) – 2° Alonso and 3° Hamilton
Fastest lap: Rosberg – pole position: Rosberg 1.22.715

the winners
4 wins: Hamilton (2007-2009-2012-2013)
2 wins: Button (2006-2011)
1 win: Raikkonen(2005) Alonso(2003) and Ricciardo(2014)

pole position:
4 pole: Hamilton (2007-2008-2012-2013)
2 pole: Alonso (2003-2009) and Vettel (2010-2011)
1 pole: Raikkonen (2006) and Rosberg(2014)

Fastest lap
3: Raikkonen(2005-2007-2008)
2: Vettel (2010-2012); Massa(2006-2011)
1: Rosberg(2014)

Podium(winner+second+third) for current pilots at Hungaroring
7 (1 win +5 second +1 third) Raikkonen
5 (4+0+1) Hamilton
5 (1 +2 +2) Alonso
3 (0+1+2) Vettel
2 (2+0+0) Button
1 (1+0+0) Ricciardo
1 (0+0+1) Grosjean
Never on podium Rosberg(9 races) and Massa

F1 saturday qualifying game, same stats:
Team Battle: Stevens vs Mehri 5-3 (but no time for Stevens in Sepang)
grid position for Maldonado average 11,22
2015 best grid position 6th in Canada
9th in Monaco amd 10th in Melbourne
And then five times between the 11th and 14th place
Worst grid position 16th in Bahrain
kind regards,oberon.

Timetable Hungarian GP:

- Friday July 24: 10:00 to 11:30: First free practice
- Friday July 24: 14:00 to 15:30: Second free practice

- Saturday July 25th: 11:00 to 12:00: Third free practice
- Saturday July 25th: 14:00 to 15:00: Qualifying

- Sunday, July 26: 14:00: Race

Kind Regards
Shaky - Schumi

R.I.P. Jules, you' ll be missed

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ADDIO JULES

The World Motor Sport Council has revealed the provisional calendar for the 2016 Formula 1 season.
The calendar features 21 races (the most in F1 history, beating the previous record of 20, set back in 2012).
As expected, the season is set to start at the beginning of April in Australia and features more back-to-back events.
The German GP returns after missing out on a race this year, due to the inhability of either the Nurburgring or Hockenheim,
the European GP joins the calendar and will take place on July 17th in Baku (Azerbaijan), the Malaysian GP has moved from its usual
round two slot to now go back-to-back with Singapore at the end of September, so the Chinese GP is now the second round of the season,
another race on the move is the Russian GP, becoming the fourth round of the season by going back-to-back with the Bahrain GP

PROVISIONAL 2016 CALENDAR :

3 April : Australian GP (Albert Park, Melbourne)
10 April : Chinese GP (Shanghai)
24 April : Bahrain GP (Bahrain International Circuit)
1 May : Russian GP (Sochi)
15 May : Spanish GP (Barcelona)
29 May : Monaco GP (Monaco)
12 June : Canadian GP (Montreal)
26 June : British GP (Silverstone)
3 July : Austrian GP (Red Bull Ring)
17 July : European GP (Baku, Azerbaijan)
31 July : German GP (Hockenheimring)
7 August : Hungarian GP (Hungaroring)
28 August : Belgian GP (Spa)
4 September : Italian GP (Monza)
18 September : Singapore GP (Singapore)
25 September : Malaysian GP (Sepang)
9 October : Japanese GP (Suzuka)
23 October : United States GP (Austin)
30 October : Mexican GP (Mexico City)
13 November Brazilian GP (Sao Paulo)
27 November : Abu Dhabi GP (Yas Marina Circuit)