2012 F1 topic

[Kev]

SKY schedule for the first 2 races

Friday 9th March

2000-2200 Formula One Magazine Show

2200-2230 Legends - Fittipaldi

2230-2300 Winter Testing - Jerez/Barcelona

2300-0100 Formula One Magazine Show (Repeat)

Saturday 10th March

1830-1900 F1 Car unveiling - McLaren/Force India

1900-2000 Time of our lives - GP Greats

2000-2230 Formula One Season Review 2011

Friday 16th March

0100-0330 Australia FP1 Live (Session is 0130-0300)

0515-0700 Australia FP2 Live (Session is 0530-0700)

0930-1030 Formula One Magazine Show (Repeated throughout the day)

Saturday 17th March

0245-0415 Australia FP3 Live (Session starts at 0300)

0500-0800 Australia Qualifying (Session starts at 0600)

Sunday 18th March

0430-0900 Australian Grand Prix Live (Race starts at 0600)

1930-2100 Australian Grand Prix Highlights (Repeated at 2130)

Tuesday 20th March

1930-2000 F1 Fast Track - Australia

Wednesday 21st March

2000-2100 Formula One 1988 Season Review

Thursday 22nd March

2000-2100 Formula One 1989 Season Review

Friday 23rd March

0200-0350 Malaysia FP1 Live

0550-0740 Malaysia FP2 Live

0750-0840 GP2 Qualifying Live

1000-1100 Formula One Magazine Show

Saturday 24th March

0445-0615 Malaysia FP3 Live

0700-0800 GP2 Race 1 Live

0800-0930 Malaysia Qualifying Live

Sunday 25th March

0330-0430 GP2 Race 2 Live

0730-1200 Malaysian Grand Prix Live

1730-2000 Live Indy Car Racing

2000-2130 Malaysian Grand Prix Highlights

[shakenshack]

Can't say the new nose design does it for me either, looks terrible .
Real shame BBC is buggered losing 50% of the races I don't have Sky!

[Kev]

Merc are the last of the big boys to show. Still nothing from HRT and Marussia. I'll be amazed if they do they whole season.

[Ryy]

I thought aero parts like on that Merc were banned. They coming back with a vengeance!

[wigit]

has to be said the nose rules mean some hideous cars on the grid, maclaren just looks stunning in comparison

[Kev]

Marussia have finally shown up

[trix]

Were they just waiting for the sticky back plastic and glue to dry

[Kev]

HRT made a car!

[Ryy]

I get the distinct feeling, one of those teams won't last the season and will be amazingly off the pace.

I just don't get why they don't show up and put more into testing. It's erm... limited already. What the hell don't these teams seem to learn.

On the flipside, Caterham will hopefully make a giant leap this year.

[Kev]

Yeah I wouldn't mind betting Marussia and HRT won't make the 107% limit at Australia. Last year Virgin Racing made it in by about half a second but HRT were 1-2s off and weren't allowed to start.

Marussia look like they might have a slightly better chance of moving forward as they have Pat Symonds (ex of Renault) running the place but HRT look dead in the water.

I'd love Caterham to get a point this season and as they now have KERS I think they're in with a shout of that.

[Kev]

2012 FORMULA 1 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX

Whooooop!
Here we go then.
The 2012 Formula One World Championship is GO!




Melbourne
Race Date: 18 Mar 2012
Circuit Name: Albert Park
Number of Laps: 58
Circuit Length: 5.303 km
Race Distance: 307.574 km
Lap Record: 1:24.125 - M Schumacher (2004)

UK Times
Fri 16 March 2012
Practice 1 01:30 - 03:00
Practice 2 05:30 - 07:00
Sat 17 March 2012
Practice 3 03:00 - 04:00
Qualifying 06:00
Sun 18 March 2012
Race 06:00


Previous Winners
2011 - Sebastian Vettel (Reb Bull Racing)
2010 - Jenson Button (McLaren)
2009 - Jenson Button (Brawn GP)
2008 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)
2007 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
2006 - Fernando Alonso (Renault)
2005 - Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault)

Vettel's pole lap 2011

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iCal files of the race dates
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http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/credits-and- ... -calendar/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



Teams and Drivers
Red Bull Racing Red Bull - Renault
1 Sebastian Vettel (Ger)
2 Mark Webber (Aus)




Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren - Mercedes
3 Jenson Button (GB)
4 Lewis Hamilton (GB)




Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari
5 Fernando Alonso (Spa)
6 Felipe Massa (Bra)




Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team (Mercedes)
7 Michael Schumacher (Ger)
8 Nico Rosberg (Ger)




Lotus Lotus - Renault
9 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin)
10 Romain Grosjean (Fra)




Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India - Mercedes
11 Paul Di Resta (GB)
12 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger)




Sauber F1 Team Sauber - Ferrari
14 Kamui Kobayashi (Jap)
15 Sergio Perez (Mex)




Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso - Ferrari
16 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus)
17 Jean Eric Vergne (Fra)




PDVSA Williams Williams - Renault
18 Pastor Maldonado (Ven)
19 Bruno Senna (Bra)




Caterham - Renault
20 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin)
21 Vitaly Petrov (Rus)



HRT F1 Team HRT - Cosworth
22 Narain Karthikeyan (Ind)
23 Pedro de la Rosa (Spa)




Marussia - Cosworth
24 Timo Glock (Ger)
25 Charles Pic (Fra)





2012 Race Calendar

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01 	2012 FORMULA 1 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne) 	16 - 18 Mar
02 	2012 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur) 	23 - 25 Mar
03 	2012 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai) 	13 - 15 Apr
04 	2012 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX (Sakhir) 	20 - 22 Apr
05 	FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA SANTANDER 2012 (Catalunya) 	11 - 13 May
06 	FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2012 (Monte Carlo) 	24 - 27 May
07 	FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2012 (Montréal) 	08 - 10 Jun
08 	2012 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE (Valencia) 	22 - 24 Jun
09 	2012 FORMULA 1 SANTANDER BRITISH GRAND PRIX (Silverstone) 	06 - 08 Jul
10 	FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2012 (Hockenheim) 	20 - 22 Jul
11 	FORMULA 1 ENI MAGYAR NAGYDÍJ 2012 (Budapest) 	27 - 29 Jul
12 	2012 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Spa-Francorchamps) 	31 Aug - 02 Sep
13 	FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO SANTANDER D'ITALIA 2012 (Monza) 	07 - 09 Sep
14 	2012 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Singapore) 	21 - 23 Sep
15 	2012 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX (Suzuka) 	05 - 07 Oct
16 	2012 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX (Yeongam) 	12 - 14 Oct
17 	2012 FORMULA 1 AIRTEL INDIAN GRAND PRIX (New Delhi) 	26 - 28 Oct
18 	2012 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX (Yas Marina) 	02 - 04 Nov
19 	2012 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX (Austin) 	16 - 18 Nov
20 	FORMULA 1 GRANDE PRÊMIO DO BRASIL 2012 (São Paulo) 	23 - 25 Nov

Tyres

Hard - Silver
Medium - White
Soft - Yellow
Super Soft - Red
Intermediate - Green
Full Wet - Blue
The tyres now have a coloured band all the way round the sides to show up better on the TV.




Team Changes
- Virgin Racing is now Marussia F1 and has a technical partnership with McLaren
- Team Lotus changes its name to Caterham F1
- Lotus Renault F1 changes its name to Lotus F1
- Mercedes changes its name to Mercedes AMG
- Williams have switched to Renault engines

Driver Changes
OUT
Jaime Alguersuari (STR)
Sebastien Buemi (STR)
Jarno Trulli (Caterham/Team Lotus)
Adrian Sutil (Force India)
Rubens Barrichello (Williams)
Jérôme d'Ambrosio (Virgin Racing/Marussia)
Vitantonio Liuzzi (HRT)

IN
Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus)
Romain Grosjean (Lotus)
Nico Hülkenberg (Force India)
Charles Pic (Marussia)
Pedro de la Rosa (HRT)
Narain Karthikeyan (HRT)
Jean-Éric Vergne (Toro Rosso)

MOVED
Daniel Ricciardo (to Toro Rosso)
Bruno Senna (to Williams)
Vitaly Petrov (to Caterham)


Rule/Technical Changes
- Ban on exhaust gases being used to blow over aerodynamic devices
- Changes to the nose height for safety reasons. The pre-2012 regulations allow the nose to be as high as 62.5 centimetres (24.6 in) above ground, but the revisions to the sporting code lower the maximum allowable height to 55 centimetres (22 in) 150mm ahead of the front bulkhead.
- Pitlane speed limit reduced from 100kph to 60kph ***TBC***
- Helium powered wheel nut air guns banned.
- In season test at Mugello on May 1st
- All lapped traffic under the safety car to be released from the queue before the car returns to pit lane, allowing the drivers to unlap themselves and to ensure a clean re-start.
- Drivers will not be permitted to leave the confines of the circuit without a justifiable reason, following a spate of incidents in 2011 when drivers were sighted using access roads around the circuit to shorten their reconnaissance and in-laps in order to preserve their fuel and tyres.
- Drivers will not be allowed to return to the normal racing line should they choose a defensive line going into a corner.
- Races will have a maximum four-hour time limit to prevent the indefinite suspension of a race.
- Any driver in the pit lane when a race is suspended will be permitted to return to the circuit and take up the position on the grid that they were running in at the time of the suspension.


Betting Odds

Drivers Championship

1.91 Sebastian Vettel
6.50 Fernando Alonso
6.50 Lewis Hamilton
9.00 Jenson Button
15.00 Mark Webber
26.00 Kimi Raikkonen
26.00 Nico Rosberg
29.00 Michael Schumacher
81.00 Romain Grosjean
81.00 Felipe Massa
151.00 Nico Hulkenberg
201.00 Kamui Kobayashi
201.00 Sergio Perez
201.00 Paul Di Resta
501.00 Jean-Eric Vergne
751.00 Daniel Ricciardo
751.00 Bruno Senna
1001.00 Heikki Kovalainen
1251.00 Pastor Maldonado
1501.00 Vitaly Petrov
2501.00 Charles Pic
2501.00 Timo Glock
5001.00 Pedro de la Rosa
5001.00 Narain Karthikeyan

Constructors Championship

1.91 Red Bull
2.87 McLaren
8.00 Ferrari
11.00 Mercedes
29.00 Lotus Renault
81.00 Force India
201.00 Sauber
301.00 Williams
501.00 Toro Rosso
1001.00 Caterham
5001.00 Marussia
5001.00 HRT

Others
Schumacher to win a race 2.75
Raikkonen to win a race 2.50
Marussia or HRT to get a point 4.00

[trix]

It has taken so long to get here!

By the way
Pdvsa Williams Williams Renault.. so good(?) they named it twice? lol
& I think Petrov was in trouble when his photo was taken

[Kev]

Fantasy F1 league is anyone's interested
http://www.sciroccocentral.co.uk/forum/ ... 56&t=10805" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Kev]

Bit of a mixed bag in friday praccy due to wet/dry conditions.
But at least it looks like Red Bull aren't running away with it and Merc have stepped up.

FP1

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Pos  Driver                Team                   Time               Laps
 1.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m27.560s            11
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m27.805s  + 0.245   14
 3.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m28.235s  + 0.675   17
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m28.360s  + 0.800   21
 5.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m28.467s  + 0.907   21
 6.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m28.683s  + 1.123   22
 7.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m28.908s  + 1.348   23
 8.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault       1m29.415s  + 1.855   16
 9.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault          1m29.565s  + 2.005    8
10.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m29.722s  + 2.162   26
11.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m29.790s  + 2.230   21
12.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes   1m29.865s  + 2.305   17
13.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m29.881s  + 2.321   18
14.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault       1m29.953s  + 2.393   21
15.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m30.124s  + 2.564   22
16.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault          1m30.515s  + 2.955   16
17.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault       1m30.586s  + 3.026   16
18.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m30.743s  + 3.183   11
19.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m31.178s  + 3.618   17
20.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault       1m31.983s  + 4.423    8
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth      1m34.730s  + 7.170    8
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth      1m40.256s  + 12.696  11
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth           no time               3
24.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth           no time               0

FP2

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Pos  Driver                Team                    Time               Laps
 1.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                1m29.183s            16
 2.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes    1m29.292s  +  0.109  19
 3.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari          1m30.199s  +  1.016  23
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 1m30.341s  +  1.158  13
 5.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari          1m30.709s  +  1.526  14
 6.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes    1m31.466s  +  2.283  13
 7.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 1m31.505s  +  2.322  14
 8.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault        1m31.932s  +  2.749  16
 9.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                1m32.184s  +  3.001  17
10.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        1m32.194s  +  3.011  19
11.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        1m32.296s  +  3.113  20
12.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth       1m32.632s  +  3.449  17
13.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault        1m32.767s  +  3.584  15
14.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault           1m32.822s  +  3.639  11
15.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1m33.039s  +  3.856  18
16.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes        1m33.252s  +  4.069  11
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault        1m34.108s  +  4.925  21
18.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault           1m34.275s  +  5.092   7
19.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault        1m34.312s  +  5.129  17
20.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m34.485s  +  5.302  29
21.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m34.604s  +  5.421  31
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth       1m34.770s  +  5.587  13
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth            1m42.627s  +  13.444 16
24.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth                                  1

[Kev]

Webber helmet cam

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[Kev]

Great qually session.
Laughed when kimi didn't make it in. Caterham are well clear of marussia but I'm surprised they didn't get closer to the guys ahead. Also a bit disappointed with FI.
But the race at the front looks epic. Merc are right up there, red bull are struggling, mclaren are better and ferrari are a joke And Grosjean!

[mike-p]

JENSON!!!!!!!!

Excellent race beautifully controlled.

Shame Lewis got taken by Vettel for second.

Good start for Mclaren

[Kev]

Great opening race.

Monster start from Rosberg but as usual with the Merc's they couldn't quite do it in the race although Schumacher was on for a reasonable finish.

Great win for Button. Vettel got really lucky with the safety car and as a result Hamilton looked like someone just killed his dog, but it was a decent enough result for him. Alonso drove well in a terrible car, Massa quite the opposite. Good to see a positive drive from Sauber and Williams as well although Maldonado was unlucky not to get the finish he deserved. He'd have scored more points than Williams got all season if he hadn't binned it. Brilliant action on the last lap too and good thinking from Di Resta to pounce for the last point.

Kimi got lucky with a few people going out, Grosjean was a bit unlucky with the tap from (I think) Maldonado which broke his suspension/steering. He deserved a bit more than that from his qually effort. Bit disappointed in Caterham with two DNFs but it looks like Heikki had no KERS and then his steering arm started to undo itself so hopefully they'll sort that for the next race as he was in 14th at one point. And well done to Marussia for getting both cars to the end!

Sky had the same feed as the BBC but the commentary from Crofty and Brundle was very good I thought. Maybe not enough post race analysis, especially with so many incidents. No adverts in the qually or race either, just before and after so well done for not missing anything with that.

[Kev]

2012 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX





Kuala Lumpur
Race Date: 25 Mar 2012
Circuit Name: Sepang International Circuit
Number of Laps: 56
Circuit Length: 5.543 km
Race Distance: 310.408 km
Lap Record: 1:34.223 - JP Montoya (2004)

UK Times
Fri 23 March 2012
Practice 1 02:00 - 03:30
Practice 2 06:00 - 07:30
Sat 24 March 2012
Practice 3 05:00 - 06:00
Qualifying 08:00
Sun 25 March 2012
Race 09:00


Previous Winners
2011 - Sebastian Vettel (Reb Bull Racing)
2010 - Sebastian Vettel (Reb Bull Racing)
2009 - Jenson Button (Brawn GP)
2008 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
2007 - Fernando Alonso (McLaren)
2006 - Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault)
2005 - Fernando Alonso (Renault)

Alonso lap 2011

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Split screen of the start Hamilton/Button/Alonso/Massa

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Current Standings

[Kev]

* McLaren's front row lock out ended Red Bull dominance of 24 races on the front row

* Webber and Ricciardo is the only Aussies have both scored points in the same race

* Ricciardo becomes the 319th driver to score a F1 World Championship Point.

* Every driver on the F1 grid has now scored with exception of the French - Grosjean, Vergne and Pic

* Jenson leads the F1 points for the 1st time since 2010 Canadian GP

* McLaren leads the F1 Constructor Points for the 1st time since 2010 Hungarian GP