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Good qually.

Nice to see HRT get in to the race.... just!

i think the HRT needs some HRT

2012 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX





Shanghai
Race Date: 15 Apr 2012
Circuit Name: Shanghai International Circuit
Number of Laps: 56
Circuit Length: 5.451 km
Race Distance: 305.066 km
Lap Record: 1:32.238 - M Schumacher (2004)

UK Times
Fri 13 April 2012
Practice 1 03:00 - 04:30
Practice 2 07:00 - 08:30
Sat 14 April 2012
Practice 3 04:00 - 05:00
Qualifying 07:00
Sun 15 April 2012
Race 08:00


Previous Winners
2011 Hamilton McLaren
2010 Button McLaren
2009 Vettel Red Bull
2008 Hamilton McLaren
2007 Raikkonen Ferrari
2006 Schumacher Ferrari
2005 Alonso Renault
2004 Barrichello Ferrari

Button lap 2011

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Current Standings

Well... That's a turn up for the books...

Great race and an excellent first win for Rosberg. Well deserved.

2012 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX





Sakhir
Race Date: 22 Apr 2012
Circuit Name: Bahrain International Circuit
Number of Laps: 57
Circuit Length: 5.412 km
Race Distance: 308.238 km
Lap Record: 1:30.252 - M Schumacher (2004)

UK Times
Fri 20 April 2012
Practice 1 08:00 - 09:30
Practice 2 12:00 - 13:30
Sat 21 April 2012
Practice 3 09:00 - 10:00
Qualifying 12:00
Sun 22 April 2012
Race 13:00


Previous Winners
2010 Alonso Ferrari
2009 Button Brawn GP
2008 Massa Ferrariœ
2007 Massa Ferrari
2006 Alonso Renault
2005 Alonso Renault
2004 Schumacher Ferrari

Webber 2010 lap on the old layout with the silly slow bit in the middle.
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Alonso 2005 with commentary.
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Current Standings

will it happen, there is still time for it all to kick off big style...

Great qually session.
The grid looks nicely mixed up for a cracking race.
Can Vettel keep it up the front or is their race pace not up to it?
What can Schumacher do from 18th and Kimi from 11th?

I think the Red Bulls race pace has been pretty good so far... The question marks are the tyres, as Vettel used his last softs to get that lap in. But then they are not the only team in that boat. Rosberg has a new set of soft tyres so could be one to watch... Let's see if Grosjean will be driving an F1 car or a torpedo this weekend, he'll want to get in front of the Torro Rosso...!!

Not a bad race. Pity Kimi couldn't win it but I'm not so sure Red Bull are truly back on top. All of the teams will have a lot of updates for the next race and there's a test from the 1st.

Yes good race, bit disappointed with the 1hr or so of BBC highlights, me no Sky F1.

So far you aren't missing a huge amount. Sky have got off to a bit of a shaky start. Their front man isn't as good as Jake Humphrey and Georgie Thompson is a waste of space. Although they're on air for an extra 30 mins before and after the race, they often look like they're struggling for things to talk about and the BBC F1 Forum is miles better for post race analysis.

To be fair they've only had 4 races so far and the BBC have 3-4 years on them and I'm sure they'll work out the problems but for the moment the people and items aren't really gelling yet.

I was initially disappointed with the BBC set up - especially when they give the result on the news by way of a banner before they show the race!
However, the highlight version does make the race seem more exciting

Jake and DC grabbed Brundle on their BBC F1 forum chat

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Damn! I really want to see that. Bloody copywrite!

Ah didn't notice they'd taken it down. Bloody kill joy Bernie.
It was on the BBC site too.

If anyone does find it again, please post it!

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