Formula 1 2012

[TheAdmiral]

:1orglaugh

 

[larss]

Horribly unlucky for Lewis - the only one that got a puncture from the carbon fibre strewn over the track after lap 1.

 

[Petra]

Horribly unlucky for Lewis - the only one that got a puncture from the carbon fibre strewn over the track after lap 1.

I'm pretty surprised he was the only one, especially the way the race leaders were blowing through that debris on the track.

However, the fact that he retired DOES mean he'll be able to have engine or gearbox replaced w/o a grid penalty next week if they choose to do so.

 

[TheAdmiral]

 

[TheAdmiral]

 

[mei071685]

hamilton is stupid

 

[larss]

DP'd

 

[larss]

hamilton is stupid

Would you care to elucidate, or are you just throwing that in there to see if anyone bites?

By the way, you should start a proper name and a sentence with a capital letter, and end the sentence with a full stop (or period as it is know in the United States of America). It is only 3 words, and yet with your amazing brilliance, you have managed to make 3 grammatical errors (counting the lack of capital letter twice). 4, if you count the fact that the statement itself is erroneous.

 

[The Ace]

I guess he talk about Hamilton's overtaking on Vettel while he had 1 lap of delay on him.
:dunno:

 

[larss]

I guess he talk about Hamilton's overtaking on Vettel while he had 1 lap of delay on him.
:dunno:

Given that Hamilton was quicker and trying to catch the rest of the tail enders, I don't see the problem. Vettel would have been better off letting him by more easily in the first place, rather than battling to keep a position that he could not lose to Hamilton anyway.

 

[FreeOnes_Anders]

I guess he talk about Hamilton's overtaking on Vettel while he had 1 lap of delay on him.
:dunno:

Not sure how that can be classified as stupid, Hamilton had a faster car, and lets face it, it made for some great amusement seeing what was essentially a backmarker passing someone in the lead group. I was cheering like crazy when he did that.

 

[Petra]

Not sure how that can be classified as stupid, Hamilton had a faster car, and lets face it, it made for some great amusement seeing what was essentially a backmarker passing someone in the lead group. I was cheering like crazy when he did that.

Also, I think by overtaking the lead this showed Hamilton that his car is fast and has given him the confidence he needed in it.

 

[TheAdmiral]

Results of P1:
1) Lewis Hamilton - 1:22.821
2) Jenson Button - 1:22.922
3) Fernando Alonso - 1:23.397
4) Nico Rosberg - 1:23.628
5) Romain Grosjean - 1:23.633
6) Michael Schumacher - 1:23.845
7) Felipe Massa - 1:23.904
8) Kimi Räikkönen - 1:23.983
9) Valtteri Bottas - 1:24.152
10) Sergio Perez - 1:24.268

Valtteri Bottas ran in place of Bruno Senna.
Jules Bianchi ran in place of Nico Hulkenberg (18, 1:25.715)
Dani Clos ran in place of Narain Karthikeyan (24, 1:28.176)

 

[TheAdmiral]

Results of P2:
1) Lewis Hamilton - 1:21.995
2) Kimi Räikkönen - 1:22.180
3) Bruno Senna - 1:22.253
4) Felipe Massa - 1:22.417
5) Fernando Alonso - 1:22.582
6) Jenson Button - 1:22.747
7) Paul di Resta - 1:22.794
8) Sebastian Vettel - 1:22.824
9) Romain Grosjean - 1:22.922
10) Michael Schumacher - 1:23.160

 

[TheAdmiral]

Results of P3:

1) Mark Webber - 1:21.550
2) Lewis Hamilton - 1:21.643
3) Sebastian Vettel - 1:21.671
4) Bruno Senna - 1:21.876
5) Fernando Alonso - 1:21.884
6) Kimi Raikkonen - 1:21.953
7) Romain Grosjean - 1:22.110
8) Felipe Massa - 1:22.136
9) Paul di Resta - 1:22.191
10) Jenson Button - 1:22.233

 

[TheAdmiral]

End of Q1.

Fastest Lap:
Lewis Hamilton (1:21.794)

Eliminated:
Ricciardo
Kovalainen
Petrov
Pic
Glock
De La Rosa
Karthikeyan

All cars qualify.

 

[TheAdmiral]

End of Q2.

Fastest Lap:
Lewis Hamilton (1:21.060)

Eliminated:
Webber
di Resta
Rosberg
Perez
Kobayashi
Vergne
Schumacher

 

[TheAdmiral]

End of qualifying!

Pole Position:
Lewis Hamilton (1:20.953)

Top 10:
2) Romain Grosjean
3) Sebastian Vettel
4) Jenson Button
5) Kimi Raikkonen
6) Fernando Alonso
7) Felipe Massa
8) Pastor Maldonado
9) Bruno Senna
10) Nico Hulkenberg

 

[24 Grams]

Hamilton 1st, Button is still complaining but this time his qualifies 4th....looks like McLaren might be back.

 

[Rey C.]

Great qualy lap by Hamilton. Amazing times in each session. I just hope their setup doesn't fall apart in the rain (about a 100% chance, last I read). I also hope that Lewis gets off the line well and remembers to avoid, avoid, AVOID Maldonado when he's lapping him during the race!

Say, does anyone else suspect that the FIA (Ferrari International Assistance) is just now coming down so hard on Red Bull because Vettel is probably the only driver with a car that has a chance of grabbing the title from Alonso and Ferrari? I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but this is Ferrari and the FIA we're talking about.