Formula 1 2012

[TheAdmiral]

Now Schumacher at the top

 

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End of P1, Jenson Button finishes with the top time (1.27.560)

 

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Top 10 for P1:

1) Jenson Button - 1:27.560
2) Lewis Hamilton - 1:27.805
3) Michael Schumacher - 1:28.235
4) Fernando Alonso - 1:28.360
5) Mark Webber - 1:28.467
6) Nico Rosberg - 1:28.683
7) Daniel Ricciardo - 1:28.908
8) Pastor Maldonado - 1:29.415
9) Kimi Raikkonen - 1:29.565
10) Kamui Kobayashi - 1:29.722

P2 begins in 90 minutes

 

[SabrinaDeep]

Very excited that Kimi Räikkönen is back this year!

GO Kimi!!!!!

Kimi is hot

 

[TheAdmiral]

Both Saubers are out first in P2

 

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30 minutes in, Fernando Alonso is the fastest man on the track

 

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45 minutes to go, Maldonado is on top

Message to the FIA: we haven’t broken the rule that allows a maximum of 47 people to work on the cars. If you see more than that number in our pit garage, the excess bodies are from Sky TV, who have exactly the same team uniforms as us this year. Message to Sky TV’s wardrobe department: we had those red, white and blue colours first!

 

[TheAdmiral]

Kimi Raikkonen is nowhere to be found... :dunno:

 

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20 minutes left, Sergio Perez has the best time of the session. Nobody from the Lotus team has left the garage, neither has Lewis Hamilton

 

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End of P2.

1) Michael Schumacher - 1:29.183
2) Nico Hulkenberg - 1:29.292
3) Sergio Perez - 1:30.199
4) Fernando Alonso - 1:30.341
5) Kamui Kobayashi - 1:30.709
6) Paul DiResta - 1:31.466
7) Felipe Massa - 1:31.505
8) Heikki Kovalainen - 1:31.932
9) Nico Rosberg - 1:32.184
10) Sebastian Vettel - 1:32.194

 

[larss]

Looks like the McLarens are the ones to watch, but you never know who's holding back.

 

[TheAdmiral]

^^ We'll see during qualifying

 

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Almost time for P3

 

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Yellow flag: Vettel spun out and got stuck in the gravel, his session is over

 

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Yellow flag: Schumacher stuck in the gravel now

 

[TheAdmiral]

End of P3.

1) Lewis Hamilton - 1:25.681
2) Romain Grosjean - 1:25.758
3) Mark Webber - 1:25.900
4) Jenson Button - 1:25.906
5) Nico Rosberg - 1:25.929
6) Michael Schumacher - 1:26.078
7) Sebastian Vettel - 1:26.211
8) Pastor Maldonado - 1:26.470
9) Sergio Perez - 1:26.632
10) Daniel Ricciardo - 1:26.723

 

[TheAdmiral]

End of Q1; Raikkonen, Kovalainen, Glock, Pic, Petrov, De La Rosa and Karthikeyan eliminated. De La Rosa and Karthikeyan do not qualify (107%).

Kobayashi put up the fastest time (1:26.182)

 

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Alonso got stuck in the gravel, red flag is out

Hamilton has the top time so far in Q2 (1:25.626)

 

[TheAdmiral]

Session has restarted. Just over 7 minutes to go

 

[TheAdmiral]

End of Q2: Vergne, Alonso, Kobayashi, Senna, DiResta, Massa and Perez have been eliminated.

Fastest man was Nico Rosberg (1:25.469)