Formula 1 2012

[TheAdmiral]

Game over for Schumacher (gearbox)

 

[TheAdmiral]

Button and Vettel in the box, Hamilton takes the lead

 

[TheAdmiral]

Button with a lead of close to 10 seconds

 

[TheAdmiral]

"Blue flags are for cars behind, Kimi. They're not for you." :1orglaugh

 

[TheAdmiral]

Safety car

 

[Rey C.]

Unless Button's tires give up...

And I preferred the action when there was a more significant performance/wear gap between the various Pirelli compounds.

 

[Rey C.]

Now that's the Pastor Maldonado that I "know & love". What a yutz!

 

[TheAdmiral]

Drivers:
Jenson Button - 25
Sebastian Vettel - 18
Lewis Hamilton - 15
Mark Webber - 12
Fernando Alonso - 10
Kamui Kobayashi - 8
Kimi Raikkonen - 6
Sergio Perez - 4
Daniel Ricciardo - 2
Paul Di Resta – 1

Constructors:
McLaren – 40
Red Bull – 30
Sauber – 12
Ferrari – 10
Lotus – 6
Toro Rosso – 2
***** India – 1

Did Not Finish:
Pastor Maldonado
Bruno Senna
Felipe Massa
Heikki Kovalainen
Vitaly Petrov
Michael Schumacher
Romain Grosjean
Nico Hulkenberg

 

[saschaxx]

Totally no mistake @ all from Button from 1st to last second. !! Welll done !!
2nd. Vettel, Kimi got his 1st points after a long time, Michael without luck . Hopefully this year get´s more interesting but the lastone.

 

[Supafly]

The best thing about the start of the new season, in my opinion:

The teams car packages are very closer together this year, which shall provide for some a LOT more interesting races.

I think noone will totally dominate the whole thing

 

[Smallville22]

The best thing about the start of the new season, in my opinion:

The teams car packages are very closer together this year, which shall provide for some a LOT more interesting races.

I think noone will totally dominate the whole thing

I agree

 

[TheAdmiral]

Kovalainen penalised five grid spots for Sepang

Caterham’s Heikki Kovalainen will drop five places on the grid for next weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix after falling foul of the stewards during Sunday’s race in Melbourne.

Kovalainen, who retired on lap 39 at Albert Park with suspension issues, was handed the penalty for overtaking cars whilst under safety-car conditions.

Under revised safety-car rules for 2012, Kovalainen was permitted to pass other cars to unlap himself, but the Finn breached regulations by doing so before reaching the first safety-car line.

The safety-car intervention, the only one of the race, was prompted by Kovalainen’s team mate Vitaly Petrov, whose car stopped on the start-finish straight with steering problems.

 

[TheAdmiral]

Anyone know why Senna isnt running in P1?

 

[TheAdmiral]

End of P1.

1) Lewis Hamilton - 1:38.021
2) Sebastian Vettel - 1:38.535
3) Nico Rosberg - 1:38.813
4) Michael Schumacher - 1:38.826
5) Romain Grosjean - 1:38.919
6) Mark Webber - 1:39.092
7) Kimi Raikkonen - 1:39.128
8) Paul DiResta - 1:39.298
9) Jenson Button - 1:39.323
10) Nico Hulkenberg - 1:39.440

 

[TheAdmiral]

Less than 5 minutes to P2 in Sepang; rain is possible for all remaining sessions

 

[TheAdmiral]

I guess Senna was just sitting out of P1, he is running in this session

 

[TheAdmiral]

End of P2.

1) Lewis Hamilton - 1:38.172
2) Michael Schumacher - 1:38.533
3) Jenson Button - 1:38.535
4) Nico Rosberg - 1:38.696
5) Daniel Ricciardo - 1:38.853
6) Fernando Alonso - 1:38.891
7) Mark Webber - 1:39.133
8) Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:39.297
9) Romain Grosjean - 1:39.311
10) Sebastian Vettel - 1:39.402

 

[TheAdmiral]

Raikkonen was hit with a five-spot grid penalty for changing the gearbox.

 

[dakor]

I hope that Schumacher will finish the race on Sunday. Podium would be great, but we shouldn't expect to much, after one race...

 

[TheAdmiral]

I hope that Schumacher will finish the race on Sunday. Podium would be great, but we shouldn't expect to much, after one race...

Might be rain in the race, supposed to rain all weekend but the first two practice sessions have been dry