November 28, 2011 2:52 pm
The Interlagos Circuit at Sao Paulo, the largest city in the southern hemisphere, is the last race of an eventful season. Practice and qualifying was dry but the forecast for race day was wet, so the teams had a tricky time to get set up right for the race.
Qualifying was quite special with Vettel maintaining his supremacy with his 15th pole of the season and beating the previous record held by Nigel Mansell. Webber was consistent with getting second followed by Button, outperforming his teammate Hamilton. Rosberg did well in 6th place just behind Alonso and outperforming his teammate, Michael Schumacher, yet again.
November 16, 2011 11:54 am
Yas Mariner Circuit is an amazing complex built on a man- made island in the desert state of Abu Dhabi. It is run in the evening under flood lights for prime time TV coverage in Europe and also to avoid the high temperatures during the daytime. Vettel took pole position yet again even though Hamilton beat the time in Q2 – Q3 is the one that counts. The 2 McLarens were next followed by Webber in the other Red Bull and the 2 Ferraris. Vettel equalled Nigel Mansell’s record of 14 pole positions and the 17th time he had been on the front row this season.
October 31, 2011 3:28 am
The Buddh International Circuit, a brand new track, 30km from Delhi is hot at 31C with lots of dust. Practice was eventful with many offs due to the dust on the track making it very slippery offline with little grip available. There were also penalties of 3 places on the grid given to Perez and Hamilton for ignoring waved yellow flags whilst marshals were clearing a car from the track.
The Interlagos Circuit at Sao Paulo, the largest city in the southern hemisphere, is the last race of an eventful season. Practice and qualifying was dry but the forecast for race day was wet, so the teams had a tricky time to get set up right for the race. Qualifying was quite special with Vettel maintaining his supremacy with his
Yas Mariner Circuit is an amazing complex built on a man- made island in the desert state of Abu Dhabi. It is run in the evening under flood lights for prime time TV coverage in Europe and also to avoid the high temperatures during the daytime. Vettel took pole position yet again even though Hamilton beat the time in Q2
The Buddh International Circuit, a brand new track, 30km from Delhi is hot at 31C with lots of dust. Practice was eventful with many offs due to the dust on the track making it very slippery offline with little grip available. There were also penalties of 3 places on the grid given to Perez and Hamilton for ignoring waved yellow
Practice on Friday was wet and very wet so little was done for race setup and Saturday morning, although was not enough time for dry running. Qualifying became very frantic and the two Force India cars of di Resta and Sutil managed to get into Q3 with the Mercedes of Schumacher and the two Testa Rossa cars missing out. The
The track in Suzuka in Japan is liked by a lot of the drivers since being opened in 1969. It is a figure of eight shape with all types of corner to test the drivers. Vettel was able to continue his outstanding performance and snatched pole from Button by 0.009 sec with Hamilton in 3rd after messing up his qualifying
In the heat of the night with start at 9.00pm and temperature at 31c and very high humidity, the drivers have to be very fit to last the almost 2 hours it takes to complete the longest race in the exciting city of Singapore. The front row was taken up by the Red Bull team with Vettel on pole and
Monza is the fastest track of the season with full throttle for 83% of a lap. It is the closest to an oval track with two long straights and two short ones with a couple of chicanes in between. The two Lesmo bends, which are 90 degrees and the Parabolica bend, which is 180 degree constant radius, are all taken
As usual the Spa-Francorchamps circuit produce unpredictable weather with rain during practice and qualifying beginning to dry out. The last runners were the fortunate ones as the track dried out with Vettel beating Hamilton to the pole with Webber, who had been best through practice, in 3rd place. Schumacher had a disaster and did not get a time as his
The teams were expecting a change from the last 2 races with wet and cold temperatures so the hot track for practice and qualifying at 28C was great. However race day started with cold, 18C on the track and also light rain so the start began with everybody on intermediate wet tyres. Vettel was back to his usual position on
It was the 60th Anniversary of Ferrari winning at Nurburgring but the Ferraris were only able to manage 4th and 5th on the grid. Red Bull kept their consistency with Webber taking pole position with Hamilton surprising himself in second place. It was the champion’s first miss from the front row this year in 4th place
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