Author Topic: 2013 F1 Grand Prix Season (Read 73720 times)

TBWG · « **Reply #30 on:** March 16, 2013, 02:57:22 PM »

Hi Somnat

Well he lucked out really, he put in his time just before the rain started to fall. However the Lotus does appear quick and if it rains for the race tomorrow ~~~ who knows?

You going to Paddys tomorrow?

Rain, rain, go away…

March 16, 2013 by Joe Saward

With sunset at 18.37 and rain having currently stopped play at Albert Park, the next attempt to start Q2 will be at 18.50. If a further delay is necessary there will not be time enough for the Q2 and Q3 sessions before the sun goes down and so the remaining Q sessons will probably have to be held on Sunday morning. There does not appear to be a rule to cover this so the decision will rest with Race Director Charlie Whiting.

The Q2 and Q3 sessions will take place at 11.00 on Sunday morning.

So thats everyone tomorrow other than ... MAL GUT BIA CHI VDG & PIC who can have a lie in!

TBWG

Somnat · « **Reply #31 on:** March 16, 2013, 07:06:55 PM »

Fingers crossed he stands on the Podium tomorrow

Wont get to see it at Paddys

Recovering from a wisdom tooth extraction

TBWG · « **Reply #32 on:** March 16, 2013, 09:18:35 PM »

Somnat

Don't forget tooth under the pillow and if you have been a good boy the tooth fairy will leave you a surprise!

Hmm well ~~~~ maybe not!

TBWG

Speedy recovery!

TBWG · « **Reply #33 on:** March 17, 2013, 08:20:58 AM »

And here come the Bulls…

by Joe Saward

With a dry track in Q3 there was finally the chance to see the top F1 teams with the gloves off and the news was bad for everyone other than Red Bull Racing as Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber swept to a dominant 1-2 in Albert Park. Webber was on course to beat the World Champion but had a slide in the final sector and ended up four-tenths down. Lewis Hamilton was third in his Mercedesd, but he was two-tenths down on Webber. There was then a big gap back to the Ferraris, with Felipe Massa beating Fernando Alonso to fourth. Nico Rosberg was sixth, ahead of the two Lotuses, with Kimi Raikkonen ahead of Romain Grosjean, Paul di Resta ninth and Jenson Button 10th in the McLaren.

TBWG

TBWG · « **Reply #34 on:** March 17, 2013, 07:25:24 PM »

Kimster does the business!

Australian GP: Raikkonen takes emphatic victory in season opener

By Matt Beer Sunday, March 17th 2013,

Kimi Raikkonen played a two-stop strategy to perfection to beat Fernando Alonso to victory in an enthralling Australian Grand Prix.

All predictions of tedious Red Bull domination proved way off the mark, as Sebastian Vettel finished third, overshadowed by the Lotus and Ferrari.

The champion's team-mate Mark Webber was only sixth after a poor start, behind Felipe Massa's Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes, while Force India driver Adrian Sutil also led for long periods.

The superiority Red Bull had displayed in all the weekend's dry running so far was never evident in the race.

Webber immediately plunged outside the top five with a poor start, and Vettel was unable to get away from the fast-starting Massa and Alonso, who both passed Hamilton on lap one.

Raikkonen overtook the Mercedes soon afterwards, and then closed in on Vettel, Massa and Alonso to make a four-car lead train.

All the frontrunners pitted very early to get rid of their fragile super-soft tyre

The order among that quartet remained the same into the second stint, but they had to fight their way through those running longer, including Sutil - who had started on mediums and found himself in the lead by lap 15.

Vettel, the Ferraris and Raikkonen were soon on the Force India's tail. They could not pass though, and Sutil was able to make his first pitstop at the same time as Vettel, Massa and Alonso made their second, bringing the Force India onto the same sequence as the victory contenders.

Alonso pitted a lap before Sutil and Vettel and was able to leapfrog both.

Sutil stayed ahead of Vettel in the pits but was overtaken into Turn 3 a lap later. Vettel could not put any pressure on Alonso however, even as the Ferrari had to battle through drivers on other strategies - including Hamilton, with whom the Spaniard had a spectacular dice before getting clear.

By this time, Raikkonen's strategy had come into play.

He stayed out until lap 34, a dozen laps longer than the other leaders, making it clear that Lotus was going for a two-stop to their three.

That left him with a comfortable lead over Alonso and Vettel when they made their third stops, and although the Ferrari initially began carving chunks from the Lotus's advantage, once Alonso had used his new-tyre grip, the gap stabilised.

Raikkonen was therefore able to claim victory by 12 seconds, as Alonso pulled 10s clear of Vettel.

Massa faded in fourth after a very strong first half of the race.

Hamilton was next up, having had to abandon his intended two-stop strategy and pit for a third time. Webber made a quiet recovery to sixth, just behind Hamilton, whose team-mate Nico Rosberg retired with electrical problems.

Sutil stayed with the leaders until he finally had to take on super-softs with 12 laps to go. They did not last as he had hoped, and Sutil had to be content with seventh, just ahead of team-mate Paul di Resta.

Jenson Button finished ninth for McLaren, while Romain Grosjean completed the scorers, holding off Sergio Perez and Jean-Eric Vergne.

Nico Hulkenberg failed to take the start due to a pre-race fuel system problem on his Sauber. Pastor Maldonado spun off at Turn 1 before half-distance, and Daniel Ricciardo retired a sick-sounding Toro Rosso.

Jules Bianchi dominated the backmarker pack in 15th.

PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS

The Australian Grand Prix
Albert Park, Australia;
58 laps; 307.574km;
Weather: Cloudy.

Classified:

Pos Driver Team Time/Gap
1. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1h30m03.225s
2. Fernando Alonso Ferrari + 12.451s
3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 22.346s
4. Felipe Massa Ferrari + 33.577s
5. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes + 45.561s
6. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault + 46.800s
7. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 1m05.068s
8. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1m08.449s
9. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes + 1m21.630s
10. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault + 1m22.759s
11. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes + 1m23.367s
12. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1m23.857s
13. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari + 1 lap
14. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault + 1 lap
15. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth + 1 lap
16. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault + 2 laps
17. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth + 2 laps
18. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault + 2 laps

Fastest lap: Raikkonen, 1m29.274s

Not classified/retirements:

Driver Team On lap
Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 40
Nico Rosberg Mercedes 26
Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 25
Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1

World Championship standings, round 1:

Drivers: Constructors:
1. Raikkonen 25 1. Ferrari 30
2. Alonso 18 2. Lotus-Renault 26
3. Vettel 15 3. Red Bull-Renault 23
4. Massa 12 4. Mercedes 10
5. Hamilton 10 5. Force India-Mercedes 10
6. Webber 8 6. McLaren-Mercedes 2
7. Sutil 6
8. Di Resta 4
9. Button 2
10. Grosjean 1

All timing unofficial

TBWG

So Now its on to Malaysia

Somnat · « **Reply #35 on:** March 17, 2013, 08:22:21 PM »

Oh well, that's me done with betting on the F1

I think they had to put the lights on for Romain Grosjean as his still going around

TBWG · « **Reply #36 on:** March 22, 2013, 09:03:43 AM »

The World Champion asked me to thank all the Buriram Expats readers of the F1 GP thread for posting and keeping up with the F1 world on the foremost GP site in Southeast Asia.

He also commented that Somnat clearly needs his bumps feeling after his latest F1 punt!

TBWG

Somnat · « **Reply #37 on:** March 22, 2013, 09:23:56 AM »

TBWG nice pic.

I am tempted to have a "slight" wager an young Sebastian at the Malaysia Grand Prix, but fear I would be putting the mockers on him

TBWG · « **Reply #38 on:** March 22, 2013, 12:08:17 PM »

P1

Webber at the front

by Joe Saward

Mark Webber set the fastest lap in the FP1 session in Kuala Lumpur beating Kimi Raikkonen by 0.068s with Sebastian Vettel third quickest a tenth behind the Lotus driver. Fernando Alonso was fourth quickest, nearly four-tenths down on Vettel while Nico Rosberg led the Mercedes runners, just getting ahead of Adrian Sutil's Mercedes, with Felipe Massa, Paul di Resta, Lewis Hamilton and Romain Grosjean completing the top 10. The best McLaren could do was 11th for Jenson Button and 13th for Sergio Perez, the two being split by Pastor Maldonado's Williams, showing a bit more pace that was seen in Australia. Perez was followed by the Saubers of Nico Hulkenberg and Esteban Gutierrez, with Valtteri Bottas next, ahead of Jean-Eric Vergne and Dan Ricciardo in their Toro Rossos, Giedo Van der Garde's Caterham, the Marussia of Jules Bianchi, the Caterham of Charles Pic and Max Chilton's Marussia.

TBWG

TBWG · « **Reply #39 on:** March 22, 2013, 03:43:02 PM »

P2

Kimi on top

by Joe Saward
In a rain-disrupted second practice session for the Malaysian GP at Sepang, Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest time, beating Sebastian Vettel by 0.019s, while Felipe Massa showed that Ferrari is the hunt as well, by lapping just 0.092s slower than the Red Bull. Fernando Alonso was next ahead of Mark Webber, while Rom Grosjean and Nico Rosberg were within a second of the fastest time. Paul di Resta was eighth in his Force India ahead of the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Adrian Sutil in the second Force India. Sergio Perez was 11th in his McLaren ,a head of Jenson Button with the Saubers of Nico Hulkenberg and Esteban Gutierrez next, ahead of Jean-Eric Vergne's Toro Rosso, Pastor Maldonado's Williams, the Toro Rosso of Dan Ricciardo and Jules Bianchi in the Marussias, who managed to lap faster than Valtteri Bottas in the second Williams. Charles Pic was 20th for Caterham, shadowed by his team-mate Giedo Van der Garde, with Max Chilton last in the second Marussia. There were some minor incidents but nothing major.

TBWG

TBWG · « **Reply #40 on:** March 23, 2013, 07:03:28 PM »

Vettel wins Malaysian lottery

by Joe Saward

There was steady but light rain for the Q3 session in Kuala Lumpur and nine of the top 10 rushed out to get a lap in on intermediates, while Felipe Massa took a more leisurely approach and stayed back, aiming to get some clear road. Conditions were treacherous with Lewis Hamilton going wide as he got ready to start his first flying lap. The first set of times came in a rush with pack leader Adrian Sutil initially fastest but he was beaten by Sergio Perez, while Kimi Raikkonen banged into second. They were then all beaten by Lewis Hamilton but his time was bested by Nico Rosberg and the two Mercedes were split by Fernando Alonso before Sebastian Vettel went quickest. That all happened in about 10 seconds and a short time later Massa came around and grabbed third. Second time around Webber jumped up to second, while Sutil, Raikkonen and Massa pitted for new rubber. The rain was now stopped and so the last laps looked as though they would be quicker. And so it was as the cars came back again, with Webber taking pole only to be bumped off it by Hamilton. The McLarens moved to sixth for Perez and then fourth for Button, but Raikkonen came through to grab fourth while Sutil took sixth. Rosberg's last lap was enough to grab third but then Alonso suddenly leapt to the top of the time sheets only to be knocked off seconds later by Vettel. And to finish it off Massa came through and grabbed second from his team-mate.

It was all rather breathless. So the order was Vettel, Massa, Alonso, Hamilton, Webber, Rosberg, Raikkonen, Button, Sutil and Perez.

Qualifying Times

1   Vettel   Red Bull   1:49.674   113.058 mph
2   Massa   Ferrari   1:50.587   0.913
3   Alonso   Ferrari   1:50.727   1.053
4   Hamilton   Mercedes   1:51.699   2.025
5   Webber   Red Bull   1:52.244   2.570
6   Rosberg   Mercedes   1:52.519   2.845
7   Raikkonen   Lotus   1:52.970   3.296
8   Button   McLaren   1:53.175   3.501
9   Sutil   Force India   1:53.439   3.765
10   Perez   McLaren   1:54.136   4.462
11   Grosjean   Lotus   1:37.636
12   Hulkenberg   Sauber   1:38.125
13   Ricciardo   Toro Rosso   1:38.822
14   Gutierrez   Sauber   1:39.221
15   Di Resta   Force India   1:44.509
16   Maldonado   Williams   No Time
17   Vergne   Toro Rosso   1:38.157
18   Bottas   Williams   1:38.207
19   Bianchi   Marussia   1:38.434
20   Pic   Caterham   1:39.314
21   Chilton   Marussia   1:39.672
22   Van der Garde   Caterham   1:39.93

Nico the Hulk says Somnat has clearly been at the funny fags!

TBWG

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Somnat · « **Reply #41 on:** March 23, 2013, 07:37:18 PM »

looks like he has slimmed up since last year TBWG

Nice reporting mate, but suggest you change that shirt before your next celebratory pic

TBWG · « **Reply #42 on:** March 24, 2013, 07:15:27 PM »

Malaysian GP: Sebastian Vettel beats Mark Webber amid team row
By Matt Beer   Sunday, March 24th 2013,

Sebastian Vettel denied Mark Webber in a ferocious Red Bull intra-team battle to secure Malaysian Grand Prix victory.

The pair were wheel to wheel repeatedly in the closing laps before Vettel broke clear - despite the team having ordered them to hold station with Webber ahead.

Just behind them,team instructions were also a flashpoint between the Mercedes team-mates, before Lewis Hamilton - who had been a lead threat for a spell - led home Nico Rosberg.

Fernando Alonso's bid for victory ended early, when he crashed out having sustained wing damage nudging Vettel on the opening lap.

Conditions had been wet at that stage following a heavy pre-race shower.

Alonso immediately passed Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa off the line, resisted Webber's outside-line attempt and attacked Vettel for the lead, but slid lightly into the Red Bull at Turn 2.

That dislodged the Ferrari's front wing, a situation that worsened as the lap went on - though that did not stop Alonso from fending off Webber's repeated probes.

Ferrari stayed out, seemingly hoping to coincide the wing change with a switch to slicks, but as Webber passed Alonso on the pits straight, the Spaniard's wing collapsed and sent him skating into the gravel and out of the race.

Vettel and Webber then ran first and second, swapping positions at the pitstops as Vettel's early change to slicks proved slightly premature.

Webber came under increasing pressure from Vettel in the middle of the race, while the Mercedes began catching them both.

This prompted Vettel to urge the team to get Webber out of his way, but the Australian managed to rebuild a lead and Vettel found himself dropping behind the earlier-pitting Hamilton at the third pitstops.

Hamilton lost pace in the next stint as he had to start saving fuel, allowing Vettel to reclaim second into the first corner.

The world champion then played the early stop tactic at the fourth and final pit visit, which brought him right back onto Webber's tail when the Australian changed tyres.

They grappled wheel to wheel through the first five corners for two consecutive laps, prompting frantic radio calls from a concerned Red Bull pitwall, before Vettel got decisively in front and went on to clinch another win.

The Mercedes had fallen away by that stage and were involved in their own intra-team controversy. After Hamilton and Rosberg swapped places repeatedly in the DRS zones for several laps, they were ordered to hold station and save fuel and tyres, to Rosberg's clear displeasure.

Ferrari had to settle for fifth with Felipe Massa, who recovered to that position after losing ground in the early stages.

That place would have gone to Jenson Button had the McLaren not lost two minutes in the pits after pulling away with a loose right front wheel and having to stop in the pitlane and wait for his mechanics to retrieve the car.

That was one of a wild array of pit incidents, which also included Hamilton mistakenly pulling into former team McLaren's area, both Force Indias having to retire with wheelnut issues, and Charles Pic and Jean-Eric Vergne colliding amid pitstops.

Lotus claimed sixth and seventh with Romain Grosjean and Kimi Raikkonen, the latter having an uneventful afternoon that included trips off the road and a bitter battle with Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg, who took eighth.

Sergio Perez was ninth for McLaren, while Vergne held off Valtteri Bottas to give Toro Rosso the final point.

PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS

The Malaysian Grand Prix
Sepang, Malaysia;
56 laps; 310.408km;
Weather: .

Classified:

Pos Driver Team Time/Gap
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1h38m56.681s
2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault + 4.298s
3. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes + 12.181s
4. Nico Rosberg Mercedes + 12.640s
5. Felipe Massa Ferrari + 25.648s
6. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault + 35.564s
7. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault + 48.479s
8. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari + 53.044s
9. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes + 1m12.357s
10. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1m27.124s
11. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault + 1m28.610s
12. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari + 1 lap
13. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth + 1 lap
14. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault + 1 lap
15. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault + 1 lap
16. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth + 2 laps
17. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes + 3 laps
18. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 5 laps
Fastest lap: Perez, 1m39.199s

Not classified/retirements:

Driver Team On lap
Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 45
Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 27
Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 22
Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1

World Championship standings, round 2:

Drivers: Constructors:
1. Vettel 40 1. Red Bull-Renault 66
2. Raikkonen 31 2. Lotus-Renault 40
3. Webber 26 3. Ferrari 40
4. Hamilton 25 4. Mercedes 37
5. Massa 22 5. Force India-Mercedes 10
6. Alonso 18 6. McLaren-Mercedes 4
7. Rosberg 12 7. Sauber-Ferrari 4
8. Grosjean 9 8. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1
9. Sutil 6
10. Di Resta 4
11. Hulkenberg 4
12. Button 2
13. Perez 2
14. Vergne 1

TBWG

Adam · « **Reply #43 on:** March 25, 2013, 08:04:14 PM »

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