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[Donkey]

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[Spork]

Holy shit! When was that?

[Donkey]

Practice this afternoon.

http://forums.getsome.co.nz/index.php/topic,71504.msg1284961/topicseen.html#new

[Speakman]

I SWEAR TOO MUCH.


my guess, 2 race ban

[Zarkov]

Qualifying -

A dramatic Q3 qualifying session saw Red Bull’s Mark Webber snatch pole position from Sebastian Vettel, only to have his team mate snatch it back at the very last second, as Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg pushed ahead of the hitherto dominant McLarens.

In the end Vettel’s 1m 34.558s lap clinched things, with Webber left to be content with second place on 1m 34.806s. Alonso was right in there with 1m 34.913s for Ferrari, while Rosberg jumped up at the last moment with 1m 34.923s.

Jenson Button also went ahead of McLaren team mate Lewis Hamilton, who had set the pace for most of the weekend. The 2009 world champion lapped in 1m 34.979s compared to the 2008 title-holder’s 1m 35.034s.

Behind the top six, Felipe Massa was seventh on 1m 35.180s in the second Ferrari from Renault’s Robert Kubica on 1m 35.364s, while Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher’s 1m 35.646s just pipped Adrian Sutil’s 1m 35.963s for Force India at the very end.

As Hamilton had continued to set the pace in Q2 with 1m 34.928s, Schumacher had a scare as his 1m 35.715s was only just enough to earn 10th place and keep Rubens Barrichello at bay after the Brazilian took his Williams round in 1m 35.748s.

Behind them, Jaime Alguersuari continued to outpace Toro Rosso partner Sebastien Buemi, with 1m 36.047s to 1m 36.149s. Vitaly Petrov recovered from his Saturday morning shunt to take 14th place for Renault with 1m 36.311s, then came the BMW Saubers of Kamui Kobayashi and Pedro de la Rosa which sandwiched Nico Hulkenberg’s Williams. Respectively they lapped in 1m 36.422s, 1m 36.647s and 1m 37.020s.

Q1 also saw Hamilton set the pace with 1m 35.641s and first weeded out Vitantonio Liuzzi in the second Force India, which still had handling problems as the Italian could not better 1m 37.161s. Then Timo Glock again aced the Lotuses, lapping his Virgin in 1m 39.278s to beat Jarno Trulli (1m 39.399s), Heikki Kovalainen (who spun in Turn Six early on, and then recorded 1m 39.520s), and Lucas di Grassi in the second VR-01 on 1m 39.783s.

Bruno Senna turned the tables on HRT team mate Karun Chandhok, as they lapped in 1m 40.469s and 1m 40.578s respectively. Chandhok will receive a five-place penalty for non-regulation gearbox work on his car on Friday.

[Obbles]

Vettel to lead the entire race

<3

[Spork]

Was it just me or where the commentators extra pro Hamilton for Qualifying?

Seemed everything they said was related to him.

'here is Sebastian Buemi, he doesn't really matter though because his car and team are absolutely crap, so we shouldn't really bother watching him, Oh look, Lewis Hamilton just overtook him as though there was no car infront of him (Buemi on his in lap), Hamilton really is going to dominate this qualifying session!'

'Lewis Hamilton really is doing well, oh, we are looking at Mark Webber, but who cares about him, Lewis Hamilton is setting probably the best lap so far, Mark Webber finishes, Oh but Lewis Hamilton just came flying around the final turn! He climbs up to second....'

'Vettel has finished qualifying in top spot, too bad that Hamilton only finished 5th.. I'm really disappointed in him for that!'

* Some dialogue may have been altered a little bit.

[Zarkov]

A new Murray Walker emerges.

[TofuEater]

Mclaren 1-2. All is right with the world.

[SteddieEddie]

First race I have watched in a long time, picked a good one

[Zarkov]

I hate to say it, but Jenson is doing a pretty good job.

Hard out race too.

[TofuEater]

I think Button is the best tactical driver on the circuit at the moment. And Hamilton is easily the best "driving" driver. IMO, Schumacher was (and probably still is) the best strategic driver. But since the change to remove refueling during the race, strategy is having less effect than tactics and pure driving capability.

For all the talk of the racing being boring, i think there's been better racing than we've seen for a few years. I'm not sure whether it's just because of the rain that has been prevalent or whether the changes have had that much effect, but being on pole doesn't guarantee you wins like it did in the recent past.

[Spork]

Did anything come of the Hamilton Vettel pitlane debacle?

[Quasikomodo]

Did anything come of the Hamilton Vettel pitlane debacle?

They were both slapped on the wrist with a wet bus ticket and given a 'reprimand' for driving in a dangerous manner!!
Glad the police treat dangerous driving a bit more seriously! What would they have said if one of them had have clipped somebody in pit lane driving two abreast?

[pyro]

Did anything come of the Hamilton Vettel pitlane debacle?

Looks like Hamilton can do no wrong in the eyes of the stewards, Im sure the outcome would of been different if it was Schumacher that was the culprit in the last 2 incidents instead of Hamilton.

[Spork]

Webbbbbeeerrrrr!

[Zarkov]

Webbbbbeeerrrrr!

Oh, that's helpful.

I was hoping for the starting grid.

Qualifying - Webber pips Vettel to pole in Spain


Red Bull put on yet another stunning display of raw speed at Barcelona during qualifying on Saturday afternoon, as Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel dominated all three sessions to fight for pole position, the team’s fifth of the season.

On his final run in Q3 Vettel went to the top with a lap of 1m 20.101s, but Webber’s best aced him as 1m 19.995s won the Australian his second pole of the year.

Behind them Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren was a breathless best of the rest on 1m 20.829s, moving ahead of Fernando’s Alonso Ferrari which the Spaniard had lapped in 1m 20.937s. Jenson Button sandwiched the red car after taking his McLaren round in 1m 20.991s.

Right at the end Michael Schumacher confirmed how much more comfortable he feels in the revamped Mercedes by snatching sixth place with 1m 21.294s, leaving the ever-impressive Robert Kubica seventh for Renault on 1m 21.353s, Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg on 1m 21.408s, Ferrari’s Felipe Massa on 1m 21.585s, and BMW Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi on 1m 21.984s from his sole run.

Alonso, criticised by some in China for his passing move on team mate Massa on the pit lane entry, annoyed Nico Rosberg as Q3 began by pulling straight out in front of him in the pit road. Ferrari have since been handed a $20,000 fine after the FIA decided the Spaniard had been unsafely released.

Qualifying took place on a bone dry track and with warm sunshine and a steady wind.

As Webber and Vettel fought for P1 in Q2, Force India’s Adrian Sutil narrowly lost out to Rosberg, his 1m 21.985s leaving him 11th ahead of BMW Sauber’s Pedro de la Rosa on 1m 22.026s, Williams’s Nico Hulkenberg on 1m 22.131s, Renault’s Vitaly Petrov on 1m 22.139s, Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi on 1m 22.191s and Jaime Alguersuari on 1m 22.207s and Force India’s Vitantonio Liuzzi on 1m 22.854s.

Petrov, however, falls from 14th to 19th because Renault changed his gearbox after his shunt in final practice this morning.

Rubens Barrichello was the fastest faller in Q1, after lapping his Williams in 1m 23.125s. Behind him the Lotus duo was again closely matched, with Jarno Trulli on 1m 24.674s and Heikki Kovalainen on 1m 24.748s. That was comfortably ahead of the Virgins, with Timo Glock on 1m 25.475s and Lucas di Grassi on 1m 25.556s. Karun Chandhok was again the faster HRT on 1m 26.750s, with Bruno Senna on 1m 27.122s.

The Virgins, however, each get a five-place grid penalty for the team’s failure to notify the FIA within two hours of second practice of the gear ratios the team chose for Saturday.

With all the penalties taken into account, Buemi will start 14th from Alguersuari, Liuzzi, Barrichello, Trulli, Petrov, Kovalainen, Chandhok, Senna, Glock and Di G

[Spork]

Why would I care about anyone except those who finished first and second? Annd then I only care about Vettel because he is Webber's team mate.

Anyway, I know you love to post up the post qualy write up.

[Zarkov]

When pole wins for 11 yrs in a row, it's time to move the race somewhere else.





FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPANA TELEFÓNICA 2010
Pos    No    Driver    Team    Laps    Time/Retired    Grid    Pts
1    6    Mark Webber    RBR-Renault    66    1:35:44.101    1    25
2    8    Fernando Alonso    Ferrari    66    +24.0 secs    4    18
3    5    Sebastian Vettel    RBR-Renault    66    +51.3 secs    2    15
4    3    Michael Schumacher    Mercedes GP    66    +62.1 secs    6    12
5    1    Jenson Button    McLaren-Mercedes    66    +63.7 secs    5    10
6    7    Felipe Massa    Ferrari    66    +65.7 secs    9    8
7    14    Adrian Sutil    Force India-Mercedes    66    +72.9 secs    11    6
8    11    Robert Kubica    Renault    66    +73.6 secs    7    4
9    9    Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth    65    +1 Lap    17    2
10    17    Jaime Alguersuari    STR-Ferrari    65    +1 Lap    15    1
11    12    Vitaly Petrov    Renault    65    +1 Lap    19    
12    23    Kamui Kobayashi    BMW Sauber-Ferrari    65    +1 Lap    10    
13    4    Nico Rosberg    Mercedes GP    65    +1 Lap    8    
14    2    Lewis Hamilton    McLaren-Mercedes    64    Accident    3    
15    15    Vitantonio Liuzzi    Force India-Mercedes    64    Technical    16    
16    10    Nico Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth    64    +2 Laps    13    
17    18    Jarno Trulli    Lotus-Cosworth    63    +3 Laps    18    
18    24    Timo Glock    Virgin-Cosworth    63    +3 Laps    22    
19    25    Lucas di Grassi    Virgin-Cosworth    62    +4 Laps    23    
Ret    16    Sebastien Buemi    STR-Ferrari    42    Hydraulics    14    
Ret    20    Karun Chandhok    HRT-Cosworth    27    Suspension    24    
Ret    22    Pedro de la Rosa    BMW Sauber-Ferrari    18    Puncture damage    12    
Ret    21    Bruno Senna    HRT-Cosworth    0    Accident

[Quasikomodo]

When pole wins for 11 yrs in a row, it's time to move the race somewhere else.

Or grab pole yourself if you are one of the protagonists!!

Nice to see Schumi moving up the field .... even if it was due in part to Hamiltons misfortune!

[Speakman]

Nice to see Schumi moving up the field .... even if it was due in part to Hamiltons misfortune!

two pluses imo


great to see webber taking an awesome win though.

[Zarkov]

FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2010
Pos    No    Driver    Team    Q1   Q2   Q3    Laps
1    6    Mark Webber    RBR-Renault    1:15.035   1:14.462   1:13.826    25
2    11    Robert Kubica    Renault    1:15.045   1:14.549   1:14.120    28
3    5    Sebastian Vettel    RBR-Renault    1:15.110   1:14.568   1:14.227    23
4    7    Felipe Massa    Ferrari    1:14.757   1:14.405   1:14.283    23
5    2    Lewis Hamilton    McLaren-Mercedes    1:15.676   1:14.527   1:14.432    31
6    4    Nico Rosberg    Mercedes GP    1:15.188   1:14.375   1:14.544    18
7    3    Michael Schumacher    Mercedes GP    1:15.649   1:14.691   1:14.590    23
8    1    Jenson Button    McLaren-Mercedes    1:15.623   1:15.150   1:14.637    28
9    9    Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth    1:15.590   1:15.083   1:14.901    29
10    15    Vitantonio Liuzzi    Force India-Mercedes    1:15.397   1:15.061   1:15.170    27
11    10    Nico Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth    1:16.030   1:15.317      19
12    14    Adrian Sutil    Force India-Mercedes    1:15.445   1:15.318      18
13    16    Sebastien Buemi    STR-Ferrari    1:15.961   1:15.413      21
14    12    Vitaly Petrov    Renault    1:15.482   1:15.576      19
15    22    Pedro de la Rosa    BMW Sauber-Ferrari    1:15.908   1:15.692      20
16    23    Kamui Kobayashi    BMW Sauber-Ferrari    1:16.175   1:15.992      21
17    17    Jaime Alguersuari    STR-Ferrari    1:16.021   1:16.176      20
18    19    Heikki Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth    1:17.094         11
19    18    Jarno Trulli    Lotus-Cosworth    1:17.134         12
20    24    Timo Glock    Virgin-Cosworth    1:17.377         12
21    25    Lucas di Grassi    Virgin-Cosworth    1:17.864         12
22    21    Bruno Senna    HRT-Cosworth    1:18.509         12
23    20    Karun Chandhok    HRT-Cosworth    1:19.559         14
24    8    Fernando Alonso    Ferrari    No time   

[Quasikomodo]

Good to see Webber on pole and Kubica second. That Renault chassis must be improving.
Apparently Alonso crashed his Ferrari in practice 3 and damaged the chassis so badly they couldn't repair it. Poor old Fernando!! And amazingly he blamed himself for the crash!!

[Spork]

Yea, felt a bit sorry for Alonso, as he was ripping it up in practice, then crashed, and couldn't qualify.

[Zarkov]

Damon der schweinhund.


Schumacher passed Alonso just as the safety car pulled in at the end of Lap 78. The FIA stewards, which included his old sparring partner Damon Hill, have deemed the German breached Article 40.13 of the Sporting Regulations, which states that “if the race ends whilst the safety car is deployed it will enter the pit lane at the end of the last lap and the cars will take the chequered flag as normal without overtaking."