Thread: Formula 1 2011 season, race by race

Woohoo season starts!
Fri prac been and gone. Red Bull, Maccas and Ferrari seem to be on pace straight away.
Adjustable rear wings are the big talking points also tyres.. seems they degrade a lot faster.
Tyres are color coded as well:


Wet - orange
Intermediate - light blue
Supersoft - red
Soft - yellow
Medium - white
Hard - silver

(silver and white? really who thought of that one)

OneHD streaming it on web in case your not in front of a tv.
Formula One Live Streaming One HD

Ridiculous colour coding.

Quali result.
The 107% rule has been introduced again so drives failing to get a 107% to the pole sitters time wont be racing.
Vettel on fire.. Webber needs to sort something out for the race as Lewis pipped him to get 2nd.
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m23.529s
2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m24.307s + 0.778s
3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m24.395s + 0.866s
4. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m24.779s + 1.250s
5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m24.974s + 1.445s
6. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m25.247s + 1.718s
7. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m25.421s + 1.892s
8. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m25.599s + 2.070s
9. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m25.626s + 2.097s
10. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m27.066s + 3.537s
Q2 cut-off time: 1m25.882s
11. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m25.971s
12. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m26.103s
13. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m26.108s
14. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m26.739s
15. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m26.768s
16. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m31.407s
17. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth
Q3 cut-off time: 1m27.222s
18. Nick Heidfeld Renault 1m27.239s
19. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m29.254s
20. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m29.342s
21. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m29.858s
22. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m30.822s
23. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m32.978s
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m34.2932

107% time: 1m31.266s

HRT would be piiiiissed.

Vettel is a cuntfreak. Freakcunt. Cruntfeak. Whatever. He's amazing... Such a prick (only because he's so much better than Webber). :/

Given how boring Melbourne normally is, I think we're in for a cracker of a season.

PS. can't wait to see Red Bull with KERS.

Really close fought qualifying between RB and Mclaren.
RB do have kers this race and it made the difference it seems.

One HD website streaming the race live if your in Darwin, as the One HD Darwin tv station still showing the races delayed by 30min. Baffling.

Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m34.870s
2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m34.974s + 0.104
3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m35.179s + 0.309
4. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m35.200s + 0.330
5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m35.802s + 0.932
6. Nick Heidfeld Renault 1m36.124s + 1.254
7. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m36.251s + 1.381
8. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m36.324s + 1.454
9. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m36.809s + 1.939
10. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m36.820s + 1.950
Q3 cut-off time: 1m36.811s Gap **
11. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m37.035s + 1.466
12. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m37.160s + 1.591
13. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m37.347s + 1.778
14. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m37.370s + 1.801
15. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m37.496s + 1.927
16. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m37.528s + 1.959
17. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m37.593s + 2.024
Q3 cut-off time: 1m38.163s Gap *
18. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m38.276s + 1.532
19. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m38.645s + 1.901
20. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m38.791s + 2.047
21. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m40.648s + 3.904
22. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m41.001s + 4.257
23. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m41.549s + 4.805
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m42.574s + 5.830

Closer racing this time with a lot of overtaking.
Webber lost kers at the start and got swamped but fought back to get 4th.

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

Classified:

Pos Driver Team Time
1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1h37:39.832
2. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 3.261
3. Heidfeld Renault + 25.075
4. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 26.384
5. Massa Ferrari + 36.958
6. Alonso Ferrari + 37.248
7. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 49.957
8. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1:07.239
9. Schumacher Mercedes + 1:24.896
10. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1:31.563
11. Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 1:45.000
12. Rosberg Mercedes + 1 lap
13. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap
14. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap
15. Kovalainen Lotus-Renault + 1 lap
16. Glock Virgin-Cosworth + 2 laps
17. Petrov Renault + 4 laps

Fastest lap: Webber, 1:40.571

Not classified/retirements:

Driver Team On lap
Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 47
D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 43
Trulli Lotus-Renault 32
Perez Sauber-Ferrari 24
Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 23
Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 15
Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 9

Highly entertaining race. Webber drove that car like a man possessed what a shame his Kers wasn't working. Red Bull need to sort that shit out.

Red Bulls looking good, no surprise there...lets hope that Webber can get onto the Podium this time.

sweet movie.
previously i didnt really enjoy F1 but the last 2 seasons has been far more competitive so im starting to get into it when i can work around the v8 races.