kelli52
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Sebastian Vettel....2010 & 2011 F1 World Champion :)
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Post by kelli52 on Sept 23, 2011 18:57:18 GMT
I complete agree that Marina Bay is a circuit the drivers should be driving, none of these smooth, short tracks!! The more challenging the track, the better, and as its so long we might see some top drivers getting bored, overconfident and making mistakes.
As for Vettel winning the championship, I personally dont think he will as Alonso will be strong, but I think you'd be mad to bet against him winning the actual race this weekend.
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Post by r1ch91 on Sept 24, 2011 13:59:14 GMT
Webber keeps Red Bull on top in final practice in Singapore By Pablo Elizalde Saturday, September 24th 2011, 12:03 GMT
Mark Webber kept Red Bull on top of the times in final practice for the Singapore Grand Prix, as team-mate Sebastian Vettel had to settle for third place after finding traffic.
Webber's time of 1:46.081s put him just 0.027 seconds ahead of McLaren's Jenson Button, who bounced back following a difficult Friday.
Vettel, favourite for another pole position, had a low-key session and finished in third, over two tenths of a second behind Webber. The German, however, was hit by traffic during his best laps.
Fernando Alonso, a two-time winner in Singapore, put his Ferrari in fourth place, with Lewis Hamilton down in fifth place in the second McLaren. The Briton, however, was nearly a full second off the pace after damaging his car's floor when going over the kerbs during the final moments of the session.
Virgin's Jerome D'Ambrosio set the first time of the session after some 12 minutes, while all the other drivers settled for installation laps in the opening part of final practice.
Kamui Kobayashi moved to the top of the times some two minutes later, with the rest of the field starting to complete timed laps.
Button was the first of the frontrunners to complete a full lap, the Briton stopping the clock at 1m50.707s, the McLaren driver improving by over a second as he continued with his run. Button continued to stretch his gap for a few laps, posting a 1m48.412s that left him over 1.5 seconds clear of the field at the 30-minute mark.
Vettel shot to the top of the times with less than half the session to go, the world champion posting a 1m47.737s with the soft tyre compound. Alonso moved to second with a lap very much on the limit, the Spaniard having already survived a scare during his previous lap.
Vettel improved even further to stop the clock at 1m47.064s, with Michael Schumacher outpacing Alonso to jump up to second place with 20 minutes left.
Nico Rosberg was the first of the frontrunners to try the supersoft rubber, the German posting the second quickest time with around 12 minutes to go.
Despite brushing the wall, Alonso went quickest during his first run with the softer rubber, the Spaniard bettering Vettel's time by over six tenths of a second. Button was next to complete his super soft-tyre run, posting a 1m46.108s that put him on top.
The Briton was soon relegated, however, when Webber went quicker by 0.027s. Team-mate Vettel had to settle for third position in his first run with super softs after finding traffic during his lap. The world champion went for another run with the same set of tyres but decided to abort it in the end.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m46.081s 15 2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m46.108s + 0.027 17 3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m46.345s + 0.264 14 4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m46.396s + 0.315 14 5. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m46.936s + 0.855 20 6. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m47.831s + 1.750 14 7. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m47.837s + 1.756 12 8. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m48.711s + 2.630 12 9. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m49.057s + 2.976 15 10. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m49.304s + 3.223 16 11. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m49.583s + 3.502 17 12. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m49.679s + 3.598 18 13. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m49.816s + 3.735 18 14. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m49.851s + 3.770 17 15. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m50.189s + 4.108 15 16. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m50.229s + 4.148 15 17. Bruno Senna Renault 1m50.523s + 4.442 14 18. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m50.547s + 4.466 17 19. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m52.510s + 6.429 17 20. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m52.697s + 6.616 19 21. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1m53.728s + 7.647 17 22. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m53.823s + 7.742 18 23. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m53.829s + 7.748 16 24. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m55.203s + 9.122 17
All Timing Unofficial
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Post by r1ch91 on Sept 24, 2011 14:24:05 GMT
Petrov out in Q1, Renault don't look quick at all Q1 18th Petrov 19th Kovalainen 20th Trulli 21st Glock 22nd D'Ambrosio 23rd Ricciardo 24th Liuzzi Ricciardo beats Liuzzi again Liuzzi drops from 24th to ...24th with his Monza penalty lol Bruno saying Alguersuari blocked him
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Post by r1ch91 on Sept 24, 2011 14:33:13 GMT
Damn, Kobayashi off at that stupid chicane by the looks of it
Red Flag
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Post by r1ch91 on Sept 24, 2011 14:50:12 GMT
Out in Q2 11th Perez 12th Barrichello 13th Maldanado 14th Buemi 15th Senna 16th Alguersuari 17th Kobayashi Jaime over a second behind anyone
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Post by r1ch91 on Sept 24, 2011 15:02:05 GMT
ahh well another Vettel pole no doubt
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Post by r1ch91 on Sept 24, 2011 15:09:36 GMT
1st Vettel 2nd Webber 3rd Button 4th Hamilton 5th Alonso 6th Massa 7th Rosberg 8th Schumacher 9th Sutil 10th Di Resta
Bottom 3 didn't set a time
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Post by r1ch91 on Sept 24, 2011 15:57:57 GMT
Vettel flies to 11th pole of 2011 in Singapore By Matt Beer Saturday, September 24th 2011, 15:08 GMT
Sebastian Vettel edged a step closer to the 2011 world championship title as he delivered his 11th pole position of the season in Singapore, leading an all-Red Bull front row to keep the team's 100 per cent pole record for the year intact.
Having topped both Q1 and Q2 by half a second, Vettel carried the same margin through to the first runs of Q3, as he started the pole shoot-out with a 1m44.381s - while the McLarens and Ferraris were almost tripping over each other looking for clear space.
Vettel did not improve on his final run, but his team-mate Mark Webber could only get within 0.4s, so the German's pole was safe.
Jenson Button took third for McLaren, 0.005s ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who had picked up a puncture later in Q2 and only did one early run in Q3.
The best Ferrari could manage was fifth and sixth, ahead of Nico Rosberg's Mercedes, with Fernando Alonso a second quicker than Felipe Massa.
Force India got both cars into Q3 but chose not to run in the final segment, so fill row five. Michael Schumacher did not set a time either and starts eighth for Mercedes.
Renault's prediction of a very tough weekend came true as its drivers ended up fighting to escape from Q1. Bruno Senna was in the drop-zone before a mighty last lap got him up to 15th (where he would stay in Q2), but knocked his team-mate Vitaly Petrov down to an eliminated 18th, the Russian's time nearly a second slower than Senna's.
The Force Indias' last Q2 laps denied Sergio Perez a Q3 place and left him 11th. His Sauber team-mate Kamui Kobayashi caused a Q2 red flag when the aggressive approach he had taken to the Turn 10 chicane all weekend became rather too wild and he launched his car into the wall.
The Williams will start 12th and 13th, while the Toro Rossos qualified either side of Senna in 14th and 16th.
Heikki Kovalainen's initial Q3 run saw his Lotus ahead of Petrov and within a tenth of Buemi,though the Finn was cut adrift when he failed to improve on his last lap.
It was a similar story for HRT, which had both cars ahead of the Virgins going into the final Q1 runs, but ended up on the back row again as Timo Glock and Jerome D'Ambrosio improved. Tonio Liuzzi's five-place grid penalty for causing the Monza start mayhem will have no effect whatsoever as the Italian qualified slowest of all, 0.4s behind his Singapore debutant team-mate Daniel Ricciardo.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m44.381s 2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m44.732s + 0.351 3. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m44.804s + 0.423 4. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m44.809s + 0.428 5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m44.874s + 0.493 6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m45.800s + 1.419 7. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m46.013s + 1.632 8. Michael Schumacher Mercedes no time 9. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes no time 10. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes no time Q2 cut-off time: 1m47.486s Gap ** 11. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m47.616s + 2.685 12. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m48.082s + 3.151 13. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m48.270s + 3.339 14. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m48.634s + 3.703 15. Bruno Senna Renault 1m48.662s + 3.731 16. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m49.862s + 4.931 17. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari No time Q1 cut-off time: 1m49.588s Gap * 18. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m49.835s + 3.438 19. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m50.948s + 4.551 20. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m51.012s + 4.615 21. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m52.154s + 5.757 22. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m52.363s + 5.966 23. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1m52.404s + 6.007 24. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m52.810s + 6.413
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Post by Anna on Sept 24, 2011 17:38:42 GMT
1st Vettel 2nd Webber 3rd Button 4th Hamilton 5th Alonso 6th Massa 7th Rosberg 8th Schumacher 9th Sutil 10th Di Resta Bottom 3 didn't set a timeI read the bottom bit as Button didn't set a time don't know why.
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Amanda
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Post by Amanda on Sept 25, 2011 11:14:53 GMT
I'm here I rememebered to wake up today lol.
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Post by Anna on Sept 25, 2011 11:19:38 GMT
Hello there . EJ is blowing a load of gas already I'm going to post yesterdays photos in a moment ;D going to find the fashion show photos before I do .
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Post by r1ch91 on Sept 25, 2011 11:20:57 GMT
what's Eddie going on about? Red Bull will gain an advantage by winning the championship early and switching focus fully on 2012? but McLaren and Ferrari will do the same since they're secure in 2nd and 3rd
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Post by Anna on Sept 25, 2011 11:26:12 GMT
Rich does he ever make sense? Ferrari are already building a 2012 car, yeah they are focused for their drivers for 2011 but they are developing next years car. EJ is just an idiot.
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Amanda
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Post by Amanda on Sept 25, 2011 11:31:26 GMT
EJ says something I agree with. Well EJ STOP TALKING ABOUT IT!
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Post by Anna on Sept 25, 2011 11:35:40 GMT
Ohhh Jake, I love you. But you need to learn how to read things . F1 is not like golf. THAT is amazing. I never knew that lol .
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