November 2011
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August 2011
3 posts
Qualifying - Vettel beats Hamilton to Spa pole
A dramatic Q3 qualifying session saw Sebastian Vettel snatch pole position from Lewis Hamilton in the dying moments, as the Red Bull driver improved Hamilton’s pacesetting time for McLaren of 1m 48.730s to 1m 48.298s. Mark Webber made it a strong day for the Milton Keynes team with 1m 49.376s for third place. Felipe Massa sprung a surprise by qualifying his Ferrari fourth on 1m 50.256s, but team...
Stoner sealed pole position for the Red Bull...
Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda) has yet to finish on the podium in two career starts at the Red Bull Indianapolis GP, but his new pole position record of 1’38.850 indicates that may soon be changing. The Australian will start from pole position for the seventh time in the 2011 season.
Ben Spies (Yamaha Factory Racing) who started from pole least year, qualified second behind Stoner with...
July 2011
2 posts
Jorge Lorenzo completed day one of the Red Bull US...
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Last year’s Laguna Seca race winner Jorge Lorenzo put in an remarkable run in the second free practice, leading the times with consistent laps from the early part of the session until ending on the top of the field with a time of 1’22.056, one tenth of a second quicker than the 2009 race winner Dani Pedrosa and four tenths faster than his own time set in FP1.
Third place in the...
Friday practice - selected team and driver quotes
Mercifully for the neutral fan, Ferrari seemed to have lost none of their Silverstone pace on Friday, as they battled it out with Red Bull for top honours in the two opening practice sessions in Germany. The track was cool and the skies were largely grey, but there was still plenty of action to talk about. The drivers and senior team personnel report on day one at the Nurburgring…
Red Bull
Mark...
June 2011
9 posts
Race - selected team & driver quotes
We may have had two DRS zones and enough sun to test Pirelli’s soft and medium compounds to the max, but nothing stopped pole sitter Sebastian Vettel sailing to a dominant win in Valencia on Sunday. With every driver making it past the finishing line behind him, there was much to discuss. All 24 - and senior team personnel - review their European weekends… Red Bull Sebastian Vettel (1st)...
Europe analysis - Ferrari beaten but bullish
Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull may have won in Valencia, but the ever-improving Ferraris kept them honest throughout, allowing an upbeat Fernando Alonso to pounce when Mark Webber hit trouble and take a well-deserved second place in front of a delighted home crowd. It was a great day too for the other Spaniard on the grid, also Ferrari-powered, Jaime Alguersuari. The Toro Rosso driver made...
McLaren MP4-26 - new front wing
McLaren have brought a new front wing to Valencia, based on the one they introduced at the Spanish race back in May. The new version (top drawing) features a different endplate with two vertical, external openings (1). Also visible is a third vertical slot (2) positioned on the inside of the endplate. Another feature to note is the upper flaps (3), which are shaped differently and mounted closer...
Toro Rosso STR6 - new exhaust
The Toro Rosso has undergone a lot of changes ahead of the European round. There are different sidepods, which are taller, and different radiators. There are also new exhausts, which are no longer unique in shape but similar to the ones on the Red Bull, with a long and flat section in front of the rear tyres. (by www.formula1.com)
Lewis Hamilton Q&A: Victory is possible if our...
After two of the toughest races of his career, McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton arrived in Valencia for this weekend’s European round hoping for a fresh start. And although the Red Bulls managed to maintain their stranglehold on the front row, Hamilton was pleased to secure third on the grid. He discusses his chances… Q: Lewis, you will start from third on the grid. How do you feel? Lewis...
Paddock Postcard from Valencia
This weekend’s European round may be the third street race in succession, but the industrial chic of host city Valencia certainly has a very different flavour to the lushness of Montreal’s Ile Notre-Dame and the old-world glamour of Monte Carlo. Situated in the recently-revamped marina area, and with garages located in old fish warehouses, the Spanish track has a very distinctive vibe. In ...
Qualifying - Vettel on pole as Red Bull dominate
Sebastian Vettel needed only one hot lap in the final qualifying to secure his seventh pole position of the season for Red Bull in Valencia. Just after Lewis Hamilton had lapped his McLaren in 1m 37.380s to set the Q3 pace after the first runs, Vettel replied with 1m 36.975s, and that was it. Job done. When Hamilton failed to improve on his second try, he was pushed off the front row when...
Jorge Lorenzo expressed his frustration at the...
Jorge Lorenzo vented his anger at Marco Simoncelli following the Iveco TT Assen on Saturday, in which the Italian rider collected the reigning World Champion in an opening-lap crash. The pair were both able to remount their bikes, Lorenzo finishing sixth and Simoncelli ninth, but the Yamaha Factory Racing rider’s frustration was evident after the race.
“You saw what happened on the first lap...
Yamaha Factory Racing’s Ben Spies took his first...
American Ben Spies, who was edged out of pole position by Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini Team), rode a perfect race to cross the line 7.697s ahead of Casey Stoner in second place. The Texan had a good start, allowing him to narrowly avoid the drama of the first lap, when pole starter Italian Simoncelli took out Spies’ team mate Jorge Lorenzo in the third corner. Simoncelli had...
