Formula 1 2012

[itcouldbeme]

Whilst waiting for a possibly pivotable Korea, I was digging around and found this to be inspirational...

I'm sure you all have seen it, but I think it's worth a redo... (Turn it up at 0:30... Then again at 1:15...) :drool2:

 

[TheAdmiral]

Monisha Kaltenborn has taken over as Sauber team principal from Peter Sauber with immediate effect.

http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/91362.html

 

[TheAdmiral]

Results of P1:

1) Lewis Hamilton - 1:39.148
2) Fernando Alonso - 1:39.450
3) Mark Webber - 1:39.575
4) Felipe Massa - 1:39.854
5) Sebastian Vettel - 1:40.088
6) Michael Schumacher - 1:40.221
7) Nico Rosberg - 1:40.396
8) Romain Grosjean - 1:40.422
9) Paul di Resta - 1:40.440
10) Jenson Button - 1:40.480

 

[TheAdmiral]

Results of P2:

1) Sebastian Vettel - 1:38.832
2) Mark Webber - 1:38.864
3) Fernando Alonso - 1:39.160
4) Jenson Button - 1:39.219
5) Michael Schumacher - 1:39.330
6) Felipe Massa - 1:39.422
7) Nico Rosberg - 1:39.584
8) Lewis Hamilton - 1:39.717
9) Nico Hulkenberg - 1:39.739
10) Kimi Raikkonen - 1:39.839

 

[TheAdmiral]

Results of P3:

1) Sebastian Vettel - 1:37.642
2) Lewis Hamilton - 1:38.169
3) Jenson Button - 1:38.511
4) Romain Grosjean - 1:38.582
5) Kimi Raikkonen - 1:38.666
6) Fernando Alonso - 1:38.705
7) Mark Webber - 1:38.766
8) Felipe Massa - 1:38.791
9) Pastor Maldonado - 1:38.833
10) Nico Hulkenberg - 1:38.932

 

[TheAdmiral]

Results of qualifying:

Q1 Fastest Lap:
Sebastian Vettel (1:38.208)

Q2 Fastest Lap:
Sebastian Vettel (1:37.767)

Q3 Fastest Lap:
Mark Webber (1:37.242)

1) Mark Webber
2) Sebastian Vettel
3) Lewis Hamilton
4) Fernando Alonso
5) Kimi Raikkonen
6) Felipe Massa
7) Romain Grosjean
8) Nico Hulkenberg
9) Nico Rosberg
10) Michael Schmacher

 

[Smallville22]

Vettel wins in Korea to take championship lead

World champion Sebastian Vettel won the Korean Grand Prix in a Red Bull one-two finish to take the overall Formula One lead from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso with four races remaining.
Vettel's third win in a row, fourth of the season and 25th of his career, left him on 215 points with third-placed Alonso now on 209.

 

[Rey C.]

A good look at the money in F1:

The numbers change each year, based on the revenues generated, but in 2011 the teams divided a prize fund of close to $700 million between them. eek

Ferrari has a special deal at the moment that means that the Italian team takes two and a half percent of the prize money straight off the top, which means that it got $17.5 million in 2011, leaving the prize fund with $682.5 million.

This money was then divided into two equal payment schedules, each worth $341.25 million.

The first fund was divided equally between the top 10 teams, giving them each $34 million.

The second fund was divided up based on performance, with the winning team in the Constructors’ Championship getting 19 percent and the other nine teams taking percentages of 16, 13 11, 10, nine, seven, six, five and four. The 11th and 12th teams get $30m apiece and fewer benefits so the fight for 10th place is particularly fraught. But what is it really worth?

With the numbers we have above, one can calculate with reasonable accuracy the prize money that was paid out last year. First place would have paid $64.8m, plus the $34m share, giving Red Bull Racing a total of $98.8m in prize money. Second place (McLaren) would have been worth $54.6 plus $34m, giving $88.6m; while third-placed Ferrari ended up with $95.8 million (more than McLaren) because third place would have been worth $78.3m plus the team’s special payment of $17.5m.

Fourth place was worth $71.5m; fifth $68.1m; sixth $64.7; seventh $57.8; eighth $54.4; ninth $51m and 10th $47.6m.

From these figures one can extrapolate the value of each place gained in the Constructors’ Championship, so one can ascertain the difference between first and second at $10.2m; second and third $10.3; third and fourth $6.8m; fourth and fifth $3.4m; fifth and sixth $3.4m; sixth and seventh $6.9m; seventh and eighth $3.4m; eighth and ninth $3.5m; and ninth and 10th $3.4m. The reason the little teams get so excited about being 10th is because there is a difference of $17.6 million between the two places.

 

[Rey C.]

Formula 1 is leaving Speed Channel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, time to look into anger management classes... again! Muthafucking fuck fuck, fuckity, fuck fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :hairpull: :angrymob:

F1 and Speed channel splitting after this season

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The cable sports channel Speed will no longer air Formula One races after this season, ending a 17- year partnership.

Fox Sports Media Group, which owns Speed, confirmed Friday that the partnership will end after this season. The network indicated it was outbid for the U.S. broadcast rights.

F1 was in talks with NBC Sports Group for U.S. broadcast rights, according to two people familiar with the negotiations who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because there was no official announcement.

It's not clear what NBC Sports would do with F1. (Insert: They're going to shit on it and fuck it all to hell! What the fuck do you think they're going to do with it, dumbass?!)

The departure of F1 comes as Fox Sports moves closer to rebranding its motorsports network into a broad-based national sports network. Fox has not commented on the rebranded channel, expected to be called Fox Sports 1, but it is expected to be heavily utilized in the eight-year television contract announced earlier this month with Major League Baseball.(Insert: How many fucking sports channels does the world need for stick & ball sports?! Don't they already have 200-300???!!!)

Speed partnered with F1 in 1996 in the network's first full season on the air. Speed moved to live coverage in 1997, and has expanded to live coverage of qualifying and practice sessions of the most popular motorsports series in the world. (Insert: F1 partnered with Speedvision in 1996. Once Fox took over and rebranded it Speed Channel, it's been going to shit ever since! Except for F1, GP2 and Grand-Am, it's mostly just a bunch of stupid ass reality shows about wreck truck drivers and other assorted morons and loads of NASCAR chat shows.)

Broadcasting from a studio in Charlotte, the booth of Bob Varsha, Steve Matchett and David Hobbs is considered by many fans to be the best in motorsports. (Insert: Ya damn right, they are!!!)The excitable trio breathes excitement into often single-file racing, and closely follows storylines and strategy despite being halfway around the world from most of the tracks.

 

[TheAdmiral]

 

[itcouldbeme]

^^ Pretty fucking cool...

I've never watched Sky's coverage, looks like I oughta give it a look...

 

[TheAdmiral]

Abu Dhabi - Medium, Soft

The Abu Dhabi race is run in the late afternoon and evening, with falling temperatures. And although the lap takes in a wide variety of speeds and corners, the track surface is quite smooth and degradation is not excessive, which makes the medium and soft tyres the perfect choice.

USA - Medium, Hard

The simulation data established by Pirelli’s engineers over the summer has indicated that the hard and medium tyres will be best-suited to the varying demands of the all-new Circuit of The Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas. With high energy loads and temperatures expected, the Italian manufacturer believes this ‘relatively conservative’ choice will cover all possibilities.

Brazil - Medium, Hard

The Interlagos circuit, meanwhile, is well known for the demands it places on tyres, with big elevation changes and high-speed corners. The hard and medium compound combination has already been used in Malaysia, Belgium and Italy so far this season.

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/10/13931.html

 

[FreeOnes_Anders]

^^ Pretty fucking cool...

I've never watched Sky's coverage, looks like I oughta give it a look...

Dont bother, Sky angers me to the point of homicide.

Brundle is a great commentator... his partner... not so much.
Half of the time he says the wrong name.
As an example, he mistook Di Resta for Button when Paul was in the pits. How the hell do you do that? Its a Force India car, white, orange and green, not the sleek silver McLaren...

 

[larss]

Dont bother, Sky angers me to the point of homicide.

Brundle is a great commentator... his partner... not so much.
Half of the time he says the wrong name.
As an example, he mistook Di Resta for Button when Paul was in the pits. How the hell do you do that? Its a Force India car, white, orange and green, not the sleek silver McLaren...

But the choice is that or DC with Eddie Jordan (on the odd occasion that the BBC are showing it). I would go with Sky and Brundle over BBC and having to watch Eddie pontificate.

 

[FreeOnes_Anders]

But the choice is that or DC with Eddie Jordan (on the odd occasion that the BBC are showing it). I would go with Sky and Brundle over BBC and having to watch Eddie pontificate.

All you need to do to skip that is not watch the pre-show.

DC commentates together with Ben Edwards, and while he´s no Brundle he´s a hell of a lot better than David "I dont know who´s sitting in which car" Croft.

 

[ArsErotika]

As good as Brundle is (especially regarding a longer span of F1 history), I prefer DC myself for his technical familiarity (he seems more attuned to this era of cars and drivers). Too bad for the split. They were a solid commentating team last year.

 

[larss]

Bring back Murray!

 

[TheAdmiral]

No go for New Jersey!

The inaugural Grand Prix of America, scheduled to be held in New Jersey in 2013, has been shelved for a year over ongoing construction delays.

There are also concerns remaining over funding the project and Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said he had reached the end of the road in terms of waiting for organisers to get things sorted out at their end.

http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1...naugural-New-Jersey-Grand-Prix-in-2013-is-off

Lotus will have the honour of being the first F1 team to take to the new Circuit of the Americas (COTA) this weekend when the track in Austin, Texas launches ahead of November's’s 2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix.

American racing legend and COTA Ambassador Mario Andretti, actor Patrick Dempsey and Lotus’s third driver Jerome D’Ambrosio will all complete demonstration runs behind the wheel of the team’s 2010 F1 challenger, the R30, during the circuit’s Official Opening Ceremony on Sunday October 21.

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/10/13939.html

 

[Rey C.]

Too bad for Jersey, but I saw it as just another street racing money grab on Bernie's part. Even though there is a great deal of distance between it and Austin, New Jersey is close enough to Montreal that I didn't see how this race was necessary - especially not here in North America, where F1 isn't nearly as popular as it is in Europe, Asia and South America. The COTA circuit seems more promising and interesting, IMO. I really hope to attend that one next year. But I have no future plans to attend a New Jersey GP, even if they do manage to cobble it back together.

Going by this, the Jersey circuit might not be as big of a joke street circuit as I predicted. But it's still not close to what they've got in Austin with that dedicated circuit. The Austin COTA track is what F1 needs more of, IMO.

vs.

 

[TheAdmiral]