F1 2011

[Mintman]

New season starting soon!! (34 days 7 hours and 57 minutes to be precise!! ) Hoping for another intense season of close racing and drama. Here are a few bits of info to get ready...

Formula 1 entry list 2011

1 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull-Renault

2 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault

3 Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes

4 Jenson Button (GB) McLaren-Mercedes

5 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari

6 Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari

7 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes

8 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes

9 Robert Kubica (Pol) Renault

10 Vitaly Petrov (Rus) Renault

11 Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Williams-Cosworth

12 Pastor Maldonado (Ven) Williams-Cosworth

14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes

15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes

16 Kamui Kobayashi (Jpn) Sauber-Ferrari

17 Sergio Perez (Mex) Sauber-Ferrari

18 Sebastian Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari

19 Jaime Alguersauri Toro Rosso-Ferrari

20 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Lotus-Renault

21 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) Lotus-Renault

22 Narain Karthikeyan (Ind) Hispania-Cosworth

23 TBC Hispania-Cosworth

24 Timo Glock (Ger) Virgin-Cosworth

25 Jerome D'Ambrosio (Bel) Virgin-Cosworth

Race Calendar

01
BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX (Sakhir) 11 - 13 Mar

02
AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne) 25 - 27 Mar

03
MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur) 08 - 10 Apr

04
CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai) * 15 - 17 Apr

05
TURKISH GRAND PRIX (Istanbul) 06 - 08 May

06
SPANISH GRAND PRIX (Catalunya) 20 - 22 May

07
MONACO GRAND PRIX(Monte Carlo) 26 - 29 May

08
CANADIAN GRAND PRIX (Montreal) 10 - 12 Jun

09
GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE (Valencia) 24 - 26 Jun

10
BRITISH GRAND PRIX (Silverstone) 08 - 10 Jul

11
GERMAN GRAND PRIX (Nürburgring) 22 - 24 Jul

12
HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX (Budapest) 29 - 31 Jul

13
BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Spa-Francorchamps) 26 - 28 Aug

14
ITALIAN GRAND PRIX 2011 (Monza) 09 - 11 Sep

15
SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Singapore) 23 - 25 Sep

16
JAPANESE GRAND PRIX (Suzuka) 07 - 09 Oct

17
KOREAN GRAND PRIX (Yeongam) 14 - 16 Oct

18
GRAND PRIX OF INDIA (New Delhi) * 28 - 30 Oct

19
ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX (Yas Marina Circuit) 11 - 13 Nov

20
BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX (Sao Paulo) 25 - 27 Nov


* Subject to circuit approval

[Mintman]

20 races this season!! It sure is one hell of a long season this year!! Really looking forward to it though.

[bluenosey]

Was going to start an F1 chit chat thread but hadn't quite got round to it....yet. Would save doing a separate thread for each GP or people posting about the GP's on Murf's predictions. Great to see Di Resta land a drive - and a decent one at that Also, first Venezuelan in F1 since Jonny Cecotto - anyone remember him ? Smashed both legs in a Toleman (at Brands I think) back in 84 after inpressing for Theodore but then it couldn't be easy having one A Senna da Silva as a team mate.

Wonder if the Lotus naming row has been sorted ? There was a Team Lotus and a Lotus Racing at one point Wll have to see what has happened to this...

[murf]

...... or people posting about the GP's on Murf's predictions..

Just to let you know the predictions will be back

[Mintman]

Good stuff murf!! Looking forward to it already!!

[murf]

Good stuff murf!! Looking forward to it already!!

I had to really resist looking at this week's testing times in too much depth or I'd have set a top 10 in my head and would be too inflexible for developments from later testing.

Every year I say I'll get into a proper fantasy F1 comp but I never like any I try (dodgy point systems mostly) so don't stick with them.

[murf]

Kubica - bad crash in a rally. Earlier described as 'serious injuries', now confirmed as broken arm and leg. More news to come.


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[TheTon]

I lost a bit of interest in this last season, as my job meant i could never watch any of the races

Looking forward to sky+ saving me this time around

[Mystery]

Kubica - bad crash in a rally. Earlier described as 'serious injuries', now confirmed as broken arm and leg. More news to come.


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There are rumours - I stress that, RUMOURS - of Armco going into the cockpit and consideration of whether a hand needed amputation. Next update from doctors around 4pm.

[murf]

Nick Heidfeld - confirmed as Kubica's replacement for the 'foreseeable future'.

There is still a little doubt over the opening GP in Bahrain because of the 'unrest' there. They've cancelled a GP2 Asia practice today as all the medical staff were ordered to the hospitals. [EDIT - and now cancelled the whole meeting]BBC story

[murf]

Photomontage of expected Bahrain GP grid:



Looking more likely that the F1 testing in Bahrain will be postponed (today?) with the GP to follow?????

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 402871.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

EDIT - A bit earlier than expected the whole GP is called off!

The season should now start two weeks later - Oz GP 25-27 March

[bluenosey]

Testing times from Barcelona :-

Day two results, fourth pre-season test at the Circuit de Catalunya:
1. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull-Renault 1:21.865
2. Sebastien Buemi (Swi) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:22.396
3. Vitaly Petrov (Rus) Renault 1:22.670
4. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.888
5. Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari 1:23.324
6. Paul di Resta (GB) Force India-Mercedes 1:24.334
7. Kamui Kobayashi (Jpn) Sauber-Ferrari 1:24.436
8. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes 1:25.807
9. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Lotus-Renault 1:26.090
10. Pastor Maldonado (Ven) Williams-Cosworth 1:26.989
11. Jerome D'Ambrosio (Bel) Virgin-Cosworth 1:28.982

Vettel's time looking ominous for the rest, Hamilton complaining of reliability issues and Toro Rosso continue to impress.

[murf]

...... or people posting about the GP's on Murf's predictions..

Just to let you know the predictions will be back

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