F 1......START YOUR ENGINES

With all the technology available how the fark do you run out of fuel....:S

gregbucks Wrote:

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> With all the technology available how the fark do
> you run out of fuel....:S

Jip, have to agree. There is some bad mistakes being made by members of top teams. Look what happened to Schumacher in the last 2 races? Hope Alonso can pull it off in front of his home crowd.

Pastor Maldonado was the hero of Barcelona on Sunday afternoon. The Venezuelan’s speed in his Williams FW34 came out of left field on Saturday, and in the race he became the fifth different winner this season and the seventh in seven races when he steered it to the British team’s first victory since Brazil 2004.


So a remarkable race with the fairy tale ending that Alonso denied Sauber in Malaysia provided a superb present for Sir Frank Williams only days after his 70th birthday.

It moves Alonso to joint first place in the drivers' championship with Vettel, both with 61 points, but with the German stays ahead on count back. Hamilton’s great damage limitation run keeps him in play with 53 with Raikkonen on 49, Webber 48, Button 45, Rosberg 41, Grosjean 35, Maldonado 29 and Perez 22. In the constructors’ stakes Red Bull have 109 to McLaren’s 98, Lotus’s 84, Ferrari’s 63, Mercedes and Williams on 43 apiece and Sauber on 41.

It was a tremendous day for Maldonado, who has come in for criticism in the past for some of his driving, but he never put a wheel wrong and thoroughly deserved a racer’s win. Small wonder that on the podium Alonso and Raikkonen hoisted him on to their shoulders to help him celebrate a fantastic triumph.

Monaco.....can't wait


Michael Schumacher showed that his old Monegasque fire still burns by pipping Mark Webber for pole position here in Monaco on Saturday afternoon, but the Australian had the last laugh as the German had to take a five-place grid penalty for his indiscretion in Spain.

Webber had just redefined the ante in Q3 with 1m 14.381s in his Red Bull when Schumacher roared home in 1m 14.301s for Mercedes.

Behind them, Nico Rosberg underlined the speed of the silver arrows with 1m 14.448s, while Lewis Hamilton was fourth on 1m 14.583s for McLaren. Romain Grosjean, who has shown flashes of great speed all weekend, was fifth for Lotus on 1m 14.639s, ahead of the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa on 1m 14.948s and 1m 15.049s.

Schumacher’s penalty reshuffles the top six as Webber, Rosberg; Hamilton, Grosjean; Alonso, Schumacher.

Will definitely try and watch.

Well done Mark Webber....6 races and 6 different winners, Mercedes showing signs of maybe winning a race or 2.....did not like him in the beginning, but Alonso looks like a great driver. Still hoping for a Schumi win(tu)

Sebastian Vettel took a superb pole position in Montreal on Saturday despite a heroic last-lap effort from Lewis Hamilton which took the McLaren within millimetres of the wall on the exit to the final corner.


FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2012
Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:14.661 1:14.187 1:13.784 16
2 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:14.891 1:14.371 1:14.087 22
3 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:14.916 1:14.314 1:14.151 23
4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:14.956 1:14.479 1:14.346 19
5 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:15.098 1:14.568 1:14.411 25
6 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.194 1:14.641 1:14.465 24
7 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:15.163 1:14.627 1:14.645 28
8 11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:15.019 1:14.639 1:14.705 22
9 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:14.892 1:14.480 1:14.812 18
10 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:14.799 1:14.680 1:15.182 24
11 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:15.101 1:14.688 21
12 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:14.995 1:14.734 22
13 12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:15.106 1:14.748 18
14 16 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:15.552 1:15.078 21
15 15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:15.326 1:15.156 21
16 19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1:14.995 1:15.170 20
17 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:14.979 1:15.231 21
18 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:16.263 12
19 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1:16.482 10
20 17 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:16.602 12
21 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:17.492 8
22 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:17.901 10
23 25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:18.255 9
24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:18.330 9
Q1 107% Time 1:19.887

And you say football is boring....

Massa for me this time round.

gregbucks Wrote:

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> And you say football is boring....


No Greg,F! racing is a real sport:D

Hoender, I think Massa will be on the podium. Drove well all weekend, but did screw up Shumi's chance in qualifying:X

What a race.....12 laps to go....Go Alonso, Hamilton, Vettel

Well done Lewis Hamilton. 7 races in 2012......7th different winner this year.Great stuff(tu)