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The Formula 1 2011 Season of Double World Champion Sebastian Vettel |OT2|
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Salacious Crumb
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BOOM 14th of the year.
Last across the line again.
Last across the line again.
RukusProvider
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God damn! the boy is fast! 
Amazing job Seb. The McLaren boys look deflated.
Amazing job Seb. The McLaren boys look deflated.
Salacious Crumb
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I'm pretty sure Vettel is taking the piss with these long answers now.
Gareth Bale
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Someone of my facebook just asked why Vettel isn't wearing a poppy...
Gareth Bale
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I didn't realise Hamilton's Q2 was good enough for pole.
Salacious Crumb
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Great shot of vettel looking up at the timing thing when he crosses the line on the BBC. It's good to see this stuff still really matters to him despite the fact that hes already got the championship.
S. L. said:
For Rememberance Day - To remeber those in the armed forces who have died.
Mainly from World War 1 & 2 - so not really appropriate for germans to wear them..
RukusProvider
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navanman said:
As soon as they start hosting the "shoulda coulda woulda" championship, I'm sure Hamilton will break all records.
Pizza Luigi
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I love the Movember gestures!
Formula 1's second longest straight returns for its third year this season. The prominent feature of the Hermann Tilke desgined track, this circuit also features the first hotel ever built into a track, an underground pit exit, and a sunset race all built on a man-made island. Despite the large concrete runnoffs, this circuit is reminiscent of street circuits of the past due to its gridlike sectors, which is odd given that more room was made into the earth to accomodate the venue.
2010 Race Summary
Vettel retained his pole position lead into the first corner, followed by Hamilton, with Button moving into third after Alonso made a slow start. At turn six, Schumacher tried to pass team-mate Rosberg around the outside, while battling for eighth position. Rosberg spun Schumacher's Mercedes, which meant he faced the rest of the oncoming field on track and was collected by Liuzzi, causing both drivers to retire on the spot and the safety car to be deployed. In order to aid any losses that a pit stop may have cost under normal racing conditions, six drivers Rosberg, Petrov, Jaime Alguersuari, Bruno Senna, Lucas di Grassi and Christian Klien made pit stops at the end of lap one, and rejoined the circuit between 17th and 22nd. Racing resumed at the end of lap five when the safety car pulled into the pit-lane. The top five remained static until the end of lap eleven.
Webber who brushed the armco with the right-hand side of his car three laps previously pitted after struggling for grip on the super-soft, option tyres. He rejoined the circuit 16th, and behind the early-stopping trio of Rosberg, Petrov and Alguersuari. Four laps later, Alonso also brushed the Turn 19 barrier before pitting. He rejoined just in front of Webber, who had moved up the field steadily, and was running 13th and set the race's fastest lap at the time by the time Alonso pitted. With Vettel and Hamilton still setting quicker lap times than their championship rivals, despite being on heavily-worn option tyres compared to the fresher, hard tyres of Alonso and Webber. That pairing caught up with Petrov towards the end of lap 18, a battle that would go on until the race's conclusion, with the Renault driver having already stopped for tyres. Five laps later, Alonso tried to overtake Petrov under braking for Turn 11 but had to back out of the manoeuvre, narrowly avoiding the back of the Renault. On the same lap, Hamilton pitted from second place. Vettel pitted from the lead on the next lap, and rejoined the circuit comfortably ahead of Hamilton, but in second place behind Button, who had still to stop on track. Hamilton had filtered back into the race in fifth position, behind Kubica and Kobayashi who were running similar strategies to Button out front. After passing Kobayashi, Hamilton closed in behind Kubica but found it hard to pass the Renault, akin to what Alonso had been suffering behind Petrov. Despite having nearly 40 laps on the harder tyre, Kubica's pace was still of a substantial level to hold off the advances of Hamilton.
Button pitted on lap 39 to release Vettel back into the lead, holding a lead of nearly twelve seconds over Kubica. Button rejoined in fourth place behind Kubica and Hamilton, with Kubica ever increasing his margin over Petrov and Alonso, who were running inside the points again in seventh and eighth respectively. Kubica finally pitted on lap 46 from second place, and came back on track in sixth place, crucially ahead of team-mate Petrov, Alonso and Webber; the latter pair seeing their championship chances dwindling with every passing lap. In clean air, Hamilton set the race's fastest lap on lap 47 1:41.274 as he closed slightly on Vettel. No further passing attempts were made on track, and thus, Vettel led the race to the end, to take his fifth win of the season. The McLarens of Hamilton and Button completed the podium ahead of Rosberg, the Renaults of Kubica and Petrov, Alonso and Webber. Rounding out the points were Alguersuari and Massa, the Ferrari driver having never got ahead of his rival in 40 laps of battling. With the poor results of Alonso and Webber, Vettel claimed the championship to become the youngest Championship winner in the sport and became the first driver to simultaneously lead the championship for the first time, and as a result win the championship since James Hunt in 1976. His championship-winning margin was four points over Alonso, with Webber a further ten points behind in third.
Circuit Info
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Laps
55
Circuit length5.554 km (3.451 mi)
Race length305.470 km (189.810 mi)
Lap RecordLewis Hamilton - McLaren - 1:41.274
Most Wins (Drivers)Sebastian Vettel (2)
Most Wins (Constructors)Red Bull Racing (2)
Changes from 2010
-No notable changes
GP Facts
-The 499-room Yas Viceroy Hotel is the first hotel ever built over a new Formula One circuit. It is lit by 5389 pivoting LED panes, capable of changing their colour.
-The 24 points scored by McLaren at the Indian GP secured it second place in the 2011 constructors championship, behind Red Bull Racing, with 442 points to date. McLaren has not won the constructors title since 1998, despite having finished in runner-up spot in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008 and 2010, and in third place in 2002, 2003, 2006, and 2009. Only once since 1998 has McLaren failed to win a grand prix in a season: 2006.
-The main straight at the Yas Marina Circuit is the second longest in Formula One, at 1140m some 30m shorter than the main straight at Shanghai International Circuit (1170m), but ahead of Italys Monza (1120m), Indias Buddh International Circuit (1060m) and the Korea International Circuit (1050m).
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