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The Formula 1 2013 Season |OT| End of the Webber Era
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Psychotext
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PdotMichael
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Alonso should step up his saturday performance for next year.
Psychotext
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He's lucky in that Raikkonen isn't really known for crushing qualifying either.
Psychotext
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I reckon Merc have this. Maybe Rosberg to surprise us.
Psychotext
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Wow, and not even outside the lines.
Edit - Why am I the only one posting?
Edit - Why am I the only one posting?
Psychotext
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I wonder if the next set of laps will be slower, what with the cooling temps.
Thanks !
Psychotext
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Fair play, well done Webber.
PdotMichael
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I guess today was number 2 day.
Goldrusher
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This is surprisingly accurate.
PdotMichael
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You know something is wrong if Mark's fans can't enjoy a clean pole anymore.
If Kimi's floor deflection test fail is like it was in Hungary for Grosjean, he should be OK.
Damage caused by the kerbs.
Hamilton's car spun out because the rear wishbone broke, possibly damaged by the kerbs too. They think they can fix it during parc ferme.
Damage caused by the kerbs.
Hamilton's car spun out because the rear wishbone broke, possibly damaged by the kerbs too. They think they can fix it during parc ferme.
Mastah
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360 spin and then continues racing. Heh.
Sainz was excluded from tomorrow's race for this move. He has done it twice this year, previously at Spa to Harvey. I can't believe some people wanted him in F1 based only on his times in testing back in July at Silverstone. Maybe he's fast, but Kvyat is faster and he's not pulling off such idiotic moves like The Surname.
Kimi excluded from qualifying:
2012 Race Summary
At the start of the parade lap, Pedro de la Rosa stalled on the grid in his HRT which caused him to have to start from the pits behind Sebastian Vettel. When the race began, Hamilton led into the first corner, while Kimi Räikkönen passed Mark Webber and Pastor Maldonado to take 2nd. Contact between Bruno Senna and Nico Hülkenberg caused the Force India driver to retire from the race. During the first lap, Fernando Alonso overtook both Button and Webber. Briefly, Hamilton allowed Räikkönen to challenge him for the lead on the straight between turns 10 and 11 as he went off the track, but Hamilton stayed ahead. While this was happening, Vettel took some slight damage to his front wing as he had made contact with Senna while attempting to overtake.
On Lap 5, Romain Grosjean made a move on Nico Rosberg at Turns 8 and 9, but ended up with a puncture on the right front which made contact with Rosberg's front wing. Both drivers had to pit - Grosjean for a set of tyres and Rosberg for a new nosecone.
Four laps later, on Lap 9, Rosberg and Narain Karthikeyan were involved in a collision. Karthikeyan braked due to a steering problem, causing Rosberg who was right behind him to crash into him, bringing both out of the race but unharmed, and sending out the safety car. During the safety car period, when Daniel Ricciardo was weaving and braking, Sebastian Vettel was unaware, and he swerved to avoid the Toro Rosso and hit the DRS board at the side of the track, causing more damage to his front wing. Red Bull soon gave the instruction to fit a new front wing on Vettel's car, along with a set of soft tyres.
On Lap 20, the race leader Lewis Hamilton slowed to a halt as a technical issue with his McLaren put him out of the race. Kimi Räikkönen inherited the lead as a result. No safety car was required as he had parked his car in a safe position. On the next lap, Fernando Alonso managed to overtake Pastor Maldonado with the assistance of DRS. On lap 23, while attempting the same move on Pastor Maldonado, Mark Webber made contact with the Williams, causing him to spin and lose places to Button, Felipe Massa and Sergio Pérez, dropping from fourth to seventh. By this time, Sebastian Vettel had fought his way up to tenth place. Lap 24 saw Jenson Button pass Pastor Maldonado for third. By lap 31, Vettel was up into second, about twenty seconds behind Kimi Räikkönen, and his subsequent pit stop on lap 37 put him down to fourth.
Drama continued on lap 38 as Paul di Resta and Sergio Pérez tried to overtake Romain Grosjean. Pérez ran wide, and when entering the track again, he collided with Grosjean who then collected Mark Webber, taking the Lotus and Red Bull out of the race and earning Pérez a ten-second stop and go penalty. This sent out the safety car once more.
In the closing laps, Fernando Alonso put in quick laps to catch Kimi Räikkönen, as Vettel took advantage of the safety car to close up to Jenson Button and get past on lap 51. Räikkönen, however, managed to do just enough to hold off the Ferrari to win the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, his only win of 2012, ahead of Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel.
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Most Wins (Drivers)
Sebastian Vettel (2)
Most Wins (Constructors)Red Bull Renault (2)
Previous Winners & Pole Positions
2012 - Winner: Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus Renault
Pole: Lewis Hamilton - McLaren Mercedes - 1:40.630
2011 - Winner: Lewis Hamilton - McLaren MercedesPole: Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Renault - 1:38.481
2010 - Winner: Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull RenaultPole: Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Renault - 1:39.394
2009 - Winner: Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull RenaultPole: Lewis Hamilton - McLaren Mercedes - 1:40.948
Video Highlights
Highlights from the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Highlights from the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Changes from 2012
-Speed bumps similar to those used around the first chicane at Monza have been installed two metres from the track edge around the outside of Turns Eight and 11.
GP Facts
-Qualifying in pole position at Yas Marina has been a poisoned chalice. The driver in P1 has failed to finish three out of the four Abu Dhabi Grands Prix. In the inaugural race, Lewis Hamilton retired with a brake problem, and again in 2012 after losing fuel pressure. He went further than Sebastian Vettel who led away from pole in 2011 only to suffer a first corner puncture.
-Kimi Räikkönens victory from fourth at last years Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is the only occasion on which the race has been won from behind the front row. Vettel won from second place in 2009 and from pole in 2010. Hamilton won from second in 2011.
-Räikkönens victory was the first of his return to F1 after a two-year sabbatical. It was the 19th F1 win of his career and the first victory for the Enstone-based team since Fernando Alonsos win at Fuji in the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix. It was also the first victory for the Lotus name since Ayrton Senna triumphed in 1987 on the streets of Detroit.
-Räikkönens previous grand prix victory came on 30th August 2009 at the Belgian Grand Prix, making his interval between victories 1163 days. Thats less than half the interval of record-holder Riccardo Patrese who went 2403 days between wins at the 1983 South African Grand Prix and 1990 San Marino Grand Prix.
-By virtue of a fourth place for Jenson Button, McLaren set a new record for consecutive races in the points at last years Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. It was their 56th consecutive score, beating the record previously set by Ferrari. The run, which started at the 2010 Australian Grand Prix, eventually extended to 64 races, halting when Sergio Pérez and Jenson Button finished 11th and 12th at the 2013 Canadian Grand Prix. Ferrari can take the record back this weekend: they pulled level in India thanks to Felipe Massas fourth place, having started their latest run at the 2010 German Grand Prix.
Drivers Championship Standings
Constructors Championship Standings
Fantasy Championship Standings
Adam Scott Aukerman
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...by Kimi. He gets to publicly do a good job, and for the team to get fucked. Win/win.
Psychotext
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Lotus sabotage doesn't make any sense. They're in with a shot of 2nd in the constructors championship and that's worth a hell of a lot of money.
But is it more than they'd have to pay Kimi in case he gets podium finishes in the last few races?
Psychotext
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If they get second, yeah, easily.
They were let off with warning for the first time, gotta make sure it doesn't happen again. Kinda understand the decision, it still hurts ;(
Even if they do that Lotus doesn't have the raw pace of the RBR to achieve something like that. Plus would need a lot of luck ie safety cars.