The Motorsport Thread 2011

Can't they just alternate the European yearly?  Have a European in France every so often and stop having it in Spain or Germany!

Heres the Practice 2 times from Monza. Its interesting to note that Hamilton did a 23.8 in P1, which is surprising as you expect the P2 times to be much faster. Two DRS zones this weekend with seperate detection lines, one out of Lesmo 2 and one out of the Parabolica. DRS probably wont make things too easy this time as with the low downforce wings the flaps wont be as powerful. To be honest, McLaren look like the team to beat with RBR looking surprisingly quick and Ferrari slightly off the pace.

Rank	Driver Name	Team Name	Time
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1m24.010s
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1m24.046s
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1m24.347s
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1m24.366s
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1m24.433s
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1m24.468s
7	Jenson Button	McLaren	1m24.508s
8	Sergio Perez	Sauber	1m25.097s
9	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1m25.182s
10	Bruno Senna	Renault	1m25.325s
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1m25.450s
12	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1m25.496s
13	Paul di Resta	Force India	1m25.683s
14	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1m25.758s
15	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1m26.202s
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1m26.353s
17	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1m28.347s
18	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	1m28.559s
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus	1m28.605s
20	Timo Glock	Virgin	1m28.804s
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	1m29.162s
22	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1m29.184s
23	Jerome D'Ambrosio	Virgin	1m29.622s
24	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	1m29.841s

I always thought the European GP should be in a different place every year. Ya know...have it European and not a 2nd Spanish GP (or German)

Also, I figured that'd be a good way to keep some tracks alive. Instead of being dropped entirely visit every few years, people will flock to it, it'll still be around and you can keep tracks while expanding still into new areas!

Least I can finally watch a GP again. Miss 2 and I feel like I've missed a season!



Edited by JJLehto - September 11 2011 at 01:36

I understand why McLaren is offering Jenson Button a fortune & a kingdom to stay with them for the rest of his life. Lewis spent a lot of laps hammering away at Michael Schumacher without passing him. Jenson Button passed Lewis and breezed past Michael after four corners. Then he takes Alonso too. 

Michael was a bit naughty though. But that is the usual stuff from a middle aged office bully who sees younger guys coming up and resents it.  

Nice race, I stumbled upon it by mistake but enjoyed it from start to end.

It was a good race.

Also don't let James fool you, he is so happy Vettel won and dominated that he can't even type there are so many joyful tears.

Bruno Senna in 9th Glad to see him in a good ride, finally! Heard his name for so many years now can't believe he's finally getting a good start.

I wasn't talking about Hamilton.

Perez is a Ferrari academy driver together with Bianchi and some other drivers. He is also sponsored by the richest man in the world and brings millions of dollars to his team Sauber every year. But on talent alone, Perez deserve to be in F1. It is believed Perez will serve year two in his Sauber apprentiship next year and then move onto Ferrari, yes.  

toroddfuglesteg wrote: Perez is a Ferrari academy driver together with Bianchi and some other drivers. He is also sponsored by the richest man in the world and brings millions of dollars to his team Sauber every year. But on talent alone, Perez deserve to be in F1. It is believed Perez will serve year two in his Sauber apprentiship next year and then move onto Ferrari, yes.

Yeah, him and Kobayashi are both sigend up for Sauber next year. I believe Perez did something like 1:00.2 around Fiorano, which in that car and for a first time with the team is a very good time.