Dear colleagues Maria, Alberto, Carlos, Curro, Erik, Fernando, Fredrik, Manbos, Ian, IanM, Joe, Lou, Matias, Ricardo, Ricky, Rocco, Rodrigo, Santiago, Sebastian, Tim, Uwe, and now Roger;
Finally!
The magic moment has arrived, the 2013 Season starts this coming Friday in Australia!
And forgive me if I am more excited than usual but I think this could be the best Formula 1 year we'd ever had for several reasons: there are 5 potential race-winning teams –Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus & Mercedes-; there are only few minor changes in the regulations before the new engines are introduced next year that will spread out the field and it would be years before all the teams are technically very close again; and because Pirelli has a ...
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Brasil GP 2012 - Results - Guzman's third win, Rocco is Champ
by Cato Batista, 26/11/2012 2:32:56
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Racing doesn’t get more intense than this. It was a thrilling GP, a nail biter full of changes, spectacular action and wheel to wheel dicing up and down the field. An extraordinarily tough race, 71 laps on the edge of the knife with no room for error in the most treacherous conditions for us to appreciate the unbelievable talent of the best drivers in the world. Button won the battle, Vettel the war by 3 points with a charge from last to 6th, his third consecutive crown.
Manbos has won the final round of this amazing season with a triple gold score -2nd-3rd-6th – to reach 11 points and leaving the rest of us with only single digit marks. His third win gives him the most number of GP victories of 2012. Closest to him were Joe & Rocco in 9 points, this last one sealing the title in fine style (or we should say Joe Jr.)
Our overwhelming favorite for victory was the unluckiest driver of the year, Hamilton. He had 19 of our votes, the remaining 3 going to eventual winner Button (Joe, Alberto & Fernando). Other 3 members forecast Vettel in his final 6th spot (Manbos, Ricky and me); our best paying position was Webber in 5th (7 of you) and Alonso in second (6 of us). Nobody got the fifth place (Hulkenberg) and only one, Manbos scored with f-Massa in 3rd to mark the difference in Brazil. (He is not driving like f-Massa anymore...)
The new CFA Champion is
Rocco, or the power behind the throne little Joe. Their ...
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Brasil GP 2012 - Race - the last one!
by Cato Batista, 24/11/2012 22:50:21
Ladies and Gentlemen,
McLaren has taken the front row, they are definitely quicker than everyone else. Webber is ahead of Vettel as Red Bull has row two but Alonso couldn’t do better than 8th; Massa, Maldonado and Hulkenberg were faster than him. Maldonado ignored a signal to stop at the ‘weight bridge’ and was handed a 10-grid position penalty. DiResta will now move to the top 10. Hamilton is the only driver in 2012 to reach Q3 in every GP.
We finished the year in typical QF-low-scoring fashion; only five members reached 2 points and nine other had singles. This result crowns Fernando as our best qualifier of 2012 with 22 total points (that’s only 1.1 points per race- what a tough year it was!). I was second with 19 and Rocco third with 18. Congratulations to our 2010 CFA Champion Fernando for taking the first award of the season.
The grid for tomorrow:
HAM BUT WEB VET MAS HUL ALO RAI ROS DIR
This is the picture: Alonso most step in the podium if he’s got any chance to be champion. For Vettel, he’s got to finish 4th if Alonso wins, 7th if Alonso is 2nd or 9th if Alonso is 3rd. If the race is stopped before the programmed 71 laps and only half points are awarded Vettel will win automatically.
In commanding position is Vettel with his 13 point lead and a faster car, though there are reliability concerns. Alonso has been talking for some time of keeping the title open until the ...
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