Formula 1 CFA Comments
U.S. GP 2012 - Race
by Cato Batista, 18/11/2012 0:04:46
Ladies and Gentlemen,
On top in every session, Vettel will start from the pole, but it was Hamilton who came very close to end Red Bull’s domination on the closing moments of Q3. Webber was half a second off in third ahead of both Lotus. Ferrari struggled when it matter the most, Alonso even more than Massa, they finished 7th & 9th. Schumacher surprised in 6th; Hulkemberg 8th & Maldonado 10th completed the top 10. Grosjean will take a 5 grid position penalty for a gearbox replacement dropping to 9th.
The grid for tomorrow:
VET HAM WEB RAI SCH MAS HUL ALO GRO MAL (BUT 12th)
Our QF marks were above average, with Matias and I taking 4-point plenums plus 10 members with double points.
In such a tight championship race, every point is making a difference in the standings, check it out.
The compound selection for this track is too hard and has produced a situation never seen before: the tyres just can’t reach working temperatures, in the words of one driver “if Red Bull needs 8 to 10 laps to heat them up, what hope is there for the rest of us?” and that’s on the primes! This brings an interesting development: cars ...
U.S. GP 2012 - QF
by Cato Batista, 17/11/2012 1:21:37
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Red Bulls are the fastest in day 1. VET was a massive 1.5 secs ahead of the pack in P1 and 7 tenths in front of teammate WEB and ALO in P2. He needed only four laps to establish the top mark after losing 25 minutes of the session with a water leak. They were supposed to have tyre warm up problems in temperatures below the 18s but instead they’d found adhesion from the out lap while every else are struggling -McLaren among the big names- to get both compounds up to working temperatures; they are too hard. Pirelli is providing hard-prime / medium-option tyres and they already acknowledging the compound choice for this track was too conservative. There’s no degradation and little wear, this will be another 1-stop race.
P1- VET (1/38.125) HAM ALO BUT WEB MAS HUL KOB ROS PER
P2 – VET (1.37.718) WEB ALO HAM BUT MAS ROS SEN KOB SCH (Lotus 11-12)
In the opening session the surface was too new and green, drivers were comparing it to sliding in the rain. From this early stage the promise of a challenging track for the drivers is becoming a reality. The hairpin at the end of the start-finish line has produced its intention of being extremely hard to judge, its blind entry at the top of a rise is unforgiving and who knows how the charging field is going to survive past the blast from the green lights onto this blind-sharp left corner one. The next section, corners 3-6 ...
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Abu Dhabi GP 2012 - Results - Ricardo's first
by Cato Batista, 05/11/2012 0:24:35
Ladies and Gentlemen,
A thriller of a race and a popular victory for Raikkonen, the eighth different winner of the season. Alonso was second to keep his Championship hopes very much alive; Vettel came twice from the back to an incredible third place to keep his lead in the standings. It doesn’t matter who you cheer for, this was a race that pleased everyone, and it was nice to finally see Kimi and Lotus fulfilling their potential.
After a long absence Ricardo is back in the winner’s circle, he is our 11th different winner this year. His marks were impressive in a day when everyone except Matias scored 6 points or less. Ricardo hit 3 triples with 3-4-5 places for 10 points, one ahead of double winner Matias who got 2 golds in 4th & 5th. After that we were pretty terrible, only Maria, Lou & Ricky brilliantly predicted Alonso in second, another four had Maldonado in 5th and our best result came from Button in 4th by 7 of you. Nobody voted for Raikkonen to score his first victory after coming back from retirement or remotely imagined Kobayashi finishing 6th. But of course the highlight of the day was Ricardo forecasting Vettel’s brilliant drive through the field to 3rd to take the spoils.
Championship leader Rocco had his worst showing of the year, no matter, his advantage remains a healthy 12 points over second place Fernando (139-127). Uwe recovered third place from Manbos (126-124), Maria is back in fifth ...
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