Formula 1 CFA Comments
Italian GP 2012 - QF
by Cato Batista, 08/09/2012 6:12:33
Ladies and Gentlemen,
A new type of Pirelli tyre with Mercedes power seems to be the fastest combination in Monza. Both McLarens were at the top of the charts in P2 and Schumacher & Rosberg were 1-3 in the morning P1, but Ferrari is right in the mix.
There were a lot of laps devoted by all the teams to find the fine aerobalance required for the fast straights of the circuit plus corner stability. McLaren brought new a rear wing specially for Monza that seems to be the right kit to have, at least on single-lap configuration. Button was consistently quick until Hamilton bolted new options and set the marker for the day. Behind the silver cars the Ferraris had a strong showing, particularly with Alonso going very fast on the primes in the long run simulations and close to the leaders on mediums too, although there are some concerns for the leader of the Championship when he stopped with engine problem in P1 and lost many crucial practice laps in P2 with other mechanical issues including a gearbox failure.
Pirelli brought the same compound spec as in Spa (medium-hard) with a thinner gauge rubber that gets up to temperature easier and doesn’t overheat. This has benefited McLaren (particularly Button) and Mercedes but has taken away some of Red Bull’s advantage. Webber in 11th and Vettel in 13th in P2 is not where they wanted to be, the Red Bulls are lacking in single-lap performance although they showed great form in the long-runs on race trim. Mercedes is looking ...
Italian GP 2012 - Preview
by Cato Batista, 07/09/2012 6:49:30
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Our opinions from the accident at the start in Spa had been radically opposed. Some in our expert panel asked for even a bigger punishment for Grosjean for spoiling the race at the best track on the calendar while some others consider it as part of racing. This was the 7th time that Grosjean has been involved in a starting collision this year which seems to weight on the decision. Where most of us agreed is that if Hamilton was the culprit there wasn’t going to be any action by the Stewards, as usual...
By that’s behind now, we have another GP at another legendary circuit starting tomorrow, and that’s a new opportunity for redemption after our disastrous outing last Sunday (except for Manbos and Carlos of course). Interesting to see the pre-race odds by the bookmakers in England: the best bet according to them is HAM at 3/1, then at 9/2 BUT, RAI & VET, next ALO at 5/1 (compare MAS at 50/1 in the same car!). Then comes WEB 12/1, tied next at 33/1 ROS, SCH & PER, the Mexican better that teammate KOB 40/1. Let’s see how this scenario evolves after the practise and qualifying sessions. Five different teams have won the last five editions; Button has been second the last 3 times in a row; Hamilton hasn’t been on the podium since his first appearance in 2007; Webber has never finished better than sixth.
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Belgium GP 2012 - Results - Guzman for the second time
by Cato Batista, 03/09/2012 7:09:20
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The pile up at the start of the race deprived us from what was going to be a great show, although Button had the car to win it anyways. Vettel made 9 spots from his QF position to finish second and close the gap on Alonso in the standings to 18 points, but Aalonso was rather lucky to escape injury from the accident. Without 5 of the top 10 starters the final results were... even worse than usual, let’s say.
With a group average of 4.1 points, Manbos’s victory with 8 points must get some kind of credit. He and Carlos (7 points) were the only members with two 3-point scores in 1st and 6th. This was his second GP win of 2012.The best we got after that were 5 points by 3 of you (Ian, Lou & Uwe) and from there all the way down to 2 (Fredrik, Ricky & me) and even we attained the all time dubious mark of scoring a single point (by Maria...blame it on Grosjean & Maldonado).
The bulk of the points came from the smart pick of Button to win the race with 15 votes. Raikkonen yielded three golds in 3rd place (Erik, Ricardo & Tim) and the winning choice was Webber in 6th (Manbos & Carlos). We got lots of single points in the second-place column (12 Raikkonen) but no golds, same as the 4th & 5th positions that ended up blank.
The top of the standings remained unchanged with Rocco`s lead now reduced 3 points to Uwe for 1st & 2nd (83-80); Manbos`s victory sent him on triple tie for third ...
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