Formula 1 CFA Comments
European GP 2012 - preview
by Cato Batista, 21/06/2012 19:44:55
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The 8th round is coming up in Valencia for the European GP. It’s going to be a long time before we’ll have another 7 of 7 different winners to open a F1 season, so I hope you are you are enjoying this one just as much.
Technically this track is similar to Montreal in that it demands braking stability and traction on corner exit, but it requires higher downforce. Most corners are very slow (this is the track where 1st gear is used more than most) and as the last race, the critical issue will be rear tyre degradation. Pirelli will provide medium and soft compounds (http://f1.manbos.com/tyres.asp) expecting high temperatures. The big difference to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is that Valencia always produces processional races: the pole has won 3 of the 4 editions and not even with 2 DRS zones (back to one this year) there is very overtaking.
We are still in ‘Canadian GP state of mind’ from having been there ‘live’ 2 weeks ago. A Grand Prix is always a sense of occasion, and those who know say Montreal is one of the gems in the calendar. I hope you can do the pilgrimage one day if haven’t’ done it, and of course, sharing the event with a group of CFA colleagues elevates the whole experience to a new level.
By popular demand I’ll dedicate today’s space to include some of the many images from our trip to the 7th round of the Championship.
1) The eight lucky ones. This pictures show the great seats we enjoyed this year with the start/finish line, pit exit and full view of the “Senna corners”
2) The traditional track photo on the ...
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The 8th round is coming up in Valencia for the European GP. It’s going to be a long time before we’ll have another 7 of 7 different winners to open a F1 season, so I hope you are you are enjoying this one just as much.
Technically this track is similar to Montreal in that it demands braking stability and traction on corner exit, but it requires higher downforce. Most corners are very slow (this is the track where 1st gear is used more than most) and as the last race, the critical issue will be rear tyre degradation. Pirelli will provide medium and soft compounds (http://f1.manbos.com/tyres.asp) expecting high temperatures. The big difference to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is that Valencia always produces processional races: the pole has won 3 of the 4 editions and not even with 2 DRS zones (back to one this year) there is very overtaking.
We are still in ‘Canadian GP state of mind’ from having been there ‘live’ 2 weeks ago. A Grand Prix is always a sense of occasion, and those who know say Montreal is one of the gems in the calendar. I hope you can do the pilgrimage one day if haven’t’ done it, and of course, sharing the event with a group of CFA colleagues elevates the whole experience to a new level.
By popular demand I’ll dedicate today’s space to include some of the many images from our trip to the 7th round of the Championship.
1) The eight lucky ones. This pictures show the great seats we enjoyed this year with the start/finish line, pit exit and full view of the “Senna corners”
2) The traditional track photo on the ...
Canadian GP 2012 - Race
by Cato Batista, 21/06/2012 18:28:11
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It was a fight of hundreds of a second. In his last flyer Vettel took the pole from Hamilton; Alonso is just behind them and for tomorrow it points out to be a 3 way battle between them.
CFA results were our usual poor, but Carlos score big hitting 4 points with a plenum. You may be experiencing problems accessing the QF results page in our web, there has been a technical issue with the main server, something not even Manbos was able to fix as hard as he tried, therefore I’ll give you a manual recount of the QF points and you might have to wait until next week to receive the final standings. The Race picks page is working fine and is now open to submit your forecast.
QF results: Carlos 4 points; Fredrik, Curro, Rodrigo (happy birthday!), Rocco and I, 1 point.
The grid for tomorrow’s Grand Prix:
VET HAM ALO WEB ROS MAS GRO DIR SCH BUT
It was a fabulous day at the track: beautiful weather, great atmosphere and we were treated to 10 minutes of Q3 that were truly sensational. Each time a new name was on top of the times a section of the stands erupted in cheers, included, hard to believe, groups of Schumacher fans. Among the CFA boys it was clear that their shouts of joy for this or that driver was purely based on the points they were about to score in qualifying! Once the session was finished we all wanted to talk and share the experience. Vettel was the quickest, Uwe said, because he was putting the power down a few meters a of everybody else ; Ricky was most impressed by how stable the Mercedes were, particularly under braking. ...
It was a fight of hundreds of a second. In his last flyer Vettel took the pole from Hamilton; Alonso is just behind them and for tomorrow it points out to be a 3 way battle between them.
CFA results were our usual poor, but Carlos score big hitting 4 points with a plenum. You may be experiencing problems accessing the QF results page in our web, there has been a technical issue with the main server, something not even Manbos was able to fix as hard as he tried, therefore I’ll give you a manual recount of the QF points and you might have to wait until next week to receive the final standings. The Race picks page is working fine and is now open to submit your forecast.
QF results: Carlos 4 points; Fredrik, Curro, Rodrigo (happy birthday!), Rocco and I, 1 point.
The grid for tomorrow’s Grand Prix:
VET HAM ALO WEB ROS MAS GRO DIR SCH BUT
It was a fabulous day at the track: beautiful weather, great atmosphere and we were treated to 10 minutes of Q3 that were truly sensational. Each time a new name was on top of the times a section of the stands erupted in cheers, included, hard to believe, groups of Schumacher fans. Among the CFA boys it was clear that their shouts of joy for this or that driver was purely based on the points they were about to score in qualifying! Once the session was finished we all wanted to talk and share the experience. Vettel was the quickest, Uwe said, because he was putting the power down a few meters a of everybody else ; Ricky was most impressed by how stable the Mercedes were, particularly under braking. ...
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