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not really, if you catch an Irishman before opening time you will most likely see them standing up rather than falling over drunk
testing for young drivers. Day 2 YOUNG GUNS TEST, Yas Marina Circuit 1. Jean-Eric Vergne Red Bull 1m40.188s 2. Jules Bianchi Ferrari 1m40.279s + 0.091 3. Gary Paffett McLaren 1m41.756s + 1.568 4. Valtteri Bottas Williams 1m42.367s + 2.179 5. Johnny Cecotto Jr Force India 1m42.873s + 2.685 6. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 1m43.637s + 3.449 7. Sam Bird Mercedes 1m43.734s + 3.546 8. Kevin Korjus Renault 1m43.776s + 3.588 9. Luiz Razia Lotus 1m43.944s + 3.756 10. Kevin Ceccon Toro Rosso 1m44.808s + 4.620 11. Jan Charouz HRT 1m46.644s + 6.456 12. Charles Pic Virgin 1m46.698s + 6.510 13. Nathanael Berthon HRT 1m48.646s + 8.458
I don't know how much the times mean, as there was lots of 2012 experimenting going on YOUNG GUNS TEST, ABU DHABI, Day 3 1. Jean-Eric Vergne Red Bull 1:38.917 46 laps 2. Sam Bird Mercedes 1:40.897 104 3. Jules Bianchi Ferrari 1:41.347 106 4. Oliver Turvey McLaren 1:41.513 89 5. Max Chilton Force India 1:41.575 79 6. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 1:42.049 77 7. Mirko Bortolotti Williams 1:43.277 74 8. Kevin Ceccon Toro Rosso 1:43.686 35 9. Alexander Rossi Team Lotus 1:44.283 74 10. Jan Charouz Lotus Renault 1:44.470 82 11. Stefano Coletti Toro Rosso 1:44.545 48 12. Nathanael Berthon HRT 1:45.839 51 13. Robert Wickens Marussia Virgin 1:45.934 34 14. Charles Pic Marussia Virgin 1:46.348 49
This weekend is going to be really hard work. Practice 1 Fri 23:00 Practice 2 Fri (Sat) 03:00 Practice 3 Sat (Sun) 00:00 Qualifying Sat (Sun) 03:00 Race Sun (Mon) 03:00 Image Unavailable, Please Login
From F1.com Following the arrival of the DRS (Drag Reduction System) rear wing and Pirelli tyres, overtaking has been a frequent topic of discussion throughout 2011. With nearly 1500 passes over the last 18 races, the level of overtaking has certainly climbed this year, but the debate about the merits of the rule changes continues. As we approach the season finale in Brazil this weekend, Mercedes have compiled some facts and figures to help you make an assessment... Although no standard definition of an overtaking manoeuvre exists, the figures used by Mercedes below are calculated for strategic purposes, which is reflected in the categorisation, and compiled from a combination of video, timing data and GPS technology. Overtakes are classed as normal/DRS/slow cars (referring to HRT, Lotus, Virgin, as the strategic value of these overtakes is different)/team mates (one driver can choose to let another pass)/ damage/ lap one. Q: How many overtaking manoeuvres have been made in 18 races this season? A: So far, there have been 1436 overtaking manoeuvres in all categories. Excluding overtakes categorised as 'lap one' or because of damage, there have been 1180 manoeuvres. The combined total of 'normal' and 'DRS-assisted' moves - the indicator of what most observers consider to be 'clean' overtaking - is 804 overtakes. This gives an average of 45 normal and DRS overtakes per race. Q: What is the breakdown of overtaking manoeuvres within these totals? A: There have been 441 normal overtakes this season and 363 DRS overtakes; from the total of 804 clean overtakes, 55 per cent were normal and 45 per cent were DRS. 300 overtakes were on the three slowest teams by faster cars, with passes between team mates accounting for 76 overtakes. Q: Which races have seen the most overtakes and which the least? A: The highest number of clean overtakes were recorded in Turkey (85), Canada (79) and China (67). The races with the fewest were Monaco (16), Australia (17) and India (18). Nine races featured fewer than 50 clean overtakes; eight races featured more than 50. There have been an average of 45 clean overtakes per race - broken down to 25 normal overtakes and 20 with DRS. Q: What has been the ratio of DRS to normal passes through the season? A: The highest ratio of DRS overtakes to normal, i.e. where the influence of DRS was greatest, were: Abu Dhabi (89 per cent), Europe (81 per cent), India (78 per cent), Turkey (59 per cent) and Spain (57 per cent). The lowest ratio of DRS overtakes to normal were: Monaco (13 per cent), Hungary (20 per cent), Canada (22 per cent), Japan (26 per cent) and Great Britain (27 per cent) - it should be noted that three of these five races featured wet or mixed conditions, and use of DRS was restricted for portions of the race in Canada and Great Britain. DRS overtakes have outnumbered normal moves in eight of 18 races. Q: Has the ratio of DRS passes changed during the season? A: In the first nine races of the season, there were on average 21 DRS overtakes per race - on average, 45 per cent of clean overtakes. The influence of DRS has remained stable in the second nine races of the year: there were on average 20 DRS overtakes per race, representing on average 46 per cent of clean overtakes. Q: Which driver has been the top overtaker in 2011? A: The following figures are corrected for retirements of cars ahead, but only positions gained are considered. Toro Rossos Sebastien Buemi has made a total of 112 overtakes in 2011 - closely followed by Mercedes Michael Schumacher (111), Saubers Kamui Kobayashi (95), Toro Rossos Jaime Alguersuari (90) and Saubers Sergio Perez (89). This total can be broken down into gains between the start and the end of sector one (top starter), gains on the first lap and gains in the race not including lap one. Q: Who has been the top starter in 2011? A: The top starter is Schumacher, who has gained a total of 34 positions; next up come Buemi (29), Lotuss Heikki Kovalainen (28), HRTs Vitantonio Liuzzi (20) and Kobayashi (19). In contrast, the driver who has gained the fewest positions in sector one is Red Bulls Sebastian Vettel, with just one place gained all season, reflecting the fact that he has only once failed to qualify on the front row in 18 races, including 14 pole positions. Q: Who has gained most positions on the first lap in 2011? A: In total terms, Schumacher, Buemi and Kovalainen also lead this table, having gained 40, 30 and 26 positions respectively on lap one. Discounting gains made in sector one, the top-ranked driver is Virgins Jerome D'Ambrosio, who has gained eight places between the end of sector one and lap one. Q: Finally, who has done the most overtaking in the races after lap one? A: This classification is headed by Saubers Sergio Perez and Buemi, both with 82 overtakes. They are followed by McLarens Jenson Button (77), Red Bulls Mark Webber (76), Alguersuari (74) and Schumacher (71).
Watch the introduction to the 2011 Monaco GP which has won the Royal Television Society's prize for Programme Content Sequences. In the award-winning sequence BBC F1 presenter Jake Humphrey looks at the juxtaposition between the precision of F1 and the luck of the draw at the famous Monaco casinos. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/formula_one/13590751.stm BBC F1 presenter Jake Humphrey takes you behind the scenes at the shoot for the opening sequence for 2011 Monaco Grand Prix. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/formula_one/13524977.stm
FP2 Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps 1 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:13.392 35 2 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:13.559 0.167 41 3 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:13.587 0.195 41 4 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:13.598 0.206 35 5 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:13.723 0.331 38 6 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:13.750 0.358 39 7 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:13.787 0.395 36 8 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:13.872 0.480 42 9 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:14.144 0.752 41 10 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:14.807 1.415 48 11 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:14.856 1.464 38 12 9 Bruno Senna Renault 1:14.931 1.539 37 13 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:14.970 1.578 32 14 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:15.019 1.627 45 15 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:15.264 1.872 44 16 19 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1:15.388 1.996 41 17 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1:15.679 2.287 43 18 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:15.903 2.511 40 19 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1:16.298 2.906 36 20 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:16.338 2.946 48 21 25 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1:18.031 4.639 39 22 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:18.051 4.659 45 23 22 Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1:18.367 4.975 42 24 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1:18.476 5.084 42
Interesting, from 9th down all team drivers next to each other and only sperated by fractions of a second.
Just watching the BBC coverage of qualifying. They really do it well. Makes what we get on tv here look a bit pathetic.
