-Formula 1 - Season 2012 -

[zia1288]

Gaya donkey pani mei

[Born2Race]

I hope Vettel wins' the 2012 USGP and Alonso finishes P5 Vettel for the 2012 F1 Driver's Champion!

[genius83]

Alonso has a 'feeling' he will finish ahead of Vettel
Fernando Alonso has a feeling he will score more points than Sebastian Vettel at the United States Grand Prix despite starting eight places behind the Red Bull driver on Sunday's grid.

Webber avoids grid penalty
Mark Webber was given a reprimand from the stewards for missing a weight check during qualifying for the United States Grand Prix.

Hamilton concerned by grid slot
Lewis Hamilton admits he is concerned by his grid slot after qualifying second for the United States Grand Prix and will ask the FIA to clean the left hand side of the grid.

Throttle problem ruins Button's qualifying
McLaren have confirmed that an "out-of-the-blue" throttle problem led to Jenson Button pulling out of qualifying for the United States Grand Prix.

'Better than expected' qualifying for Raikkonen
Kimi Raikkonen said qualifying was "better than I expected" after he secured fourth place on the grid for the United States Grand Prix.

Reverting to old exhaust costly for Rosberg
Nico Rosberg blamed his poor qualifying performance at the US Grand Prix on a gamble he and Mercedes made to run a three-month old exhaust on his car.

Massa prepared for start penalty
Felipe Massa believes the left hand side of the grid will see a "massive" difference compared to the right hand side at the start of the United States Grand Prix.

Schumacher exceeds Mercedes' expectations
Michael Schumacher admitted that Mercedes did not expect to be able to qualify in the top six for the United States Grand Prix.

Grosjean philosophical over penalty
Romain Grosjean is pleased with his United States Grand Prix weekend so far despite a gearbox penalty dropping him five places on the grid.

Booth lauds 'important day' for Marussia
Team boss John Booth said qualifying for the US Grand Prix had been an 'important day' for Marussia after the team was able to outqualify Caterham with both cars for the first time.

Kovalainen: We underperformed, simple as that
Heikki Kovalainen insisted that Caterham had underperformed after being outpaced by rivals Marussia in qualifying for the United States Grand Prix.

HRT qualifies in Texas
HRT will take part in the United States Grand Prix after fears that it would struggle to qualify at the Circuit of the Americas proved to be unfounded.

Ferrari's Special Preparations for this race:

[Born2Race]

Alonso will start the race from P7 now as Massa has received a 5 place grid penalty for a gearbox change. Nice move by Ferrari in order to make Alonso start the race from the clean side of the circuit :S

[NakedTruth]

Just read it. Stupid thing to do in my opinion. Tactical or not, not good.

[Blackeye117]

Brazil , Here We Come

[genius83]

Hamilton wins as title battle goes down to Brazil
Lewis Hamilton won an enthralling United States Grand Prix ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso, meaning the drivers' championship will go down to the final round in Brazil.

<font face='courier new'>[U]<font color='#808080'>United States GP</font>
<font color='#ff8c00'>Race Results</font>
[/U]</font><font color='#4b0082'>Pos  Driver        Team                       Time</font>
 1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           1h35:55.269
 2.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +     0.600
 3.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +    39.200
 4.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    46.000
 5.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +    56.400
 6.  Raikkonen     Lotus-Renault              +  1:04.400
 7.  Grosjean      Lotus-Renault              +  1:10.300
 8.  Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes       +  1:13.700
 9.  Maldonado     Williams-Renault           +  1:14.500
10.  Senna         Williams-Renault           +  1:15.100
11.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +  1:24.300
12.  Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:24.800
13.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +  1:25.500
14.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
15.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
16.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +     1 lap
17.  Petrov        Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
18.  Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
19.  Glock         Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
20.  Pic           Marussia-Cosworth          +    2 laps
21.  De la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps
22.  Karthikeyan   HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps
<font color='#008000'>Fastest lap: Vettel, 1:39.347</font>
<font color='#ff8c00'>Not classified/retirements:</font>
<font color='#4b0082'>Driver        Team                         On lap</font>
Webber        Red Bull-Renault             17
Vergne        Toro Rosso-Ferrari           15

Here is the World Championships Standings after United States GP:

[U]<font color='#0000ff'><font face='courier new'>World Championship standings</font></font>[/U]
<font color='#ff0000'>Drivers:                    Constructors:             </font>
 1.  Vettel       273        1.  Red Bull-Renault          440
 2.  Alonso       260        2.  Ferrari                   367
 3.  Raikkonen    206        3.  McLaren-Mercedes          353
 4.  Hamilton     190        4.  Lotus-Renault             302
 5.  Webber       167        5.  Mercedes                  136
 6.  Button       163        6.  Sauber-Ferrari            124
 7.  Massa        107        7.  Force India-Mercedes       99
 8.  Grosjean      96        8.  Williams-Renault           76
 9.  Rosberg       93        9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         22
10.  Perez         66       
11.  Kobayashi     58       
12.  Hulkenberg    53       
13.  Di Resta      46       
14.  Maldonado     45       
15.  Schumacher    43       
16.  Senna         31       
17.  Vergne        12       
18.  Ricciardo     10       

Massa grid penalty puts Alonso on clean side of grid
Felipe Massa has been given a five-place grid penalty for the United States Grand Prix after Ferrari broke a seal on his gearbox. It has the knock-on effect of changing the grid for the race and promoting Fernando Alonso to seventh.

Start could throw up surprises
F1 drivers are facing several unknowns at the start of the United States Grand Prix with a slot on the dirty side of the grid likely to cost a position or two due to a lack of grip and the tight apex of the first corner holding the potential for a big accident.

Perez targets title in first McLaren season
Sergio Perez admits that McLaren might be taking a risk in signing him to replace the Mercedes-bound Lewis Hamilton, but insists that he can be a championship contender from his first season with the team.

[Born2Race]

Alonso needs 13 more points to win from Vettel. So that's like if, God forbid, Vettel retires, Alonso would be needing to at least finish the race in P3 or better. Now if Alonso wins in Brazil, he'll have a total of 285 points and Vettel would be needing to finish the race in at least P4 or better in order to be crowned the 2012 Drivers' Champion. Moreover, if Alonso finishes P2, Vettel would be needing to finish the race in at least P7. It's still quiet difficult for Alonso.

[Blackeye117]

genius will tell us more , does ferrari works better there ? what are the odds that alone will do it or vettel will take it ? and all the scenario's like alonso win vettel finish etc etc

[Born2Race]

genius will tell us more , does ferrari works better there ? what are the odds that alone will do it or vettel will take it ? and all the scenario's like alonso win vettel finish etc etc

If Alonso wins the Brazilian GP, Vettel needs to finish the race in at least P4 in order to be crowned the 2012 WDC.

If Alonso finishes the Brazilian GP in at least P2, Vettel will be needing to finish the race in at least P7 in order to be crowned the 2012 WDC.

If Alonso finishes the race in P3, Vettel will be needing just 3 more points to win this season.

And if Alonso finishes in P4 or lesser, it's game over for him.

Also if Vettel retires, Alonso will still be needing to finish in P3 or better to win the championship.

[genius83]

Backmarker costs Vettel victory
Sebastian Vettel said that getting held up by a backmarker cost him victory in the United States Grand Prix.

Ferrari defends Massa's grid drop
Ferrari has defended its decision to hit Felipe Massa with a self-inflicted gearbox penalty ahead of the United States Grand Prix in order to get Fernando Alonso on to the clean side of the starting grid.

Hamilton delighted to beat Vettel
Lewis Hamilton described his victory in the United States Grand Prix as the culmination of "a great weekend" as he beat Sebastian Vettel.

Third constructors' title 'remarkable' - Horner
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has congratulated his team on taking its third consecutive constructors' title at the United States Grand Prix this weekend, putting its success down to long hours, dedication and determination.

Ferrari should be 'proud' to remain in the fight - Alonso
Fernando Alonso believes Ferrari should be "proud" it has remained in the running for the driver's championship as the paddock heads to the final race of the season in Brazil.

No penalty for Kovalainen over Glock clash
Heikki Kovalainen will not be penalised for a late-race incident in the 2012 F1 United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas on Sunday afternoon.

'I did the right thing for the team' - Massa
Felipe Massa admitted he was unhappy to lose five places on the grid for the United States Grand Prix but said he "did the right thing for the team".

Raikkonen bemoans cloud cover
Kimi Raikkonen said a drop in temperatures due to cloud cover prevented him from holding off Jenson Button as his tyres dropped off.

Button pleased with clean racing
Jenson Button said it was good to see clean racing during today's United States Grand Prix as he fought his way up from 12th on the grid to fifth place.

Williams pair brush off battle
Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna brushed off the battle that saw Maldonado snatch ninth place late on in the United States Grand Prix.

@Born2race
Perfect summary of title situation.

@Blackeye117
B2R's summary is correct so I will only tell you about the track suiting to which team. One should look at the last 4 years since the introduction of these new aero rules which have changed the aero dependency from upper part of the car to the rear of the car and the only team that have won the last 3 races is RedBull. In 2009, Webber qualified on pole, while because of chaotic qualifying session due to rain Vettel qualified 17, in the race Webber wins the race and Vettel finish 4th.

In 2010, again wet qualifying session sees Nico Hulkenberg's Williams to qualify on pole ahead of Vettel, on the race start Vettel takes over him at the first corner and then cruise to victory, in 2011, Vettel qualify on pole with Webber behind him, during the race due to some gearbox problem fall back to second while Webber wins the race.

So, it is easy to assume that this track is another where RedBull have a bit of advantage and the only thing that could become a problem for them is reliability but I hope that nothing happens in that regard and we have a title fight till the last lap.

[zia1288]

When I watch full race, it matters for ALO I have my fingers crossed for Brazil. Can't imagine the tension on VET & ALO's mind

[genius83]

Kubica - 'I can't drive a single seater'
It's the news no one was waiting to hear - Robert Kubica has confirmed that the injuries he incurred in his February 2011 rally crash have left him unable to drive a single-seater at the present time.

Ferrari defends Massa's grid drop
Ferrari has defended its decision to hit Felipe Massa with a self-inflicted gearbox penalty ahead of the United States Grand Prix in order to get Fernando Alonso on to the clean side of the starting grid.

Red Bull anger aimed at Karthikeyan
Sebastian Vettel said he was "unhappy" to get held up by a backmarker - something which he believed cost him victory in the United States Grand Prix - but the Red Bull technical boss Adrian Newey gave a blunter assessment.

Newey: Hat-trick confirms RBR no flash in the pan
Red Bull Racing technical chief Adrian Newey insists that completing a constructors' championship hat-trick is a tribute to the hard work that needed to be put in to pull the team back up to the front of the F1 field in 2012.

McLaren needed Austin win, admits Whitmarsh
Getting two cars to the chequered flag, and winning the inaugural race at the new Circuit of the Americas, was particularly important to McLaren, according to team principal Martin Whitmarsh.

Webber takes consolation in third teams? title
Mark Webber may not have been able to contribute to the team's enhanced points total at the USGP, but still found consolation in a third straight constructors' title for Red Bull Racing after the race.

Teams? title secured, but reliability worries RBR
Red Bull Racing was celebrating a rare hat-trick of F1 constructors' title after the United States Grand Prix, but admitted that continuing reliability problems are casting an air of apprehension over its bid for another championship double.

Schumacher: Struggle is an understatement
Michael Schumacher said it would be an understatement to describe his penultimate race in F1 as a struggle after a disappointing result in the United States Grand Prix.

@All
Finally, in the their 3 years of competing in top cars, we have Vettel, Hamilton and Alonso on podium.

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