-Formula 1 - Season 2012 -

[UncleKracker]

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[genius83]

Toro Rosso's Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne would be Red Bull's first choices for new drivers, says Christian Horner
Toro Rosso duo Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne have been told that they have a genuine chance of grabbing a race seat at Red Bull in the future - with the team making it clear that it would prefer to take one of the youngsters than a driver from elsewhere.

Daniel Ricciardo reckons 2012 Pirellis can be pushed harder than 2011 Formula 1 rubber
Formula 1 drivers will have to push more with their tyres this season thanks to the nature of the new Pirelli rubber.

Hamilton 'massively excited' ahead of first F1 qualifying session of the year
Lewis Hamilton says he is 'massively excited' to see what Formula 1's first qualifying session of 2012 reveals, and is confident that McLaren will be in the mix for pole.

Jenson Buttom: Wet running provided useful tyre data
Jenson Button felt the chance to get some running on a wet track in Australian Grand Prix practice was useful even though it could leave the field unprepared for the dry conditions expected for the rest of the weekend.

Charles Pic optimistic he will qualify for the Australian Grand Prix
Charles Pic is optimistic he will be able to qualify for the Australian Grand Prix despite the lack of significant running on Friday.

Karthikeyan says lacking of running on Friday hurt chances of qualifying for Australian GP
Narain Karthikeyan believes qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix could have been straightforward had Friday's practice not been hit by rain.

Brawn plays down performance advantage of Mercedes' DRS-activated F-duct
Ross Brawn has played down the performance advantage of his DRS-activated F-duct, as the first pictures of the design in action emerged on Friday.

Formula 1 teams pushing the FIA to police the Resource Restriction Agreement
Formula 1 teams are pushing the FIA to police the Resource Restriction Agreement through the sporting regulations.

Sebastian Vettel and Felipe Massa to remain as GPDA directors
World champion Sebastian Vettel and Felipe Massa will remain as directors of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA), AUTOSPORT can reveal, as Pedro de la Rosa was officially voted in as chairman on Friday.

'Difficult first day back' for Massa
Felipe Massa described Friday's practice sessions for the Australian Grand Prix as "a rather difficult first day back".

'Confident' Webber frustrated by weather
Mark Webber admitted it was frustrating that Friday's practice sessions were compromised by rain but says he feels "confident" in the RB8.

Alonso predicts a mixed grid in Australia
Fernando Alonso is expecting a mixed grid at the first race of the season in Australia this weekend as he believes the field has bunched up over the winter.

HRT admits qualifying for the race will be difficult
HRT team principal Luis Perez-Sala has admitted there is a real danger his cars will not qualify for the Australian Grand Prix this weekend and that the team may have to target Malaysia or even China as its first race.

@UK
I can't thanks enough for your posts, you have saved me some time otherwise I was worried after a long delay thanks to KESC and Cable Net operator, it would take long time to post all the news.

Now, I am just posting both sessions time sheets just for easier future reference.

[U]<font color='DarkSlateGray'>Australian GP</font>
<font color='SandyBrown'>Practice Session 1 </font>[/U]
<font color='DarkOrchid'>Pos  Driver                Team                   Time        Gap     Laps</font>
 1.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m27.560s            11
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m27.805s  + 0.245   14
 3.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m28.235s  + 0.675   17
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m28.360s  + 0.800   21
 5.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m28.467s  + 0.907   21
 6.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m28.683s  + 1.123   22
 7.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m28.908s  + 1.348   23
 8.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault       1m29.415s  + 1.855   16
 9.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault          1m29.565s  + 2.005    8
10.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m29.722s  + 2.162   26
11.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m29.790s  + 2.230   21
12.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes   1m29.865s  + 2.305   17
13.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m29.881s  + 2.321   18
14.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault       1m29.953s  + 2.393   21
15.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m30.124s  + 2.564   22
16.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault          1m30.515s  + 2.955   16
17.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault       1m30.586s  + 3.026   16
18.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m30.743s  + 3.183   11
19.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m31.178s  + 3.618   17
20.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault       1m31.983s  + 4.423    8
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth      1m34.730s  + 7.170    8
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth      1m40.256s  + 12.696  11
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth           no time               3
24.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth           no time               

[U]<font color='DarkSlateGray'>Australian GP</font>
<font color='SandyBrown'>Practice Session 2</font>[/U]
<font color='DarkOrchid'>Pos  Driver                Team                    Time        Gap     Laps</font>
 1.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                1m29.183s            16
 2.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes    1m29.292s  +  0.109  19
 3.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari          1m30.199s  +  1.016  23
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 1m30.341s  +  1.158  13
 5.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari          1m30.709s  +  1.526  14
 6.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes    1m31.466s  +  2.283  13
 7.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 1m31.505s  +  2.322  14
 8.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault        1m31.932s  +  2.749  16
 9.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                1m32.184s  +  3.001  17
10.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        1m32.194s  +  3.011  19
11.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        1m32.296s  +  3.113  20
12.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth       1m32.632s  +  3.449  17
13.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault        1m32.767s  +  3.584  15
14.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault           1m32.822s  +  3.639  11
15.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1m33.039s  +  3.856  18
16.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes        1m33.252s  +  4.069  11
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault        1m34.108s  +  4.925  21
18.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault           1m34.275s  +  5.092   7
19.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault        1m34.312s  +  5.129  17
20.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m34.485s  +  5.302  29
21.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m34.604s  +  5.421  31
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth       1m34.770s  +  5.587  13
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth            1m42.627s  +  13.444 16
24.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth                                  1

[Blackeye117]

guys .. download this software Readon TV Movie Radio Player.. you can watch channels from all over the world and i saw fp2 live for a little bit today .... so give it a try ...

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which s/w dude?? where?

@steve,,
awesome pics steve,..

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[DrShaggy]

Mates, i will be at work tomorrow when the quali will be aired, anybody got any idea how to stream the live quali on an iphone???
i have the live timing apps etc but i would really love to have some stream..
thanks
and keep up the good work...

[genius83]

Paul di Resta says making Q3 is the target for Force India in Australian GP qualifying
Paul di Resta believes Force India can progress into the final stage of qualifying at this weekend's Australian Grand Prix.

@DrShaggy
Bro, I can't say whether the following app will work or not but it is saying in description that it could live stream F1 and MotoGP on Iphone.
App Store - TEN Sport

[UncleKracker]

Finally some dry running and the picture is only slightly clear. First thing, Red Bull and Lotus are not happy with Mercedes and their passive F-duct, dubbed the super F-duct. There is a possibility the result will be appealed should Mercedes do well. Red Bull is losing anywhere between 8-16 Kms to Mercedes in a straight line. Mclaren on the other hand has very similar speed to Mercedes without having a super F-duct, which is an indication that Mclaren is a pretty slippery car in a straight line.

Ferrari looked awful, plain awful. A lot of understeer on the way into a corner and loads of oversteer on the way out with both cars fish tailing violently. It will require a super human effort to keep those two cars on track for the duration of a GP. Our friend Massa had another spin in the morning while cruising towards the pits. That said-Ferrari didn't really take out the fuel and go for a low qualifying run which Mercedes did and so did Lotus with Grosjean and to some extent Mclaren too. Red Bull was the notable front runner which ran heavy too but hard to tell the real story as Vettel spun off into the gravel bringing an early end to his session.

At the front Rosberg had the similar 3 tenths advantage over Schumacher as has been the case since Schumacher's return and whilst trying to bridge the gap Schumacher went off too that ended his session but he brought the gap down a little. Mercedes looks good but maybe not as good as everyone thought. They might be a comfortable third team behind Red Bull and Mclaren.

Down the field nothing much to report. HRT is 7 and half seconds off the pace and should not be allowed to race in my opinion. Marussia is 5 odd seconds behind. All the teams are sliding around too much. A last note about Ferrari, Martin Brundle summed up their plight the best saying; ' Ferrari seems to have their steering wheel connected to their rear wheels'

@UK
I can't thanks enough for your posts, you have saved me some time otherwise I was worried after a long delay thanks to KESC and Cable Net operator, it would take long time to post all the news.

No problem bro. Thought you must have been at work and thus unable to update the thread. Didn't know your problems were because of our favourite KESC and internet connection.

which s/w dude?? where?

Eddie, don't give him ideas and places to download things from. We all know what he is going to watch on there. It's not going to be F1 obviously.

[Blackeye117]

Lol Sure I Wont give Him Next Time ,,,,

[rozzzzz]

looking good for team mercedes...but what lotus doing at 2nd position ...seems like gona have some new face at front in qualifying

[UncleKracker]

Capitalism

[rozzzzz]

romain did good run......or that was the setup ?

Team mercedes...good result....if rosberg lockup screwed his position ..otherwise would have scored position ahead of schumi

[genius83]

Toro Rosso buoyed by Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne's strong Australian Grand Prix qualifying performance
Toro Rosso's Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne both hailed a 'positive' qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix after sealing 10th and 11th respectively on the grid for Sunday's race.

HRT requests permission to race after failing to qualify for Australian GP
The HRT team has requested for permission to take part in the Australian Grand Prix despite its drivers failing to qualify on Saturday.

Sauber says midfield grid slots for Australian GP do not reflect true pace of C31
Sauber believes that the midfield grid positions it starts Sunday's Australian Grand Prix with do not accurately reflect the competitiveness of its C31 contender in Melbourne.

@UK
Thanks mate, once again for the posts.

Now here are the Timings from Practice Session 3 and Qualifying Timings

[U]<font color='DarkSlateGray'>Australian GP</font>
<font color='SandyBrown'>Practice Session 3</font>
[/U]<font color='DarkOrchid'>Pos  Driver                Team                  Time               Laps</font>
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.681s           18
 2.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m25.758s  + 0.077  21
 3.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m25.900s  + 0.219  20
 4.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.906s  + 0.225  17
 5.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m25.929s  + 0.248  23
 6.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m26.078s  + 0.397  14
 7.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m26.211s  + 0.530  12
 8.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m26.470s  + 0.789  17
 9.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m26.632s  + 0.951  20
10.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m26.723s  + 1.042  17
11.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m26.733s  + 1.052  15
12.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m26.737s  + 1.056  19
13.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m26.755s  + 1.074  21
14.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m27.029s  + 1.348  23
15.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m27.119s  + 1.438  20
16.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m27.323s  + 1.642  19
17.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m27.428s  + 1.747  22
18.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m28.023s  + 2.342  19
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m28.341s  + 2.660  19
20.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m28.702s  + 3.021  11
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m30.728s  + 5.047  13
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m31.225s  + 5.544  14
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m33.114s  + 7.433  12
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m33.261s  + 7.580  13

[U]<font color='DarkSlateGray'>Australian GP</font>
<font color='SandyBrown'>Qualifying Session</font>
[/U]<font color='DarkOrchid'>Pos  Driver                Team                  Time          Gap   </font>
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m24.922s
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.074s  + 0.152
 3.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m25.302s  + 0.380
 4.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m25.336s  + 0.414
 5.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m25.651s  + 0.729
 6.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m25.668s  + 0.746
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m25.686s  + 0.764
 8.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m25.908s  + 0.986
 9.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m26.451s  + 1.529
10.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    No time
<font color='DarkOrchid'>Q2 cut-off time: 1m26.319s                                   Gap **</font>
11.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m26.429s  + 0.960
12.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m26.4942  + 1.025
13.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m26.590s  + 1.121
14.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m26.663s  + 1.194
15.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m27.086s  + 1.617
16.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m27.497s  + 2.028
17.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        No time
<font color='DarkOrchid'>Q1 cut-off time: 1m27.633s                                    Gap *</font>
18.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m27.758s  + 1.576
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m28.679s  + 2.497
20.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m29.018s  + 2.836
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m30.923s  + 4.741
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m31.670s  + 5.488
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m33.495s  + 7.313
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m33.643s  + 7.461
<font color='SeaGreen'>107% time: 1m32.214s 
* Gap to quickest in Q1        ** Gap to quickest in Q2
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