October 12: Free practice 1
10:00 local | 01:00 GMT | 03:00 CEST
October 12: Free practice 2
14:00 local | 05:00 GMT | 07:00 CEST
October 13: Free practice 3
11:00 local | 02:00 GMT | 04:00 CEST
October 13: Qualifying
14:00 local | 05:00 GMT | 07:00 CEST
October 14: Race
15:00 local | 06:00 GMT | 08:00 CEST
Welcoming Monisha Kaltenborn as the first woman to become F1 Team Principal
Congratulations Madam! All the very best!
Who will win this time? Vettel? Alonso? Jenson Button? Will Grosjean create more turmoil?
Any chance of a podium for Schumi this time around?
F1 racing goes Yeongam style!
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MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10243 posts, RR: 40 Reply 1, posted (7 months 2 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1873 times:
Korean Grand Prix Yeongam
Free Practice 1 Results
Driver Teams Time
1 LC Hamilton (GBR) McLaren 1'39.148
2 F Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 1'39.450
3 M Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1'39.575
4 F Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1'39.854
5 S Vettel (GER) Red Bull 1'40.088
6 M Schumacher (GER) Mercedes 1'40.221
7 N Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1'40.396
8 R Grosjean (FRA) Lotus 1'40.422
9 P di Resta (GBR) Force India 1'40.440
10 J Button (GBR) McLaren 1'40.480
11 KM Räikkönen (FIN) Lotus 1'40.929
12 P Maldonado (VEN) Williams 1'41.048
13 J Bianchi (FRA) Force India 1'41.140
14 K Kobayashi (JPN) Sauber 1'41.220
15 S Perez (MEX) Sauber 1'41.514
16 D Ricciardo (AUS) Toro Rosso 1'41.596
17 JE Vergne (FRA) Toro Rosso 1'42.021
18 V Bottas (FIN) Williams 1'42.027
19 H Kovalainen (FIN) Caterham 1'42.104
20 T Glock (GER) Marussia 1'42.175
21 C Pic (FRA) Marussia 1'42.706
22 G van der Garde (NED) Caterham 1'42.820
23 PM de la Rosa (ESP) HRT 1'44.517
24 D Clos (ESP) HRT 1'45.735
Free Practice 1 Results
Driver Team Time
1 Vettel GER Red Bull 1'38.832
2 Webber AUS Red Bull 1'38.864
3 Alonso ESP Ferrari 1'39.160
4 Button GBR McLaren 1'39.219
5 Schumacher GER Mercedes 1'39.330
6 Massa BRA Ferrari 1'39.422
7 Rosberg GER Mercedes 1'39.584
8 Hamilton GBR McLaren 1'39.717
9 Hülkenberg GER Force India 1'39.739
10 Räikkönen FIN Lotus 1'39.839
11 Grosjean FRA Lotus 1'39.957
12 Senna BRA Williams 1'40.089
13 di Resta GBR Force India 1'40.112
14 Kobayashi JPN Sauber 1'40.445
15 Perez MEX Sauber 1'40.745
16 Vergne FRA Toro Rosso 1'40.789
17 Ricciardo AUS Toro Rosso 1'40.997
18 Maldonado VEN Williams 1'41.200
19 Kovalainen FIN Caterham 1'41.602
20 Glock GER Marussia 1'42.596
21 Pic FRA Marussia 1'43.066
22 Petrov RUS Caterham 1'43.067
23 Karthikeyan IND HRT 1'43.869
24 de la Rosa ESP HRT 1'44.533
Marussia test driver Maria de Villotta gave her first public interview after her terrible crash that lost her one eye.
Quote:
"Before, I only saw F1, I saw myself in a car competing. I did not see what was important in life, the clarity to say: 'I am alive,'" she said.
"It has given me my bearings, given me back what's important. I accept it with the energy to say I am going to live out this chance 100%."
MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10243 posts, RR: 40 Reply 2, posted (7 months 2 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 1796 times:
Mark Webber snatches Pole at Yeongam
Qalifying results with times
Driver Teams Time
1 M Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1'37.242
2 S Vettel (GER) Red Bull 1'37.316
3 LC Hamilton (GBR) McLaren 1'37.469
4 F Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 1'37.534
5 KM Räikkönen (FIN) Lotus 1'37.625
6 F Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1'37.884
7 R Grosjean (FRA) Lotus 1'37.934
8 N Hülkenberg (GER) Force India 1'38.266
9 N Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1'38.361
10 M Schumacher (GER) Mercedes 1'38.513
11 J Button (GBR) McLaren 1'38.441
12 S Perez (MEX) Sauber 1'38.460
13 K Kobayashi (JPN) Sauber 1'38.594
14 P di Resta (GBR) Force India 1'38.643
15 P Maldonado (VEN) Williams 1'38.725
16 D Ricciardo (AUS) Toro Rosso 1'39.084
17 JE Vergne (FRA) Toro Rosso 1'39.340
18 B Senna (BRA) Williams 1'39.443
19 V Petrov (RUS) Caterham 1'40.207
20 H Kovalainen (FIN) Caterham 1'40.333
21 C Pic (FRA) Marussia 1'41.317
22 T Glock (GER) Marussia 1'41.371
23 PM de la Rosa (ESP) HRT 1'42.881
24 KRN Karthikeyan (IND) HRT -
It's two Red Bulls followed by a McLaren and a Ferrari.
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CXB77L From Australia, joined Feb 2009, 2195 posts, RR: 4 Reply 3, posted (7 months 2 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 1771 times:
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Being on the dirtier side of the track could mean trouble for both Vettel and Alonso. I hope Vettel doesn't drop back too far. I think Vettel should be more worried about defending from Hamilton than attacking Webber.
stealthz From Australia, joined Feb 2005, 5434 posts, RR: 49 Reply 4, posted (7 months 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 1765 times:
mmm... can't see anything about sanctions imposed on those drivers that set their best sector times under yellow flag conditions.
That is discraceful, the drivers should be excluded from the race... at the least.
Yellow flags are for a reason and to show such disregard is unforgiveable.
Nice to see a good qual from MW, hope he doesn't go too far backward in the first lap.
If your camera sends text messages, that could explain why your photos are rubbish!
CXB77L From Australia, joined Feb 2009, 2195 posts, RR: 4 Reply 8, posted (7 months 1 week 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 1634 times:
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Great driving from Sebastian Vettel to lead every lap and win the race! It was touch and go there for a while with his tyres going off in the last few laps, but thankfully he made it to the chequered flag more or less in tact. Now, the championship battle really heats up - Vettel has taken the lead in the championship table over Alonso by 6 points, with four more races remaining.
Charles79 From Puerto Rico, joined Mar 2007, 1307 posts, RR: 5 Reply 9, posted (7 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1593 times:
Great results for Vettel fans (like myself) but a rather lackluster event that was more about tyre management than actual on-track action. The most significant result, though, is that Ferrari overtook McLaren in the constructor's table...I bet the Scuderia did not expect a race where McLaren walked away with a solitary point (plus some bonus astroturf!). Great results for Toro Rosso and Hulkenberg as well, and it appears that Massa has done enough to secure a place in Ferrari next year.
Now the teams get two weeks to sort themselves out and, specifically in the case of Lotus (Renault) and McLaren, decide whether to sink in more money into a championship that might be lost now and fight until the end or stop developing the car and focus on next year. Either way, I expect to see either a Red Bull or a Ferrari driver winning this year's driver championship.
Bill142 From Australia, joined Aug 2004, 8320 posts, RR: 9 Reply 12, posted (7 months 1 week 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 1472 times:
Quoting CXB77L (Reply 8): Great driving from Sebastian Vettel to lead every lap and win the race! It was touch and go there for a while with his tyres going off in the last few laps, but thankfully he made it to the chequered flag more or less in tact. Now, the championship battle really heats up - Vettel has taken the lead in the championship table over Alonso by 6 points, with four more races remaining.
I'm going to laugh when his over inflated ego comes and bites him before seasons end with his continued disregard of instructions by the team.
Quoting sudden (Reply 11): Not what I was really hoping for.
I know you wanted Ide to get the seat. Maybe next year.
stealthz From Australia, joined Feb 2005, 5434 posts, RR: 49 Reply 13, posted (7 months 1 week 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 1471 times:
Hey Madame C,
Not much love for the achievements of your darling Kamui in Korea!!
Quoting Bill142 (Reply 12): I'm going to laugh when his over inflated ego comes and bites him before seasons end with his continued disregard of instructions by the team.
And his bitter attack on his engineer at the end of Q3...
A spoilt prat, albeit a talented one but still a young kid who will benefit from some maturity but to date has shown little sign of A/ Maturity & B/ signs of learning any!
A cry baby who wins races and titles but still a long way from being a "Champion"
If your camera sends text messages, that could explain why your photos are rubbish!
Not much love for the achievements of your darling Kamui in Korea!!
Kamui is fair he recognizes his mistakes though it is true that one car had hit him at first. I could not really see which car it was but when it happened it looked to me like it was Vergne. There were no replays of that first hit, only replays of Kamui's hit that had caused JB and NR to leave the race.
Interview with Kamui:
"Initially I had a good start but then we were four cars side by side approaching Turn 3. I had Nico to the right and Jenson and Sergio on my left hand side.
"Someone hit my rear tyre and then it was impossible to control the car, but I had to brake at some point. I didn't manage to avoid the accident, and I feel very sorry for ruining someone else's race, and certainly this was not my intention.
"It was just a very difficult moment and I had nowhere to go but I think it was my mistake."
He will most probably be out of the Sauber team next season (does not mean he will be out of F1). It goes around still unofficial but my sources are telling me the same. The 2013 line up at Sauber seem to be Hulkenberg and Guiterres. Guiterres is a TelMex (Carlos Slim Helu -- world's richest man -- sponsorship) same sponsor as Sergio Perez. Kamui has no strong financial support and there are no more Japanese teams in F1.
Any GP2 driver with a Mega-Millions sponsorship can easily find his way into F1 these days.
Money makes Formula 1 and Formula 1 loves making money. That is no secret.
[Edited 2012-10-15 05:54:58]
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moo From Falkland Islands, joined May 2007, 3599 posts, RR: 4 Reply 15, posted (7 months 1 week 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 1442 times:
Quoting Bill142 (Reply 12): I'm going to laugh when his over inflated ego comes and bites him before seasons end with his continued disregard of instructions by the team.
Hes the one driving the car, and thus has the feel of the car - the team just has data. The track is a different beast at the end of the race than it is during it, due to it being completely rubbered in, so while the team may be thinking about tyre wire in absolute terms based on data, its the drivers feel that ultimately dictates how he can drive the car.
Same here. The momentum is on Red Bull and Vettel. He's won the last 3 races, taking 75 points, while Alonso took only 30. Unless Vettel has to retire in one of the last 4 races, I can't see Alonso beat him.
On another subject, I'm happy to see two Frenchmen in the points this weekend (Grosjean 7th and Vergne 8th)
"A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one" - Moliere
CXB77L From Australia, joined Feb 2009, 2195 posts, RR: 4 Reply 17, posted (7 months 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 1356 times:
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Quoting Bill142 (Reply 12): I'm going to laugh when his over inflated ego comes and bites him before seasons end with his continued disregard of instructions by the team.
Vettel was consistently slower than Webber between Lap 50 and Lap 54. Far from disregarding the team's instructions, he did in fact slow down towards the end of the race to preserve the tyres.
Quoting stealthz (Reply 13): And his bitter attack on his engineer at the end of Q3...
Granted, that was uncalled for.
Quoting stealthz (Reply 13): A spoilt prat, albeit a talented one but still a young kid who will benefit from some maturity but to date has shown little sign of A/ Maturity & B/ signs of learning any!
Really? So his progress from his 2010 season in which he crashed several times and tried his best to throw the championship away until the final four races of the season, to his complete and utter domination of 2011 and his ability to handle the pressure of a championship battle this season (shown by not making the silly errors that he was making two years ago under similar pressure) is not a sign of maturity?
Vettel has matured immeasurably as a driver since his debut season.
Bill142 From Australia, joined Aug 2004, 8320 posts, RR: 9 Reply 19, posted (7 months 1 week 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 1331 times:
Quoting moo (Reply 15): Hes the one driving the car, and thus has the feel of the car - the team just has data. The track is a different beast at the end of the race than it is during it, due to it being completely rubbered in, so while the team may be thinking about tyre wire in absolute terms based on data, its the drivers feel that ultimately dictates how he can drive the car.
But he also has an inflated ego. He HAS to have the fastest lap time. He HAS to have some other stat. He HAS to have a different helmet design every race.
Whilst these are important, they're stats other drivers seem willing to go out. It's almost like some kind of OCD.
CXB77L From Australia, joined Feb 2009, 2195 posts, RR: 4 Reply 20, posted (7 months 1 week 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 1327 times:
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Quoting Bill142 (Reply 19): But he also has an inflated ego. He HAS to have the fastest lap time. He HAS to have some other stat. He HAS to have a different helmet design every race.
That's not an inflated ego, nor is it OCD, it's the hallmark of someone who is driven to succeed. That is precisely what I admire about him.
As for the different helmet design ... so what? What does it matter what design he chooses to have on his helmet on any given weekend? Sure, other drivers like to use it as their trade mark and thus keep the same design. I don't know how you can draw the bow between having a different helmet design every race and an "inflated ego".
Bill142 From Australia, joined Aug 2004, 8320 posts, RR: 9 Reply 24, posted (7 months 1 week 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 1319 times:
According to this Hulkenberg is driving for Ferrari next year.
Quoting sudden (Reply 23): Lets stay realistic and stick with Albers. Sato is way too good for Mclaren
You're right. Way too good. He'll just have to stay in Indy car.
25 moo: In your opinion - in my opinion, every racing driver has an "inflated ego", the worst being Alonso. I see a lot of hate for Vettel, but I don't see a
26 Bill142: Oh.. Hate.. such a harsh word. I don't hate Vettel. I just don't like him.. Unlike Vettel, who's just been lucky, Alonso has true talent.
27 CXB77L: In every full season he's been in F1, he has beaten his teammate. He has not lost an inter team battle yet. The yardstick by which all F1 drivers are
28 moo: Well, going by your comments in here, its pretty easy to say you hate him with a passion. What is "true talent" exactly, other than opinionated tosh?
29 GrahamHill: Lucky in what way? I don't like much Vettel, but saying that he is lucky compared to Alonso, that's maybe going a bit far.
30 MadameConcorde: From meeting him in Monaco and Monza, I think Sebastian Vettel is a very fine person and a very fine F1 driver. I can't take that away from him. I th
31 Charles79: That's my impression as well. Some call him "lucky"...well, ALL drivers get lucky and unlucky from time to time. Vettel has retired from the lead at
32 zckls04: These days? Pay drivers were way more prevalent 20 years ago IIRC. I think you're being very unfair on Marcus Winklehock.
33 CXB77L: Schumacher couldn't even match Rosberg in the Mercedes. In each of the three seasons of his "come back" to F1 he had been outqualified, outscored and
34 Bill142: In fact, one of the reasons there's now the super licence scheme is because pay drivers were becoming out of control. Pay drivers now have to have so
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