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Post by Panda on Oct 16, 2015 20:54:37 GMT 1
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Post by -Big Dan- on Oct 23, 2015 1:29:13 GMT 1
Sebastian Vettel is to receive a 10-place grid penalty at the US Grand Prix for using what will be his 5th engine for the season.
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Post by -Big Dan- on Oct 23, 2015 22:53:31 GMT 1
It's just been confirmed that 2014 GP2 champion Jolyon Palmer will race for Lotus in 2016, alongside Pastor Maldonado.
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Post by paulgilb on Oct 23, 2015 23:12:57 GMT 1
It's just been confirmed that 2014 GP2 champion Jolyon Palmer will race for Lotus in 2016, alongside Pastor Maldonado. Money talks... In addition to the US GP this weekend, there is also the start of the 2nd Formula E season in Beijing (the calendar currently has 11 races, but one venue is TBA). Unlike the first season, the teams are allowed to develop their own powertrains. The full line-up can be found at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Formula_E_season. The Trulli team are not competing in Beijing after an issue with the delivery of its Trulli train power train. Sebastian Buemi is the initial favourite for the title, closely followed by Nicolas Prost and Lucas di Grassi.
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Post by Paddy on Oct 24, 2015 19:56:54 GMT 1
Will Qualifying happen today or not?
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Post by -Big Dan- on Oct 24, 2015 20:25:48 GMT 1
They're saying it's due to start at 9pm UK time.
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Post by Paddy on Oct 24, 2015 20:27:24 GMT 1
They have said that every half hour. Whiting has said he'll wait til 4pm Austin time or 10pm uk time. Then he'll call it a day.
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Post by -Big Dan- on Oct 24, 2015 22:05:23 GMT 1
Qualifying has now been postponed until 2pm tomorrow UK time.
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Post by Paddy on Oct 24, 2015 22:31:17 GMT 1
With the change of clocks in the UK tonight, the time gap goes from 6 hours to 5 hours tomorrow. So 9am Austin time will be 2pm not 3pm uK time.
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Post by paulgilb on Oct 25, 2015 0:26:34 GMT 1
Qualifying highlights will be shown on BBC2 at 5pm.
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Post by raliverpool on Oct 25, 2015 22:00:11 GMT 1
What a race. What a brilliant race.
Lewis Hamilton = Three Times Formula One World Champion equalling Jackie Stewart for most World Titles by a British Driver.
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Post by -Big Dan- on Oct 25, 2015 22:16:03 GMT 1
Absolutely fantastic race, and you can't take it away from Lewis after that performance.
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Post by Panda on Oct 25, 2015 22:18:03 GMT 1
Performance of the weekend: Not Hamilton. Not Verstappen. Jennie Gow - Austin on Thursday, then to London to host ITV's Formula E coverage, then straight back to Austin to cover the Grand Prix for 5Live...
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Post by paulgilb on Oct 30, 2015 0:12:28 GMT 1
What a race. What a brilliant race. Lewis Hamilton = Three Times Formula One World Champion equalling Jackie Stewart for most World Titles by a British Driver. And he is the first British driver to win back-to-back titles. In fact, he is the first British driver to win titles in both an odd-numbered year and an even-numbered year. Indeed it was a brilliant race, partly due to the changing conditions and partly due to the fact that there was so little practice running. With Hamilton having clinched the title, it will be interesting to see whether he helps Rosberg get 2nd in the Championship in any way. Some more stats/facts: Hamilton's 43rd win - 1 more than Vettel (Hamilton is now outright 3rd). By missing out on pole, Hamilton cannot equal Vettel's 15 poles in a season. 54 races since McLaren's last win - their longest streak in terms of races (they have had longer gaps in terms of time from 1977-81 and 1993-97). They have also equalled their longest podium drought (34 races, previously managed between Brazil 1979 and Monaco 1981). Rosberg's 19th pole moves him ahead of Rene Arnoux for the Most Pole Positions Without A World Championship (yet!). First time ever Maldonado has scored points in 3 consecutive races. Since traction control was (re-)banned in 2008, the Drivers' Championship has been decided at the last race in every even-numbered year but never in an odd-numbered year. Hamilton is the first driver to win 10+ races in 2 consecutive seasons, and the first driver to win 21+ races in a 2-season period. Every occasion (since 2000 at least) in which qualifying (or part of) has been postponed until Sunday has seen a German driver take pole. Fewest finishers since Australia (11). Under the 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 system, Hamilton would not yet be champion (he would be 29 ahead of Rosberg with 30 available). Red Bull’s and Marussia’s first non-mechanical DNFs this season (only Mercedes have not had one). Vettel and Rosberg are tied on 176 laps led this season (Hamilton leads on 563). Raikkonen’s first no-score since Hungary means that Vettel is the only driver to scored in all of the last 5 races. Kvyat’s first non-finish since China means that Verstappen now has the longest unbroken run of finishes (not counting classified non-finishes) with 7 (last DNF was his spin in Britain). First time a driver has managed pole in 3 consecutive races and converted none of them into wins since Vettel in Britain-Germany-Hungary 2010. First time a driver has managed wins in 3 consecutive races without any of them coming from pole since M Schumacher in Canada-USA-France-Britain 2004. First time both of these have happened together since Australia-Brazil-San Marino 2000 (also happened in Hungary-Belgium-Italy 1993, Brazil-Pacific-San Marino 1994, and possibly others). Hamilton’s 87th front row start – equals Senna, trails only M Schumacher (116). First race since South Africa 1985 to feature no Ferrari-powered cars in the top 12 grid spots. In the 14 races that Rosberg has started on pole with Hamilton alongside him, Hamilton has won 7 of them. Kvyat’s first non-mechanical DNF. First time since 2013 that Bottas has managed back-to-back no-scores.
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Post by paulgilb on Nov 1, 2015 1:39:22 GMT 1
Grid for Mexico:
1 Rosberg 2 Hamilton 3 Vettel 4 Kvyat 5 Ricciardo 6 Bottas 7 Massa 8 Verstappen 9 Perez 10 Hulkenberg 11 Sainz 12 Grosjean 13 Maldonado 14 Ericsson 15 Nasr 16 Rossi 17 Stevens 18 Raikkonen (gearbox penalty) 19 Alonso (engine penalty) 20 Button (no time in Q1 + 55-place penalty for various engine changes)
Mercedes' 51st pole as a constructor - equals Renault in 6th place overall.
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Post by Paddy on Nov 1, 2015 9:49:58 GMT 1
Is Button having to start at Austin and race for the border before he can start the GP? In Austria they literally docked them 21 places is there a big enough grid for 55 places? I imaging he'll start in the pitlane?
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Post by paulgilb on Nov 1, 2015 12:12:53 GMT 1
He will still start at the back of the grid, although they should do what they did in Austria and award an in-race penalty (which would probably be a stop-go) in this case.
Last weekend's Formula E race was an exciting one, dominated by Sebastian Buemi (who became the first driver to manage a maximum of 30 points in one race - scoring pole, fastest lap and win). The big surprise was defending champion Nelson Piquet Jr running at the back for the whole race.
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Post by Paul on Nov 1, 2015 12:29:46 GMT 1
^ It was pretty obvious from testing that e.dams and Abt had an edge on everyone, with Virgin, Mahindra, Dragon and Venturi behind. Nextev hardly got any laps in, so not at all a surprise that Piquet struggled.
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Post by paulgilb on Nov 6, 2015 0:36:21 GMT 1
^ It was pretty obvious from testing that e.dams and Abt had an edge on everyone, with Virgin, Mahindra, Dragon and Venturi behind. Nextev hardly got any laps in, so not at all a surprise that Piquet struggled. That's exactly why I don't like to follow testing! The Mexican GP wasn't exactly the greatest race ever, but it would have been interesting if Hamilton has disobeyed his team's orders to pit, or alternatively stayed up a couple more laps and be able to pit under safety car conditions. Some stats/facts: The 4 drivers currently on exactly 12 F1 wins are Keke Rosberg's Williams predecessor (Alan Jones), 2 of his team-mates (Mario Andretti, Carlos Reutemann), and his son. Hamilton can no longer equal the record for most wins in one season or the record for most points in a season. First time since Australia 2009 that neither Ferrari finished the race. First time neither was classified since Australia 2006 (another race in which the #1 Ferrari crashed out on his own after an uncharacteristically poor race and the #2 Ferrari collided with a Williams). It is however the 3rd consecutive Mexican GP in which both Ferraris have retired. The last 3 drivers on the grid were all World Champions, as were the first 3 retirements. First time Vettel has not been classified since Austria 2014. First non-mechanical DNF for Vettel since Turkey 2010 (when he collided with team-mate Webber). Only 5 drivers have won the last 54 races - this is the longest such streak, beating Brazil 1986 to USA 1989. Only 2 nationalities have won the last 24 races - previous longest streak was 23 races (Belgium 1962 to Germany 1964). Just like this time last year, Hamilton has 10 wins, Rosberg 4, and the only non-Mercedes driver to have won has 3 wins. The drivers who started 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th all finished in those positions (but there were different drivers starting and finishing 3rd). Perez now has his most points in a season, beating the 66 he managed in 2012. Vettel’s DNF means that Verstappen is the only driver to have scored points in each of the last 5 races. First German driver to start from the front row in Mexico. Mercedes’ 13th front-row lockout this year – a new record. 3rd consecutive race that both Force Indias have started in the top 10 – first time ever. Mercedes totally dominated the race (just as they did in Austria and Belgium): front-row lockout, led entire race, scored fastest lap, other driver scored next fastest lap, 1-2 in race. 27th different track at which Hamilton has finished on the podium – equals M Schumacher, trails Prost (29). First time since Hungary-Turkey 2006 that Raikkonen has had 2 consecutive non-mechanical DNFs.
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Post by paulgilb on Nov 8, 2015 12:30:34 GMT 1
A sarcastic congratulations to ITV4 for managing to miss the start of yesterday's Formula E race (thankfully not much was missed).
The race itself was dramatic, with Sebastien Buemi leading the first half before suffering a technical problem. Team-mate Nicolas Prost also suffered a problem at the same time, forcing an early pitstop. After the pitstops, several other drivers hit trouble, including the Dragons of Loic Duval and Jerome d'Ambrosio who were at one point running 2nd and 3rd (with d'Ambrosio crashing out on the last lap). The upshot of it all was that Robin Frijns (who clouted the run and was running with damage for the last couple of laps), Stephane Sarrazin (who started from the pits after stalling on the dummy grid), and Antonio Felix da Costa (who stopped on track twice in a short space of time) still managed to finish 3rd, 4th and 6th.
After 2 races, all the teams who have taken part (Trulli failed scrutineering so could not compete) have scored at least 12 points.
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