FIA Formula 1 2011

[Charly]

FORMULA 1 2011​

The 2011 Formula One season is the 62nd FIA Formula One season. The original calendar consisted of twenty rounds, including the inaugural running of the Indian Grand Prix. Pirelli returns to the sport as tyre supplier for all teams, taking over from Bridgestone. Red Bull Racing are the reigning Constructor's Champions. Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel will be the defending Driver's Champion.

The pre-season testing season began immediately after the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a three-day 'Young Driver Test' (for drivers with fewer than three Formula One race starts to their name) at the Yas Marina Circuit. Formula Renault 3.5 runner-up Daniel Ricciardo consistently set the fastest times over the three days, driving for new champions Red Bull Racing.

The Young Driver Tests were followed by another testing session – also held at Yas Marina – for the teams to test the tyres developed by new tyre supplier Pirelli. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was the fastest during the tests, with many drivers declaring their satisfaction with the new tyres, particularly given Pirelli's short development window. Sebastian Vettel experienced an explosive puncture on the final day, though an investigation by Pirelli attributed the incident to debris on the circuit rather than a critical error with the build of the tyre.

The final test of the season was originally scheduled to be held in Bahrain, but was cancelled by the Bahraini Crown Prince due to political uprising in the island nation. It was instead rescheduled to the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona from 8–12 March.

Teams and Drivers

Red Bull Racing - Sebastian Vettel & Mark Webber

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes - Lewis Hamilton & Jenson Button

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro - Fernando Alonso & Felipe Massa

Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team - Michael Schumacher & Nico Rosberg

Lotus Renault GP - Nick Heidfeld & Vitaly Petrov

AT&T Williams F1 - Rubens Barrichello & Pastor Maldonado

Force India F1 Team - Adrian Sutil & Paul di Resta

Sauber F1 Team - Kamui Kobayashi & Sergio Pérez

Scuderia Toro Rosso - Sébastian Buemi & Jaime Algersuari

Team Lotus - Haikki Kovalainen & Jarno Trulli

Hispania Racing Team - Narain Karthikayen & Vitantonio Liuzzi

Marussia Virgin Racing - Timo Glock & Jérôme d'Ambrosio

2011 Race Calender

Round 1 Australian GP - Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne - 27th March - Winner: Sebastian Vettel
Round 2 Malaysian GP - Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur - 10th April - Winner: Sebastian Vettel
Round 3 Chinese GP - Shanghai International Circuit - 17th April
Round 4 Turkish GP - Istanbul Park - 8th May
Round 5 Spanish GP - Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona - 22nd May
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19

Drivers Standings
1 - Sebastian Vettel - 50
2 - Jenson Button - 26
3 - Lewis Hamilton - 22
4 - Mark Webber - 22
5 - Fernando Alonso - 20
6 - Felipe Massa - 16
7 - Nick Heidfeld - 15
8 - Vitaky Petrov - 15
9 - Kamui Kobayashi - 6
10 - Sebastian Buemi - 4
11 - Adrian Sutil - 2
12 - Michael Schumacher - 2
13 - Paul Di Resta - 2

Constructors Standings
1 Red Bull-Renault - 72
2 McLaren-Mercedes - 48
3 Ferrari - 36
4 Renault - 30
5 Sauber-Ferrari - 6
6 STR-Ferrari - 4
7 Force India Mercedes - 4
8 Mercedes - 2

 

[Sim]

Ow sorry charliye

 

[Charly]

Defending world champion Sebastian Vettel will start from pole for Red Bull on Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix, after snatching the position from McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton by 0.104s right at the end of a great qualifying session.

Felipe Massa set the ball rolling for Ferrari in Q1 before Jenson Button went fastest for McLaren in Q2. But just as it seemed Hamilton had got things sorted with the first sub-1m 35s lap of the weekend at the end of Q3, with 1m 34.974s, Vettel pipped him with 1m 34.870s. Mark Webber will start third on 1m 35.179s in the other Red Bull, with Button fourth on 1m 35.200s.

On the third row, a disappointed Fernando Alonso could only coax 1m 35.802s out of his Ferrari, as Nick Heidfeld jumped up to sixth for Renault with 1m 36.124s. That pushed Massa down a place, on 1m 36.251s, while Vitaly Petrov took eighth in the other Renault on 1m 36.324s ahead of Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes on 1m 36.809s, and Kamui Kobayashi’s Sauber on 1m 36.820s.

Rosberg had aced Mercedes team mate Michael Schumacher in the dying moments of Q2, as the elder German got pushed down to 11th on 1m 37.035s. The well-matched Toro Rosso duo were next up, with Sebastien Buemi just beating Jaime Alguersuari, 1m 37.160s to 1m 37.347s. Paul di Resta did a super job for Force India, the rookie taking 14th place with 1m 37.370s ahead of Williams' Rubens Barrichello on 1m 37.496s, Sauber’s Sergio Perez on 1m 37.528s and team mate Adrian Sutil on 1m 37.593s.

Q1 saw Pastor Maldonado just fail to get through, Williams team mate Barrichello easing him out with 1m 38.163s to 1m 38.276s as Massa set the pace on 1m 36.744s from Hamilton and Alonso.

At one stage Heikki Kovalainen’s 1m 38.645s lap put him seventh, but the Lotus driver dropped back to 19th as he failed to improve. Nevertheless the closeness to Williams was a major fillip for Lotus, who had Jarno Trulli next up on 1m 38.791s.

There was a big gap to Timo Glock’s Virgin which stopped the clocks in 1m 40.648s, while Jerome D’Ambrosio’s 1m 41.001s in the sister Virgin was not far clear of Tonio Liuzzi’s 1m 41.549s in the lead HRT. Team mate Narain Karthikeyan was 24th on 1m 42.574s.

With a 107 percent time of 1m 43.516s, all 24 cars qualified.

The session was delayed briefly after Buemi’s left-hand sidepod cover departed his STR6, which was fifth fastest at the time, and landed on the back straight. It was soon removed.

 

[LokoFan444]

Petrov again take off((((((

 

[PeterLPZ]

Sebastian Vettel - you are really great. I´m so happy about the victory again

 

[LokoFan444]

Vettel and Red Bull team really very good) I think other teams very hard will be go faster than their cars.

 

[Sim]

D'ambrioso failed to finish

Vettel is really awesome!

 

[CPV4931]

very nice race from Vettel &Heidfeld:-)

 

[Kristi]

What Hamilton did to Alonso wasn't fair However he got his payback soon enough :evil:

 

[Charly]

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel made it look so easy as he scored his second victory of the season and extended his world championship points tally to 50 on Sunday afternoon in Malaysia. The German took the lead at the start, nursed his tyres through three pits stops, avoided using his problematic KERS from the 29th lap after instruction from his team, yet was still 6.1s ahead of a charging Jenson Button in the McLaren with a lap to go.

Button did the impossible by running 19 laps on a set of Pirelli's prime tyres where previously nobody had managed more than 16, but the 3.2s gap at the chequered flag reflected the side-by-side weaving that Vettel did in triumph as he reached the finish line.

Lewis Hamilton in the other McLaren had been in the fight all afternoon, once he had overtaken super-fast starting Nick Heidfeld's Renault in the first stops, but unlike his team mate the Briton lost pace on the primes, fell behind Button after the third stops, and needed a fourth to make it to the flag in seventh after running off the track.

Heidfeld likewise kept in play throughout to beat Mark Webber's Red Bull to the final podium slot, after the KERS-less Australian fought back from a terrible opening lap and four pit stops.

Behind them, Felipe Massa brought his Ferrari home fifth after three stops, only 0.2s ahead of team mate Fernando Alonso, who seemed set to take Hamilton's third place until he hit the back of the McLaren on the 46th lap and needed a fourth stop for a new front wing. He had been struggling for some time with a DRS wing which stopped working properly.

Kamui Kobayashi mixed it with anyone and everyone all afternoon, including some wonderful side-by-side racing with Webber as confirmation that the DRS wing concept worked superbly here, and took eighth place for Sauber in Hamilton's wake and ahead of Michael Schumacher who was able to muscle his way ahead of Paul di Resta's Force India with two laps remaining.

Once again the Scottish rookie beat team mate Adrian Sutil, who needed a stop for attention to first lap damage only three laps into the race, but couldn't hold off seven-time champion Schumacher's Mercedes as his Pirellis were finished. Nevertheless he maintained his great record of scoring points in both of his Grands Prix.

Nico Rosberg had a miserable race for 12th in the second Mercedes, ahead of the duelling Toro Rossos of Sebastien Buemi, who overcame a stop-and-go penalty for pit-lane speeding to beat team mate Jaime Alguersuari to 13th. Heikki Kovalainen just failed to catch the Spaniard by the flag, as Lotus beat Virgin and Timo Glock in the newer teams' race to complete the finishers.

Vitaly Petrov had just repassed Kobayashi for eighth place on the 53rd lap when he had a big off which sent his Renault bouncing so high over a kerb that his car's steering column seemed damaged on landing, but though he hit an advertising hoarding he didn't hurt himself. His race, however, was over.

Tonio Liuzzi didn't make the finish either as his HRT stopped when running 18th, nor did Jerome D'Ambrosio's Virgin which had been just ahead of him. Jarno Trulli's Lotus also ran into unreliability, as did Sergio Perez's Sauber and Narain Karthikeyan's HRT, while both Williams drivers, Pastor Maldonado and Rubens Barrichello, had early problems and failed to get home.

Vettel now has 50 points to Button's 26, with Hamilton on 24, Webber on 22, Alonso on 20, Massa on 16 and Heidfeld and Petrov on 15.

Red Bull move further into the lead of the constructors' championship with 72 points, with McLaren on 50 ahead of Ferrari on 36 and Renault on 30.

 

[LokoFan444]

MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX RESULTS

POS DRIVER NATIONALITY ENTRANT LAPS TIME/RETIRE
1. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 56 1h37m39.832
2. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 56 3.261
3. Nick Heidfeld Germany Renault 56 25.075
4. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 56 26.384
5. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari 56 36.958
6. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari 56 57.248*
7. Kamui Kobayashi Japan Sauber-Ferrari 56 1m06.439
8. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 56 1m09.957**
9. Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes GP 56 1m24.896
10. Paul di Resta Britain Force India-Mercedes 56 1m31.563
11. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes 56 1m41.379
12. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes GP 55 1 Lap
13. Sebastien Buemi Switzerland Toro Rosso-Ferrari 55 1 Lap
14. Jaime Alguersuari Spain Toro Rosso-Ferrari 55 1 Lap
15. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Lotus-Renault 55 1 Lap
16. Timo Glock Germany Virgin-Cosworth 54 2 Laps
17. Vitaly Petrov Russia Renault 52 DNF, Accident

FASTEST LAP Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 46 1:40.571

 

[Charly]

Qualifying - Vettel storms to Shanghai pole

Sebastian Vettel took yet another pole position for Red Bull in a disjointed but exciting qualifying session in Shanghai on Saturday afternoon.

In overcast conditions the Red Bull driver performed his usual trick of pulling something extra out of the bag in Q3 and moved well clear of the McLarens of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. The world champion lapped in 1m 33.706s, far and away the fastest time of the weekend, leaving Button to 1m 34.421s and Hamilton to 1m 34.463s, a wobble exiting the final corner costing him crucial fractions.

Nico Rosberg put his Mercedes fourth on 1m 34.670s, well ahead of the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa on 1m 35.119s and 1m 35.145s. The Spaniard was the only one to run a new aero package.

The surprise was that both Toro Rossos made it through to Q3. Jaime Alguersuari starts seventh on 1m 36.158s and Sebastien Buemi ninth on 1m 36.203s. In between them, birthday boy Paul di Resta underlined his great potential and was the one giving the presents as he took a terrific eighth place for Force India in 1m 36.190s.

Earlier, Red Bull had suffered a major setback when Webber failed to get through Q1 after yet more problems with KERS were compounded as the team elected to send him out on hard tyres rather than getting a run on the softs. Renault, too, were unlucky.

With three minutes of Q2 left, Vitaly Petrov did one run on soft rubber and leapt up to fourth place on 1m 35.149s, but then his R31 stopped on the track, necessitating the red flag with two minutes left. That was, however, enough to leave him 10th on the grid. But his misfortune put those who had yet to put decent laps together in their first Q2 runs - notably team mate Nick Heidfeld who had been saving tyres - on their back foot when the session resumed.

Also on the bubble were Sergio Perez, Rosberg, Rubens Barrichello, Michael Schumacher, Kamui Kobayashi and Pastor Maldonado. They were joined by the Ferraris and Force Indias in a mad scramble.

Di Resta missed the clock but with only Rosberg improving significantly that was okay. As Hamilton set the pace from Button and Vettel, with the fastest lap thus far of the weekend in 1m 34.486s, Adrian Sutil once again was outqualified by his rookie Force India team mate, taking 11th spot with 1m 35.874s.

Then came Perez on 1m 36.053s in the lead Sauber, Kobayashi on 1m 36.236s in the second, Schumacher on 1m 36.457s for Mercedes, Barrichello in 1m 36.465s for Williams, the frustrated Heidfeld on 1m 36.611s and Maldonado in the second Williams on 1m 36.956s.

Webber’s weekend of disaster was made even worse when Schumacher and Maldonado staged late improvements in Q1, leaving the unhappy Australian only 18th on 1m 36.468s.

This was an odd session, with people using their tyres in different ways. Rosberg finally displaced Petrov as fastest, after the Russian had vaulted ahead of the Ferraris of Alonso and Massa, leaving Vettel sixth, Button 10th and Hamilton 12th.

Behind Webber, Heikki Kovalainen retained the upper hand over Lotus partner Jarno Trulli with 1m 37.894s to 1m 38.318s, then Jerome D’Ambrosio headed Virgin team mate Timo Glock with 1m 39.119s to 1m 39.708s. At HRT, Tonio Liuzzi headed Narain Karthikeyan, with 1m 40.212s to 1m 40.445s.

With the 107 percent ante at 1m 41.941s, everyone qualified.

 

[Sahistul]

Vettel is unbeatable....

 

[LokoFan444]

Maroussia and Petrov will soon come up with how to stop Vettel

 

[Gandan]

Oh my God! Formula1... an old love for me...

I was a Ferrari supporter... but now... I'm striking :°D

I totally disliked how they have managed Kimi Raikkonen adventure in Ferrari. It has been scandalous... :-(

 

[LokoFan444]

Oh my God! Formula1... an old love for me...

I was a Ferrari supporter... but now... I'm striking :°D

I totally disliked how they have managed Kimi Raikkonen adventure in Ferrari. It has been scandalous... :-(

I am also a big fan of Kimi never apart from him for anyone not sick and probably will not ... I look at the formula only because of the lack of the best races

 

[Gandan]

I am also a big fan of Kimi never apart from him for anyone not sick and probably will not ... I look at the formula only because of the lack of the best races

I was a Ferrari supporter, but I support also some strong drivers.... like Kimi, Vettel, Kubica... but when Kimi arrived in Ferrari I was the happiest man on the Earth....

But then.... Felipe, Felipe, Felipe, Felipe, Felipe... xkermit

Now the situation is very different, because Alonso (Santander) has brought much money. Maybe more than Massa and his Brazilian $

sadness -.-

 

[LokoFan444]

I was a Ferrari supporter, but I support also some strong drivers.... like Kimi, Vettel, Kubica... but when Kimi arrived in Ferrari I was the happiest man on the Earth....

But then.... Felipe, Felipe, Felipe, Felipe, Felipe... xkermit

Now the situation is very different, because Alonso (Santander) has brought much money. Maybe more than Massa and his Brazilian $

sadness -.-

I now really like Webber due to his desire to win in any situation can be seen that although the team long ago, there are people who support him and separately Vettel. I do not believe that all the failures that occur in the neo is a sequence of random ..... although he is much stronger than I am sure Vettel


Without Kimmi in the formula is very sad when he could do a show flew on the last lap due to mechanical failure or ranking in the top 3 from the last row
But what wonders he now works in rally)))))