Formula One 2010

[Lineker]

Bring back Austria!

P2


Pos  Driver         Team                    Time              Laps

 1.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes        1:35.217            26

 2.  Rosberg        Mercedes                1:35.465  + 0.248   22

 3.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1:35.593  + 0.376   26

 4.  Schumacher     Mercedes                1:35.602  + 0.385   28

 5.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault        1:35.791  + 0.574   30

 6.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault        1:35.995  + 0.778   29

 7.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1:36.254  + 1.037   31

 8.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:36.377  + 1.160   43

 9.  Kubica         Renault                 1:36.389  + 1.172   29

10.  Alonso         Ferrari                 1:36.604  + 1.387   33

11.  Massa          Ferrari                 1:36.944  + 1.727   36

12.  Petrov         Renault                 1:36.986  + 1.769   27

13.  de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari          1:37.421  + 2.204   32

14.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari          1:37.431  + 2.214   33

15.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       1:37.657  + 2.440   30

16.  Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes    1:37.804  + 2.587   31

17.  Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth       1:37.867  + 2.650   29

18.  Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth          1:39.624  + 4.407   35

19.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth          1:39.947  + 4.730   30

20.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth         1:40.233  + 5.016   27

21.  Chandhok       HRT-Cosworth            1:41.008  + 5.791   32

22.  di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth         1:41.107  + 5.890   28

23.  Senna          HRT-Cosworth            1:41.345  + 6.128   32

24.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari


All Timing Unofficial[/code]


So Button tops P1; Lewis P2. Buemi didn't run for obvious reasons but Alguesuari took eighth.

[Katsuya]

Watching the short highlights of the 2005 San Marino GP on the BBC site...my god I forgot how good Alonso's drive was that day to hold off Michael...

[Lineker]

I miss Imola . In better news though - no Eddie Jordan this week. Icelandic volcano has prevented him from travelling to China.

P3


Pos  Driver        Team                   Time              Laps

 1.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault       1:35.323            16 

 2.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes       1:35.564  + 0.241   12 

 3.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault       1:35.691  + 0.368   14 

 4.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes       1:35.747  + 0.424   14 

 5.  Alonso        Ferrari                1:35.857  + 0.534   13 

 6.  Rosberg       Mercedes               1:35.913  + 0.590   12 

 7.  Schumacher    Mercedes               1:36.262  + 0.939   10 

 8.  Kubica        Renault                1:36.343  + 1.020   16 

 9.  Massa         Ferrari                1:36.416  + 1.093   11 

10.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari         1:36.634  + 1.311   16 

11.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:36.879  + 1.556   17 

12.  Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes   1:37.031  + 1.708   16 

13.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:37.192  + 1.869   18 

14.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes   1:37.240  + 1.917   18 

15.  Petrov        Renault                1:37.339  + 2.016   13 

16.  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth      1:37.585  + 2.262   13 

17.  de la Rosa    Sauber-Ferrari         1:37.664  + 2.341   19 

18.  Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth      1:37.784  + 2.461   14 

19.  Glock         Virgin-Cosworth        1:39.579  + 4.256   15 

20.  Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth         1:39.616  + 4.293   17 

21.  di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth        1:39.749  + 4.426   13 

22.  Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth         1:39.776  + 4.453   16 

23.  Senna         HRT-Cosworth           1:40.316  + 4.993   19 

24.  Chandhok      HRT-Cosworth           1:41.141  + 5.818   18 


All Timing Unofficial[/code]


Another big shunt - this time Petrov losing control of his Renault and going off on the straight. Also, Chandhok has been demoted 5 grid places (so he'll start somewhere back in Malaysia  ) because a seal was broken on his gearbox on Friday night, without an FIA official present. Silly, silly HRT.

[Lineker]

What a final lap by Vettel. That was special. Disappointing from the McLaren's though.

Grid


Pos  Driver         Team                  Q1        Q2        Q3

 1.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault      1:36.317  1:35.280  1:34.558

 2.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1:35.978  1:35.100  1:34.806

 3.  Alonso         Ferrari               1:35.987  1:35.235  1:34.913

 4.  Rosberg        Mercedes              1:35.952  1:35.134  1:34.923

 5.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1:36.122  1:35.443  1:34.979

 6.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes      1:35.641  1:34.928  1:35.034

 7.  Massa          Ferrari               1:36.076  1:35.290  1:35.180

 8.  Kubica         Renault               1:36.348  1:35.550  1:35.364

 9.  Schumacher     Mercedes              1:36.484  1:35.715  1:35.646

10.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes  1:36.671  1:35.665  1:35.963

11.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth     1:36.664  1:35.748

12.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1:36.618  1:36.047

13.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1:36.793  1:36.149

14.  Petrov         Renault               1:37.031  1:36.311

15.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari        1:37.044  1:36.422

16.  Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth     1:37.049  1:36.647

17.  de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari        1:37.050  1:37.020

18.  Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes  1:37.161

19.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth       1:39.278

20.  Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth        1:39.399

21.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth        1:39.520

22.  di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth       1:39.783

23.  Senna          HRT-Cosworth          1:40.469

24.  Chandhok       HRT-Cosworth          1:40.578


All Timing Unofficial[/code]

[Fry_4000]

lets see if vettel can win from pole this time. also anybody else glad EJ is not at china?

[Rich]

lets see if vettel can win from pole this time. also anybody else glad EJ is not at china?

I hope not and no.... In that order.

[LUKIE]

Kubica's my boy this season. I hope he takes a win. Doesn't matter how, but he has been driving so fucking well, he deserves one. Give him so much credit for having a sub-par car, and continually just doing so well.

[Adam]

EJ's not there? Definitely not watching it tomorrow now, the man's hilarious

[Lineker]

autosport.com/f1

Formula 1 teams have admitted they are just a few days away from facing difficulties getting ready for the Spanish Grand Prix if the travel chaos caused by the Iceland volcano eruption does not ease.

With flying restrictions have been imposed across much of Europe as Eyjafjallajoekull continues to push ash into the atmosphere, F1 personnel face major problems getting back home after today's Chinese Grand Prix.

Many flights out of Shanghai over the next 48 hours have been cancelled - and early indications from airlines have warned that they may even have to wait until early May for a next available seat.

If that is the case, then it could prove difficult to get personnel and equipment to Barcelona in time for the Spanish Grand Prix - but more worrying for the teams is getting their cars back after this race.

Although there are three weeks until the next race on the calendar, F1 teams think that any lengthy delay in shipping the freight back to the Europe could cause them trouble in getting the cars turned around in time for the next race.

It is also particularly troublesome for those teams - like Mercedes GP and Virgin Racing - that are planning on major upgrades for their cars for the next race which require extra work.

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh admitted that if there was a delay of only a few days in the cars arriving back at the factory then it could cause complications for the Barcelona event.

"It hasn't created the chaos yet - it's caused a lot of speculation," said Whitmarsh. "There are lots of people trying to book Trans-Siberian train tickets, and other ways to get home, but I think we will all have a bit of fun getting home – one way or another.

"But we are not so much worried about the people because we will find a way home, but we have got to get the cars back, and we haven't had any word yet from the freight.

"These cars have been away and we've been rotating chassis in fact, but the cars and equipment have been away for some time. We are looking forward to getting that equipment back in the factory as quickly as we can, and make sure we service all the cars properly.

"We have a range of upgrades that we hope to put on for Barcelona so that could be a bit chaotic if we don't get the freight back. As for the people, we have demonstrated that we have incredibly resourceful people in F1 in general, just as everyone in this room will get home – it just might be a slightly more tortuous route than normal."

When asked to clarify the timeframe by which it would start getting hard for his team, he said: "If it is a week or so, then clearly we have less than two weeks until the start of the next grand prix in Europe and it will become an issue.

"I think if we lose three or four days we can live with it, if we lose it for a week or beyond then it becomes challenging. Again, we will find a way but that is a bigger concern than getting people home – we will get there."

Virgin Racing's technical director Nick Wirth said that any delay in getting his team's cars back to England could mean his outfit will not have enough time to get two new fuel tanks ready for the Spanish GP.

"We don't know when the freight is coming back," Wirth told AUTOSPORT. "We plan to convert the cars to the new specification for Barcelona, but we are very well advanced with one of them because we don't have the spare chassis here as that is being converted back in the UK.

"But we've got the issue of how the freight gets back from here and a very short amount of timescale."

He added: "I haven't got the schedule in front of me, but I know everyone is very worried about it. It is going to be a big push to get it done – we have the crash tests and extra things to do next week. We have the bits in the UK, so that is not affected, but it is getting the second car done which is going to be the issue."

With Spanish airports not currently affected by the volcano ash, should the delays start to look extensive then it is likely that F1 cars and freight would be shipped directly to Barcelona – with personnel travelling straight there rather than back home - to ensure the Spanish GP goes ahead.

Well this could be not good, at all.

[LUKIE]

I hope Vettel punches Hamilton in the dick.

[GA!]

I hope Vettel punches Hamilton in the dick.

That's not fair. Now Webber deserves to punch him in the dick for the incident after the safety car was released. It was the lollipop man's fault for releasing Hamilton in clear view of Vettel in the pit lane.

I'm surprised how awesome this race was. Lots of stories that'll continue on into the European season, such as Red Bull's failure to convert qualifying results, the close McLaren rivalry, and Michael Schumacher momentally flopping as most of us predicted.

EDIT: I really hope Vettel has better luck in the future though. I want a Button/Vettel showdown for the title again.

[LUKIE]

Except for both incidents where Vettel had right of way, and Hamilton was too much of a dick to slot in behind him. First entering, when Vettle was on the correct side of the line, and Hamilton just bulleted up on the wrong side and nearly took both of them out, and then when he wasn't even on the exit strip, and didn't seem to want to slot behind Vettel! WTF!

[GA!]

Except for both incidents where Vettel had right of way, and Hamilton was too much of a dick to slot in behind him. First entering, when Vettle was on the correct side of the line, and Hamilton just bulleted up on the wrong side and nearly took both of them out, and then when he wasn't even on the exit strip, and didn't seem to want to slot behind Vettel! WTF!

That's just Lewis Hamilton acting like Lewis Hamilton I guess (a dickhead, as Tim Pallas called him). Is it even legal to overtake in the pit lane?

[Rich]

Basically I hate Vettel and he deserves all the shit that comes his way...

I am very happy about the Button win though, great race.

Also I laugh at Lukie getting voted down for his anti-Hamilton schtick, even though I partially agree with him

[Lineker]

PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS


The Chinese Grand Prix

Shanghai International Circuit, China;

56 laps; 305.066km;

Weather: Mixed conditions.


Classified:


Pos  Driver        Team                       Time

 1.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           1h44:42.163

 2.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +     1.530

 3.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +     9.484

 4.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +    11.869

 5.  Kubica        Renault                    +    22.213

 6.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +    33.310

 7.  Petrov        Renault                    +    47.600

 8.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    52.172

 9.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    57.796

10.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +  1:01.749

11.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +  1:02.874

12.  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +  1:03.665

13.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:11.416

14.  Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth             +     1 lap

15.  Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap

16.  Senna         HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps

17.  Chandhok      HRT-Cosworth               +    4 laps


Fastest lap: Hamilton, 1:42.061


Not classified/retirements:


Driver        Team                         On lap

Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth               27

Di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth              9

De la Rosa    Sauber-Ferrari               8

Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari           1

Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari               1

Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes         1

Glock         Virgin-Cosworth              1



World Championship standings, round 4:                


Drivers:                    Constructors:             

 1.  Button        60        1.  McLaren-Mercedes          109

 2.  Rosberg       50        2.  Ferrari                    90

 3.  Alonso        49        3.  Red Bull-Renault           73

 4.  Hamilton      49        4.  Mercedes                   60

 5.  Vettel        45        5.  Renault                    46

 6.  Massa         41        6.  Force India-Mercedes       18

 7.  Kubica        40        7.  Williams-Cosworth           6

 8.  Webber        28        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari          2

 9.  Sutil         10       

10.  Schumacher    10       

11.  Liuzzi         8       

12.  Petrov         6       

13.  Barrichello    5       

14.  Alguersuari    2       

15.  Hulkenberg     1       


All timing unofficial[/code]


Vettel & Hamilton reprimanded.

[Rich]

They have been told they were very naughty boys

[LUKIE]

I so hope Rosberg is super consistent all season, and wins the championship. And Kubica deserved so much better then 5th. The safety car for the broken front was just utter, utter bollocks.

[Katsuya]

I don't understand why the Safety Car was out for that long, either. I presume they HAD to bunch up all the cars at that point, they couldn't have just pulled in after 2 laps or so when Button/Rosberg/Kubica were still at a different end of the big straight to the ones behind htem. Still, it was an awesome race, and it was another good day for the "rookies" with Petrov putting in an amazing display despite spinning. Also, I love whenver Petrov does well or has an incident 'cos they show his random manager woman in the pits, who just seems to be completely out of place at all times.

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Great yet again from Hamilton, loving it. Cant speak for others, but he just boosts my interest in F1 so much. Hopefully the good form continues

[Adam]

Great yet again from Hamilton, loving it. Cant speak for others, but he just boosts my interest in F1 so much. Hopefully the good form continues

Kind of has the opposite effect on me

Anyway, missed this race as I've decided sleep is more important, does sound like an interesting race though. Not too chuffed with the McLaren 1-2, would be nice if Red Bull could actually turn qualifying performance into race performance. Still plenty of time yet mind, it's really open atm.

I wonder if we'll even get a Spanish GP because of this ash cloud! Is it supposed to be next week?