Discussion of Formula One racing

Video alert – the 1970 – 1980 Formula 1 seasons – Espn Classic UK.

Starting next Tuesday morning, listed here in reverse order;

A look back at the 1978 season. Thursday 11th March 5:25pm – ESPN
Classic

A look back at the 1977 season. Wednesday 10th March 5:25pm – ESPN
Classic

A look back at the 1976 season. Tuesday 9th March 5:55pm – ESPN
Classic

A look back at the 1975 season. Monday 8th March 5:55pm – ESPN Classic

A look back at the 1974 season. Sunday 7th March 5:25pm – ESPN Classic

A look back at the 1973 season. Friday 5th March 6:00am – ESPN Classic

A look back at the 1972 season. Thursday 4th March 6:00am – ESPN
Classic

A look back at the 1971 season. Wednesday 3rd March 6:00am – ESPN
Classic

A look back at the 1970 season. Tuesday 2nd March 6:00am – ESPN
Classic

Check listings for later runnings of 1979 and 1980, part of the series
too.

And Big Bad Bernie’s "Orwellian" treatment of F1 history means bits of
what you TODAY think will be featured ISN’T actually what’s in these
hour-long contemporary reports.

e.g. The 1979 French GP – Renault’s first turbo victory, because
that’s pretty much all that race was in 1979.

Like people booing Senna at Silverstone every year – when last did you
hear of that occurring?

So come and pull my teeth out and threaten me with rats etc NOW
Bernie.

Summary for this week’s final pre-season test at Catalunya:

   Driver              Chassis              Date     Best     Gap
===================================================================
 1 Lewis Hamilton      McLaren MP4/25      28 Feb  1’20.472
 2 Mark Webber         Red Bull RB6        28 Feb  1’20.496  +0.024
 3 Felipe Massa        Ferrari F10         28 Feb  1’20.539  +0.067
 4 Adrian Sutil        Force India VJM-03  28 Feb  1’20.611  +0.139
 5 Nico Hulkenberg     Williams FW32       26 Feb  1’20.614  +0.142
 6 Fernando Alonso     Ferrari F10         26 Feb  1’20.637  +0.165
 7 Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull RB6        28 Feb  1’20.667  +0.195
 8 Nico Rosberg        Mercedes MGP W01    27 Feb  1’20.686  +0.214
 9 Michael Schumacher  Mercedes MGP W01    28 Feb  1’20.745  +0.273
10 Rubens Barrichello  Williams FW32       28 Feb  1’20.870  +0.398
11 Kamui Kobayashi     BMW Sauber C25      28 Feb  1’20.911  +0.439
12 Pedro de la Rosa    BMW Sauber C25      26 Feb  1’20.973  +0.501
13 Vitantonio Liuzzi   Force India VJM-03  26 Feb  1’21.056  +0.584
14 Sebastien Buemi     Toro Rosso STR5     27 Feb  1’21.413  +0.941
15 Jenson Button       McLaren MP4/25      27 Feb  1’21.450  +0.978
                                                                     +1s
16 Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso STR5     26 Feb  1’21.571  +1.099
                                                                     +2s
17 Vitaly Petrov       Renault R30         27 Feb  1’22.523  +2.051
18 Robert Kubica       Renault R30         28 Feb  1’23.175  +2.703
                                                                     +4s
19 Jarno Trulli        Lotus T127          27 Feb  1’25.059  +4.587
20 Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus T127          28 Feb  1’25.251  +4.779
                                                                     +5s
21 Timo Glock          Virgin VR-01        26 Feb  1’25.942  +5.470
22 Lucas di Grassi     Virgin VR-01        28 Feb  1’26.160  +5.688
                                                                     +7s
23 Fairuz Fauzy        Lotus T127          25 Feb  1’28.002  +7.530         [1]

1. 3rd/reserve driver

   Team           Driver              Date      Best     Gap
==============================================================
 1 McLaren        Lewis Hamilton      28 Feb  1’20.472
 2 Red Bull       Mark Webber         28 Feb  1’20.496  +0.024
 3 Ferrari        Felipe Massa        28 Feb  1’20.539  +0.067
 4 Force India    Adrian Sutil        28 Feb  1’20.611  +0.139
 5 Williams       Nico Hulkenberg     26 Feb  1’20.614  +0.142
 6 Mercedes       Nico Rosberg        27 Feb  1’20.686  +0.214
 7 BMW Sauber     Kamui Kobayashi     28 Feb  1’20.911  +0.439
 8 Toro Rosso     Sebastien Buemi     27 Feb  1’21.413  +0.941

 9 Renault        Vitaly Petrov       27 Feb  1’22.523  +2.051
10 Lotus          Jarno Trulli        27 Feb  1’25.059  +4.587
11 Virgin         Timo Glock          26 Feb  1’25.942  +5.470

Team ‘Pecking Order’ at Catalunya

McLaren         Hamilton-Button
Red Bull        Webber-Vettel
Ferrari         Massa-Alonso
F India         Sutil-Liuzzi
Williams        Hulkenberg-Barrichello
Mercedes        Rosberg-Schumacher
BMW Sauber      Kobayashi-de la Rosa
Toro Rosso      Buemi-Alguersuari
Renault         Petrov-Kubica
Lotus           Trulli-Kovalainen [Fauzy]
Virgin          Glock-di Grassi

Overall Pre-season testing
==========================

1 Valencia      Feb 01/02/03
2 Jerez         Feb 10/11/12/13
3 Jerez         Feb 17/18/19/20
4 Catalunya     Feb 25/26/27/28

Driver             Days  #Laps   Km.
====================================
Felipe Massa         8    851   3718
Fernando Alonso      7    793   3494
Rubens Barrichello   8    779   3411
Nico Hulkenberg      7    760   3347
Robert Kubica        8    751   3277
Jaime Alguersuari    7    737   3264
Michael Schumacher   8    711   3135  [1]
Nico Rosberg         8    704   3097  [1]

Sebastien Buemi      8    660   2908
Jenson Button        7    648   2876
Lewis Hamilton       7    621   2745
Kamui Kobayashi      7    571   2522
Sebastian Vettel     7    556   2509  [1]
Pedro de la Rosa     8    562   2455
Mark Webber          6    520   2336  [1]

Vitaly Petrov        7    423   1870
Vitantonio Liuzzi    6    410   1846  [1]
Adrian Sutil         6    390   1759  [1]
Jarno Trulli         3    306   1388

Timo Glock           7    200    900
Lucas di Grassi      5    185    835
Heikki Kovalainen    3    163    735
Fairuz Fauzy         2    152    688        Reserve driver

Paul di Resta        2    107    474  [1]   Reserve driver
Heikki Kovalainen    2     98    434
Gary Paffett         1     86    344        Reserve driver
————————————
                   153  12646  55933

1. With teams limited to one car on any test day, Mercedes, Force India  & Red Bull used two
drivers on the same day (half a day each, before & after lunch):

  Mercedes          Rosberg & Schumacher  Valencia   Feb 01
  Force India       di Resta & Sutil      Jerez      Feb 17
  Force India       di Resta & Liuzzi     Jerez      Feb 18
  Red Bull          Vettel & Webber       Catalunya  Feb 28

The ‘days’ data for these drivers do not make any adjustments for their ‘half days’ – each
half day is a day on which they tested.

Team               Days  #Laps   Km.
====================================
Ferrari             15   1644   7212

Williams            15   1539   6758
Mercedes            15   1415   6232
Toro Rosso          15   1397   6172

McLaren             15   1355   5965
Renault             15   1174   5147

BMW Sauber          15   1133   4977
Red Bull            12   1076   4846
Force India         12    907   4079

Lotus                8    621   2811

Virgin              12    385   1735
————————————
                   153  12646  55933

Mercedes, Force India & Red Bull ‘days’ are adjusted to account for multiple drivers.

–

Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawre…@msn.com

Noj wrote:
> Ar wrote…

> Do us a favour and take this to the moderated ng

Shhhh…

Why not ask APLER for some help with your filters. He do something
unimagineable like tell you how to ignore posts that contain the
subject  "2010 Pool".

–
Bigbird
#
You’ll be laughing when I’m dead!

Showing on Red Button (Freeview 301)  19.15-20.45

Also on Friday  19.15-20.15 – Murray Walker’s F1 Season

where he ‘previews upcoming races and looks back at classic Grands Prix".

The same channel (or similar on other platforms) will show the three Bahrain practice
sessions:

   Fri   06.55-08.35
         10.55-12.35
   Sat   07.55-09.05

–

Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawre…@msn.com

Doing some preparatory work [sic] ready for the new season, I’m aware that I fell badly
behind with the stats for the last few races. AFAIK I haven’t posted the Qualifying
statistics since the Belgian GP, nor the Overtaking since the European. I have done
the analysis of qualifying and will post that shortly, while I should get the
Overtaking done tomorrow.

I also didn’t post any thing about Engine & Gearbox usage since Spa – I’ll review
the data and see if it’s worthwhile posting anything.

I hope to be posting all of the usual stuff from this coming weekend.

–

Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawre…@msn.com

P1 was at an inconvenient time for me, so I’ve only just finished putting the times
together.

Bahrain Grand Prix

First Practice – Friday 12 March 2010 – 10:00-11:30

##  Driver        Team               Time     Lps   Gap  %Gap   Km/hr    mph
==============================================================================
14  A Sutil       F India-Mercedes   1’56.583  18  0.000 0.000 194.509 120.862
 8  F Alonso      Ferrari            1’56.766  18  0.183 0.157 194.204 120.673
11  R Kubica      Renault            1’57.041  19  0.458 0.393 193.747 120.389
 7  F Massa       Ferrari            1’57.055  19  0.472 0.405 193.724 120.375
 1  J Button      McLaren-Mercedes   1’57.068  19  0.485 0.416 193.703 120.361
 2  L Hamilton    McLaren-Mercedes   1’57.163  19  0.580 0.497 193.546 120.264
15  V Liuzzi      F India-Mercedes   1’57.194  19  0.611 0.524 193.495 120.232
 4  N Rosberg     Mercedes-Benz      1’57.199  15  0.616 0.528 193.486 120.227
 6  M Webber      Red Bull-Renault   1’57.255  17  0.672 0.576 193.394 120.169

 3  M Schumacher  Mercedes-Benz      1’57.662  16  1.079 0.926 192.725 119.754
17  J Alguersuari T Rosso-Ferrari    1’57.722  18  1.139 0.977 192.627 119.693
10  N Hülkenberg  Williams-Cosworth  1’57.894  20  1.311 1.125 192.346 119.518
 5  S Vettel      Red Bull-Renault   1’57.943  17  1.360 1.167 192.266 119.468
16  S Buemi       T Rosso-Ferrari    1’58.399  13  1.816 1.558 191.525 119.008

 9  R Barrichello Williams-Cosworth  1’58.782  11  2.199 1.886 190.908 118.625
12  V Petrov      Renault            1’58.880  13  2.297 1.970 190.750 118.527

22  P de la Rosa  BMW Sauber-Ferrari 2’00.250  18  3.667 3.145 188.577 117.176

23  K Kobayashi   BMW Sauber-Ferrari 2’01.388  11  4.805 4.122 186.809 116.078

24  T Glock       Virgin-Cosworth    2’03.680   8  7.097 6.088 183.347 113.927
19  H Kovalainen  Lotus-Cosworth     2’03.848  21  7.265 6.232 183.099 113.772
18  J Trulli      Lotus-Cosworth     2’03.970  15  7.387 6.336 182.918 113.660

21  B Senna       Hispania-Cosworth  No time    3
25  L di Grassa   Virgin-Cosworth    No time    2
20  K Chandhok    Hispania-Cosworth  Not time   0

Weather: Air 29, Track 44, Humidity 17%, Wind 2.5 mps, Hot & Dry

2009 Best:  Hamilton (McLaren)  1’33.647   [Circuit lengthened since 2009]

Notes: Jarno Trulli kicked off the new season in the returning Lotus [name only].
No incidents of note. As expected the new teams struggled – HRT managed only 3
installation laps for Bruno Senna, Karun Chandhok’s car was not ready. Lucas di
Grassi only managed two laps for Virgin, although team-mate, Timo Glock, did put
in as many as eight.

Some indications that Red Bull may suffer from heavy tyre wear.

Two topics that will run and run:

McLaren – stall wing, driver activated

Adjustable ride-heights

–

Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawre…@msn.com

Average Starting Position 2010 – after Sakhir, Qualifying #1
============================================================

2010     2010                        2009    2008     2007     2006     2005    2004
Pos.     ASP                       Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos ASP Pos ASP
=======================================================================================
 1.      1.00         S Vettel       1  4.41 10 11.00 15 14.38  -  -     –  -    -  -
 2.      2.00         F Massa        8  8.67  1  2.94  4  4.24  2  6.67 17 11.9 18 13.5
 3.      3.00         F Alonso       9  8.88  6  6.89  2  3.18  1  4.28  1  4.0  7  7.6
 4.      4.00         L Hamilton    10  9.18  2  3.89  1  2.59  -  -     –  -    -  -
 5.      5.00         N Rosberg      6  8.06 12 12.11  9  9.88 12 13.33  -  -    -  -
 6.      6.00         M Webber       4  6.71  9  9.17  7  9.06  7 11.06  8  8.0 13  9.7
 7. [-]  7.00         M Schumacher   –  -     –  -     –  -     2  5.44 10  8.2  1  3.9
 8.      8.00         J Button       3  5.71 16 14.72 14 13.94  3  7.78  4  5.9  3  5.5
 9.      9.00         R Kubica      11 10.71  5  5.83  6  7.00  9  8.83  -  -    -  -
10.     10.00         A Sutil       17 13.71 20 18.94 23 20.29  -  -     –  -    -  -
11.     11.00         R Barrichello  2  4.53 17 14.83 16 15.00  6  7.61 13 10.5  2  4.6
12.     12.00         V Liuzzi     =20 16.00  -  -    18 15.65 19 15.50 19 13.0  -  -
13. [-] 13.00         N Hülkenberg   –  -     –  -     –  -     –  -     –  -    -  -
14. [-] 14.00         P de la Rosa   –  -     –  -     –  -    10  8.88  9  8.0  -  -
15.     15.00         S Buemi       19 14.18  -  -     –  -     –  -     –  -    -  -
16.     16.00         K Kobayashi   13 11.50  -  -     –  -     –  -     –  -    -  -
17. [-] 17.00         V Petrov       –  -     –  -     –  -     –  -     –  -    -  -
18.     18.00         J Alguersauri 23 16.13  -  -     –  -     –  -     –  -    -  -
19.     19.00         T Glock       14 11.86 11 11.11  -  -     –  -     –  -   22 16.5
20.     20.00         J Trulli       7  8.47  7  7.61  8  9.24 14 10.28  5  6.1  6  6.7
21.     21.00         H Kovalainen  12 11.00 =3  4.39 10 10.71  -  -     –  -    -  -
22. [-] 22.00         L di Grassi    -  -     –  -     –  -     –  -     –  -    -  -
23. [-] 23.00         B Senna        -  -     –  -     –  -     –  -     –  -    -  -
24. [-] 24.00         K Chandhok     –  -     –  -     –  -     –  -     –  -    -  -

Average positions include all demotions such as engine/gearbox change penalties,
but not necessarily last-minute changes such as pitlane starts.

Average Team Starting Position 2010 – after Sakhir, Qualifying #1
=================================================================

  2010                       2009      2008      2007      2006     2005      2004
Pos. ASP                   Pos. ASP  Pos. ASP  Pos. ASP  Pos. ASP  Pos. ASP  Pos ASP
=====================================================================================
 1.  2.50         Ferrari    3.  9.06  1.  3.67  2.  3.88  2.  6.06  6.  9.4  1.  4.2
 2.  3.50         Red Bull   2.  5.56  6. 11.00  6. 11.21  8. 14.65  7. 11.2  6. 11.7 *
 3.  6.00         McLaren    4. 10.09  2.  4.11  1.  2.88  3.  6.89  2.  6.6  5.  8.8
     6.00         Mercedes   1.  5.12  9. 14.78  8. 14.47  4.  7.75  4.  8.5  3.  6.8 *
 5. 11.00         F India    9. 14.76 10. 18.61 11. 20.82 10. 18.06  9. 16.9  9. 16.4 *
 6. 12.00         Williams   5. 10.12  8. 13.58  7. 12.65  7. 12.19  5.  9.3  2.  6.4
 7. 13.00         Renault    8. 11.79  5. 10.19  5. 10.82  1.  4.94  1.  4.8  4.  7.5
 8. 15.00         BMW Sauber 7. 11.35  3.  7.42  3.  6.18  6. 10.81  8. 11.9  8. 12.9 *
 9. 16.50         T Rosso   10. 15.41  7. 12.33  9. 16.21  9. 15.83 10. 17.5 10. 18.5 *
10. 20.50     [-] Lotus      -         –   –     –   –     –   –     –   –    -   –
    20.50     [-] Virgin     –         –   –     –   –     –   –     –   –    -   –
12. 23.50     [-] Hispania   –         –   –     –   –     –   –     –   –    -   –

*  Red Bull = Jaguar (2004), Mercedes = Brawn (09) / Honda (06-08) / BAR (04-05),
   BMW Sauber = Sauber (04-05), Force India = Spyker (07) / Midland (06) / Jordan (04-05),
   Toro Rosso = Minardi (04-05)

Team-mates Head-to-Head 2010 – after Sakhir, Qualifying #1
==========================================================

Team        Driver-1          Driver-2    Posn.
===============================================
Renault     Kubica       1-0  Petrov        +8
Red Bull    Vettel       1-0  Webber        +5
McLaren     Hamilton     1-0  Button        +4
Toro Rosso  Buemi        1-0  Alguersuari   +3
Virgin      Glock        1-0  di Grassi     +3
BMW Sauber  de la Rosa   1-0  Kobayashi     +2
F India     Sutil        1-0  Liuzzi        +2
Mercedes    Rosberg      1-0  Schumacher    +2
Williams    Barrichello  1-0  Hülkenberg    +2
Ferrari     Massa        1-0  Alonso        +1
Hispania    Senna        1-0  Chandhok      +1
Lotus       Trulli       1-0  Kovalainen    +1

Notes: "Posn." shows the advantage in qualifying positions to date. A
positive number shows the driver on the left has the advantage and a
negative number the driver on the right.

Appearances in Each Qualifying Session
======================================

                Q-1  Q-2  Q-3
=============================
S Vettel          1    1    1
F Massa           1    1    1
F Alonso          1    1    1
L Hamilton        1    1    1
N Rosberg         1    1    1
M Webber          1    1    1
M Schumacher      1    1    1
J Button          1    1    1
R Kubica          1    1    1
A Sutil           1    1    1

R Barrichello     1    1    0
V Liuzzi          1    1    0
N Hülkenberg      1    1    0
P de la Rosa      1    1    0
S Buemi           1    1    0
K Kobayashi       1    1    0
V Petrov          1    1    0

J Alguersauri     1    0    0
T Glock           1    0    0
J Trulli          1    0    0
H Kovalainen      1    0    0
L di Grassi       1    0    0
B Senna           1    0    0
K Chandhok        1    0    0

Best Qualifying Performances (Current Drivers)
==============================================

               Best in 2010     Best in  Best in   Best in      Best before 2007
Driver         Posn.(#) GP(s)   2009 (#) 2008 (#)  2007 (#)  Posn. (#) First  - Last
======================================================================================
S Vettel       Pole (1) BHN     Pole (4) Pole (1)  7th  (1)  —       —

F Massa        2nd  (1) BHN     4th  (1) Pole (6)  Pole (6)  Pole  (3) TUR 06 – BRA 06
F Alonso       3rd  (1) BHN     Pole (1) 2nd  (1)  Pole (2)  Pole (15) MAL 03 – CDN 06
L Hamilton     4th  (1) BHN     Pole (4) Pole (7)  Pole (6)  —       —
N Rosberg      5th  (1) BHN     3rd  (1) 5th  (2)  4th  (1)  3rd   (1) MAL 06
M Webber       6th  (1) BHN     Pole (1) 2nd  (1)  5th  (1)  2nd   (3) MAL 04 – MON 06
M Schumacher   7th  (1) BHN     —      —       —       Pole (68) MON 94 – FRA 06
J Button       8th  (1) BHN     Pole (4) 9th  (1)  6th  (1)  Pole  (3) RSM 04 – AUS 06
R Kubica       9th  (1) BHN     4th  (1) Pole (1)  4th  (1)  6th   (1) ITA 06
A Sutil        10th (1) BHN     2nd  (1) 16th (1)  19th (3)  —

R Barrichello  11th (1) BHN     Pole (1) 9th  (1)  9th  (1)  Pole (13) BEL 94 – BRA 04
V Liuzzi       12th (1) BHN     7th  (1) —       11th (1)  11th  (1) ESP 05
N Hülkenberg   13th (1) BHN     —      —       —       —
P de la Rosa   14th (1) BHN     —      —       —       4th   (1) HUN 06
S Buemi        15th (1) BHN     6th  (1) —       —       —
K Kobayashi    16th (1) BHN     11th (1) —       —       —
V Petrov       17th (1) BHN     —      —       —       —
J Alguersauri  18th (1) BHN     12th (2) —       —       —
T Glock        19th (1) BHN     2nd  (1) 5th  (1)  —       16th  (2) CDN 04 – CHN 04
J Trulli       20th (1) BHN     Pole (1) 2nd  (1)  6th  (1)  Pole  (3) MON 04 – USA 05
H Kovalainen   21st (1) BHN     2nd  (1) Pole (1)  6th  (2)  —
L di Grassi    22nd (1) BHN     —      —       —       —
B Senna        23rd (1) BHN     —      —       —       —
K Chandhok     24th (1) BHN     —      —       —       —

Personal Bests set at Sakhir 2010
=================================

      Career              In 2010
=======================================
Pole  S Vettel (6)        S Vettel
2nd                       F Massa
3rd                       F Alonso
4th                       L Hamilton
5th                       N Rosberg
6th                       M Webber
7th                       M Schumacher
8th                       J Button
9th                       R Kubica
10th                      A Sutil
11th                      R Barrichello
12th                      V Liuzzi
13th  N Hülkenberg        N Hülkenberg
14th                      P de la Rosa
15th                      S Buemi
16th                      K Kobayashi
17th  V Petrov            V Petrov
18th                      J Alguersuari
19th                      T Glock
20th                      J Trulli
21st                      H Kovalainen
22nd  L di Grassi         L di Grassi
23rd  B Senna             B Senna
24th  K Chandhok          K Chandhok

Most Pole Positions
===================

    1950-2002 (Top 25)                Since 2003 (Top 10)
=========================         ========================
 1 Ayrton Senna        65         1 Michael Schumacher  18 +
 2 Michael Schumacher  50 +         Fernando Alonso     18
 3 Jim Clark           33         3 Lewis Hamilton      17
   Alain Prost         33         4 Kimi Räikkönen      16
 5 Nigel Mansell       32         5 Felipe Massa        15
 6 Juan Manuel Fangio  29         6 Rubens Barrichello   8 +
 7 Mika Häkkinen       26         7 Jenson Button        7
 8 Niki Lauda          24         8 Sebastian Vettel     6
   Nelson Piquet       24         9 Ralf Schumacher      5 +
10 Damon Hill          20        10 Jarno Trulli  
…

read more »

Video alert – the 1970 – 1980 Formula 1 seasons – Espn Classic UK.

Starting next Tuesday morning, listed here in reverse order;

A look back at the 1978 season. Thursday 11th March 5:25pm – ESPN
Classic

A look back at the 1977 season. Wednesday 10th March 5:25pm – ESPN
Classic

A look back at the 1976 season. Tuesday 9th March 5:55pm – ESPN
Classic

A look back at the 1975 season. Monday 8th March 5:55pm – ESPN Classic

A look back at the 1974 season. Sunday 7th March 5:25pm – ESPN Classic

A look back at the 1973 season. Friday 5th March 6:00am – ESPN Classic

A look back at the 1972 season. Thursday 4th March 6:00am – ESPN
Classic

A look back at the 1971 season. Wednesday 3rd March 6:00am – ESPN
Classic

A look back at the 1970 season. Tuesday 2nd March 6:00am – ESPN
Classic

Check listings for later runnings of 1979 and 1980, part of the series
too.

And Big Bad Bernie’s "Orwellian" treatment of F1 history means bits of
what you TODAY think will be featured ISN’T actually what’s in these
hour-long contemporary reports.

e.g. The 1979 French GP – Renault’s first turbo victory, because
that’s pretty much all that race was in 1979.

Like people booing Senna at Silverstone every year – when last did you
hear of that occurring?

So come and pull my teeth out and threaten me with rats etc NOW
Bernie.

Summary for this week’s final pre-season test at Catalunya:

   Driver              Chassis              Date     Best     Gap
===================================================================
 1 Lewis Hamilton      McLaren MP4/25      28 Feb  1’20.472
 2 Mark Webber         Red Bull RB6        28 Feb  1’20.496  +0.024
 3 Felipe Massa        Ferrari F10         28 Feb  1’20.539  +0.067
 4 Adrian Sutil        Force India VJM-03  28 Feb  1’20.611  +0.139
 5 Nico Hulkenberg     Williams FW32       26 Feb  1’20.614  +0.142
 6 Fernando Alonso     Ferrari F10         26 Feb  1’20.637  +0.165
 7 Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull RB6        28 Feb  1’20.667  +0.195
 8 Nico Rosberg        Mercedes MGP W01    27 Feb  1’20.686  +0.214
 9 Michael Schumacher  Mercedes MGP W01    28 Feb  1’20.745  +0.273
10 Rubens Barrichello  Williams FW32       28 Feb  1’20.870  +0.398
11 Kamui Kobayashi     BMW Sauber C25      28 Feb  1’20.911  +0.439
12 Pedro de la Rosa    BMW Sauber C25      26 Feb  1’20.973  +0.501
13 Vitantonio Liuzzi   Force India VJM-03  26 Feb  1’21.056  +0.584
14 Sebastien Buemi     Toro Rosso STR5     27 Feb  1’21.413  +0.941
15 Jenson Button       McLaren MP4/25      27 Feb  1’21.450  +0.978
                                                                     +1s
16 Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso STR5     26 Feb  1’21.571  +1.099
                                                                     +2s
17 Vitaly Petrov       Renault R30         27 Feb  1’22.523  +2.051
18 Robert Kubica       Renault R30         28 Feb  1’23.175  +2.703
                                                                     +4s
19 Jarno Trulli        Lotus T127          27 Feb  1’25.059  +4.587
20 Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus T127          28 Feb  1’25.251  +4.779
                                                                     +5s
21 Timo Glock          Virgin VR-01        26 Feb  1’25.942  +5.470
22 Lucas di Grassi     Virgin VR-01        28 Feb  1’26.160  +5.688
                                                                     +7s
23 Fairuz Fauzy        Lotus T127          25 Feb  1’28.002  +7.530         [1]

1. 3rd/reserve driver

   Team           Driver              Date      Best     Gap
==============================================================
 1 McLaren        Lewis Hamilton      28 Feb  1’20.472
 2 Red Bull       Mark Webber         28 Feb  1’20.496  +0.024
 3 Ferrari        Felipe Massa        28 Feb  1’20.539  +0.067
 4 Force India    Adrian Sutil        28 Feb  1’20.611  +0.139
 5 Williams       Nico Hulkenberg     26 Feb  1’20.614  +0.142
 6 Mercedes       Nico Rosberg        27 Feb  1’20.686  +0.214
 7 BMW Sauber     Kamui Kobayashi     28 Feb  1’20.911  +0.439
 8 Toro Rosso     Sebastien Buemi     27 Feb  1’21.413  +0.941

 9 Renault        Vitaly Petrov       27 Feb  1’22.523  +2.051
10 Lotus          Jarno Trulli        27 Feb  1’25.059  +4.587
11 Virgin         Timo Glock          26 Feb  1’25.942  +5.470

Team ‘Pecking Order’ at Catalunya

McLaren         Hamilton-Button
Red Bull        Webber-Vettel
Ferrari         Massa-Alonso
F India         Sutil-Liuzzi
Williams        Hulkenberg-Barrichello
Mercedes        Rosberg-Schumacher
BMW Sauber      Kobayashi-de la Rosa
Toro Rosso      Buemi-Alguersuari
Renault         Petrov-Kubica
Lotus           Trulli-Kovalainen [Fauzy]
Virgin          Glock-di Grassi

Overall Pre-season testing
==========================

1 Valencia      Feb 01/02/03
2 Jerez         Feb 10/11/12/13
3 Jerez         Feb 17/18/19/20
4 Catalunya     Feb 25/26/27/28

Driver             Days  #Laps   Km.
====================================
Felipe Massa         8    851   3718
Fernando Alonso      7    793   3494
Rubens Barrichello   8    779   3411
Nico Hulkenberg      7    760   3347
Robert Kubica        8    751   3277
Jaime Alguersuari    7    737   3264
Michael Schumacher   8    711   3135  [1]
Nico Rosberg         8    704   3097  [1]

Sebastien Buemi      8    660   2908
Jenson Button        7    648   2876
Lewis Hamilton       7    621   2745
Kamui Kobayashi      7    571   2522
Sebastian Vettel     7    556   2509  [1]
Pedro de la Rosa     8    562   2455
Mark Webber          6    520   2336  [1]

Vitaly Petrov        7    423   1870
Vitantonio Liuzzi    6    410   1846  [1]
Adrian Sutil         6    390   1759  [1]
Jarno Trulli         3    306   1388

Timo Glock           7    200    900
Lucas di Grassi      5    185    835
Heikki Kovalainen    3    163    735
Fairuz Fauzy         2    152    688        Reserve driver

Paul di Resta        2    107    474  [1]   Reserve driver
Heikki Kovalainen    2     98    434
Gary Paffett         1     86    344        Reserve driver
————————————
                   153  12646  55933

1. With teams limited to one car on any test day, Mercedes, Force India  & Red Bull used two
drivers on the same day (half a day each, before & after lunch):

  Mercedes          Rosberg & Schumacher  Valencia   Feb 01
  Force India       di Resta & Sutil      Jerez      Feb 17
  Force India       di Resta & Liuzzi     Jerez      Feb 18
  Red Bull          Vettel & Webber       Catalunya  Feb 28

The ‘days’ data for these drivers do not make any adjustments for their ‘half days’ – each
half day is a day on which they tested.

Team               Days  #Laps   Km.
====================================
Ferrari             15   1644   7212

Williams            15   1539   6758
Mercedes            15   1415   6232
Toro Rosso          15   1397   6172

McLaren             15   1355   5965
Renault             15   1174   5147

BMW Sauber          15   1133   4977
Red Bull            12   1076   4846
Force India         12    907   4079

Lotus                8    621   2811

Virgin              12    385   1735
————————————
                   153  12646  55933

Mercedes, Force India & Red Bull ‘days’ are adjusted to account for multiple drivers.

–

Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawre…@msn.com

Noj wrote:
> Ar wrote…

> Do us a favour and take this to the moderated ng

Shhhh…

Why not ask APLER for some help with your filters. He do something
unimagineable like tell you how to ignore posts that contain the
subject  "2010 Pool".

–
Bigbird
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You’ll be laughing when I’m dead!