Discussion of Formula One racing

Planet F1 says the Masa is surprised and dismayed that Nick is taking
a test drive role.

For those of you with an iPhone, get F1 Insider.
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- dillon  I am not invalid

I love my country, It’s my government I fear.

Hey, turnabout’s fair play.

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

Planet F1 says the Masa is surprised and dismayed that Nick is taking
a test drive role.

For those of you with an iPhone, get F1 Insider.
—

- dillon  I am not invalid

I love my country, It’s my government I fear.

Hey, turnabout’s fair play.

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!