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[rob the knob]

P1




2012 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.148 23
2 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:39.450 0.302 21
3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:39.575 0.427 21
4 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:39.854 0.706 23
5 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:40.088 0.940 21
6 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:40.221 1.073 21
7 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:40.396 1.248 24
8 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:40.422 1.274 22
9 11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:40.440 1.292 19
10 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.480 1.332 21
11 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:40.929 1.781 14
12 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:41.048 1.900 25
13 12 Jules Bianchi Force India-Mercedes 1:41.140 1.992 21
14 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.220 2.072 19
15 15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.514 2.366 20
16 16 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:41.596 2.448 23
17 17 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:42.021 2.873 25
18 19 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:42.027 2.879 23
19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:42.104 2.956 24
20 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:42.175 3.027 13
21 25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:42.706 3.558 22
22 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:42.820 3.672 19
23 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:44.517 5.369 23
24 23 Dani Clos HRT-Cosworth 1:45.735 6.587 22

[Kramerica]

Good work on Alonso's part, I've got FP2 back in the background. I hope he keeps it up.

[kdwebber]

RB8 will be 1-2 in quail later tonight. Where will Alonso be is the big question...

[Kramerica]

Red Bull 1-2 with Alonso 3rd is my prediction. Rumor is all of the big three (Ferrari, Mclaren, Red Bull) were sporting DDRS in Free practice yesterday, supposedly Ferrari's won't be quali/race ready till India though so it looks like Alonso is going to be doing damage control this weekend.

[rage2]

Not terribly worried about McLaren yet. Hamilton set the 3rd fastest time of the day in FP1 when the track was still green, only 3/10ths slower than the Red Bulls. Everyone improved while he went backwards. They're going to be up there tonight in qualifying.

[phreezee]

Ricciardo causing a yellow in Q2 and Button qualifies P11 :thumbsdow

Go Webber!

1 Webber
2 Vettel
3 Hamilton
4 Alonso
5 Raikkonen
6 Massa
7 Grosjean
8 Hulkenburg
9 Rosberg
10 Schumacher
11 Button
12 Perez
13 Kobayashi
14 Di Resta
15 Maldonado

[Kramerica]

Webber on pole followed by Vettel, Hamilton and Alonso. Alonso is right behind Vettel on the dirty side of the track. Should be a good race tomorrow.

[Cos]

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[rage2]

Hamilton didn't get the temps up and had a scrappy lap. Then McLaren decided that it was probably good enough haha. Yup, was kinda scary there lol.

[buh_buh]

Retard move by McLaren

[Kramerica]

McLaren need to get their shit together, Hamilton barely makes it out of Q1 and Button gets axed in Q2.:banghead:

[rob the knob]

Karthikeyan given the go-ahead
Saturday 13th October 2012

Karthikeyan given the go-ahead
Narain Karthikeyan will contest Sunday's Korean GP after the stewards gave him permission despite his failure to qualify.

The HRT driver slid and spun his way out of qualifying in the first segment before so much as putting a banker lap on the board.

As a result Karthikeyan needed permission from the stewards to race and was given it based on his 'performance shown in practice.'

Speaking about his brief showing in qualifying, he said: "We were in quite a good position after the third free practice sessions as I'd adapted very well to the circuit and the car was performing great.

"But once again I was unlucky this season and we had a mechanical issue on the first lap of qualifying. Now we must analyze the problem to fix it and avoid it from springing up again.

"Tomorrow we will try to recover those positive vibes."

[kdwebber]

Originally posted by phreezee
Ricciardo causing a yellow in Q2 and Button qualifies P11 :thumbsdow

Go Webber!

1 Webber
2 Vettel
3 Hamilton
4 Alonso
5 Raikkonen
6 Massa
7 Grosjean
8 Hulkenburg
9 Rosberg
10 Schumacher
11 Button
12 Perez
13 Kobayashi
14 Di Resta
15 Maldonado

never heard of team orders? :nut:

[rage2]

Originally posted by buh_buh
Retard move by McLaren
According to Coulthard, the retardation is with Karthikeyan.

[rage2]

fuck

[Mibz]

lol
I can't stop thinking about the grass flapping on Hamilton's car. What a fucking perfect cherry on the shit sundae of his race.

[rage2]

3 mechanical failures for Hamilton in 3 races. What a way to fight for the championship.

Still surprised McLaren didn't retire the car. It didn't even drive straight for 2/3 of the race down the front straight.

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by Mibz

lol
I can't stop thinking about the grass flapping on Hamilton's car. What a fucking perfect cherry on the shit sundae of his race.


This was the highlight of the race for me...haha...

Good on webber...happy with his race...although you could see he was a lil miffed during the post race with herbert....

And damn...the gangnam style is everywhere...psy even got to wave the checkered flag...:nut:

[ragu]

Originally posted by EK 2.0



And damn...the gangnam style is everywhere...psy even got to wave the checkered flag...:nut:

He waved that shit like it was the most boring task of his day.

[Kramerica]

Looks like Ferrari might be able to fight going forward. Vettel completely destroyed his tires and Massa could've caught Webber, Alonso couldn't seem to find the same pace Massa had though.

[phreezee]

Originally posted by kdwebber


never heard of team orders? :nut:

More like I was excited at the prospect of seeing a race where Vettel didn't lead the race throughout and celebrate like he climbed Mt Everest as some of the other guys have been saying... of course that was exactly what happened though :rofl:

Hamilton's battles with Raikkonen, Grosjean, Hulkenburg and the Toros was fun to watch. I think he provided the most entertainment for the whole race!

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbvbru25zn1r66i2bo3_1280.jpg

[cycosis]

Hahah the astro turf was too good. Yea aside from Vettel's first turn move on Webber, it was another easy win for him. Webber must have been crushed that he got by so early/easily. I was really hoping Massa would challenge Alonso for 3rd but that didnt seem to materialize.

[buh_buh]

Even if Massa had the pace, Ferrari wouldn't allow it.
They wouldn't even allow it when it was against the rules, so now that they're allowed, I don't see Felipe finishing another race ahead of Alonso the rest of his career.

[Cos]

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[Kramerica]

Originally posted by buh_buh
I don't see Felipe finishing another race ahead of Alonso the rest of his career.

+1

Too bad that he seems really determined to continue with Ferrari, if he showed this kind of pace a bit earlier in the season he could've gotten a good seat at a different team that doesn't seem dead set against having him win.

[Mibz]

I think the possibility of retiring with Ferrari is better than being a #1 driver at Williams or Sauber for a lot of drivers. It would be for me.

[buh_buh]

I have nothing to contribute to the Korea GP, as I fell asleep halfway through. Worst race of the year so far. :zzz:

[cloud7]

Originally posted by Kramerica


+1

Too bad that he seems really determined to continue with Ferrari, if he showed this kind of pace a bit earlier in the season he could've gotten a good seat at a different team that doesn't seem dead set against having him win.

Ferrari really screwed Massa's image by using his car as a guinea pig to test parts earlier in the season... he wasn't really driving the same car as Alonso, which explained his lack of pace at most of the year. I am glad he is doing well, but no race driver likes to be told to stay behind his teammate.

[Inzane]

I was so hoping to hear a "Felipe is faster than you... " radio call on sunday. :rofl: But alas, of course NOT given the close title race.

Oh well.