Red Bull Racing may have the fastest car in Formula 1 this year, but the team has made a fundamental mistake. And the fact that the two drivers collided is not the problem. That was unfortunate. The real problem is that one of the drivers – the one leading the World Championship, no less – [...]
Archive for May, 2010
The real f**king disaster
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 Teams, Personal musings on May 31, 2010 | 172 Comments »
Intrigue at Red Bull Racing
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 Drivers, F1 Teams, Personal musings on May 30, 2010 | 84 Comments »
During the post-race press conference in Istanbul, a disgruntled Mark Webber was asked why Sebastian Vettel’s car was faster than his on lap 40 when the two cars collided when the German made a rather impatient move to overtake, taking them both out. Vettel tried to make out that Webber had done something wrong but [...]
Vettel has pace – but not space
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 Drivers, F1 Teams on May 30, 2010 | 17 Comments »
Mark Webber drove a well controlled race in Turkey until the 40th lap. Up to that point he had not been able to get more than a second over Lewis Hamilton in the early laps and then after the first stops Sebastian Vettel. The German then seemed to get a little desperate, perhaps because he [...]
High on a hill…
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, Circuits, Humour, Personal musings on May 30, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Some readers might find it odd that some in the Formula 1 community are critical of Istanbul Park, the great white elephant that resides in the hills above the Sea of Marmara, just off the road to Izmit, on the Asian side of Istanbul. The circuit is magnificent in many ways but almost no-one local [...]
Q3: Advance Australian!
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on May 29, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Mark Webber removed Sebastian Vettel’s socks in Istanbul on Saturday afternoon, blowing the German away as he took pole position for the Turkish Grand Prix, with a lap that was a tenth and a half faster than the best banzai lap from Lewis Hamilton. Vettel messed up his final run and ended up third , [...]
Q2: Vettel pips Webber
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on May 29, 2010 | Comments Off
Sebastian Vettel pipped Mark Webber by a tenth for the fastest time in Q2 qualifying in Istanbul, but the German is looking over his shoulder as the Australian gets up to speed as they head into the Q3 session. Third fastest was Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren while the big news of the session was that Fernando [...]
Q1: Vettel fights back
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on May 29, 2010 | Comments Off
Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time of the first Q session in Turkey on Saturday afternoon, beating his Red Bull Racing team-mate Mark Webber by half a second. Jenson Button was third fastest for Ferrari, a few hundredths slower than the Australian. Vitaly Petrov was an impressive fourth fastest, ahead of Nico Rosberg and Lewis [...]
Vettel moves to the front
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on May 29, 2010 | Comments Off
Red Bull Racing returned to the top of the Formula 1 timesheets on Saturday morning witha lap that was two-tenths faster than Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton was third quickest despite a massive slide which left his tyres so badly damaged that they were falling apart as he drove round to complete the lap. Mark [...]
Button tops the bill
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 Drivers, F1 Teams on May 28, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Jenson Button set the fastest time of the Friday afternoon session in Turkey with Red Bull Racing duo Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel second and third behind him. Webber ended his session when his car stopped out on the track. It is not yet clear whether the problem is one that will lead to a [...]
Lewis leads the way in Turkey
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 Drivers, F1 Teams on May 28, 2010 | Comments Off
Lewis Hamilton set the pace on Friday morning in Istanbul, beating his McLaren team-mate Jenson Button to the fastest time of the session by nearly a second. The Mercedes GP Petronas team was next with Michael Schumacher outrunning Nico Rosberg, while Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel was fifth fastest ahead of the Renaults of Robert Kubica [...]
