It is two thirty in the morning and we just had lunch. GP+ is out. The newsletter is finished. I am in the lounge (no airline mentioned) in Delhi. I have had a couple of glasses of wine and that has done wonders for the blood sugar level. I have dealt with all the normal [...]
Archive for October, 2011
Up, up and away
Posted in F1 Drivers on October 30, 2011 | 32 Comments »
Six hours after the race… Direct from Delhi
Posted in F1 Drivers on October 30, 2011 | 7 Comments »
An 80-page e-magazine… Featuring all the latest news, reports and opinions from the Indian GP Plus: Remembering Jo Siffert. Is FOTA a busted flush? Dan Wheldon How to fake a circuit… For more information, go to www.grandprixplus.com
If you happen to be in Delhi…
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on October 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We have an exciting opportunity to win two VIP passes to “F1 Rocks – The Afterparty” at the Taj Palace Hotel on Sunday night in New Delhi. If you want to join in, go to Twitter by clicking this link, and answer the following question. Who won the 1996 F1 Drivers’ World Championship: a) Sebastian [...]
Number 13 for Seb Vet
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on October 29, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Sebastian Vettel took his 13th pole position of the year in India, beating Lewis Hamilton by three-tenths. The English will, in any case, have to drop three places on the grid because of a penalty from Friday. This means that Mark Webber will share the front row with his Red Bull team-mate, while the opposition [...]
Q2: Vettel ahead
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on October 29, 2011 | Comments Off
Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time of the Q2 session in India on Saturday with a lpa that was three-tenths faster than the best that Lewis Hamilton could manage. Fernando Alonso was third for Ferrari, chased by Mark Webber, Jenson Button, Felipe Massa, Nico Rosberg and Adrian Sutil, with the top 10 completed by the [...]
Russian wins roulette
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on October 29, 2011 | Comments Off
Vitaly Petrov set the fastest time of the Q1 session in India, but with the major players taking it easy this was not an indication of any major breakthrough. Sebastian Vettel was second for Red Bull ahead of Jneson Button, Adrian Sutil, Nico Rosberg and Mark Webber. The unusual order continued with Jaime Alguersuari ahead [...]
Sacred Bull!
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on October 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time in the morning practice in India on Saturday, three-tenths of a second faster than Jenson Button, Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton. The two Ferraris were fifth and sixth with Fernando Alonso ahead of Felipe Massa. Seventh quickest was Paul di Resta in his Force India, ahead of Nico Rosberg, [...]
Red Indian practice
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on October 28, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Felipe Massa topped the timesheets in the second practice session at the Buddh International Circuit in his Ferrari, but the Italian team may not have had full fuel tanks when the time was set, while others preferred to concentrate on race preparations. Sebastian Vettel was second quick in his Red Bull, ahead of Fernando Alonso, [...]
Hamilton and Perez penalised
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on October 28, 2011 | 29 Comments »
Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez have both been given three-place grid penalties for ignoring double-waved yellow flags during the first practice session, at the Indian Grand Prix. The incidents occurred towards the end of the session when marshals were on track at turn 16 recovering Pastor Maldonado’s stricken Williams. Drivers are supposed to slow down [...]
Car boys and Indians
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on October 28, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Lewis Hamilton led the way in the first practice session at the Buddh International Circuit near Delhi in India. The Englishman emerged from the session half a second faster than the two Red Bulls of World Champion Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, with Jenson Button fourth fastest. The two Mercedes-Benz drivers, Michael Schumacher and Nico [...]
