With the ever increasing cost of Formula 1 and the difficulty for new teams to be competitive/viable F1 was in a decline and even threatened to fade to under 20 entries with just 3 engine manufacturers. The FIA had decided this could not continue and made a radical decision. For the 2013 season all chassis where to become spec whilst freeing up the engine regulations and generally making the product more affordable. Despite worries from the die hard fans about the death of premier racing, the new rules were incredibly popular. In the maiden season alone over 100 teams attempted to enter! After an extensive investigation in to the capabilities of the teams 52 of them were deemed competent enough to enter the inaugural season, now dubbed unofficially as Formula 52.
To avoid a huge backlog of Pre Qualifying and DNQ's the rules needed to change. With 52 teams being far too much to run on track at once the teams were to be grouped in to 4 seeded groups 13 teams each for heat races, with the top 3 teams in each plus 2 lucky wild card drivers making it to a final race.
Group 1: Blue Group
1.Red Bull - Renault
1.Sebastian Vettel - 2.Mark Webber
Red Bull racing as champions of the final year of F1 take the number 1 seeding and have a very strong chance of holding the championship with a stellar driver line up and powerful engine. Both drivers will be keen to go for the title in this new era, but will Red Bull allow Webber the chance?
2.Williams - Renault
16.Pastor Maldonado - 17.Valteri Bottas
Under the new rules Williams have every chance to be winning heat races at least and should be regular finalists. It is up to the drivers to prove what they can do and both of them can be a thorn in Red Bulls side. It might all hing on which Maldonado shows up!
3.HRT - Cosworth
24.Pedro de la Rosa - 25.Narain Karthikeyan
HRT initially looked like not making it, but the promise of being a seeded team and equal machinery was enough to lure enough sponsors to inch in. The driver line up remains questionable and the Cosworth engine isn''t as strong as some of the others. On the positive side they should at least score plenty of heat points.
4,Qatar - Mercury
32.Neel Jani 33. Nasser Al Attiyah
It was inevitable that middle east investment would come to F52 and the Qatari government has put the funds together to create their own team complete with a custom built engine from their powerboard team supplier Mercury. Neel Jani has been close to F1 for many years and leads the squad whilst sometime shooter sometime rally sometime Dakar star Al Attiyah represents Qatar.
Don't expect the team to set the world on fire year 1, but they do have plenty of cash.
5.Arrows - Cosworth
40.Sebastian Loeb 41.Edoardo Mortara
The famous Arrows name returns to F1 with the amazing Sebastian Loeb moving in to single seaters. What link this team has to the old Arrows organisation is questionable at best, the fact the orange and black cars are back is enough for most. A solid Cosworth engine and
Mortara a solid choice of driver expect multiple heat points and perhaps even the odd appearance in the finals.
6.Suzuki
48.Tio Ellinas 49.Mads Ostberg
The new affordable F1 makes a great platform for auto manufactures to enter and Suzuki leapt at the change to show off their new engine technology. They have thrown the dice on the driver line up going for Gp3 ace Ellinas and WRC Mads "Mad" Ostberg, the latter as a homage to their former rally past. The team are self admitting underdogs and their real goal this year is to attract more teams to their engine.
7.Polestar - Volvo
56.Marcus Ericsson 57.Mattias Ekstrom
Representing the very best Swedeb has to offer the Polestar team enters full of hope and with a good deal from Volvo. Both drivers are competent if not spectacular with Ericsson especially keen to show what he can do after a few less then brilliant GP2 seasons. This team
should be consistent low end heat points scorers and making a final would be a great achievement for the small team.
8.Nissan
64.Rio Haryanto 65.Jaime Alguersuari
Nissan are entering the series to market themselves to the Asian market, hence the signing of Haryanto. Rio has pulled out some great drives in tricky conditions in the past but is marked by inconsistency. However the real star in the team is Alguersuari who represents a good capture for the team, the engine hasn't looked the strongest but the Spaniard should score a hatfull of points.
9.Dallara - Alfa Romeo
72.Tony Kanaan 73. James Hinchcliffe
It has been a tricky offseason for Dallara after the team went bouncing around multiple engine manufactures, first trying Renault before being rejected, then Honda, then VW before finally ending up with Alfa Romeo. Dallara decided to look to America for their drivers and signing a good pair of Indy car drivers to pedal their cars. Despite all the trouble they have looked great in testing and could even trouble the finals on a semi regular basis!
10.Leader - Geely
80.Ho Ping Tun 81. Ma Qing Ha
A genuine 100% Chinese driven team has found their way in to the series with the aim to "promote Chinese values." Neither driver is particularly fantastic but in terms of the international scene it is the best China has to offer, maybe given time this team could do something but with a Geely made engine I really looks like this will be a year spent at the back.
11. Jaguar-Rover
88.Darly O'Young 89. Jason Plato
Now for a Anglican-Chinese effort, it is believed the Rover engine is surprisingly very powerful but major question marks hang over the driver line up with a pair of touring car aces at the helm. Both drivers are very attractive to sponsors though and with Jaguar continuing to struggle with money it very much looks like this team is a cash out!
12. Prost - Peugeot
96.Yvan Muller 97. Loic Duval
Alain Prost is back as a team owner and has decided to run a very French team. Besides the hilarity of Muller and Plato running in the same heat there is not all that much to say about the driver line up, solid, the Peugeot engine looks very average at best and at worst a time bomb. Though the team hasn't looked terrible in testing and could score plenty of points,
13.Ocean - Pure
104.Fellipe Albuerquerque 105. Kevin Ceccon
The Ocean team was the very last team to get the nod in to Formula 52 narrowly beating out USF1. The Portugese team run by Tiago Monteiro is not going to be setting the world on fire, having to resort to PURE to even make it to the grid at all with two drivers that though capable are going to be tested at the top level. They should at least beat the Leader team!
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Formula 52
Formula 52
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It is Rio Haryanto, not Ryu. Looks promising by the way. 
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FMecha wrote:It is Rio Haryanto, not Ryu. Looks promising by the way.
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Group 2: Red Group
1.Ferrari[
3.Fernando Alonso 4.Fellipe Massa
Ferrari have to go down as one of the overall favorites for both titles. The Ferrari engine may just be the most powerful and Alonso and an inform Massa will be hard to beat.
2.Force India - Mercedes.
14.Paul di Resta 15.Adrian Sutil
The Force India team has a very strong line up but will have to go that extra step to beat Ferrari on more then an occasional basis. There are plenty of strong teams in this group but with the experience and driver line up they have the team should make it to most of the finals. The real question is what their 2014 engine will be.
3.Marussia - Cosworth
22.Jules Bianchi 23.Max Chilton
By all means the Marussia team should be challenging for plenty of heat points this season, Bianchi especially looks a real star. However there are plenty of teams in this group that could end up getting the jump on them and 3rd in the group looks unlikely.
4.Jordan - Cosworth
30.Rubens Barrichello 31.Antonio Felix da Costa
Eddie Jordan is back and he has an excellent overall package with him, da Costa is very highly rated as a rookie whilst Barrichello is an experienced peddler. The yellow machines should be scrapping for 3rd place and may make the finals on a good day. da Costa vs Bianchi might be worth looking out for!
5.Coloni - Zytek
38.Gabriele Tarquini 39.Adrian Quaife-Hobbes
Coloni are back in this new affordable Formula series, though the experienced race team faces an uphill struggle this season as the Zytek engine seems significantly under powered. This will most likely be the last year of racing for Tarquini who is mainly here to help the team settle in. Quaife-Hobbes looks like a promising youngster and could be the teams star in the next few seasons.
6.Aston Martin
46.Bruno Senna 47.Rob Huff
Aston Martin are back in single seaters after their their forgetful 50's effort. The engine seems to be a real powerhouse and Bruno Senna is capable of getting some real solid results so it very much looks like the team can fight at the front. WTCC champion Huff completes the line up and it reamains to be seen what he can do. Potentially the fastest of the new teams!
7.Deltawing-Nissan
54.David Brabham 55.Marco Andretti
The Deltawing team are certainly talking the talk. Bringing in two famous surnames, talking about finding efficiency and believing to be the future of motorsport. In what is a tough group they will be lucky to capture the odd top 10 finish, though they are sure to be a fan favorite.
8.Penske - Chevrolet
62.Will Power 63.Helio Castroneves
This is a potentially mouth watering team, the Penske squad returns to international racing and Chevrolet have bought good engines with them. Power and Castroneves are two drivers that can dominate the domestic scene and it will be great to see them fighting for the top 3 in the group. This team is hoping to make the finals fairly frequently.
9.Chevrolet
70.Ryan Briscoe 71.JR Hilderbrand
After seeing the positive results of the Chevrolet engine, Chevrolet decided to enter a factory team alongside Penske. The need to sign an American driver and the fact Penske got the best drivers first means the driver line up may look a little weaker then Penske, but that won't stop them challenging for 3rd and the car seems more reliable in factory hands.
10.Alitalia - Lancia
78.Vitantonio Liuzzi 79.Giancarlo Fisichella
The season hasn't even started and the rumors are this team has a rather shady link to Berlusconi and even the mafia! Outside these outlandish rumors the teams origin comes from the successful Superstars championship and for the teams debut they have decided to go for two experienced drivers just so they can find their feet. The home-brew rebadged Lancia engine isn't the best so the team might not be on the sharp end right away.
11.Porsche-VW
86.Benoit Treluyer 87.Lucas Luhrr
The Porsche team has returned! Under VW leadership the team has recruited from within their own Porsche endurance racing ranks and the team has looked very good under testing. They should be fighting at the front in the crowded battle for 3rd.
12.RUSSIAN TIME - VW
94.Sam Bird 95.Tom Dillman
This team was originally meant to be Audi but instead of fighting Porsche VW decided to pull the plug early. This lead to Isport and then Russian Time taking over the project and the frankencar is ready to race. Bird and Dillman are both excellent drivers that deserve a chance to show what they can do and RUSSSIAN TIME hope to be competetive right away, they are already hoping to sign Petrov for 2014.
13.Asiatech
102.Fairuz Fauzy 103.Jazeman Jafaar
One of the later teams to enter, Asiatech are doing their best to improve Asian sport but they do not quite have the experience of Europe or the finances of North America behind them. Not the greatest drivers or the greatest engines means they look doomed to prop up the bottom of the table. There is always hope!
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Shadaza wrote:9.Chevrolet
70.Ryan Briscoe 71.JR Hilderbrand
After seeing the positive results of the Chevrolet engine, Chevrolet decided to enter a factory team alongside Penske. The need to sign an American driver and the fact Penske got the best drivers first means the driver line up may look a little weaker then Penske, but that won't stop them challenging for 3rd and the car seems more reliable in factory hands.
Your lack of AJ Allmendinger disturbs me. Also Scott Dixon is so much better than Ryan Briscoe it's not even funny.
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I think you've misspelt Geely too.
But other than that, this is an excellent idea!
But other than that, this is an excellent idea!
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Shadaza wrote:9.Chevrolet
70.Ryan Briscoe 71.JR Hilderbrand
After seeing the positive results of the Chevrolet engine, Chevrolet decided to enter a factory team alongside Penske. The need to sign an American driver and the fact Penske got the best drivers first means the driver line up may look a little weaker then Penske, but that won't stop them challenging for 3rd and the car seems more reliable in factory hands.
This will be the default USF1 team in my mind! And challenging the top-3... USF1 couldn't have done that in real life, and nor could Don Pentecost!
And the DeltaWing struggling to make the top-10? BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Shizuka wrote:I think you've misspelt Geely too.
But other than that, this is an excellent idea!
I think Geely is right, though I now notice that you've misspelt Tony Kanaan, Shadaza.
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Group 3: Silver
1.McLaren-Mercedes
5.Jenson Button 6.Sergio Perez
McLaren seem to be starting on the back foot with Hamilton going off to Mercedes leaving Jenson Button to lead the team. That being said McLaren go in to the group as favorites and will be expected to challenge for Final victories on a regular basis. They could face a stronger challenge in the heats then they would be comfortable with though.
2.Sauber-Ferrari
11.Nico Hulkenberg 12.Esteban Gutierrez
Sauber are one team looking for any slips McLaren will make. Hulkenberg will be keen to show off how McLaren should have picked him whilst Gutierrez brings cash as well as speed. The car has had some reliability issues in testing but the team looks super quick.
3.Caterham-Renault
20.Charles Pic 21.Giedo van der Garde
Caterham do have a shot at making it to the finals and scoring plenty of points, at the very least they should aim for top 10's in the heats for every round. The Renault package is great, Charles Pic is certainly not slow and van der Garde has been eyeing up the top level for some time. The real battle is with DAMS to keep the Renault deal for future seasons.
4.BMW
28.Timo Glock - 29.Bruno Spengler
On the face of it the BMW should be a winning line up, Spengler is their prodigal son and Timo Glock is a proven top line driver. However the BMW engine they have produced has looked a total disaster and the rumours are the team has already written the year off, oh dear. At least the livery is good.
5.Toyota
36.Kamui Kobayashi 37.Alex Wurz
Like BMW, another returning team, unlike BMW they have not built a spanner of an engine. The Toyota is looking really solid indeed and best of all it has the best fuel consumption rate of any engine meaning it can run faster for longer. Kobayashi could pull off the odd suprise result whilst the team managed to convince Wurz to make a surprise return. Apparently Toyota are still angry with Ant Davidson!
6.DAMS-Renault
44.Davide Valsecchi 45.Felipe Nasr
DAMS hope to be among the strongest of the new teams, with GP2 champion Davide Valsecchi and the promising Felipe Nasr on the team their line up may well be stronger than Caterhams. DAMS have flirted with entering the top level before, can they deliver?
7.Hyundai
51.Vitaly Petrov 52.Heikki Kovalainen
Hyundai are an example of the growing power of South Korean business on the foreign stage and have gone big by signing the refugee former Caterham drivers of Petrov and Kovalainen. Inconsistency has dogged the team in testing and there are question marks on their pace. None the less, if the car is working well the drivers will deliver.
8.Peugeot
60.Simon Pagenaud 61.Sebastian Bourdais
Group 3 is most certainly the group with most car manufactures in it! Pagenaud and Bourdais are excellent peddlers and both of them can be in with good results on their day. The car seems to be very hit and miss as of preseason, not at all helped by the engines tendency to catch fire...
9.Lamborghini-VW
68.Mike Rockenfeller 69.Tom Kristensen
VW nearly ended up with 3 teams in the sport as Lamborghini boldly demanded to be entered. With Rockenfeller and Kristensen a safe endurance team line up, it seems the Italian roots of the team are vanishing day by day. The car should be quick and good for many top 10 finishes in the heats, appearances in the Final though do seem unlikely.
10.Minardi-Asiatech
76.Justin Wilson 77.Norberto Michelisz
Minardi are back in F1, the ever popular team is cash strapped as ever relying on the talents of Hungarian sports personality of the year Norberto Michelisz to bring sponsors and a loving group of fans. Wilson leads the team he once drove for but with Asiatech engines don't count on too much giant slaying, but enough to frustrate the woeful much better funded BMW's!
11.Prodrive-Mercedes
84.Gary Paffet 85.Jamie Green
Prodrive have finally been given entry in to F1, though just barely. Rumours are the team is being used as a giant rolling test rig for the other Mercedes teams but regardless it is good to see Paffet in F1. He is joined by Jaime Green and the word "solid" just about sums up the team.
12.Lola-Zytek
92.Nick Heidfeld 93.Karun Chandhok
Cash strapped Lola entered the process before entering administration, in reality the team is being run by the Rebellion team to carry on the Lola name as the classic marque continues to search for a buyer. The Zytek engine is barely worth having though so far Lola have managed to get more out of it then the others. Heidfeld especially could end up with a great result if the planets align.
13.Honda
100.Dario Franchitti 101.Scott Dixon
The final factory effort of the group, Honda. Though truly this is not a factory effort at all, instead being run from Ganassi head quarters in the USA. As such Ganassi have placed their two drivers in the program and so far the Honda team has looked very fine indeed and will 100% be in the hunt for a overall top 3 finish in the group and multiple final appearances.
And yes, Scott Dixon is much better than Ryan Briscoe!
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Sorry about the spelling guys!
1.McLaren-Mercedes
5.Jenson Button 6.Sergio Perez
McLaren seem to be starting on the back foot with Hamilton going off to Mercedes leaving Jenson Button to lead the team. That being said McLaren go in to the group as favorites and will be expected to challenge for Final victories on a regular basis. They could face a stronger challenge in the heats then they would be comfortable with though.
2.Sauber-Ferrari
11.Nico Hulkenberg 12.Esteban Gutierrez
Sauber are one team looking for any slips McLaren will make. Hulkenberg will be keen to show off how McLaren should have picked him whilst Gutierrez brings cash as well as speed. The car has had some reliability issues in testing but the team looks super quick.
3.Caterham-Renault
20.Charles Pic 21.Giedo van der Garde
Caterham do have a shot at making it to the finals and scoring plenty of points, at the very least they should aim for top 10's in the heats for every round. The Renault package is great, Charles Pic is certainly not slow and van der Garde has been eyeing up the top level for some time. The real battle is with DAMS to keep the Renault deal for future seasons.
4.BMW
28.Timo Glock - 29.Bruno Spengler
On the face of it the BMW should be a winning line up, Spengler is their prodigal son and Timo Glock is a proven top line driver. However the BMW engine they have produced has looked a total disaster and the rumours are the team has already written the year off, oh dear. At least the livery is good.
5.Toyota
36.Kamui Kobayashi 37.Alex Wurz
Like BMW, another returning team, unlike BMW they have not built a spanner of an engine. The Toyota is looking really solid indeed and best of all it has the best fuel consumption rate of any engine meaning it can run faster for longer. Kobayashi could pull off the odd suprise result whilst the team managed to convince Wurz to make a surprise return. Apparently Toyota are still angry with Ant Davidson!
6.DAMS-Renault
44.Davide Valsecchi 45.Felipe Nasr
DAMS hope to be among the strongest of the new teams, with GP2 champion Davide Valsecchi and the promising Felipe Nasr on the team their line up may well be stronger than Caterhams. DAMS have flirted with entering the top level before, can they deliver?
7.Hyundai
51.Vitaly Petrov 52.Heikki Kovalainen
Hyundai are an example of the growing power of South Korean business on the foreign stage and have gone big by signing the refugee former Caterham drivers of Petrov and Kovalainen. Inconsistency has dogged the team in testing and there are question marks on their pace. None the less, if the car is working well the drivers will deliver.
8.Peugeot
60.Simon Pagenaud 61.Sebastian Bourdais
Group 3 is most certainly the group with most car manufactures in it! Pagenaud and Bourdais are excellent peddlers and both of them can be in with good results on their day. The car seems to be very hit and miss as of preseason, not at all helped by the engines tendency to catch fire...
9.Lamborghini-VW
68.Mike Rockenfeller 69.Tom Kristensen
VW nearly ended up with 3 teams in the sport as Lamborghini boldly demanded to be entered. With Rockenfeller and Kristensen a safe endurance team line up, it seems the Italian roots of the team are vanishing day by day. The car should be quick and good for many top 10 finishes in the heats, appearances in the Final though do seem unlikely.
10.Minardi-Asiatech
76.Justin Wilson 77.Norberto Michelisz
Minardi are back in F1, the ever popular team is cash strapped as ever relying on the talents of Hungarian sports personality of the year Norberto Michelisz to bring sponsors and a loving group of fans. Wilson leads the team he once drove for but with Asiatech engines don't count on too much giant slaying, but enough to frustrate the woeful much better funded BMW's!
11.Prodrive-Mercedes
84.Gary Paffet 85.Jamie Green
Prodrive have finally been given entry in to F1, though just barely. Rumours are the team is being used as a giant rolling test rig for the other Mercedes teams but regardless it is good to see Paffet in F1. He is joined by Jaime Green and the word "solid" just about sums up the team.
12.Lola-Zytek
92.Nick Heidfeld 93.Karun Chandhok
Cash strapped Lola entered the process before entering administration, in reality the team is being run by the Rebellion team to carry on the Lola name as the classic marque continues to search for a buyer. The Zytek engine is barely worth having though so far Lola have managed to get more out of it then the others. Heidfeld especially could end up with a great result if the planets align.
13.Honda
100.Dario Franchitti 101.Scott Dixon
The final factory effort of the group, Honda. Though truly this is not a factory effort at all, instead being run from Ganassi head quarters in the USA. As such Ganassi have placed their two drivers in the program and so far the Honda team has looked very fine indeed and will 100% be in the hunt for a overall top 3 finish in the group and multiple final appearances.
And yes, Scott Dixon is much better than Ryan Briscoe!
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Isn't 'Jamie Green'?
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And Dario Franchitti?
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Group 4: Black Group
1.Lotus-Renault
7.Kimi Raikkonen 8.Romain Grosjean
Lotus have a difficult task if they wish to emerge as the group winners, with Mercedes and a whole host of strong teams in this group. That being said the Renault engine is great and Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean both have a strong chance of winning races with Raikkonen having an outside shot at the title. Lotus vs Mercedes may well be the highlight of the entire group stage.
2.Mercedes
9.Nico Rosberg 10.Lewis Hamilton
Finishing 5th in the last year of Formula 1 meant the team was bound to be drawn with another top 5 member. Capturing Lewis Hamilton from McLaren is a great boost for the team and as long as Lotus don't take too many points off them from the heats they could well have a shot at the title, at the very least a top 4 result overall. The Mercedes engine may be lagging a little bit compared to the Ferrari and Renault, but it shouldn't stop the team from fighting right at the front.
3.Toro Rosso
18.Jean Eric Vergne 19.Daniel Ricciardo
On a good day Toro Rosso might well be in the fight for a heat win, on a bad the other teams might just leave them behind such is the inconsistent form of the team. Regardless the Ferrari engine is a real boost, as is the possibility of a future drive at Red Bull. With two Mercedes teams, Lotus and a factory Ford effort coming 3rd in the heat could be a real challenge.
4.Ford-Cosworth
25.Ryan Hunter-Reay 26.Mikko Hirvonen
The factory Ford effort has looked very strong in testing and will probably end up the best Cosworth runner.
Ford are aiming big for their first year in the series and a heat win and multiple final appearances is their goal, they have a very good chance of making it.
5.Schumacher-Mercedes
34.Michael Schumacher 35.Ralf Schumacher
To a lesser person the thought of being outed by Lewis Hamilton would be enough to end your career. Not Michael Schumacher who feels a burning passion to continue. Along with his brother and a number of senior staff from Mercedes they have formed a splinter team to prove there is life in the old dog yet. Still popular with the German sponsors this team could be a wild card in the championship, though Ralf Schumachers motivation is in question.
6.Spyker-Ferrari
42Robin Frijns 43.Christian Albers
Everyone's favorite Dutch super car company is back and ready to promote Robin Frijns as the next best young driver sensation. The team could not have a better engine supplier than Ferrari, though the technical team is not the best. Regular top 10 appearances is their aim in this heat, anything else would be a massive result for the team.
7.Mark Webber Arden - Zytek
50.Mitch Evans 51.Alex Brundle
Mark Webber's retirement home or Red Bull Jr. Jr. are the nicknames given to this team. The budget for this team is on the smaller side and the Zytek engines are pretty shocking. None the less the pair of youngsters are eager to prove what they can do and the pressure really is off for year 1.
8.Triple 8 - Holden
58.Jaime Whincup 59.Craig Lowndes
The spirit of adventure is what drives this team to compete. Fresh from dominating V8 Supercars this Aussie bunch are keen to show what can be achieved by a little heart and a lot of hard work. Whincup and Lowndes are both experienced drivers who did race in single seaters for what seemed like an age ago. Top 10 results in the heats will be worth celebrating but the Holden engine certainly does not seem like a bad one.
9.Alfa Romeo
66.Jerome d'Ambrosio 67.Luiz Razia
Alfa Romeo are in for another crack at F1, hoping to emulate their early 50's achievements. Frankly they will be lucky to match their 80's attempt. They have with them a couple of drivers that deserve to be in the top level and in this difficult of group, look likely to score a modest amount of points. So far the customer Dallara team has been stomping them in testing so the Alfa engineers must be scratching their heads.
10.Super Aguri - Honda
74.Takuma Sato 75.James Calado
It is not a party without Super Aguri. The lovable Aguri Suzuki team are back with Takuma Sato once again at the helm. James Calado is one of the more promising rookies in the series to boot. It seems that semi regular heat points will be the norm with help from the powerful Honda engines. Dare they dream?
11.PURE
82.Luciano Bacheta 83.Daniel Juncadella
The PURE team is aiming high after securing both the Formula 2 and Formula 3 champions. What they make up in promising young talent they lack in...everything else. Nobody denies that this will be a huge effort for PURE but at least they can rest assured their engine is not the worst out there!
12.DOME - Honda
89.Sebastien Buemi 90.EJ Viso
Ambitious is the word that best sums up the DOME team. Having secured a Honda engine and Venezuelan oil money what could go wrong? The answer seems to be everything as so far almost every part of the car has broken at some point, having Viso hardly increases your finishing rate either. The positive though is that the car has looked fairly quick, especially with former Toro Rosso driver Buemi.
13.TOMS-Toyota
98.Andre Lotterer 99.Kazuki Nakajima
The final team to be previewed. The customer TOM'S Toyota team has been one of the surprises of testing with both drivers managing fairly reasonable results for a team little suspect would be anywhere at all. Even being drawn in this group, arguably one of the toughest, the team looks like it can score some good results and on a good day may even reach the finals.
The next update: Testing
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This wrote:No rejectful female drivers?
Nope, at least not for season 1, I have some female drivers in mind for season 2 (Danica for USF1 anybody?)
All teams arrived at Jerez for preseason testing. The atmosphere was nervy as well as crowded, so the action was spread over several days. Here are the top 10 from the first week of testing.
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1 Vettel Red Bull 1'14.896
2 Rosberg Mercedes 1'15.158
3 Sutil Force India 1'15.203
4 Maldonado Williams 1'15.221
5 Grosjean Lotus 1'15.319
6 M.Schumacher Schumacher 1'15.339
7 Dillman RUSSIAN TIME 1'15.428
8 Senna Aston Martin 1'15.443
9 Castroneves Penske 1'15.529
10 Treluyer Porsche 1'15.554
Red Bull and Vettel immediately catch the eye by setting the only 1'14 to top the time sheets. Rosberg and Sutil prove the Mercedes engine is competitive with 2nd and 3rd, especially good for Sutil on his return to racing. Maldonado and Grosjean are hoping to be threats this year with top 5 positions. Hopefully there won't be too many accidents from them. Michael Schumacher is the unofficial fastest of the new teams, but essentially he is in a repainted Mercedes car, the true fastest of the new boys was surprisingly Tom Dillman of RUSSIAN TIME. The scrapped Audi project was clearly a good one! Aston Martin, Penske and Porsche complete a top 10 of 10 different manufacturers, indeed the top 16 were all different cars with Webber in 17th making the first complete team on the time sheets.
The top Ferrari was Alonso in 13th whilst the top McLaren was Perez down in 21st! Though both were within a second of Vettel with down to Calado in 23rd seperated by less than one second.
The bottom 10 were somewhat further away:
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94 R.Schumacher Schumacher 1'17.649
95 Tarquni Coloni 1'17.805
96 Al-Attiyah Qatar 1'17.977
97 Chandhok Lola 1'18.043
98 Quaife-Hobbes Coloni 1'18.113
99 Evans MW Arden 1'18.174
100 Brundle MW Arden 1'18.175
101 Ellinas Suzuki 1'18.214
102 Jaafar Asiatech 1'18.393
103 Fauzy Asiatech 1'18.420
104 Ping Tun Leader 1'18.426
Whilst Michael Schumacher is fighting near the front his brother Ralf is near the bottom of the table! The struggles of the Zytek teams are clear with Both MW Ardencars, Colonis and a Lola in the bottom group. Tio Ellinas was gutted to be so slow in the Suzuki whilst anyone betting on the Asiatech or Leader teams may want to sit down. Ho Ping Tun is over 3.5 seconds a lap slower than Vettel around the short Jerez circuit.
Team Watch (Let me know if you want me to highlight a specific teams performance.)
Chevrolet: Briscoe 48th Hilderbrand 72nd.
Deltawing: Brabham 54th Andretti 74th.
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Here are the complete results. All timing Unofficial.
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Posistion Driver Team Time
1 Vettel Red Bull 1'14.896
2 Rosberg Mercedes 1'15.158
3 Sutil Force India 1'15.203
4 Maldonado Williams 1'15.221
5 Grosjean Lotus 1'15.319
6 M.Schumacher Schumacher 1'15.339
7 Dillman RUSSIAN TIME 1'15.428
8 Senna Aston Martin 1'15.443
9 Castroneves Penske 1'15.529
10 Treluyer Porsche 1'15.554
11 Valsecchi DAMS 1'15.576
12 Lotterer TOMS 1'15.584
13 Alonso Ferrari 1'15.603
14 Hinchcliffe Dallara 1'15.640
15 Hulkenberg Sauber 1'15.684
16 Kobayashi Toyota 1'15.694
17 Webber Red Bull 1'15.716
18 Raikkonen Lotus 1'15.755
19 Massa Ferrari 1'15.816
20 Hamilton Mercedes 1'15.822
21 Perez McLaren 1'15.828
22 Huff Aston Martin 1'15.878
23 Sato Super Aguri 1'15.885
24 di Resta Force India 1'15.943
25 Pagenaud Peugeot 1'15.944
26 Barrichello Jordan 1'16.015
27 Franchitti Honda 1'16.049
28 Button McLaren 1'16.066
29 Dixon Honda 1'16.074
30 Muller Prost 1'16.118
31 Power Penske 1'16.126
32 Bianchi Marussia 1'16.142
33 Petrov Hyundai 1'16.157
34 Hunter-Reay Ford 1'16.171
35 Loeb Arrows 1'16.188
36 Nakajima TOMS 1'16.191
37 Wurz Toyota 1'16.203
38 Ostberg Suzuki 1'16.216
39 Hirvonen Ford 1'16.248
40 Nasr DAMS 1'16.303
41 Ekstrom Polestar 1'16.374
42 Frijns Spyker 1'16.385
43 Lowndes Triple 8 1'16.436
44 Kristensen Lamborghini 1'16.452
45 Vergne Toro Rosso 1'16.483
46 Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1'16.500
47 Kanaan Dallara 1'16.514
48 Briscoe Chevrolet 1'16.547
49 Paffet Prodrive 1'16.561
50 Jani Qatar 1'16.565
51 Pic Caterham 1'16.566
52 Bird RUSSIAN TIME 1'16.570
53 Luhr Porsche 1'16.621
54 Brabham Deltawing 1'16.637
55 Duval Prost 1'16.657
56 Razia Alfa Romeo 1'16.662
57 Green Prodrive 1'16.682
58 Gutierrez Sauber 1'16.743
59 Van de Garde Caterham 1'16.753
60 Mortara Arrows 1'16.797
61 Buemi DOME 1'16.861
62 Calado Super Aguri 1'16.923
63 Heidfeld Lola 1'16.933
64 Spengler BMW 1'16.962
65 Haryanto Nissan 1'16.991
66 Whincup Triple 8 1'16.997
67 Juncadella PURE 1'17.007
68 Kovalainen Hyundai 1'17.014
69 Bacheta PURE 1'17.056
70 Bottas Williams 1'17.064
71 Rockenfeller Lamborghini 1'17.086
72 Hilderbrand Chevrolet 1'17.096
73 Glock BMW 1'17.120
74 Andretti Deltawing 1'17.134
75 Viso DOME 1'17.184
76 da Costa Jordan 1'17.185
77 Fisichella Alitallia 1'17.188
78 Wilson Minardi 1'17.246
79 Alguersuari Nissan 1'17.248
80 Bourdais Peugeot 1'17.248
81 de la Rosa HRT 1'17.311
82 Albers Spyker 1'17.361
83 Michelisz Minardi 1'17.369
84 Karthikeyan HRT 1'17.380
85 O'Young Jaguar 1'17.418
86 Plato Jaguar 1'17.436
87 Albuquerque Ocean 1'17.443
88 Ericsson Polestar 1'17.453
89 Chilton Marussia 1'17.493
90 D'Ambrosio Alfa Romeo 1'17.538
91 Liuzzi Alitallia 1'17.555
92 Qinq Ha Leader 1'17.558
93 Ceccon Ocean 1'17.640
94 R.Schumacher Schumacher 1'17.649
95 Tarquni Coloni 1'17.805
96 Al-Attiyah Qatar 1'17.977
97 Chandhok Lola 1'18.043
98 Quaife-Hobbes Coloni 1'18.113
99 Evans MW Arden 1'18.174
100 Brundle MW Arden 1'18.175
101 Ellinas Suzuki 1'18.214
102 Jaafar Asiatech 1'18.393
103 Fauzy Asiatech 1'18.420
104 Ping Tun Leader 1'18.426
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Ma Qing Ha faster than Ralf Schumacher? Nice 
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Re: Formula 52
The 16 race Calender for the Inaugural 2013 Formula 52 Championship is as follows:
1.United States Grand Prix - Watkins Glenn
2.Brazilian Grand Prix - Interlagos
3.Spanish Grand Prix - Barcelona
4.Monaco Grand Prix - Montecarlo
5.Canadian Grand Prix - Montreal
6.French Grand Prix - Dijon
7.British Grand Prix - Donnington Park
8.German Grand Prix - Hockenheim
9.Hungarian Grand Prix - Budapest
10.Belgium Grand Prix - Spa
11.Italian Grand Prix - Monza
12.Portugese Grand Prix - Estoril
13.European Grand Prix - Jerez
14.Singapore Grand Prix - Marina Bay
15.Japanese Grand Prix - Suzuka
16.Australian Grand Prix - Adelaide
1.United States Grand Prix - Watkins Glenn
2.Brazilian Grand Prix - Interlagos
3.Spanish Grand Prix - Barcelona
4.Monaco Grand Prix - Montecarlo
5.Canadian Grand Prix - Montreal
6.French Grand Prix - Dijon
7.British Grand Prix - Donnington Park
8.German Grand Prix - Hockenheim
9.Hungarian Grand Prix - Budapest
10.Belgium Grand Prix - Spa
11.Italian Grand Prix - Monza
12.Portugese Grand Prix - Estoril
13.European Grand Prix - Jerez
14.Singapore Grand Prix - Marina Bay
15.Japanese Grand Prix - Suzuka
16.Australian Grand Prix - Adelaide
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Re: Formula 52
andrew wrote:what is used to simulate
All the driver/car/engine stats were created on a spreadsheet. As for the races, after considering a few options I went for the tried and tested Gp2. Mainly for it's ease to Mod, beautiful Ai and race engine and the total control to customize everything, For a virtual championship it has everything you could possibly need.
Now for the News:
The Weekend will be divided across 3 days of running. The Friday (Thursday for Monaco GP) will feature a 30 minute practice for each heat group followed by a 30 minute qualifying for the grid of each heat. The Saturday will be dedicated to running the four heat races, each heat will be a sprint race at about 20% normal race distance. With the top 3 teams from each heat advancing to the Sunday Final. Along with 2 drivers deemed fast enough to join them. The Sunday race grid will be decided by the race time of the heat winners, with the fastest overall time being awarded Pole position, the 2nd fastest heat winner getting 2nd place and so on.
The final will be a full distance race with a mandatory pit-stop.
The points awarded in the heats are 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
The points for the final will be 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1
Now for a select few preseason headlines:
Bruno Senna: Aston Martin can be Competitive right away!
Sebastian Loeb: I wish to be the fastest rookie this season!
McLaren: This will be a close season, don't count us out.
Zytek: Please give us time to work on the engine!
Renault: 5 teams is too many! Rumors are DAMS and Caterham will have to work hard to keep their deal.
BMW: Immediate points seem unlikely.
Opinion: Where are all the ladies? Is Formula 52 sexiest?
Leader: Glorious Leader team faster than legendary Schumacher!
PURE: We are not a joke!
Ocean: The PURE engine is a joke!
USF1: Does Formula 52 hate freedom?
Paul di Resta: I can win races this year!
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DuPont F1: Awaiting news about a possible entry for next year, featuring an ex-F1 World Champion and a promising new rookie driver!
watka wrote:I find it amusing that whilst you're one of the more openly Christian guys here, you are still first and foremost associated with an eye for the ladies!
MCard LOLAdinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
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With varying degrees of hospitality all 52 teams manage to roll in to New York for the opening round of the inaugural season of Formula 52.
Already there is controversy with the new age formula. After Friday practice it was clear that many teams were struggling with transmission issues after only a few laps of running. Not only this but the Watkins Glen circuit is very slippery with many drivers sliding on the cold surface of the track.
McLaren continue to claim that they are not facing any issues but after Friday running and pole posistion for Nico Hulkenberg for the heat race more questions appeared then answers. Mercedes seem to be showing the good form they had in testing and Massa beats Alonso.
Here is the list of pole sitters for the first 4 heat races of the season:
Blue: Mark Webber - Red Bull
Red: Fellipe Massa - Ferrari
Silver: Nico Hulkenberg - Sauber
Black: Nico Rosberg - Mercedes
The first racing of the season begins with the Blue group as Red Bull hope to begin the season with a win.
Webber Pole from Maldonado, Vettel, Hinchcliffe, Muller and Ostberg. Bottas only 11th.
Maldonado had a great start and took the lead!
Plato stacked it at the start and forced himself, Alguersuari and Ellinas off the track,
on Alguersuari spun into the path of Al-Attiyah breaking the Qatari's front wing, Plato emerged ahead of
Albuerquerque and broke his front wing.
Duval spun to the back on lap 1.
Mortara, Hinchcliffe, Loeb and Bottas all retire from within the top 10 early in the race.
Webber took the lead from Maldonado at turn one on lap 7/9.
Muller has a water leak one lap from the end and the track gets very slippy.
Vettel spun at the inner loop on lap 9/9 and managed to avoid hitting anything but
dropped to 4th behind Ostberg. Kanaan was not so lucky hitting the tires heavily
and retireing from the race, a couple of other drivers nearly lost control but kept going.
Suzuki looked set to celebrate an unlikely podium place when Ostberg spun just 3 corners from
the end handing 3rd back to Vettel. Ostberg fell out the top 10!
Thus Neel Jani managed an unlikely 4th for Qatar, climbing 3 places on the final lap ahead of Haryanto, the HRTS, O'young, Ericcson and
the final point to a recovering Alguersuari. Kevin Ceccon narrowly misses out on a point in the high attrition race.
The stewarding panel announce that Red Bull, Williams and Nissan had done enough to qualify for the final. This is great news for the Nissan squad who have been running reliably with no problems and seem to have a decent amount of speed. It is now up to the final 3 heat winners to determine if Mark Webber has pole or not for Sundays Final.
Heat 2: Red
Massa dominated with pole, fastest lap and win. Paul di Resta shadowed him throughout with 2nd in every department.
The clearly not 100% Ferrari of Fernado Alonso was forced to concede to the on form cars of Will Power and Bruno Senna, both of whom drove very well on the slippery circuit.
Russian Time were quick, as were Porsche but both were hit by problems, both mechanical and driver related.
Antonio Felix Da Costa was a star in qualifying and was in 3rd place when he spun at the beginning of lap 2.
It was a Chaotic race with spins everywhere with the top 9 and Jaafar the only clean drivers.
Castroneves pitted lap 1 after breaking his front wing, Marussia had long pit stops for mechanical issues, Sutil spun multiple times and both Chevrolets retired with a
loose wheel issue! With Jaafar being passed for 10th on the last lap by Da Costa, it seems unlikely that Asiatech will have a better
chance at points all season.
Even though Massa dominated it was not enough to beat Webbers race time, so the best Fellipe will start is P2. Ferrari, Force India and Aston Martin are the teams that have been put forward for the final, with Will Power having a great chance as making it as one of the wild card runners.
Heat 3: Silver
Hulkenberg on pole from Perez with Honda 3rd and 4th.
Dixon rocketed to the front from the start.
Franchitti had a transmission failure on only the second lap as reliability problems were rampant in this heat.
Hulkenberg, Pagenaud and Kristensen all had failures from within the top 5.
Although there were less spinners, Perez still threw away 2nd place with a spin and Charles Pic lost 5th place with his
own spin.
Dixon went on to a dominant victory but a last lap electrical problem hurt his overall time. Button was a quiet 2nd
and Fellipe Nasr took an excellent 3rd for DAMS.
Wurz and Heidfeld should be thrilled with 4th and 5th place finishes whilst Spengler drove well to score a few
points for the awful BMW team.
Honda, McLaren and DAMS are the 3 teams fast enough to make the final after a disastrous race for the Sauber team. Dixon's last lap electrical problem seems to have doomed him to starting the final from 4th, but this is still a great result for the Ganassi run Honda team in what is their home race.
Heat 4:Black
Nico Rosberg on pole as Indy car champion Ryan Hunter-Reay starts 2nd.
Ahead of the two Lotus and Lewis Hamilton.
Rosberg holds the lead as Hunter-Reay has a horrible start and drops to 6th.
Reliability is crippling in the heat as multiple transmissions fail. Hamitlon retires
first, problems hit both Lotus cars and both Toro Rossos. DOME look set to profit the most with
Buemi 2nd and Viso 4th only for chaos to fall on the last 2 laps and both DOME cars falling out the top 10.
Hunter Reay spins trying to recover ground putting him out the top 10.
Jerome D'Ambrosio, Andre Lotterer and Jamie Whincup profit from clean running to be well in the top 10.
Jamie Whincup smashes in to the back of a slowing Buemi and breaks the front wing, he is powerless to prevent
Michael Schumacher from passing him but after a collision with Ralf manages to hold a strong 6th.
Mercedes, Ford and Schumacher are the 3 teams that advance to the finals after both Lotus cars retire from what would be a safe advance. Nico Rosberg dominated the race and did not put a foot wrong to not only win the heat but do so as fastest driver of all the heats giving him pole for the Final on Sunday. The amazingly unexpected drive from Jerome d'Ambrosio puts him through to the final as a wild card and also confirms Will power as the 2nd wild card runner.
Therefore the Grid for Sunday's final will be:
1.Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2.Mark Webber Red Bull
3.Felipe Massa Ferrari
4.Scott Dixon Honda
5.Mikko Hirvonen Ford
6.Pastor Maldonado Williams
7.Paul di Resta Force India
8.Jenson Button McLaren
9.M.Schumacher Schumacher
10.Vettel Red Bull
11. Senna Aston Martin
12.Nasr DAMS
13.R.Schumacher Schumacher
14.Haryanto Nissan
15.Alonso Ferrari
16.Valsecchi DAMS
17.Hunter-Reay Ford
18.Alguersuari Nissan
19.Huff Aston Martin
20.Perez McLaren
21.Hamilton Mercedes
22.Bottas Williams
23.Sutil Force India
24.Franchitti Honda
25.Jerome d'Ambrosio Alfa Romeo
26.Will Power Penske
Already there is controversy with the new age formula. After Friday practice it was clear that many teams were struggling with transmission issues after only a few laps of running. Not only this but the Watkins Glen circuit is very slippery with many drivers sliding on the cold surface of the track.
McLaren continue to claim that they are not facing any issues but after Friday running and pole posistion for Nico Hulkenberg for the heat race more questions appeared then answers. Mercedes seem to be showing the good form they had in testing and Massa beats Alonso.
Here is the list of pole sitters for the first 4 heat races of the season:
Blue: Mark Webber - Red Bull
Red: Fellipe Massa - Ferrari
Silver: Nico Hulkenberg - Sauber
Black: Nico Rosberg - Mercedes
The first racing of the season begins with the Blue group as Red Bull hope to begin the season with a win.
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Watkins Glen
Blue
1 Webber Red Bull 12'09.496
2 Maldondo Williams
3 Vettel Red Bull
4 Jani Qatar
5 Haryanto Nissan
6 de la Rosa HRT
7 O'Young Jaguar
8 Karthikeyan HRT
9 Ericsson Polestar
10 Alguersuari Nissan
11 Ceccon Ocean
12 Plato Jaguar
13 Ellinas Suzuki
14 Tun Leader
15 Qinq Ha Leader
16 Duval Prost
17 Ostberg Suzuki
18 Al-Attiyah Qatar
Accident Kanaan Dallara
Water Leak Muller Prost
Transmission Albuquerque Ocean
Electrical Bottas Williams
Engine Loeb Arrows
Engine Ekstrom Polestar
Transmission Hinchcliffe Dallara
Transmission Mortara Arrows
Webber Pole from Maldonado, Vettel, Hinchcliffe, Muller and Ostberg. Bottas only 11th.
Maldonado had a great start and took the lead!
Plato stacked it at the start and forced himself, Alguersuari and Ellinas off the track,
on Alguersuari spun into the path of Al-Attiyah breaking the Qatari's front wing, Plato emerged ahead of
Albuerquerque and broke his front wing.
Duval spun to the back on lap 1.
Mortara, Hinchcliffe, Loeb and Bottas all retire from within the top 10 early in the race.
Webber took the lead from Maldonado at turn one on lap 7/9.
Muller has a water leak one lap from the end and the track gets very slippy.
Vettel spun at the inner loop on lap 9/9 and managed to avoid hitting anything but
dropped to 4th behind Ostberg. Kanaan was not so lucky hitting the tires heavily
and retireing from the race, a couple of other drivers nearly lost control but kept going.
Suzuki looked set to celebrate an unlikely podium place when Ostberg spun just 3 corners from
the end handing 3rd back to Vettel. Ostberg fell out the top 10!
Thus Neel Jani managed an unlikely 4th for Qatar, climbing 3 places on the final lap ahead of Haryanto, the HRTS, O'young, Ericcson and
the final point to a recovering Alguersuari. Kevin Ceccon narrowly misses out on a point in the high attrition race.
The stewarding panel announce that Red Bull, Williams and Nissan had done enough to qualify for the final. This is great news for the Nissan squad who have been running reliably with no problems and seem to have a decent amount of speed. It is now up to the final 3 heat winners to determine if Mark Webber has pole or not for Sundays Final.
Heat 2: Red
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1 Massa Ferrari 12'11.158
2 di Resta Force India
3 Power Penske
4 Senna Aston Martin
5 Alonso Ferrari
6 Huff Aston Martin
7 Andretti Delta Wing
8 Quaife-Hobbes Coloni
9 Fisichella Alitallia
10 da Costa Jordan
11 Jaafar Asiatech
12 Treluyer Porsche
13 Tarquini Coloni
14 Castroneves Penske
15 Fauzy Asiatech
16 Bird RUSSIANTIME
17 Chilton Marussia
18 Bianchi Marussia
19 Sutil Force India
Accident Brabham Delta Wing
Loose Wheel Briscoe Chevrolet
Transmission Liuzzi Alitallia
Loose Wheel Hilderbrand Chevrolet
Transmission Luhr Porsche
Puncture Dillman RUSSIANTIME
Engine Barrichello Jordan
Massa dominated with pole, fastest lap and win. Paul di Resta shadowed him throughout with 2nd in every department.
The clearly not 100% Ferrari of Fernado Alonso was forced to concede to the on form cars of Will Power and Bruno Senna, both of whom drove very well on the slippery circuit.
Russian Time were quick, as were Porsche but both were hit by problems, both mechanical and driver related.
Antonio Felix Da Costa was a star in qualifying and was in 3rd place when he spun at the beginning of lap 2.
It was a Chaotic race with spins everywhere with the top 9 and Jaafar the only clean drivers.
Castroneves pitted lap 1 after breaking his front wing, Marussia had long pit stops for mechanical issues, Sutil spun multiple times and both Chevrolets retired with a
loose wheel issue! With Jaafar being passed for 10th on the last lap by Da Costa, it seems unlikely that Asiatech will have a better
chance at points all season.
Even though Massa dominated it was not enough to beat Webbers race time, so the best Fellipe will start is P2. Ferrari, Force India and Aston Martin are the teams that have been put forward for the final, with Will Power having a great chance as making it as one of the wild card runners.
Heat 3: Silver
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1 Dixon Honda 12'15.797
2 Button McLaren
3 Nasr DAMS
4 Wurz Toyota
5 Heidfeld Lola
6 Paffet Prodrive
7 Valsecchi DAMS
8 Kovalainen Hyundai
9 Spengler BMW
10 Kobayashi Toyota
11 Pic Caterham
12 Perez McLaren
13 Glock Marussia
14 Gutierrez Sauber
15 Van der Garde Caterham
16 Petrov Hyundai
Suspension Bourdais Peugeot
Accident Michelisz Minardi
Suspension Green Prodrive
Transmission Hulkenberg Sauber
Transmission Chandhok Lola
Transmission Kristensen Lamborghini
Transmission Rockenfeller Lamborghini
Engine Wilson Minardi
Suspension Pagenaud Peugeot
Transmission Franchitti Honda
Hulkenberg on pole from Perez with Honda 3rd and 4th.
Dixon rocketed to the front from the start.
Franchitti had a transmission failure on only the second lap as reliability problems were rampant in this heat.
Hulkenberg, Pagenaud and Kristensen all had failures from within the top 5.
Although there were less spinners, Perez still threw away 2nd place with a spin and Charles Pic lost 5th place with his
own spin.
Dixon went on to a dominant victory but a last lap electrical problem hurt his overall time. Button was a quiet 2nd
and Fellipe Nasr took an excellent 3rd for DAMS.
Wurz and Heidfeld should be thrilled with 4th and 5th place finishes whilst Spengler drove well to score a few
points for the awful BMW team.
Honda, McLaren and DAMS are the 3 teams fast enough to make the final after a disastrous race for the Sauber team. Dixon's last lap electrical problem seems to have doomed him to starting the final from 4th, but this is still a great result for the Ganassi run Honda team in what is their home race.
Heat 4:Black
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1 Rosberg Mercedes 12'08.554
2 Hirvonen Ford
3 D'Ambrosio Alfa Romeo
4 Lotterer TOMS
5 M.Schumacher Schumacher
6 Whincup Triple 8
7 Albers Spyker
8 R.Schumacher Schumacher
9 Lowndes Triple 8
10 Juncadella PURE
11 Razia Alfa Romeo
12 Calado Super Aguri
13 Viso DOME
14 Hunter-Reay Ford
Transmission Buemi DOME
Transmission Vergne Toro Rosso
Puncture Grosjean Lotus
Loose Wheel Ricciardo Toro Rosso
Transmission Frijns Spyker
Transmission Evans MW Arden
Transmission Sato Super Aguri
Puncture Nakajima TOMS
Transmission Raikkonen Lotus
Transmission Bacheta PURE
Accident Brundle MW Arden
Transmission Hamilton Mercedes
Nico Rosberg on pole as Indy car champion Ryan Hunter-Reay starts 2nd.
Ahead of the two Lotus and Lewis Hamilton.
Rosberg holds the lead as Hunter-Reay has a horrible start and drops to 6th.
Reliability is crippling in the heat as multiple transmissions fail. Hamitlon retires
first, problems hit both Lotus cars and both Toro Rossos. DOME look set to profit the most with
Buemi 2nd and Viso 4th only for chaos to fall on the last 2 laps and both DOME cars falling out the top 10.
Hunter Reay spins trying to recover ground putting him out the top 10.
Jerome D'Ambrosio, Andre Lotterer and Jamie Whincup profit from clean running to be well in the top 10.
Jamie Whincup smashes in to the back of a slowing Buemi and breaks the front wing, he is powerless to prevent
Michael Schumacher from passing him but after a collision with Ralf manages to hold a strong 6th.
Mercedes, Ford and Schumacher are the 3 teams that advance to the finals after both Lotus cars retire from what would be a safe advance. Nico Rosberg dominated the race and did not put a foot wrong to not only win the heat but do so as fastest driver of all the heats giving him pole for the Final on Sunday. The amazingly unexpected drive from Jerome d'Ambrosio puts him through to the final as a wild card and also confirms Will power as the 2nd wild card runner.
Therefore the Grid for Sunday's final will be:
1.Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2.Mark Webber Red Bull
3.Felipe Massa Ferrari
4.Scott Dixon Honda
5.Mikko Hirvonen Ford
6.Pastor Maldonado Williams
7.Paul di Resta Force India
8.Jenson Button McLaren
9.M.Schumacher Schumacher
10.Vettel Red Bull
11. Senna Aston Martin
12.Nasr DAMS
13.R.Schumacher Schumacher
14.Haryanto Nissan
15.Alonso Ferrari
16.Valsecchi DAMS
17.Hunter-Reay Ford
18.Alguersuari Nissan
19.Huff Aston Martin
20.Perez McLaren
21.Hamilton Mercedes
22.Bottas Williams
23.Sutil Force India
24.Franchitti Honda
25.Jerome d'Ambrosio Alfa Romeo
26.Will Power Penske
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Round 1: United States Grand Prix, Watkins Glen
This race will be the dubbed the race nobody wanted to win, it will also be famous for extreme tire wear.
The race started in dramatic fashion with once again Dixon in the Honda had a monster start and took the lead on the first lap, only for the car to grind to a halt just as the 2nd lap begun. Early reliability problems stuck several front runners with Webber, Maldonado and the 2nd Honda of Franchitti breaking down before the drivers could really stretch their legs, it seems Honda really need to work on their reliability issues. They can at least take heart from the speed of the car.
The early retirements left Rosberg the lead with Massa and Button in close pursuit. Further back Michael Schumacher and Vettel were fighting for 4th whilst Will Power had amazingly worked his way into the top 10 from starting 26th and last on the grid.
The track was no less slippery than during the heats as both Ford drivers and Sergio Perez found themselves on the grass on more than one occasion, the biggest driver error though came from Alonso as the Ferrari driver was making up ground he under-steered and crashed heavily into a tire wall, ending his race on the spot.
The pit stop window came and went and the top 3 stayed as they were, the big benefactor was Will Power who had managed to climb all the way up to 4th, beating Schumacher on strategy and Vettel on reliability as Red Bull recorded a disappointing double DNF. Will Power unfortunately did not hold 4th for long, spinning off into the gravel and losing many places in the process, he did manage to crawl out still at the foot of the top 10.
With 5 laps to go the race took a silly turn. Nico Rosberg with a healthy 3 second gap to a battling Massa and Button spun the car at the fast Inner Chicane section, he did a perfect 1080 spin and kept the car going, but in the process Massa and Button slipped by, thus dropping Nico to 3rd. Massa had no time to enjoy the lead as half a lap later he spun himself, this time far enough in the gravel to let the leaders, Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton and the consistent Aston Martin pair through.
You would normally be safe to assume Jenson Button would be a safe bet at holding first place but a lap later he spun on some grass himself and dropped back to 2nd place gifting Nico the lead once more. Only for a lap and a half later Nico Rosberg dropped it in the gravel! dropping him all the way to 8th place.
Jenson Button took the lead once again and this time knew to take things extra carefully to record a famous, even if bizzare, first win in Formula 52 history. Michael Schumacher had not put a wheel wrong all weekend and his superior experience meant simply not chucking the car away gave him a very creditable 2nd place finish. The battle for 3rd place was not over though, Lewis Hamilton after putting in a decent recovery drive span at the inner chicane just like Nico Rosberg dropping him behind Massa and the Aston's. Massa managed to get past Huff with a few laps to go and was all over Senna over the final lap, lunging past him at the final corner to give Ferrari a podium in a race he knows he could have won.
So, a race dominated by the tricky circuit, with Rosberg, Massa and even Power all having a shot at victory thrown away by spins giving McLaren the first win of the series, there we go, McLaren said they were not in a crisis!
The series has 3 championships running, a championship just for Final appearances, a championship for Heat and Final appearances and a constructors championship.
Button obviously takes the lead of this championship, with a great result too from Michael Schumacher. Though Mercedes got a double points finish, Rosberg should have won and Hamilton should have been 3rd or 4th! Rob Huff is the top rookie after doing an impressive job in tricky conditions, he was only 1 second behind the Senna/Massa scrap. Though the driver that really caught the eye was Will Power pulling off an amazing drive from 26th on the grid, he is one to watch for sure.
Button also leads the Formula 52 championship, with 2nd place in the heat denying him a perfect score, 41 drivers find themselves on the scoreboard after round 1, 10 drivers from each heat and Lewis Hamilton for recovering and scoring in the final.
Whilst Aston Martin manage to take the lead of the constructors championship by a single point, the Aston Martin is very reliable and easy to drive, perfect for the tricky Watkins Glen conditions. Even so to be leading is a surprise, McLaren have all their points from Button as even though Perez finished both his races, he failed to score.
Honda and Red Bull lost a very high points haul from their poor reliability but worst of all was the Lotus team who leave the States with 0 points.
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1 Button McLaren
2 M.Schumacher Schumacher
3 Massa Ferrari
4 Senna Aston Martin
5 Huff Aston Martin
6 Hamilton Mercedes
7 Power Penske
8 Rosberg Mercedes
9 Alguersuari Nissan
10 R.Schumacher Schumacher
11 Hunter-Reay Ford
12 Valsecchi DAMS
13 Perez McLaren
14 Haryanto Nissan
15 Hirvonen Ford
Throttle D'Ambrosio
Engine Nasr
Electrical Vettel
Accident Alonso
Loose Wheel di Resta
Transmission Bottas
Water Leak Sutil
Engine Franchitti
Transmission Maldondo
Loose Wheel Webber
Transmission Dixon
This race will be the dubbed the race nobody wanted to win, it will also be famous for extreme tire wear.
The race started in dramatic fashion with once again Dixon in the Honda had a monster start and took the lead on the first lap, only for the car to grind to a halt just as the 2nd lap begun. Early reliability problems stuck several front runners with Webber, Maldonado and the 2nd Honda of Franchitti breaking down before the drivers could really stretch their legs, it seems Honda really need to work on their reliability issues. They can at least take heart from the speed of the car.
The early retirements left Rosberg the lead with Massa and Button in close pursuit. Further back Michael Schumacher and Vettel were fighting for 4th whilst Will Power had amazingly worked his way into the top 10 from starting 26th and last on the grid.
The track was no less slippery than during the heats as both Ford drivers and Sergio Perez found themselves on the grass on more than one occasion, the biggest driver error though came from Alonso as the Ferrari driver was making up ground he under-steered and crashed heavily into a tire wall, ending his race on the spot.
The pit stop window came and went and the top 3 stayed as they were, the big benefactor was Will Power who had managed to climb all the way up to 4th, beating Schumacher on strategy and Vettel on reliability as Red Bull recorded a disappointing double DNF. Will Power unfortunately did not hold 4th for long, spinning off into the gravel and losing many places in the process, he did manage to crawl out still at the foot of the top 10.
With 5 laps to go the race took a silly turn. Nico Rosberg with a healthy 3 second gap to a battling Massa and Button spun the car at the fast Inner Chicane section, he did a perfect 1080 spin and kept the car going, but in the process Massa and Button slipped by, thus dropping Nico to 3rd. Massa had no time to enjoy the lead as half a lap later he spun himself, this time far enough in the gravel to let the leaders, Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton and the consistent Aston Martin pair through.
You would normally be safe to assume Jenson Button would be a safe bet at holding first place but a lap later he spun on some grass himself and dropped back to 2nd place gifting Nico the lead once more. Only for a lap and a half later Nico Rosberg dropped it in the gravel! dropping him all the way to 8th place.
Jenson Button took the lead once again and this time knew to take things extra carefully to record a famous, even if bizzare, first win in Formula 52 history. Michael Schumacher had not put a wheel wrong all weekend and his superior experience meant simply not chucking the car away gave him a very creditable 2nd place finish. The battle for 3rd place was not over though, Lewis Hamilton after putting in a decent recovery drive span at the inner chicane just like Nico Rosberg dropping him behind Massa and the Aston's. Massa managed to get past Huff with a few laps to go and was all over Senna over the final lap, lunging past him at the final corner to give Ferrari a podium in a race he knows he could have won.
So, a race dominated by the tricky circuit, with Rosberg, Massa and even Power all having a shot at victory thrown away by spins giving McLaren the first win of the series, there we go, McLaren said they were not in a crisis!
The series has 3 championships running, a championship just for Final appearances, a championship for Heat and Final appearances and a constructors championship.
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Juan Manuel Fangio Finals Trophy
Button McLaren 25
M.Schumacher Schumacher 18
Massa Ferrari 15
Senna Aston Martin 12
Huff Aston Martin 10
Hamilton Mercedes 8
Power Penske 6
Rosberg Mercedes 4
Alguersuari Nissan 2
R.Schumacher Schumacher 1
Button obviously takes the lead of this championship, with a great result too from Michael Schumacher. Though Mercedes got a double points finish, Rosberg should have won and Hamilton should have been 3rd or 4th! Rob Huff is the top rookie after doing an impressive job in tricky conditions, he was only 1 second behind the Senna/Massa scrap. Though the driver that really caught the eye was Will Power pulling off an amazing drive from 26th on the grid, he is one to watch for sure.
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Formula 52 Championship
1 Button McLaren 34
2 Massa Ferrari 25
3 M.Schumacher Schumacher 24
4 Senna Aston Martin 19
5 Huff Aston Martin 16
6 Rosberg Mercedes 14
7 Power Penske 14
8 Dixon Honda 10
9 Webber Red Bull 10
10 di Resta Force India 9
11 Hirvonen Ford 9
12 Maldonado Williams 9
13 D'Ambrosio Alfa Romeo 8
14 Nasr DAMS 8
15 Hamilton Mercedes 8
16 Vettel Red Bull 8
17 Jani Qatar 7
18 Lotterer TOMS 7
19 Wurz Toyota 7
20 Alonso Ferrari 6
21 Heidfeld Lola 6
22 Haryanto Nisssan 6
23 de la Rosa HRT 5
24 Paffet Prodrive 5
25 Whincup Triple 8 5
26 Valsecchi DAMS 4
27 Andretti Delta Wing 4
28 O'young Jaguar 4
29 R.Schumacher Schumacher 4
30 Albers Spyker 4
31 Quaife-Hobbes Coloni 3
32 Karthikeyan HRT 3
33 Kovalainen Hyundai 3
34 Alguersuari Nissan 3
35 Fisichella Alitalia 2
36 Spengler BMW 2
37 Ericsson Polestar 2
38 Lowndes Triple 8 2
39 da Costa Jordan 1
40 Juncadella PURE 1
41 Kobayashi Toyota 1
Button also leads the Formula 52 championship, with 2nd place in the heat denying him a perfect score, 41 drivers find themselves on the scoreboard after round 1, 10 drivers from each heat and Lewis Hamilton for recovering and scoring in the final.
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Constructors
1 Aston Martin 35
2 McLaren 34
3 Ferrari 31
4 Schumacher 28
5 Mercedes 22
6 Red Bull 18
7 Penske 14
8 DAMS 12
9 Honda 10
10 Force India 9
11 Ford 9
12 Nissan 9
13 Williams 9
14 Alfa Romeo 8
15 HRT 8
16 Toyota 8
17 Qatar 7
18 TOMS 7
19 Triple 8 7
20 Lola 6
21 Prodrive 5
22 Delta Wing 4
23 Jaguar 4
24 Spyker 4
25 Coloni 3
26 Hyundai 3
27 Alitalia 2
28 BMW 2
29 Polestar 2
30 Jordan 1
31 PURE 1
Whilst Aston Martin manage to take the lead of the constructors championship by a single point, the Aston Martin is very reliable and easy to drive, perfect for the tricky Watkins Glen conditions. Even so to be leading is a surprise, McLaren have all their points from Button as even though Perez finished both his races, he failed to score.
Honda and Red Bull lost a very high points haul from their poor reliability but worst of all was the Lotus team who leave the States with 0 points.
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Onwards to Round 2, Interlagos Brazil
But before the heats begin, the news:
Suzuki: Ostberg apologises for blowing potential shock heat podium.
Nissan: Thrilled with making the final and scoring points
McLaren: Surprised to win in the US but expects to be competitive in Brazil
Lotus: Unreliability just a "fluke and blip"
Will Power: I can fight for the championship!
Aston Martin: Proud to be leading the constructors, but won't bank on holding it.
Michael Schumacher: I have no plans to retire
Ralf Schumacher: PLEASE let me retire.
Deltawing:Points just the start.
Paul Di Resta: I can win in Brazil.
But before the heats begin, the news:
Suzuki: Ostberg apologises for blowing potential shock heat podium.
Nissan: Thrilled with making the final and scoring points
McLaren: Surprised to win in the US but expects to be competitive in Brazil
Lotus: Unreliability just a "fluke and blip"
Will Power: I can fight for the championship!
Aston Martin: Proud to be leading the constructors, but won't bank on holding it.
Michael Schumacher: I have no plans to retire
Ralf Schumacher: PLEASE let me retire.
Deltawing:Points just the start.
Paul Di Resta: I can win in Brazil.
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Shadaza wrote:Paul Di Resta: I can win in Brazil.
That caught me out.
Di Restaisms to be used a lot in news, I guess?
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14:03 RaikkonenPlsCare There's some water in waterRe: Formula 52
Now for the Interlagos Heats.
These are the 4 polemen for the 4 heats down in Brazil.
Blue: Sebastian Vettel
Red: Will Power
Silver: Sergio Perez
Black: Lewis Hamilton
Red Bull dominate the race from lights to flag, Vettel having the edge over team mate Webber. Yvan Muller looked like he would be scoring an impressive 3rd place only for a last lap throttle issue preventing him from accessing full power allowed the Arrows of Seb Loeb by. This was a crippling blow to the Prost team, as Duval only in 10th means they have not done enough to reach the final, Red Bull, Arrows and a mediocre Williams side go through. Alguersuari and Jani drive well to be inside the top 8 as Dallara pretty much failed to turn up in Interlagos, the reliability this round was much better than in Watkins Glenn.
Will Power got a great start off the line and never looked backed, Ferrari seemed content just to play it safe and take 2nd and 3rd giving Penske and Power their first heat win. With Force India behind them and Castroneves completing the top 6 it is very easy to see the top 3 teams in this heat, Penske, Ferrari and Force India advance to the final. The battle for the scraps was much more entertaining as Jules Bianchi, Felix da Costa and Hilderbrand fought hard for 8th with Bianchi finally stealing the place overtaking both of them in one move. Surprise constructors championship leaders Aston Martin could only scrape 1 point through Bruno Senna as improved reliability around the circuit hurts the team. Benoit Treluyer had a day to forget, smashing his front wing on the first corner before having to retire when his engine spectacularly burst into flames. Power's time was faster than the Red Bull's so it is possible he may even start the final from pole!
Perez may have won the 3rd heat at a canter but the real stars were Valsecchi and Pic for managing to keep championship leader Button behind them. It was a mediocre heat for Sauber with the Hulk a disappointing 7th around the track he usually loves, however it is enough to qualify with Gutierrez in 5th and Giedo Van der Garde down in 20th Sauber advance along with McLaren and DAMS, leaving Caterham out in the cold bar a wildcard entry for Pic. Honda will be disappointed with only 8th, Scott Dixon was running in the low end of the top 10 before electrical problems struck but it was most certainly an underwhelming performance compared to "the Glen"
The battle for 9th stretched almost to the back of the field with Petrov pushing a difficult Hyundai to it's limits to earn 2 points for 9th. Gary Paffet takes the poweful Mercedes engined Prodrive to 10th denying the awful Zytek powered Lola of Heidfeld the final point, an injustice! Sebastian Bourdais spinning by himself on the grass and Michelisz's minardi grinding to a halt make up the other highlights.
Daniel Ricciardo starred in qualifying and from 2nd on the grid took the lead with a very tidy start. Though Hamilton seems to have been on a different plane to everyone else since practice and overtook him on lap 3 to romp home to a massive victory and with it pole for the feature race. It was not all smiles from Mercedes, as Rosberg ground to a halt on only the 2nd lap in a heat with more retirements than the others put together. Bacheta most notably understeered at high speed in the barriers and was fortunate to emerge unhurt, the car was in a less good situation, completely ruined. As Ricciardo finished in 2nd, Lotus this time had no mechanical issues and qualify for the final with a safe 3rd and 4th, along with Mercedes and Ford. The Ford team being given the nod over Toro Rosso with Ricciardo the 2nd wild card alongside Caterham's Pic. DOME were competitive for a 2nd race weekend running both scoring good points as their cars managed to hold together whilst engine mates Super Aguri also would have ended up with double points if not for knocked loose wheel on Sato's car. Leaving Michael Schumacher to feed on the final point, the feature race podium man off the pace around Interlagos and lucky to fend off the two TOMS Toyota's. Ralf Schumacher had a spin and was just rubbish in general.
These are the 4 polemen for the 4 heats down in Brazil.
Blue: Sebastian Vettel
Red: Will Power
Silver: Sergio Perez
Black: Lewis Hamilton
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Blue
1 Vettel Red Bull 17'04.220
2 Webber Red Bull
3 Loeb Arrows
4 Muller Prost
5 Maldonado Williams
6 Bottas Williams
7 Alguersuari Nissan
8 Jani Qatar
9 Hinchcliffe Dallara
10 Duval Prost
11 Kanaan Dallara
12 Ericsson Polestar
13 Mortara Arrows
14 Karthikeyan HRT
15 Plato Jaguar
16 Al-Attiyah Qatar
17 Haryanto Nissan
18 Qinq Ha Leader
19 O'Young Jaguar
20 Ellinas Suzuki
21 Tun Leader
22 Albuquerque Ocean
23 Ceccon Ocean
Transmission Ekstrom Polestar
Electrical Ostberg Suzuki
Suspension de la Rosa HRT
Red Bull dominate the race from lights to flag, Vettel having the edge over team mate Webber. Yvan Muller looked like he would be scoring an impressive 3rd place only for a last lap throttle issue preventing him from accessing full power allowed the Arrows of Seb Loeb by. This was a crippling blow to the Prost team, as Duval only in 10th means they have not done enough to reach the final, Red Bull, Arrows and a mediocre Williams side go through. Alguersuari and Jani drive well to be inside the top 8 as Dallara pretty much failed to turn up in Interlagos, the reliability this round was much better than in Watkins Glenn.
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1 Power Penske 16'59.127
2 Alonso Ferrari
3 Massa Ferrari
4 Sutil Force India
5 di Resta Force India
6 Castroneves Penske
7 Bianchi Marussia
8 da Costa Jordan
9 Hilderbrand Chevrolet
10 Senna Aston Martin
11 Bird RUSSIANTIME
12 Barrichello Jordan
13 Briscoe Chevrolet
14 Luhr Porsche
15 Huff Aston Martin
16 Tarquini Coloni
17 Dillman RUSSIANTIME
18 Brabham Delta Wing
19 Liuzzi Alitallia
20 Quaife-Hobbes Coloni
21 Andretti Delta Wing
22 Jaafar Asiatech
23 Fauzy Asiatech
24 Chilton Marussia
Engine Treluyer Porsche
Transmission Fisichella Alitallia
Will Power got a great start off the line and never looked backed, Ferrari seemed content just to play it safe and take 2nd and 3rd giving Penske and Power their first heat win. With Force India behind them and Castroneves completing the top 6 it is very easy to see the top 3 teams in this heat, Penske, Ferrari and Force India advance to the final. The battle for the scraps was much more entertaining as Jules Bianchi, Felix da Costa and Hilderbrand fought hard for 8th with Bianchi finally stealing the place overtaking both of them in one move. Surprise constructors championship leaders Aston Martin could only scrape 1 point through Bruno Senna as improved reliability around the circuit hurts the team. Benoit Treluyer had a day to forget, smashing his front wing on the first corner before having to retire when his engine spectacularly burst into flames. Power's time was faster than the Red Bull's so it is possible he may even start the final from pole!
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1 Perez McLaren 17'08.677
2 Pic Caterham
3 Valsecchi DAMS
4 Button McLaren
5 Gutierrez Sauber
6 Nasr DAMS
7 Hulkenberg Sauber
8 Franchitti Honda
9 Petrov Hyundai
10 Paffet Prodrive
11 Heidfeld Lola
12 Kobayashi Toyota
13 Kristensen Lamborghini
14 Pagenaud Peugeot
15 Kovalainen Hyundai
16 Wilson Minardi
17 Rockenfeller Lamborghini
18 Wurz Toyota
19 Chandhok Lola
20 Van der Garde Caterham
21 Spengler BMW
22 Glock BMW
23 Bourdais Peugeot
24 Green Prodrive
25 Dixon Honda
Transmission Michelisz Minardi
Perez may have won the 3rd heat at a canter but the real stars were Valsecchi and Pic for managing to keep championship leader Button behind them. It was a mediocre heat for Sauber with the Hulk a disappointing 7th around the track he usually loves, however it is enough to qualify with Gutierrez in 5th and Giedo Van der Garde down in 20th Sauber advance along with McLaren and DAMS, leaving Caterham out in the cold bar a wildcard entry for Pic. Honda will be disappointed with only 8th, Scott Dixon was running in the low end of the top 10 before electrical problems struck but it was most certainly an underwhelming performance compared to "the Glen"
The battle for 9th stretched almost to the back of the field with Petrov pushing a difficult Hyundai to it's limits to earn 2 points for 9th. Gary Paffet takes the poweful Mercedes engined Prodrive to 10th denying the awful Zytek powered Lola of Heidfeld the final point, an injustice! Sebastian Bourdais spinning by himself on the grass and Michelisz's minardi grinding to a halt make up the other highlights.
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1 Hamilton Mercedes 16'55.810
2 Ricciardo Toro Rosso
3 Raikkonen Lotus
4 Grosjean Lotus
5 Hunter-Reay Ford
6 Buemi DOME
7 Hirvonen Ford
8 Viso DOME
9 Calado Super Aguri
10 M.Schumacher Schumacher
11 Nakajima TOMS
12 Lotterer TOMS
13 Vergne Toro Rosso
14 Lowndes Triple 8
15 Frijns Spyker
16 Juncadella PURE
17 D'Ambrosio Alfa Romeo
18 Brundle MW Arden
19 Evans MW Arden
20 R.Schumacher Schumacher
Water Leak Razia Alfa Romeo
Suspension Albers Spyker
Accident Bacheta PURE
Loose Wheel Sato Super Aguri
Engine Whincup Triple 8
Electrical Rosberg Mercedes
Daniel Ricciardo starred in qualifying and from 2nd on the grid took the lead with a very tidy start. Though Hamilton seems to have been on a different plane to everyone else since practice and overtook him on lap 3 to romp home to a massive victory and with it pole for the feature race. It was not all smiles from Mercedes, as Rosberg ground to a halt on only the 2nd lap in a heat with more retirements than the others put together. Bacheta most notably understeered at high speed in the barriers and was fortunate to emerge unhurt, the car was in a less good situation, completely ruined. As Ricciardo finished in 2nd, Lotus this time had no mechanical issues and qualify for the final with a safe 3rd and 4th, along with Mercedes and Ford. The Ford team being given the nod over Toro Rosso with Ricciardo the 2nd wild card alongside Caterham's Pic. DOME were competitive for a 2nd race weekend running both scoring good points as their cars managed to hold together whilst engine mates Super Aguri also would have ended up with double points if not for knocked loose wheel on Sato's car. Leaving Michael Schumacher to feed on the final point, the feature race podium man off the pace around Interlagos and lucky to fend off the two TOMS Toyota's. Ralf Schumacher had a spin and was just rubbish in general.
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