KL-Racer's F1 2010:ROTY PODIUM FINALLY UP!

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 17 Apr 2016, 19:48

Next test for DAMS will be at KERS and Race pace

Whiteshore · Post by **Whiteshore** » 17 Apr 2016, 23:49

Reliabilty and Qualifying Pace for Mercedes in the next test.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 21 Apr 2016, 14:01

Engine Power and KERS for Manor at the next test.

KL-racer · Post by **KL-racer** » 23 Apr 2016, 20:55

Round 5 Catalunya

Alright then, since I last posted, there has been some movement regarding Pre-Q. In short, Manor, Mercedes and Red Bull all moved out of the pre-q session. Meanwhile, for Williams, McLaren and Carlin, these three teams must Pre-Q for the next four races.

So, the next race is a modern-day staple on the calendar, Catalunya, where the whole package is required.

Pre-Q Results

1 Luca FIlippi 1:31.764
2 Pastor Maldonado +0.237
3 Heikki Kovalainen +0.242
4 Rubens barrichello +0.245
5 Pedro De La Rosa +0.802
6 Paul Di Resta +0.956
7 Sergio Perez +0.996
8 Sergio Canamasas +0.997
DNPQ
9 Benoit Truleyer +1.157
10 Nico Hulkenberg +1.197
11 Vitaly Petrov +1.244
12 Karun Chandhok +1.246
13 Kamui Kobayashi +1.271
14 Timo Glock +1.368
15 Jose Maria Lopez +1.599
16 Charlie Kimball +1.839
17 Brendon Hartley +1.880
18 Neel Jani +1.993
19 Lucas Di Grassi +2.160
20 Sam Bird +2.279

Qualifying results

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:30.203
2 Mark Webber +0.492
3 Fernando Alonso +0.843
4 Robert Kubica +0.888
5 Jenson Button +0.918
6 Nico Rosberg +0.950
7 Felipe Massa +0.965
8 Lewis Hamilton +1.243
9 Michael Schumacher +1.275
10 Kimi Raikkonen +1.406
11 Ralf Schumacher +1.479
12 Luca FIlippi +1.521
13 Heikki Kovalainen +1.598
14 Christian Klien +1.772
15 Andre Lotterer +1.805
16 Rubens Barrichello +1.836
17 Will Power +1.875
18 Nick Heidfeld +1.921
19 Giorgio Pantano +1.959
20 Jaime Algersauri +2.159
21 Vitantonio Liuzzi +2.202
22 Sebastien Buemi +2.242
23 Pastor Maldonado +2.274
24 Romain Grosjean +2.353
25 Sergio Perez +2.396
26 Sergio Canamasas +2.637
DNQ
27 Paul Di Resta +2.806
28 Pedro De La Rosa +2.998

Will Power will finally make his F1 race debut for Mercedes, he will start 17th. Also, barely squeaking in and starting dead last is Sergio Canamasas who is not only making his race debut but also Campo’s first race appearance ever.

Race Summary

On lap 4, Heidfeld made an early exit. By Lap 10, Klien, Pantano and Raikkonen disappeared from the race. On lap 20, Filippi retired from 10th. On Lap 37, Barrichello DNF’ed the other Caterham. On the closing laps Grosjean and Buemi both DNF’ed.

Race Results

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:33:02.782
2 Mark Webber +1:07.696
3 Felipe Massa +1:09.216
4 Robert Kubica +1:21.694
5 Jenson Button +1:23.327
6 Nico Rosberg 1 lap
7 Michael Schumacher 1 lap
8 Lewis Hamilton 1 lap
9 Ralf Schumacher 1 lap
10 Heikki Kovalainen 1 lap
11 Andre Lotterer 2 laps
12 Fernandon Alonso 2 laps
13 Jaime Algersauri 2 laps
14 Vitantonio Liuzzi 2 laps
15 Will power 2 laps
16 Pastor Maldonado 2 laps
17 Sergio Canamasas 2 laps
18 Sergio Perez 2 laps
DNF Romain Grosjean Loose Wheel
DNF Sebasiten Buemi Engine
DNF Rubens Barrichello Engine
DNF Luca FIlippi Suspension
DNF Giorgio Pantano Transmission
DNF Kimi Raikkonen Water Leak
DNF Christian Klien KERS
DNF Nick Heidfeld Engine

Paddock News

Adrian Campos: “Sergio Canamasas made through a race distance for once”

After the race Adrian Campos stated that Canamasas has indeed worked hard to tone down his aggressiveness. In addition, he said that “Given that this team is in its second year of existence, we can’t afford for our drivers to crash out of the race when presented a chance. This race finish is like a victory for us.”

Heikki Kovalainen: “Finally, the monkey has been off my chest!”

After finishing 10th, and finally putting Carlin on the points table for 2010. Heikki said after the race, “Let’s hope we can squeeze in some more point finishes over time.”

The next stop for the paddock is Monaco, which would be posted in a few days at the earliest.

KL-racer · Post by **KL-racer** » 01 May 2016, 02:31

Round 6 Monaco

Alright, the F1 circus arrived at Monaco, sensing that this is a yet another Ferrari Run-away in both the drivers and team titles. After Webber winning the opening round at Melbourne, since then it’s been all Ferrari yet again! Could anyone else stop them from winning the rest of the season outright.

Pre-Q Results

1 Luca Filippi 1:18.494
2 Pastor Maldonado +0.077
3 Rubens Barrichello +0.122
4 Heikki Kovalainen +0.284
5 Paul Di Resta +0.705
6 Pedro De La Rosa +0.706
7 Sergio Canamasas +0.781
8 Sergio Perez +0.795
DNPQ
9 Benoit Truelyer +0.913
10 Nico Hulkenberg +1.001
11 Karun Chandhok +1.036
12 Kamui Kobayashi +1.086
13 Vitaly Petrov +1.173
14 Timo Glock +1.298
15 Jose Maria Lopez +1.332
16 Charlie Kimball +1.554
17 Brendon Hartley +1.667
18 Neel Jani +1.781
19 Lucas Di Grassi +1.925
20 Sam Bird +1.950

Qualifying Results

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:17.490
2 Mark Webber +0.001
3 Felipe Massa +0.114
4 Fernando Alonso +0.118
5 Lewis Hamilton +0.202
6 Nico Rosberg +0.369
7 Michael Schumacher +0.539
8 Jenson Button +0.708
9 Christian Klien +0,713
10 Andre Lotterer +0.749
11 Robert Kubica +0.798
12 Ralf Schumacher +0.861
13 Kimi Raikkonen +0.874
14 Luca FIlippi +0.952
15 Rubens Barrichello +1.083
16 Nick Heidfeld +1.123
17 Pastor Maldonado +1.129
18 Giorgio Pantano +1.251
19 Will Power +1.384
20 Sebasiten Buemi +1.423
21 Vitantonio Liuzzi +1.496
22 Heikki Kovalainen +1.534
23 Romain Grosjean +1.583
24 Sergio Perez +1.670
25 Pedro De La Rosa +1.838
26 Jaime Algersauri +1.995
DNQ
27 Paul Di Resta +2.168
28 Sergio Canamasas +2.510

Race Summary

On lap 20, Heidfeld crashed out at the chicane, and on the next lap Button DNF’ed. On lap 44, Alonso retired from 5th. On Lap 49, Buemi retired. On lap 53, Kimi was forced to park the other sauber. Lap 62, Ralf was forced to park as well. In the end, Massa got a much needed race win with Webber settling for 2nd and M. Schumacher 3rd.

Race Results

1 Felipe Massa 1:48:07.118
2 Mark Webber +2.492
3 Michael Schumacher +41.845
4 Lewis Hamilton +42.401
5 Sebastian Vettel +42.779
6 Nico Rosberg +43.460
7 Christian Klien +1:03.851
8 Robert Kubica 1 lap
9 Andre Lotterer 1 lap
10 Pastor Maldonado 1 lap
11 Luca FIlippi 1 lap
12 Heikki Kovalainen 1 lap
13 Vitantonio Liuzzi 1 lap
14 Giorgio Pantano 1 lap
15 Will Power 1 lap
16 Romain Grosjean 1 lap
17 Pedro De La Rosa 1 lap
18 Jaime Algersauri 1 lap
19 Sergio Perez 1 lap
20 Rubens Barrichello 2 laps
DNF Ralf Schumacher Suspension
DNF Kimi Raikkonen Engine
DNF Sebastien Buemi Transmission
DNF Fernando Alonso Engine
DNF Jenson Button Transmission
DNF Nick Heidfeld Accident

Paddock News:

Pastor Maldonado: “At least we can party for tonight, we got Lola on the scoreboard!”

After the race, Pastor Maldonado celebrated in the garage with the Lola crew for getting a single point for finishing 10th. This comes after last season when they did score a single point in their return to F1 but otherwise was underwhelming. Still, they are bullish on their prospects of scoring another point, but at least there’s some hope at the Lola factory for once!

Heidfeld will miss the in-season test at Monaco and the next race as a result of concussion protocol after his crash

It was pretty scary indeed, but Heidfeld is being forced to sit out the in-season test at Monaco and the next round as well as he recovers from an accident in the Monaco GP. The good news is that Adrian Sutil will fill his seat until Heidfeld makes a complete recovery.

In the meantime, if you haven’t post upgrade plans yet, now is a good time to do so.

Dexter249 · Post by **Dexter249** » 01 May 2016, 12:17

KERS and Engine power for Stefan

AdrianBelmonte_ · Post by **AdrianBelmonte_** » 01 May 2016, 15:51

KERS and Aero for Campos

RedEyes504 · Post by **RedEyes504** » 02 May 2016, 16:37

Quali & Race pace for Sauber

Collieafc · Post by **Collieafc** » 02 May 2016, 17:28

Think a Quali and Kers for the next race for Force India are due

TheFlyingCaterham · Post by **TheFlyingCaterham** » 02 May 2016, 21:12

Race Pace and KERS for Brawn

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 03 May 2016, 10:31

Ferrari will do a Race Pace and KERS upgrade

Post by **Ataxia** » 03 May 2016, 10:52

Red Bull will pump some dosh into a KERS and quali pace upgrade.

Helmut Marko will also have a word with the Alguersaurus and tell him to speed the hell up.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 03 May 2016, 15:14

Race Pace and Reliability for Manor.

Buemi is visibly pissed with the car failing on him...

Ice1Racing · Post by **Ice1Racing** » 06 May 2016, 18:15

double qualifying pace for Carlin

Whiteshore · Post by **Whiteshore** » 08 May 2016, 23:48

When will the test be up?

Post by **Miguel98** » 09 May 2016, 06:49

Prodrive will go for race pace.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 09 May 2016, 17:27

Kers and race pace for Caterham.

KL-racer · Post by **KL-racer** » 11 May 2016, 03:26

Test 2 Results

Well, I have been busy with work commitments, but I did managed to squeeze in time for the test and applied the upgrades! So here's the test times from Monaco, which is quite odd if you ask me, but hey the fans deserve an extra day in the world's most expensive city, especially if you are not the type that parties hard after a race.

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:17.318
2 Lewis Hamilton +0.330
3 Mark Webber +0.455
4 Ralf Schumacher +0.534
5 Felipe Massa +0.550
6 Jenson Button +0.551
7 Fernando Alonso +0.582
8 Nico Rosberg +0.675
9 Rubens Barrichello +0.704
10 Michael Schumacher +0.795
11 Kimi Raikkonen +0.911
12 Robert Kubica +0.922
13 Giorgio Pantano +1.042
14 Heikki Kovalainen +1.127
15 Vitantonio Liuzzi +1.167
16 Sebastian Buemi +1.203
17 Andre Lotterer +1.211
18 Adrian Sutil +1.296
19 Romain Grosjean +1.297
20 Kamui Kobayashi +1.328
21 Christian Klien +1.381
22 Luca Filippi +1.422
23 Sergio Perez +1.549
24 Benoit Truleyer +1.627
25 Will Power +1.631
26 Karun Chandhok +1.710
27 Pastor Maldonado +1.797
28 Pedro De La Rosa +1.802
29 Sergio Canamasas +1.841
30 TImo Glock +1.880
31 Jaime Algersauri +1.961
32 Nico Hulkenberg +2.007
33 Vitaly Petrov +2.061
34 Paul Di Resta +2.391
35 Jose Maria Lopez +2.429
36 Lucas Di Grassi +2.794
37 Charlie Kimball +2.921
38 Sam Bird +3.145
39 Neel Jani +3.176
40 Brendon Hartley +3.209

Let’s Hope the next round from Canada will be a little more exciting than the last few races, but as recent history might suggest, don’t bank on it!

Whiteshore · Post by **Whiteshore** » 15 May 2016, 05:00

When will Canada be up?

KL-racer · Post by **KL-racer** » 15 May 2016, 18:37

Round 7 Canada

Okay, so we are off to Canada and the now famous wall of champions.

Pre-Q Results

1 Rubens Barrichello 1:21.239
2 Luca Filippi +0.533
3 Sergio Canamasas +0.752
4 Heikki Kovalainen +0.755
5 Karun Chandhok +1.025
6 Pastor Maldonado +1.105
7 Jose Maria Lopez +1.147
8 Timo Glock +1.161
DNPQ
9 Pedro De La Rosa +1.278
10 Kamui Kobayashi +1.290
11 Benoit Truelyer +1.411
12 Sergio Perez +1.419
13 Paul Di Resta +1.586
14 Nico Hulkenberg +1.731
15 Vitaly Petrov +1.911
16 Charlie Kimball +1.986
17 Sam Bird +2.335
18 Lucas Di Grassi +2.340
19 Neel Jani +2.748
20 Brendon Hartley +2.784

Qualifying results

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:20.368
2 Felipe Massa +0.479
3 Michael Schumacher +0.608
4 Mark Webber +0.705
5 Nico Rosberg +0.797
6 Lewis Hamilton +0.916
7 Fernando Alonso +1.009
8 Robert Kubica +1.053
9 Jenson Button +1.059
10 Sebastien Buemi +1.136
11 Ralf Schumacher +1.186
12 Andre Lotterer +1.455
13 Giorgio Pantano +1.493
14 Heikki Kovalainen +1.501
15 Luca Filippi +1.503
16 Rubens Barrichello +1.579
17 Christian Klien +1.587
18 Vitantonio Liuzzi +1.622
19 Kimi Raikkonen +1.670
20 Adrian Sutil +1.846
21 Will Power +1.848
22 Pastor Maldonado +1.852
23 Romain Grosjean +1.883
24 Jaime Algersauri +2.029
25 TImo Glock +2.101
26 Jose Maria Lopez +2.149
DNQ
27 Sergio Canamasas +2.508
28 Karun Chandhok +2.549

Race Summary

On lap 15, Power retired the Mercedes, continuing his bad luck. Lap 24, Rosberg DNF’ed the red bull. Lap 33, Button retired while running in the top 10. By Lap 52, Pastor and Webber both DNF’ed. In the end, Vettel wins yet another one. People are once again starting to get pissed off that the top of the pack is rather boring.

Race Results

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:35:25.493
2 Felipe Massa +35.224
3 Lewis Hamilton +1:12.651
4 Michael Schumacher +1:21.420
5 Robert Kubica 1 lap
6 Sebastien Buemi 1 lap
7 Fernando Alonso 1 lap
8 Andre Lotterer 1 lap
9 Ralf Schuamacher 1 lap
10 Heikki Kovalainen 1 lap
11 Girogio Pantano 1 lap
12 Romain Grosjean 1 lap
13 Kimi Raikkonen 1 lap
14 Adrian Sutil 2 laps
15 Rubens Barrichello 2 laps
16 Luca FIlippi 2 laps
17 Viatntonio Liuzzi 2 laps
18 Christian Klien 2 lap
19 Timo Glock 2 laps
20 Jose Maria Lopez 2 laps
21 Jaime Algersauri 2 laps
DNF Mark Webber Suspension
DNF Pastor Maldonado Engine
DNF Jenson Button KERS
DNF Nico Rosberg Engine
DNF Will Power Engine

Paddock News:

Fans at Canada: This season isn’t looking that much better than 2009 at the top of the pack

Despite Ferrari failing to win the first race of this season. Ferrari have been on a tear lately. The fans are starting to voice out that the FIA need to do something to spice things up for next season. Since DRS wasn’t possible due to limitations in the game itself. We the FIA, need to come up with something else. One possibility is to introduce a 40% tax at the end of each season to the leftover budgets, something that a couple other series on the forum managed to do with some success. Of course, if there's one thing that we like about this current status of the sport is the fact that the midfield and back marker teams are holding on their own ground. Yet, nothing is finalized for 2011, so stay tuned.

The next round will be posted eventually.

Collieafc · Post by **Collieafc** » 16 May 2016, 11:00

Autosport wrote:Mallya: We are catching up, but tax is not a good idea

After managing to score Force India's best result of the 2010 season to date, including a podium for Lewis Hamilton, Force India's Vijay Mallya was in a confident mood in the post race interview. "I am pleased with the teams performance today - it is testament to the professionalism and ability of both drivers and the team as a whole that after our test session we have once again made large strides and closed the gap to our rivals. We are aware that there is still half a season to go but it is encouraging to see such improvement after a poor start that the guys have all united. We hope to be able to continue this but a big well done to the team thus far"

Asked about possible improvements to the sport in the wake of Ferrari's continuing domination, Mallya was neutral, but appreciated the problem that faced the fans. "Its a hard one to solve" he told Autosport "If a team builds a good car from the start then with such limited testing its hard for other teams to catch up. However Ferrari have the resources to maintain a testing schedule anyway so even this would not be much of a deterrent."

Mallya was against the budget cut idea though "a 40% tax sounds good but Ferrari have the biggest budget anyway. If anything it could help cement their place as they could just up offers for the best drivers and spend more on their cars than other teams to remove the threat of the tax. Meanwhile, other teams on the midfield or below may be unable to afford a consistent campaign and will be penalised for trying to be prudent"

If its any help KL-Racer, I had a similar problem running my series when one team lucked all their car building rolls. Its not so bad if its a midfield or backmarker but when its a team with the best driver and engine its very noticeable and if they can maintain their team then its very hard to break without shredding the rulebook. I'm intrigued by any ideas anybody else has though.

OH and an Aero and KERS for the next test for Force India please!

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 18 May 2016, 17:39

DAMS is so crap this season...

KL-racer · Post by **KL-racer** » 21 May 2016, 01:52

Round 8 Donnington Park

After Silverstone lost the British GP due to the mere fact that the 2010-present layout is not available for Grand Prix 2 still. We are off to Donnington park instead, holding their second ever F1 race. Note for your historical buffs out there, the first GP at this track was held back in 1993 and the now legendary Ayrton Senna won the race after a memorable and dynamic first lap in an inferior McLaren. And speaking of McLaren, their hopes are down in the dumps but can they score a point for once? And elsewhere around the grid, there are still plenty of spots to be determined because after this race the Pre-Q lists will be reset according to the bottom 10 teams of the team’s championship for the next four races. As of now, Sauber-BMW is on the bubble in 10th but Carlin, Lola and Caterham are looking to unseat them. So, let’s see what will happen to finish off the first half of 2010.

Pre-Q Results

1 Luca Filippi 1:09.957
2 Heikki Kovalainen +0.145
3 Rubens Barrichello +0.333
4 Nico Hulkenberg +0.647
5 Timo Glock +0.798
6 Sergio Canamasas +0.806
7 Pastor Maldonado +0.844
8 Sergio Perez +0.920
DNPQ
9 Jose maria Lopez +1.039
10 Kamui Kobayashi +1.070
11 Benoit Truleyer +1.147
12 Vitaly Petrov +1.184
13 Pedro De La Rosa +1.220
14 Karun Chandhok +1.298
15 Paul di Resta +1.380
16 Charlie Kimball +1.654
17 Sam Bird +1.963
18 Brendon Hartley +1.997
19 Neel Jani +2.032
20 Lucas Di Grassi +2.190

Some surprises here, Perez barely made into Qualifying. While Hulkenberg in the underpowered DAMS, also made it in.

Qualifying results

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:09.056
2 Mark Webber +0.185
3 Michael Schumacher +0.391
4 Nico Rosberg +0.427
5 Felipe Massa +0.464
6 Lewis Hamilton +0.614
7 Fernando Alonso +0.619
8 Ralf Schumacher +0.737
9 Robert Kubica +0.892
10 Jenson Button +0.893
11 Andre Lotterer +1.046
12 Sebastien Buemi +1.117
13 Heikki Kovalainen +1.124
14 Pastor Maldonado +1.125
15 Rubens Barrichello +1.154
16 Kimi Raikkonen +1.198
17 Luca Filippi +1.238
18 Nick Heidfeld +1.273
19 Christian Klien +1.351
20 Giorgio Pantano +1.394
21 Vitantonio Liuzzi +1.537
22 Will Power +1.548
23 Romain Grosjean +1.580
24 Nico Hulkenberg +1.667
25 Timo Glock +1.739
26 Sergio Perez +1.748
DNQ
27 Jaime Algersauri +1.812
28 Sergio Canamasas +2.439

Wow! Hulkenberg made it in for DAMS, giving FantometteBR something to cheer about for once, but at the expense of Algersauri in the second red bull. I am guessing that Ataxia is seriously thinking of a driver change for the second half of the season? More on that in Paddock News section but let’s get racing!

Race Summary

On Lap 3, Pastor Maldonado crashed out. On Lap 27, Raikkonen DNF’ed and a few laps later Barrichello retired from 10th with Engine failure. Lap 49, Glock also didn’t finish. A couple laps later, Klien made an early exit. With a handful laps left, Buemi crashed out and Grosjean retired with a late KERS failure. With just 4 laps left, Alonso retired while running in the points. On the very next lap, Heikki DNF’ed. In the end, it was a surprise and somewhat improbable win by Mark Webber.

Race Results
1 Mark Webber 1:44:04.669
2 Felipe Massa +26.552
3 Sebastian Vettel +31.276
4 Michael Schumacher +34.061
5 Ralf Schumacher 1 lap
6 Lewis Hamilton 1 lap
7 Nico Rosberg 1 lap
8 Nick Heidfeld 1 lap
9 Robert Kubica 1 lap
10 Vitantonio Liuzzi 1 lap
11 Giorgio Pantano 1 lap
12 Luca Filippi 1 lap
13 Jenson Button 1 lap
14 Will Power 2 laps
15 Andre Lotterer 2 laps
16 Nico Hulkenberg 2 laps
17 Sergio Perez 2 laps
DNF Fernando Alonso Engine
DNF Heikki Kovalainen Engine
DNF Sebastien Buemi Accident
DNF Romain Grosjean KERS
DNF Christian Klien Puncture
DNF Timo Glock Loose Wheel
DNF Rubens Barrichello Engine
DNF Kimi Raikkonen Transmission
DNF Pastor Maldonado Water Leak

Paddock News:

Helmut Marko: We are looking seriously at replacing Algersauri for the second half of the season.

With Red Bull looking for the next step forward, Helmut Marko has decided to look for a replacement for Jaime Algersauri. But with one problem, there isn’t that much choices left in the driver market. Giedo Van Der Garde is one possibility, if they decided to go for extra money. However, they might as well try to look for a young driver in the junior ranks. Time will tell if they decide to replace Algersauri or not.

The future of the British GP is no longer in limbo! Donnington Park inks a deal to host the British GP until 2013.

Well, after a doozy of a British GP at Donnington. The FIA was eager to deal with Donnington park’s owners over an extension to host the British GP. They ultimately agreed to a 3-year deal to host the British GP and hopefully that would give enough time for someone to recreate the current Silverstone layout for us to race on for Grand Prix 2.

The new Purpose built F1 circuit in India is under construction but there’s no F1 race coming in the immediate future.

After Donnington Park’s new deal was made official, India’s F1 race hopes for the near future are slim to none. They were considering a 3-year deal to host F1 but various issues delayed their decision so much that they will not host a F1 race in 2011. Instead, the construction group behind the project has agreed to use this new track as an alternate test venue for the 2011 pre-season tests. So, it’s not entirely hopeless.

The next race will be up probably by Thursday. In the meantime, in regards of the 40% tax for 2011, I decided to not go forward on that idea. Maybe it's something to do with the reliability RNG parameters that we were been using since the beginning of this series? Anyways, I still want any feedback regarding 2011, so feel free to post!

Whiteshore · Post by **Whiteshore** » 21 May 2016, 03:37

Mercedes will focus on Race Pace and KERS in the next test,

AdrianBelmonte_ · Post by **AdrianBelmonte_** » 21 May 2016, 08:05

Aero and Kers for Campos

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 21 May 2016, 08:33

Still, Race Pace and KERS for Caterham. We're as fast as possible but we can't seem to be getting any points whatsoever...

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 25 May 2016, 05:13

DAMS want Quali Pace and Aero upgrades

KL-racer · Post by **KL-racer** » 26 May 2016, 17:16

Round 9 Hungaroring

After looking at the team’s standings after the halfway point of the season. No teams got promoted out of Pre-Q. As a result, the Pre-Q lists will remain the same for these next four races. So, next up is the Hungaroring, a tough track to overtake on, but it could spring some surprises because it’s not as dependent on outright power.

Pre-Q Results

1 Rubens Barrichello 1:17.866
2 Heikki Kovalainen +0.483
3 Kamui Kobayashi +0.718
4 Benoit Truleyer +0.752
5 Luca Filippi +0.766
6 Sergio Perez +0.804
7 Karun Chandhok +0.999
8 Timo Glock +1.198
9 Pedro De La Rosa +1.206
10 Pastor Maldonado +1.282
11 Sergio Canamasas +1.286
12 Nico Hulkenberg +1.322
13 Vitaly Petrov +1.353
14 Paul Di Resta +1.843
15 Jose Maria Lopez +1.915
16 Lucas Di Grassi +2.203
17 Charlie Kimball +2.363
18 Neel Jani +2.442
19 Sam Bird +2.562
20 Brendon Hartley +2.609

Both McLarens making it through to Qualifying, is a small step forward. But the biggest one of them all is Kamui Kobayashi in the Stefan GP finally making it through to a Qualifying session for the first time ever.

Qualifying results

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:16.785
2 Mark Webber +0.439
3 Felipe Massa +0.474
4 Lewis Hamilton +0.600
5 Nico Rosberg +0.725
6 Michael Schumacher +0.730
7 Robert Kubica +0.884
8 Jenson Button +0.952
9 Fernando Alonso +1.034
10 Ralf Schumacher +1.157
11 Christian Klien +1.332
12 Luca Filippi +1.434
13 Giorgio Pantano +1.526
14 Heikki Kovalainen +1.559
15 Kimi Raikkonen +1.607
16 Sebasiten Buemi +1.642
17 Andre Lotterer +1.686
18 Rubens Barrichello +1.686
19 Nick Heidfeld +1.791
20 Will Power +2.044
21 Vitantonio Liuzzi +2.203
22 Kamui Kobayashi +2.284
23 Jaime Algersauri +2.311
24 Romain Grosjean +2.322
25 Sergio Perez +2.324
26 Benoit Truleyer +2.571
DNQ
27 TImo Glock +2.802
28 Karun Chandhok +2.921

Pretty standard fare, except for one big note. Kobayashi made onto the grid finally. This would be Stefan GP’s first race appearance ever. Good job guys from Serbia!

Race Summary

Our first DNF came on Lap 20 with Klien stopping on the front straight with transmission failure. However, this proved to be the only DNF of the whole race. With 25 cars finishing the race there was many close moments but surprising that no accidents happened given the tight nature of this track. When it’s all said and done, Vettel won.

Race Results

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:45:01.707
2 Mark Webber +36.795
3 Robert Kubica +52.857
4 Felipe Massa +1.08.636
5 Jenson Button +1.16.327
6 Lewis Hamilton 1 lap
7 Nico Rosberg 1 lap
8 Fernando Alonso 1 lap
9 Ralf Schumacher 1 lap
10 Michael Schumacher 1 lap
11 Andre Lotterer 1 lap
12 Sebastien Buemi 1 lap
13 Nick Heidfeld 2 laps
14 Giorgio Pantano 2 laps
15 Luca Filippi 2 laps
16 Vitantonio Liuzzi 2 laps
17 Heikki Kovalainen 2 laps
18 Kimi Raikkonen 2 laps
19 Romain Grosjean 2 laps
20 Will Power 2 laps
21 Rubens Barrichello 3 laps
22 Jaime Algersauri 3 laps
23 Sergio Perez 3 laps
24 Benoit Truleyer 3 laps
25 Kamui Kobayashi 3 laps
DNF Christian Klien Transmission

Paddock News:

Zoran Stefanonic: “Even though this race result was slightly disappointing, we are making progress”

After the race, Zoran Stefanonic and his driver Kamui Kobayashi was finally relieved that they got that monkey off their backs and made it to a starting grid and finishing the race last among the 25 finishers. Regarding the car, Kobayashi said, “This race brought some useful data about drivability for a long stint, that’s for sure.” Regarding their hopes for next season, Zoran simply said “We are still hopeful, but then again fate can change for the worse.”

Whiteshore · Post by **Whiteshore** » 04 Jun 2016, 12:55

When will the next race be up?

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 05 Jun 2016, 14:34

Aero and Race Pace for Manor.

KL-racer · Post by **KL-racer** » 05 Jun 2016, 19:08

Round 10 Spa

Sorry about that long wait. So here’s the next round from Spa

Pre-Q Results

1 Rubens Barrichello 1:51.056
2 Luca FIlippi +0.665
3 Heikki Kovalainen +0.906
4 Sergio Canamasas +1.353
5 Karun Chandhok +1.427
6 Pastor Maldonado +1.590
7 Pedro De la Rosa +1.645
8 Timo Glock +1.683
DNPQ
9 Kamui Kobayashi +1.732
10 Jose Maria Lopez +1.802
11 Benoit Truleyer +1.851
12 Sergio Perez +1.931
13 Paul Di Resta +2.252
14 Nico Hulkenberg +2.457
15 Vitaly Petrov +2.615
16 Charlie Kimball +2.993
17 Sam Bird +3.192
18 Lucas Di Grassi +3.474
19 Neel Jani +3.648
20 Brendon Hartley +3.918

Qualifying results

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:49.848
2 Lewis Hamilton +0.732
3 Mark Webber +0.845
4 Michael Schumacher +0.893
5 Felipe Massa +0.935
6 Jenson Button +0.975
7 Ralf Schumacher +1.249
8 Sebasiten Buemi +1.380
9 Fernando Alonso +1.383
10 Nico Rosberg +1.425
11 Rubens Barrichello +1.429
12 Giorgio Pantano +1.449
13 Kimi Raikkonen +1.467
14 Vitantonio Liuzzi +1.542
15 Robert Kubica +1.546
16 Romain Grosjean +1.908
17 Karun Chandhok +1.993
18 Nick Heidfeld +2.001
19 Andre Lotterer +2.076
20 Luca FIlippi +2.164
21 Heikki Kovalainen +2.196
22 Christian Klien +2.598
23 Will Power +2.606
24 Pedro De La Rosa +2.653
25 TImo Glock +2.856
26 Jaime Algersuari +3.053
DNQ
27 Sergio Canamasas +3.127
28 Pastor Maldonado +3.134

Race Summary

On Lap 3, Pedro De La Rosa had to park the Williams. On lap 8, Grosjean crashed out. On the next lap, Filippi also failed to finish. A couple laps later, Buemi was also forced to exit the race. On lap 12, Vettel suddenly retired from the lead. Lap 19, Pantano made an early exit as well. Lap 22, Chandhok failed to see the checked flag. On Lap 25, Button also was gone. On Lap 28, both Michael and Ralf Schumacher retired due to issues. On Lap 38, Algersauri DNF’ed the red bull. With four laps left, Kubica retired with engine dramas from 2nd. In the end, it was Massa taking the win and Rubens barrichello finally putting Caterham on the score board with a 4th. Will power scored his first F1 points with a 7th place finish.

Race Results

1 Felipe Massa 1:26:37.112
2 Mark Webber +52.625
3 Lewis Hamilton +1:13.308
4 Rubens Barrichello +1.36.267
5 Vitantonio Liuzzi +1:38.071
6 Andre Lotterer +1:42.400
7 Will Power +1.55.767
8 Heikki Kovalainen +1:58.077
9 Nico Rosberg 1 lap
10 Nick Heidfeld 1 lap
11 Chrsitian Klien 1 lap
12 Fernando Alonso 1 lap
13 Kimi Raikkonen 1 lap
14 Timo Glock 1 lap
DNF Robert Kubica Engine
DNF Jaime Algersauri Suspension
DNF Ralf Schumacher Puncture
DNF Michael Schumacher Loose Wheel
DNF Karun Chandhok Oil Leak
DNF Jenson Button Transmission
DNF Giorgio Pantano Pucnture
DNF Sebastian Vettel Loose Wheel
DNF Sebasiten Buemi Transmisison
DNF Luca FIlippi Loose Wheel
DNF Romain Grosjean Accident
DNF Pedro De La Rosa Water Leak

Paddock News:

Rubens Barrichello: “We are finally on the score board!”

After missing out on stepping on the podium with a 4th place finish. Barrichello said that this car was almost about to break down towards the final few laps but we managed to finish it in one piece. Now we can focus on building on that finish for the in-season test coming up.

Speaking of which, we have the third in-season test coming up next. If you haven’t posted upgrades yet. Now it’s a good time to do so.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 05 Jun 2016, 19:38

Finally some points! Let's go get another couple of points races in the next two races and we could even skip prequalifying! :dance:

AdrianBelmonte_ · Post by **AdrianBelmonte_** » 05 Jun 2016, 20:14

Kers and Qual pace for Campos, let's make another big step forward

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 05 Jun 2016, 20:24

Qualifying and Race Pace for Honda

Dexter249 · Post by **Dexter249** » 05 Jun 2016, 21:23

Race and Qual Pace for Stefan

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Jun 2016, 00:43

KERS and reliability for Ferrari

Post by **Miguel98** » 07 Jun 2016, 06:56

KERS and race pace for Prodrive

Post by **Ataxia** » 13 Jun 2016, 09:14

Miguel98 wrote:KERS and race pace for Prodrive

Ditto for Red Bull, please.

RedEyes504 · Post by **RedEyes504** » 13 Jun 2016, 23:19

Sauber will go with a double race pace upgrade

Whiteshore · Post by **Whiteshore** » 17 Jun 2016, 10:24

When will the test be up?