Round 6_Monaco GP_Race - Unstoppable Vettel!!

29/5/11,

Sebastian Vettel was again in the first position of the final classifications in Monaco!!

Almost everything that can happen in a race of Formula 1 happened in Monaco but the winner has not changed. After battles, extreme tactic choices, conflicts, Safety Car, injury and even stop of the race just before the end, Sebastian Vettel took his fifth win in 6 races. The Red Bull driver came under fierce pressure and he really shows now to be unstoppable. To do that the champion had to try to cover 62 laps with the same set of soft tires, although in the end there was no need. In the second position finished Fernando Alonso, in the best performance himself and Ferrari. Following a completely different strategy than the rest, Jenson Button with McLaren came in the third position of the podium. Mark Webber, Kamui Kobayashi, Lewis Hamilton, Adrian Sutil, Nick Heidfeld, Rubens Barrichello and Sebastien Buemi followed.

Sergio Perez will stay in the hospital!!

29/5/11,

Updates about the health condition of the Mexican driver!! 

A few minutes before the end of the qualifying season in Monaco all who were watching held their breath. Sergio Perez lost control of his Sauber at the exit of the tunnel and fell rapidly in the barrier foam which is just opposite. Immediately the medical staff rushed at this point, but the unlocking of the Mexicans from the damaged car took some time. When finally he was pulled immediately he was put on a stretcher and an ambulance took him to a local hospital. 

Monaco GP_Qualifying - Vettel reacts!!

29/5/11,

Sebastian Vettel continues the ''pole position'' job!!

Whatever the others say, in whatever track you go to the league, one of the Red Bull car is in pole position. Sebastian Vettel for the 5th time in 6 races will start from the first row of the grid, continuing the dominance of Red Bull on Saturdays. In a period marked by the serious accident of Sergio Perez with Sauber, Vettel managed to make an unbeatable lap time and not be threatened at any point. 

Next to Vettel in the first row of the grid will be Jenson Button with McLaren, who is the other driver who managed managed to drive descend below 1:14. From the second row of the grid will start Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso. 

Monaco GP_FP3 - Alonso continues the good work!!

29/5/11,

Fernando Alonso proves that Ferrari has a good pace, scoring the first lap time in the 3rd practice.

The image of absolute dominance was showed in previous matches from Sebastian Vettel shows now Fernando Alonso in the Monaco GP. The Spanish driver with Ferrari was the fastest in the third free trial period on Saturday morning in the Principality, with a difference of over half of a second off the second driver. In the second place belonged to Jenson Button with McLaren while in third was Felipe Massa, a few millimeters behind the Briton, indicating that Ferrari are very strong in Monaco. 

Sebastian Vettel took a short pass from the first position at some point in time but eventually reduced to the fourth best lap time, ahead of Michael Schumacher in his Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton was in sixth and who completed the group of drivers who have moved within the same second. Mark Webber, Jaime Alguersuari, Sebastien Buemi and Sergio Perez followed. 

Alonso confident in Monaco!!

28/5/11,

Fernando Alonso hopes to make the difference in Monaco!!

Fernando Alonso has started with the best result the Grand Prix of the principality of Monaco.The Spanish put the Ferrari 150 ° Italia to the top of rankings in the second free trial period and hopes that for the first time this year will overcome and find the first row of the grid in the circuit of the Côte d'Azur. 

"I am confident about our car. I am increasing pressure, lap after lap, having no unpleasant surprises from it. The main thing in Monaco is the confidence in your car and the perfect setup lets you brake later, to enter the turns with more speed and move closer to the barrier without really risking much, "said the 29-year old driver to the television network of BBC. 

Hamilton hopes for better result in the upcoming races!!

28/5/11,

The driver of McLaren believes that in Monaco and Canada he could beat Vettel!!

Confident that he can soon return to the highest rung of the podium is Lewis Hamilton. The British driver of McLaren is the only one who has managed this year to challenge the dominance of the champion Sebastian Vettel, winning the Grand Prix of China and pushing him until the end of the GP of Barcelona. But Lewis believes that the upcoming battle in Monaco and the struggle of Canada, which follows, he can celebrate there again. 

Monaco GP_FP2 - Alonso dominates in the second practice!!

28/5/11,

The Spanish driver was fastest from all in the second practice in Monaco!!

A change of scenery in this season. The Fernando Alonso was quite faster in the second free trial period of the Monaco Grand Prix and Ferrari had the best lap time. The Spanish driver in his first exit with the super soft tires of Pirelli did a lap time of 1:15.123, which nobody managed to throw this. Ferrari seems to work well in Monaco and Alonso will try to exploit this as much as possible.

What is remarkable is that behind Alonso were not the Red Bull. The drivers who came closer to the Spanish driver were Lewis Hamilton with McLaren and Nico Rosberg in his Mercedes, who took the second and third position respectively. Jenson Button brought the other McLaren in the fourth position, ahead of Sebastian Vettel, who was fifth with a difference of slightly more than a half of a second than Alonso. Vettel seemed to have very good pace with both of the tires, and he did not wore much the super soft tires.

Monaco GP_FP1 - Vettel fastest from all again!!

27/5/11,

The German driver was again in the first position of the rankings!!

Sebastian Vettel started brilliantly the four days of the Grand Prix of Monaco. But this time, he seems to not be enjoying the same advantage over the competition, which had in the previous races. Indeed, the first position had many suitors in the first free trial period.

The champion made a time of 1.16.619, placing his name at the top of the rankings, displacing Fernando Alonso who was second with 0.113 slower. Another four tenths behind was Nico Rosberg who had temporarily put the Mercedes in top times, just like Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton did earlier(with Ferrari and McLaren respectively) who followed by the final ranking. 

Without Kubica this year!!

27/5/11,

Gerald Lopez revealed that Robert Kubica will not be able to race in the season of 2011!!

Robert Kubica continues his recovery period after a serious injury in the early February, after a number of surgeries and a long stay of several weeks in hospital. The question, however, in when the Polish driver will be able to return to the cockpit remains. The doctors who attend him said that we will have to wait until we'll get in the summer before making specific provision for his return but Gerard Lopez has revealed that no one wanted to admit: that Robert Kubica will not return this year in Formula 1 . 

Alonso is not giving up!!

27/5/11,

The Spanish driver is not ready to give up, the battle of the title!

Faith in his abilities and those of his team has Fernando Alonso. Although he is already 67 points behind the leader of the standings Sebastian Vettel, the two-time world champion still believes that the expense of the situation may change in the remaining 14 (or 15 if it is ultimately Bahrain) Grand Prix. 

"Obviously I do not think that even to abandon the title race after only five races. The difference in score is great but anything can happen. I believe it yet, "said Alonso in the wake of the Grand Prix in Spain. 

Spanish GP_Race - It was Vettel again!!

24/5/11,

Nothing can stop Sebastian Vettel. 

The Champion of 2010 with the amazing car of Red Bull found him self in the first place of the podium, after a lot of pressure. 


Alonso was placed in the first position in the first stint and received intense pressure from Hamilton in the end, without even having KERS in particular, but managed to reach his fourth win of the season and moved away even more in the league. With minimal difference of 6 tenths Lewis Hamilton took the second place while Jenson Button took advantage of the excellent strategic of one less pit stop to take the third position in the podium. In the fourth position finished Mark Webber, who failed to capitalize on pole position while Fernando Alonso, despite the great start did not manage to follow the pace and finished only in the fifth position. Michael Schumacher beat this time Nico Rosberg and took the sixth position, leaving the other driver of the Mercedes in seventh. Nick Heidfeld with Renault did an excellent race and finished eighth while he started from last position and the top 10 was closed by the Sauber of Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi. 

Spanish GP_Qualifying - Webber starts first!!

23/5/11,

Mark Webber managed to get his first pole position in 2011!! 

Mark Webber put Red Bull again in the first position of the Spanish GP, being followed by his team mate Sebastian Vettel. Lewis Hamilton followed with his McLaren in front of Fernando Alonso.

Q1.

The main competitors of the pole position were Red Bull and McLaren, the latter pair falling to 14th and 15th as other drivers improved on soft tyres. Mercedes and Ferrari both used soft tyres to ensure their drivers reached Q2.

Nick Heidfeld was unable to join in following his fire during practice. And a gearbox problem after his first run forced Rubens Barrichello to elimination.

That gave a position in Q2 to Lotus’s Heikki Kovalainen.

The usual suspects filled the remaining places but all the drivers who set times were within the 107% time. Jerome d’Ambrosio, the slowest qualifier, was inside by just three tenths of a second.

Spanish GP_FP3 - Vettel beats Webber for 0.084!!

22/5/11,

Vettel beats Webber in the final free practice of the Spanish GP!! 

In the third free trial of the Grand Prix Spain Sebastian Vettel was the one who scored the fastest lap, making a single round in the last minute of the period. Due to a problem on the car of Red Bull. The German champion left in the second position Mark Webber, who once again moved quickly and was the first that fell below 1:22. 

Behind the Red Bull ... there was a chaos. Michael Schumacher came in third place on the list for the lap times but with a difference greater than 1.3 seconds than Vettel. The German, however, kept the Mercedes in front of the McLaren of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, who took the fourth and fifth place respectively, with Nico Rosberg to follow in sixth. Kamui Kobayashi and Vitaly Petrov were after them. 

Spanish GP_FP2 - Webber fastest from all again!!

22/5/11,

Mark Webber was again in the top of the qualifications!!

The Mark Webber took the two into two, taking again the top times in his best performance with 1.22.470. In the FP2 times dropped a lot, thanks to the use of Pirelli's soft compound that seems to boost the range of two seconds, confirming that the difference with the new hard compound is greater than before. 

Unlike the morning, the Australian driver was not far from the competition, with Lewis Hamilton bringing smiles to the ranks of McLaren. The British driver lagged just 0.039 of Webber, hoping to similar levels of competitiveness and the moments that count - namely in qualifying and the race. In the same order, in his Red Bull Racing after him McLaren, was Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button, respectively, with the British team to show that the upgrades of MP4-26 have brought good results. 

Spanish GP FP1 - Webber reactsl!!

21/5/11,

Webber was fastest in the first free trial in the Spanish GP!!

With continued momentum in the first free trial of the Spanish Grand Prix continued Red Bull Racing. The drivers have a characteristic comfortably 1-2 at the Catalunya track only this time on top of the years was not Sebastian Vettel but Mark Webber. Remember that the Australian was absolutely dominant last year at the Montmelo, where he took pole position and victory. And if you still have a long way to resume this power, it is clear that he started exceptionally good, especially in the field of psychology. 

Mark Webber hopes to achieve his first win in Spain!!

20/5/11,

The Australian driver wants to continue his last year triumph in Catalunya!!

In order to achieve his first win traveled Mark Webber in Spain. The driver of Red Bull Racing is in the shadow of Sebastian Vettel after the first four races of 2011 and in the arena of Catalonia he hopes to find himself for the first time this year on the highest rung of the podium. 

"The track is great, the grip and the formulation is ideal for driving a Formula 1 car to the limit. The final area has always been slow but in recent years, the addition of crude chicane cuts the rate. 

The Indian GP may be held on December!!

20/5/11,

The Indian GP may be held in the first week of December!!

The Grand Prix of India is likely to change its date of conduct. According to reports of the magazine of Autosport, the maiden race on the track being built in New Delhi, may be transferred at the end of the list of this year's program and be held on December 4! And this will be done to hold back in the calendar the GP Bahrain in 2011. 

Alonso forever in Ferrari!!

20/5/11,

The Spanish driver will extend his cooperation with Ferrari until 2016!!

A new cooperation agreement was signed by Fernando Alonso with Ferrari. After the initial agreement between the two sides until the end of 2012, an unexpected announcement of extending the contract for another four years until the end of 2016 was .Given the age of the Spanish driver, who is passes the 30 years old next July, it is clear that he has decided to end his career in Maranello as he will be released of Scuderia in his 36's. 

Hamilton loses ground after failing passing Webber!!

10/5/11,

The failure on passing Webber in the first lap cost to Hamilton 2 positions!!

Lewis Hamilton regrets his failed passing attempt on Mark Webber on the first lap which cost him two positions.

Speaking after the race he said: “I really lost quite a lot of ground at the beginning of the race when I tried to go down the outside of Webber. I had such great pace. “In actual fact, I had too much front wing in the car to start off with. It was one of the reasons you struggle to look after the rear tyres, it’s better to drive a car with more understeer and I had a bit too much front end. “Obviously I was trying to get past Jenson, I had so much pace at the time, and once I did get past him my tyres were finished, so that forced me into a four-stopper – I don’t even know, how many stops did I do? Five? Four? “Considering we had a bad pit stop as well, I think we did a pretty good job to get back up to fourth.”

Horner: We are not invincible!!

10/5/11,

The technical director of Red Bull is not swept by the three wins in four races.

Despite the impressive start to the season, Christian Horner still keeps low tones. Or at least he is trying, since the team has achieved with Sebastian Vettel who had already won three races and four pole positions in four Grand Prix, this is not that easy. 

 "Things can change very quickly. Fernando Alonso made our job more difficult in Turkey and although no one else moved in the vicinity of pace, two or three weeks we were close to McLaren and more after we saw Mercedes to take steps forward. We can not afford to be complacent. We must keep our head bowed, trying to optimize our package and continue to learn to get the most out of our car. This was the 18th victory of our two and a half years, so we have already gained some experience in this field, "said the technical director of the group of Milton-Keynes. 

Alonso: Rosberg cost us to the victory!!

10/5/11,

The Spanish driver talks about the reason which probably cost them not to have a better result!!

The driver of Ferrari, Fernando Alonso said that he might have been able to challenge Sebastian Vettel for a victory if he had not got stuck behind Nico Rosberg at the start of the race.

Alonso said: “We lost a little bit of time behind Rosberg at the beginning of the race. So we [didn't] thought any more the possibility to fight with Sebastian for P1, we concentrate on P2. “I had a little bit of advantage, in terms of tyre degradation, in that part of the race compared to Mark. As Mark said we used the DRS and I was able to overtake him. “And then in the last part of the race it was more or less the opposite. We had maybe a little bit of a disadvantage with tire age, we lost the position again.”

DRS will be allowed in Monaco!!

10/5/11,

FIA did not ban the usage of DRS in Monaco!!

FIA ​​decided not to ban the use of DRS in Monaco. Until recently, the usage of DRS behaved as the most likely scenario as some drivers had expressed concern about the use of the mobile rear spoiler in the narrow streets of the principality - especially in the tunnel (in terms of the free testing and qualifying). 

Heidfeld: I am dissatisfied with Petrov!!

8/5/11,

Nick Heidfeld talked about the contact with his team mate during the race, and for the pace of the R31!!

Nik Heidfeld had a duel during the Turkish race with his team-mate Vitaly Petrov, which had even a small contact between them, which caused the dissatisfaction of the German driver. 

The Petrov's attempt to stay ahead of Heidfeld was no needed, as the had a contact and after that the German driver lost another position. So the fights in Turkey continued, which seems to hit team-mate (see Vettel - Webber last year). 

Heidfeld talked to BBC about the incident: "Yes, this is not good. It had to happen. Pushed me and eventually had intercourse. It is safe to do so. " 

Vettel: We did not need to do 4 pit stops!!

8/5/11,

Sebastian Vettel talked about the 4 pit stops strategy!!

Sebastian Vettel said that he didn't need to make a fourth pit stop on his way to dominating the Istanbul GP.

Speaking after the end of the race he said: “It wasn't easy from the start to know what what was going to happen. “Of course you have a rough idea about tires and how long they will last but you really have to wait for the first and maybe second stint to see this is the trend, this is where we’re going. “In the end I think I could have afforded to stay out on my first set of primes but you have to be in a position for whatever comes. I thought, at that time, I could have made it easily to chequered flag. “But then, if something happens, if there’s an accident elsewhere and the safety car comes out, then obviously you’re on used tyres so I think it was the right thing to come in another time even though it was just a very short stint after the stop.”

Turkish GP (Race) - ''Yes, that's what I'm talking about''

8/5/11,

Sebastian Vettel dominated the Turkish Grand Prix, with his team mate in second and Fernando Alonso in third!! 

The 4th race of the year ended to confirm two things: That the car of Red Bull in the hands of Sebastian Vettel is a car in a different level than the other ones, and that changes in regulations have clearly changed to the better performances in Formula 1. Once again we have seen amazing battles, and dozens of overtakings and wheel to wheel battles. Mark Webber seemed to make things difficult for the Red Bull but eventually managed a few laps before the checkered flag to pass Fernando Alonso and climbed up to the second position of the podium. In fourth position was placed Lewis Hamilton, who gave many battles although he had bad luck behind him and Nico Rosberg proved that Mercedes has improved. Button, Heidfeld, Buemi and Petrov. 

Istanbul Qualifying-Vettel takes the pole position in the pits!!

8/5/11,

Sebastian Vettel continues the good job, taking the pole position for the 4th time!! 

Another pole position, the fourth in four races, was celebrated by Sebastian Vettel. Red Bull Racing completely dominated in qualifying of the Turkish Grand Prix with their drivers locking the first row of the grid completing the process ... in the pits. They had the best early lap-times and both Vettel and Mark Webber left their cars a half minutes before the end of Q3. 

The others tried to improve but seeing that they had not any hope to catch the timing of RB7, tried to preserve the tires in the face of the race. In the second row of the grid will be Nico Rosberg, who confirmed the improved Mercedes GP with his best performance in qualifying and Lewis Hamilton on behalf of McLaren. 

Final Free Turkish Practice - Vettel beats Schumacher for a millisecond!!

7/5/11,

Sebastian Vettel was the fastest driver through final practice in Istanbul, leaving Schumacher in second!!

A warning shot was fired in the third free trial of the Turkish Grand Prix from Sebastian Vettel. The driver of Red Bull Racing, yesterday was reduced to the position of the spectator role after the accident he had in FP1, seemed not to be affected at all by the lost time, doing the best performance in the sunny Istanbul. The 23 year old stopped the clocks in the finale 1.26.037 stealing the lead from his compatriot Michael Schumacher, despite the fact that he was closed by the HRT of Tonio Liuzzi on the last turn and although the KERS of the Austrian team still does not work correctly. The final difference between Vettel and the 42 year old driver was only a millisecond! 

Second Free Turkish Testing - Button grabs the first lap-time!!

6/5/11,

Jenson Button was the fastest driver through the 2nd Turkish free testing!!

The best lap time over the second free trial of the Grand Prix of Turkey, belonged to Jenson Button putting his McLaren to the top of the rankings. With the track of Istanbul being dry in the most of the second testing part, the teams tried to catch up by the morning rain. Button and Nico Rosberg duel for the first position, with the British to stop the timers in 1.24.456 and the German driver being about 0.065 behind him. 

First Free Turkish testing-Lightning-Alonso!!

6/5/11,

Fernando Alonso was almost 2 seconds fastest than everyone, with Vettel destroying his RB7 at turn 8!! 

Fernando Alonso put Ferrari on top of the first time periods of the free trial period of theTurkish Grand Prix. The Spaniard did a 1.38.670, a performance achieved in the middle of the process and while the weather allowed him to use intermediate tires. The beginning and end of the first period matched a lot of rain that turned the circuit of Istanbul in a lake, causing aquaplaning multiple outputs. 

The point at which the driver then lost control was rapidly the turning 11, but paved with asphalt escape exit ensure their safe return to the track. Which was not the case of Sebastian Vettel, who broke his car of Red Bull Racing, causing the red flag period.

Kubica continues the hard work!!

6/5/11,

The Polish driver continues the hard work during his recovery period!!

The Battle of Robert Kubica after his serious injury continues unabated. The Polish might have come out of the hospital but at home he devotes many hours of physiotherapy, seeking to return to active as soon as possible. The head director of Lotus Renault GP, Eric Boullier, talked with him and discussed about the driver's effort.

"Last week we talked about an hour on the phone and obviously he is relieved that he has returned home and his normal rhythms, although every day he has to work hard to recover. He tries very hard, he trains his self from 6 to 7 hours a day and I think in mid-June we will know more about what we can expect and when. The injury was very serious. 

Changes in R31!!

4/5/11,

Renault will add new features to their car!!

Lotus Renault GP will bring several upgrades for the car in Istanbul. The R31 will be in Turkey with new front wing modifications to the nose and the floor and some upgrades to the air intakes. With this, the British team hopes to cover a part of the proceedings of the Red Bull Racing and McLaren, and of course, to prevail Ferrari and Mercedes. 

"We have a major upgrade. Historically, teams have a lot of changes going back to Europe but I think in recent years the race in progress has become more intense.

Changes in Yas Marina!!

3/5/11,

The circuit of Abu Dhabi will be presented with more <<overtaking>> changes!!

Several changes will be made this year at the racetrack in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. After last year's race, which overtaking was almost impossible, this significantly affected the battle to claim the world title and the intense criticism that followed, the officers of Yas Marina have started work.

So when the lights will be turned in the race on 13 November there will be a series of changes, starting with the chicanein of turn 9, which will be shifting a significant slope to the road. 

Heidfeld: We can improve our performance even more!!

3/5/11,

The German driver believes that the team of Renault can improve their performance more!!

The team of Renault has done a very good start to the season with two podiums in the first three races, but Nick Heidfeld claimed that the group has not yet shown their full potential. The previous race in China was not as good for the team as the first two and the recovery effort was not very big, the German driver believes that Renault knows what to do to return to good results. 

Heidfeld spoke about the season so far and the car of Renault: «We had ups and downs. The good news is that the car is innovative and fast.

Button: Forever in McLaren!!

3/5/11,

Jenson Button wants to end his carrer in Formula 1 with the team of McLaren!!

After the moving of Jenson Button in McLaren after winning the World Cup in 2009 surely this caused great sensation. Since then the British's driver collaboration with both of his ambitious team mate (Lewis Hamilton) and with the other members of the group is admittedly exemplary. Button's contract is for three years and expires at the end of 2012 but reports indicate that McLaren wants to start now talks about a possible refreshment, which apparently is the same desire of the British driver. 

Jenson Button gave an interview to Autosport in which he was clear about his future ambitions: "When I will stop driving for this group I would not be standing anymore in Formula 1. I am very happy here. I want to enjoy the races and I really have a great time here. I see no other reason to go elsewhere. I drive for one of the best teams in the world. It is a position that most drivers would like to found and I worked very hard for this. I can stay for another 3 or 5 more years ... I do not know. "