BAHRAIN GP:
The start:
Hamilton onboard
Other:
Buemi onboard through the new part of the track
AUSTRALIAN GP:
The start:
Alonso spins
Overtakings:
Hamilton and Button
Hamilton and Massa
Alonso and Barrichello
Alonso, Petrov and di Grassi
Crashes:
Webber and Hamilton
Webber outbreaks himself and goess of
MALAYSIAN GP:
The start:
Start
Massa
Hamilton
Schumacher
Vettel
Button
Hamilton vs. Massa
Alonso vs. Button
Overtakings:
Hamilton and Petrov
Hamilton weaving in front of Petrov
Buemi overtakes Barrichello
Massa and Button
Massa and Button onboard
Alguersuari and Hulkenberg
Alguersuari and Hulkenberg onboard
Alguersuari overtakes Petrov
Retirements:
Alonso's engine blows up
Other:
Kubica's cheeky move in the pit lane
Webber's pole lap onboard
Massa is a 'good boy'
Alguersuari nearly crashes with a HRT
Vettel overtakes Trulli under yellow flag
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
Monday, 5 April 2010
Sunday, 4 April 2010
Saturday, 3 April 2010
Sunday, 28 March 2010
What happened to who? (Australian GP 2010)
Jarno Trulli didn't start the race due to problems with his Lotus.
Kamui Kobayashi, Sebastien Buemi and Nico Hulkenberg all retired on lap 1 in a big crash (Video: http://skrci.me/cra).
Bruno Senna retired after 4 laps because of gearbox problems. He was running 14th.
Vitaly Petrov spun into the gravel in 9th lap after a great start where he gained 8 spots.
Adrian Sutil retired on lap 9 due to engine problems. He would very likely score some points.
Sebastian Vettel spun off because of a breaking failure on lap 25. At that moment he was leading the race.
Lucas Di Grassi had a hydraulic issue and had to retire on lap 26.
Timo Glock retired on lap 41 due to suspension failure.
Karun Chandhok finished the race 14th with a gap of 5 laps. That was the first race finish for the new Hispania team.
Heikki Kovalainen was again the best of the rest, this time 13th. Only 3 positions away from points.
Pedro de la Rosa showed a solid performance in Sauber and was close to scoring some points. He finished in 12th because his rear tyres were very worn.
Jaime Alguersuari had a good race and kept Schumacher behind him for a very long time, but he lost the position with few laps to go and finished 11th.
Michael Schumacher damaged his front wing in turn 1 after a contact with Alonso. He fought back through the field and managed to score a point for 10th place.
Mark Webber was one of the fastest today and managed to set the fastest lap, but he made too many errors including the crash with Lewis Hamilton in the penultimate lap. He changed his front wing and managed to get into 9th.
Rubens Barrichello finished the race in 8th and scored points in 9th consecutive race. He showed a very consistent performance and was the best of those who don't drive in one of the top 4 teams.
Vitantonio Liuzzi again had a good race, this time scoring 6 points for Force India. He made no errors and finished in 7th position.
Lewis Hamilton started in 11th and had a good race with a chance of podium. He was not happy with the decision his team had made about a pit stop on lap 34. He managed to catch the Ferraris in the fight for 3rd, but was hit by Webber and lost another place. He finished in 6th position.
Nico Rosberg had a strong drive, being in 4th in first half of the race. He too made an additional pit stop which lost him some places. He managed to get the car home in 5th, the team's best result this year.
Fernando Alonso spun in a collision with Jenson Button in turn one, and after the safety car he had to fight through the field to get back into high position. He seemed fast but was stuck in 4th for a long time behind Massa and Kubica, and that's where he finished the race.
Felipe Massa had an amazing start and 3 gained places took him to 2nd. He then lost some places but still managed to get a podium with 3rd.
Robert Kubica managed to get in fourth position with a great start. He had an incredible race and finished in 2nd position.
Jenson Button pited on lap 6 from 6th position and was the first to change from intermediates to slicks, which took him to 2nd. After Vettel retired he took the lead, and with his great tyre management drove 52 laps on the same set and managed to get the win.
Kamui Kobayashi, Sebastien Buemi and Nico Hulkenberg all retired on lap 1 in a big crash (Video: http://skrci.me/cra).
Bruno Senna retired after 4 laps because of gearbox problems. He was running 14th.
Vitaly Petrov spun into the gravel in 9th lap after a great start where he gained 8 spots.
Adrian Sutil retired on lap 9 due to engine problems. He would very likely score some points.
Sebastian Vettel spun off because of a breaking failure on lap 25. At that moment he was leading the race.
Lucas Di Grassi had a hydraulic issue and had to retire on lap 26.
Timo Glock retired on lap 41 due to suspension failure.
Karun Chandhok finished the race 14th with a gap of 5 laps. That was the first race finish for the new Hispania team.
Heikki Kovalainen was again the best of the rest, this time 13th. Only 3 positions away from points.
Pedro de la Rosa showed a solid performance in Sauber and was close to scoring some points. He finished in 12th because his rear tyres were very worn.
Jaime Alguersuari had a good race and kept Schumacher behind him for a very long time, but he lost the position with few laps to go and finished 11th.
Michael Schumacher damaged his front wing in turn 1 after a contact with Alonso. He fought back through the field and managed to score a point for 10th place.
Mark Webber was one of the fastest today and managed to set the fastest lap, but he made too many errors including the crash with Lewis Hamilton in the penultimate lap. He changed his front wing and managed to get into 9th.
Rubens Barrichello finished the race in 8th and scored points in 9th consecutive race. He showed a very consistent performance and was the best of those who don't drive in one of the top 4 teams.
Vitantonio Liuzzi again had a good race, this time scoring 6 points for Force India. He made no errors and finished in 7th position.
Lewis Hamilton started in 11th and had a good race with a chance of podium. He was not happy with the decision his team had made about a pit stop on lap 34. He managed to catch the Ferraris in the fight for 3rd, but was hit by Webber and lost another place. He finished in 6th position.
Nico Rosberg had a strong drive, being in 4th in first half of the race. He too made an additional pit stop which lost him some places. He managed to get the car home in 5th, the team's best result this year.
Fernando Alonso spun in a collision with Jenson Button in turn one, and after the safety car he had to fight through the field to get back into high position. He seemed fast but was stuck in 4th for a long time behind Massa and Kubica, and that's where he finished the race.
Felipe Massa had an amazing start and 3 gained places took him to 2nd. He then lost some places but still managed to get a podium with 3rd.
Robert Kubica managed to get in fourth position with a great start. He had an incredible race and finished in 2nd position.
Jenson Button pited on lap 6 from 6th position and was the first to change from intermediates to slicks, which took him to 2nd. After Vettel retired he took the lead, and with his great tyre management drove 52 laps on the same set and managed to get the win.
Friday, 19 March 2010
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
2009 season in pie charts
This article contains eight pie chart graphs of 2009 season, wins, poles, laps led, fastest laps...
Wins:
Fastest laps:
Pole positions:
Laps led:
Podiums:
Team wins:
Team laps led:
Engine wins:
Friday, 12 February 2010
What other alternatives are there to the safety car?
When for some reason it's too dangerous for the drivers to be racing at full speed, the safety car joins the track. It slows down the pace of the cars, which makes the race much safer. The drivers must follow the safety car until it goes back in the pits and the race continues.
There are some alternatives to the safety car. In case of the danger being on the pit straight, like in the German GP in 2008 when Timo Glock put it in the wall in the last corner, there are better things to do then to bring out the safety car – but unfortunately, the rules don't allow that. In Timo Glock's case they could just tell the drivers to drive through pits every lap, but continue racing normally on the other parts of the circuit. There would be a problem with pit stops, as drivers could do them without losing much time, but that can be fixed. At every pit stop a driver would have to stop for additional 15 seconds, and at that time noone would be allowed to touch the car.
Video of Glock's crash in low-quality:
The gaps would stay almost completely the same and there would be no need for safety car appearing on the track whatsoever.
Photo by GrandPrix.com
But the safety car means one more thing that can go wrong in a race, as you can see in the video:
There are some alternatives to the safety car. In case of the danger being on the pit straight, like in the German GP in 2008 when Timo Glock put it in the wall in the last corner, there are better things to do then to bring out the safety car – but unfortunately, the rules don't allow that. In Timo Glock's case they could just tell the drivers to drive through pits every lap, but continue racing normally on the other parts of the circuit. There would be a problem with pit stops, as drivers could do them without losing much time, but that can be fixed. At every pit stop a driver would have to stop for additional 15 seconds, and at that time noone would be allowed to touch the car.
Video of Glock's crash in low-quality:
The race leader instead of the safety car is the second alternative. That actually happens in the formation lap, where the driver on pole position leads the grid around the circuit to warm their tyres. The driver would simply drive around slowly, other drivers would follow him.
But at both alternatives, and the rules f1 is currently using, all the gaps between the drivers are lowered to around half a second, which can get a bit unfair sometimes. That's where my third idea comes in.
When the safety car period would be announced, the cars would automatically start using a system that would limit their speed. The speed would be lower around the circuit, and very low around the danger zone. In case of caution due to too much rain on the circuit, the speed would lower a lot around the whole circuit. The drivers would still be able to brake, and even accelerate in case when it's neccessery (a driver with much higher speed closing up).The gaps would stay almost completely the same and there would be no need for safety car appearing on the track whatsoever.
Photo by GrandPrix.com
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