2015 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA

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2015 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA

Post by KevC » 02 Sep 2015, 19:21

2015 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA


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Monza
Lap length 5.793km (3.6 miles)
Race laps 53
Race distance 306.72km (190.587 miles)
Pole position Left-hand side of the track
Lap record* 1’21.046 (257.321 kph) by Rubens Barrichello, 2004
Fastest lap 1’19.525 (262.242 kph) by Juan Pablo Montoya, 2004
Maximum speed 337kph (209.402 mph)
DRS zone/s (race) Start/finish straight and straight to Ascari
Distance from grid to turn one 380m

Schedule
Friday 4th September 2015
Italian Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 10:00-11:30 (UK time: 9:00-10:30)
Italian Grand Prix Free Practice 2: 14:00-15:30 (UK time: 13:00-14:30)
Saturday 5th September 2015
Italian Grand Prix Free Practice 3: 11:00-12:00 (UK time: 10:00-11:00)
Italian Grand Prix Qualifying: 14:00 (UK time: 13:00)
Sunday 6th September 2015
Italian Grand Prix: 14:00 (UK time: 13:00)

Previous Winners
2014 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Monza Road Circuit
2013 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2012 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
2011 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2010 Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari
2009 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes
2008 Germany Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari
2007 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes
2006 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2005 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes
2004 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari
2003 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2002 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari
2001 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW
2000 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari


Alonso on board 2014


Prost on board 1991


Facts and Figures from the last race

Lewis Hamilton’s victory in the Belgian Grand Prix means he has now taken as may podium finishes as his hero Ayrton Senna. Hamilton racked up 80 podiums in 159 starts – it took Senna 158 races to achieve as many.

Only one driver on the grid today has more podiums than Hamilton: Fernando Alonso, with 97. Further ahead of them on the ‘most podiums’ list are Alain Prost (106) and Michael Schumacher (155).

Hamilton’s tenth pole position of the year means he has won the FIA Pole Position Trophy with eight rounds to spare. For the first time in his career he took pole for the sixth race in a row, something no one else on the grid has managed.

If Hamilton takes pole at the next two races he will equal the all-time record of eight, set by Senna. Prost and Schumacher also managed streaks of seven in a row – Schumacher was the last driver to take six on the trot, over the last four races of 2000 and the first four of 2001.

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Vettel was closing on another record streak when his right-rear tyre failed on the penultimate lap. He had finished the previous 21 races in the points, but that run has ended six races shy of the record held by his team mate Kimi Raikkonen.

Vettel’s 150th grand prix and Ferrari’s 900th therefore ended in disappointment. Raikkonen could only manage seventh place – the lowest finishing place he has record in a Belgian Grand Prix where he was still running at the end.

However Vettel remains the only non-Mercedes driver to have finished on the rostrum more than once this year. Romain Grosjean inherited his third place, giving him and Lotus their first podium since the 2013 United States Grand Prix.

Grosjean would also have had his best starting position since the same race had he not been penalised five places on the grid for a gearbox change. Along with Hamilton, he is one of only two drivers to have out-qualified his team mate ten times this year.

Vettel’s last-lap tyre blow-out means only the Mercedes drivers have completed every racing lap this year. For the second race in a row the race distance was shortened by a lap due to an aborted start.

Force India had their best starting position of the year so far (fourth) and result (fifth) thanks to Sergio Perez.

Nico Rosberg followed Hamilton home in second place, giving Mercedes their seventh one-two of the year and 50th consecutive points score (Ferrari’s 81 is the record). He also set the fastest lap of the race, the 12th of his career, putting him level with Alberto Ascari, Jack Brabham, Rene Arnoux and Juan Pablo Montoya.

Finally McLaren set a new, unwanted record for racking up the largest grid place penalty in F1 history. After changing the power units on Jenson Button and Alonso’s cars twice each, the pair had a combined 105-place grid drop between them.

Button has the most grid position penalties so far this year, 95, followed by Alonso on 75 and Verstappen on 25.



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Re: 2015 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA

Post by mileso » 05 Sep 2015, 03:31

Highlights for this race?
Engine penalties.
Blather about tires.
More talk about closed cockpits.
Anything about the actual race? Nope. Same old boring c**p.
Sky F1 is their usual incestuous relationship based apologizing and rationalizing everything that Bernie and F1 hand them.
The race holds no interest, even for the commentators let alone the fans.
The fans who are deserting the sport by the way.
American football is starting up. F1 is finished for the year so far as I am concerned.

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Re: 2015 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA

Post by Thorkildsen » 07 Sep 2015, 08:47

why no more downloads from 2015 season?

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Re: 2015 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA

Post by KevC » 11 Sep 2015, 11:18

Cost and time.

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