2011 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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Re: 2011 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by phil1993 » 13 Nov 2011, 20:48

Just a horrible, horrible accident. R.I.P

That said, no motor racing circuit should have barriers at such a fast point on the track that allows the cars to bounce back like that. There's a similar shaped barrier at Radillon at Spa and it almost cost Vettel a finger

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Re: 2011 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by JoostLamers » 13 Nov 2011, 20:48

phil1993 wrote:15 poles, 11 wins and a dominant title. Retires through no fault of his own. Does he go and cry and get angry?

No, he studies the data, then sits on the pit wall with the team to learn how they operate. Watches the race, comments on it, sat on the pit wall the entire race and then afterwards he went down to Turn 1 to see the kerb for himself.

Measure of a true champion.
+ He had a good look at his rear tyre in the pitbox
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Re: 2011 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by François » 13 Nov 2011, 21:25

dacer wrote:ohh, no,, sorry, this is not the post, but, another dead:
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/20 ... 13930.html
Guido Falaschi
That's terrible news, horrible accident. Stone Age safety standards, though. :-/
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Post by frubbs » 13 Nov 2011, 22:04

iceman1 wrote:
dacer wrote:ohh, no,, sorry, this is not the post, but, another dead:
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/20 ... 13930.html
Guido Falaschi
What a huge crash, he's so young 22 years old only :(
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Re: 2011 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by cformula1 » 14 Nov 2011, 05:36

RIP Guido Falaschi :(
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Re: 2011 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by phil1993 » 14 Nov 2011, 11:21

- Vettel's most recent first lap retirement came when he raced for Toro Rosso at the 2008 British Grand Prix.
- Vettel's 19-race streak of consecutive points finishes leaves him second in the all-time list, behind Schumacher, whose 24-race run came from Hungary 2001-Malaysia 2003.
- Red Bull's string of 19 consecutive podium finishes came to an end in Abu Dhabi. The streak nevertheless leaves the squad third on the all-time list.
- The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was the 45th straight race without a new winner in F1; a new record and one that stretches back to Mark Webber's victory at the Nurburgring in 2009. The previous record was the 44 races between Alessandro Nannini at Suzuka in 1989 and Michael Schumacher at Spa in 1992. Only Jenson Button - at the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix - prevented the record going sooner; the gap of 43 races stretching back to Jarno Trulli's Monaco victory in 2004
- Williams' disastrous qualifying performance at Yas Marina was the worst in the team's world championship history. Or was it? It certainly marked the first time that the British team had started a grand prix with both its cars on the back row, but a trawl through the record books actually turns up an even worse performance. At the 1983 European Grand Prix, Williams entered three cars; with test driver and F2 champion Jonathan Palmer joining team regulars Jacques Laffite and Keke Rosberg. Mechanical problems ruining the weekend plus a practice accident for Rosberg meant the reigning world champion was only 16th on the grid, while Palmer was 25th and Laffite didn't make the grid, having gone only 29th quickest in practice.
- Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button scored their 42nd podium finishes in Abu Dhabi, bringing both up to equal 15th spot on the sport's all-time list along with another British world champion, Damon Hill
- One positive for Webber is that he has now gone 40 races without a mechanically-induced retirement. Only Schumacher (58 races from Hungary 2001-Malaysia 2005) and Hamilton (51 races from Australia 2007-Abu Dhabi 2009) have gone further. Webber's last mechanical failure was brake-related in Singapore in 2009
- Button has finished third in each of the Abu Dhabi Grands Prix staged to date

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Re: 2011 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by KevC » 14 Nov 2011, 11:33

Anyone got the overtaking stats?

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Re: 2011 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by SpliT » 16 Nov 2011, 18:57

Overtaking statistics in Abu Dhabi:
Spoiler:
P. Lap. Driver on Driver Position
1. 2 Rubens Barrichello Vitantonio Liuzzi 17
2. 2 Pastor Maldonado Jarno Trulli 19
3. 3 Mark Webber Jenson Button 3
4. 3 Jenson Button Mark Webber 3
5. 3 Sebastien Buemi Kamui Kobayashi 10
6. 3 Rubens Barrichello Timo Glock 15
7. 3 Pastor Maldonado Vitantonio Liuzzi 17
8. 4 Vitaly Petrov Kamui Kobayashi 11
9. 4 Jaime Alguersuari Kamui Kobayashi 12
10. 5 Pastor Maldonado Timo Glock 16
11. 5 Daniel Ricciardo Jerome d'Ambrosio 20
12. 6 Jarno Trulli Vitantonio Liuzzi 17
13. 7 Bruno Senna Jerome d'Ambrosio 20
14. 8 Bruno Senna Daniel Ricciardo 19
15. 8 Sergio Perez Jerome d'Ambrosio 21
16. 9 Sebastien Buemi Paul di Resta 9
17. 9 Paul di Resta Sebastien Buemi 9
18. 9 Bruno Senna Vitantonio Liuzzi 18
19. 9 Kamui Kobayashi Jerome d'Ambrosio 22
20. 10 Jarno Trulli Timo Glock 16
21. 10 Sergio Perez Daniel Ricciardo 20
22. 10 Sergio Perez Vitantonio Liuzzi 19
23. 10 Kamui Kobayashi Daniel Ricciardo 21
24. 10 Kamui Kobayashi Vitantonio Liuzzi 20
25. 11 Bruno Senna Timo Glock 17
26. 12 Bruno Senna Jarno Trulli 16
27. 12 Kamui Kobayashi Sergio Perez 19
28. 13 Sebastien Buemi Paul di Resta 9
29. 13 Paul di Resta Sebastien Buemi 9
30. 13 Kamui Kobayashi Timo Glock 18
31. 14 Sebastien Buemi Paul di Resta 9
32. 14 Sergio Perez Timo Glock 19
33. 15 Mark Webber Jenson Button 3
34. 15 Jenson Button Mark Webber 3
35. 15 Kamui Kobayashi Jarno Trulli 17
36. 16 Adrian Sutil Michael Schumacher 6
37. 17 Michael Schumacher Vitaly Petrov 10
38. 17 Sergio Perez Jarno Trulli 16
39. 17 Jaime Alguersuari Jerome d'Ambrosio 22
40. 18 Kamui Kobayashi Bruno Senna 14
41. 18 Jaime Alguersuari Daniel Ricciardo 20
42. 19 Jaime Alguersuari Vitantonio Liuzzi 19
43. 20 Michael Schumacher Paul di Resta 8
44. 21 Kamui Kobayashi Pastor Maldonado 10
45. 21 Jarno Trulli Vitantonio Liuzzi 19
46. 23 Bruno Senna Timo Glock 16
47. 24 Rubens Barrichello Heikki Kovalainen 14
48. 24 Jaime Alguersuari Timo Glock 17
49. 30 Mark Webber Felipe Massa 4
50. 30 Felipe Massa Mark Webber 4
51. 30 Sergio Perez Pastor Maldonado 14
52. 31 Pastor Maldonado Jaime Alguersuari 16
53. 32 Rubens Barrichello Vitaly Petrov 10
54. 33 Paul di Resta Vitaly Petrov 11
55. 33 Sergio Perez Heikki Kovalainen 13
56. 36 Rubens Barrichello Heikki Kovalainen 13
57. 38 Sergio Perez Vitaly Petrov 10
58. 38 Jaime Alguersuari Jarno Trulli 17
59. 42 Mark Webber Jenson Button 4
60. 42 Jaime Alguersuari Heikki Kovalainen 16
61. 45 Mark Webber Nico Rosberg 3
62. 45 Jaime Alguersuari Bruno Senna 15
63. 46 Kamui Kobayashi Sergio Perez 10



P. Driver Overtaking
1. Kamui Kobayashi 9
2. Jaime Alguersuari 8
==. Sergio Perez 8
4. Bruno Senna 6
5. Mark Webber 5
==. Rubens Barrichello 5
7. Pastor Maldonado 4
==. Sebastien Buemi 4
9. Jarno Trulli 3
==. Paul di Resta 3
11. Michael Schumacher 2
==. Jenson Button 2
13. Felipe Massa 1
==. Adrian Sutil 1
==. Vitaly Petrov 1
==. Daniel Ricciardo 1
Overall Overtaking statistics in 2011 so far:
Spoiler:
1. Jenson Button - 74
2. Mark Webber - 71
3. Sebastien Buemi - 70
4. . Felipe Massa - 67
==. Michael Schumacher - 67
6. Jaime Alguersuari - 66
==. Sergio Perez - 66
8. Lewis Hamilton - 65
==. Kamui Kobayashi - 65
10. Paul Di Resta - 59
11. Pastor Maldonado - 57
12. Rubens Barrichello - 50
13. Adrian Sutil - 46
14 Nico Rosberg - 44
15. Vitaly Petrov - 40
16. Nick Heidfeld - 36
17. Fernando Alonso - 33
18. Bruno Senna - 26
19. Sebasian Vettel - 24
20. Jarno Trulli - 23
21. Heikki Kovalainen - 14
22. Timo Glock - 11
23. Jerome D'Ambrosio - 10
24. Vitantonio Liuzzi - 8
25. Daniel Ricciardo - 6
26. Pedro De La Rosa - 4
27. Narain Karthikeyan - 3
28. Karun Chandhok - 0

1105 overtaking in 18 races = 61,39 overtaking per race.

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Re: 2011 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by donald29 » 16 Nov 2011, 19:51

"Vettel's 19-race streak of consecutive points finishes leaves him second in the all-time list, behind Schumacher, whose 24-race run came from Hungary 2001-Malaysia 2003."

Schumacher came 4th in Australia 2003, so it can't be up to Malaysia 2003! :p

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Re: 2011 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by phil1993 » 16 Nov 2011, 20:32

Points. Not podiums.

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Re: 2011 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by frubbs » 16 Nov 2011, 21:05

Overtakes by driver does not say too much alone...
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Post by frubbs » 17 Nov 2011, 13:26

when will the "2011 Petrobras Brazil Grand Prix" thread be opened ?
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Post by iceman1 » 17 Nov 2011, 13:54

frubbs wrote:when will the "2011 Petrobras Brazil Grand Prix" thread be opened ?
If you want, you can open it :)

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Post by frubbs » 17 Nov 2011, 14:06

newbies don´t open threads...
i'll wait... :-)
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Re: 2011 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by KevC » 17 Nov 2011, 16:24

I've already got one written. I'll do it tonight if you want.

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