2011 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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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
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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+ He had a good look at his rear tyre in the pitboxphil1993 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.
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That's terrible news, horrible accident. Stone Age safety standards, though. :-/dacer wrote:ohh, no,, sorry, this is not the post, but, another dead:
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/20 ... 13930.html
Guido Falaschi
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iceman1 wrote:What a huge crash, he's so young 22 years old onlydacer wrote:ohh, no,, sorry, this is not the post, but, another dead:
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/20 ... 13930.html
Guido Falaschi
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RIP Guido Falaschi
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- 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
- 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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Anyone got the overtaking stats?
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Overtaking statistics in Abu Dhabi:
Overall Overtaking statistics in 2011 so far:
Spoiler:
Spoiler:
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"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!
Schumacher came 4th in Australia 2003, so it can't be up to Malaysia 2003!
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Overtakes by driver does not say too much alone...
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when will the "2011 Petrobras Brazil Grand Prix" thread be opened ?
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If you want, you can open itfrubbs wrote:when will the "2011 Petrobras Brazil Grand Prix" thread be opened ?
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newbies don´t open threads...
i'll wait... :-)
i'll wait... :-)
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I've already got one written. I'll do it tonight if you want.