Whooooop!
Here we go then.
The 2012 Formula One World Championship is GO!
iCal files of the race dates
http://www1.skysports.com/formula1/grandprix/
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/credits-and- ... -calendar/
Melbourne
Race Date: 18 Mar 2012
Circuit Name: Albert Park
Number of Laps: 58
Circuit Length: 5.303 km
Race Distance: 307.574 km
Lap Record: 1:24.125 - M Schumacher (2004)
UK Times
Fri 16 March 2012
Practice 1 01:30 - 03:00
Practice 2 05:30 - 07:00
Sat 17 March 2012
Practice 3 03:00 - 04:00
Qualifying 06:00
Sun 18 March 2012
Race 06:00
Previous Winners
2011 - Sebastian Vettel (Reb Bull Racing)
2010 - Jenson Button (McLaren)
2009 - Jenson Button (Brawn GP)
2008 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)
2007 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
2006 - Fernando Alonso (Renault)
2005 - Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault)
Vettel's pole lap 2011
Teams and Drivers
Red Bull Racing Red Bull - Renault
1 Sebastian Vettel (Ger)
2 Mark Webber (Aus)
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren - Mercedes
3 Jenson Button (GB)
4 Lewis Hamilton (GB)
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari
5 Fernando Alonso (Spa)
6 Felipe Massa (Bra)
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team (Mercedes)
7 Michael Schumacher (Ger)
8 Nico Rosberg (Ger)
Lotus Lotus - Renault
9 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin)
10 Romain Grosjean (Fra)
Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India - Mercedes
11 Paul Di Resta (GB)
12 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger)
Sauber F1 Team Sauber - Ferrari
14 Kamui Kobayashi (Jap)
15 Sergio Perez (Mex)
Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso - Ferrari
16 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus)
17 Jean Eric Vergne (Fra)
PDVSA Williams Williams - Renault
18 Pastor Maldonado (Ven)
19 Bruno Senna (Bra)
Caterham - Renault
20 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin)
21 Vitaly Petrov (Rus)
HRT F1 Team HRT - Cosworth
22 Narain Karthikeyan (Ind)
23 Pedro de la Rosa (Spa)
Marussia - Cosworth
24 Timo Glock (Ger)
25 Charles Pic (Fra)
2012 Race Calendar
Code: Select all
01 2012 FORMULA 1 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne) 16 - 18 Mar
02 2012 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur) 23 - 25 Mar
03 2012 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai) 13 - 15 Apr
04 2012 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX (Sakhir) 20 - 22 Apr
05 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA SANTANDER 2012 (Catalunya) 11 - 13 May
06 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2012 (Monte Carlo) 24 - 27 May
07 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2012 (Montréal) 08 - 10 Jun
08 2012 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE (Valencia) 22 - 24 Jun
09 2012 FORMULA 1 SANTANDER BRITISH GRAND PRIX (Silverstone) 06 - 08 Jul
10 FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2012 (Hockenheim) 20 - 22 Jul
11 FORMULA 1 ENI MAGYAR NAGYDÍJ 2012 (Budapest) 27 - 29 Jul
12 2012 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Spa-Francorchamps) 31 Aug - 02 Sep
13 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO SANTANDER D'ITALIA 2012 (Monza) 07 - 09 Sep
14 2012 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Singapore) 21 - 23 Sep
15 2012 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX (Suzuka) 05 - 07 Oct
16 2012 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX (Yeongam) 12 - 14 Oct
17 2012 FORMULA 1 AIRTEL INDIAN GRAND PRIX (New Delhi) 26 - 28 Oct
18 2012 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX (Yas Marina) 02 - 04 Nov
19 2012 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX (Austin) 16 - 18 Nov
20 FORMULA 1 GRANDE PRÊMIO DO BRASIL 2012 (São Paulo) 23 - 25 Nov
Tyres
Hard - Silver
Medium - White
Soft - Yellow
Super Soft - Red
Intermediate - Green
Full Wet - Blue
The tyres now have a coloured band all the way round the sides to show up better on the TV.
Team Changes
- Virgin Racing is now Marussia F1 and has a technical partnership with McLaren
- Team Lotus changes its name to Caterham F1
- Lotus Renault F1 changes its name to Lotus F1
- Mercedes changes its name to Mercedes AMG
- Williams have switched to Renault engines
Driver Changes
OUT
Jaime Alguersuari (STR)
Sebastien Buemi (STR)
Jarno Trulli (Caterham/Team Lotus)
Adrian Sutil (Force India)
Rubens Barrichello (Williams)
Jérôme d'Ambrosio (Virgin Racing/Marussia)
Vitantonio Liuzzi (HRT)
IN
Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus)
Romain Grosjean (Lotus)
Nico Hülkenberg (Force India)
Charles Pic (Marussia)
Pedro de la Rosa (HRT)
Narain Karthikeyan (HRT)
Jean-Éric Vergne (Toro Rosso)
MOVED
Daniel Ricciardo (to Toro Rosso)
Bruno Senna (to Williams)
Vitaly Petrov (to Caterham)
Rule/Technical Changes
- Ban on exhaust gases being used to blow over aerodynamic devices
- Changes to the nose height for safety reasons. The pre-2012 regulations allow the nose to be as high as 62.5 centimetres (24.6 in) above ground, but the revisions to the sporting code lower the maximum allowable height to 55 centimetres (22 in) 150mm ahead of the front bulkhead.
- Pitlane speed limit reduced from 100kph to 60kph ***TBC***
- Helium powered wheel nut air guns banned.
- In season test at Mugello on May 1st
- All lapped traffic under the safety car to be released from the queue before the car returns to pit lane, allowing the drivers to unlap themselves and to ensure a clean re-start.
- Drivers will not be permitted to leave the confines of the circuit without a justifiable reason, following a spate of incidents in 2011 when drivers were sighted using access roads around the circuit to shorten their reconnaissance and in-laps in order to preserve their fuel and tyres.
- Drivers will not be allowed to return to the normal racing line should they choose a defensive line going into a corner.
- Races will have a maximum four-hour time limit to prevent the indefinite suspension of a race.
- Any driver in the pit lane when a race is suspended will be permitted to return to the circuit and take up the position on the grid that they were running in at the time of the suspension.