Formula 1 Gran Premio Santander D'Italia 2012

[Ferrari92]

FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO SANTANDER D'ITALIA 2012
Round 13 of 20


Circuit map:


Circuit info:
Race Date: 09 Sep 2012
Circuit Name: Autodromo di Monza
Number of Laps: 53
Circuit Length: 5.793 km
Race Distance: 306.720 km
Lap Record: 1:21.046 - R Barrichello (2004)

Past Winners:
2011 Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
2010 Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
2009 Rubens Barrichello (Brawn Mercedes)
2008 Sebastian Vettel (STR Ferrari)
2007 Fernando Alonso (McLaren Mercedes)

Past Pole Sitters:
2011 Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
2010 Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
2009 Lewis Hamilton (McLaren Mercedes)
2008 Sebastian Vettel (STR Ferrari)
2007 Fernando Alonso (McLaren Mercedes)

Timetable (GMT):
Fri 07 September 2012
Practice 1 08:00 - 09:30
Practice 2 12:00 - 13:30

Sat 08 September 2012
Practice 3 09:00 - 10:00
Qualifying 12:00

Sun 09 September 2012
Race 12:00

Championship standings


Tyres:
Medium and Hard


2011 Race Highlights


Onboard lap - Fernando Alonso (2011)

[tderias]

Nice post I see that in the past 5 years, 4 out of the 5 pole sitters went on to win the race... interesting. I love back to back races, can't wait for this one!!!

[Ferrariman60]

Yeah, back to back races are the best, especially when they're at my 2 favorite tracks!

[JoostLamers]

I'm not going , for the first time since 2003 I won't be visiting a GP, and I'm really gonna miss Monza! Great place, special atmosphere!

But means Lewis will win!

[sportingcp]

Ambrosio for the win!

[François]

This one should be fought between Alonso and the McLaren pair. I don't think RBR or Lotus can give them a fight. Maybe watch out for some midfield team coming alive in a low-downforce setting.

[tderias]

If Lotus introduce the 'device', I think it will give them a mighty boost down those long straights.

[sportingcp]

If Lotus introduce the 'device', I think it will give them a mighty boost down those long straights.

Apparently they won´t debut the device at Monza also. I think they are missing a good opportunity if they continue to delay when they have it ready probably all the other top teams will have a DDRS too and all the effort will be in vain.

[hamilton10000]

who voted for grosjean winning the race lol

[darrenyc]

If Lotus introduce the 'device', I think it will give them a mighty boost down those long straights.

Apparently they won´t debut the device at Monza also. I think they are missing a good opportunity if they continue to delay when they have it ready probably all the other top teams will have a DDRS too and all the effort will be in vain.

I read somewhere that the double DRS boost isnt significant on a low downforce circuit, hence the trade off (weight, higher CG) didnt make sense . Should be ready for the next race though

[Ferrari92]

Last 3 years Button finished 2nd

[iceman1]

who voted for grosjean winning the race lol

Eric Boullier

I'm not going , for the first time since 2003 I won't be visiting a GP, and I'm really gonna miss Monza! Great place, special atmosphere!

But means Lewis will win!

Oh yes! I remember 2010 pretty well

If Lotus introduce the 'device', I think it will give them a mighty boost down those long straights.

Lotus won't introduce it in Monza because it's Monza, they won't introduce it in Singapore because it's dark there. I suspect they'll use it for the first time during the young drivers testing

[darrenyc]

This one should be fought between Alonso and the McLaren pair. I don't think RBR or Lotus can give them a fight. Maybe watch out for some midfield team coming alive in a low-downforce setting.

I'm picking Button as fav to win although lotus and RBR were quite competitive at Montreal, which is quite a similar low downforce circuit.

hope there's no 1st lap carnage this time round, with Grosjean banned and Maldonado far behind!

[phil1993]

We didn't have a Belgian at the Belgian Grand Prix, they'll be no Italian at the Italian Grand Prix but we will have a Belgian with an Italian sounding name at the Italian Grand Prix.

Is it worth putting $10 on Custard? Probably not. But let's hope he does well as he's a nice guy and underrated.

Anyway, 10 facts about him.

1. He’s so eager he sometimes arrives at the track before all the engineers.
2. His last race was the 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix.
3. He was nicknamed ‘custard’ by his last team, in recognition of the similarity named Ambrosia custard brand.
4. He is The Master. Or, at least, he was the inaugural International Formula Master champion in 2007.
5. He is the first Belgian to race in F1 since Bertrand Gachot in 1995.
6. He likes taxi drivers.
7. If he wasn’t an F1 driver, he’d like to be an airline pilot.
8. He has very blue eyes.
9. His name generates ‘about’ 1,370,000,000 results on Google
10. At 1.72m he’s the team’s shortest driver.

[tderias]

If Lotus introduce the 'device', I think it will give them a mighty boost down those long straights.

Lotus won't introduce it in Monza because it's Monza, they won't introduce it in Singapore because it's dark there. I suspect they'll use it for the first time during the young drivers testing

too funny! James Allison confirms they will be running it in Japan