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September 24, 2012

2012 F1 Belgian Grand Prix Review

Jenson Button pulls away from first turn carnage at 2012 F1 Belgian GP on Sept. 2, 2012.
Photo is from The Fast Lane Car.

The first race after the August break, the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix was held on September 2, 2012. The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium was the site of the twelfth race of 2012 for Formula One racing teams.

The three drivers to finish ahead of everybody else were as follows. First was top qualifier Jenson Button (England) of McLaren-Mercedes. Then, Sebastian Vettel (Germany) of Red Bull Renault came in second. Third place was earned by Kimi_Räikkönen (Finland) from Lotus-Renault.

The race started of with a bang ... well, several bangs. There was a multi-car pile-up at the first turn, which included the retirement of Lewis Hamilton (England) from McLaren-Mercedes and points leader Fernando Alonso (Spain) of Scuderia Ferrari, among others. When the safety car left the track, Button led the rest of the way.

Formula1.com review and analysis links are below. I've also included a highlights video, and a results video from the guys at SpeedTV.com.


Race - Button wins after first-corner carnage at Spa
Posted at Formula1.com on September 2, 2012

Jenson Button salvaged McLaren’s day after an explosive start to the Belgian race saw team mate Lewis Hamilton eliminated along with championship points leader Fernando Alonso, Sauber’s Sergio Perez and Lotus’s Romain Grosjean...


Belgium analysis - Spa drama helps tighten title race
Posted at Formula1.com on September 3, 2012

McLaren’s Jenson Button admits he still only has a very long shot at the 2012 drivers’ crown, but at least he has a shot after his masterful drive at Spa. Romain Grosjean’s turn-one misdemeanour, which eliminated championship leader Fernando Alonso, really mixed up the title fight. If Alonso was the biggest loser, Sebastian Vettel was arguably the biggest winner. The lap-one accident helped lift him to second in the race and second in the standings, just 24 points behind his Ferrari rival. We take a team-by-team look back at the 2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix...


F1: Bob Varsha, David Hobbs and Steve Matchett take a look at the results from Spa-Francorchamps. Jenson Button turns his season around with a win in Belgium.

August 26, 2012

2012 F1 German Grand Prix Review

2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Germany top three cars on July 22, 2012.
Photo © Ercole Colombo / Ferrari via Biser3a.

Formula One drivers battled it out at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg (in Baden-Württemberg), near Hockenheim, Germany, in the 2012 German Grand Prix on July 22, 2012.

The tenth race of the 2012 season featured a few gearbox and impediment penalties, as well as pre-race driver changes.

Having started the race at pole posistion, Fernando Alonso (Spain) of Scuderia Ferrari went on to win this race. In second place, was McLaren-Mercedes driver Jenson Button (England). Kimi Räikkönen (Finland), of Lotus-Renault, was on the podium again, with third place.

Button, coming in second, obviously did very well for McLaren. His teammate however, Lewis Hamilton (England), was the only driver to retire early. It seems a tire puncture led to suspension damage sufficient to eventually take him out of his 100th grand prix.

Post-race links from Formula1.com, and related videos, wrap up this review.


Race - masterful Alonso triumphs at Hockenheim
Posted at Formula1.com on July 22, 2012

Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso drove an absolutely faultless race in Germany on Sunday afternoon to become the first three-time winner of 2012. Alonso was under consistent pressure, first from Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and later from McLaren’s Jenson Button, both of whom got within less than a second of the Ferrari at times. But the Spaniard never put a wheel wrong nor lost his nerve and pulled away in the closing stages as Button faded and was repassed by Vettel...


Germany analysis - Alonso hits his stride
Posted at Formula1.com on July 23, 2012

No one is any longer kidding themselves that Ferrari don’t have a good car, but it’s still far from being the best car. What Ferrari do have is a double world champion seemingly at the very peak of his driving powers. Fernando Alonso displayed that to full effect at Hockenheim on Sunday as he kept the hard-charging Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button at bay to clinch his third win of 2012 and go 34 points clear at the top of the standings. We look back, team by team, on a fascinating German Grand Prix...


F1: Bob Varsha, David Hobbs and Steve Matchett take a look at the results from Germany, where Fernando Alonso dominates at the Hockenheimring.

August 17, 2012

2012 F1 European Grand Prix Review

Poolside view at 2012 European Grand Prix on June 24, 2012.
Photo from gallery posted by Joe Baaklini at Biser3a.

The Valencia Street Circuit, in Valencia, Spain, was the site for Formula One's 2012 European Grand Prix race on June 24, 2012. It was the eighth race on the 2012 calendar.

Fernando Alonso (Spain), driving for Scuderia Ferrari, passed the checkered flag first. He became the first Formula One driver to claim a second win this season, and regained the championship points lead. Kimi Räikkönen (Finland), driving for Lotus Renault, took second place. Räikkönen had two seconds and one third place finish, at this point. Making it three former champions on the podium, Michael Schumacher (Germany) of Mercedes AMG Petronas came in third for this race.

Below are the links for two Formula1.com race reviews. Also included, are a few videos.


Race - Alonso triumphs in Valencia thriller
Posted at Formula1.com on June 24, 2012

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso scored a sensational victory for Ferrari - and Spain - in an action-packed 2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe in Valencia on Sunday afternoon, despite starting only 11th. And on a day when neither Lewis Hamilton nor Sebastian Vettel finished, Alonso went back into a healthy world championship lead...


Europe analysis - experience conquers youth in Valencia
Posted at Formula1.com on June 25, 2012

There are no guarantees in life - and even fewer in Formula One racing - as Sunday’s remarkable European Grand Prix proved. Only the wiliest fan would have bet on Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso winning from 11th on the grid. But in a rollercoaster race experience really counted, and as the sport’s younger contingent fell by the wayside thanks to issues and incidents, it was comeback veterans Kimi Raikkonen and Michael Schumacher who joined Alonso on the podium. We take a team-by-team look back at a captivating afternoon in Valencia...


F1 2012 European GP Valencia Race Highlights(HD) 720p
Uploaded to YouTube by VUDUYF1




F1 2012 European Grand Prix Official Race Edit (HD)
Uploaded to YouTube by VUDUYF1




F1: European GP Results - 2012
Posted at SpeedTV.com



Leigh Diffey, Dave Hobbs & Steve Matchett take a look at the results
from Valencia. Fernando Alonso wins in his home country after both
Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton have issues towards the end.

July 3, 2012

2012 F1 Monaco Grand Prix Review

Harbor view of Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2012 on May 27, 2012.
Photo by Getty Images via The Telegraph.

On May 27, 2012, the 2012 F1 Monaco Grand Prix was run at the Circuit de Monaco in the streets of the harbor area of Monte Carlo and La Condamine. It was race number six of 2012 Formula One.

It was also the sixth straight race with a different winner, creating a new record of consecutive different winners to start a season. Winning Monaco this year, was Australian Mark Webber, driving for the Red Bull - Renault team. German driver Nico Rosberg came in second for Mercedes AMG Petronas. Third place went to Spain's Scuderia Ferrari driver, and new points leader, Fernando Alonso.

Below, you'll find a couple links from Formula1.com, including a race review. There's also a few videos in this short version review.


Paddock Postcard from Monte Carlo
Posted at Formula1.com on May 27, 2012

...In Monte Carlo you’re never far away from a party and on Thursday night Force India’s Vijay Mallya hosted his now traditional opening event aboard his mega yacht, the Indian Empress. Antonio Banderas sipped champagne alongside fellow actor and huge Jim Clark fan Michael Fassbender, Las Vegas Casino mogul Steve Wynn, Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson, and Daniel Snyder, who is the owner of the Washington Redskins American football team...

...Among the famed from the film world knocking around the paddock were Monaco regular George Lucas, Men in Black star Will Smith, actor Liam Cunningham and movie maker Ron Howard...


Race - Webber makes it six winners from six races
Posted at Formula1.com on May 27, 2012

Red Bull's Mark Webber held his nerve throughout a nail-biting denouement to the Monaco Grand Prix, forging another little bit of motor racing history as for the first time ever a sixth different driver won the sixth race of the season...


F1 2012 Monaco Race Highlights HD
Uploaded to YouTube by FormulaOneExpert1




Official 2012 Monaco Race Edit HD
Uploaded to YouTube by FormulaOneExpert1




F1: Monaco GP Results - 2012
Posted at SpeedTV.com



F1: Bob Varsha, David Hobbs and Steve Matchett take a look at the
results from Monaco. Mark Webber wins at the historic track for the
second time in three years and makes it three in a row for Red Bull.

April 13, 2012

2012 F1 Malaysian Grand Prix Review

Fernando Alonso in 2012 Formula 1 Malaysian Grand Prix. Photo via AUSmotive.com

The second race of the 2012 Formula One Season, the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix, was run on March 25, 2012. First to lap the Sepang International Circuit in Selangor, Malaysia (near Kuala Lumpur) 56 times on this rainy (51 minute delay early on) race day were Scuderia Ferrari and Spanish driver, Fernando Alonso.

Second to finish the race was Sergio Pérez (México) of Sauber Ferrari. Pérez is the first Méxican F1 driver to manage a podium result since 1971. Lewis Hamilton (England) was third to go by the checkered flag, in his McLaren Mercedes.

Nine different teams and ten drivers gained points in this race, where all but two cars finished. Although he was one of the drivers to make it all the way through, Sebastian Vettel (Germany) failed to pick up any points, for the first time in 23 races. Near the end of the race, the reigning champion shredded a tire upon colliding with another car. By the time he got back out from pitting, he had dropped from fourth to eleventh place.

Here are a batch of links (chronological order) from Formula1.com and a couple videos for reviewing this event.



Qualifying - Hamilton beats Button to Sepang pole
Posted at Formula1.com on March 24, 2012

Even McLaren had their doubts that they could beat Mercedes in qualifying in Sepang on Saturday, but an almost perfect first-run lap by Lewis Hamilton and a great second-run lap from Jenson Button secured the front row for them...


FIA post-qualifying press conference - Malaysia
Posted at Formula1.com on March 24, 2012

Drivers: 1 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 2 - Jenson Button (McLaren), 3 - Michael Schumacher (Mercedes).

Q: Lewis, a first pole for you and McLaren here in Malaysia but a continuation of the team's fine start to the season today.
Lewis Hamilton:
Yeah, it's been a good weekend so far. I think it's been a tough day to be honest with the changeable weather conditions and the temperatures climbing. Made some set up changes to the car, nonetheless we still managed to do some good times...


Race - Alonso holds off stellar Perez for Sepang victory
Posted at Formula1.com on March 25, 2012

Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix was won by Ferrari's Fernando Alonso from Sauber's Sergio Perez and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, but it was a race of two halves, and how different they were!...


FIA post-race press conference - Malaysia
Posted at Formula1.com on March 25, 2012

Drivers: 1 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari); 2 - Sergio Perez (Sauber); 3 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren).

Q: Fernando, Congratulations on a victory that you probably didn't expect at the start of the week but what about in the latter stages as the young Mexican was catching you?...


Malaysia analysis - Alonso keeps Ferrari in the hunt
Posted at Formula1.com on March 26, 2012

No one - Fernando Alonso included - left Sepang believing Ferrari now have a competitive car, but in tricky conditions the Spaniard's driving skills overcame the F2012's inadequacies - and all of his rivals. Closest was Sauber's Sergio Perez, the Ferrari driver academy member tipped for a future Maranello race seat, whose performance marked him out as a rising star - and ensured Felipe Massa's future with the team becomes the subject of even closer media scrutiny. We take a team-by-team look at Sunday's performances in Kuala Lumpur...




F1: Bob Varsha, David Hobbs and Steve Matchett take a look at the results from Malaysia. Fernando Alonso drives from 8th place to the front to win in Sepang.

December 8, 2010

2010 F1 Brazilian Grand Prix Review

Sebastian Vettel celebrates win at 2010 Brazilian GP.
Photo Copyright © Paulo Whitaker / Reuters.

On November 7, 2010, the 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix was held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil. It was round 18 of the 2010 Formula One Season. Sebastian Vettel won the race and Mark Webber came in second. Their one-two finish gave Red Bull Renault the Constructors' Championship for the first time. Still hanging on to a narrow margin of eight points with only one more race to go, the Drivers' Championship leader, Spanish Scuderia Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso followed with a third place finish.

Links to the most important Formula1.com posts on this race, from final practice to qualifying and on through to post race reactions, are in this review list. I've also included a highlights video.

Preview links for this race can be found within the last couple regular 'Reading And Viewing List' blog entries here at Junior's Eyes. For more articles, visit the Formula1.com archives.


Final practice - Kubica surprises at wet Interlagos
Posted at Formula1.com on November 6, 2010

As the forecast rain came to Sao Paulo on Saturday morning, Robert Kubica threw a spanner into the works for title contenders Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari by scooping the fastest time in the final practice session for Renault...

Qualifying analysis - Hulkenberg ahead, but for how long?
Posted at Formula1.com on November 6, 2010

Everyone expected the fight for pole position at Interlagos to be dominated by this season's five title contenders. Instead it was the strategic nous of Williams and the cool head of the team's rookie driver Nico Hulkenberg that eventually triumphed, with the young German taking his maiden pole position. However, with a championship at stake and a dry race expected, Hulkenberg will have his work cut out to stay in front on Sunday. We take a team-by-team look at qualifying...

Button unharmed in armed mugging attempt
Posted at Formula1.com on November 7, 2010

World champion Jenson Button escaped an attempted armed mugging as he and a party of friends left the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo on Saturday night. Button, his father John, manager Richard Goddard and physio Mile Collier were approached while travelling by car from the track, where Button had earlier qualified 11th for the Brazilian Grand Prix. None of the party was hurt...

Red Bull crowned 2010 constructors' champions
Posted at Formula1.com on November 7, 2010

We will have to keep guessing until next weekend about who will emerge as the 2010 drivers' champion, but in Brazil on Sunday Red Bull answered one of this season's burning questions, clinching their maiden constructors' crown in brilliant style - and with one race in hand - with a dominant one-two result...

Brazilian Grand Prix - selected team & driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on November 7, 2010

Mercedes GP's Nico Rosberg on the mix up during his second pit stop; Force India's Vitantonio Liuzzi on his dramatic exit from the race; McLaren's Lewis Hamilton on just managing to keep his title hopes alive with fourth place; and Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber on clinching Red Bull's maiden constructors' crown with their dominant one-two. All 24 drivers, and senior team personnel, report back on Sunday's race...

Race - Vettel win sets up four-way title showdown
Posted at Formula1.com on November 7, 2010

Four men will fight it out for the drivers' championship in Abu Dhabi next weekend after Sebastian Vettel led Mark Webber in a Red Bull one-two in Brazil on Sunday to secure the team their first constructors' title. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was third, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton fourth, and team mate Jenson Button - now out of the title hunt - fifth...

FIA post-race press conference - Brazil
Posted at Formula1.com on November 7, 2010

1st Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1h33m11.803s; 2nd Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1h33m16.046s; 3rd Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 1h33m18.610s.

Q: Sebastian, you have won the constructors' championship and now you have a chance in the drivers' in Abu Dhabi as well.
Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, I think incredible day. Not an easy race to start with. We knew we were on the dirty side but I think we had a good start...

Brazil analysis - Vettel in control of title destiny?
Posted at Formula1.com on November 8, 2010

The Brazilian Grand Prix set up the first four-way championship fight climax in the sport's history, as the Formula One paddock heads to Abu Dhabi this week. Sebastian Vettel took the Interlagos win he needed, but an equally dominant performance from the German at Yas Marina could in theory prevent Red Bull adding the drivers' championship to their 2010 constructors' crown...


December 1, 2010

2010 F1 Korean Grand Prix Review

Alonso (1st), Hamilton (2nd) and Massa (3rd) in rainy 2010 Korean GP.
Photo Copyright © AP Photo.

The 2010 Korean Grand Prix, the seventeenth round of the 2010 Formula One Season, was held at the just barely finished in time Korean International Circuit in Yeongam, South Korea on October 24, 2010. Coming in first place in South Korea's first ever Formula 1 Grand Prix race, Spanish Scuderia Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso retook the driver championship lead. His teammate, Brazilian driver Felipe Massa, took third after second place finisher Lewis Hamilton (McLaren Mercedes).

Below, are links to the main Formula1.com stories of this race, from qualifying and on through to post race reactions in a review list. Please, also enjoy the highlights video.

To find preview links within Junior's Eyes, check out the last couple regular 'Reading And Viewing List' blog entries. For more articles, visit the Formula1.com archives.


Qualifying analysis - stage set for epic Korean battle
Posted at Formula1.com on October 23, 2010

All five title challengers have enjoyed strong performances on the demanding Korean circuit, but during qualifying it was Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel who emerged on pole position. With Mark Webber alongside him on the front row, Red Bull seem to hold the advantage, but Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button aren't ready to throw in the towel just yet. We take a team-by-team look...

Korean Grand Prix - selected team & driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on October 23, 2010

Red Bull's Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel on their different - but equally depressing - exits; Force India's Adrian Sutil on his eventful race; Renault's Vitaly Petrov on the spin that ended in a DNF; and Fernando Alonso on simultaneously clinching a critical win and the lead in the championship. All 24 drivers, and senior team personnel, report back on Sunday's race...

Race - Alonso wins in Korea, double DNF for Red Bull
Posted at Formula1.com on October 24, 2010

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso scored one of the biggest wins of his career in a rain-affected Korean Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon, and a day of total disaster saw neither Red Bull driver finish. Mark Webber crashed out early while running second, and Sebastian Vettel's engine blew up as he was leading on the 46th lap...

FIA post-race press conference - Korea
Posted at Formula1.com on October 24, 2010

1st Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 2h48m20.810s; 2nd Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 2h48m35.809s; 3rd Felipe Massa (Ferrari), 2h48m51.678s.

Q: Fernando, three wins in the last four races. A real game changer of a day as far as the championship is concerned. You must be pretty delighted?
Fernando Alonso: Yeah, absolutely. One of the best races of the year for us, for the team, both cars on the podium, fantastic achievement for Ferrari...

Korea analysis - Alonso back in the driving seat
Posted at Formula1.com on October 25, 2010

A couple of months back many had ruled him out of the title fight. Fernando Alonso maintained he could still do it and after his faultless drive to the top of the table in Korea - his third win in four races - his doubters are now eating their words. The Spaniard's brilliance in Yeongam's testing conditions, combined with a disastrous day for Red Bull, means that with just two rounds to go he heads the standings by 11 points...


November 1, 2010

2010 F1 Singapore Grand Prix Review

Fernando Alonso holds first place trophy at 2010 Singapore GP. Picture: AP Photo.

The 2010 Singapore Grand Prix, the fifteenth round of the 2010 Formula One Season, was held at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore on September 26, 2010. Spanish Scuderia Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso started at pole posistion, and kept the lead from start to finish. Red Bull Renault drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber took second and third places.

Below, I've included some links to the major Formula1.com stories for this race, from qualifying and on through to post race reactions in a review list. Please, also enjoy the highlights video.

To find preview links within Junior's Eyes, check out the last couple regular 'Reading And Viewing List' blog entries. For more articles, visit the Formula1.com archives.


Qualifying analysis - flying Alonso surprises Red Bull
Posted at Formula1.com on September 25, 2010

However you look at it, with all five championship contenders qualifying in the top five, a great race is in prospect on Sunday. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso may be on pole position, but there's no doubt Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, will do all they can to stop Alonso claiming a second successive win. We take a team-by-team look at where things stand after qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix...

Singapore Grand Prix - selected team & driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on September 26, 2010

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Mark Webber on their collision; Mercedes GP's Michael Schumacher and BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld on their coming together; Lotus's Heikki Kovalainen on his fiery exit; and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso on claiming his second successive victory and second place in the championship standings. All 24 drivers, and senior team personnel, report back on Sunday's race...

Race - Alonso claims superb Singapore win
Posted at Formula1.com on September 26, 2010

Fernando Alonso scored his fourth win of the season in Singapore on Sunday night after a dramatic battle with Sebastian Vettel that saw them finish only two-tenths of a second apart after a race-long fight. Points leaders Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton collided while fighting for third place on the 36th lap. Hamilton was pitched out of the race with broken suspension, and Webber brought a vibrating Red Bull home third to increase his advantage in the title fight to 202 points to Alonso's 191, Hamilton's 182, Sebastian Vettel's 181 and fourth-placed Jenson Button's 177. In the constructors' stakes, Red Bull have 383s, McLaren 359 and Ferrari 316...

FIA post-race press conference - Singapore
Posted at Formula1.com on September 26, 2010

1st Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 1h57m53.579s; 2nd Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1h57m53.872s; 3rd Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1h58m22.720s.

Q: Fernando, another pole to flag victory but you had to work extremely hard for this one in every sense. Just 0.2 seconds the winning margin.
Fernando Alonso: Yeah, very good stuff. The race was long and with the safety car problems and also the people we were lapping especially at the end we found a group of five cars...

Singapore analysis - Alonso on the march
Posted at Formula1.com on September 27, 2010

Fernando Alonso's rise up the championship table continued apace on Sunday as he won for the second race in succession. There was little to choose between his Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull, but a stout defence of P1 at the start helped secure the Spaniard a crucial victory. With both cars on the podium, and an extended lead in both tables, Red Bull had few complaints, unlike McLaren...


October 13, 2010

2010 F1 Italian Grand Prix Review

Button (2nd), Alonso (1st), Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali, Massa (3rd)
Photo Copyright © Associated Press Photo

The 2010 Italian Grand Prix, the fourteenth round of the 2010 Formula One Season, was held at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza, Italy on September 12, 2010. Spanish driver Fernando Alonso, who started at pole position, held on to win the race for Scuderia Ferrari. McLaren-Mercedes driver Jenson Button came in second, while Alonso's teammate Felipe Massa finished third.

I like to include several review links, from final practice to pre-race qualifying and on through to post race reactions normally. However, I'm still a good bit backlogged at the moment, so the post race press conference and Formula1.com analysis title linked snippets will be all that accompany the highlights video.

To find preview links within Junior's Eyes, check out the last regular 'Reading And Viewing List' blog entry. For more articles, visit the Formula1.com archives.


FIA post-race press conference - Italy
Posted at Formula1.com on September 12, 2010

1st Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 1h16m24.572s; 2nd Jenson Button (McLaren), 1h16m27.510s; 3rd Felipe Massa (Ferrari), 1h16m28.795s.

Q: Fernando, you said pole yesterday was special, so what does that make today’s win on Ferrari’s home soil?
Fernando Alonso: Well, something only we can compare with the feeling I had in 2006 winning in Barcelona my home Grand Prix. It was a very special moment that one and this is a very special moment this one as well. Fantastic feeling. Very tough race. Very strong opposition today...

Italy analysis - Ferrari get the job done
Posted at Formula1.com on September 13, 2010

With the team orders controversy behind them, Ferrari got back down to business at Monza, securing - in some style - the win they needed to keep the team’s and Fernando Alonso’s title hopes alive. For the neutral F1 fan it was the ideal result in terms of the championship showdown, with the table tightening considerably as its two frontrunners endured difficult afternoons. The big question now is have the tougher wing and floor tests really hurt Red Bull, or will Webber and Vettel be back on form at Singapore’s supposedly more RB6-friendly street circuit? Only time will tell. In the meantime we review Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix, team by team...


August 10, 2010

2010 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix Review

Red Bull chief mechanic Darren Nichols and Mark Webber celebrate another win.
Photo from Reuters.

If you've been waiting for a review list for the 2010 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix, run on August 1, 2010 in Mogyoród - near Budapest, Hungary, here it is.

Australian Formula One driver Mark Webber is now the drivers leader in the hunt for championship, claiming his fourth victory of the season, he also lifted Red Bull - Renault to the top of the constructers leaderboard.

The most interesting and relevant Formula1.com post links, from final practice to pre-race qualifying and on through to post race reactions (July 31 - August 1, 2010), are below. To find preview links within Junior's Eyes, check out the last couple regular 'Reading And Viewing List' blog entries.


Final practice - Webber leads the Red Bull charge
Posted at Formula1.com on July 31, 2010

Mark Webber dominated the final session of practice prior to Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying, finishing the hour 0.484s ahead of Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel whose final three efforts to unseat him came up short...

Qualifying - Vettel eases to Budapest pole for Red Bull
Posted at Formula1.com on July 31, 2010 - Updated August 1, 2010

Sebastian Vettel was in a world of his own in qualifying as he thrust his Red Bull to a fastest time of 1m 18.773s, and his second-run lap of 1m 18.832s would have been sufficient to win him the pole too as team mate Mark Webber could not improve on his first effort of 1m 19.184s...

Qualifying - selected team and driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on July 31, 2010

Virgin’s Timo Glock on setting the pace for the new teams after qualifying 19th; reigning champion Jenson Button on failing to make Q3 for McLaren; and Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel on clinching his fourth consecutive pole position. All 24 drivers, and senior team personnel, review Saturday’s action at the Hungaroring...

FIA post-qualifying press conference - Hungary
Posted at Formula1.com on July 31, 2010

Drivers: 1. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1m 18.773s; 2. Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1m 19.184s; 3. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 1m 19.987s

Q: Sebastian, 100th Grand Prix for Red Bull Racing. A front row lock-out and a commanding performance from yourself in qualifying.
Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, it was a very good day for us. All weekend here we felt very comfortable, from the first practice session onwards with the car. I think we were able to improve it again another bit overnight...

Qualifying analysis - relentless Red Bull unbeatable in Budapest?
Posted at Formula1.com on July 31, 2010

Nobody could hold a candle to Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel on Saturday in Hungary - not even team mate Mark Webber, who took a distant second to the German’s dominant pole time. Together the duo look pretty invincible for Sunday’s race, but there’s no doubt Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa in third and fourth, and fifth-placed McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton will do all they can to stop Red Bull having it all their own way in Budapest. We take a team-by-team look at the pre-race form...

Sebastian Vettel Q&A: A perfect lap - now I need a perfect start!
Posted at Formula1.com on August 1, 2010

Having just taken his fourth pole position in a row, there is no doubting Sebastian Vettel’s one-lap performance. While it’s true that he’s found it more difficult to convert those front-row starts into race wins, Vettel is confident that should all change in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Considering the lead he had on Saturday over his team mate Mark Webber and the two Ferraris, few would disagree...

Race - Hungary win gives Webber title lead
Posted at Formula1.com on August 1, 2010

Mark Webber turned the Hungarian Grand Prix into a nail-biting gripper when a safety-car intervention on the 15th lap upset the form that Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel had established from the start.

The German sprinted into the lead from pole position, with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso bulling up to snatch second from Webber as Felipe Massa in the second scarlet car just held off Renault’s Vitaly Petrov and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton...





Hungarian Grand Prix - selected team & driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on August 1, 2010

Renault’s Robert Kubica and Force India’s Adrian Sutil on their pit-lane collision; Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel on his drive-through penalty; Williams’ Rubens Barrichello and Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher on their close encounter; and Mark Webber on taking his fourth win of the season in Red Bull’s 100th Grand Prix. All 24 drivers, and senior team personnel, report back on Sunday’s race...

Renault and Mercedes fined for pit-stop errors
Posted at Formula1.com on August 1, 2010

The Renault and Mercedes GP teams have each been fined $50,000 by the FIA for pit-stop mistakes during Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix...

Schumacher handed 10-place grid penalty for Spa
Posted at Formula1.com on August 1, 2010

Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher has been punished by the Hungarian Grand Prix stewards for his clash with Williams’ Rubens Barrichello in the closing laps of Sunday's Budapest race. Schumacher receives a 10-place grid penalty for the next round in Belgium...

FIA post-race press conference - Hungary
Posted at Formula1.com on August 1, 2010

1st Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1h41m05.571s; 2nd Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 1h41m23.392s; 3rd Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1h41m24.823s.

Q: Mark, a commanding win by the end of 70 laps. But it was probably the 43 you managed in your first stint that really set it up.
Mark Webber: Yeah, that’s right. The start we always knew was going to be a little bit tricky on that side. Fernando got a good start. Seb’s was pretty good as well. But we all jumped into the slipstream in the run to the first corner...

Mark Webber Q&A: A nice way to celebrate my 150th!
Posted at Formula1.com on August 1, 2010

Red Bull’s Mark Webber is looking forward to some relaxation in Formula One’s traditional summer break, spending some time with his dogs and avoiding planes and hotel rooms. And what better way to start that break than by winning your 150th Grand Prix and seeing yourself and your team take the lead in the championship...

Hungary race analysis - everything to play for
Posted at Formula1.com on August 2, 2010

The Hungarian Grand Prix not only put a victorious Mark Webber firmly back in the championship race, it left fans with the tantalising prospect of a genuine five-way fight for the title over the season’s final seven rounds, with just 20 points covering the leading contenders. Red Bull’s prodigious pace in Budapest might lead you to believe they are now favourites, but the RB6 is unlikely to be so perfectly suited to the remaining circuits as it was to the Hungaroring. We take a team-by-team look at Sunday’s form...

Sebastian Vettel Q&A: Hungary lapse already in the past
Posted at Formula1.com on August 2, 2010

Disappointment was written all over Sebastian Vettel’s face as he received his third place trophy on the Budapest podium. It should have been his race, but the Red Bull driver could not reap the rewards from his prior dominance of the weekend. He may have been angry at the time, but Vettel is not one to dwell on what might have been, and after a few days relaxing at home he’ll be concentrating on Spa...

Schumacher: I crossed the line with Barrichello move
Posted at Formula1.com on August 2, 2010

Michael Schumacher has admitted that his blocking of Rubens Barrichello in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix was “too hard”. Schumacher almost edged Barrichello into the pit wall as he tried in vain to stop his former team mate passing him for P10 late in the race...

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