March 12, 2010

2010 Formula 1 Season Kick Off in the Desert

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First race week end laps in three years for der Kaiser, Michael Schumacher at the 2010 season opener in Bahrain today. In today's practice session, in front of about 12 spectators in the middle of the desert, back markers were some seven seconds off the pace and some teams are going through their soft compound rear tires in four laps! Tomorrow we'll se the return of true low fuel qualifying which should be quite cool.


(no guarantees on how long the above clip will last on YT...)


Pos  Driver         Team                    Time              Laps
 1.  Rosberg        Mercedes                1:55.409            23
 2.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes        1:55.854  + 0.445   22
 3.  Schumacher     Mercedes                1:55.903  + 0.494   23
 4.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1:56.076  + 0.667   28
 5.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault        1:56.459  + 1.050   18
 6.  Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth       1:56.501  + 1.092   26
 7.  Massa          Ferrari                 1:56.555  + 1.146   30
 8.  Petrov         Renault                 1:56.750  + 1.341   26
 9.  Alonso         Ferrari                 1:57.140  + 1.731   25
10.  de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari          1:57.255  + 1.846   24
11.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari          1:57.352  + 1.943   27
12.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1:57.361  + 1.952   29
13.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       1:57.452  + 2.043   21
14.  Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes    1:57.833  + 2.424   29
15.  Kubica         Renault                 1:58.155  + 2.746   29
16.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:59.799  + 4.390   31
17.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault        2:00.444  + 5.035   12
18.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth          2:00.873  + 5.464   23
19.  Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth          2:00.990  + 5.581   14
20.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth         2:02.037  + 6.628    3
21.  di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth         2:02.188  + 6.779   21
22.  Senna          HRT-Cosworth            2:06.968  + 11.559  17
23.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari                           1
24.  Chandhok       HRT-Cosworth

All Timing Unofficial



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3 comments:

  1. Jims5543Friday, March 12, 2010 4:27:00 PM

    4 Laps on the sift tires.... Look for 2 stop strategies then with them stopping 3 laps before the end to put those soft tires on.

    I cannot wait for Qualifying tomorrow. I do not even know who I am rooting for this year. Too many favorites to choose.

    Here is to an exciting season. It was nice to hear the F1 engine whine on my TV again today.

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  2. AndresFriday, March 12, 2010 4:58:00 PM

    New teams in F1 is the worst idea ever! Or at least a good idea very poorly executed. I'm guessing Prodrive would have been the only totally new team to be succesful in such a venture.

    Wait, did you hear about the f1 movie for next year? Bet that's going to be even worse even worse.

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  3. AnonymousSaturday, March 13, 2010 12:27:00 AM

    There's no "low fuel" qualification this year.

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