Crash to the Max: the 2016 Spanish GP:

It was bound to happen, everyone expected it sooner or later.

If there's little doubt the silver cars would have dominated the race had they managed not to hit each other, the Nico-Lewis fratricide set up a magic moment in F1 history.

Hamilton fastest but Red Bull schools Ferrari in Spanish GP Qualifying.

A shocker at the worst possible time for Ferrari:  after no breaks in the first four races in Asia, a dramatic loss of performance in qualifying for  the first European meet will do nothing to quash the rumor mill.
Another dramatic management shakeup before the end of the season is unlikely but at the very least Ferrari will need to ask how it managed  1:22.7 in pre season testing but could do no better than 1:23.1 today.

The Best Pictures from the 2015 F1 Spanish Grand Prix.

Once again we showered though gigabytes of 2015 F1 Spanish GP press photos from all major teams and manufacturers for your viewing enjoyment!
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Rosberg dominates Hamilton in Spanish snoozer

Rosberg dominates in Spain (Mercedes AMG) 

The Circuit de Catalunya is renowned for serving up processional snoozefests and this year's Spanish GP did not buck that trend.  
Literally the most exciting bits about this race were that Hamilton did not win and that a mechanic was hit in the nuts with an F1 car.

He's happier than most F1 fans

The nature of the course and the simple fact that team have huge amounts of data from testing in Spain makes it so that whoever wins pole is essentially assured a win, much like Monaco.   Rosberg easily had the measure of Hamilton all week end.


Pretty sure you will hear some voices linking Lewis' meh performance this week end to his recent globe trotting fabulosity.   He might will be thinking back on last year when his early season winning streak was broken by Rosberg.     Hamilton still has a 20 point lead but he does not have a cushion against a DNF anymore.   He might be thinking it might be a good idea to sign that contract after all.


For Rosberg it was do or die.  Say what you will about the German,  he certainly does not give up.   He controlled Lewis and made it look easy.   Next up Monaco, a track he's very comfortable with and has beaten Lewis before, if controversially.  

Pass the popcorn.


As for Ferrari, a downer after such a good start in the Asian races.
 
The Scuderia brought major aero updates but it's hard to say if they did not work or if Mercedes simply had come up with better ones in the past three weeks.    In the end the stopwatch talks and bullshit walks and Ferrari were an average of 7/10th a lap slower, Vettel finishing 45 seconds behind Rosberg.

Couple that with a questionable strategy call of not covering Hamilton an you have a bit of the Ferrari of old, not the shiny new Arrivabene model.  
Shame because both Vettel and Raikkonen had great opening laps.

Here's Lotus' engine cover exploding

Romain Grosjean radioed in "I think I lost something on the straight" during free Practice 2 at the Circuit de Catalunya today.

Understatement of the year as his Lotus E23 Hybrid's engine cover completely disintegrated at close to 200 mph.

Throwback Thursdays: 1971 Spanish GP in Montjuic

They ran in the morning because people had bullfights to go to in the afternoons!

Alonso Beats The Odds

In the past 20 editions of the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya, the pole sitting driver has failed to win only four times (2011, 2000, 1996, 1994) and the only other win from anything but the front row on the grid had been Schumacher's win from P3 in '96. Nobody had ever been able to win from a third row start on a track notorious for its snooze inducing races.

Enter Pirelli and suddenly even Catalunya becomes exciting. Yes there has been much bellyaching about the tires, mostly from teams who have not been able to figure out how they work and how to set up their car to make the best of what, after all, is the same for everyone. Ferrari and Lotus (or better, "Renault" as Mark Webber referred to them as in a grid interview) seem to have figured out a way to deal with them, Red Bull, Mclaren and especially Mercedes, not so much.

"I don't think I can drive any slower" said a miffed Lewis Hamilton only halfway through the race when his engineer asked him to look after the tires more. Mercedes again went after Saturday headlines setting up for single lap speed vs race pace.  Playing this compromise correctly is now the single most important part of a race week end. Ferrari nailed it, Lotus almost had it with different strategy.  Given this it's bizarre Mercedes managed a sixth place with Rosberg on a three stopper.

Red Bull was never convincingly in it. While Webber had his usual horrible start, Vettel tried to make a go of it but could not get to the front early and make a run for it.  After that he had a fairly anonymous race, much like in China.

Alonso was a hammer, his first lap pass on Raikkonen and Hamilton will be on highlight reels for years and once he dispatched Vettel with a better pit stop and in/out laps, he was untouchable.

Fernando was clever:  if you look at onboard replays from his car you can see that, just before turn one at the start Vettel has a burst of speed, KERS no doubt, but Fernando saved his KERS for an attack he planned for turn 3, an idea that came he said from watching the GP2 race.

Alonso race was not problem free, Ferrari had to make the final stop early because of a slow leak in one of the rear tires.

So tires, tires, tires but enough about tires. Yes Pirelli has to get their act together because delamination like have occurred this past week end are simply not acceptable but everyone has the same burden, they are not going to change much and we had a Spanish GP that was not boring.

It's not all bad is it?

Silver Arrows Streak, Button and Alonso Freak.

Dr. Z looked happy, Lauda looked happy, Rosberg and Hamilton looked happy, three poles in a row will do that to a team.

Who did not look so happy were Mr. Montezemolo and Señor Alonso, surely disappointed  all the new aero bits on the F138 amounted to a hill of beans in qualifying.  Alonso let loose some fairly harsh criticism of his own team's tendency to talk much and conclude little.

But unhappiest has to be Jenson Button who failed to even make Q3, unlike Perez.  On  radio transmissions you could just sense his frustration, maybe even more.   Jenson must be wondering what the heck happened and how did Lewis know...   (interesting rumor about Mclaren getting a free supply of Honda engines in the future, wonder if this plays into Woking's current difficulties in some way)

The race should be interesting:

-Will Raikkonen go two stop vs the three stops from most of the other top guys?
-Can the Mercs keep Vettel behind and not let him streak away?
-Circuit de Catalunya is notoriously difficult to pass on but there are two DRS zones, will they help?
-Will the Mercs have race pace?
-Alonso a factor for the win or yet another dour fight for points?

Pos Driver                Team/Car              Time      Gap
 1. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m20.718s
 2. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes              1m20.972s  + 0.254s
 3. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m21.054s  + 0.336s
 4. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m21.177s  + 0.459s
 5. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m21.218s  + 0.500s
 6. Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m21.219s  + 0.501s
 7. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m21.308s  + 0.590s
 8. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m21.570s  + 0.852s
 9. Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes      1m22.069s  + 1.351s
10. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m22.233s  + 1.515s
Q2 cut-off time: 1m22.019s                                       Gap **
11. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m22.127s  + 1.126s
12. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m22.166s  + 1.165s
13. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes  1m22.346s  + 1.345s
14. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m23.166s  + 2.165s
15. Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari        1m22.389s  + 1.388s
16. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari        1m22.793s  + 1.792s
Q1 cut-off time: 1m23.218s                                       Gap *
17. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault      1m23.260s  + 1.532s
18. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m23.318s  + 1.590s
19. Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault      1m24.661s  + 2.933s
20. Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth     1m24.713s  + 2.985s
21. Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth     1m24.996s  + 3.268s
22. Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault      1m25.070s  + 3.342s

107% time: 1m27.448s
* Gap to quickest in Q1
** Gap to quickest in Q2

UPDATE: Massa and Gutierrez have been given three place penalties for blocking.  Ridiculous as neither action caused the blocked driver to fail to advance (Gutierrez on Button in Q1 and Massa on Webber in Q2).

Reminder: F1 Is Back!

Qualifying for the Spanish GP is Saturday Morning at 8 AM ET on NBC SportsHD  

Back on European soil after a three week break,  you'll see cars with big updates,  new rumors, two DRS zones

....same old Pirellis though,  one completely fell apart on Paul Di Resta's Force India during Friday practice and drivers are having to hold back on long sweepers to save the tires for the tighter corners during qualifying.  This can't continue.

Ferrari Airmail

Ferrari and Banco Santander arranged for spectacular special delivery of Fernando Alonso's F138 in Barcellona.

No word if Red Bull Racing filed a protest claiming illegal aero testing...

2012 Spanish GP: Happy Birthday Edition

Pastor Maldonado giving his detractors the finger.

Happy Birthday Frank! What a way for Frank Williams to celebrate his 70th, an unexpected win and a disastrous fire in the garages just as celebratory pictures were being taken. Fantastic seeing a Williams Renault win again though.

In the end this proved another somewhat dull Spanish GP, the only pass for the lead on track was in short stretch between the start and turn one when Fernando Alonso held a master class in how to do a start properly. From then on it was a race dictated by tires. You get the feeling Ferrari played it too safe and settled for second rather than go for the win and risk ending in third place.

One can argue that the 2012 Pirellis have given more of a show by being so unpredictable but the counterpoint is that they completely deprived us of a potentially fantastic three way fight between Maldonado, Alonso and Raikkonen.
I don't know how a company can agree to make deliberately inferior tires, these Pirellis are just flaky and not just because they turn tracks into single lane toboggan runs more even than the Bridgestone before them. Can we please have a linear tire that does not throw crap all over the track?

What of Pastor Maldonado? Does he prove every dog has his day or did he get a bad rap along with his giant suitcase full of money courtesy of Hugo Chavez? Well, despite how Autoblog described him, he's no rookie, he beat Perez and the much touted Jules Bianchi in GP2. An nobody can take away a win that was not in any way "gifted" or lucky, It took Rosberg a hell of a lot longer to get in that club and while some will argue Barrichello was the faster driver (yes, some will other than Rubens himself), money talks and after today the Venezuelan shepard has made bullshit walk, at least a little further down the road.

As far as the bigger picture of the championship you might have seen the statistics from 1983 when the first five races were won by Piquet, Watson, Prost, Tambay and Rosberg. Piquet won the championship that year with only three wins and in the final few races. A similar outcome could mean the championship would be decided by consistency. Who have been the consistent podium finishers in 2012? It's the usual crowd, Hamilton, Alonso, Button, Vettel and Raikkonen. Of those only two have scored in every race, Hamilton and Alonso. I have no doubt Raikkonen will be in the mix as longas the Lotus pit wall stops smoking that funny stuff and gives him a sane strategy. Bring it but please Pirelli, let them drive!

As usual I look forward to your comments, but first, enjoy the Executive Summary!

Hamilton McFAILED by team.

The 2012 Formula One championship keeps serving up surprises. The shootout for the first corner will see Pastor Maldonado face off with Fernando Alonso. Right behind them and armed with the best start in the field right now are the two Lotus Renault of Grosjean and Raikkonen.

What happened to Haminton who had pulverized Maldonado's lap time?
A small matter of running afoul of a regulation that says you need to DRIVE the car back into the pits and do so with enough fuel for a sample to be taken.

Mclaren simply let Hamilton go out too light which explains, in part, his speed. A beginner's mistake and another embarrassing display for that most military of teams whip then compounded the issue by claiming "Force majeure", hilarious. Ron Dennis needs to call everyone back to the Woking Death Star and kick some serious butt or he really will lose his Ham.

Back to the start, why are Lotus' so quick off the line? Turns out it's partly for the same reason Hamilton got sent to the back of the field, they start with less gas. The Renault RS27 is more efficient than other power plants and Renault has gone to great lengths to have the least internal drag of any car, Combine the two and they can carry less juice and less weight off the line.

Will we see a Lotus win Sunday? Will Mercedes' strategy of starting on hard tires pay off? What about Vettel? Pass the pop corn!

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2012 Spanish Grand Prix Preview

Traditionally, the race at the Circuit de Catalunya have been pretty snoozy affairs usually resolved between qualifying and the end of the first lap. But the season so far has thrown so many unexpected surprises, there is some hope!

A few things to look out for this week end.

Upgrades

Everyone has been busy since Malaysia and nobody played all their  aces at the Mugello test.   Ferrari's Pat Fry was "caught" carrying pieces from Maranello in his carry on and Ferrari mechanics are said to have shielded the front end of the F2012/evo from prying eyes for as long as possible.
Mclaren will run the new "not so pretty" platypus looking high nose.   Alonso was fastest in the first practice with everyone running on hard tires, a good sign but still, first to eleventh were within just 1 second.

Headers

Much of the tech talk this season has been about placement of the exhausts, inside, outside, high, low,  in relation to what effect the "plume" has in conjunction with one of the F1 buzzwords we gave you before the season started, the Coanda effect, the property of a moving fluid to be attracted to a nearby surface.

What has been discussed less is something more traditional, power.  Headers and exhausts are an area where teams and engine builders are free to ply their arts and a little birdie tells me Lotus Renault have the most efficient system.  Lotus have focused more on power than aero effect.   Ferrari at the beginning of the season had gone the opposite way, now they reconfigured to be more like Sauber and Lotus.

Internal Drag

It's being said Lotus' real secret is on the inside,  the way airflow is being managed as it passes through the car, through the radiators and out the engine compartment is a secret to its low drag.  Look for more talk about that.

Tires and pit stops

Who will play the tires better on a track which is murder on front left.  Will Mclaren finally get their pit stops right.  Will Schumacher stop whining like he's Rubens?

2011 Spanish GP: The Grand Illusion

(photo: Pirelli)
Fernando Alonso made Spain dream with his brilliant start when he burned Vettel, Webber and Hamilton with fantastic plunge into turn one. Looked like it would be something different and exciting in Catalunya but then, reality set it. The idea that Red Bull and Vettel are really that vulnerable is, I think just an illusion, just as Ferrari's speed was. I'm not even so convinced Red Bull was that worried about Hamilton passing Vettel at the end of this race, one that more than any other this year was dictated by tire strategy.

Even the entertainment value of the race was an illusion, on a track where DRS was needed most, it failed miserably. The "passing zone" (so sad one has to refer to such a thing in F1 but there it is..) was too short. If it were up to me I would have implemented DRS before the final turn, forcing drivers to choose between tire wear and speed. If you go back and check, other than in the first laps there were very few passes amongst equals, it was all either new vs old tires or DRS. BS, I say.



Speaking of BS, let's send Charlie Whiting on vacation, shall we? On a day where leaders lapped up to fifth spot you would think the FIA would try to promote competition yet it seems to go out of its way to apply technical regulations rules capriciously and arbitrarily.

Take for example the case of Ferrari's rear wing which was deemed to be within the letter of the rules but outside the spirit of the regulations and thus banned. Two seasons ago the same person declared Brawn's double diffuser to be within the letter of the regulation and outside the spirit of the regulations yet legal.

Even worse the question of the "hot gas" blown diffusers. Whiting said they are illegal yet they are allowed for at least one more race. This is a joke and make a mockery of the rules, it's sad small teams and even a veteran like Williams who do not use the system and are therefore legal, do not have the standing to protest. Rules need to be applied consistently and you cannot have this rest on essentially one person.

I would say the biggest impact of the Spanish week end will be on Webber and Massa. Webber now has his fate sealed at Red Bull for the season and this might have repercussions on his future choices in F1. Massa is being destroyed by Alonso worse than he has ever been by any of his other team mates.

Next week in Monaco bet on red, ...Bull.



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Three things about Red Bull...

Three things I heard about Red Bull today, make of them what you will:

1. Vettel and Webber went out early in q3 and then sat in the garage, Confidence? Arrogance? No chance to get directed to scrutineering box?

2. There is a gentlemen's agreement between teams on spending, Red Bull is rumored to have already topped the cap after four races.

3. RB tester Neel Jani tweeted how his neck was sore after testing the RB7. Only straight line tests are allowed, his neck was sore, really? Tweet was quickly deleted.

And one more rumor, not about Red Bull this time but Sutil who might very well not be in the car next week in Monaco. Force India, who have been looking for an excuse to dump "Machete" Sutil for some time in favor of Hulkenberg, would use the China bar fight with Renault exec Eric Lux as a pretext.

(photo: Pirelli)

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The Happiest Number 4

Ever seen someone be so happy to finish fourth in qualifying?

Fernando Alonso managed to stun Martin Brundle who had just declared on the BBC's broadcast that the best Ferrari could hope for was fifth, behind the Mclaren boys and of course the two Red Bulls. Alonso was so stoked that he ran up to pole sitter Mark Webber and hugged him enthusiastically producing one of the more amusing moments in recent GP memory, that look of "WTF???" on Webber's face was just priceless.



Races in Barcellona have been won by P1 for the last ten years, I guess we'll see how the tires DRS lotto will play out. I'm banking on a desperate move by Lewis "I got a chin strap beard now" Hamilton into turn 1 followed by a major crash... well one can always hope.

In any case, Hamilton will start with a flat-spotted front left and Vettel might or might not have KERS issues, there is some hope for a non boring Spanish GP!

Pos  Driver                Team                 Time            Gap   
 1.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m20.981s
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m21.181s   + 0.200
 3.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m21.961s   + 0.980
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m21.964s   + 0.983
 5.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m21.996s   + 1.015
 6.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              1m22.471s   + 1.490
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m22.599s   + 1.618
 8.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m22.888s   + 1.907
 9.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1m22.952s   + 1.971
10.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes
Q3 cut-off time: 1m23.026s                                   Gap **
11.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m23.231s   + 1.691
12.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m23.367s   + 1.827
13.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m23.694s   + 2.154
14.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m23.702s   + 2.162
15.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault        1m25.403s   + 3.863
16.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercede  1m26.126s   + 4.586
17.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercede  1m26.571s   + 5.031
Q3 cut-off time: 1m25.874s                                    Gap *
18.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault        1m26.521s   + 3.561
19.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth    1m26.910s   + 3.950
20.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth      1m27.315s   + 4.355
21.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth         1m27.809s   + 4.849
22.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth         1m27.908s   + 4.948
23.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth      1m28.556s   + 5.596
24.  Nick Heidfeld         Renault              No time

107% time: 1m28.767s

* Gap to quickest in Q1

** Gap to quickest in Q2

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2011 Spanish GP Wing Analysis

You can draw your own conclusions from this super slo-motion clip but it would be fascinating to hear the opinions of someone like Craig Scarborough or perhaps even Giorgio Piola...

2011 Santander Spanish GP Practice 2 results

Pos  Driver              Team                   Time                Laps
 1.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault       1m22.470s            35 
 2.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes       1m22.509s  + 0.039   27
 3.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault       1m22.826s  + 0.356   37
 4.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes       1m23.188s  + 0.718   32
 5.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari                1m23.568s  + 1.098   34
 6.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes               1m23.586s  + 1.116   35
 7.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes               1m23.981s  + 1.511   30
 8.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari                1m24.278s  + 1.808   30
 9.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari         1m24.290s  + 1.820   33
10.  Nick Heidfeld       Renault                1m24.366s  + 1.896   31
11.  Sergio Perez        Sauber-Ferrari         1m24.483s  + 2.013   38
12.  Vitaly Petrov       Renault                1m24.786s  + 2.316   43
13.  Sebastien Buemi     Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m25.296s  + 2.826   33
14.  Rubens Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth      1m25.303s  + 2.833   38
15.  Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m25.457s  + 2.987   34
16.  Pastor Maldonado    Williams-Cosworth      1m25.603s  + 3.133   43
17.  Paul di Resta       Force India-Mercedes   1m26.073s  + 3.603   32
18.  Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus-Renault          1m26.417s  + 3.947   37
19.  Adrian Sutil        Force India-Mercedes   1m27.123s  + 4.653   20
20.  Jarno Trulli        Lotus-Renault          1m27.189s  + 4.719   34
21.  Jerome D'Ambrosio   Virgin-Cosworth        1m28.036s  + 5.566   36
22.  Timo Glock          Virgin-Cosworth        1m28.062s  + 5.592   28
23.  Narain Karthikeyan  HRT-Cosworth           1m29.469s  + 6.999   28
24.  Tonio Liuzzi        HRT-Cosworth           1m29.476s  + 7.006   31

All Timing Unofficial

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Formula 1 Grand Prix of Spain Preview

Forgive me for not keeping up with F1 as fanatically this year but as much as everyone seems to be frantically cheering the rule changes this year, I've been pretty turned off. Turkey's DRS passing reminded me of a Drivers Education track day: "...If someone is right behind you, it means they are faster so let them by". All that was missing were the point bys.
This is the F1 Flavio Briatore had envisioned and while I'm happy Trulli trains may be a thing of the past, it just looks too contrived to me.

At least for this week end's Spanish GP there seems to be something technical to look out for, the banning of the full time blown diffusers. Funny because recently on Twitter I wondered how F1 can pretend to be green, more or less force teams to install a KERS system and then allow them to essentially run around with the throttle wide open all the time, using engine power not for propulsion but for downforce.

Evidently someone had the same thought, or, if you are a "conspiracist", they wanted to take Red Bull's advantage away (but also Renault, MClaren and everyone else how has come up with their own version to various degrees of success). If they go through with the ban there might be some reason to see who relied on it the most and who will simply switch it off, put less gas in the car and trash the opposition anyway....



HOLD THE PRESSES.... FIA delayed stopping teams from blowing gas until Canada... there goes another reason to watch this week end :)


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Tale of Two Passes

Pretty rare to see two almost identical situations play out. You can read this a number of ways: Button was too nice, Hamilton was too hard, Schumacher shows his teeth, Vettel let himself be pushed off the track, Hamilton pushed him off the track. Or you can just chalk it up to just the way things happen during races. For sure Schumacher showed he still "has it". For sure Hamilton cements his reputation as a "hard" racer. Not surprisingly both passed drivers complained some after the race, borderline sad, Button's comment that Schumacher should not have passed him there.

Dull dull race, except perhaps for the final laps, it was like watching an endurance race. Alonso gained the most from the week end, he's now only three points down from Button and a full eighteen points up on his biggest threat in Monaco next week, Hamilton. Lewis finds himself tied with Massa who was leading the championship not long ago and who, like the Mclaren driver, needs to figure something out quickly.

Anyway, for comic relief, there is always Rob Smedley's "Felipe, baby...." moment...










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Ferrari makes the world safer!

I guess Ferrari decided to give up on the "Subliminal" barcode Marlboro livery making the world safe once again. Without the barcode, nobody will associate Ferrari with cigarettes ever again!



Schumacher showed some signs of life in Practice 1 today. The Mercedes came to Montmeló with a new split air inlet. Red Bull looked to have an F-Duct type solution. and Renault tried a couple of different nose wings. After the jump have a look as some close up details courtesy of Motorsport-Magazin.com.