Canada F1 2011 Grand Prix: best time of Sebastian Vettel at the third session of free practice

At the 3rd meeting of free, practice better time has been for Sebastian Vettel. Therefore, we have things very matches in the absence of the qualifying session for the Grand Prize of Canada 2011 only. Behind him, at the top we find also Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg, confirming the performance of the Ferrari and Mercedes.
Felipe Massa, for its part, has achieved fourth place, and just behind him, both McLaren and Michael Schumacher with his Mercedes. We could say that the top four teams were very evenly matched here in Montreal, so the classification within a few hours ahead and the race tomorrow, anything would be tremendously emocionatne, that I'm sure.
The top ten it have completed Vitaly Petrov and the two Force India, with Adrian Sutil ahead. Since then, the Mercedes engine will be much helped team Vijay Mallya, which has considerably improved its performance on previous races. In fact, yesterday Paul di Resta because he had a very prominent role in the second free practice.
As for our other pilots of House, Jaime Alguersuari has succeeded in 14th position, while Pedro de la Rosa has completed in a correct seventeenth plaza, blemished only by a track exit where yesterday had his accident Kamui Kobayashi. Pedro has come out by itself in the foot, although he had doubts about the State of your gearbox. It will have to see it then.
Hispania, for its part, has had a remarkably good meeting, with Vitantonio Liuzzi ahead of the two Virgin, and Narain Karthikeyan ahead of one of them. One could say that, so far, Hispania beats the departure to Virgin, although we will have to wait for tomorrow, because what is truly account. Anyway, is a good feeling, which should be in the Spanish team.
One of the negative points of the meeting is for Mark Webber, who has had problems in his KERS that have prevented him from leaving to spin at the last session of free practice. A penalty for the Australian, who is not having a too bright season, following a 2009 and 2010 very competitive. To see if it will get be ahead this time.
By the way, that when you get the qualifying session, we will have to be very outstanding of the sky, because at the end was really cloudy. Will come the rain? We'll see it in a few hours!

GP of Monaco F1 2011: session complicated for Alonso, fourth place "discreet"

The right holder is "complicated meeting for all those who expected a second stint", but there is no all in those few words. Fernando Alonso has had to stay in the fourth final place he doesn't know much or little. It is simply the best that could happen seen apparently in a qualifying session that has been enough for the misery of the accident of Czech Perez. Goodness by what we know is well physically, which is the joy of the day.
The pace of the FP3 has not been this time, saving the 1:14.4 which seemed to limit today and throughout the weekend, but the truth is that a server expected to improve those times and reach the roof of the 1:13.9 (I do not say last Bull, but that what I said after the session of free) just like Sebastian Vettel has come down from the 1:13.6 to "elucubraba" to a few hours ago.
To ultimately see that in RedBull nothing has changed and Vettel follows the front thanks to their amazing hands and care his single-seater chassis while that Fernando Alonso aspired to more and it has finally been on the verge of uploading an additional peldanito (I do not think that it would have been able with Jenson Button and Mark Webber had it difficult)(, the truth).
Described as having come with enough fuel to solve all the Q3 last Bull, I see an error (and forgive the repetition) error. It is easy to decide better things after witnessing the red flag that thwarted a return released several pilots with their second game of superblandos tires, as well as it was difficult to foresee that Sebastian Vettel would give a hack similar to the view of the free.
Without however things such as, those who were before you were able to get six or seven tenths of the Q2 and Fernando Alonso fell low tenth time (or that). Who knows if a session "standard" could have fallen those three or four tenths I thought (and I still believe) that was. What we have now is wait for the race tomorrow and actually see if the teams are to two stops or, as in the case of an angry Alguersuari, to a single.

GP of Monaco F1 2011: Fernando Alonso dominates the second session of free

After a couple of hours after the first session of free we are in a batch that can give us more clues by the time of the day, the conditions of the track and other factors that they resemble the second session of free practice at the Monaco Grand Prix race. The meeting began as something strange to the Spanish: within 10 minutes of meeting Jaime Alguersuari was going straight at Santa Devota and broke the nose of his STR.
Almost gets ahead shortly after Fernando Alonso a Felipe Massa who was not know very well what. But it was stopped. In short, an incomprehensible detail and more when Alonso was fastest lap. Details fools that we do not understand very well, but Massa is not the first time that it is in a mess of traffic.
Fernando Alonso marks the best time, 1: 16,408 riding tires 'prime' (soft in this case). Half of the session will be the fastest time of all those who have mounted these prime, waiting to ride the superblandas and know what the real difference in time per lap, as well as durability.
Nico Rosberg, for example, was the closest to Alonso with 'prime them' to get after 6 laps on track momentarily second place with 1: 16. 917. If too much strange movement, ends the first half hour with some problems for Vettel, nothing serious but has lacked some grip ahead in braking of the Anthony Nogues at the beginning. And also all fairly stable
You have seen you (to Fernando Alonso) very high and constant performance with the 'prime' worn, scoring + 0.169 on best time so far in which we found ourselves. In the meeting itself, much traffic on the track and multiple laps frustrated by this fact. There have been few incidents, the first for Alguersuari as we were saying, and then Paul Di Resta has had to stay outside, just after the tunnel stopped his car instead of negotiating the chicane.
And so we come to the half of the session when Sebastian Vettel gives a lap with the 'option' (superblandas) and lowers 0.6 Alonso time. Behind Massa arrives with the superblandas also, problems to not cross the car and third best record. Spectacular Massa crossing the Ferrari, going to a trip of protections.
Little was missing Alonso used the option and lowered by more than 0.5 time Vettel, and 0.65 of Felipe Massa. Great meeting of the two Ferrari, but best will be for the Saturday probably. Moment Alonso, Button, Vettel, Rosberg and Massa in the top five positions, and the rest of the session has been a little bored, sincerely. Neither Heidfeld nor Petrov have managed to go from P10, seventeenth behind Buemi Alguersuari (guess what, 2 and a half behind).
The rest of the meeting, runs long for the two men of Ferrari, with the 'option' Massa and Alonso with 'prime them'. It seems that search times ended in the session. Finally Hamilton was second with a lap of 1: 15. 228, and Rosberg third to fourth Button. It seems that the 'option' perform approximately 1.4 to 1.6 seconds faster per lap.
If someone was going to a better time would be out in the photo. Great meeting of Alonso and Ferrari generally, interesting to see the 'option' in performance and durability and see that either nobody well gone for days, or times of Fernando Alonso are very consistent in order to be ready for Saturday. The day after tomorrow we will have a new session, the third, which will give us more information and we will see what will bring the Grand Prix of Monaco 2011.

Malaysia F1 2011 GP: Lewis Hamilton and McLaren strike back at the third session of free practice

Rain still does not make an appearance at the Sepang circuit, despite how badly that painted the things only two days ago. In this context, in a circuit of Sepang that moment remains dry, the best time of the third session of free practice has been to Lewis Hamilton.
The truth is that at some point in the session seemed that Ferrari is not as bad as it might have seemed yesterday. Both Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa had good laps during the session, rather than all the major drivers began to lower his times.
But in the final minutes, both Red Bull pilots as drivers of McLaren and, in the lower instance, Lotus Renault Grand Prix, have much lowered its times. There is no doubt that Ferrari may not be happy. A sixth position from Alonso and Massa eighth is not what they want.
It is clear that we are in the same always. Free practice are not formal training, and those who have are those who will then see, but you have to understand that free third parties tend to be an indicator of what lies ahead, though sometimes Red Bull hides a little.
As for Jaime Alguersuari, has only been able to be 17th, to average tenth of his teammate, who was 15th. Logically, the Catalan pilot seemed not very satisfied at the end of the meeting, although he is very motivated, due to the great race held here last year.
One of the interesting comment on today's things is that in Hispania been close reach within the hypothetical 107% of the session. Specifically talk about a seven hundredths, which has spread to the hypothetical 107% of the time of Vitantonio Liuzzi, while Karthikeyan would have been to three tenths.
This means that little by little the pilots of Hispania are approaching. If all goes well, as they expect it to be, they could be classified both cars, in the best cases. They will certainly wait that the fastest pilots do not make their best times on the Q1, which would give them a small advantage in this regard.
1 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren - Mercedes 1: 36.340
2 2 Mark Webber RBR - Renault 1: 36.630 0.290
3 4 Jenson Button McLaren - Mercedes 1: 36.762 0.422
4 9 Nick Heidfeld Renault 1: 37.115 0.775
5 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR - Renault 1: 37.175 0.835
6 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1: 37.284 0.944
7 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1: 37.297 0.957
8 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1: 37.762 1.422
9 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber - Ferrari 1: 38.059 1.719
10 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1: 38.300 1960
11 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1: 38.307 1967
12 17 Sergio Perez Sauber - Ferrari 1: 38.448 2.108
13 14 Adrian subtle Force India-Mercedes 1: 38.464 2.124
14 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams - Cosworth 1: 38.597 2.257
15 18 Sebastien Buemi STR - Ferrari 1: 38.665 2,325
16 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams - Cosworth 1: 38.681 2,341
17 19 Jaime alguersuari STR - Ferrari 1: 38.716 2,376
18 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1: 38.864 2.524
19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus - Renault 1: 39.260 2,920
20 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus - Renault 1: 39.699 3,359
21 25 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1: 41.215 4.875
22 24 Timo Glock Virgin - Cosworth 1: 41.414 5.074
23 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi hrt-cosworth 1: 43.147 6.807
24 22 Narain Karthikeyan hrt-cosworth 1: 43.383 7.043

GP Australia F1 2011: Sebastian Vettel scares at the third session of free practice

Sebastian Vettel scares at the third session of free practice, after eight tenths to teammate Mark Webber and a whole to Lewis Hamilton, third runner-up of the meeting, with Jenson Button just be put back. The McLaren are still there.
After the two teams which today seem to be stronger, Vitaly Petrov, with Lotus Renault GP, followed by Fernando Alonso, sixth, and a surprising Kamui Kobayashi. Completing the top ten have to Nico Rosberg, Nick Heidfeld and Michael Schumacher, in the second Mercedes.
Jaime Alguersuari has been rather up in the standings for a long time, but in the end some times of the fastest drivers have left you more behind. Despite this, a thirteenth position isn't wrong. But the Toro Rosso can aspire to a lot more.
In Hispania, after the failure of the meeting of yesterday, they tried to get out today to track again, but after a mysterious problem that the team has not been able to identify, the car of Vitantonio Liuzzi has stopped after just one lap on the track.
narain karthikeyan, for its part, It was able to go to track and set a time, although it has been seventeen seconds slower than the fastest time of Vettel. For now, by the statements of Liuzzi after their problems, does not seem to be very confident to get out to the race on Sunday.
Within little more than an hour, the first official training session will take place, with many unknowns still to reveal, because, despite all that we have seen, I have the feeling that we know all the truth about the performance of the equipment.
1 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR - Renault 1: 24.507
2 2 Mark Webber RBR - Renault 1: 25.364 0.857
3 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren - Mercedes 1: 25.553 1.046
4 4 Jenson Button McLaren - Mercedes 1: 25.567 1,060
5 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1: 25.906 1.399
6 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1: 26.121 1.614
7 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber - Ferrari 1: 26.417 1,910
8 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 1: 26.520 2.013
9 9 Nick Heidfeld Renault 1: 26.746 2.239
10 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 1: 26.856 2.349
11 18 Sebastien Buemi STR - Ferrari 1: 27.008 2.501
12 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1: 27,011 2.504
13 19 Jaime alguersuari STR - Ferrari 1: 27.066 2.559
14 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1: 27.087 2580
15 14 Adrian subtle Force India-Mercedes 1: 27,180 2.673
16 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams - Cosworth 1: 28.068 3.561
17 17 Sergio Perez Sauber - Ferrari 1: 28.077 3.570
18 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus - Renault 1: 29,772 5.265
19 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus - Renault 1: 30.003 5,496
20 24 Timo Glock Virgin - Cosworth 1: 30.261 5.754
21 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams - Cosworth 1: 30.496 5.989
22 25 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1: 30.704 6.197
23 22 Narain Karthikeyan hrt-cosworth 1: 41.554 17.047
24 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi hrt-cosworth