2012 Indian Grand Prix

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2012 Indian Grand Prix


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Local times:
Practice 1 Fri 10:00
Practice 2 Fri 14:00
Practice 3 Sat 11:00
Qualifying Sat 14:00
Race Sun 15:00

2011 onboard lap:


2011 podium:
1st- Sebastian Vettel
2nd- Jenson Button
3rd- Fernando Alonso

After Fernando Alonso losing his lead in the championship the last few races, will he continue to fall back or will he reclaim it?
 
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Unless Red Bull suffer a massive failure, I doubt Alonso can come back.

Also, as there's no video of an onboard lap, I give you Singham.

 
niky
Unless Red Bull suffer a massive failure, I doubt Alonso can come back.
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They've got a pretty extensive upgrade package planned for Buddh - there's no double-DRS, but they are bringing a new rear wing, brake ducts, new nose cone and revised sidepod panels and new exhaust exits. Davide Rigon did a straight-line test at IDIADA last week, and everything has been "verified" at Toyota's wind tunnel at Colonge (Ferrari reckon there was a problem with their own one, and have since shut it down).
 
prisonermonkeys
They've got a pretty extensive upgrade package planned for Buddh - there's no double-DRS, but they are bringing a new rear wing, brake ducts, new nose cone and revised sidepod panels and new exhaust exits. Davide Rigon did a straight-line test at IDIADA last week, and everything has been "verified" at Toyota's wind tunnel at Colonge (Ferrari reckon there was a problem with their own one, and have since shut it down).
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So, same problem their wind tunnel has had since... oh... 2008? :lol:

I hope they do bring something extensive. Would suck if the title race became a one-horse race.
 
gorsad
Wasn't the 2011 podium Vettel, Button and Alonso?
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Yes. He mistakenly listed the top three in qualifying. The top three in the race was Vettel, Button and Alonso as you mentioned.
 
prisonermonkeys
They've got a pretty extensive upgrade package planned for Buddh - there's no double-DRS, but they are bringing a new rear wing, brake ducts, new nose cone and revised sidepod panels and new exhaust exits. Davide Rigon did a straight-line test at IDIADA last week, and everything has been "verified" at Toyota's wind tunnel at Colonge (Ferrari reckon there was a problem with their own one, and have since shut it down).
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Thanks for verifying which updates they'll be bringing! :) I wasn't sure myself.

Red Bulls recent form has been a worry for some although I'm waiting to see how effective Ferrari's updates will be. Although if they'll be able to close that gap enough, I have my doubts. As far as I know Red Bull aren't bringing any updates to counter Ferrari's and that suggests to me that they've not been pushing as hard as they could, the last few races.
 
niky
So, same problem their wind tunnel has had since... oh... 2008? :lol:
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Well, they actually shut it down this time and have subcontracted all the work out to the Toyota Motorsport windtunnel, so it appears to be a genuine problem this time.

"Our windtunnel is broken" is the favourite excuse of teams that are stuggling and have no easy way out, because it takes lots of time and money to realign and recalibrate a windtunnel

niky
I hope they do bring something extensive.
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They are. India is their last major upgrade, but I believe the have bespoke upgrades for Abu Dhabi, Austin and Interlagos.

niky
Would suck if the title race became a one-bull race.
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Fixed that for you.

Mr Fusion
Red Bulls recent form has been a worry for some although I'm waiting to see how effective Ferrari's updates will be. Although if they'll be able to close that gap enough, I have my doubts. As far as I know Red Bull aren't bringing any updates to counter Ferrari's and that suggests to me that they've not been pushing as hard as they could, the last few races.
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As far as I know, Red Bull have no more major updates scheduled. Suzuka was their last big package (it usually is - I suspect Adrian Newey fingers that race as the point where the focus will shift to the broader championship, and so figures out where the car is going to be then and reverse-engineers everything from there), though, like Ferrari, they may bring smaller ones to suit individual circuits. I haven't heard anything about that, though.
 
prisonermonkeys
Well, they actually shut it down this time and have subcontracted all the work out to the Toyota Motorsport windtunnel, so it appears to be a genuine problem this time.

"Our windtunnel is broken" is the favourite excuse of teams that are stuggling and have no easy way out, because it takes lots of time and money to realign and recalibrate a windtunnel


They are. India is their last major upgrade, but I believe the have bespoke upgrades for Abu Dhabi, Austin and Interlagos.


Fixed that for you.


As far as I know, Red Bull have no more major updates scheduled. Suzuka was their last big package (it usually is - I suspect Adrian Newey fingers that race as the point where the focus will shift to the broader championship, and so figures out where the car is going to be then and reverse-engineers everything from there), though, like Ferrari, they may bring smaller ones to suit individual circuits. I haven't heard anything about that, though.
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That's not surprising since usually little (if anything at all) is reported regarding smaller updates. It'd be surprising if Red Bull didn't bring any however and in my opinion small updates could be enough to keep a good enough advantage over Ferrari, seeing as Adrian is better than anyone at finding large gains from small upgrades.
 
I imagine Red Bull will be using very high downforce with their special DRS system which will probably mean at least one of them makes the front row. Hopefully Hamilton's car can the last the race and he isn't squeezed out of a brilliant start like Korea.
 
Looks like such a fun track to drive for the drivers.

I predict a Perez win, Alonso and Hamilton podiums.
 
MildAshers
Looks like such a fun track to drive for the drivers.

I predict a Perez win, Alonso and Hamilton podiums.
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It's awesome on the PC. :sly: Really want to see Alonso finish ahead of Vettel, and for Raikkonen to do well also. Fantastic job by him, sitting in 3rd place right now.
 
MildAshers
Looks like such a fun track to drive for the drivers.

I predict a Perez win, Alonso and Hamilton podiums.
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Signal52
It's awesome on the PC. :sly: Really want to see Alonso finish ahead of Vettel, and for Raikkonen to do well also. Fantastic job by him, sitting in 3rd place right now.
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Really? I'm so bad at it on the F1 2011 PS3 game. Maybe I should play some more and learn the track as much as I know the others and ill enjoy it better.
 
Plenty of opportunity for 3-4 car wide racing at the start of the race; will someone be crashed out?

I hope the championship remains close after the race
 
If they harmlessly DNF'ed. I'd prefer Vettel not score points and then he could try to claw points from Alonso in the final races with an epic season finale in Brazil instead of him winning every race from here on out.
 
A dnf will unleash major drama. Superlicense suspension material.

And brazil.....well, if I didn't have things to do I'd go there. It is going to be that epic.
 
Sure. Everything in-race will be amplified to oblivion.

The engineer in charge will "disappear", driver threatened not to fail again or he won't race in any other team, riots, f1 will be called evil by the press, the 100th bernie trial, regulation changes to make cars slower (and sound like tractors), prost's team comes back out of nowhere and wins the next season.
 
It's a little bit off topic but I thought I'd share this :crazy:

m8h3r
Really? I'm so bad at it on the F1 2011 PS3 game. Maybe I should play some more and learn the track as much as I know the others and ill enjoy it better.
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I don't like it either, the flow of it is strange. There are quite a few fast corners followed by slower and slower corners and it just doesn't feel natural in my opinion, I always go off where they were going off last year over the grass (turn 6 I believe). :D
 
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I was looking at an article about the upcoming compounds about a week ago and couldn't help but notice a possible connection between Ferrari (and McLaren/Sauber) performing well, and the use of medium and hard compounds for malaysia, spa (good quali) and monza races (ergo the soft/super soft suits red bull more). I know that for the Indian GP we have soft and medium, so if this is no coincidence I hope Alonso does the maximum to finish ahead of Vettel so that he may have an easier time in Texas and Brazil where the med/hard combo is used.

But yeah, could be a coincidence and not finish the season as a pattern, but I hope it does. The cars change over time and in my little theory, the soft/med is a sort of 50:50 'suiting' each team for India. Ferrari's new upgrades will prove interesting. (Dare I comprehend a side-by-side finish? hehe)
 
I've just seen an image of the nosecone Ferrari will use in India. There's no changes, it's exactly the same as it has been the whole season. However they've made some rather dramatic modifications to the engine cover...

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