Formula One 2011 Airtel Grand Prix of India

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PeterJB
Should be V12s really.
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F1 fan
It would be great if they were using V12s, but from a purist point of view, I would like to see more engine competition. For example, in 1994, five teams used V8 engines, including Benetton. Eight teams used V10 engines, including Williams. Ferrari alone used a V12 engine.

I wouldn't mind seeing F1 going back to this kind of engine competition, but I doubt it will ever go back to it.
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IMO two of the best sounding engines on the planet,
 
If Vettel wins this race the next GP thread must be called the The Abu Dhabi Vettelball Grand Prix. Or Formula Vettel, your call.
 
The drivers love the circuit. I know it's easy to say this is just hype for the sake of the event, but after watching free practice with all the undulations and tricky corners, it's easy to envision the drivers feeling like kids at Christmas when they got out there, and you just didn't get that sense when the drivers took to Abu Dhabi at the first time. Maybe I'm speaking a little too soon, but I think we can include Buddh Interntional with the likes of Sepang and Istanbul as one of Hermann Tilke's finest designs.

And between the popular circuit design, the sheer numbers of fans that we've seen in free practice (Karun Chandhok reckons that the event sold out in four days) and the reception the drivers have received, I have to ask - why didn't Formula 1 come to India sooner? The sport seems to have found a second home in New Delhi. It's certainly got more business being here than it does in Bahrain, Turkey, Valencia, South Korea and Abu Dhabi combined (China is starting to attract lots of fans, Malaysia is well-established and Singapore is getting a lot of spectators).
 
I just wish the circuit had a sexier name to it. Like Saihi Traika (royal track) because then it would be up there with the best.
It's not like Abu Dhabi or Korea or Bahrain which were concrete slabs placed in the middle of nowhere. This looks like a genuine race track.
 
TheFlyingKiwi
It's not like Abu Dhabi or Korea or Bahrain which were concrete slabs placed in the middle of nowhere. This looks like a genuine race track.
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I definitely agree. All those tracks are just so flat and boring. I can understand why Bahrain's track is in the middle of a desert, but Korea's circuit is just in the middle of a wasteland. It's not the place for Formula 1.
 
The idea in Korea was to use the track as the centre of a new city. It's in an under-developed region of the country, and the government wanted something that could kick-start development. It was a long-term plan, no doubt to get businesses interested in setting themselves up there, but it has failed because the promoters haven't promoted the event. We've seen circuits in isolated areas thrive - Magny-Cours springs to mind - so the problem isn't the location. The problem is mismanagement.
 
prisonermonkeys
The idea in Korea was to use the track as the centre of a new city. It's in an under-developed region of the country, and the government wanted something that could kick-start development. It was a long-term plan, no doubt to get businesses interested in setting themselves up there, but it has failed because the promoters haven't promoted the event. We've seen circuits in isolated areas thrive - Magny-Cours springs to mind - so the problem isn't the location. The problem is mismanagement.
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Yes but In korea there was NOTHING except the curcuit, no hotels or anything. At circuits like many cours, firstly its in europe so teams can take their massive transporters so can take all of their own stuff and not have to rely on the circuit as much, and two, nowhere in europe is really that remote, compared to asia.
 
You're missing the point - the idea was always to build the circuit first and the city around it.

Anyway, Vitaly Petrov is fastest in Q1, with Button just slipping through after a bad first run. But he won't be happy because he burned a set of softs to do it.
 
Nice to see Sutil up there. I'm not sure what tires he was on, probably hards. If he does get ousted from Force India, I hope he gets a decent seat elsewhere next year.
 
I just thought of something: I miss Hülkenberg. :(

Remember his qualy lap in Brazil? This guy had so much potential...

Edit: Schumacher missed Q3 by 18 thousands, damned.
 
Petrov 11th (16th after penalty), but with identical time to 10th, unfortunately he was the 2nd to set it.

Lol @ Schumacher: aaaa biitt of vibrratiotn in th rearr tyrress. :D
 
Squire and Petrov get the exact same time! Right down to the thousands of a second!:eek: Jaime still gets the tenth spot though.

Both Toro Rosso's in Q3, ouqualifying both Renaults and a Schumacher! That team has really been making some great strides in the past few races!

Q3's gonna be a good one, I can tell! :D
 
RTSolvalou
Petrov 11th (16th after penalty), but with identical time to 10th, unfortunately he was the 2nd to set it, but now they can choose his tyres so not so bad.
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That's weird. When two drivers finish the season on equal points, the person who scored a better result more-recently is considered to finish higher. Petrov has more championship points than Alguersuari, and set a faster time in Q1. Based on that, I'd have thought he'd be sent into Q3.
 
prisonermonkeys
That's weird. When two drivers finish the season on equal points, the person who scored a better result more-recently is considered to finish higher. Petrov has more championship points than Alguersuari, and set a faster time in Q1. Based on that, I'd have thought he'd be sent into Q3.
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Perhaps if they expand the time by more than those three extra digits, he might have gotten the edge on Vitaly.
 
Interesting comment... STAR commentators note that Vettel's flying lap has him conserving tires and setting a relatively slow first sector time, but he keeps the tires in better condition over the lap and pulls out a fastest last sector.

McLaren reckons Lewis can gain a few more tenths in the second sector.
 
Vettel secures pole as Massa goes off. Suspension Broke like a twig.

16 poles for Red Bull is a new record for a constructor. And 13 for Vettel ties with Senna and Prost for second.
 
Poor Felipe... bad end to his qualifying... and that's scuppered Button's chances, too...
 
astrosdude91
Vettel secures pole as Massa goes off. Suspension Broke like a twig.
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A lot of drivers are dipping the front-right in as deep as they dar at Turn 8. No doubt they've been digging quite a hole there with all the dust they keep dragging out.
 
With Hamiltons penalty, Button actually starts 4th, and with Petrov's penalty, MSC starts 11th. Slightly better for those two.
 
prisonermonkeys
That's weird. When two drivers finish the season on equal points, the person who scored a better result more-recently is considered to finish higher. Petrov has more championship points than Alguersuari, and set a faster time in Q1. Based on that, I'd have thought he'd be sent into Q3.
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If 2 drivers set the same time, then the driver who set it first starts higher.

On 26th October 1997 at Circuito Permanente de Jerez, the European qualifying session gave officials a fright. The top three drivers, Villeneuve, Schumacher, and Frentzen, all registered the same fastest qualifying time of 1:21.072. How would the FIA deal with the never-before-issue? Under the regulations of the Formula One world championship the rule book came out and read, “in the event of drivers setting equal times in qualifying, the first driver to set the time is given precedence”. So Jacques Villeneuve was awarded pole position on the starting grid for the race, with Michael Schumacher second and Heinz-Harald Frentzen third.
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CarolinaBlue704
Ricciardo has a grid penalty, though.
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Karthikeyan has one, too - for blocking Schumacher in Q1.

They'll have still out-"qualified" Timo Glock, though; if Glock is given permission to enter the race, it will be given after all driver penalties have been applied.
 
Tired Tyres
Ha. Massa called for changes to the kerbs.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95769

I would suggest not cutting them you idiot. 👎
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I think it needs a bit of a change because it's not him being the only one complained about it. Many have and obviously it's a fast corner so I think that extra curb shouldn't be that high... I wouldn't be surprised if we see more of those in the race when everybody is pushing as hard as they can.
 
Those curbs are a bit harsh, he did go a little bit too deep but it's dangerous that "a little bit too deep" means destroying your suspension and sending you towards a wall, it doesn't take much for them to change them and there is no need for those minefield curbs to really be there. I think the track is amazing, definitely a keeper. Vettel showing he is the best, again. People will say it is the car, but Mark is not exactly a slow driver.
 

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