F1 Zorg & Badger GP 2015 Season

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Mexican Grand Prix

Summary

1. Rosberg wins, Hamilton 2nd, Bottas 3rd
2. Kvyat 4th, Ricciardo 5th, Massa 6th
3. Hamilton confused after Mercedes insist he pits whilst "comfortable" on tyres
4. Vettel crashes out causing safety car
5. Bottas and Raikkonen collide for second time in three races
6. Alonso, Raikkonen, Nasr out

 

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Brazilian Grand Prix
How Brazilian GP practice unfolded

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Summary

1. Rosberg fastest in second practice
2. Rossi spins, Alonso out
3. Hamilton dominates first practice

Poor Fernando. This is the slump of a man who's desolate. I almost expect him to start thrashing his McLaren with a tree branch.

Basil Fawlty or Fernando Alonso?​

 

[t-tony]

Strange that not one of the reporters approached him to ask a silly question when he got back to the pits.

Tony.

 

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Rosberg takes Brazil pole

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Summary

1. Rosberg on pole, Hamilton 2nd, Vettel 3rd
2. Bottas 4th, Raikkonen 5th, Hulkenberg 6th
3. Hamilton top in Q1 & Q2
4. Williams and Red Bulls through to Q3 with Ferraris
5. Both McLarens, Manors and Maldonado out in Q1
6. Alonso breaks down immediately in Q1

 

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Notes on the grid

Valtteri Bottas has a three-place grid penalty and Daniel Ricciardo has a 10-place penalty.

That means it is a Ferrari second row - with Sebastian Vettel third and Kimi Raikkonen moving up to fourth.

Bottas shifting to seventh means he will line up next to his Williams team-mate Felipe Massa.

There could still be a punishment for Felipe Nasr, currently in P11, who obstructed Massa in qualifying.

 

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How Brazilian GP unfolded

Summary

1. Rosberg wins, Hamilton 2nd, Vettel 3rd
2. Raikkonen 4th, Bottas 5th, Hulkenberg 6th
3. Verstappen makes series of impressive overtakes
4. Maldonado handed penalty for collision with Ericsson
5. Williams under investigation for tyre issue
6. Sainz out

What a snoozfest that race was.....
The Brazilian fans start chanting the name of Ayrton Senna, possibly entertaining themselves after a slightly uneventful race.

Eddie Jordan

Max Verstappen was beyond any doubt so far ahead as my driver of the day. Drive clean, be committed, plan your attack early on and he did that brilliantly I love watching him drive."

Max Verstappen, who finished 10th: "We were really lacking a lot of top speed today. It was a very tough race, I was attacking but there were people attacking behind me. To come away with one point was the maximum we could have done today I think."

David Coulthard

"Kimi Raikkonen is the fans favourite, he has a huge following, but he was massively behind again this afternoon. He is performing like a number two."


Felipe Massa on the investigation into Williams' tyre pressure: "I didn't feel anything wrong. My race was a disaster all weekend. I don't even know what's happened."
The FIA are currently in a meeting with Williams, they're having a chat about tyres. It's complicated, but essentially the rear tyres of the Williams were over the pressure threshold.

Lewis Hamilton, who finished second: "I had good pace you just can't overtake here. I killed my tyres and it is a shame because it is such a great track but you can't get close enough to race. It would be good if you could do a bit of overtaking here"

Can't overtake on this track? Might want to have a few words with Verstappen then.

James Allen

"Some vintage passes from Max Verstappen. He's got to be one of the drivers of the season!"

 

[t-tony]

The Mercedes leaves behind it some very dirty air, if Hamilton couldn't get close enough to pass Rosberg I really couldn't see anyone else doing it.Hamilton makes a better attempt of catching and passing Rosberg on track than Rosberg does when he's behind Hamilton.
Either way we've gone full circle with DRS and passing is restricted to the midfield and backwards again.

Tony.

 

[andyglym]

Not sur what the answer is really?

 

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Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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Summary FP3

Rosberg fastest in final Abu Dhabi GP practice.
Qualifying at 13:00 GMT

Nico Rosberg tops the final practice session of the season, while Lewis Hamilton had a far from perfect session.

Great bit of radio from Fernando Alonso.
"Who was in front of me in the last three corners," he asks.
"That was Stevens and Grosjean, Stevens and Grosjean," is the response.

"Idiots."

Say what you think Fernando.

FP3 result
1) Rosberg 2) Hamilton 3) Vettel 4) Perez 5) Raikkonen 6) Ricciardo 7) Hulkenberg 8) Massa 9) Bottas 10) Sainz
11) Button 12) Maldonado 13) Nasr 14) Verstappen 15) Grosjean 16) Alonso 17) Ericsson 18) Stevens 19) Merhi

No time: Kvyat (electrical issue)

 

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Fantasy Grand Prix​

OK Boys & Girls, last race of the season, so don't forget your predictions.​

Not that it is going to do me any good....

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[Mint]

Not that it is going to do me any good....

Don't give up Mike you're only 12th

 

[Mint]

Although I see @Gail has taken my third place by 2 points

 

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Yep, spotted that @Mint, don't know what she is doing but she is doing it right...

 

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Ben Edwards
BBC F1 commentator
Posted at12:58

It is coming up to 5pm local time and we’ll be plunging into darkness during qualifying.

 

[Gail]

Although I see @Gail has taken my third place by 2 points

I've had you in my sights for a while.

I am also missing about 30 points because the website failed to register my predictions in a couple of the early races.

 

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Damit, here we go again..!! This just sums up my season, I had him down for 3rd place.....

13:20
Confirmed. Sebastian Vettel is out in the first part of qualifying! A massive surprise.

OUT
Two former world champions out in Q1
Posted at13:21

16) Vettel 17) Alonso 18) Ericsson 19) Stevens 20) Merhi

IN
Posted at13:24

1) Hamilton 2) Rosberg 3) Perez 4) Hulkenberg 5) Ricciardo 6) Massa 7) Raikkonen 8) Kvyat 9) Button 10) Grosjean 11) Bottas 12) Verstappen 13) Nasr 14) Sainz 15) Maldonado

 

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Hard at work or a bit of online Battleships?

 

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Second qualifying ends
Posted at13:42
Lewis Hamilton finishes fastest in the second part of qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

IN
Posted at13:44

1) Hamilton 2) Rosberg 3) Perez 4) Raikkonen 5) Ricciardo 6) Bottas 7) Hulkenberg 8) Kvyat 9) Massa 10) Sainz

OUT
Posted at13:43

11) Verstappen 12) Button 13) Maldonado 14) Nasr 15) Grosjean

 

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Got Qualifying wrong as well..... Glad this season is over...

Rosberg on pole

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Summary

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   • Rosberg on pole, Hamilton 2nd, Raikkonen 3rd
   • Perez 4th, Ricciardo 5th, Bottas 6th
   • Hamilton top in Q1 & Q2
   • Vettel out in first session with Alonso
   • Button, Verstappen & Lotuses out in Q2
   • Alonso, Manors and Ericsson out in Q1

 

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Raikkonen ready to pounce?

The one to watch tomorrow? Kimi Raikkonen starts from third on the grid tomorrow. Only once in the previous six Abu Dhabi GPs has the race been won from pole.


Pirelli Motorsport

pirellisport

Kimi Raikkonen will be the only driver to have a set of new supersofts for the race. Could be very important. #AbuDhabiGP