As a fan of alternate history and a patron of Alternatehistory.com I have been in the process of thinking of doing an F1 themed alternate history. I have decided to start at the 2011 season and combine some aspects of the other Alternate seasons on here, however results will not be decided by any F1 games just a storyarc. To make it easy I have made stuff like events for the seasons before happen as they did but little things will be added in order to make my story a continuation of those events. As for fun I have decided to do it from the perspective of a new f1 team based around myself and introduced some of my more logical old teams that left returning.
Background
After Prodrive’s failure to get onto the grid for 2008 and the high costs f1 was beginning to reach with F1 Grid sizes dwindling FIA president Max Moseley and commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone met to discuss and new set of rules and measures in order to boost participation and also make it more affordable and bring better racing to spice up the show. A budget cap is discussed initially of roughly 10 million and a selection process is thought up to help bring in new teams who would use Cosworth Engines. The following announcement would start the FIA – Fota war that nearly split Formula one in two. At the Eleventh hour a compromise is made with even further cuts, teams will be only allowed to spend 10 million a season in F1 But would be free to have unlimited budgets so not to cut on jobs as long as it was invested in other FIA series and areas to promote Motorsport. A new FIA World Sports car Championship is set up for 2010 to help aid this with Ferrari, Renault, BMW, Toyota and Honda agreeing to maintain some aspect in F1 but to contribute engines and packages to this new series, GP2, GP2 Asia, F3 and the World Touring Car championship. New rules such as relaxation of Engine rules, old pre 1995 numbering system and bringing back spare cars and unlimited Engines are allowed back in. Goodyear and Michelin announce intentions to return to F1 in 2011 with Pirelli asked to return if Bridgestone pulled out. Honda after selling their F1 team to Brawn for 2009 set up a partnership with Aguri Suzuki to bring back the Super Aguri team and make amends for helping its demise in 2008. The French government wanting to bring Grand Prix racing back to its home announce backing for a Alain Prost and Guy Ligier motorsport initiative to set up for 2010 the earliest. The FIA announced a maximum of 16 teams with Prequalifying maybe necessary depending on the circuit and comprised of 2 car entries for the 2011 FIA F1 World Championship during the end of 2008 with 4 automatic placed for 2010 and the rest for 2011. Campos racing, Lotus racing, Manor Racing and USF1 announce their intention for 2010 with Modena and Randle racing teams announcing intention for 2011. During 2009 Jackie Oliver and Sons announce to have brought back the old Arrows name and intend to bring back the marquee for 2011. During the same year BMW sell the team back to Peter Sauber and announce a move into Sports cars but will look to develop a V12 engine for one of the new teams. Renault wanted to expand in touring categories sell part of the team to Ralph Toleman son of Ted and plan to change the name to Toleman for 2011 with Benetton Fashion Company being the main sponsor. Toro Rosso is finally sold to a partnership of Giancarlo Minardi and Paul Stoddart to bring Minardi back to the grid. It is revealed that the old owners of these teams had a buy back clause if the manufacturer wanted to pull out at a reduced price.
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17th May 2009 (Autosport)
The Lotus – Litespeed, Manor Racing, Campos Racing and US F1 teams accepted onto the grid for 2010. Lola and Prodrive despite not being accepted are allowed to start GP2 and Sportscar programs
19th June 2009 (f1 fanatic)
New Team announce intention to join F1 for 2011
A group comprised of rising F3 driver Adam Randle’s father and backer Mettis Aerospace announce an intention to form a new team due to the new regulations for the 2011 season. The team will be based in the Midlands and be called Randle Racing with the title sponsor Mettis and a budget adequate to develop the team to be competitive. Rumours are that the team would like to use the numbers 13 and 14 as its been very lucky for them in the past. Initial rumours of BMW or Lamborghini backing also suspected. The new team will be joining Arrows/BMW Sauber/Brawn/Lotus/ Mclaren/Ferrari/Toyota/ Renault/ Toro Rosso/Red Bull/Williams/Force India/US F1/Campos/Manor for 2011
25th June 2009 (Autosport)
Ligier and Prost name back in F1 for 2011
Guy Ligier and Alain Prost announce intention to revive the defunct team that went bankrupt in 2002. After reacquiring the rights to the name and backing from French officials the team are looking to acquire Renault engines for the team. The team will be named Equipé Ligier Prost and have requested Car numbers 25 and 26.
3rd July 2009 (Autosport)
BMW selling team back to Sauber
Renault possible selling team
Toyota rumoured to be pulling out to focus on Sportscars and Rally
17th July 2009 (The Daily Mail)
Lamborghini looking to return to F1 in some capacity.
18th July 2009 (F1 Fanatic)
Honda returning sooner then expected?
25th August 2009 (BBC News)
Super Aguri are back!
Honda agree to return to F1 as engine maker with new V10 Engine in a project with Super Aguri.
CEO of Honda Takeo Fukui say after the new regulations allowed a revise of Engine without rev limiters and of any size Normally aspirated. The company decided to develop a 3 litre 5 cylinder engine for 2011. The following is announced in order to compete with the BMW V12 project, Ferrari V12 project, Renault V10 and Mercedes V8 programs.
26th August 2009(Gazetta Di Italia)
Minardi revived
The Red Bull company finally completed the sale of Toro Rosso to the Minardi/Stoddart group and will retain a title sponsor and name for 2010 with reverting to Minardi name for 2011.
26th October 2009 (F1.com)
Toyota pull out of F1/ Arrows delay entry till 2011/ Lamborghini developing V12 engine for 2011
24th December 2009
Lamborghini works team to enter in 2011 and revive the Team Modena name
The Lotus – Litespeed, Manor Racing, Campos Racing and US F1 teams accepted onto the grid for 2010. Lola and Prodrive despite not being accepted are allowed to start GP2 and Sportscar programs
19th June 2009 (f1 fanatic)
New Team announce intention to join F1 for 2011
A group comprised of rising F3 driver Adam Randle’s father and backer Mettis Aerospace announce an intention to form a new team due to the new regulations for the 2011 season. The team will be based in the Midlands and be called Randle Racing with the title sponsor Mettis and a budget adequate to develop the team to be competitive. Rumours are that the team would like to use the numbers 13 and 14 as its been very lucky for them in the past. Initial rumours of BMW or Lamborghini backing also suspected. The new team will be joining Arrows/BMW Sauber/Brawn/Lotus/ Mclaren/Ferrari/Toyota/ Renault/ Toro Rosso/Red Bull/Williams/Force India/US F1/Campos/Manor for 2011
25th June 2009 (Autosport)
Ligier and Prost name back in F1 for 2011
Guy Ligier and Alain Prost announce intention to revive the defunct team that went bankrupt in 2002. After reacquiring the rights to the name and backing from French officials the team are looking to acquire Renault engines for the team. The team will be named Equipé Ligier Prost and have requested Car numbers 25 and 26.
3rd July 2009 (Autosport)
BMW selling team back to Sauber
Renault possible selling team
Toyota rumoured to be pulling out to focus on Sportscars and Rally
17th July 2009 (The Daily Mail)
Lamborghini looking to return to F1 in some capacity.
18th July 2009 (F1 Fanatic)
Honda returning sooner then expected?
25th August 2009 (BBC News)
Super Aguri are back!
Honda agree to return to F1 as engine maker with new V10 Engine in a project with Super Aguri.
CEO of Honda Takeo Fukui say after the new regulations allowed a revise of Engine without rev limiters and of any size Normally aspirated. The company decided to develop a 3 litre 5 cylinder engine for 2011. The following is announced in order to compete with the BMW V12 project, Ferrari V12 project, Renault V10 and Mercedes V8 programs.
26th August 2009(Gazetta Di Italia)
Minardi revived
The Red Bull company finally completed the sale of Toro Rosso to the Minardi/Stoddart group and will retain a title sponsor and name for 2010 with reverting to Minardi name for 2011.
26th October 2009 (F1.com)
Toyota pull out of F1/ Arrows delay entry till 2011/ Lamborghini developing V12 engine for 2011
24th December 2009
Lamborghini works team to enter in 2011 and revive the Team Modena name
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5th February 2010 (BBC NEWS)
US F1 end F1 program due to fallout with Lola over chassis and delayed payments
7th February 2010 (F1Fanatic)
Dallara and HRT (formerly Campos) relationship strong and payments made on time looking to strong season of experience and tough learning curve
10th March 2010 FIA Statement Rule Changes 2011
Aero regulations to be that cars to resemble 1991 cars with 2010 stronger cockpits and greater protection round the driver, Double diffusers/ Barge Boards and Shark Fins banned, Tyres to be increased in width to promote mechanical grip and prequalifying returning with all new terms taking part with 6 going through to Main knockout qualification to make 30. Halfway top 13 teams placed into main qualification leaving 4 to graduate from prequalifying. 34 entrants confirmed, Two compound rule abolished. All entrants receive 10,000 dollars, with extra 5,000 for being in main qualification and an extra 5,000 for making it to race. In season testing to return but only for rookies and test drivers three times a season at Jerez, Paul Ricard and Imola in April, July and September. 10 cars will exit qualification knockout 1 with slowest 4 not qualifying/ 10 in knockouts 2 leaving 10 in last rounds. 26 will make the race, with possibility of increasing for 2012 to 28 for newer circuits. Prequalification takes place on Thursday mornings in 1 hour session with each car given a maximum of 12 laps, with non prequalifying teams having Thursday afternoon testing session in a similar way.
15th April 2010 (Autosport)
Toleman purchase Renault team as it goes full circle back to its beginnings with Benetton team sponsor
23rd April 2010 (Autosport)
Bridgestone exit F1, Goodyear, Michelin and Pirelli all join
4th May 2010 (F1 Fanatic)
Orange join Arrows as Title Sponsor with Cosworth powered engines, Pedro De La Rosa likely to become the driver partnering
20th July 2010 (F1.com)
Randle Racing announce V12 BMW engine deal for 2010, Heidfeld rumoured to be part of the deal as driver to go alongside 2009 F3 champion Adam Randle. Randle ask FIA if the numbers 13 and 14 can be saved for them. The team also say tyre contract with Goodyear is finalised and looking to test at brands hatch in August.
21st July 2010 (Autosport)
Ligier/Prost employs all French line up for 2011 with Romain Grosjean and Franck Montagny driving the Renault powered cars
4th August 2010 (Autosport)
Randle Racing first Test a success as car handles well and laps consistently with midfield times. Drivers Nick Heidfeld and Adam Randle happy with the car. BMW V 12 said to be most powerful engine for 2011 says Helmut Panke. Owner Geoff Randle said to be excited at the developing relationship and future of the team. ‘We will look to beat the 2010 and 2011 new teams and get regularly onto the grid’
13th August 2010
Modena’s test at imola a success despite car written off by Pantano and Ricci
27th August 2010
Super Aguri test at Suzuka delayed because of weather, Sato annoyed at loss chance to get to know the car.
16th September 2010
FIA finalise race calendar for 2011 with Bahrain showing off the new outer layer ‘fast circuit
1. Bahrain Grand Prix, Bahrain International Circuit 13th March
2. Australian Grand Prix, Albert Park 27th March
3. Malaysia Grand Prix, Sepang 10th April
4. Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai International Circuit 17th April
5. Turkish Grand Prix, Istanbul Park, 8th May
6. Spanish Grand Prix, Catalunya 22nd May
7. Monaco Grand Prix, Monte Carlo 29th May
8. Canadian Grand Prix, Circuit de Villeneuve 12th June
9. Grand Prix of Europe, Valencia Street Circuit 26th June
10. British Grand Prix, Silverstone Circuit 10th July
11. German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 24th July
12. Hungarian Grand Prix, Hungaroring 31st July
13. Belgian Grand Prix, Spa Francorchamps 28th July
14. Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 11th September
15. Singapore Grand Prix, Marina bay Street Circuit, 25th September
16. Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka, 9th October
17. Korean Grand Prix, Korean International Circuit 16th October
18. Indian Grand Prix, Jaypee Group Circuit 30th October
19. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit 13th November
20. Brazilian Grand Prix, Interlagos 27th November
17th September 2010
2011 Teams finalised and associate Numbers
1 & 2 Reserved for Champions between Red Bull/Mclaren/ Ferrari
3 & 4 Mercedes GP Petronas
5 & 6 AT & T Williams
7 & 8 Reserved for Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes or Red Bull Racing if not champions
9 & 10 Orange Arrows Team F1
11 & 12 UPN Team Lotus
13 & 14 Mettis Randle Racing F1
15 & 16 Force India F1 Team
17 & 18 Marussia Virgin Racing
19 & 20 Benetton Toleman Renault
21 & 22 Hispania Racing F1 Team
23 & 24 European Minardi F1
25 & 26 Equipé Ligier Prost
27 & 28 Reserved for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro is not champions
29 & 30 Sauber F1 Team
31 & 32 Super Aguri Grand Prix
33 & 34 Team Modena Lamborghini
US F1 end F1 program due to fallout with Lola over chassis and delayed payments
7th February 2010 (F1Fanatic)
Dallara and HRT (formerly Campos) relationship strong and payments made on time looking to strong season of experience and tough learning curve
10th March 2010 FIA Statement Rule Changes 2011
Aero regulations to be that cars to resemble 1991 cars with 2010 stronger cockpits and greater protection round the driver, Double diffusers/ Barge Boards and Shark Fins banned, Tyres to be increased in width to promote mechanical grip and prequalifying returning with all new terms taking part with 6 going through to Main knockout qualification to make 30. Halfway top 13 teams placed into main qualification leaving 4 to graduate from prequalifying. 34 entrants confirmed, Two compound rule abolished. All entrants receive 10,000 dollars, with extra 5,000 for being in main qualification and an extra 5,000 for making it to race. In season testing to return but only for rookies and test drivers three times a season at Jerez, Paul Ricard and Imola in April, July and September. 10 cars will exit qualification knockout 1 with slowest 4 not qualifying/ 10 in knockouts 2 leaving 10 in last rounds. 26 will make the race, with possibility of increasing for 2012 to 28 for newer circuits. Prequalification takes place on Thursday mornings in 1 hour session with each car given a maximum of 12 laps, with non prequalifying teams having Thursday afternoon testing session in a similar way.
15th April 2010 (Autosport)
Toleman purchase Renault team as it goes full circle back to its beginnings with Benetton team sponsor
23rd April 2010 (Autosport)
Bridgestone exit F1, Goodyear, Michelin and Pirelli all join
4th May 2010 (F1 Fanatic)
Orange join Arrows as Title Sponsor with Cosworth powered engines, Pedro De La Rosa likely to become the driver partnering
20th July 2010 (F1.com)
Randle Racing announce V12 BMW engine deal for 2010, Heidfeld rumoured to be part of the deal as driver to go alongside 2009 F3 champion Adam Randle. Randle ask FIA if the numbers 13 and 14 can be saved for them. The team also say tyre contract with Goodyear is finalised and looking to test at brands hatch in August.
21st July 2010 (Autosport)
Ligier/Prost employs all French line up for 2011 with Romain Grosjean and Franck Montagny driving the Renault powered cars
4th August 2010 (Autosport)
Randle Racing first Test a success as car handles well and laps consistently with midfield times. Drivers Nick Heidfeld and Adam Randle happy with the car. BMW V 12 said to be most powerful engine for 2011 says Helmut Panke. Owner Geoff Randle said to be excited at the developing relationship and future of the team. ‘We will look to beat the 2010 and 2011 new teams and get regularly onto the grid’
13th August 2010
Modena’s test at imola a success despite car written off by Pantano and Ricci
27th August 2010
Super Aguri test at Suzuka delayed because of weather, Sato annoyed at loss chance to get to know the car.
16th September 2010
FIA finalise race calendar for 2011 with Bahrain showing off the new outer layer ‘fast circuit
1. Bahrain Grand Prix, Bahrain International Circuit 13th March
2. Australian Grand Prix, Albert Park 27th March
3. Malaysia Grand Prix, Sepang 10th April
4. Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai International Circuit 17th April
5. Turkish Grand Prix, Istanbul Park, 8th May
6. Spanish Grand Prix, Catalunya 22nd May
7. Monaco Grand Prix, Monte Carlo 29th May
8. Canadian Grand Prix, Circuit de Villeneuve 12th June
9. Grand Prix of Europe, Valencia Street Circuit 26th June
10. British Grand Prix, Silverstone Circuit 10th July
11. German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 24th July
12. Hungarian Grand Prix, Hungaroring 31st July
13. Belgian Grand Prix, Spa Francorchamps 28th July
14. Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 11th September
15. Singapore Grand Prix, Marina bay Street Circuit, 25th September
16. Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka, 9th October
17. Korean Grand Prix, Korean International Circuit 16th October
18. Indian Grand Prix, Jaypee Group Circuit 30th October
19. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit 13th November
20. Brazilian Grand Prix, Interlagos 27th November
17th September 2010
2011 Teams finalised and associate Numbers
1 & 2 Reserved for Champions between Red Bull/Mclaren/ Ferrari
3 & 4 Mercedes GP Petronas
5 & 6 AT & T Williams
7 & 8 Reserved for Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes or Red Bull Racing if not champions
9 & 10 Orange Arrows Team F1
11 & 12 UPN Team Lotus
13 & 14 Mettis Randle Racing F1
15 & 16 Force India F1 Team
17 & 18 Marussia Virgin Racing
19 & 20 Benetton Toleman Renault
21 & 22 Hispania Racing F1 Team
23 & 24 European Minardi F1
25 & 26 Equipé Ligier Prost
27 & 28 Reserved for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro is not champions
29 & 30 Sauber F1 Team
31 & 32 Super Aguri Grand Prix
33 & 34 Team Modena Lamborghini
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Apologies for the mass of text at the moment but hoping to finish off the end of 2010 and start the real part of the piece, the 2011 season and beyond.
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5th October (Autosport)
Goodyear announce teams that will use its tyres
Red Bull, Williams, Randle Racing, Virgin, Ferrari and Sauber to use Goodyear tyres for 2011. Luca di Montezemelo happy to revive the Goodyear Ferrari relationship after 12 years. Pirelli and Michelin to announce their teams shortly.
7th October (Autosport)
Sauber to use Mercedes Engine for 2011 (F1 fantatic)
Peter Sauber is hoping the Mercedes V8 will be able to take the fight to the Ferrari, Lambo and BMV V12 programs and battle the Honda and Renault V10 engines. Cosworth V8 found to be the most durable but it lacked on power to the Mercedes and a V10 and V12 was never an option.
11th October (The Times)
Randle Racing 2011 car exceeds in Wet Test at Silverstone
11th October (F1.com)
Arrows, Lotus, Toleman, Minardi and Lambo to use Pirelli Tyres
13th October (The Sun)
Michelin confirms to supply the rest of the grid for 2011 and anticipates new tyre war
17th October (BBC)
Prost confident of battle with Randle for best of 2011 teams
19th October (Fuji TV)
Yamamoto and Klien confirmed for HRT for 2011, Senna to Super Aguri?, Perez joins Kobayashi at Sauber, Arrows looking to decide on Hulkenberg or Maldonado to partner De La Rosa
5th November (FIA)
5 tests for new season to take place in December, January, February and March
12th – 14th December: Paul Ricard
15th – 17th January: Imola
8th – 10th February: Barcelona
22nd – 24th February: Magny Cours
6th – 7th March: Istanbul
12th November (F1 Fanatic)
Hulkenberg confirmed alongside Barrichello for 2011 at Williams, Petrov will remain at Toleman
13th November (Autosport)
Lotus Racing come to deal with Proton and Hunts to use Team Lotus name, Tony Fernandes happy for issue to be resolved and thanked Proton for their maturity for helping to tie the new Lotus to its roots.
14th November (F1 Fanatic)
Vettel wins 2010 championship after Alonso and Webber fail to reach top 3, Alonso confident of successful 2011
15th November (BBC)
Murray ecstatic to see Lotus, Toleman, Ligier, Minardi and Arrows classic names and teams back. Watch out for Adam Randle to be the best of the rookies and Randle BMW to be consistent point scorers he reckons. He also expected lap records to go and for a new average speed record at Bahrain
27th November (FIA)
These are the drivers and teams for 2011 FIA Formula one World championship
1. Red Bull Renault: Sebastian Vettel (1), Mark Webber (2)
2. Mercedes: Michael Schumacher (3), Nico Rosberg (4)
3.Williams Cosworth: Rubens Barrichello (5), Nico Hulkenberg (6)
4. Mclaren Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton (7), Jenson Button (8)
5. Arrows Cosworth: Pedro De La Rosa (9), Pastor Maldonado (10)
6. Lotus Renault: Jarno Trulli (11), Heikki Kovalainen (12)
7. Randle BMW: Adam Randle (13), Nick Heidfeld (14)
8. Force India Mercedes: Adrian Sutil (15), Vitantonio Liuzzi (16)
9. Virgin Cosworth: Timo Glock (17), Luca DiGrassi (18)
10. Benetton Toleman Renault: Robert Kubica (19), Vitaly Petrov (20)
11. Hispania Racing Cosworth: Sakon Yamamoto (21), Christian Klien (22)
12. Minardi Ferrari: Sébastien Buemi (23), Jaime Alguersuari (24)
13. Ligier Prost Renault: Romain Grosjéan (25), Franck Montagny (26)
14. Scuderia Ferrari: Fernando Alonso (27), Felipe Massa (28)
15. Sauber Mercedes: Kamui Kobayashi (29), Sergio Pérez (30)
16. Super Aguri Honda: Bruno Senna (31), Takuma Sato (32)
17. Modena Lamborghini: Giorgio Pantano (33), Giacomo Ricci (34)
Arrows, Randle, Ligier, Super Aguri and Modena will be required to take part in prequalifying.
3rd December (BBC)
Murray and Jackie give their thoughts on 2011 teams
Murray: Im expecting the grid to be divided into 4 sections of Top teams, midfield, backmarkers and those that might struggle to qualify. I expect Vettel or Alonso for the championship as a lot will to do with tyres and engines now. As Goodyear look to be the best tyres and the Renault V10 I think will be strong as it will be powerful then the Mercedes V8 but not as thirsty as the BMW or Ferrari V12.
Top Teams: Red Bull, Mclaren, Ferrari, Mercedes
Midfield: Toleman, Williams, Randle, Sauber, Force India
Backmarkers: Lotus, Ligier, Minardi, Arrows
Struggle to Qualify: Modena, Super Aguri, Virgin, HRT
Jackie Stewart: Im expecting a three way fight between Ligier, Lotus and Randle for 10th in the championship. I expect Vettel or Webber to win for Red Bull with Alonso behind, however Alonso can win if the new Ferrari V12 is fuel efficient.
12th December (F1 Fanatic)
Ferrari/ Red Bull/ Randle BMW looking strong in first test session
Ferrari topped the times in France with Alonso looking good and Being pushed by Vettel and Webber. The new Randle team were an amazing 9th fastest with Heidfeld and 15th fastest with 09 F3 champion Adam Randle in a spectactular run. (Heidfeld): ‘ The team have done a really good job, the handing is brilliant on the car and it performs excellently in the corners. If the engine can hold out I think we may surprise some teams.’ (Randle) I think the car is going to be suited best to low downforce tracks and this should bode well for the first race in Bahrain. The Goodyear tyres are giving us loads of grip and the soft options are quite durable with the car. Plus the V12 engine is running well and giving us lots of power on the straights. (G. Randle, owner) I am pleased with todays session and think we have raised the bar, when at low fuel the car is exceptionally fast and I think qualifiying we are going to do well. The fuel consumption is also reasonable so I think we can really go for it in races, I am concerned with high downforce tracks and think any season improvement will be focussed on that.
14th December (BBC)
Randle BMW shock the F1 Community be topping the charts in Wet Session
A sensational result saw the team half a second faster then Red Bull, Ferrari and Mclaren as Heidfeld put in incredible laps to top the timesheets. Rookie Adam Randle was 6th and looked sublime in the wet with excellent control and speed in the conditions. Force India expecting to struggle as they could only manage to just beat the new teams at the back recording 21st and 29th respectively.
Goodyear announce teams that will use its tyres
Red Bull, Williams, Randle Racing, Virgin, Ferrari and Sauber to use Goodyear tyres for 2011. Luca di Montezemelo happy to revive the Goodyear Ferrari relationship after 12 years. Pirelli and Michelin to announce their teams shortly.
7th October (Autosport)
Sauber to use Mercedes Engine for 2011 (F1 fantatic)
Peter Sauber is hoping the Mercedes V8 will be able to take the fight to the Ferrari, Lambo and BMV V12 programs and battle the Honda and Renault V10 engines. Cosworth V8 found to be the most durable but it lacked on power to the Mercedes and a V10 and V12 was never an option.
11th October (The Times)
Randle Racing 2011 car exceeds in Wet Test at Silverstone
11th October (F1.com)
Arrows, Lotus, Toleman, Minardi and Lambo to use Pirelli Tyres
13th October (The Sun)
Michelin confirms to supply the rest of the grid for 2011 and anticipates new tyre war
17th October (BBC)
Prost confident of battle with Randle for best of 2011 teams
19th October (Fuji TV)
Yamamoto and Klien confirmed for HRT for 2011, Senna to Super Aguri?, Perez joins Kobayashi at Sauber, Arrows looking to decide on Hulkenberg or Maldonado to partner De La Rosa
5th November (FIA)
5 tests for new season to take place in December, January, February and March
12th – 14th December: Paul Ricard
15th – 17th January: Imola
8th – 10th February: Barcelona
22nd – 24th February: Magny Cours
6th – 7th March: Istanbul
12th November (F1 Fanatic)
Hulkenberg confirmed alongside Barrichello for 2011 at Williams, Petrov will remain at Toleman
13th November (Autosport)
Lotus Racing come to deal with Proton and Hunts to use Team Lotus name, Tony Fernandes happy for issue to be resolved and thanked Proton for their maturity for helping to tie the new Lotus to its roots.
14th November (F1 Fanatic)
Vettel wins 2010 championship after Alonso and Webber fail to reach top 3, Alonso confident of successful 2011
15th November (BBC)
Murray ecstatic to see Lotus, Toleman, Ligier, Minardi and Arrows classic names and teams back. Watch out for Adam Randle to be the best of the rookies and Randle BMW to be consistent point scorers he reckons. He also expected lap records to go and for a new average speed record at Bahrain
27th November (FIA)
These are the drivers and teams for 2011 FIA Formula one World championship
1. Red Bull Renault: Sebastian Vettel (1), Mark Webber (2)
2. Mercedes: Michael Schumacher (3), Nico Rosberg (4)
3.Williams Cosworth: Rubens Barrichello (5), Nico Hulkenberg (6)
4. Mclaren Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton (7), Jenson Button (8)
5. Arrows Cosworth: Pedro De La Rosa (9), Pastor Maldonado (10)
6. Lotus Renault: Jarno Trulli (11), Heikki Kovalainen (12)
7. Randle BMW: Adam Randle (13), Nick Heidfeld (14)
8. Force India Mercedes: Adrian Sutil (15), Vitantonio Liuzzi (16)
9. Virgin Cosworth: Timo Glock (17), Luca DiGrassi (18)
10. Benetton Toleman Renault: Robert Kubica (19), Vitaly Petrov (20)
11. Hispania Racing Cosworth: Sakon Yamamoto (21), Christian Klien (22)
12. Minardi Ferrari: Sébastien Buemi (23), Jaime Alguersuari (24)
13. Ligier Prost Renault: Romain Grosjéan (25), Franck Montagny (26)
14. Scuderia Ferrari: Fernando Alonso (27), Felipe Massa (28)
15. Sauber Mercedes: Kamui Kobayashi (29), Sergio Pérez (30)
16. Super Aguri Honda: Bruno Senna (31), Takuma Sato (32)
17. Modena Lamborghini: Giorgio Pantano (33), Giacomo Ricci (34)
Arrows, Randle, Ligier, Super Aguri and Modena will be required to take part in prequalifying.
3rd December (BBC)
Murray and Jackie give their thoughts on 2011 teams
Murray: Im expecting the grid to be divided into 4 sections of Top teams, midfield, backmarkers and those that might struggle to qualify. I expect Vettel or Alonso for the championship as a lot will to do with tyres and engines now. As Goodyear look to be the best tyres and the Renault V10 I think will be strong as it will be powerful then the Mercedes V8 but not as thirsty as the BMW or Ferrari V12.
Top Teams: Red Bull, Mclaren, Ferrari, Mercedes
Midfield: Toleman, Williams, Randle, Sauber, Force India
Backmarkers: Lotus, Ligier, Minardi, Arrows
Struggle to Qualify: Modena, Super Aguri, Virgin, HRT
Jackie Stewart: Im expecting a three way fight between Ligier, Lotus and Randle for 10th in the championship. I expect Vettel or Webber to win for Red Bull with Alonso behind, however Alonso can win if the new Ferrari V12 is fuel efficient.
12th December (F1 Fanatic)
Ferrari/ Red Bull/ Randle BMW looking strong in first test session
Ferrari topped the times in France with Alonso looking good and Being pushed by Vettel and Webber. The new Randle team were an amazing 9th fastest with Heidfeld and 15th fastest with 09 F3 champion Adam Randle in a spectactular run. (Heidfeld): ‘ The team have done a really good job, the handing is brilliant on the car and it performs excellently in the corners. If the engine can hold out I think we may surprise some teams.’ (Randle) I think the car is going to be suited best to low downforce tracks and this should bode well for the first race in Bahrain. The Goodyear tyres are giving us loads of grip and the soft options are quite durable with the car. Plus the V12 engine is running well and giving us lots of power on the straights. (G. Randle, owner) I am pleased with todays session and think we have raised the bar, when at low fuel the car is exceptionally fast and I think qualifiying we are going to do well. The fuel consumption is also reasonable so I think we can really go for it in races, I am concerned with high downforce tracks and think any season improvement will be focussed on that.
14th December (BBC)
Randle BMW shock the F1 Community be topping the charts in Wet Session
A sensational result saw the team half a second faster then Red Bull, Ferrari and Mclaren as Heidfeld put in incredible laps to top the timesheets. Rookie Adam Randle was 6th and looked sublime in the wet with excellent control and speed in the conditions. Force India expecting to struggle as they could only manage to just beat the new teams at the back recording 21st and 29th respectively.
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10th January 2011 (Autosport)
Prost confident of improved Ligier performance to combat the Randle team
12th January 2011 Autosport
Randle team hoping to cement improvements at Imola
15th January 2011 (Gazzetta Di Italia)
Lambo display strong test results.
The Modena team were delighted to beat Force India, HRT, Virgin and Super Aguri at today’s test to record 22nd and 24th fastest times. Pantano quoted to be pleased with the performance in the test but admits they probably will not get to the Randle cars or Ligier. Randle BMW had a steadier progress as Heidfeld was 14th fastest and Randle was 19th. Grosjean for Ligier gained 21st with Montagny in 26th. Hamilton gave Mclaren a lift by finishing 2nd behind Alonso’s Ferraris and Red Bull 3rd and 4th.
17th January 2011
PreQualifiers and back markers evenly matched (F1.com)
Sensational results for the backmarkers as 24th to 34th was covered by half a second with the Modena team edging it over the rest. Randle BMW continued to make inroads to the midfield with 12th for Randle and 13th for Heidfeld. The car finding the circuit easy to settle, Force India driver Liuzzi had a scare when the car went straight on at Tamberello but was ok and no damage done. Lotus took the battle to Minardi and Arrows by placing the cars in the top 20.
20th January 2011
Ecclestone: Randle BMW are a credit to the sport (BBC)
F1 rights holder give praise to the manner of how the team from the midlands has handled its entry. Also in the interview he was impressed with the Ligier effort and is looking into bringing Paul Ricard back for the French Grand Prix and for the possibly of an Austrian Grand Prix.
27th January 2011
HRT and Virgin will need to improve otherwise will struggle to prequalify (F1 Fanatic)
2nd February 2011 (F1.com)
Branson confident of improved Virgin performance at Barcelona
3rd February 2011 (Autosport)
Barcelona likely to lose Spanish Grand Prix to Jerez for 2012
5th February 2011 (BBC)
Indian track almost ready for the new race.
8th February 2011 (F1 Fanatic)
Ferrari top the charts at Barcelona/ Adelaide to take over Melbourne for 2013?
Alonso led a Ferrari 1 -2 in testing as the Ferrari Engine came to life. Webber, Schumacher, Hamilton, Button, Vettel, Barrichello, Heidfeld and Kubica rounded out the Top 10. HRT and Virgin had an improved performance by reaching the top 28 while Super Aguri and Arrows had poor sessions. In other news the Adelaide circuit could be back in F1 either permanently or sharing with Melbourne.
9th February 2011 (Autosport)
Mclaren to team up with Honda in the future?
10th February 2011 (BBC)
Randle BMW continue good preseason form
Heidfeld and teammate Randle were a brilliant 10th and 14th respectively and beating the Toleman and Williams teams in a congested midfield. Mercedes continued good progress with Rosberg 3rd and Schumacher 5th. Alonso topped the timings with a revived Button 2nd. Red Bull endured a poor session by their standards by placing 7th with Vettel and 12th with Webber.
12th February 2011 (The Times)
Magny Cours test cancelled due to problems with circuit and government protests. Istanbul moved to 28th February and to end on 3rd March to make up the lost testing time.
14th February (F1.com)
Teams unveil liveries to race in 2011 with some surprises
Red Bull: Continue with 2010 liveries
Mercedes: Drop the black aspects and display all silver
Williams: White on side pods, blue nosecone to cockpit with a line of blue above the white, yellow engine cover with Canon returning as sponsors on the side pods.
Mclaren: Same as 2010
Arrows: Majority orange car with Black wings and lines over engine cover
Lotus: JPS style black and gold from title sponsor UPN
Randle: Claret and Blue car with Mettis on rear wing and Powered by bmw on engine cover
Force India: Indian flag colours ala Minardi 1991
Virgin: Black wings, Red Car with Virgin logo in white on engine cover
Toleman: Black wings, Green nosecone for Benetton and alongside cockpit, yellow engine cover, first part of side pods blue for toleman and back red for Total.
Hispania: Same as 2010
Minardi: Black Car with bits of yellow and white on wings and side pods
Ligier: Blue Car with white wings
Ferrari: Black wings, Ferrari red chassis
Sauber: Predominately black with white stripe on engine cover and side pods
Super Aguri: White Car with bits of red on wings and sidepod
Modena: Dark Blue with black wings
28th February (BBC)
Ferrari and Red Bull looking to fight it out at the First round after tightly contested testing
Half a second separated Alonso, Vettel, Webber, Massa and Hamilton as the session ended. The midfield and back of the field all were under 5 seconds of pole. Super Aguri were slowest in 31st and 34th while HRT and Virgin were 29th, 30th, 32nd and 33rd. Arrows and Ligier showed good form while minardi and Force India struggled. Liuzzi a disappointing 27th reckons it’s going to be a tough season ahead.
1st March (Birmingham Mail)
Randle BMW confident of strong results after being consistently in the midfield during the testing season. Team Principal Geoff Randle reckons Heidfeld will shock a few critics as well. The team have constantly battled with Toleman and Williams and reckon if Mercedes struggle will be able to battle them.
3rd March (BBC)
Ferrari tipped for title after successful Testing sessions
The Ferrari continued to be the team to beat as they finished top again in a hard fought session. The Randle Team were delighted with 10th for Heidfeld although Randle fell back to 15th. The BMW engine is very strong for the season and we think it’s just behind the Ferrari for power but stronger then the Mercedes V8s quoted Adam Randle. The teams all look forward to the new season as it begins next week.
Prost confident of improved Ligier performance to combat the Randle team
12th January 2011 Autosport
Randle team hoping to cement improvements at Imola
15th January 2011 (Gazzetta Di Italia)
Lambo display strong test results.
The Modena team were delighted to beat Force India, HRT, Virgin and Super Aguri at today’s test to record 22nd and 24th fastest times. Pantano quoted to be pleased with the performance in the test but admits they probably will not get to the Randle cars or Ligier. Randle BMW had a steadier progress as Heidfeld was 14th fastest and Randle was 19th. Grosjean for Ligier gained 21st with Montagny in 26th. Hamilton gave Mclaren a lift by finishing 2nd behind Alonso’s Ferraris and Red Bull 3rd and 4th.
17th January 2011
PreQualifiers and back markers evenly matched (F1.com)
Sensational results for the backmarkers as 24th to 34th was covered by half a second with the Modena team edging it over the rest. Randle BMW continued to make inroads to the midfield with 12th for Randle and 13th for Heidfeld. The car finding the circuit easy to settle, Force India driver Liuzzi had a scare when the car went straight on at Tamberello but was ok and no damage done. Lotus took the battle to Minardi and Arrows by placing the cars in the top 20.
20th January 2011
Ecclestone: Randle BMW are a credit to the sport (BBC)
F1 rights holder give praise to the manner of how the team from the midlands has handled its entry. Also in the interview he was impressed with the Ligier effort and is looking into bringing Paul Ricard back for the French Grand Prix and for the possibly of an Austrian Grand Prix.
27th January 2011
HRT and Virgin will need to improve otherwise will struggle to prequalify (F1 Fanatic)
2nd February 2011 (F1.com)
Branson confident of improved Virgin performance at Barcelona
3rd February 2011 (Autosport)
Barcelona likely to lose Spanish Grand Prix to Jerez for 2012
5th February 2011 (BBC)
Indian track almost ready for the new race.
8th February 2011 (F1 Fanatic)
Ferrari top the charts at Barcelona/ Adelaide to take over Melbourne for 2013?
Alonso led a Ferrari 1 -2 in testing as the Ferrari Engine came to life. Webber, Schumacher, Hamilton, Button, Vettel, Barrichello, Heidfeld and Kubica rounded out the Top 10. HRT and Virgin had an improved performance by reaching the top 28 while Super Aguri and Arrows had poor sessions. In other news the Adelaide circuit could be back in F1 either permanently or sharing with Melbourne.
9th February 2011 (Autosport)
Mclaren to team up with Honda in the future?
10th February 2011 (BBC)
Randle BMW continue good preseason form
Heidfeld and teammate Randle were a brilliant 10th and 14th respectively and beating the Toleman and Williams teams in a congested midfield. Mercedes continued good progress with Rosberg 3rd and Schumacher 5th. Alonso topped the timings with a revived Button 2nd. Red Bull endured a poor session by their standards by placing 7th with Vettel and 12th with Webber.
12th February 2011 (The Times)
Magny Cours test cancelled due to problems with circuit and government protests. Istanbul moved to 28th February and to end on 3rd March to make up the lost testing time.
14th February (F1.com)
Teams unveil liveries to race in 2011 with some surprises
Red Bull: Continue with 2010 liveries
Mercedes: Drop the black aspects and display all silver
Williams: White on side pods, blue nosecone to cockpit with a line of blue above the white, yellow engine cover with Canon returning as sponsors on the side pods.
Mclaren: Same as 2010
Arrows: Majority orange car with Black wings and lines over engine cover
Lotus: JPS style black and gold from title sponsor UPN
Randle: Claret and Blue car with Mettis on rear wing and Powered by bmw on engine cover
Force India: Indian flag colours ala Minardi 1991
Virgin: Black wings, Red Car with Virgin logo in white on engine cover
Toleman: Black wings, Green nosecone for Benetton and alongside cockpit, yellow engine cover, first part of side pods blue for toleman and back red for Total.
Hispania: Same as 2010
Minardi: Black Car with bits of yellow and white on wings and side pods
Ligier: Blue Car with white wings
Ferrari: Black wings, Ferrari red chassis
Sauber: Predominately black with white stripe on engine cover and side pods
Super Aguri: White Car with bits of red on wings and sidepod
Modena: Dark Blue with black wings
28th February (BBC)
Ferrari and Red Bull looking to fight it out at the First round after tightly contested testing
Half a second separated Alonso, Vettel, Webber, Massa and Hamilton as the session ended. The midfield and back of the field all were under 5 seconds of pole. Super Aguri were slowest in 31st and 34th while HRT and Virgin were 29th, 30th, 32nd and 33rd. Arrows and Ligier showed good form while minardi and Force India struggled. Liuzzi a disappointing 27th reckons it’s going to be a tough season ahead.
1st March (Birmingham Mail)
Randle BMW confident of strong results after being consistently in the midfield during the testing season. Team Principal Geoff Randle reckons Heidfeld will shock a few critics as well. The team have constantly battled with Toleman and Williams and reckon if Mercedes struggle will be able to battle them.
3rd March (BBC)
Ferrari tipped for title after successful Testing sessions
The Ferrari continued to be the team to beat as they finished top again in a hard fought session. The Randle Team were delighted with 10th for Heidfeld although Randle fell back to 15th. The BMW engine is very strong for the season and we think it’s just behind the Ferrari for power but stronger then the Mercedes V8s quoted Adam Randle. The teams all look forward to the new season as it begins next week.
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10th January 2011: Bahrain Grand Prix Prequalifying
The teams arrived early on Thursday morning in preparation for the new run on the 3.644 km circuit. The hour session would be used for the first time since the 1992 season. With only 6 places available 4 entries would not make it to Saturdays qualification. The Randle BMW team were expected to qualify in ease as the car was the fastest of the prequalifers in an acclimitisation session held the day before. Observers noted the new regulations had made the cars able to run much closer together as the dirty air had been reduced significantly. With the cars ready for the session the BBC provided excellent coverage on the red button for the session. The first car out was Takuma Sato and on the qualifying lap set a lap of 1:07.653 for the first taste of the action. The two Modena cars briefly held provisional pole wth time of 1:07.234 and 1:06.850. 30 minutes into the session and the Ligier and Randle teams still had not put the drivers onto the track and the classification was thus:
1. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth (9) (P) 1:05.765
2. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda (32) (M) 1:06.328
3. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini (34) (P) 1:06.612
4. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth (10) (P) 1:06.916
5. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini (33) (P) 1:06.943
6. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda(31) (M) 1:06.945
7. A. Randle, Randle BMW (13) (G) No Time
8. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW (14) (G) No Time
9. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault (25) (M) No Time
10. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault (26) (M) No Time
After 40 minutes the car of Adam Randle went out onto the grid and set a provisional pole lap of 1:05.485 and that caused the Ligiers to get onto the track with times of 1:06.529 for Grosjean and 1:06.908 for Montagny. Heidfeld set a time of 1:05.398 to take top spot and time was good enough for the rest of the session. Randle and Grosjean got close to the time before the chequered flag came out. The Modena car of Ricci was less then a hundredth of a second from prequalifying. The cars of Sato and De La Rosa, joined the two Ligiers and Randles for main qualifying for Saturday.
1. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW (14) (G) 1:05.398
2. A. Randle, Randle BMW (13) (G) 1:05.433
3. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault (25) (M) 1:05.629
4. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth (9) (P) 1:05.631
5. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault (26) (M) 1:05.987
6. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (P) 1:06.141
7. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini (34) (P) 1:06.142
8. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth (10) (P) 1:06.573
9. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini (33), (P) 1:06.684
10. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda (31) (M) 1:06.733
The Cars in the later sessions lap times were slower by half a second due to the teams not pushing themselves. But the Randle team feel confident of top 15 in qualifying with their impressive pace.
12th February 2011
Bahrain Qualifying Session Classification
1. F. Alonso, Ferrari (27) (G) 1:03.567
2. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault (1) (G) 1:03.745
3. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault (2) (G) 1:03.987
4. L. Hamilton, Mclaren Mercedes (7) (M) 1:04.004
5. F. Massa, Ferrari (28) (G) 1:04.312
6. N. Rosberg, Mercedes (4) (M) 1:04.451
7. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault (19) (P) 1:04.678
8. M. Schumacher, Mercedes (3) (M) 1:04.712
9. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth (5) (G) 1:04.803
10. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth (6) (G) 1:04.823
11. J. Button, Mclaren Mercedes (8) (M) 1:04.874
12. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW (14) (G) 1:04.913
13. K. Kobayashi, Sauber Mercedes (29) (G) 1:05.131
14. A. Randle, Randle BMW (13) (G) 1:05.183
15. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes (15) (M) 1:05.456
16. J. Alguersuari, Minardi Ferrari (24) (P) 1:05.574
17. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault (20) (P) 1:05.634
18. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault (25) (M) 1:05.720
19. V. Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes (16) (M) 1:05.837
20. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari (23) (P) 1:05.912
21. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes (30) (G) 1:06.043
22. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Renault (12) (P) 1:06.102
23. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda (32) (M) 1:06.234
24. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault (11) (P) 1:06.434
25. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth (9) (P) 1:06.567
26. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth (22), (M) 1:06.781
27. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault (26) (M) 1:06.837
28. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth (17) (G) 1:07.021
29. L. DiGrassi, Virgin Cosworth (18) (G) 1:07.132
30. S. Yamamoto, HRT Cosworth (210 (M) 1:07.543
The Randle team were ecstatic with 12th and 14th and looking strong for points in the race. (Heidfeld) The car was magnificent on the track and we did not lose power, the race should be interesting and if we can get through the first corner ok, the car can make some places up. (A.Randle) I am happy with the car and hope the race goes without incident; our aim would be to beat the Tolemans and the Williams in the race as we are close to them. The Ligier team were furious with Virgin and HRT after both cars of Yamamoto and Glock held up Montagny on a lap that cost the driver second and would have seen the Ligier comfortably qualify.
The teams arrived early on Thursday morning in preparation for the new run on the 3.644 km circuit. The hour session would be used for the first time since the 1992 season. With only 6 places available 4 entries would not make it to Saturdays qualification. The Randle BMW team were expected to qualify in ease as the car was the fastest of the prequalifers in an acclimitisation session held the day before. Observers noted the new regulations had made the cars able to run much closer together as the dirty air had been reduced significantly. With the cars ready for the session the BBC provided excellent coverage on the red button for the session. The first car out was Takuma Sato and on the qualifying lap set a lap of 1:07.653 for the first taste of the action. The two Modena cars briefly held provisional pole wth time of 1:07.234 and 1:06.850. 30 minutes into the session and the Ligier and Randle teams still had not put the drivers onto the track and the classification was thus:
1. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth (9) (P) 1:05.765
2. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda (32) (M) 1:06.328
3. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini (34) (P) 1:06.612
4. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth (10) (P) 1:06.916
5. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini (33) (P) 1:06.943
6. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda(31) (M) 1:06.945
7. A. Randle, Randle BMW (13) (G) No Time
8. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW (14) (G) No Time
9. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault (25) (M) No Time
10. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault (26) (M) No Time
After 40 minutes the car of Adam Randle went out onto the grid and set a provisional pole lap of 1:05.485 and that caused the Ligiers to get onto the track with times of 1:06.529 for Grosjean and 1:06.908 for Montagny. Heidfeld set a time of 1:05.398 to take top spot and time was good enough for the rest of the session. Randle and Grosjean got close to the time before the chequered flag came out. The Modena car of Ricci was less then a hundredth of a second from prequalifying. The cars of Sato and De La Rosa, joined the two Ligiers and Randles for main qualifying for Saturday.
1. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW (14) (G) 1:05.398
2. A. Randle, Randle BMW (13) (G) 1:05.433
3. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault (25) (M) 1:05.629
4. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth (9) (P) 1:05.631
5. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault (26) (M) 1:05.987
6. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (P) 1:06.141
7. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini (34) (P) 1:06.142
8. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth (10) (P) 1:06.573
9. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini (33), (P) 1:06.684
10. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda (31) (M) 1:06.733
The Cars in the later sessions lap times were slower by half a second due to the teams not pushing themselves. But the Randle team feel confident of top 15 in qualifying with their impressive pace.
12th February 2011
Bahrain Qualifying Session Classification
1. F. Alonso, Ferrari (27) (G) 1:03.567
2. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault (1) (G) 1:03.745
3. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault (2) (G) 1:03.987
4. L. Hamilton, Mclaren Mercedes (7) (M) 1:04.004
5. F. Massa, Ferrari (28) (G) 1:04.312
6. N. Rosberg, Mercedes (4) (M) 1:04.451
7. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault (19) (P) 1:04.678
8. M. Schumacher, Mercedes (3) (M) 1:04.712
9. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth (5) (G) 1:04.803
10. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth (6) (G) 1:04.823
11. J. Button, Mclaren Mercedes (8) (M) 1:04.874
12. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW (14) (G) 1:04.913
13. K. Kobayashi, Sauber Mercedes (29) (G) 1:05.131
14. A. Randle, Randle BMW (13) (G) 1:05.183
15. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes (15) (M) 1:05.456
16. J. Alguersuari, Minardi Ferrari (24) (P) 1:05.574
17. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault (20) (P) 1:05.634
18. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault (25) (M) 1:05.720
19. V. Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes (16) (M) 1:05.837
20. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari (23) (P) 1:05.912
21. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes (30) (G) 1:06.043
22. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Renault (12) (P) 1:06.102
23. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda (32) (M) 1:06.234
24. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault (11) (P) 1:06.434
25. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth (9) (P) 1:06.567
26. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth (22), (M) 1:06.781
27. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault (26) (M) 1:06.837
28. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth (17) (G) 1:07.021
29. L. DiGrassi, Virgin Cosworth (18) (G) 1:07.132
30. S. Yamamoto, HRT Cosworth (210 (M) 1:07.543
The Randle team were ecstatic with 12th and 14th and looking strong for points in the race. (Heidfeld) The car was magnificent on the track and we did not lose power, the race should be interesting and if we can get through the first corner ok, the car can make some places up. (A.Randle) I am happy with the car and hope the race goes without incident; our aim would be to beat the Tolemans and the Williams in the race as we are close to them. The Ligier team were furious with Virgin and HRT after both cars of Yamamoto and Glock held up Montagny on a lap that cost the driver second and would have seen the Ligier comfortably qualify.
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13th March 2011
Bahrain Grand Prix 95 laps
The teams lined up on the grid for the start of not only the race but the start of the 2011 Season. The BBC team presented an intensive preshow that featured a tour of the Randle Factory located in Redditch in the West Midlands. The Lights went out and the race began, Alonso moved across to block Vettel which allowed Webber to gain the lead into the first corner, Hamilton dropped behind Rosberg, Kubica and Massa after making a poor start. The Randle BMW cars made good starts with Heidfeld overtaking Schumacher and the Williams and Randle overtaking Kobayashi and Button. At the end of lap 2 Alonso made an attempt for the lead at corner 7 and made it just slightly touching Webber who went wide to avoid a spin and lost time to Vettel who gained 0.5 secs on him in that lap. Lap 3 Hamilton’s race ended when a driveshaft broke and forced him into the pits to retire. The cars of Heidfeld, Kubica and Button were in a 3 way fight for the 6th when Kubica and Button in a 3 car side by side manoeuvre took each other out at turn 9 on lap 20. By lap 25 Alonso was leading Webber by 10 seconds and Vettel by 12 seconds. On lap 27 Heidfeld came in for tyres after a puncture and fell behind Schumacher, Rosberg and Randle coming out to 8th. By lap 31 the top 10 was Alonso, Vettel, Rosberg, Webber, Schumacher, Randle, Heidfeld, Hulkenberg, Massa and Sutil. Randle went to 5th by overtaking Schumacher on the pit straight and set the fastest lap of 1:06.237 a lap later on lap 44. The gap from Randle to Rosberg was 2.354 seconds and a further 15.412 off leader Alonso who had Vettel closing on the leader a second a lap. Alonso’s tyres were wearing out a lot so pitted on lap 50 and fell to 4th behind Vettel, Webber, and Randle and just in front of Heidfeld. Webber would lose 2nd and be out of the race when lapping Klien and collided into the back of the Hispania putting both out in one lap on the 51st lap. With Randle now 2nd and his strategy working brilliantly top 2 cars pulled away from the chasing pack of Alonso, Schumacher, Heidfeld and Rosberg at half a second a lap. By lap 60 Vettel set the fastest lap of 1:05.789 and opened a comfortable lead of 6.017 seconds over Randle. Heidfeld passed Alonso for 3rd on lap 62 and looked to close the gap on the leader to 10.562 seconds and 6.412 behind 2nd placed Randle. Lap 65 Vettel made his second pit stop for tyres and came out behind Heidfeld leaving the Randle BMWs in the top 2 positions in their first race. The V12 BMW engine was performing well on the circuit and each car was being driven excellently by the drivers. Commentators were praising a rookie Adam on his debut as he entered his 12th lap in the lead with Vettel taking 2nd off Heidfeld. On lap 80 Heidfeld's engine sensationally blew leaving one Randle BMW to fend off Vettel who had closed a gap but couldn’t get past the car. The Randle Racing crew were nervously looking at the timing screens as the next 10 laps went by leaving 5 laps remaining for the team’s maiden win in their first race. On lap 90 the positions were 1st A. Randle, 2nd S. Vettel + 0.678, 3rd F. Alonso + 8.989, 4th N. Rosberg + 20.765, 5th N. Hulkenberg + 34.512, 6th M. Schumacher + 34.678, 7th V. Petrov + 1lap, 8th. J. Alguersuari + 1lap, 9th H. Kovalainen + 2 laps, 10th R. Grosjean + 2laps, 11th V. Liuzzi + 2laps. On lap 91 the Randle BMW engine started to miss-fire leaving Vettel a chance to overtake for the lead at turn 8. Brundle: The BMW engine has blown; Randle is out of the race only seconds after being passed by Vettel, what tragedy for the new team. Legard: It certainly would have been an amazing feat had they done certainly it would have gone down as one of the all time great underdog performances. With 10 cars left it meant Lotus and Ligier would be sure to get their first points as they were only 2 laps down respectively. On lap 93 – 94 Schumacher and Hulkenberg had a battle for 4th that included each car overtaking on each turn of the track. The top 3 pulled away from these to cement their positions and Hulkenberg got back ahead just before the flag came down.
Classification
1. S. Vettel (1) 1hr 46 mins 33.567 seconds 25 pts
2. F. Alonso (27) + 9.023 18pts
3. N. Rosberg (3) + 26.793 15pts
4. N. Hulkenberg (6) + 48.981 12pts
5. M. Schumacher (4) + 49.019 10pts
6. V. Petrov (20) + 1 lap 8pts
7. J. Alguersuari (24) + 1lap 6pts
8. R. Grosjean (25) + 2laps 4pts
9. H. Kovalainen (12) + 2 laps 2pts
10. V. Liuzzi (16) + 3laps 1pt
11. A. Randle (13) Lap 92 Engine
12. N. Heidfeld (14) lap 80 Engine
13. S. Perez (30) lap 65 Engine
14. M. Webber (2) lap 51 Collision
15. C. Klien (22) lap 49 Collision
16. J. Trulli (11) lap 42 Collision
17. P. De La Rosa (9) lap 42 Collision
18. A. Sutil (15) lap 41 Gearbox
19. F. Massa (28) lap 35 Puncture
20. K. Kobayashi (29) lap 29 Steering
21. R. Barrichello (5) lap 27 Accident
22. T. Sato (32) Lap 23 Gearbox
23. J. Button (8) Lap 20 Collision
24. R. Kubica (19) Lap 20 Collision
25. S. Buemi (23) Lap 10 Engine
26. L. Hamilton (7) Lap 3 Driveshaft
Fastest Lap: S. Vettel (1) 1:05. 127 on lap 91
ROTR: McLaren, Both Cars fail to finish and weekend ended early. Off the pace most of the weekend
DOTR: Randle BMW sensational 1 and 2 ended after engines cost the team maiden victory and maiden race. Paddock impressed with Adam Randle who went from 14th to 1st
Constructers
1. Red Bull 25pts
2. Mercedes 25pts
3. Ferrari 18pts
4. Williams 12pts
5. Toleman 8pts
6. Minardi 6pts
7. Ligier 4pts
8. Lotus 2pts
9. Force India 1pt
Bahrain Grand Prix 95 laps
The teams lined up on the grid for the start of not only the race but the start of the 2011 Season. The BBC team presented an intensive preshow that featured a tour of the Randle Factory located in Redditch in the West Midlands. The Lights went out and the race began, Alonso moved across to block Vettel which allowed Webber to gain the lead into the first corner, Hamilton dropped behind Rosberg, Kubica and Massa after making a poor start. The Randle BMW cars made good starts with Heidfeld overtaking Schumacher and the Williams and Randle overtaking Kobayashi and Button. At the end of lap 2 Alonso made an attempt for the lead at corner 7 and made it just slightly touching Webber who went wide to avoid a spin and lost time to Vettel who gained 0.5 secs on him in that lap. Lap 3 Hamilton’s race ended when a driveshaft broke and forced him into the pits to retire. The cars of Heidfeld, Kubica and Button were in a 3 way fight for the 6th when Kubica and Button in a 3 car side by side manoeuvre took each other out at turn 9 on lap 20. By lap 25 Alonso was leading Webber by 10 seconds and Vettel by 12 seconds. On lap 27 Heidfeld came in for tyres after a puncture and fell behind Schumacher, Rosberg and Randle coming out to 8th. By lap 31 the top 10 was Alonso, Vettel, Rosberg, Webber, Schumacher, Randle, Heidfeld, Hulkenberg, Massa and Sutil. Randle went to 5th by overtaking Schumacher on the pit straight and set the fastest lap of 1:06.237 a lap later on lap 44. The gap from Randle to Rosberg was 2.354 seconds and a further 15.412 off leader Alonso who had Vettel closing on the leader a second a lap. Alonso’s tyres were wearing out a lot so pitted on lap 50 and fell to 4th behind Vettel, Webber, and Randle and just in front of Heidfeld. Webber would lose 2nd and be out of the race when lapping Klien and collided into the back of the Hispania putting both out in one lap on the 51st lap. With Randle now 2nd and his strategy working brilliantly top 2 cars pulled away from the chasing pack of Alonso, Schumacher, Heidfeld and Rosberg at half a second a lap. By lap 60 Vettel set the fastest lap of 1:05.789 and opened a comfortable lead of 6.017 seconds over Randle. Heidfeld passed Alonso for 3rd on lap 62 and looked to close the gap on the leader to 10.562 seconds and 6.412 behind 2nd placed Randle. Lap 65 Vettel made his second pit stop for tyres and came out behind Heidfeld leaving the Randle BMWs in the top 2 positions in their first race. The V12 BMW engine was performing well on the circuit and each car was being driven excellently by the drivers. Commentators were praising a rookie Adam on his debut as he entered his 12th lap in the lead with Vettel taking 2nd off Heidfeld. On lap 80 Heidfeld's engine sensationally blew leaving one Randle BMW to fend off Vettel who had closed a gap but couldn’t get past the car. The Randle Racing crew were nervously looking at the timing screens as the next 10 laps went by leaving 5 laps remaining for the team’s maiden win in their first race. On lap 90 the positions were 1st A. Randle, 2nd S. Vettel + 0.678, 3rd F. Alonso + 8.989, 4th N. Rosberg + 20.765, 5th N. Hulkenberg + 34.512, 6th M. Schumacher + 34.678, 7th V. Petrov + 1lap, 8th. J. Alguersuari + 1lap, 9th H. Kovalainen + 2 laps, 10th R. Grosjean + 2laps, 11th V. Liuzzi + 2laps. On lap 91 the Randle BMW engine started to miss-fire leaving Vettel a chance to overtake for the lead at turn 8. Brundle: The BMW engine has blown; Randle is out of the race only seconds after being passed by Vettel, what tragedy for the new team. Legard: It certainly would have been an amazing feat had they done certainly it would have gone down as one of the all time great underdog performances. With 10 cars left it meant Lotus and Ligier would be sure to get their first points as they were only 2 laps down respectively. On lap 93 – 94 Schumacher and Hulkenberg had a battle for 4th that included each car overtaking on each turn of the track. The top 3 pulled away from these to cement their positions and Hulkenberg got back ahead just before the flag came down.
Classification
1. S. Vettel (1) 1hr 46 mins 33.567 seconds 25 pts
2. F. Alonso (27) + 9.023 18pts
3. N. Rosberg (3) + 26.793 15pts
4. N. Hulkenberg (6) + 48.981 12pts
5. M. Schumacher (4) + 49.019 10pts
6. V. Petrov (20) + 1 lap 8pts
7. J. Alguersuari (24) + 1lap 6pts
8. R. Grosjean (25) + 2laps 4pts
9. H. Kovalainen (12) + 2 laps 2pts
10. V. Liuzzi (16) + 3laps 1pt
11. A. Randle (13) Lap 92 Engine
12. N. Heidfeld (14) lap 80 Engine
13. S. Perez (30) lap 65 Engine
14. M. Webber (2) lap 51 Collision
15. C. Klien (22) lap 49 Collision
16. J. Trulli (11) lap 42 Collision
17. P. De La Rosa (9) lap 42 Collision
18. A. Sutil (15) lap 41 Gearbox
19. F. Massa (28) lap 35 Puncture
20. K. Kobayashi (29) lap 29 Steering
21. R. Barrichello (5) lap 27 Accident
22. T. Sato (32) Lap 23 Gearbox
23. J. Button (8) Lap 20 Collision
24. R. Kubica (19) Lap 20 Collision
25. S. Buemi (23) Lap 10 Engine
26. L. Hamilton (7) Lap 3 Driveshaft
Fastest Lap: S. Vettel (1) 1:05. 127 on lap 91
ROTR: McLaren, Both Cars fail to finish and weekend ended early. Off the pace most of the weekend
DOTR: Randle BMW sensational 1 and 2 ended after engines cost the team maiden victory and maiden race. Paddock impressed with Adam Randle who went from 14th to 1st
Constructers
1. Red Bull 25pts
2. Mercedes 25pts
3. Ferrari 18pts
4. Williams 12pts
5. Toleman 8pts
6. Minardi 6pts
7. Ligier 4pts
8. Lotus 2pts
9. Force India 1pt
Re: Alternate Future History 2011 F1 World Championship
14th March 2011 BBC
Randle Racing astonished with debut performance
The Randle team principal Geoff Randle was full of praise for his drivers that would have seen the team with its maiden win on its debut had both cars engines not blown. (G.Randle) They did an excellent job and while some luck was there with the retirements. The circuit was perfect for the car and it meant we could attack the other teams. The hard tyres worked really well for us and it meant Adam would have gone the whole race without a tyre stop. Vettel had closed on him and passed him before the engine went so we don’t know if we would have won. However he put in a mature and outstanding drive despite it being a rookie in their first race. (A. Randle) I could not believe I led for 28 laps and I am overawed at what happened, we will look to consolidate our place in the midfield over the next few races. (Heidfeld) I think Adam drove brilliantly and in the race I struggled to match his laptimes. It was heartbreaking to see it end like that but I think it will inspire us to push on and perhaps victories will be sooner then expected. The car is excellent and I think Silverstone, Spa and Monza will see us do well. I think Monaco is one where our skills will need to be at their best as I think those types of tracks will bring up the disadvantages of the car.
15th March 2011 F1Fanatic
Prost: Round 1 to Ligier Prost
Alain Prost was happy to see his team take points on their return to F1 and proclaimed it as a victory over the Randle Racing. As it puts pressure on the other teams and hopefully sees the team out of prequalifying in the second half of the season. (Prost) The Randle team were excellent this weekend and we have to close a gap on them otherwise we will be at the back and looking to prequalify, Our aim is to get out of prequalifying and make inroads to the grid. We are faster then Virgin, Arrows, HRT, Modena and Super Aguri so we should be in the top 13 places by midseason and not in prequalifying.
16th March 2011 The Times
Mclaren must do better at Australia says Lewis Hamilton
17th March BBC
Bahrain new layout proclaimed a success that gave a very entertaining successful race. The only problem is why wasn’t this layout used before as this track now gives the race its identity it so surely needed. The race was a brilliant spectacle of cars going near the limit for nearly two hours and the new rules meant we had a situation where a driver handled the tyres well to not need a tyre stop and was 3 laps from taking victory in their first race. Adam Randle drove brilliantly and may have already secured some future seasons in the sport and the car might even give perennial underachiever Nick Heidfeld his win he so needs.
19th March 2011 F1.com
Virgin concerned about progress of Lotus, Ligier and Randle who easily outpaced the team at last weekends Bahrain Grand Prix
21st March 2011 Autosport
Schumacher wants to stay for 2012 season and tips teammate Rosberg for World title success
22nd March 2011 Autosport
Honda CEO hoping to join up with more teams next season and committed to Super Aguri till 2015
23rd March 2011 BBC
Prost: Confident of both Ligier drivers making the race this weekend.
24th March 2011 Australian Grand Prix Prequalifying
The new teams were all up early again for the lottery that is prequalifying, with everyone expecting Randle BMW to dominate it left 8 teams fighting for 4 places. The circuit had a few spectators who had made the journey to see the action for the hours session. Super Aguri were the first team out with Senna setting the benchmark with a 1:25.563 lap. The Modena’s both came out after the Super Aguri with Pantano going slower then Senna’s lap with a 1:26.215 and Ricci just coming short of beating the time with 1:25.568. The Arrows of Maldonado went fastest with 1:25.432 momentarily before the Ligier of Grosjean set a strong team to beat with 1:25.012. Sato was out and set a time of 1:25.345 with De La Rosa matching that with 1:25.302. Montagny struggled with the track and this resulted in a 1:25.458. At 20 minutes the Randle cars left their garages and recorded a 1:25.013 for Randle and 1:24.978 for Heidfeld. At 30 minutes the placings were these
1. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G) 1:24.978
2. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M) 1:25.012
3. A. Randle, Randle BMW (13) (G) 1:25.013
4. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth (9) (P) 1:25.302
5. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda (32) (M) 1:25.345
6. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth (10) (P) 1:25.432
7. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault (26) 1:25.458
8. B. Senna, Super Aguri (31) (M) 1:25.467
9. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini (34) (P) 1:25.521
10. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini (33) (P) 1:25.676
The Randle team went from strength to strength and started recording times in the 1:24.800s and were shoe ins for qualification. This left the battle for 4th 5th and 6th as Grosjean scored a 1:24.879 that no other car apart from the Randle ones could beat. Montagny car left the circuit in a big smash at turn 5 and that left the driver out of prequalifying in a provisional 5th with a 1:24.994. This left a scrap for the grid for the Super Aguri, Arrows and Modena team as they could get two drivers into the main qualification. Randle went fastest at the end of the session with a 1:24.687 ahead of Heidfeld’s 1:24.756. Montagny almost had 6th before Senna recorded a 1:24.961 that saw him qualify at the death. The cars of Sato and De La Rosa also made it through to qualifying with Modena and Maldonado with more to do for next time.
1. A. Randle, Randle BMW (13) (G) 1:24.687
2. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW (14) (G) 1:24.756
3. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault (25) (M) 1:24.839
4. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda (32) (M) 1:24.882
5. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth (9) (P) 1:24.901
6. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda (31) (M) 1:24.961
7. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault (26) (M) 1:24.994
8. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini (34) (P) 1:25.011
9. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth (10) (P) 1:25.079
10. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini (33) (P) 1:25.231
On a further medical check Montagny was shaken and just a little disappointed for his race to end there and hoped to be well for Malaysia. Super Aguri were happy to have both cars in and were confident of matching and beating the Virgins.
26th March 2011 Australian Grand Prix Qualification Classification
1. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault (2) (G) 1:23.783
2. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault (1) (G) 1:23.849
3. J. Button, Mclaren Mercedes (8) (M) 1:23.886
4. F. Alonso, Ferrari, (27) (G) 1:23.919
5. M. Schumacher, Mercedes (3) (M) 1:23.987
6. N. Rosberg, Mercedes (4) (M) 1:24.032
7. F. Massa, Ferrari (28) (G) 1:24.143
8. L. Hamilton, Mclaren Mercedes (7) (M) 1:24.147
9. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault (19) (P) 1:24.289
10. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth (6) (G) 1:24.330
11. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault (20) (P) 1:24.512
12. A. Randle, Randle BMW (13) (G) 1:24.562
13. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth (5) (G) 1:24.679
14. K. Koyabashi, Sauber Mercedes (29) (G) 1:24.891
15. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes (15) (M) 1.24.985
16. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW (14) (G) 1:25.001
17. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari (23) (P) 1:25.214
18. J. Alguersuari, Minardi Ferrari (24) (P) 1:25.304
19. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Renault (12) (P) 1:25.326
20. V. Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes (16) (M) 1:25.356
21. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M) 1:25.429
22. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault (11) (P) 1:25.512
23. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes (30) (G) 1:25.675
24. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda (31) (M) 1:25.723
25. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth (9) (P) 1:25.891
26. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda (32) (M) 1:26.213
27. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth (17) (G) 1:26.459
28. L. DiGrassi, Virgin Cosworth (18) (G) 1:26.567
29. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth (22) (M) 1:26.894
30. S. Yamamoto, HRT Cosworth (21) 1:27.353
Another good showing by the Randle team as both cars easily qualified within the top 20. The teams that did not make it out of prequalifying were miffed that despite setting faster times HRT and Virgin still struggle to qualify. The Super Aguri team were happy both qualified for the race and looked forward to it. The Australian fans were happy as Webber put the Red Bull on pole with team mate Vettel 2nd. The Mclaren team had a better session with a 3rd for Button and Schumacher was a brilliant 5th for the Mercedes team.
Randle Racing astonished with debut performance
The Randle team principal Geoff Randle was full of praise for his drivers that would have seen the team with its maiden win on its debut had both cars engines not blown. (G.Randle) They did an excellent job and while some luck was there with the retirements. The circuit was perfect for the car and it meant we could attack the other teams. The hard tyres worked really well for us and it meant Adam would have gone the whole race without a tyre stop. Vettel had closed on him and passed him before the engine went so we don’t know if we would have won. However he put in a mature and outstanding drive despite it being a rookie in their first race. (A. Randle) I could not believe I led for 28 laps and I am overawed at what happened, we will look to consolidate our place in the midfield over the next few races. (Heidfeld) I think Adam drove brilliantly and in the race I struggled to match his laptimes. It was heartbreaking to see it end like that but I think it will inspire us to push on and perhaps victories will be sooner then expected. The car is excellent and I think Silverstone, Spa and Monza will see us do well. I think Monaco is one where our skills will need to be at their best as I think those types of tracks will bring up the disadvantages of the car.
15th March 2011 F1Fanatic
Prost: Round 1 to Ligier Prost
Alain Prost was happy to see his team take points on their return to F1 and proclaimed it as a victory over the Randle Racing. As it puts pressure on the other teams and hopefully sees the team out of prequalifying in the second half of the season. (Prost) The Randle team were excellent this weekend and we have to close a gap on them otherwise we will be at the back and looking to prequalify, Our aim is to get out of prequalifying and make inroads to the grid. We are faster then Virgin, Arrows, HRT, Modena and Super Aguri so we should be in the top 13 places by midseason and not in prequalifying.
16th March 2011 The Times
Mclaren must do better at Australia says Lewis Hamilton
17th March BBC
Bahrain new layout proclaimed a success that gave a very entertaining successful race. The only problem is why wasn’t this layout used before as this track now gives the race its identity it so surely needed. The race was a brilliant spectacle of cars going near the limit for nearly two hours and the new rules meant we had a situation where a driver handled the tyres well to not need a tyre stop and was 3 laps from taking victory in their first race. Adam Randle drove brilliantly and may have already secured some future seasons in the sport and the car might even give perennial underachiever Nick Heidfeld his win he so needs.
19th March 2011 F1.com
Virgin concerned about progress of Lotus, Ligier and Randle who easily outpaced the team at last weekends Bahrain Grand Prix
21st March 2011 Autosport
Schumacher wants to stay for 2012 season and tips teammate Rosberg for World title success
22nd March 2011 Autosport
Honda CEO hoping to join up with more teams next season and committed to Super Aguri till 2015
23rd March 2011 BBC
Prost: Confident of both Ligier drivers making the race this weekend.
24th March 2011 Australian Grand Prix Prequalifying
The new teams were all up early again for the lottery that is prequalifying, with everyone expecting Randle BMW to dominate it left 8 teams fighting for 4 places. The circuit had a few spectators who had made the journey to see the action for the hours session. Super Aguri were the first team out with Senna setting the benchmark with a 1:25.563 lap. The Modena’s both came out after the Super Aguri with Pantano going slower then Senna’s lap with a 1:26.215 and Ricci just coming short of beating the time with 1:25.568. The Arrows of Maldonado went fastest with 1:25.432 momentarily before the Ligier of Grosjean set a strong team to beat with 1:25.012. Sato was out and set a time of 1:25.345 with De La Rosa matching that with 1:25.302. Montagny struggled with the track and this resulted in a 1:25.458. At 20 minutes the Randle cars left their garages and recorded a 1:25.013 for Randle and 1:24.978 for Heidfeld. At 30 minutes the placings were these
1. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G) 1:24.978
2. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M) 1:25.012
3. A. Randle, Randle BMW (13) (G) 1:25.013
4. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth (9) (P) 1:25.302
5. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda (32) (M) 1:25.345
6. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth (10) (P) 1:25.432
7. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault (26) 1:25.458
8. B. Senna, Super Aguri (31) (M) 1:25.467
9. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini (34) (P) 1:25.521
10. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini (33) (P) 1:25.676
The Randle team went from strength to strength and started recording times in the 1:24.800s and were shoe ins for qualification. This left the battle for 4th 5th and 6th as Grosjean scored a 1:24.879 that no other car apart from the Randle ones could beat. Montagny car left the circuit in a big smash at turn 5 and that left the driver out of prequalifying in a provisional 5th with a 1:24.994. This left a scrap for the grid for the Super Aguri, Arrows and Modena team as they could get two drivers into the main qualification. Randle went fastest at the end of the session with a 1:24.687 ahead of Heidfeld’s 1:24.756. Montagny almost had 6th before Senna recorded a 1:24.961 that saw him qualify at the death. The cars of Sato and De La Rosa also made it through to qualifying with Modena and Maldonado with more to do for next time.
1. A. Randle, Randle BMW (13) (G) 1:24.687
2. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW (14) (G) 1:24.756
3. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault (25) (M) 1:24.839
4. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda (32) (M) 1:24.882
5. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth (9) (P) 1:24.901
6. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda (31) (M) 1:24.961
7. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault (26) (M) 1:24.994
8. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini (34) (P) 1:25.011
9. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth (10) (P) 1:25.079
10. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini (33) (P) 1:25.231
On a further medical check Montagny was shaken and just a little disappointed for his race to end there and hoped to be well for Malaysia. Super Aguri were happy to have both cars in and were confident of matching and beating the Virgins.
26th March 2011 Australian Grand Prix Qualification Classification
1. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault (2) (G) 1:23.783
2. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault (1) (G) 1:23.849
3. J. Button, Mclaren Mercedes (8) (M) 1:23.886
4. F. Alonso, Ferrari, (27) (G) 1:23.919
5. M. Schumacher, Mercedes (3) (M) 1:23.987
6. N. Rosberg, Mercedes (4) (M) 1:24.032
7. F. Massa, Ferrari (28) (G) 1:24.143
8. L. Hamilton, Mclaren Mercedes (7) (M) 1:24.147
9. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault (19) (P) 1:24.289
10. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth (6) (G) 1:24.330
11. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault (20) (P) 1:24.512
12. A. Randle, Randle BMW (13) (G) 1:24.562
13. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth (5) (G) 1:24.679
14. K. Koyabashi, Sauber Mercedes (29) (G) 1:24.891
15. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes (15) (M) 1.24.985
16. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW (14) (G) 1:25.001
17. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari (23) (P) 1:25.214
18. J. Alguersuari, Minardi Ferrari (24) (P) 1:25.304
19. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Renault (12) (P) 1:25.326
20. V. Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes (16) (M) 1:25.356
21. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M) 1:25.429
22. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault (11) (P) 1:25.512
23. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes (30) (G) 1:25.675
24. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda (31) (M) 1:25.723
25. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth (9) (P) 1:25.891
26. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda (32) (M) 1:26.213
27. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth (17) (G) 1:26.459
28. L. DiGrassi, Virgin Cosworth (18) (G) 1:26.567
29. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth (22) (M) 1:26.894
30. S. Yamamoto, HRT Cosworth (21) 1:27.353
Another good showing by the Randle team as both cars easily qualified within the top 20. The teams that did not make it out of prequalifying were miffed that despite setting faster times HRT and Virgin still struggle to qualify. The Super Aguri team were happy both qualified for the race and looked forward to it. The Australian fans were happy as Webber put the Red Bull on pole with team mate Vettel 2nd. The Mclaren team had a better session with a 3rd for Button and Schumacher was a brilliant 5th for the Mercedes team.
Re: Alternate Future History 2011 F1 World Championship
27th March 2011 Australian Grand Prix 58 laps
The lights went out to begin the race and Webber made a brilliant start to get to the first corner ahead of Button and Vettel. The packed midfield caused a collision that would bring out the safety car as the cars of Perez and De La Rosa collided taking both cars out of the race and covering the track in debris. The cars lined up to trundle round the circuit behind the safety car for a few laps. On lap 6 the safety car went in and the race restarted. Button was able to pass Webber for the lead as the pack passed the start/finish line. The Randle BMW of Randle was in a comfortable 10th with a battling Petrov and Barrichello trying to pass the car. The Toleman closed up on Randle and passed him into turn 2 and Barrichello almost got through as well. By lap 15 the field was Button, Webber +1.237s, Vettel + 4.704s, Hamilton + 6.124s, Massa + 10.451s, Alonso + 10.679s, Rosberg + 15.257s, Hulkenburg +18.590s, Randle + 22.121s and Kubica 24.321s. On lap 21 Button came in to put on new tyres and fell down to 4th, while Webber responded with a lap of 1:28.789 to try and make some ground for when the Red Bull would pit for tyres. The Randle BMW of Heidfeld succumbed to problems when on lap 24 the car pulled off the track by turn 10. The battle at the front was getting interesting as Webber, Vettel tried to close on Button and from lap 28 – lap 32 the fastest lap plummeted to 1:26.639. Hulkenburgs Williams spun off on lap 34 on turn 6 and narrowly missed taking out Rosberg and Randle. Randle overtook Rosberg for 7th on lap 36 and tried to close the gap to 6th in pursuit of Alonso. Towards the back of the grid the Super Aguri’s were running well and battling with Grosjean and Trulli for 15th that the leaders come round to lap on lap 37. This would be Vettel’s undoing as when lapping Trulli, the Red Bull collided with the back of the Lotus and both exited the race. By lap 45 the Top 10 were Button, Webber, Hamilton, Alonso, Randle, Rosberg, Massa, Barrichello, Petrov, Buemi. The Randle BMW team were happy with the pace of the race and called in Randle to change to newer tyres when a problem with the left rear meant the tyre did not fit properly on the axle. Going through turn 4 the tyre fell off and caused the car to crash into wall on lap 49. At the end of the race Webber passed Button to wild cheers from the crowd and held on to win his home race for the first time ahead of the two Mclarens.
1. M. Webber (2) 1 hr 34 mins 23.572s 25pts
2. J. Button (8) + 6.512s 18pts
3. L. Hamilton (7) + 13.682s 15pts
4. F. Alonso (27) +25.721s 12pts
5. N. Rosberg (3) + 39.341s 10pts
6. F. Massa (28) + 56.526s 8pts
7. V. Petrov (20) + 1:02.559 6pts
8. R. Barrichello (5)+ 1:17.121 4pts
9. S. Buemi (23) + 1:23.567 2pts
10. K. Kobayashi (29) + 1lap 1pt
11. V. Liuzzi (16) + 1lap
12. R. Grosjean (25) + 1lap
13. J. Alguersuari (24) + 1lap
14. B. Senna (31) + 2 laps
15. H. Kovalainen (12) + 2laps
16. T. Sato (32) + 3laps
17. A. Randle (13) Tyre 49 laps
18. R. Kubica (19) Driveshaft 42 laps
19. S. Vettel (1) Collision 37 laps
20. J. Trulli (11) Collision 36 laps
21. N. Hulkenburg (6) Spun off 33 laps
22. N. Heidfeld (14) Gearbox 23 laps
23. A. Sutil (15) Handling 19 laps
24. M. Schumacher (3) Suspension 14 laps
25. P. De La Rosa (9) Collision 0 lap
26. S. Perez (30) Collision 0 laps
F. Lap M. Webber (2) on lap 54 1:25.967
ROTR: Vettel made an amateur mistake that ruined Trulli’s chance of a strong finish
DOTR: Webber, Pole Position, Fastest Lap and Home win, perfection all weekend.
Championship
1. F. Alonso (27) 30pts
2. M. Webber (2) 25pts
= S. Vettel (1) 25pts
= N. Rosberg (4) 25pts
5. J. Button (8) 18pts
6. L. Hamilton (7) 15pts
7. V.Petrov (20) 14pts
8. N. Hulkenburg (6) 12pts
9. M. Schumacher (3) 10pts
10. F. Massa (28) 8pts
11. J. Alguersuari (24) 6pts
12. R. Grosjean (25) 4pts
= R. Barrichello (5) 4pts
14. H. Kovalainen (12) 2pts
= S. Buemi (23) 2pts
16. V. Liuzzi (16) 1pt
= K. Kobayashi (29) 1pt
Constructors’ Championship
1. Red Bull 50pts
2. Ferrari 38pts
3. Mercedes 35pts
4. Mclaren 33pts
5. Williams 16pts
6. Toleman 14pts
7. Minardi 8pts
8. Ligier Prost 4pts
9. Lotus 2pts
10. Force India 1pt
= Sauber 1pt
12. Super Aguri 0pts
= Randle BMW 0pts
= Arrows 0pts
= HRT 0pts
= Virgin 0pts
= Modena Lamborghini 0pts
The lights went out to begin the race and Webber made a brilliant start to get to the first corner ahead of Button and Vettel. The packed midfield caused a collision that would bring out the safety car as the cars of Perez and De La Rosa collided taking both cars out of the race and covering the track in debris. The cars lined up to trundle round the circuit behind the safety car for a few laps. On lap 6 the safety car went in and the race restarted. Button was able to pass Webber for the lead as the pack passed the start/finish line. The Randle BMW of Randle was in a comfortable 10th with a battling Petrov and Barrichello trying to pass the car. The Toleman closed up on Randle and passed him into turn 2 and Barrichello almost got through as well. By lap 15 the field was Button, Webber +1.237s, Vettel + 4.704s, Hamilton + 6.124s, Massa + 10.451s, Alonso + 10.679s, Rosberg + 15.257s, Hulkenburg +18.590s, Randle + 22.121s and Kubica 24.321s. On lap 21 Button came in to put on new tyres and fell down to 4th, while Webber responded with a lap of 1:28.789 to try and make some ground for when the Red Bull would pit for tyres. The Randle BMW of Heidfeld succumbed to problems when on lap 24 the car pulled off the track by turn 10. The battle at the front was getting interesting as Webber, Vettel tried to close on Button and from lap 28 – lap 32 the fastest lap plummeted to 1:26.639. Hulkenburgs Williams spun off on lap 34 on turn 6 and narrowly missed taking out Rosberg and Randle. Randle overtook Rosberg for 7th on lap 36 and tried to close the gap to 6th in pursuit of Alonso. Towards the back of the grid the Super Aguri’s were running well and battling with Grosjean and Trulli for 15th that the leaders come round to lap on lap 37. This would be Vettel’s undoing as when lapping Trulli, the Red Bull collided with the back of the Lotus and both exited the race. By lap 45 the Top 10 were Button, Webber, Hamilton, Alonso, Randle, Rosberg, Massa, Barrichello, Petrov, Buemi. The Randle BMW team were happy with the pace of the race and called in Randle to change to newer tyres when a problem with the left rear meant the tyre did not fit properly on the axle. Going through turn 4 the tyre fell off and caused the car to crash into wall on lap 49. At the end of the race Webber passed Button to wild cheers from the crowd and held on to win his home race for the first time ahead of the two Mclarens.
1. M. Webber (2) 1 hr 34 mins 23.572s 25pts
2. J. Button (8) + 6.512s 18pts
3. L. Hamilton (7) + 13.682s 15pts
4. F. Alonso (27) +25.721s 12pts
5. N. Rosberg (3) + 39.341s 10pts
6. F. Massa (28) + 56.526s 8pts
7. V. Petrov (20) + 1:02.559 6pts
8. R. Barrichello (5)+ 1:17.121 4pts
9. S. Buemi (23) + 1:23.567 2pts
10. K. Kobayashi (29) + 1lap 1pt
11. V. Liuzzi (16) + 1lap
12. R. Grosjean (25) + 1lap
13. J. Alguersuari (24) + 1lap
14. B. Senna (31) + 2 laps
15. H. Kovalainen (12) + 2laps
16. T. Sato (32) + 3laps
17. A. Randle (13) Tyre 49 laps
18. R. Kubica (19) Driveshaft 42 laps
19. S. Vettel (1) Collision 37 laps
20. J. Trulli (11) Collision 36 laps
21. N. Hulkenburg (6) Spun off 33 laps
22. N. Heidfeld (14) Gearbox 23 laps
23. A. Sutil (15) Handling 19 laps
24. M. Schumacher (3) Suspension 14 laps
25. P. De La Rosa (9) Collision 0 lap
26. S. Perez (30) Collision 0 laps
F. Lap M. Webber (2) on lap 54 1:25.967
ROTR: Vettel made an amateur mistake that ruined Trulli’s chance of a strong finish
DOTR: Webber, Pole Position, Fastest Lap and Home win, perfection all weekend.
Championship
1. F. Alonso (27) 30pts
2. M. Webber (2) 25pts
= S. Vettel (1) 25pts
= N. Rosberg (4) 25pts
5. J. Button (8) 18pts
6. L. Hamilton (7) 15pts
7. V.Petrov (20) 14pts
8. N. Hulkenburg (6) 12pts
9. M. Schumacher (3) 10pts
10. F. Massa (28) 8pts
11. J. Alguersuari (24) 6pts
12. R. Grosjean (25) 4pts
= R. Barrichello (5) 4pts
14. H. Kovalainen (12) 2pts
= S. Buemi (23) 2pts
16. V. Liuzzi (16) 1pt
= K. Kobayashi (29) 1pt
Constructors’ Championship
1. Red Bull 50pts
2. Ferrari 38pts
3. Mercedes 35pts
4. Mclaren 33pts
5. Williams 16pts
6. Toleman 14pts
7. Minardi 8pts
8. Ligier Prost 4pts
9. Lotus 2pts
10. Force India 1pt
= Sauber 1pt
12. Super Aguri 0pts
= Randle BMW 0pts
= Arrows 0pts
= HRT 0pts
= Virgin 0pts
= Modena Lamborghini 0pts
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Re: Alternate Future History 2011 F1 World Championship
I've just read through all of this - really interesting, well-written and coherent (an important facet for something like this, and difficult to achieve). Keep it up 
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!Better than 'Tour in a suit case' Takagi.
Re: Alternate Future History 2011 F1 World Championship
Cheers, updates might be slow over the next few days as I try to get some university assignments finished and still thinking of putting it onto Alternatehistory.com at some point.
Re: Alternate Future History 2011 F1 World Championship
28th March 2011 Autosport
The Australian Grand Prix was another exciting race that while processional at times had a fantastic feel good moment for Mark Webber. The Aussie was on fire all weekend and while Button seemed to have him covered, Webber produced some fantastic lap times that Jenson could not respond too. It was sad to see the Randle BMW team have another retirement but in terms of speed and strategy there is not much to be concerned for. McLaren boosted themselves with an excellent 2nd and 3rd and the car does look strong for Malaysia.
29th March 2011 BBC
Prost supports Montagny as driver should be fit for Malaysia
Prost: He just has not had any luck with being held up in Bahrain and then a horrible crash that could have put him out for the rest of the season. It’s a testament to the regulations that he was not severely injured.
30th March 2011 BBC
Randle: We need to finish now otherwise we will slip down the order and have to prequalify for the rest of the season. 20pts would be adequate enough for us to not prequalify and with some difficult tracks coming we have got to make sure our updates improve the car.
31st March 2011 F1 Fanatic
Todt: We are looking into bringing back the French Grand Prix in place of one of the Spanish grand prix for 2013.
1st April 2011 F1.com
Rain unlikely for Malaysia
2nd April 2011 Sky News
Red Bull will not favour one driver this year
3rd April 2011 BBC
Porsche deeply considering F1 return in some aspect
4th April 2011 F1Fanatic
Grid Expanding for 2013 as ART and Stefan Grand Prix considering entries
5th April 2011 BBC
Todt: New teams will be allowed as long as they can prove they will be competitive and if the other teams agree to the grid expanding.
Ecclestone: We want F1 to be the best of the best so if they can prove they deserve to be here they will be welcomed. The starting grid might have to be expanded at the newer tracks to 30 as I don’t think 38 entries for 26 grid slots is economically viable and certainly Monaco will have to have alterations.
6th April 2011 F1.com
Montagny: I need to make the grid otherwise my seat will be in doubt and we need to match the Randle BMWs to secure our exit out of Prequalifying.
7th April 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix Prequalifying
The conditions on the Thursday morning were almost impossible for prequalifying and the session was delayed for an hour so that the conditions were improved. When the session did begin the track was wet and with rain set to come towards the end it was vital the cars went onto the track. Lap times were expected to be slow. The Super Aguri of Senna left for the track first and nearly left the circuit on the out lap. Bruno was able to keep the car on the track to set a time of 2:12.467s and went better on the third lap to score a time of 2:06.587s. The Randle cars went out next and were more suitably adequate and produced times of 2:04.120s for Randle and 2:03.989s for Heidfeld. Sato followed with a 2:05.985s, with the Lamborghinis of Pantano hitting 2:05.431 and Ricci achieving 2:04.989. The Arrows achieved a 2:05.232 for De La Rosa and Maldonado hit 2:04.761 and at 20 minutes the Ligiers achieved a 2:04.437 for Montagny and 2:05.091 for Grosjean who struggled in the conditions. At 30 minutes the placings were as followed:
1. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 2:02.879
2. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 2:03.375
3. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 2:03.944
4. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), 2:03.986
5. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 2:04.124
6. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 2:04.356
7. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault (25) (M), 2:04.561
8. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 2:04.742
9. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 2:05.039
10. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda (32) (M), 2:05.561
The track as it was drying started to see the cars achieve faster times with the Randle BMW comfortably hitting the 1:58s and the Modena cars going faster than the Arrows and Super Aguris. Grosjean picked up and started to lap quicker and eventually surpassed the time Montagny could achieve. The end of the session was ended quickly when the rain came down meaning that times could not be improved so the final standings were:
1. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:57.914
2. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:58.137
3. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:58.479
4. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:58.963
5. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault (26) (M), 1:59.487
6. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda (32) (M), 1:59.895
7. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda (31) (M), 2:00.004
8. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 2:00.123
9. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 2:00.573
10. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 2:01.259
The Australian Grand Prix was another exciting race that while processional at times had a fantastic feel good moment for Mark Webber. The Aussie was on fire all weekend and while Button seemed to have him covered, Webber produced some fantastic lap times that Jenson could not respond too. It was sad to see the Randle BMW team have another retirement but in terms of speed and strategy there is not much to be concerned for. McLaren boosted themselves with an excellent 2nd and 3rd and the car does look strong for Malaysia.
29th March 2011 BBC
Prost supports Montagny as driver should be fit for Malaysia
Prost: He just has not had any luck with being held up in Bahrain and then a horrible crash that could have put him out for the rest of the season. It’s a testament to the regulations that he was not severely injured.
30th March 2011 BBC
Randle: We need to finish now otherwise we will slip down the order and have to prequalify for the rest of the season. 20pts would be adequate enough for us to not prequalify and with some difficult tracks coming we have got to make sure our updates improve the car.
31st March 2011 F1 Fanatic
Todt: We are looking into bringing back the French Grand Prix in place of one of the Spanish grand prix for 2013.
1st April 2011 F1.com
Rain unlikely for Malaysia
2nd April 2011 Sky News
Red Bull will not favour one driver this year
3rd April 2011 BBC
Porsche deeply considering F1 return in some aspect
4th April 2011 F1Fanatic
Grid Expanding for 2013 as ART and Stefan Grand Prix considering entries
5th April 2011 BBC
Todt: New teams will be allowed as long as they can prove they will be competitive and if the other teams agree to the grid expanding.
Ecclestone: We want F1 to be the best of the best so if they can prove they deserve to be here they will be welcomed. The starting grid might have to be expanded at the newer tracks to 30 as I don’t think 38 entries for 26 grid slots is economically viable and certainly Monaco will have to have alterations.
6th April 2011 F1.com
Montagny: I need to make the grid otherwise my seat will be in doubt and we need to match the Randle BMWs to secure our exit out of Prequalifying.
7th April 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix Prequalifying
The conditions on the Thursday morning were almost impossible for prequalifying and the session was delayed for an hour so that the conditions were improved. When the session did begin the track was wet and with rain set to come towards the end it was vital the cars went onto the track. Lap times were expected to be slow. The Super Aguri of Senna left for the track first and nearly left the circuit on the out lap. Bruno was able to keep the car on the track to set a time of 2:12.467s and went better on the third lap to score a time of 2:06.587s. The Randle cars went out next and were more suitably adequate and produced times of 2:04.120s for Randle and 2:03.989s for Heidfeld. Sato followed with a 2:05.985s, with the Lamborghinis of Pantano hitting 2:05.431 and Ricci achieving 2:04.989. The Arrows achieved a 2:05.232 for De La Rosa and Maldonado hit 2:04.761 and at 20 minutes the Ligiers achieved a 2:04.437 for Montagny and 2:05.091 for Grosjean who struggled in the conditions. At 30 minutes the placings were as followed:
1. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 2:02.879
2. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 2:03.375
3. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 2:03.944
4. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), 2:03.986
5. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 2:04.124
6. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 2:04.356
7. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault (25) (M), 2:04.561
8. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 2:04.742
9. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 2:05.039
10. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda (32) (M), 2:05.561
The track as it was drying started to see the cars achieve faster times with the Randle BMW comfortably hitting the 1:58s and the Modena cars going faster than the Arrows and Super Aguris. Grosjean picked up and started to lap quicker and eventually surpassed the time Montagny could achieve. The end of the session was ended quickly when the rain came down meaning that times could not be improved so the final standings were:
1. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:57.914
2. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:58.137
3. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:58.479
4. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:58.963
5. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault (26) (M), 1:59.487
6. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda (32) (M), 1:59.895
7. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda (31) (M), 2:00.004
8. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 2:00.123
9. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 2:00.573
10. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 2:01.259
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9th April 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix Qualifying Classification
The weather had improved for the afternoons qualifying and with no rain forecasted for the rest of the weekend it looked good for the race to have no problems.
1. J. Button, Mclaren Mercedes, (8), (M), 1:45.247
2. L. Hamilton, Mclaren Mercedes, (7), (M), 1:45.689
3. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault, (2), (G), 1:45.841
4. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault, (1), (G), 1:45.984
5. F. Alonso, Ferrari, (27), (G), 1:46.328
6. N. Rosberg, Mercedes ,(4), (M), 1: 46.569
7. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth, (5) (G), 1:46.712
8. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth, (6) (G) 1:46.732
9. F. Massa, Ferrari, (28) (G) 1:46.840
10. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault, (19), (P) 1:47.004
11. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes, (15) (M), 1:47.147
12. K. Kobayashi, Sauber Mercedes, (29) (G), 1:47.321
13. M. Schumacher, Mercedes, (3) (M), 1:47.342
14. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Renault, (12) (P), 1:47.589
15. V. Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes, (16) (M), 1:47.675
16. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault, (11), (P), 1:47.763
17. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13), (G), 1:47.834
18. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari, (23) (P), 1:47.982
19. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes, (30), (G) 1:48.060
20. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault, (20), (P) 1:48.137
21. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:48.138
22. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), 1:48.323
23. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P) 1:48.576
24. J. Alguersuari, Minardi Ferrari, (24) (P) 1:48.780
25. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M) 1:48.891
26. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth, (22), (M), 1:49.249
27. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth, (17), (G), 1:49.250
28. L. DiGrassi, Virgin Cosworth, (18), (G), 1:49.262
29. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32), (M), 1:49.454
30. S. Yamamoto, HRT Cosworth, (21), (M) 1:49.578
The race was going to be a tight contest between McLaren and Red Bull as Ferrari struggled in qualifying. The Modena team were happy to make the grid as was Klien, the Randle team were hoping to have good race pace and hoping for a double finish.
10th April 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix 56 laps
The race day had arrived and preparations for the 2pm local time start were being finalised, the teams were frantically looking at weather reports and checking if rain was coming or not. Fortunately for this year the rain would come 2 hours after the race had finished so it was not an issue. The Randle team were hoping to put the bad luck of the last few races away and towards some positive finishes to help the team escape prequalifying. The Modena team started their first race since the 1991 Australian Grand Prix with Ricci a brilliant 23rd on the grid. The teams lined up on the grid for the start of the race, the lights went out and Hamilton got a better start then Button and was ahead of him going into the hairpin followed by the Ferrari of Alonso and Rosberg’s Mercedes. The Red Bulls had made terrible starts and had fallen to 11th and 13th; all 26 cars safely got through the hairpin and rocketed down the hill. The Randle BMW of Adam Randle tried to pass Schumacher on the inside for 12th at turn 4 but damaged his front wing forcing him into the pits and fell towards the back of the grid. By lap 5 he had climbed to 23rd by taking the HRT of Klien on the pit straight. Petrov weekend ended early on lap 7 when the cars steering broke and the unhappy Russian had to retire from the race. Heidfeld was making a charge through the field and was up to 13th on lap 8 and challenging Schumacher for 12th. The top 10 on lap 10 were Button, Hamilton + 3.243s, Rosberg + 7.891s, Barrichello + 10.678, Alonso + 11.023s, Kubica + 13.452s, Webber +17.217s, Vettel +21.343s, Sutil +21.350s and Massa +23.213s. The Randle team were happy with Heidfeld in 11th and Randle who had climbed to 19th. Kobayashi’s race was over on lap 13 with a damaged throttle and this was followed by a similar problem in Perez’ Sauber a lap later. The first stop for tyres was on lap 19 with Randle coming in to change to mediums which put him back to 20th. The leaders all came in for their stops around lap 24 – 26 and this caused the lead to change from Hamilton to Rosberg who just came out behind Rosberg due to a slower stop. Randle was having a magnificent four way battle for 16th with the Lotus of Trulli, the Ligier of Montagny and the Modena of Ricci on lap 27. Button fell to third after both Hamilton and Rosberg overtook him in a single manoeuvre that saw Rosberg go from 3rd to 1st on lap 31. Grosjean’s afternoon was over when he spun off at the exit of turn 8 while attempting to take over Buemi for 15th on lap 34. The top 10 on lap 35 were Rosberg, Hamilton + 1.235s, Button + 3.345s, Alonso +10.451s, Kubica +17.874s, Vettel + 23.651, Barrichello +27.002s, Webber +27.989s, Heidfeld +31.378s, Sutil +32.076s. Randle had now made it up to 14th and was closing in on 12th and 13th placed Massa and Schumacher at half a second a lap. Those two were only 3 seconds ahead on lap 40 and by now the leaders were getting ready to lap those cars. Heidfeld moved up to 7th ahead of Webber and Barrichello on lap 44 and Randle was now in 12th closing up on Kovalainen who was 10 seconds off Sutil. Rosberg had opened a comfortable lead of 6 seconds over Button on lap 46 and set the fastest lap of the race with 1:49.012 a lap later. Entering lap 50 the positions were Rosberg, Button, Hamilton, Alonso, Vettel, Kubica, Heidfeld, Webber, Barrichello, Sutil, Randle, Kovalainen, Schumacher, Hulkenberg, Massa, Trulli, Ricci, Buemi, Montagny, Klien. Massa engine succumbed on lap 52. Randle overtook Sutil for 10th on lap 53 which became 9th when Barrichello retired with overheating on the same lap. Rosberg held on strong to win his first ever race and the Randle BMW garage were overjoyed as both cars hit the points in their first finish of the season.
1. N. Rosberg (4)1hr 31 mins 27.021s 25pts
2. J. Button (8) + 7.423s 18pts
3. L. Hamilton (7) + 10.121s 15pts
4. F. Alonso (27) + 17.561s 12pts
5. S. Vettel (1) + 23.489s 10pts
6. R. Kubica (19) + 28.789s 8pts
7. N. Heidfeld (14) + 32.546s 6pts
8. M. Webber (2) + 59.023s 4pts
9. A. Randle (13) + 1:23.894s 2pts
10. A. Sutil (15) + 1.27.210s 1pt
11. H. Kovalainen (12) + 1:42.389s
12. M. Schumacher (3) + 1lap
13. N. Hulkenberg (6) +1lap
14. J. Trulli (11) + 1lap
15. G. Ricci (34) + 2laps
16. S. Buemi (23) + 2laps
17. F. Montagny (26) + 2laps
18. C. Klien (22) + 2laps
19. R. Barrichello, (5) 53 laps Overheating
20. F. Massa, (28) 52 laps Engine
21. V. Liuzzi, (16) 43 laps Gearbox
22. R. Grosjean, (25) 34 laps Spun off
23. J. Alguersuari, (24) 28 laps Brakes
24. S. Perez, (30) 14 laps Throttle
25. K. Kobayashi, (29) 13 laps Throttle
26. V. Petrov, (20), 7 laps steering
F. Lap: S. Vettel 1:48.763 on lap 53
ROTR: Sauber, Throttle not connected properly puts both drivers out early
DOTR: Rosberg drove magnificently to claim his first win.
Championship
1. N. Rosberg (4) 50pts
2. F. Alonso (27) 42pts
3. J. Button (8) 36pts
4. S. Vettel (1) 35pts
5. L. Hamilton (7) 30pts
6. M. Webber (2) 29pts
7. V. Petrov (20) 14pts
8. N. Hulkenberg (6) 12pts
9. M. Schumacher (3) 10pt
10. F. Massa (28) 8pts
= R. Kubica (19) 8pts
12. J. Alguersuari (24) 6pts
= N. Heidfeld (14) 6pts
14. R. Grosjean (25) 4pts
= R. Barrichello (5) 4pts
16. H. Kovalainen (12) 2pts
= S. Buemi (23) 2pts
= A. Randle (13) 2pts
19. V. Liuzzi (16) 1pt
= K. Kobayashi (29) 1pt
= A. Sutil (15) 1pt
Constructors Championship
1. McLaren 66pts
2. Red Bull 64pts
3. Mercedes 60pts
4. Ferrari 50pts
5. Toleman 22pts
6. Williams 16pts
7. Minardi 8pts
= Randle 8pts
9. Ligier Prost 4pts
10. Lotus 2pts
= Force India 2pts
12. Sauber 1pt
13. Super Aguri 0pts
= Modena 0pts
= HRT 0pts
= Arrows 0pts
= Virgin 0pts
The weather had improved for the afternoons qualifying and with no rain forecasted for the rest of the weekend it looked good for the race to have no problems.
1. J. Button, Mclaren Mercedes, (8), (M), 1:45.247
2. L. Hamilton, Mclaren Mercedes, (7), (M), 1:45.689
3. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault, (2), (G), 1:45.841
4. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault, (1), (G), 1:45.984
5. F. Alonso, Ferrari, (27), (G), 1:46.328
6. N. Rosberg, Mercedes ,(4), (M), 1: 46.569
7. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth, (5) (G), 1:46.712
8. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth, (6) (G) 1:46.732
9. F. Massa, Ferrari, (28) (G) 1:46.840
10. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault, (19), (P) 1:47.004
11. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes, (15) (M), 1:47.147
12. K. Kobayashi, Sauber Mercedes, (29) (G), 1:47.321
13. M. Schumacher, Mercedes, (3) (M), 1:47.342
14. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Renault, (12) (P), 1:47.589
15. V. Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes, (16) (M), 1:47.675
16. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault, (11), (P), 1:47.763
17. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13), (G), 1:47.834
18. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari, (23) (P), 1:47.982
19. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes, (30), (G) 1:48.060
20. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault, (20), (P) 1:48.137
21. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:48.138
22. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), 1:48.323
23. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P) 1:48.576
24. J. Alguersuari, Minardi Ferrari, (24) (P) 1:48.780
25. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M) 1:48.891
26. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth, (22), (M), 1:49.249
27. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth, (17), (G), 1:49.250
28. L. DiGrassi, Virgin Cosworth, (18), (G), 1:49.262
29. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32), (M), 1:49.454
30. S. Yamamoto, HRT Cosworth, (21), (M) 1:49.578
The race was going to be a tight contest between McLaren and Red Bull as Ferrari struggled in qualifying. The Modena team were happy to make the grid as was Klien, the Randle team were hoping to have good race pace and hoping for a double finish.
10th April 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix 56 laps
The race day had arrived and preparations for the 2pm local time start were being finalised, the teams were frantically looking at weather reports and checking if rain was coming or not. Fortunately for this year the rain would come 2 hours after the race had finished so it was not an issue. The Randle team were hoping to put the bad luck of the last few races away and towards some positive finishes to help the team escape prequalifying. The Modena team started their first race since the 1991 Australian Grand Prix with Ricci a brilliant 23rd on the grid. The teams lined up on the grid for the start of the race, the lights went out and Hamilton got a better start then Button and was ahead of him going into the hairpin followed by the Ferrari of Alonso and Rosberg’s Mercedes. The Red Bulls had made terrible starts and had fallen to 11th and 13th; all 26 cars safely got through the hairpin and rocketed down the hill. The Randle BMW of Adam Randle tried to pass Schumacher on the inside for 12th at turn 4 but damaged his front wing forcing him into the pits and fell towards the back of the grid. By lap 5 he had climbed to 23rd by taking the HRT of Klien on the pit straight. Petrov weekend ended early on lap 7 when the cars steering broke and the unhappy Russian had to retire from the race. Heidfeld was making a charge through the field and was up to 13th on lap 8 and challenging Schumacher for 12th. The top 10 on lap 10 were Button, Hamilton + 3.243s, Rosberg + 7.891s, Barrichello + 10.678, Alonso + 11.023s, Kubica + 13.452s, Webber +17.217s, Vettel +21.343s, Sutil +21.350s and Massa +23.213s. The Randle team were happy with Heidfeld in 11th and Randle who had climbed to 19th. Kobayashi’s race was over on lap 13 with a damaged throttle and this was followed by a similar problem in Perez’ Sauber a lap later. The first stop for tyres was on lap 19 with Randle coming in to change to mediums which put him back to 20th. The leaders all came in for their stops around lap 24 – 26 and this caused the lead to change from Hamilton to Rosberg who just came out behind Rosberg due to a slower stop. Randle was having a magnificent four way battle for 16th with the Lotus of Trulli, the Ligier of Montagny and the Modena of Ricci on lap 27. Button fell to third after both Hamilton and Rosberg overtook him in a single manoeuvre that saw Rosberg go from 3rd to 1st on lap 31. Grosjean’s afternoon was over when he spun off at the exit of turn 8 while attempting to take over Buemi for 15th on lap 34. The top 10 on lap 35 were Rosberg, Hamilton + 1.235s, Button + 3.345s, Alonso +10.451s, Kubica +17.874s, Vettel + 23.651, Barrichello +27.002s, Webber +27.989s, Heidfeld +31.378s, Sutil +32.076s. Randle had now made it up to 14th and was closing in on 12th and 13th placed Massa and Schumacher at half a second a lap. Those two were only 3 seconds ahead on lap 40 and by now the leaders were getting ready to lap those cars. Heidfeld moved up to 7th ahead of Webber and Barrichello on lap 44 and Randle was now in 12th closing up on Kovalainen who was 10 seconds off Sutil. Rosberg had opened a comfortable lead of 6 seconds over Button on lap 46 and set the fastest lap of the race with 1:49.012 a lap later. Entering lap 50 the positions were Rosberg, Button, Hamilton, Alonso, Vettel, Kubica, Heidfeld, Webber, Barrichello, Sutil, Randle, Kovalainen, Schumacher, Hulkenberg, Massa, Trulli, Ricci, Buemi, Montagny, Klien. Massa engine succumbed on lap 52. Randle overtook Sutil for 10th on lap 53 which became 9th when Barrichello retired with overheating on the same lap. Rosberg held on strong to win his first ever race and the Randle BMW garage were overjoyed as both cars hit the points in their first finish of the season.
1. N. Rosberg (4)1hr 31 mins 27.021s 25pts
2. J. Button (8) + 7.423s 18pts
3. L. Hamilton (7) + 10.121s 15pts
4. F. Alonso (27) + 17.561s 12pts
5. S. Vettel (1) + 23.489s 10pts
6. R. Kubica (19) + 28.789s 8pts
7. N. Heidfeld (14) + 32.546s 6pts
8. M. Webber (2) + 59.023s 4pts
9. A. Randle (13) + 1:23.894s 2pts
10. A. Sutil (15) + 1.27.210s 1pt
11. H. Kovalainen (12) + 1:42.389s
12. M. Schumacher (3) + 1lap
13. N. Hulkenberg (6) +1lap
14. J. Trulli (11) + 1lap
15. G. Ricci (34) + 2laps
16. S. Buemi (23) + 2laps
17. F. Montagny (26) + 2laps
18. C. Klien (22) + 2laps
19. R. Barrichello, (5) 53 laps Overheating
20. F. Massa, (28) 52 laps Engine
21. V. Liuzzi, (16) 43 laps Gearbox
22. R. Grosjean, (25) 34 laps Spun off
23. J. Alguersuari, (24) 28 laps Brakes
24. S. Perez, (30) 14 laps Throttle
25. K. Kobayashi, (29) 13 laps Throttle
26. V. Petrov, (20), 7 laps steering
F. Lap: S. Vettel 1:48.763 on lap 53
ROTR: Sauber, Throttle not connected properly puts both drivers out early
DOTR: Rosberg drove magnificently to claim his first win.
Championship
1. N. Rosberg (4) 50pts
2. F. Alonso (27) 42pts
3. J. Button (8) 36pts
4. S. Vettel (1) 35pts
5. L. Hamilton (7) 30pts
6. M. Webber (2) 29pts
7. V. Petrov (20) 14pts
8. N. Hulkenberg (6) 12pts
9. M. Schumacher (3) 10pt
10. F. Massa (28) 8pts
= R. Kubica (19) 8pts
12. J. Alguersuari (24) 6pts
= N. Heidfeld (14) 6pts
14. R. Grosjean (25) 4pts
= R. Barrichello (5) 4pts
16. H. Kovalainen (12) 2pts
= S. Buemi (23) 2pts
= A. Randle (13) 2pts
19. V. Liuzzi (16) 1pt
= K. Kobayashi (29) 1pt
= A. Sutil (15) 1pt
Constructors Championship
1. McLaren 66pts
2. Red Bull 64pts
3. Mercedes 60pts
4. Ferrari 50pts
5. Toleman 22pts
6. Williams 16pts
7. Minardi 8pts
= Randle 8pts
9. Ligier Prost 4pts
10. Lotus 2pts
= Force India 2pts
12. Sauber 1pt
13. Super Aguri 0pts
= Modena 0pts
= HRT 0pts
= Arrows 0pts
= Virgin 0pts
Re: Alternate Future History 2011 F1 World Championship
11th April 2011 BBC
Randle team happy with first points finish
12th April 2011 F1.com
Stefan Grand Prix accepted onto grid for 2012, rumoured to be doing a deal with Lola for the chassis and Honda as engine supplier.
13th April 2011 F1Fanatic
Porsche will return in 2013 if the FIA will allow a turbo engine back in F1
14th April 2011 Chinese Grand Prix Prequalifying
It was another early start for the prequalifying teams, the Randle team were full of confident as by now having a double points finish it would be easier for them to not be in prequalifying from the second half of the season. The Arrows team had new updates on the car in an attempt to get both cars out of prequalifying. The Modena of Ricci was the first car out onto the track and was hoping to set the pace with a 1:37.984, the Super Aguri of Senna placed a time of 1:37.804 to better Ricci. The Arrows looked very strong with Maldonado setting a pace of 1:35.321 and De La Rosa matching this with 1:35.403. The Super Aguri of Sato set a time of 1:36.457 and Pantano finally looking comfortable in the Modena went provisionally quickest with 1:34.978. The Ligier’s were still in the pits fixing and changing their engines after problems meant the team had been at the circuit early to prepare the cars. The Randle car of Heidfeld struggled on his first timed lap and could only lap at 1:35.643 while Randle went fastest with 1:34.705. The Ligiers still didn’t get onto the track so at the halfway stage the timings were these:
1. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:34.681
2. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 1:34.869
3. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:35.023
4. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 1:35.213
5. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:35.484
6. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M), 1:35.658
7. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:35.894
8. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:36.347
9. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), No Time
10. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), No Time
The Ligier garage was very antsy as the engines were struggling to start up and this meant that the cars were stationary in the garage. Heidfeld started to improve and set the fastest time of 1:34.567 and Randle replied by notching a quicker time at 1:34.427. With 10 minutes left of the session the Ligier team packed up the garage as it was going to be impossible for them to set a time. The Ligier team not prequalifying would mean the Modena’s and Super Aguri’s had a real chance to get both cars into the main qualifying. At the end of the session the times were as followed:
1. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:33.437
2. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:33.782
3. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 1:33.986
4. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:34.375
5. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 1:34.569
6. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P) 1:34.719
7. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:35.078
8. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M), 1:35.227
9. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), No Time
10. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), No Time
16th April 2011 Chinese Grand Prix Qualifying Classification
1. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault, (1) (G), 1:32.783
2. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault, (2) (G), 1:32.987
3. N. Rosberg, Mercedes, (4) (M), 1:33.032
4. F. Massa, Ferrari, (28) (G), 1:33.189
5. M. Schumacher, Mercedes, (3) (M), 1:33.321
6. L. Hamilton, Mclaren Mercedes, (7) (M), 1:33.565
7. F. Alonso, Ferrari, (27) (G), 1:33.671
8. J. Button, Mclaren Mercedes, (8) (M), 1:33.747
9. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth, (6) (G), 1:33.981
10. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:34.191
11. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:34.336
12. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault, (19) (P), 1:34.612
13. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth, (5) (G), 1:34.743
14. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault, (20) (P), 1:34.802
15. V. Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes, (16) (M), 1:34.875
16. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes, (15) (M), 1:34.989
17. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes, (30) (G), 1:35.213
18. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 1:35.367
19. K. Kobayashi, Sauber Mercedes, (29) (G), 1:35.413
20. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault, (11) (P), 1:35.521
21. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Renault, (12) (P), 1:35.587
22. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari, (23) (P), 1:35.732
23. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth, (22) (M), 1:35.834
24. J. Alquersuari, Minardi Ferrari, (24) (M), 1:35.991
25. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth, (17) (G), 1:36.239
26. L. DiGrassi, Virgin Cosworth (18) (G), 1:36.458
27. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:36.652
28. S. Yamamoto, HRT Cosworth, (21) (M), 1:36.848
29. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:37.213
30. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 1:37.411
The Virgin team were happy to finally qualify for a race, while the Modena team were disappointed with their qualifying pace as the car went backwards with its set up. The Randle team were confident of more points and Red Bull was expected to win the race.
Randle team happy with first points finish
12th April 2011 F1.com
Stefan Grand Prix accepted onto grid for 2012, rumoured to be doing a deal with Lola for the chassis and Honda as engine supplier.
13th April 2011 F1Fanatic
Porsche will return in 2013 if the FIA will allow a turbo engine back in F1
14th April 2011 Chinese Grand Prix Prequalifying
It was another early start for the prequalifying teams, the Randle team were full of confident as by now having a double points finish it would be easier for them to not be in prequalifying from the second half of the season. The Arrows team had new updates on the car in an attempt to get both cars out of prequalifying. The Modena of Ricci was the first car out onto the track and was hoping to set the pace with a 1:37.984, the Super Aguri of Senna placed a time of 1:37.804 to better Ricci. The Arrows looked very strong with Maldonado setting a pace of 1:35.321 and De La Rosa matching this with 1:35.403. The Super Aguri of Sato set a time of 1:36.457 and Pantano finally looking comfortable in the Modena went provisionally quickest with 1:34.978. The Ligier’s were still in the pits fixing and changing their engines after problems meant the team had been at the circuit early to prepare the cars. The Randle car of Heidfeld struggled on his first timed lap and could only lap at 1:35.643 while Randle went fastest with 1:34.705. The Ligiers still didn’t get onto the track so at the halfway stage the timings were these:
1. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:34.681
2. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 1:34.869
3. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:35.023
4. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 1:35.213
5. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:35.484
6. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M), 1:35.658
7. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:35.894
8. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:36.347
9. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), No Time
10. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), No Time
The Ligier garage was very antsy as the engines were struggling to start up and this meant that the cars were stationary in the garage. Heidfeld started to improve and set the fastest time of 1:34.567 and Randle replied by notching a quicker time at 1:34.427. With 10 minutes left of the session the Ligier team packed up the garage as it was going to be impossible for them to set a time. The Ligier team not prequalifying would mean the Modena’s and Super Aguri’s had a real chance to get both cars into the main qualifying. At the end of the session the times were as followed:
1. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:33.437
2. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:33.782
3. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 1:33.986
4. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:34.375
5. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 1:34.569
6. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P) 1:34.719
7. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:35.078
8. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M), 1:35.227
9. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), No Time
10. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), No Time
16th April 2011 Chinese Grand Prix Qualifying Classification
1. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault, (1) (G), 1:32.783
2. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault, (2) (G), 1:32.987
3. N. Rosberg, Mercedes, (4) (M), 1:33.032
4. F. Massa, Ferrari, (28) (G), 1:33.189
5. M. Schumacher, Mercedes, (3) (M), 1:33.321
6. L. Hamilton, Mclaren Mercedes, (7) (M), 1:33.565
7. F. Alonso, Ferrari, (27) (G), 1:33.671
8. J. Button, Mclaren Mercedes, (8) (M), 1:33.747
9. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth, (6) (G), 1:33.981
10. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:34.191
11. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:34.336
12. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault, (19) (P), 1:34.612
13. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth, (5) (G), 1:34.743
14. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault, (20) (P), 1:34.802
15. V. Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes, (16) (M), 1:34.875
16. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes, (15) (M), 1:34.989
17. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes, (30) (G), 1:35.213
18. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 1:35.367
19. K. Kobayashi, Sauber Mercedes, (29) (G), 1:35.413
20. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault, (11) (P), 1:35.521
21. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Renault, (12) (P), 1:35.587
22. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari, (23) (P), 1:35.732
23. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth, (22) (M), 1:35.834
24. J. Alquersuari, Minardi Ferrari, (24) (M), 1:35.991
25. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth, (17) (G), 1:36.239
26. L. DiGrassi, Virgin Cosworth (18) (G), 1:36.458
27. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:36.652
28. S. Yamamoto, HRT Cosworth, (21) (M), 1:36.848
29. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:37.213
30. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 1:37.411
The Virgin team were happy to finally qualify for a race, while the Modena team were disappointed with their qualifying pace as the car went backwards with its set up. The Randle team were confident of more points and Red Bull was expected to win the race.
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Looking forward to the race
it's really interesting reading this topic, keep up good work! ;D
it's really interesting reading this topic, keep up good work! ;D
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17th April 2011 Chinese Grand Prix
The weather was perfect for the 2011 Chinese Grand Prix and with speculation on its future; this race could be the last one at the circuit. The Virgin team were hoping for a strong finish as was the sole Arrows that had looked very fast during qualifying. The Randle BMW team were adamant of concentration as they looked in a strong position for points. The pressure would be on to not make a mistake from the start as a tough first few corners could be havoc for the midfield. The Lights went out and Rosberg made a brilliant start to get to the first corner in front of the Red Bulls. The Randle of Heidfeld was up to 6th in a brilliant start while his teammate Adam was slower but managed to hold onto 12th just going into the right hander. The grid got away safely and no major incidents happened so it was full throttle racing. The McLaren’s were battling with Heidfeld and Schumacher as they came up on the long straight which helped the BMW engine and in a brilliant passing move, the car moved up to 4th. At the end of the 1st lap the top 10 was Rosberg, Webber, Vettel, Heidfeld, Schumacher, Button, Massa, Hamilton, Hulkenberg, Alonso. The Randle team were impressed with Heidfeld in the early part of the race, however the pit radio was checking to make sure he was not wearing the tyres too quickly as the team planned to stop once. The sister Randle BMW was stuck behind Alonso as the car could not beat the Ferrari in the corners but closed up tight on the straights, team boss Geoff was on the radio telling Adam to be patient and try to out psyche Alonso into a mistake. The Virgins had made up a few places and were in 22nd and 23rd respectively on lap 10 and the gap at the front was developing as Heidfeld could not match the Red Bulls pace. A punctured right rear ended Liuzzi’s race on lap 15 and he narrowly missed Perez’s Sauber. 4th to 12th was only separated by 4 secs on lap 23 as the Randle of Heidfeld was performing brilliantly to keep the faster McLaren, Ferraris behind him. This gave Adam the chance to move into 8th with a brilliant 2 corner move that saw him go from 12th – 8th. On lap 25 the top 10 was Rosberg, Vettel +1.237s, Webber +2.782s, Heidfeld + 10.546s, Button +10.789s, Schumacher + 11.003s, Massa +11.342s, Randle +11.781s, Hamilton +12.012s, Alonso +13.785s. Rosberg set a fast lap on lap 27 of 1:38.567s to show the Red Bulls a charge as he looked to come into the pits around lap 32 for new tyres. In a surprise move Randle pitted on lap 27 and dropped down to 15th as he made a decision to go for a different compound that would put some more grip on the rears. Heidfeld did the same on lap 28 coming out just in front of Adam. This meant the two could push on and really charge for points, the charge for tyres would see Alonso try to stop out longest on his as he climbed to 4th momentarily. The Randle cars on lap 34 were the fastest on the track and the lap time’s plummeted as they were able to catch and overtake cars to put them back up to 7th and 8th. The battle for 1st came into the pits as Rosberg and Vettel pitted simultaneously and with the Red Bull pit crew quicker he came out just ahead of Rosberg for 2nd as Webber tried to build a gap for his pit stop. On lap 36 Webber pitted and managed to come out just behind Rosberg but with all 3 on new tyres it meant an exciting fight for first took place. 5th and 6th placed Alonso and Hamilton collided in a big crash that brought out the safety car that bunched the field back together. In wild scenes the crews of Ferrari and McLaren had to be broken up as they argued over whose fault it was. The safety car came in on lap 39 and Webber plunged for first as he overtook Vettel and Rosberg on the outside of the first corner, the two Randles swapped places as Adam muscled pass Heidfeld. On lap 40 the top 10 was Webber, Rosberg, Vettel, Button, Randle, Heidfeld, Schumacher, Massa, Hulkenberg, and Petrov. The leaders were now lapping in 1:37.800s as they opened a half second a lap gap over Button. The Minardi team’s race was over by lap 41 as both cars succumbed to Engine problems, while Lotus were hassling the Toleman of Kubica and Williams of Barrichello in 12th. The Randle BMW had a shot at Button on the inside of turn 5 and passed but ran wide on turn 6 and Button got back through. As Button got back through Adam noticed how worn Buttons tyres were getting as they were the soft compound and it meant that Buttons grip in the corners was nowhere near as good as either of the Randle BMWs. Button’s problem tyres meant he struggled for 6 laps to keep the BMWs from 4th while Adam set the fastest lap on lap 48 with a 1:35.978s which no other car could match with the leaders still only stuck in 1:36.400s. Rosberg passed Vettel for 2nd on lap 50 and Adam finally passed Button for 4th so that the top 10 was now Webber, Rosberg +1.497s, Vettel + 3.891s, Randle +12.368s, Button +14.569s, Heidfeld +15.027s, Massa +21.478s, Schumacher +25.762s, Hulkenberg +33.872s and Petrov +36.995s. Randle was able to make 1.5 secs a lap on the front 3 as he went on a charge to catch the leaders while Button held up Heidfeld who passed the McLaren into turn 14 on lap 52. A fantastic 3 way battle happened in the closing 3 laps as the Mercedes battled with the Red Bulls who had to be careful of a charging Randle BMW. On lap 54 the gap of the front 5 was Vettel, Webber +0.490s, + Rosberg + 1.237s, Randle + 5.342s and Heidfeld + 17.098s Randle closed up another 2 seconds on lap 55 as Rosberg took the lead. Entering the final lap the Red Bulls tried to keep the pace of the BMW but could not have the chance as the tyres of Randle were still good and this meant the BMW got down to 2 seconds off the leaders as they went through turns 7 – 11. Entering the long straight a huge tow off Vettel meant Adam was side by side with Vettel in a 4 car column as Webber tried to get past Rosberg. Nearing the hairpin Randle passed Vettel as Webber passed Rosberg and at the hairpin, Vettel got back passed Randle who broke too late to go wide. This meant that Rosberg was able to retake the lead on the last corner and win a brilliant race with the top 4 covered by less than 1.528 seconds.
1. N. Rosberg (4) 1hr 38mins 27.967s 25pts
2. M. Webber (2) +0.045s 18pts
3. S. Vettel (1) + 0.873s 15pts
4. A. Randle (13) +1.528s 12pts
5. N. Heidfeld (14) + 19.899s 10pts
6. J. Button (8) + 23.684s 8pts
7. F. Massa (28) + 27.125s 6pts
8. M. Schumacher (3) + 34.214s 4pts
9. N. Hulkenberg (6) + 43.986s 2pts
10. V. Petrov (20) + 47.893s 1pt
11. R. Kubica (19) + 1.01.115s
12. H. Kovalainen (12) + 1.17.895s
13. R. Barrichello (5) + 1.18.902s
14. J. Trulli (11) + 1.24.745s
15. A. Sutil (15) + 1.30.621s
16. P. De La Rosa (9) + 1 lap
17. S. Perez (30) + 1 lap
18. L. DiGrassi (18) + 1 lap
19. C. Klien (22) + 1lap
20. J. Alguersuari (24) 41 laps Engine
21. S. Buemi (23) 40 laps Engine
22. F. Alonso (27) 36 laps Collision
23. L. Hamilton (7) 36 laps Collision
24. T. Glock (17) 35 laps Brakes
25. K. Kobayashi (29) 33 laps Exhaust
26. V. Liuzzi, (16) 15 Laps puncture
F.Lap: A. Randle (13) 1.35.978s on lap 48
ROTR: F. Alonso stupid to block Hamilton that caused the crash that changed the race.
DOTR: A. Randle drove brilliantly and made a strategic decision that could have won the race
Championship
1. N. Rosberg (4) 75pts
2. S. Vettel (1) 50pts
3. M. Webber (2) 47pts
4. J. Button (8) 44pts
5. F. Alonso (27) 42pts
6. L. Hamilton (7) 30pts
7. N. Heidfeld (14) 16pts
8. V. Petrov (20) 15pts
9. N. Hulkenberg (6) 14pts
= A. Randle (13) 14pts
= M. Schumacher (3) 14pts
= F. Massa (28) 14pts
13. R. Kubica (19) 8pts
14. J. Alguersuari (24) 6pts
15. R. Grosjean (25) 4pts
= R. Barrichello (5) 4pts
17. H. Kovalainen (12) 2pts
= S. Buemi (23) 2pts
19. V. Liuzzi (16) 1pt
= A. Sutil (15) 1pt
= K. Kobayashi (29) 1pt
Constructors Championship
1. Red Bull 97pts
2. Mercedes 89pts
3. McLaren 74pts
4. Ferrari 56pts
5. Randle 30pts
6. Toleman 23pts
7. Williams 18pts
8. Minardi 8pts
9. Ligier Prost 4pts
10. Lotus 2pts
= Force India 2pts
12. Sauber 1pt
13. Super Aguri 0pts
= Modena 0pts
= Arrows 0pts
= HRT 0pts
= Virgin 0pts
The weather was perfect for the 2011 Chinese Grand Prix and with speculation on its future; this race could be the last one at the circuit. The Virgin team were hoping for a strong finish as was the sole Arrows that had looked very fast during qualifying. The Randle BMW team were adamant of concentration as they looked in a strong position for points. The pressure would be on to not make a mistake from the start as a tough first few corners could be havoc for the midfield. The Lights went out and Rosberg made a brilliant start to get to the first corner in front of the Red Bulls. The Randle of Heidfeld was up to 6th in a brilliant start while his teammate Adam was slower but managed to hold onto 12th just going into the right hander. The grid got away safely and no major incidents happened so it was full throttle racing. The McLaren’s were battling with Heidfeld and Schumacher as they came up on the long straight which helped the BMW engine and in a brilliant passing move, the car moved up to 4th. At the end of the 1st lap the top 10 was Rosberg, Webber, Vettel, Heidfeld, Schumacher, Button, Massa, Hamilton, Hulkenberg, Alonso. The Randle team were impressed with Heidfeld in the early part of the race, however the pit radio was checking to make sure he was not wearing the tyres too quickly as the team planned to stop once. The sister Randle BMW was stuck behind Alonso as the car could not beat the Ferrari in the corners but closed up tight on the straights, team boss Geoff was on the radio telling Adam to be patient and try to out psyche Alonso into a mistake. The Virgins had made up a few places and were in 22nd and 23rd respectively on lap 10 and the gap at the front was developing as Heidfeld could not match the Red Bulls pace. A punctured right rear ended Liuzzi’s race on lap 15 and he narrowly missed Perez’s Sauber. 4th to 12th was only separated by 4 secs on lap 23 as the Randle of Heidfeld was performing brilliantly to keep the faster McLaren, Ferraris behind him. This gave Adam the chance to move into 8th with a brilliant 2 corner move that saw him go from 12th – 8th. On lap 25 the top 10 was Rosberg, Vettel +1.237s, Webber +2.782s, Heidfeld + 10.546s, Button +10.789s, Schumacher + 11.003s, Massa +11.342s, Randle +11.781s, Hamilton +12.012s, Alonso +13.785s. Rosberg set a fast lap on lap 27 of 1:38.567s to show the Red Bulls a charge as he looked to come into the pits around lap 32 for new tyres. In a surprise move Randle pitted on lap 27 and dropped down to 15th as he made a decision to go for a different compound that would put some more grip on the rears. Heidfeld did the same on lap 28 coming out just in front of Adam. This meant the two could push on and really charge for points, the charge for tyres would see Alonso try to stop out longest on his as he climbed to 4th momentarily. The Randle cars on lap 34 were the fastest on the track and the lap time’s plummeted as they were able to catch and overtake cars to put them back up to 7th and 8th. The battle for 1st came into the pits as Rosberg and Vettel pitted simultaneously and with the Red Bull pit crew quicker he came out just ahead of Rosberg for 2nd as Webber tried to build a gap for his pit stop. On lap 36 Webber pitted and managed to come out just behind Rosberg but with all 3 on new tyres it meant an exciting fight for first took place. 5th and 6th placed Alonso and Hamilton collided in a big crash that brought out the safety car that bunched the field back together. In wild scenes the crews of Ferrari and McLaren had to be broken up as they argued over whose fault it was. The safety car came in on lap 39 and Webber plunged for first as he overtook Vettel and Rosberg on the outside of the first corner, the two Randles swapped places as Adam muscled pass Heidfeld. On lap 40 the top 10 was Webber, Rosberg, Vettel, Button, Randle, Heidfeld, Schumacher, Massa, Hulkenberg, and Petrov. The leaders were now lapping in 1:37.800s as they opened a half second a lap gap over Button. The Minardi team’s race was over by lap 41 as both cars succumbed to Engine problems, while Lotus were hassling the Toleman of Kubica and Williams of Barrichello in 12th. The Randle BMW had a shot at Button on the inside of turn 5 and passed but ran wide on turn 6 and Button got back through. As Button got back through Adam noticed how worn Buttons tyres were getting as they were the soft compound and it meant that Buttons grip in the corners was nowhere near as good as either of the Randle BMWs. Button’s problem tyres meant he struggled for 6 laps to keep the BMWs from 4th while Adam set the fastest lap on lap 48 with a 1:35.978s which no other car could match with the leaders still only stuck in 1:36.400s. Rosberg passed Vettel for 2nd on lap 50 and Adam finally passed Button for 4th so that the top 10 was now Webber, Rosberg +1.497s, Vettel + 3.891s, Randle +12.368s, Button +14.569s, Heidfeld +15.027s, Massa +21.478s, Schumacher +25.762s, Hulkenberg +33.872s and Petrov +36.995s. Randle was able to make 1.5 secs a lap on the front 3 as he went on a charge to catch the leaders while Button held up Heidfeld who passed the McLaren into turn 14 on lap 52. A fantastic 3 way battle happened in the closing 3 laps as the Mercedes battled with the Red Bulls who had to be careful of a charging Randle BMW. On lap 54 the gap of the front 5 was Vettel, Webber +0.490s, + Rosberg + 1.237s, Randle + 5.342s and Heidfeld + 17.098s Randle closed up another 2 seconds on lap 55 as Rosberg took the lead. Entering the final lap the Red Bulls tried to keep the pace of the BMW but could not have the chance as the tyres of Randle were still good and this meant the BMW got down to 2 seconds off the leaders as they went through turns 7 – 11. Entering the long straight a huge tow off Vettel meant Adam was side by side with Vettel in a 4 car column as Webber tried to get past Rosberg. Nearing the hairpin Randle passed Vettel as Webber passed Rosberg and at the hairpin, Vettel got back passed Randle who broke too late to go wide. This meant that Rosberg was able to retake the lead on the last corner and win a brilliant race with the top 4 covered by less than 1.528 seconds.
1. N. Rosberg (4) 1hr 38mins 27.967s 25pts
2. M. Webber (2) +0.045s 18pts
3. S. Vettel (1) + 0.873s 15pts
4. A. Randle (13) +1.528s 12pts
5. N. Heidfeld (14) + 19.899s 10pts
6. J. Button (8) + 23.684s 8pts
7. F. Massa (28) + 27.125s 6pts
8. M. Schumacher (3) + 34.214s 4pts
9. N. Hulkenberg (6) + 43.986s 2pts
10. V. Petrov (20) + 47.893s 1pt
11. R. Kubica (19) + 1.01.115s
12. H. Kovalainen (12) + 1.17.895s
13. R. Barrichello (5) + 1.18.902s
14. J. Trulli (11) + 1.24.745s
15. A. Sutil (15) + 1.30.621s
16. P. De La Rosa (9) + 1 lap
17. S. Perez (30) + 1 lap
18. L. DiGrassi (18) + 1 lap
19. C. Klien (22) + 1lap
20. J. Alguersuari (24) 41 laps Engine
21. S. Buemi (23) 40 laps Engine
22. F. Alonso (27) 36 laps Collision
23. L. Hamilton (7) 36 laps Collision
24. T. Glock (17) 35 laps Brakes
25. K. Kobayashi (29) 33 laps Exhaust
26. V. Liuzzi, (16) 15 Laps puncture
F.Lap: A. Randle (13) 1.35.978s on lap 48
ROTR: F. Alonso stupid to block Hamilton that caused the crash that changed the race.
DOTR: A. Randle drove brilliantly and made a strategic decision that could have won the race
Championship
1. N. Rosberg (4) 75pts
2. S. Vettel (1) 50pts
3. M. Webber (2) 47pts
4. J. Button (8) 44pts
5. F. Alonso (27) 42pts
6. L. Hamilton (7) 30pts
7. N. Heidfeld (14) 16pts
8. V. Petrov (20) 15pts
9. N. Hulkenberg (6) 14pts
= A. Randle (13) 14pts
= M. Schumacher (3) 14pts
= F. Massa (28) 14pts
13. R. Kubica (19) 8pts
14. J. Alguersuari (24) 6pts
15. R. Grosjean (25) 4pts
= R. Barrichello (5) 4pts
17. H. Kovalainen (12) 2pts
= S. Buemi (23) 2pts
19. V. Liuzzi (16) 1pt
= A. Sutil (15) 1pt
= K. Kobayashi (29) 1pt
Constructors Championship
1. Red Bull 97pts
2. Mercedes 89pts
3. McLaren 74pts
4. Ferrari 56pts
5. Randle 30pts
6. Toleman 23pts
7. Williams 18pts
8. Minardi 8pts
9. Ligier Prost 4pts
10. Lotus 2pts
= Force India 2pts
12. Sauber 1pt
13. Super Aguri 0pts
= Modena 0pts
= Arrows 0pts
= HRT 0pts
= Virgin 0pts
Re: Alternate Future History 2011 F1 World Championship
Currently suffering a little bit of writers block as trying to fit in university assignments, band practice and had some ill health. Hoping to write more to it in the next two weeks so sorry for the wait
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I was just wondering if you would like this to be finished off, I have some races I can do however I might only add important headlines if its necessary as it was quite hard coming up with events. Plus I need to work in some of the drivers onto the grid but at least I predicted the HRT not qualifying for the first race.
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Certainly go ahead with it, if you want, I'd like to read it anyway.
Better than 'Tour in a suit case' Takagi.
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Update will be up soon, just writing a few races and getting them proof read.
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While I like following this, could I make a request for future race reports? That is, could you split them up into paragraphs, it just makes it a bit easier to read.
Sebastian Vettel wrote:If I was good at losing, I wouldn't be in Formula 1
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BlindCaveSalamander wrote:While I like following this, could I make a request for future race reports? That is, could you split them up into paragraphs, it just makes it a bit easier to read.
Sure I will try and have the layout to be a bit more readable.
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gnrpoison wrote:BlindCaveSalamander wrote:While I like following this, could I make a request for future race reports? That is, could you split them up into paragraphs, it just makes it a bit easier to read.
Sure I will try and have the layout to be a bit more readable.
Thanks, looking forward to the next part.
Sebastian Vettel wrote:If I was good at losing, I wouldn't be in Formula 1
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Good read! I'm really rooting for Nico to win the title, haha.
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18th April 2011 F1 Fanatic
Randle BMW thrilled with result and will us ethe April test to ease out the high downforce circuit problems
19th April 2011 FIA
A decision will be made on if turbo engines will be allowed will be made in the summer with Porsche and Renault looking at developments.
20th April 2011 F1Fanatic
Red Bull begin reconstruction of A1 Ring which will pay homage to the Osterreichring
27th April 2011 BBC
Stefan GP makes deal with Lola for customer chassis for 2012
28th April 2011 The Times
Paul Ricard Possible Qui for French Grand Prix 2012 with rumours a contract is almost ready to be negotiated.
30th April Sky News
Alonso rumoured to be considering F1 Future if Ferrari cannot deliver championship
1st May F1.com
Adam Randle will run Brabham BMW BT53 at Goodwood, while Heidfeld will drive his F3000 winning car and his Prost from his First year of F1 racing.
4th May BBC
Randle BMW expecting new upgrades to aid the car and to cement point positions as the Race is expected to sell out for the first time.
5th May 2011 Turkish Grand Prix Prequalifying
So the real season begins with the First Race of the European Season after the flyaway races, the teams had updates to the cars and as was expected the Randle Team were looking to build upon the success of China. Ligier had unfortunately gone backwards with their updates and struggled to find pace in the session. The general consensus amongst the other teams was that the midpoint of the season could not come fast enough so that those bloody quick Randle Cars would be out of prequalifying. The midway point of the session would see the timing screens topped by A. Randle.
1. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G) 1:26.418
2. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G) 1:27.290
3. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M) 1:27.872
4. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:28.746
5. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P) 1:29.121
6. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M) 1:29.483
7. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M) 1:29.572
8. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M) 1:29.768
9. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P) 1:29.974
10. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P) 1:30.121
The last 30 mins became very tense and it led to the non Randle Teams exchanging times and becoming quicker. No team was able to set a faster time then the Randle BMWs and the final times were
1. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:24.785
2. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:25.036
3. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M) 1:25.890
4. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P) 1:26.435
5. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M) 1:26.687
6. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P) 1:27.012
7. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M) 1:27.112
8. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P) 1:27.538
9. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M) 1:27.876
10. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P) 1:28.237
7th May 2011 Turkish Grand Prix Qualification
1. L. Hamilton, Mclaren Mercedes, (7) (M), 1:22.462
2. J. Button, McLaren Mercedes, (8) (M) 1:22.678
3. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault, (2) (G) 1:22.721
4. N. Rosberg, Mercedes, (4) (M) 1:22.891
5. F. Alonso, Ferrari, (27) (G) 1:22.976
6. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault, (1) (G) 1:22.978
7. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault, (20) (P) 1:23.055
8. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G) 1:23.213
9. F. Massa, Ferrari, (28) (G) 1:23.375
10. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes, (15) (M) 1:23.589
11. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault, (19) (P) 1:23.698
12. M. Schumacher, Mercedes, (3) (M) 1:23.705
13. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth, (5) (G) 1:23.890
14. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth, (6) (G) 1:24.121
15. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:24.289
16. K. Kobayashi, Sauber Mercedes, (29) (G) 1:24.387
17. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M) 1:24.587
18. V. Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes, (16) (M) 1:24.717
19. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes, (30) (G) 1:24.899
20. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M) 1:25.321
21. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:25.543
22. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth, (22) (M), 1:25.678
23. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault, (11) (P) 1:25.898
24. J. Alguersuari, Minardi Ferrari, (24) (M) 1:26.015
25. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Renault, (12) (P) 1:26.231
26. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P) 1:26.478
27. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari, (23) (M) 1:26.698
28. L. DiGrassi, Virgin Cosworth, (18) (G) 1:27.103
29. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth, (17) (G) 1:27.201
30. S. Yamamoto, HRT Cosworth, (21) (M) 1:27.349
Questions were raised at Minardi’s poor performance and the HRT were only running Yamamoto from now on if money is brought to the team.
Randle BMW thrilled with result and will us ethe April test to ease out the high downforce circuit problems
19th April 2011 FIA
A decision will be made on if turbo engines will be allowed will be made in the summer with Porsche and Renault looking at developments.
20th April 2011 F1Fanatic
Red Bull begin reconstruction of A1 Ring which will pay homage to the Osterreichring
27th April 2011 BBC
Stefan GP makes deal with Lola for customer chassis for 2012
28th April 2011 The Times
Paul Ricard Possible Qui for French Grand Prix 2012 with rumours a contract is almost ready to be negotiated.
30th April Sky News
Alonso rumoured to be considering F1 Future if Ferrari cannot deliver championship
1st May F1.com
Adam Randle will run Brabham BMW BT53 at Goodwood, while Heidfeld will drive his F3000 winning car and his Prost from his First year of F1 racing.
4th May BBC
Randle BMW expecting new upgrades to aid the car and to cement point positions as the Race is expected to sell out for the first time.
5th May 2011 Turkish Grand Prix Prequalifying
So the real season begins with the First Race of the European Season after the flyaway races, the teams had updates to the cars and as was expected the Randle Team were looking to build upon the success of China. Ligier had unfortunately gone backwards with their updates and struggled to find pace in the session. The general consensus amongst the other teams was that the midpoint of the season could not come fast enough so that those bloody quick Randle Cars would be out of prequalifying. The midway point of the session would see the timing screens topped by A. Randle.
1. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G) 1:26.418
2. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G) 1:27.290
3. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M) 1:27.872
4. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:28.746
5. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P) 1:29.121
6. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M) 1:29.483
7. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M) 1:29.572
8. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M) 1:29.768
9. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P) 1:29.974
10. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P) 1:30.121
The last 30 mins became very tense and it led to the non Randle Teams exchanging times and becoming quicker. No team was able to set a faster time then the Randle BMWs and the final times were
1. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:24.785
2. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:25.036
3. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M) 1:25.890
4. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P) 1:26.435
5. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M) 1:26.687
6. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P) 1:27.012
7. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M) 1:27.112
8. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P) 1:27.538
9. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M) 1:27.876
10. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P) 1:28.237
7th May 2011 Turkish Grand Prix Qualification
1. L. Hamilton, Mclaren Mercedes, (7) (M), 1:22.462
2. J. Button, McLaren Mercedes, (8) (M) 1:22.678
3. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault, (2) (G) 1:22.721
4. N. Rosberg, Mercedes, (4) (M) 1:22.891
5. F. Alonso, Ferrari, (27) (G) 1:22.976
6. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault, (1) (G) 1:22.978
7. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault, (20) (P) 1:23.055
8. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G) 1:23.213
9. F. Massa, Ferrari, (28) (G) 1:23.375
10. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes, (15) (M) 1:23.589
11. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault, (19) (P) 1:23.698
12. M. Schumacher, Mercedes, (3) (M) 1:23.705
13. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth, (5) (G) 1:23.890
14. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth, (6) (G) 1:24.121
15. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:24.289
16. K. Kobayashi, Sauber Mercedes, (29) (G) 1:24.387
17. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M) 1:24.587
18. V. Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes, (16) (M) 1:24.717
19. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes, (30) (G) 1:24.899
20. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M) 1:25.321
21. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:25.543
22. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth, (22) (M), 1:25.678
23. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault, (11) (P) 1:25.898
24. J. Alguersuari, Minardi Ferrari, (24) (M) 1:26.015
25. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Renault, (12) (P) 1:26.231
26. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P) 1:26.478
27. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari, (23) (M) 1:26.698
28. L. DiGrassi, Virgin Cosworth, (18) (G) 1:27.103
29. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth, (17) (G) 1:27.201
30. S. Yamamoto, HRT Cosworth, (21) (M) 1:27.349
Questions were raised at Minardi’s poor performance and the HRT were only running Yamamoto from now on if money is brought to the team.
Re: Alternate Future History 2011 F1 World Championship
Row two for Nico! That's my boy.
Interesting developments in Turkey.
Interesting developments in Turkey.
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Re: Alternate Future History 2011 F1 World Championship
8th May 2011 Turkish Grand Prix 58 laps
It was another sunny race day for the 7th Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul Park, the McLarens of Hamilton and Button had shown excellent pace all weekend and were predicted to shine in the following laps. The races was expected to be decided by a 2 stop strategy and would favour the Goodyear teams whose soft tyres lasted longer then those on Pirelli’s or Michelin’s. The strategy of the Randle team was split as Adam was favouring a 1 stop strategy of using the medium compound and using softs under light fuel and was expected to come in around lap 33. The Randle of Heidfeld was going for a 2 stop strategy and using hards, pitting on lap 21 and lap 45. The Team were hopeful Adam would nurse his tyres on what was a quite radical strategy as if it worked a podium could be possible for the team. The lights would go and out all 26 cars made it safely into the first corner, Hamilton led from Rosberg and the Red Bulls had fallen behind the Toleman of Petrov and Alonso had the pair split. The number 13 Randle Car had fallen to 10th but this had been anticipated as the tyres would not have the grip for the first few laps. Heidfeld had made up a few places to 11th and on lap 2, his teammate allowed him through to chase and harass the cars in front so the strategies of the works BMW team could take effect. The lone Minardi car’s race ended on lap 3 in a spectacular way as the Ferrari engine expired compounding the teams miserable weekend. It was almost felt as if for this weekend they should have stayed back home given their poor performance. Back at the front and Rosberg set the pace as a battle was taking place between himself, Hamilton and Button. The top 10 at the end of lap 10 were 1. L. Hamilton (7), 2. J. Button (8) +2.213s, 3. N. Rosberg (4) +2.561s, 4. F. Alonso (27) + 5.478s, 5. V. Petrov (20) + 7.893s, 6. M. Webber (2) + 9.975s, 7. S. Vettel (1) +10.542s, 8. N. Heidfeld (14) + 11.278s, 9. F. Massa (28) + 11.784s 10. A. Randle (13) +12.987s.
The midfield battles were entertaining the crowds on lap 18 as Hulkenberg, Schumacher, Sutil, Kobayashi and Senna were maintaining positions and attempting passes in the final sector of the track. A puncture on lap 21 ended Vettel’s race and would be the start of a very interesting race for the Red Bull team. The frontrunner’s on the 2 stop strategies pitted on laps 22 – 24 and this meant that car of Randle was up in 5th with 9 laps to make a difference. The medium tyres were not on their optimum grip and this meant that the car was the fastest on the track. Lap 27 and the top 10 was 1. J. Button (8), 2. V. Petrov (20) + 9.781s, 3. F. Alonso (27) + 12.326s, 4. M. Webber (2) + 13.674s, 5. A. Randle (13) + 13.786s, 6. L. Hamilton (7) + 24.546s, 7. N. Rosberg + 27.986s, 8. N. Heidfeld (14) + 34.652s, 9. R. Kubica (19) + 43.876s 10. A. Sutil (15) + 55.128s. Massa’s car broke down on lap 29 and this put an end to his disappointing race on a circuit he was once unbeatable at. Lap 33 and Alonso, Webber and Randle all come into the pits together, The Randle Racing team are quickest and Adam is just able to get out in front of Alonso. With Petrov stopping on lap 34 it meant 3rd was a possibility if Button was slowed too much in traffic. However on lap 37 when coming to lap the Lotus of Trulli, the 3 car battle of Randle, Webber and Alonso collided and took all 4 cars out on the spot. This meant that Heidfeld was running a comfortable 5th going into his last stop. On lap 40 the top 10 was 1. L. Hamilton (7), 2. N. Rosberg (4) +5.798s, 3. J. Button (8) + 8.932s, 4th V. Petrov (20) + 20.564s, 5th N. Heidfeld + 30.487s, 6th R. Kubica + 40.863s, 7. A. Sutil (15) + 55.765s, 8. M. Schumacher (3) +56.987s, 9. N. Hulkenberg (6) +59.721s, 10. K.Kobayashi + 1:05.686s. Attention now turned to the top 3 of the Mercedes powered cars and this was an entertaining battle that would last until the finish. The Super Aguri team were hopeful of a point as they were in 11th with Senna just 5 seconds off Kobayashi with 10 laps to go. On lap 54 Button got a brilliant tow on the inside of turn 8 and passed Rosberg for 2nd. With Hamilton now too far in front this lead to a comfortable 1- 2 for McLaren and the first of the season after the difficulties in preseason. Hamilton would make it a hatrick by setting the fastest lap of 1:24.431s on lap 55.
1. L. Hamilton (7) 1hr 26minds 22.325s 25pts
2. J. Button (8) + 15.987s 18pts
3. N. Rosberg + 17.431s 15pts
4. V. Petrov (20) + 33.752s 12pts
5. N. Heidfeld (14) + 38.881s 10pts
6. R. Kubica (19) + 43.267s 8pts
7. M. Schumacher (3) + 57.872s 6pts
8. K. Kobayashi (29) + 1 lap 4pts
9. B. Senna (31) + 1lap 2pts
10. N. Hulkenberg (6) + 1 lap 1pt
11. V. Liuzzi (16) + 2laps
12. S. Perez (30) + 2 laps
13. H. Kovalainen (12) + 3 laps
14. G. Ricci (34) Out of Fuel 47 laps
15. A. Sutil (15) Wheel 46 laps
16. A. Randle (13) Collision 37 laps
17. M. Webber (2) Collision 37 laps
18. F. Alonso (27) Collision 37 laps
19. J. Trulli (11) Collision 36 laps
20. F. Massa (28) Driveshaft 29 laps
21. P. Maldonado (10) Oil leak 27 laps
22. C. Klien (22) Collision 26 laps
23. S. Vettel (1) Puncture 21 laps
24. T. Sato (32) Gearbox 15 laps
25. R. Barrichello (5) Exhaust 11 laps
26. J. Alguersuari (24) Engine 3 laps
F. Lap L. Hamilton (7) 1:24.431 on lap 55
ROTR: Red Bull and Ferrari, complete amateur performances from two of the so called top four
DOTR: V. Petrov, drove brillantly for a best ever postion.
Championship
1. N. Rosberg (4) 90pts
2. J. Button (8) 62pts
3. L. Hamilton (7) 55pts
4. S. Vettel (1) 50pts
5. M. Webber (2) 47pts
6. F. Alonso (27) 42pts
7. V. Petrov (20) 27pts
8. N. Heidfeld (14) 26pts
9. M. Schumacher (3) 20pts
10. R. Kubica (19) 16pts
11. N. Hulkenberg (6) 15pts
12. A. Randle (13) 14pts
= F. Massa (28) 14pts
14. J. Alguersuari (24) 6pts
15. K. Kobayashi (29) 5pts
16. R. Grosjean (25) 4pts
= R. Barrichello (5) 4pts
18. H. Kovalainen (12) 2pts
= S. Buemi (23) 2pts
20. V. Liuzzi (16) 1pt
= A. Sutil (15) 1pt
= B. Senna (31) 1pt
Constructors
1. McLaren 117pts
2. Mercedes 110pts
3. Red Bull 97pts
4. Ferrari 56pts
5. Toleman 43pts
6. Randle 40pts
7. Williams 19pts
8. Minardi 8pts
9. Sauber 5pts
10. Ligier Prost 4pts
11. Lotus 2pts
= Force India 2pts
13. Super Aguri 1pt
14. Modena 0pts
= Arrows 0pts
= HRT 0pts
= Virgin 0pts
It was another sunny race day for the 7th Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul Park, the McLarens of Hamilton and Button had shown excellent pace all weekend and were predicted to shine in the following laps. The races was expected to be decided by a 2 stop strategy and would favour the Goodyear teams whose soft tyres lasted longer then those on Pirelli’s or Michelin’s. The strategy of the Randle team was split as Adam was favouring a 1 stop strategy of using the medium compound and using softs under light fuel and was expected to come in around lap 33. The Randle of Heidfeld was going for a 2 stop strategy and using hards, pitting on lap 21 and lap 45. The Team were hopeful Adam would nurse his tyres on what was a quite radical strategy as if it worked a podium could be possible for the team. The lights would go and out all 26 cars made it safely into the first corner, Hamilton led from Rosberg and the Red Bulls had fallen behind the Toleman of Petrov and Alonso had the pair split. The number 13 Randle Car had fallen to 10th but this had been anticipated as the tyres would not have the grip for the first few laps. Heidfeld had made up a few places to 11th and on lap 2, his teammate allowed him through to chase and harass the cars in front so the strategies of the works BMW team could take effect. The lone Minardi car’s race ended on lap 3 in a spectacular way as the Ferrari engine expired compounding the teams miserable weekend. It was almost felt as if for this weekend they should have stayed back home given their poor performance. Back at the front and Rosberg set the pace as a battle was taking place between himself, Hamilton and Button. The top 10 at the end of lap 10 were 1. L. Hamilton (7), 2. J. Button (8) +2.213s, 3. N. Rosberg (4) +2.561s, 4. F. Alonso (27) + 5.478s, 5. V. Petrov (20) + 7.893s, 6. M. Webber (2) + 9.975s, 7. S. Vettel (1) +10.542s, 8. N. Heidfeld (14) + 11.278s, 9. F. Massa (28) + 11.784s 10. A. Randle (13) +12.987s.
The midfield battles were entertaining the crowds on lap 18 as Hulkenberg, Schumacher, Sutil, Kobayashi and Senna were maintaining positions and attempting passes in the final sector of the track. A puncture on lap 21 ended Vettel’s race and would be the start of a very interesting race for the Red Bull team. The frontrunner’s on the 2 stop strategies pitted on laps 22 – 24 and this meant that car of Randle was up in 5th with 9 laps to make a difference. The medium tyres were not on their optimum grip and this meant that the car was the fastest on the track. Lap 27 and the top 10 was 1. J. Button (8), 2. V. Petrov (20) + 9.781s, 3. F. Alonso (27) + 12.326s, 4. M. Webber (2) + 13.674s, 5. A. Randle (13) + 13.786s, 6. L. Hamilton (7) + 24.546s, 7. N. Rosberg + 27.986s, 8. N. Heidfeld (14) + 34.652s, 9. R. Kubica (19) + 43.876s 10. A. Sutil (15) + 55.128s. Massa’s car broke down on lap 29 and this put an end to his disappointing race on a circuit he was once unbeatable at. Lap 33 and Alonso, Webber and Randle all come into the pits together, The Randle Racing team are quickest and Adam is just able to get out in front of Alonso. With Petrov stopping on lap 34 it meant 3rd was a possibility if Button was slowed too much in traffic. However on lap 37 when coming to lap the Lotus of Trulli, the 3 car battle of Randle, Webber and Alonso collided and took all 4 cars out on the spot. This meant that Heidfeld was running a comfortable 5th going into his last stop. On lap 40 the top 10 was 1. L. Hamilton (7), 2. N. Rosberg (4) +5.798s, 3. J. Button (8) + 8.932s, 4th V. Petrov (20) + 20.564s, 5th N. Heidfeld + 30.487s, 6th R. Kubica + 40.863s, 7. A. Sutil (15) + 55.765s, 8. M. Schumacher (3) +56.987s, 9. N. Hulkenberg (6) +59.721s, 10. K.Kobayashi + 1:05.686s. Attention now turned to the top 3 of the Mercedes powered cars and this was an entertaining battle that would last until the finish. The Super Aguri team were hopeful of a point as they were in 11th with Senna just 5 seconds off Kobayashi with 10 laps to go. On lap 54 Button got a brilliant tow on the inside of turn 8 and passed Rosberg for 2nd. With Hamilton now too far in front this lead to a comfortable 1- 2 for McLaren and the first of the season after the difficulties in preseason. Hamilton would make it a hatrick by setting the fastest lap of 1:24.431s on lap 55.
1. L. Hamilton (7) 1hr 26minds 22.325s 25pts
2. J. Button (8) + 15.987s 18pts
3. N. Rosberg + 17.431s 15pts
4. V. Petrov (20) + 33.752s 12pts
5. N. Heidfeld (14) + 38.881s 10pts
6. R. Kubica (19) + 43.267s 8pts
7. M. Schumacher (3) + 57.872s 6pts
8. K. Kobayashi (29) + 1 lap 4pts
9. B. Senna (31) + 1lap 2pts
10. N. Hulkenberg (6) + 1 lap 1pt
11. V. Liuzzi (16) + 2laps
12. S. Perez (30) + 2 laps
13. H. Kovalainen (12) + 3 laps
14. G. Ricci (34) Out of Fuel 47 laps
15. A. Sutil (15) Wheel 46 laps
16. A. Randle (13) Collision 37 laps
17. M. Webber (2) Collision 37 laps
18. F. Alonso (27) Collision 37 laps
19. J. Trulli (11) Collision 36 laps
20. F. Massa (28) Driveshaft 29 laps
21. P. Maldonado (10) Oil leak 27 laps
22. C. Klien (22) Collision 26 laps
23. S. Vettel (1) Puncture 21 laps
24. T. Sato (32) Gearbox 15 laps
25. R. Barrichello (5) Exhaust 11 laps
26. J. Alguersuari (24) Engine 3 laps
F. Lap L. Hamilton (7) 1:24.431 on lap 55
ROTR: Red Bull and Ferrari, complete amateur performances from two of the so called top four
DOTR: V. Petrov, drove brillantly for a best ever postion.
Championship
1. N. Rosberg (4) 90pts
2. J. Button (8) 62pts
3. L. Hamilton (7) 55pts
4. S. Vettel (1) 50pts
5. M. Webber (2) 47pts
6. F. Alonso (27) 42pts
7. V. Petrov (20) 27pts
8. N. Heidfeld (14) 26pts
9. M. Schumacher (3) 20pts
10. R. Kubica (19) 16pts
11. N. Hulkenberg (6) 15pts
12. A. Randle (13) 14pts
= F. Massa (28) 14pts
14. J. Alguersuari (24) 6pts
15. K. Kobayashi (29) 5pts
16. R. Grosjean (25) 4pts
= R. Barrichello (5) 4pts
18. H. Kovalainen (12) 2pts
= S. Buemi (23) 2pts
20. V. Liuzzi (16) 1pt
= A. Sutil (15) 1pt
= B. Senna (31) 1pt
Constructors
1. McLaren 117pts
2. Mercedes 110pts
3. Red Bull 97pts
4. Ferrari 56pts
5. Toleman 43pts
6. Randle 40pts
7. Williams 19pts
8. Minardi 8pts
9. Sauber 5pts
10. Ligier Prost 4pts
11. Lotus 2pts
= Force India 2pts
13. Super Aguri 1pt
14. Modena 0pts
= Arrows 0pts
= HRT 0pts
= Virgin 0pts
Re: Alternate Future History 2011 F1 World Championship
9th May 2011 Autosport
A. Randle disappointed with the race as felt a podium was a real possibility. ‘Had it not been for an overzealous Webber and Alonso when we came up to the Lotus, I felt the team were confident of matching Petrov and possibly Rosberg’s pace. I am happy that Heidfeld brought the car home for the team though.
Gazzetta Di italia
We must improve otherwise we have no shot this year claimed Alonso, hopefully the home crowd will spur the team and myself to gain a result. The V12 engines are going to enjoy Barcelona.
11th May 2011 BBC News
Todt: Yes I see no reason why a turbo should not be in the sport, when we come to discuss the regulation it will be an issue.
12th May 2011 Autosport
‘HRT to Yamamoto, you have one race to prove why you should stay.’ Chandhock a possibility to be reinstated in the car.
13th May 2011 F1 Fanatic
ART Grand Prix will be on the grid for 2013, will use a turbo engine if it is accepted. This will be the second French team on the grid and signifiys a renaissance for French Motorsport.
14th May 2011 BBC
Honda pleased with Super Aguri process and will have new engine developments for Spain.
15th May 2011 The Times
Spanish racing association will decide which race it will lose claims Ecclestone
16th May 2011 F1 Fanatic
Indian track almost ready as final touches are made to the circuit and grandstands.
17th May 2011 BBC
Wirth and Branson disappointed with the team and maybe considering its future if Virgins results don’t improve.
19th May 2011 Spanish Grand Prix Prequalifying
The Ligier team were here with updates on the car and with a polished set up meant that the Randle BMWs were going to have a battle to top the timesheets. The bad news this had on the rest of the teams was not only 2 slots were realistic for qualifying. The weather was brilliant for the session and for the first time all season in prequalifying the Randle Cars struggled. After 30 mins the times were
1. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault ,(25), (M), 1:22.745
2. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14), (G), 1:22.989
3. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34), (P), 1:23.567
4. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26), (M), 1:23.871
5. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31), (M), 1:23.934
6. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13), (G), 1:24.248
7. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33), (P), 1:24.568
8. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:24.789
9. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M) 1:24.861
10. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P) 1:25.561
The last half an hour saw each of the cars getting faster, now the Randle Cars were hitting their stride and this would see both comfortably qualify alongside the Ligiers and the Lamborghini of Ricci. It was a tense couple of minutes for the Super Aguri’s, the remaining Lamborghini and the horribly slow Arrows whose V8 was underpowered for the circuit. The last lap would see Pantano leapfrog Senna to qualify just barely.
1. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:19.689
2. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), 1:19.812
3. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:20.016
4. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:20.360
5. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:20.523
6. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P) 1:21.789
7. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:21.804
8. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:22.478
9. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M), 1:22.577
10. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 1:23.034
21st May 2011 Spanish Grand Prix Qualification
1. N. Rosberg, Mercedes, (4), (M) 1:17.315
2. F. Alonso, Ferrari, (27), (G) 1:17.374
3. F. Massa, Ferrari, (28), (G), 1:17.616
4. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault, (1), (G), 1:17.981
5. J. Button, Mclaren Mercedes, (8), (M), 1:18.132
6. M. Schumacher, Mercedes, (3), (M) 1:18.175
7. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault, (19), (P) 1:18.243
8. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault, (20), (P) 1:18.299
9. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault, (2), (G) 1:18.351
10. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth, (5) (G) 1:18.498
11. L. Hamilton, Mclaren Mercedes, (7) (M) 1:18.503
12. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M) 1:18.755
13. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:18.989
14. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:19.068
15. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari, (23) (P), 1:19.245
16. J. Alquersuari, Minardi Ferrari, (24) (P), 1:19.256
17. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth, (6) (G), 1:19.280
18. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault, (11) (P), 1:19.304
19. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), 1:19.405
20. L. DiGrassi, Virgin Cosworth, (18) (G), 1:19.642
21. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Cosworth, (12) (P), 1:19.897
22. K. Koyabashi, Sauber Mercedes, (29) (G), 1:20.123
23. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P) 1:20.326
24. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes, (15) (M) 1:20.412
25. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes, (30) (G) 1:20.573
26. V. Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes, (16) (M) 1:20.789
27. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P) 1:20.870
28. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth, (17), (G), 1:20.873
29. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth, (22) (M), 1:21.125
30. S. Yamamoto, HRT Cosworth, (21) (M) 1:22.651
Ferrari were happy with a much improved performance, as were the Minardi team. The Midfield was incredibly tight with less then 2 seconds covering 12th – 26th. Virgin celebrated a race start whereas it was the final straw at HRT with Yamamoto being fired for inadequate performance.
A. Randle disappointed with the race as felt a podium was a real possibility. ‘Had it not been for an overzealous Webber and Alonso when we came up to the Lotus, I felt the team were confident of matching Petrov and possibly Rosberg’s pace. I am happy that Heidfeld brought the car home for the team though.
Gazzetta Di italia
We must improve otherwise we have no shot this year claimed Alonso, hopefully the home crowd will spur the team and myself to gain a result. The V12 engines are going to enjoy Barcelona.
11th May 2011 BBC News
Todt: Yes I see no reason why a turbo should not be in the sport, when we come to discuss the regulation it will be an issue.
12th May 2011 Autosport
‘HRT to Yamamoto, you have one race to prove why you should stay.’ Chandhock a possibility to be reinstated in the car.
13th May 2011 F1 Fanatic
ART Grand Prix will be on the grid for 2013, will use a turbo engine if it is accepted. This will be the second French team on the grid and signifiys a renaissance for French Motorsport.
14th May 2011 BBC
Honda pleased with Super Aguri process and will have new engine developments for Spain.
15th May 2011 The Times
Spanish racing association will decide which race it will lose claims Ecclestone
16th May 2011 F1 Fanatic
Indian track almost ready as final touches are made to the circuit and grandstands.
17th May 2011 BBC
Wirth and Branson disappointed with the team and maybe considering its future if Virgins results don’t improve.
19th May 2011 Spanish Grand Prix Prequalifying
The Ligier team were here with updates on the car and with a polished set up meant that the Randle BMWs were going to have a battle to top the timesheets. The bad news this had on the rest of the teams was not only 2 slots were realistic for qualifying. The weather was brilliant for the session and for the first time all season in prequalifying the Randle Cars struggled. After 30 mins the times were
1. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault ,(25), (M), 1:22.745
2. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14), (G), 1:22.989
3. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34), (P), 1:23.567
4. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26), (M), 1:23.871
5. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31), (M), 1:23.934
6. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13), (G), 1:24.248
7. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33), (P), 1:24.568
8. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:24.789
9. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M) 1:24.861
10. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P) 1:25.561
The last half an hour saw each of the cars getting faster, now the Randle Cars were hitting their stride and this would see both comfortably qualify alongside the Ligiers and the Lamborghini of Ricci. It was a tense couple of minutes for the Super Aguri’s, the remaining Lamborghini and the horribly slow Arrows whose V8 was underpowered for the circuit. The last lap would see Pantano leapfrog Senna to qualify just barely.
1. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:19.689
2. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), 1:19.812
3. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:20.016
4. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:20.360
5. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:20.523
6. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P) 1:21.789
7. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:21.804
8. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:22.478
9. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M), 1:22.577
10. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 1:23.034
21st May 2011 Spanish Grand Prix Qualification
1. N. Rosberg, Mercedes, (4), (M) 1:17.315
2. F. Alonso, Ferrari, (27), (G) 1:17.374
3. F. Massa, Ferrari, (28), (G), 1:17.616
4. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault, (1), (G), 1:17.981
5. J. Button, Mclaren Mercedes, (8), (M), 1:18.132
6. M. Schumacher, Mercedes, (3), (M) 1:18.175
7. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault, (19), (P) 1:18.243
8. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault, (20), (P) 1:18.299
9. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault, (2), (G) 1:18.351
10. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth, (5) (G) 1:18.498
11. L. Hamilton, Mclaren Mercedes, (7) (M) 1:18.503
12. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M) 1:18.755
13. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:18.989
14. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:19.068
15. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari, (23) (P), 1:19.245
16. J. Alquersuari, Minardi Ferrari, (24) (P), 1:19.256
17. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth, (6) (G), 1:19.280
18. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault, (11) (P), 1:19.304
19. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), 1:19.405
20. L. DiGrassi, Virgin Cosworth, (18) (G), 1:19.642
21. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Cosworth, (12) (P), 1:19.897
22. K. Koyabashi, Sauber Mercedes, (29) (G), 1:20.123
23. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P) 1:20.326
24. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes, (15) (M) 1:20.412
25. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes, (30) (G) 1:20.573
26. V. Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes, (16) (M) 1:20.789
27. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P) 1:20.870
28. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth, (17), (G), 1:20.873
29. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth, (22) (M), 1:21.125
30. S. Yamamoto, HRT Cosworth, (21) (M) 1:22.651
Ferrari were happy with a much improved performance, as were the Minardi team. The Midfield was incredibly tight with less then 2 seconds covering 12th – 26th. Virgin celebrated a race start whereas it was the final straw at HRT with Yamamoto being fired for inadequate performance.
Re: Alternate Future History 2011 F1 World Championship
22nd May 2011 Spanish Grand Prix 66 laps
The Lights went out on what could possibly be the last grand prix at this heavily used track. Rosberg cleanly accelerated into the first corner. The Toleman’s had started brilliantly and had leapfrogged Button and Schumacher, the 26 cars nearly completed the first lap without incident however at turns 14 and 15 a huge 5 car pile up meant a safety car had to come out. The incident started when the brakes failed on Hamiltons McLaren and the melee laid victims to Heidfeld, Hulkenberg, Grosjean, Webber and Trulli. The Safety car would take the cars around for 12 laps as the race track was cleared of debris, the problem was that such a large collision should have been red flagged. The race restarted on lap 13 and the Mercedes of Rosberg bunched the remaining 20 cars up and going over the start finish line the race restarted. The V12 engine of the sole Randle BMW misfired and this caused the two Minardis to over take going into the Repoil corner. This was short lived as Adam produced some good laps and made positions. By lap 25 the positions in the top 10 were 1. N. Rosberg (4), 2. F. Massa (28) + 10.456s, 3. F. Alonso (27) + 12.744s, 4. R. Kubica (19) + 21.365s, 5. J. Button (8) + 23.456s, 6. V. Petrov (20) + 28.691s, 7. A. Randle (13) + 33.762s, 8. M. Schumacher (3) + 45.212s, 9. S. Buemi (23) + 47.661s, 10. J. Alguersuari (24.) +47.989s.
The Spanish fans were cheering widely on lap 30 when Alonso took the lead as cars pitted, Alguersuari received a similar when he passed his Swiss team-mate Buemi on the start finish straight. The Randle BMW was having a comfortable race but was struggling to close the gap to the top six and so had to settle for 7th and hope retirements would move the car up a few positions. Rosberg would retake the lead on lap 34 when Alonso pitted however Massa had been delayed and so the Spaniard was in 2nd. On lap 40 the rain came and this caused many cars to hit the pits in order to put wet tyres on. It was the chance that the brilliant rain drivers of Schumacher and Randle needed. Both drivers became the fastest cars on track and closed the gap on the cars in front, on lap 40 the positions were 1. N. Rosberg (4), 2. F. Alonso (27)+ 10.321s, 3. F. Massa (28) +12.534s, 4. R. Kubica (19) +22.987s, 5. V. Petrov (20) + 23.412s, 6. A. Randle (13) + 28.761s, 7. J. Button (8) + 30.978s, 8. S. Vettel (1) +31.015s, 9. M. Schumacher (3) + 33.972s, 10. R. Barrichello (5) + 40.192s. Vettel who had been quiet all afternoon had to pit on lap 43 for a loose wheel and dropped to 15th and this was where he struggled behind Montagny’s Ligier for 10 laps and just could not find a way past. So on lap 66 in a fairly uneventful race except for the start ended as Rosberg took his 3rd win of the season and there was delight for the fans as Alonso was on the podium.
1. N. Rosberg (4) 1hr 32 mins 12.872s 25pts
2. F. Alonso (27) + 14.563s 18pts
3. F. Massa (28) +25.761s 15pts
4. R. Kubica (19) 47.885s 12pts
5. V. Petrov (20) 56.843s 10pts
6. A. Randle (13) 1:05.225s 8pts
7. J. Button (8) 1:06.782s 6pts
8. M. Schumacher (3) 1:15.866s 4pts
9. R. Barrichello (5) + 1 lap 2pts
10. J. Alguarsuari (24) + 1lap 1pt
11. S. Buemi (23) + 1 lap
12. S. Vettel (1) + 1 lap
13. F. Montagny (26) + 1lap
14. A. Sutil (15) + 1lap
15. S. Perez (30) + 2laps
16. H. Kovalainen (12) +2laps
17. G. Ricci (34) + 3laps
18. K. Kobayashi (29) 50 laps Overheating
19. L. DiGrassi (18) 30 laps Gearbox
20. V. Liuzzi (16) 24 laps Engine
21. J. Trulli (11) 0laps Collision
22. M. Webber (2) 0laps Collision
23. R. Grosjean (25) 0 laps Collision
24. N. Hulkenberg (5) 0laps Collision
25. N. Heidfeld (14) 0laps Collision
26. L. Hamilton (7) 0laps Collision
F. Lap N. Rosberg (4) 1:21.980s on lap 35
ROTR: Race Officials for not red flagging the face after 1 lap incident
DOTR: Rosberg did what was needed to take an extended lead in the championship
Championship
1. N. Rosberg (4) 115pts
2. J. Button (8) 68pts
3. F. Alonso (27) 60pts
4. L. Hamilton (7) 55pts
5. S. Vettel (1) 50pts
6. M. Webber (2) 47pts
7. V. Petrov (20) 37pts
8. F. Massa (28) 29pts
9. R. Kubica (19) 28pts
10. N. Heidfeld (14) 26pts
11. M. Schumacher (3) 24pts
12. A. Randle (13) 22pts
13. N. Hulkenberg (6) 15pts
14. J. Alguarsuari (24) 7pts
15. R. Barrichello (5) 6pts
16. K. Kobayashi (29) 5pts
17. R. Grosjean (25) 4pts
18. H. Kovalainen (12) 2pts
= S. Buemi (23) 2pts
20. V. Liuzzi (16) 1pt
= A. Sutil (15) 1pt
= B. Senna (31) 1pt
Constructors
1. Mercedes 139pts
2. Mclaren 123pts
3. Red Bull 97pts
4. Ferrari 89pts
5. Toleman 65pts
6. Randle BMW 48pts
7. Williams 21pts
8. Minardi 9pts
9. Sauber 5pts
10. Ligier Prost 4pts
11. Lotus 2pts
= Force India 2pts
13. Super Aguri 1pt
14. Modena 0pts
= Arrows 0pts
= HRT 0pts
= Virgin 0pts
The Lights went out on what could possibly be the last grand prix at this heavily used track. Rosberg cleanly accelerated into the first corner. The Toleman’s had started brilliantly and had leapfrogged Button and Schumacher, the 26 cars nearly completed the first lap without incident however at turns 14 and 15 a huge 5 car pile up meant a safety car had to come out. The incident started when the brakes failed on Hamiltons McLaren and the melee laid victims to Heidfeld, Hulkenberg, Grosjean, Webber and Trulli. The Safety car would take the cars around for 12 laps as the race track was cleared of debris, the problem was that such a large collision should have been red flagged. The race restarted on lap 13 and the Mercedes of Rosberg bunched the remaining 20 cars up and going over the start finish line the race restarted. The V12 engine of the sole Randle BMW misfired and this caused the two Minardis to over take going into the Repoil corner. This was short lived as Adam produced some good laps and made positions. By lap 25 the positions in the top 10 were 1. N. Rosberg (4), 2. F. Massa (28) + 10.456s, 3. F. Alonso (27) + 12.744s, 4. R. Kubica (19) + 21.365s, 5. J. Button (8) + 23.456s, 6. V. Petrov (20) + 28.691s, 7. A. Randle (13) + 33.762s, 8. M. Schumacher (3) + 45.212s, 9. S. Buemi (23) + 47.661s, 10. J. Alguersuari (24.) +47.989s.
The Spanish fans were cheering widely on lap 30 when Alonso took the lead as cars pitted, Alguersuari received a similar when he passed his Swiss team-mate Buemi on the start finish straight. The Randle BMW was having a comfortable race but was struggling to close the gap to the top six and so had to settle for 7th and hope retirements would move the car up a few positions. Rosberg would retake the lead on lap 34 when Alonso pitted however Massa had been delayed and so the Spaniard was in 2nd. On lap 40 the rain came and this caused many cars to hit the pits in order to put wet tyres on. It was the chance that the brilliant rain drivers of Schumacher and Randle needed. Both drivers became the fastest cars on track and closed the gap on the cars in front, on lap 40 the positions were 1. N. Rosberg (4), 2. F. Alonso (27)+ 10.321s, 3. F. Massa (28) +12.534s, 4. R. Kubica (19) +22.987s, 5. V. Petrov (20) + 23.412s, 6. A. Randle (13) + 28.761s, 7. J. Button (8) + 30.978s, 8. S. Vettel (1) +31.015s, 9. M. Schumacher (3) + 33.972s, 10. R. Barrichello (5) + 40.192s. Vettel who had been quiet all afternoon had to pit on lap 43 for a loose wheel and dropped to 15th and this was where he struggled behind Montagny’s Ligier for 10 laps and just could not find a way past. So on lap 66 in a fairly uneventful race except for the start ended as Rosberg took his 3rd win of the season and there was delight for the fans as Alonso was on the podium.
1. N. Rosberg (4) 1hr 32 mins 12.872s 25pts
2. F. Alonso (27) + 14.563s 18pts
3. F. Massa (28) +25.761s 15pts
4. R. Kubica (19) 47.885s 12pts
5. V. Petrov (20) 56.843s 10pts
6. A. Randle (13) 1:05.225s 8pts
7. J. Button (8) 1:06.782s 6pts
8. M. Schumacher (3) 1:15.866s 4pts
9. R. Barrichello (5) + 1 lap 2pts
10. J. Alguarsuari (24) + 1lap 1pt
11. S. Buemi (23) + 1 lap
12. S. Vettel (1) + 1 lap
13. F. Montagny (26) + 1lap
14. A. Sutil (15) + 1lap
15. S. Perez (30) + 2laps
16. H. Kovalainen (12) +2laps
17. G. Ricci (34) + 3laps
18. K. Kobayashi (29) 50 laps Overheating
19. L. DiGrassi (18) 30 laps Gearbox
20. V. Liuzzi (16) 24 laps Engine
21. J. Trulli (11) 0laps Collision
22. M. Webber (2) 0laps Collision
23. R. Grosjean (25) 0 laps Collision
24. N. Hulkenberg (5) 0laps Collision
25. N. Heidfeld (14) 0laps Collision
26. L. Hamilton (7) 0laps Collision
F. Lap N. Rosberg (4) 1:21.980s on lap 35
ROTR: Race Officials for not red flagging the face after 1 lap incident
DOTR: Rosberg did what was needed to take an extended lead in the championship
Championship
1. N. Rosberg (4) 115pts
2. J. Button (8) 68pts
3. F. Alonso (27) 60pts
4. L. Hamilton (7) 55pts
5. S. Vettel (1) 50pts
6. M. Webber (2) 47pts
7. V. Petrov (20) 37pts
8. F. Massa (28) 29pts
9. R. Kubica (19) 28pts
10. N. Heidfeld (14) 26pts
11. M. Schumacher (3) 24pts
12. A. Randle (13) 22pts
13. N. Hulkenberg (6) 15pts
14. J. Alguarsuari (24) 7pts
15. R. Barrichello (5) 6pts
16. K. Kobayashi (29) 5pts
17. R. Grosjean (25) 4pts
18. H. Kovalainen (12) 2pts
= S. Buemi (23) 2pts
20. V. Liuzzi (16) 1pt
= A. Sutil (15) 1pt
= B. Senna (31) 1pt
Constructors
1. Mercedes 139pts
2. Mclaren 123pts
3. Red Bull 97pts
4. Ferrari 89pts
5. Toleman 65pts
6. Randle BMW 48pts
7. Williams 21pts
8. Minardi 9pts
9. Sauber 5pts
10. Ligier Prost 4pts
11. Lotus 2pts
= Force India 2pts
13. Super Aguri 1pt
14. Modena 0pts
= Arrows 0pts
= HRT 0pts
= Virgin 0pts
Re: Alternate Future History 2011 F1 World Championship
23rd May 2011 Autosport
Karun Chandhock will drive the No. 21 car at the Monaco Grand Prix, depending on his performance it will be decided whether it will be a permanent seat.
24th May 2011 BBC
Updates will be available to the Randle BMW team so that the problems of Monaco will not affect the team.
25th May 2011 F1Fanatic
Rain expected for the weekend
26th May 2011 Monaco Grand Prix Prequalifying
The first Prequalifying Session in the principality since 1992 was underway and while there was not going to be any shock qualifiers like with Moreno in the Andrea Moda, it was still going to be an exciting session. The drivers took to the track and exchanged reasonable times in the dry, Grosjean took provisional pole at the halfway stage.
1. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:19.284
2. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:19.681
3. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:20.142
4. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 1:20.324
5. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), 1:20.567
6. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:20.899
7. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:20.901
8. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:21.574
9. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M), 1:21.698
10. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 1:22.450
The lap times became quicker and this meant that apart from the top 3, the cars kept swapping positions until the chequered flag came out to end the session, fortunately Senna was still on a hot lap and managed to knock his team-mate Sato out of the top 6.
1. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:17.563
2. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:17.787
3. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 1:18.211
4. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:18.231
5. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:18.579
6. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:18.603
7. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:18.891
8. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, 26) (M) 1:19.324
9. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:19.782
10. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P) 1:20.128
28th May 2011 Monaco Grand Prix Qualifying
1. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault, (1), (G), 1:14.462
2. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault, (2), (G), 1:14.783
3. N. Rosberg, Mercedes, (4) (M), 1:15.254
4. F. Alonso, Ferrari, (27) (G), 1:15.351
5. J. Button, Mclaren Mercedes, (8), (M), 1:15.433
6. L. Hamilton, Mclaren Mercedes, (7) (M) 1:15.690
7. F. Massa, Ferrari, (28) (G), 1:15.811
8. M. Schumacher, Mercedes, (3) (M), 1:15.876
9. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth, (6) (G), 1:15.882
10. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth, (5) (G), 1:15.891
11. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault, (20) (P), 1:16.003
12. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:16.076
13. K. Koyabashi, Sauber Mercedes, (29) (G), 1:16.157
14. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault, (19) (P), 1:16.159
15. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:16.212
16. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 1:16.276
17. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes, (30) (G), 1:16.367
18. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:16.598
19. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes, (15) (M), 1:16.601
20. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault, (11) (P), 1:16.663
21. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:16.704
22. V.Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes, (16) (M), 1:16.892
23. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (P), 1:17.128
24. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Renault, (12) (P), 1:17.401
25. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth, (17) (G), 1:17.871
26. K. Chandhock, HRT Cosworth, (21) (M) 1:18.346
27. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari, (23) (P), 1:18.782
28. L. Di Grassi, Virgin Cosworth, (18) (G), 1:19.102
29. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth, (22) (M), 1:24.578
30. J. Alquersuari, Minardi Ferrari, (24) (P), 1:30.561
It was a brilliant performance by Red Bull, whose driver got everything out of the cars and locked out the front row. There was worry at Minardi as Alquersuari suffered a hugh crash in the tunnel that caused him to not qualify and it had shocked Buemi who had stopped an attempt to qualify and left the circuit. Chandhock did what had not happened to the HRT team and managed to qualify.
Karun Chandhock will drive the No. 21 car at the Monaco Grand Prix, depending on his performance it will be decided whether it will be a permanent seat.
24th May 2011 BBC
Updates will be available to the Randle BMW team so that the problems of Monaco will not affect the team.
25th May 2011 F1Fanatic
Rain expected for the weekend
26th May 2011 Monaco Grand Prix Prequalifying
The first Prequalifying Session in the principality since 1992 was underway and while there was not going to be any shock qualifiers like with Moreno in the Andrea Moda, it was still going to be an exciting session. The drivers took to the track and exchanged reasonable times in the dry, Grosjean took provisional pole at the halfway stage.
1. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:19.284
2. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:19.681
3. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:20.142
4. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 1:20.324
5. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), 1:20.567
6. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:20.899
7. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:20.901
8. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:21.574
9. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M), 1:21.698
10. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 1:22.450
The lap times became quicker and this meant that apart from the top 3, the cars kept swapping positions until the chequered flag came out to end the session, fortunately Senna was still on a hot lap and managed to knock his team-mate Sato out of the top 6.
1. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:17.563
2. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:17.787
3. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 1:18.211
4. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:18.231
5. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:18.579
6. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:18.603
7. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:18.891
8. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, 26) (M) 1:19.324
9. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:19.782
10. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P) 1:20.128
28th May 2011 Monaco Grand Prix Qualifying
1. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault, (1), (G), 1:14.462
2. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault, (2), (G), 1:14.783
3. N. Rosberg, Mercedes, (4) (M), 1:15.254
4. F. Alonso, Ferrari, (27) (G), 1:15.351
5. J. Button, Mclaren Mercedes, (8), (M), 1:15.433
6. L. Hamilton, Mclaren Mercedes, (7) (M) 1:15.690
7. F. Massa, Ferrari, (28) (G), 1:15.811
8. M. Schumacher, Mercedes, (3) (M), 1:15.876
9. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth, (6) (G), 1:15.882
10. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth, (5) (G), 1:15.891
11. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault, (20) (P), 1:16.003
12. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:16.076
13. K. Koyabashi, Sauber Mercedes, (29) (G), 1:16.157
14. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault, (19) (P), 1:16.159
15. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:16.212
16. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 1:16.276
17. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes, (30) (G), 1:16.367
18. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:16.598
19. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes, (15) (M), 1:16.601
20. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault, (11) (P), 1:16.663
21. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:16.704
22. V.Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes, (16) (M), 1:16.892
23. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (P), 1:17.128
24. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Renault, (12) (P), 1:17.401
25. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth, (17) (G), 1:17.871
26. K. Chandhock, HRT Cosworth, (21) (M) 1:18.346
27. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari, (23) (P), 1:18.782
28. L. Di Grassi, Virgin Cosworth, (18) (G), 1:19.102
29. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth, (22) (M), 1:24.578
30. J. Alquersuari, Minardi Ferrari, (24) (P), 1:30.561
It was a brilliant performance by Red Bull, whose driver got everything out of the cars and locked out the front row. There was worry at Minardi as Alquersuari suffered a hugh crash in the tunnel that caused him to not qualify and it had shocked Buemi who had stopped an attempt to qualify and left the circuit. Chandhock did what had not happened to the HRT team and managed to qualify.
Re: Alternate Future History 2011 F1 World Championship
29th May 2011: Monaco Grand Prix 78 laps
So to the jewel in the F1 crown and a race which three time champion Nelson Piquet described as driving a trolley round your living room. Rain was expected to occur around lap 20 and was expected to be heavy. The Randle BMW of Randle had suffered a poor qualifying and would start right at the back in 23rd. After the horrors of yesterdays crash, the paddock was relieved to hear that Alquersuari was well and in not too much pain. It is a testament to the strength of the cars that Jaime survived without injury. The V8s Mercedes powered cars were expected to do well as they were more nimble then the V10s. The V12s had not been competitive all weekend and this was shown by Ferrari having out drove the cars. The cars set off on the parade lap and the drivers mentally prepared for the start and the run down into the tight first corner. With 26 cars on the track for the first time since 1995 it was going to be a tight squeeze and collisions were expected. The cars set up on the grid in formation ready for the lights. The lights went out and Webber took the lead from Rosberg and Alonso, Vettel had a poor start and was down to 5th. There was relief as the cars did not come together in the first corner and all 26 speeded up the hill towards Casino Square. Vettel dived into 4th passing Hamilton going into the hairpin and the two cars were side by side heading into the tunnel. Further back Randle had made a decent start and was 17th. At the end of lap 1 the positions were 1. M. Webber (2), 2. N. Rosberg (4) + 1.322s, 3. F. Alonso (27) + 1.560s, 4. S. Vettel (1) +2.209s, 5. F. Massa (28) +4.102s, 6. J. Button (8) +4.452s, 7. M. Schumacher, (3) + 6.002s, 8. V. Petrov (20) +7.274s, 9. R. Barrichello (5) +8.982s. 10. R. Grosjean (25) +10.340s
The attrition rate of the race was starting to hit when on lap 10, the cars of Kubica, Sutil and Hamilton retired due to mechanical issues. The rain hit earlier then expected and the Randle BMW team brought the cars in early on lap 18 to change onto the wets that were expected to last till lap 45. This brought in some of the othe teams and in the scramble for the pit lane and caused the retirement of Sutil and Trulli. These had crashed at Ste Devote and this brought out the safety car that bunched the cars up for a number of laps as the debris was cleared off the racing line. The marshalls as usual were very efficient and the race was able to start again on lap 23. This time Alonso made a brilliant move on the inside of Ste Devote to move into second as Rosberg was completely underprepared to defend. The Randle BMW cars were now finding the conditions to their liking and were respectively 12th for Heidfeld and 14th for Randle. The rain was coming down more as the leaders entered lap 27 and this made visibility very bad. On lap 30 another accident happened this time at the chicane and claimed the cars of Glock, Liuzzi and surprisingly Rosberg who had been trying to lap those cars. Fortunately it was not on the track and occurred just off the corner so the safetly car was not needed just yellow flags. Entering lap 39 the top 10 running were 1. M. Webber (2), 2. F. Alonso (27) + 12.421s, 3.. S. Vettel (1) +19.563s, 4. J. Button (8) +25.768s, 5. M. Schumacher (3) +27.443s, 6. F. Massa (28) +30.101s, 7. V. Petrov (20) + 35.290s, 8. N. Hulkenberg (6) + 40.232s, 9. R. Barrichello (5) +42.212s. 10. R. Grosjean (25) + 42.787s
Entering lap 47 the conditions were not great as several drivers had changed for new wets and there was still no news on whether the race would finish under dry conditions. Vettel’s Renault engine would expire on lap 50 and this made some concerns for the team as Webber’s car was behaving the same as Vettels had in the lap before the engine went. The engine would go in a big way 3 laps later and it was heartbreaking for Webber who had drove a brilliant race. This now meant that the Randle BMWs and surprisingly the Arrows could be in for some big points if the cars could make it to the end of the race. The Ligier of Grosjean was running comfortably ahead of Kobayashi and this was making the midfield battles exciting as these young drivers were performing very well in the rain. On lap 58 A. Randle set a fastest lap of 1:24.783s and was starting to lap some 2s quicker then those around him. On lap 60 the Gearbox on Alonso’s Ferrari went and put the Spaniard out of the Race. First and Second were not taken by Button and Schumacher whose races had bee methodical and causious. The rain finally stopped on lap 62 and with the weather improving it meant in the last laps of the race it would likely be dry. This meant the track become a little bit quicker and Button gained the fastest lap from Randle on lap 64 with a 1:23.765s. There was a final retirement on lap 66 when Heidfeld’s car broke its suspension. The top 10 entering lap 70 where the track was dryer was now 1. J. Button (8), 2. M. Schumacher (3) + 7.743s, 3. F. Massa (28) + 14.779s, 4. V. Petrov (20) + 26.987s, 5. N. Hulkenberg (6) + 28.765s, 6. R. Grosjean (25) + 30.023s, 7. R. Barrichello (5) + 45.341s, 8. K. Kobayashi (29) + 50.684s, 9. A. Randle (13) + 51.443s, 10. P. Maldonado (10) +1.06.782s. The fastest lap was set on lap 75 when Grosjean had put on dry tyres and set a 1:21.432s. In the last couple of laps Randle passed Kobayashi at the hairpin to take 8th and settled on the place as Barrichello was too far ahead and on better tyres. Button on lap 78 took the chequered flag to take an unlikely 2nd Monaco victory and the Mclaren team were jubilant. Schumacher was pleased to get a best result on his return and helped gain Mercedes some solid points in a weekend were the top 4 teams had struggled. Arrows and Ligier were happy with points as the pressure was now on Force India to gain points before the German Grand Prix or otherwise they could be in PreQualifying.
1. J. Button (8) 1Hr 49 mins 67.892s 25pts
2. M. Schumacher (3) + 16.993s 18pts
3. F. Massa (28) + 25.212s 15pts
4. V. Petrov (20) + 42.987s 12pts
5. N. Hulkenberg (6) + 45.213s 10pts
6. R. Grosjean (25) + 46.789s 8pts
7. R. Barrichello (5) + 1:01.678s 6pts
8. A. Randle (13) + 1:13.652s 4pts
9. K. Kobayashi (29) + 1 lap 2pts
10. P. Maldonado (10) + 1 lap 1pt
11. S. Perez (30) + 1 lap
12. P. De La Rosa (9) + 1 lap
13. H. Kovalainen (12) + 2 laps
14. B. Senna (31) + 3 laps
15. N. Heidfeld (14) 66 laps Suspension
16. F. Alonso (27) 60 laps Gearbox
17. M. Webber (2) 52 laps Engine
18. S. Vettel (1) 50 laps Engine
19. N. Rosberg (4) 30 laps Collision
20. K. Chandhock (21) 29 laps Accident
21. T. Glock (17) 29 laps Accident
22. V. Liuzzi (16) 17 laps Collision
23. J. Trulli (11) 17 laps Collision
24. R. Kubica (19) 10 laps Steering
25. A. Sutil (15) 10 laps Gearbox
26. L. Hamilton (7) 10 laps Driveshaft
F. Lap: R. Grosjean (25) 1:21.432s on lap 75
ROTR: Top 4 teams mechanics as only 3 of the eight drivers finish the race, all the rest due to mechanical issues.
DOTR Schumacher helped Mercedes in the championship and gained his best result since 2006 with a fabulous drive.
Championship
1. N. Rosberg (4) 115pts
2. J. Button (8) 93pts
3. F. Alonso (27) 60pts
4. L. Hamilton (7) 55pts
5. S. Vettel (1) 50pts
6. V. Petrov (20) 49pts
7. M. Webber (2) 47pts
8. F. Massa (28) 44pts
9. M. Schumacher (3) 42pts
10. R. Kubica (19) 28pts
11. A. Randle (13) 26pts
= N. Heidfeld (14) 26pts
13. N. Hulkenberg (6) 25pts
14. R. Grosjean (25) 12pts
= R. Barrichello (5) 12pts
16. J. Alquersuari (24) 8pts
17. K. Kobayashi (29) 7pts
18. H. Kovalainen (12) 2pts
= S. Buemi (23) 2pts
= B. Senna (31) 2pts
21. V. Liuzzi (16) 1pt
= A. Sutil (15) 1pt
= P. Maldonado 1pt
Constructors
1. Mercedes 157pts
2. McLaren 148pts
3. Ferrari 104pts
4. Red Bull 97pts
5. Toleman 77pts
6. Randle BMW 52pts
7. Williams 37pts
8. Ligier Prost 12pts
9. Minardi 10pts
10. Sauber 7pts
11. Team Lotus 2pts
= Super Aguri 2pts
= Force India 2pts
14. Arrows 1pt
15. Modena 0pts
= HRT 0 pts
= Virgin 0pts
So to the jewel in the F1 crown and a race which three time champion Nelson Piquet described as driving a trolley round your living room. Rain was expected to occur around lap 20 and was expected to be heavy. The Randle BMW of Randle had suffered a poor qualifying and would start right at the back in 23rd. After the horrors of yesterdays crash, the paddock was relieved to hear that Alquersuari was well and in not too much pain. It is a testament to the strength of the cars that Jaime survived without injury. The V8s Mercedes powered cars were expected to do well as they were more nimble then the V10s. The V12s had not been competitive all weekend and this was shown by Ferrari having out drove the cars. The cars set off on the parade lap and the drivers mentally prepared for the start and the run down into the tight first corner. With 26 cars on the track for the first time since 1995 it was going to be a tight squeeze and collisions were expected. The cars set up on the grid in formation ready for the lights. The lights went out and Webber took the lead from Rosberg and Alonso, Vettel had a poor start and was down to 5th. There was relief as the cars did not come together in the first corner and all 26 speeded up the hill towards Casino Square. Vettel dived into 4th passing Hamilton going into the hairpin and the two cars were side by side heading into the tunnel. Further back Randle had made a decent start and was 17th. At the end of lap 1 the positions were 1. M. Webber (2), 2. N. Rosberg (4) + 1.322s, 3. F. Alonso (27) + 1.560s, 4. S. Vettel (1) +2.209s, 5. F. Massa (28) +4.102s, 6. J. Button (8) +4.452s, 7. M. Schumacher, (3) + 6.002s, 8. V. Petrov (20) +7.274s, 9. R. Barrichello (5) +8.982s. 10. R. Grosjean (25) +10.340s
The attrition rate of the race was starting to hit when on lap 10, the cars of Kubica, Sutil and Hamilton retired due to mechanical issues. The rain hit earlier then expected and the Randle BMW team brought the cars in early on lap 18 to change onto the wets that were expected to last till lap 45. This brought in some of the othe teams and in the scramble for the pit lane and caused the retirement of Sutil and Trulli. These had crashed at Ste Devote and this brought out the safety car that bunched the cars up for a number of laps as the debris was cleared off the racing line. The marshalls as usual were very efficient and the race was able to start again on lap 23. This time Alonso made a brilliant move on the inside of Ste Devote to move into second as Rosberg was completely underprepared to defend. The Randle BMW cars were now finding the conditions to their liking and were respectively 12th for Heidfeld and 14th for Randle. The rain was coming down more as the leaders entered lap 27 and this made visibility very bad. On lap 30 another accident happened this time at the chicane and claimed the cars of Glock, Liuzzi and surprisingly Rosberg who had been trying to lap those cars. Fortunately it was not on the track and occurred just off the corner so the safetly car was not needed just yellow flags. Entering lap 39 the top 10 running were 1. M. Webber (2), 2. F. Alonso (27) + 12.421s, 3.. S. Vettel (1) +19.563s, 4. J. Button (8) +25.768s, 5. M. Schumacher (3) +27.443s, 6. F. Massa (28) +30.101s, 7. V. Petrov (20) + 35.290s, 8. N. Hulkenberg (6) + 40.232s, 9. R. Barrichello (5) +42.212s. 10. R. Grosjean (25) + 42.787s
Entering lap 47 the conditions were not great as several drivers had changed for new wets and there was still no news on whether the race would finish under dry conditions. Vettel’s Renault engine would expire on lap 50 and this made some concerns for the team as Webber’s car was behaving the same as Vettels had in the lap before the engine went. The engine would go in a big way 3 laps later and it was heartbreaking for Webber who had drove a brilliant race. This now meant that the Randle BMWs and surprisingly the Arrows could be in for some big points if the cars could make it to the end of the race. The Ligier of Grosjean was running comfortably ahead of Kobayashi and this was making the midfield battles exciting as these young drivers were performing very well in the rain. On lap 58 A. Randle set a fastest lap of 1:24.783s and was starting to lap some 2s quicker then those around him. On lap 60 the Gearbox on Alonso’s Ferrari went and put the Spaniard out of the Race. First and Second were not taken by Button and Schumacher whose races had bee methodical and causious. The rain finally stopped on lap 62 and with the weather improving it meant in the last laps of the race it would likely be dry. This meant the track become a little bit quicker and Button gained the fastest lap from Randle on lap 64 with a 1:23.765s. There was a final retirement on lap 66 when Heidfeld’s car broke its suspension. The top 10 entering lap 70 where the track was dryer was now 1. J. Button (8), 2. M. Schumacher (3) + 7.743s, 3. F. Massa (28) + 14.779s, 4. V. Petrov (20) + 26.987s, 5. N. Hulkenberg (6) + 28.765s, 6. R. Grosjean (25) + 30.023s, 7. R. Barrichello (5) + 45.341s, 8. K. Kobayashi (29) + 50.684s, 9. A. Randle (13) + 51.443s, 10. P. Maldonado (10) +1.06.782s. The fastest lap was set on lap 75 when Grosjean had put on dry tyres and set a 1:21.432s. In the last couple of laps Randle passed Kobayashi at the hairpin to take 8th and settled on the place as Barrichello was too far ahead and on better tyres. Button on lap 78 took the chequered flag to take an unlikely 2nd Monaco victory and the Mclaren team were jubilant. Schumacher was pleased to get a best result on his return and helped gain Mercedes some solid points in a weekend were the top 4 teams had struggled. Arrows and Ligier were happy with points as the pressure was now on Force India to gain points before the German Grand Prix or otherwise they could be in PreQualifying.
1. J. Button (8) 1Hr 49 mins 67.892s 25pts
2. M. Schumacher (3) + 16.993s 18pts
3. F. Massa (28) + 25.212s 15pts
4. V. Petrov (20) + 42.987s 12pts
5. N. Hulkenberg (6) + 45.213s 10pts
6. R. Grosjean (25) + 46.789s 8pts
7. R. Barrichello (5) + 1:01.678s 6pts
8. A. Randle (13) + 1:13.652s 4pts
9. K. Kobayashi (29) + 1 lap 2pts
10. P. Maldonado (10) + 1 lap 1pt
11. S. Perez (30) + 1 lap
12. P. De La Rosa (9) + 1 lap
13. H. Kovalainen (12) + 2 laps
14. B. Senna (31) + 3 laps
15. N. Heidfeld (14) 66 laps Suspension
16. F. Alonso (27) 60 laps Gearbox
17. M. Webber (2) 52 laps Engine
18. S. Vettel (1) 50 laps Engine
19. N. Rosberg (4) 30 laps Collision
20. K. Chandhock (21) 29 laps Accident
21. T. Glock (17) 29 laps Accident
22. V. Liuzzi (16) 17 laps Collision
23. J. Trulli (11) 17 laps Collision
24. R. Kubica (19) 10 laps Steering
25. A. Sutil (15) 10 laps Gearbox
26. L. Hamilton (7) 10 laps Driveshaft
F. Lap: R. Grosjean (25) 1:21.432s on lap 75
ROTR: Top 4 teams mechanics as only 3 of the eight drivers finish the race, all the rest due to mechanical issues.
DOTR Schumacher helped Mercedes in the championship and gained his best result since 2006 with a fabulous drive.
Championship
1. N. Rosberg (4) 115pts
2. J. Button (8) 93pts
3. F. Alonso (27) 60pts
4. L. Hamilton (7) 55pts
5. S. Vettel (1) 50pts
6. V. Petrov (20) 49pts
7. M. Webber (2) 47pts
8. F. Massa (28) 44pts
9. M. Schumacher (3) 42pts
10. R. Kubica (19) 28pts
11. A. Randle (13) 26pts
= N. Heidfeld (14) 26pts
13. N. Hulkenberg (6) 25pts
14. R. Grosjean (25) 12pts
= R. Barrichello (5) 12pts
16. J. Alquersuari (24) 8pts
17. K. Kobayashi (29) 7pts
18. H. Kovalainen (12) 2pts
= S. Buemi (23) 2pts
= B. Senna (31) 2pts
21. V. Liuzzi (16) 1pt
= A. Sutil (15) 1pt
= P. Maldonado 1pt
Constructors
1. Mercedes 157pts
2. McLaren 148pts
3. Ferrari 104pts
4. Red Bull 97pts
5. Toleman 77pts
6. Randle BMW 52pts
7. Williams 37pts
8. Ligier Prost 12pts
9. Minardi 10pts
10. Sauber 7pts
11. Team Lotus 2pts
= Super Aguri 2pts
= Force India 2pts
14. Arrows 1pt
15. Modena 0pts
= HRT 0 pts
= Virgin 0pts
Re: Alternate Future History 2011 F1 World Championship
30th May 2011 (BBC)
Schumcher pleased with difficult Monaco race
31st May 2011 (F1Fanatic)
Randle BMW happy with progress and pleased to be 6th in championship and feel Canada will bring points
1st June 2011 Sky News
Force India bringing improved aero package and aiming for points to be safe from prequalifying
2nd June 2011 BBC
Renault will bring new updated Engines to help Red Bulls reliability
3rd June 2011 Autosport
Pantano’s seat at Lamborghini in doubt as team look to consistently qualify, Art Grand Prix move up entry to 2012, Renault and Honda offer engine customer contract.
4th June 2011 FIA
It is confirmed that several tracks next season will have 28 car grids after the request from FOTA as strong teams are missing valuable race funds and with ART Grand Prix and Stefan Grand Prix joining in 2012 some might even have 30 grids. Monaco will remain at 26 but extra days practice will be given to the teams that don’t make the grid. Full schedule of which races will have which grid sizes will be confirmed when provisional calendar produced.
5th June 2011 BBC
Virgin, Super Aguri, Modena and HRT pleased with the FIA’s news as it oculd mean more revenues for them.
6th June 2011 F1Fanatic
BMW and Randle thinking of making assault on LeMans and World Sportscar championship next year as well as formula one.
7th June 2011 BBC
Dan Wheldon the 2011 Indy 500 winner to do tests for several f1 teams and linked with Ligier Prost number 26 and as a driver for ART or Stefan for 2012.
8th June 2011 The Sun
Minardi should do well at Canada as new upgrades make the car faster in tests.
9th June 2011 Canadian Grand Prix Prequalifying
After the rain soaked Monaco Grand Prix, the teams were in North America for a race that regularly is very entertaining. The one hour session was dry and hot, the Randle and Ligiers were expected to be in the top 4 again and some expected the Modena’s and Super Aguris to fight for the last spots. Arrows were hoping to be close. The cars ran well and the sessions was dominated by Heidfeld who comfortably qualified without using a set of the prime tyres. Next was the sister Randle BMW as Adam had to fought off the Ligiers in 3rd and 4th. Pantano unluckily missed out with Sato, De La Rosa, Senna. The final positions and driver that successfully qualified were:
1. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW,(14) (G) 1:18.564s
2. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G) 1:19.092s
3. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), 1:19.122s
4. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:19.344s
5. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:19.567s
6. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:19.789s
7. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 1:19.813s
8. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:19,908s
9. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth ,(9) (P), 1:20.123s
10. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M), 1:20.167s
The session had been one of the closest all season and the drivers were disappointed at missing out. Those that made looked forward to qualifying and would hope to make the Race.
11th June 2011 Canadian Grand Prix Qualifying
1. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault, (1) (G), 1:14.989s
2. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault, (2) (G), 1:15.056s
3. F. Alonso, Ferrari, (27) (G), 1:15.387s
4. N. Rosberg, Mercedes, (4) (M), 1:15.781s
5. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault, (19) (P), 1:15.953s
6. F. Massa, Ferrari, (28) (G), 1:16.143s
7. L. Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, (7) (M), 1:16.477s
8. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth, (6) (G), 1:16.664s
9. M. Schumacher, Mercedes, (3) (M), 1:17.098s
10. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:17.228s
11. J. Button, McLaren Mercedes, (8) (M), 1:17.467s
12. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari, (23) (P), 1:17.502s
13. K. Kobayashi, Sauber Mercedes, (29) (G), 1:17.589s
14. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault, (20) (P), 1:17.606s
15. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth, (5) (G), 1:17.717s
16. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Renault, (12) (P), 1:17.981s
17. J. Alguersuari, Minardi Ferrari, (24) (P), 1:18.021s
18. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes, (30) (M), 1:18.061s
19. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), 1:18.093s
20. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:18.102s
21. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:18.139s
22. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault, (11) (P), 1:18.302s
23. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes, (15) (M), 1:18.357
24. V. Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes, (16) (M), 1:18.375s
25. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:18.490s
26. K. Chandhock, HRT Cosworth, (21) (M), 1:18.798s
27. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth, (17) (G), 1:18.976s
28. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth, (22) (M) 1:19.231s
29. L. DiGrassi, Virgin Cosworth, (18) (G) 1:19.234
30. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P) 1:19.412
Domination again from the Red Bulls as it was another locked row and Chandhock helped to ease Hispania’s woes with a fine last place on the grid. The midfield was incredibly tight again and this was shown with 11th to 25th covered by 1 second.
12th June 2011 Canadian Grand Prix 70 laps
It was quite fitting giving the name of the track that a number 27 Ferrari was on the grid. Alonso Ferrari had looked strong and the long straights would benefit any V12 where the power would be an advantage. Further down the grid several teams were hoping of a good race and many were in contention for points in what is normally a tough race. It was going to be fun who the wall of champions would claim this year. The cars formed on the grid ready for the lights, Red Bull were hoping of a strong race after recent disappointments and the car was more reliable then it had been. The lights went out and Vettel roared into the lead followed by Webber, Alonso maintained third and Randle and Buemi had made good starts to be 6th and 7th. The cars powered round he first lap without much hassle and this was exemplified throughtout the field. The Randle BMW of Randle was pacing itself in order to conserve the tyres on its car as it intended to stop once on lap 41. This would mean the tyres would have to last a lot of laps. The first retirement of the race went to Petrov whose Toleman’s car spun off just before the hairpin at the spot where team-mate had a big accident many seasons previously. The Red Bulls two stop strategy saw them etch out a big lead as there stops were to be on lap 23 and lap 47. At the end of lap 15 the positions were 1. S. Vettel (1) 2. M. Webber (2) + 2.317s, 3. F. Alonso (27) + 10.557s, 4. R. Kubica (19) + 13.214s, 5. N. Rosberg (4) + 17.981s, 6. S. Buemi (23) +20.436s, 7. L. Hamilton (7) + 21.874s, 8. A. Randle (13) + 25.744s, 9. J. Button (8) + 26.431s, 10. F. Massa (28) + 30.798s. With the Red Bulls still going faster and setting lap times the other cars could not match it meant the team were confident of maintaining this race pace. The Williams team had to bring both cars into the pits and retire both on lap 20 as they had been disqualified for sections of the car having been illegally used without being checked.
Webber pulled into the pits on lap 22 and gained a set of softs that would take the driver to lap 41, this meant that a lap later Vettel could pit change tyres and still come out in the lead. Alonso on mediums still had a few laps till his stop but the Ferrari team were pushing him to go faster. The Randle BMW car was starting to become in the zone as other drivers tyres starting to go while his were in a decent state to push faster. The Wall of Champions claimed a victim on lap 26 when Schumacher echoed his 1999 race and slammed into the barrier. This helped Alonso as it was hit pit stop and with the safety car deplayed the driver virtually lost no time and was able to rejoin just behind the Webber as it was being slowed by the safety car with just a Modena between them. The race engineers of Red Bull where on the radio to both Vettel and Webber to defend their position as Alonso’s tyres would lose their advantage after 8 or 9 laps. The safety car pulled off on lap 31 and Alonso began his move on trying to match the Red Bulls. The TV cameras were glued to the front 3 when the race restarted as Vettel did his best to use the open track to his advantage. By lap 39 the top 10 were 1. S.Vettel (1), 2. M. Webber (2) + 3.653s, 3. F. Alonso (27) + 5.762s, 4. N. Rosberg (4) + 12.546s, 5. S. Buemi (23) + 15.897s, 6. R. Kubica (19) + 20.541s, 7. A. Randle (13) + 21.234s, 8. L. Hamilton (7) + 32.789s, 9. J. Button (8) + 33.762s, 10. F. Massa (28) + 40.671s. The Minardi of Buemi was flying round the circuit and was matching the times of Rosberg and was getting ready to stop on lap 42. As expected Webber had delayed Alonso enough that both came in to change tyres on lap 44, this meant that Vettel could pit on 45 and keep the lead. Randle had leapfrogged Hamilton and Kubica when he had pitted on lap 47 and could now comfortably go to the end of the race on the tyres. Vettel claimed the fastest lap on 50 that was set for the rest of race with a 1:17.982. On lap 61 Buemi was able to get on the inside of Rosberg at the final chicane and claim 4th. With 9 laps remaining Rosberg now had to hold of the Randle BMW that was lapping in the low 1:18s and could realistically catch the championship leader. The Red Bull of Vettel took a grand slam when the chequered flag came down as he had pole, fastest lap and led every lap of the race. Webber made it a Red Bull 1 and 2 and the team were happy that their luck had changed. Rosberg fell behind Randle on the last lap at the hairpin.
1. S. Vettel (1) 1 hr 26 mins 25.746s 25pts
2. M. Webber (2) + 12.765s 18pts
3. F. Alonso (27) + 20.789s 15pts
4. S. Buemi (23) + 45.893s 12pts
5. A. Randle (13) + 48.972s 10pts
6. N. Rosberg (4) + 50.012s 8pts
7. R. Kubica (19) + 1 lap 6pts
8. L. Hamilton (7) + 1 lap 4pts
9. H. Kovalainen (12) + 1 lap 2pts
10. J. Alguersuari (24) + 1 lap 1pt
11. S. Perez (30) + 2 laps
12. J. Trulli (11) + 2 laps
13. N. Heidfeld (13) + 2 laps
14. F. Montagny (26) + 2 laps
15. R. Grosjean (25) + 2 laps
16. K. Chandhock (21) + 3 laps
17. A. Sutil (15) + 3 laps
18. V. Liuzzi (16) + 3 laps
19. G. Ricci (34) + 4 laps
20. F. Massa (28) Steering 62 laps.
21. J. Button (8) Gearbox 40 laps
22. M. Schumacher (3) Accident 26 laps
23. N. Hulkenberg, (6) Disqualified 20 laps
24. R. Barrichello, (5) Disqualified 20 laps
25. K. Kobayashi, (29) Radiator 12 laps
26. V. Petrov (20) Spun Off 5 laps
F.Lap: S. Vettel (1) 1:17.982 on lap 50
ROTR: Williams for not making sure their cars were legal and for throwing away a double point finish
DOTR: Vettel, completely dominated and could have lapped every car had it not been for the safety car period.
Championship
1. N. Rosberg (4) 123pts
2. J. Button (8) 93pts
3. S. Vettel (1) 75pts
= F. Alonso (27) 75pts
5. M. Webber (2) 65pts
6. L. Hamilton (7) 59pts
7. V. Petrov (20) 49pts
8. F. Massa (28) 44pts
9. M. Schumacher (3) 42pts
10. A. Randle (13) 36pts
11. R. Kubica (19) 34pts
12. N. Heidfeld (14) 26pts
13. N. Hulkenberg (6) 25pts
14. S. Buemi (23) 14pts
15. R. Grosjean (25) 12pts
= R. Barrichello (5) 12pts
17. J. Alquersuari (24) 9pts
18. K. Kobayashi (29) 7pts
19. H. Kovalainen (12) 4pts
20. B. Senna (31) 2pts
21. V. Liuzzi (16) 1pts
= A. Sutil (15) 1pts
= P. Maldonado (10) 1pt
Constructors
1. Mercedes 165pts
2. McLaren 152pts
3. Red Bull 140pts
4. Ferrari 119pts
5. Toleman 83pts
6. Randle BMW 62pts
7. Williams 37pts
8. Minardi 23pts
9. Ligier Prost 12pts
10. Sauber 7pts
11. Team Lotus 4pts
12. Super Aguri 2pts
= Force India 2pts
14. Arrows 1pt
15. Modena 0pts
= HRT 0pts
= Virgin 0pts
Schumcher pleased with difficult Monaco race
31st May 2011 (F1Fanatic)
Randle BMW happy with progress and pleased to be 6th in championship and feel Canada will bring points
1st June 2011 Sky News
Force India bringing improved aero package and aiming for points to be safe from prequalifying
2nd June 2011 BBC
Renault will bring new updated Engines to help Red Bulls reliability
3rd June 2011 Autosport
Pantano’s seat at Lamborghini in doubt as team look to consistently qualify, Art Grand Prix move up entry to 2012, Renault and Honda offer engine customer contract.
4th June 2011 FIA
It is confirmed that several tracks next season will have 28 car grids after the request from FOTA as strong teams are missing valuable race funds and with ART Grand Prix and Stefan Grand Prix joining in 2012 some might even have 30 grids. Monaco will remain at 26 but extra days practice will be given to the teams that don’t make the grid. Full schedule of which races will have which grid sizes will be confirmed when provisional calendar produced.
5th June 2011 BBC
Virgin, Super Aguri, Modena and HRT pleased with the FIA’s news as it oculd mean more revenues for them.
6th June 2011 F1Fanatic
BMW and Randle thinking of making assault on LeMans and World Sportscar championship next year as well as formula one.
7th June 2011 BBC
Dan Wheldon the 2011 Indy 500 winner to do tests for several f1 teams and linked with Ligier Prost number 26 and as a driver for ART or Stefan for 2012.
8th June 2011 The Sun
Minardi should do well at Canada as new upgrades make the car faster in tests.
9th June 2011 Canadian Grand Prix Prequalifying
After the rain soaked Monaco Grand Prix, the teams were in North America for a race that regularly is very entertaining. The one hour session was dry and hot, the Randle and Ligiers were expected to be in the top 4 again and some expected the Modena’s and Super Aguris to fight for the last spots. Arrows were hoping to be close. The cars ran well and the sessions was dominated by Heidfeld who comfortably qualified without using a set of the prime tyres. Next was the sister Randle BMW as Adam had to fought off the Ligiers in 3rd and 4th. Pantano unluckily missed out with Sato, De La Rosa, Senna. The final positions and driver that successfully qualified were:
1. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW,(14) (G) 1:18.564s
2. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G) 1:19.092s
3. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), 1:19.122s
4. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:19.344s
5. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:19.567s
6. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:19.789s
7. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 1:19.813s
8. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:19,908s
9. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth ,(9) (P), 1:20.123s
10. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M), 1:20.167s
The session had been one of the closest all season and the drivers were disappointed at missing out. Those that made looked forward to qualifying and would hope to make the Race.
11th June 2011 Canadian Grand Prix Qualifying
1. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault, (1) (G), 1:14.989s
2. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault, (2) (G), 1:15.056s
3. F. Alonso, Ferrari, (27) (G), 1:15.387s
4. N. Rosberg, Mercedes, (4) (M), 1:15.781s
5. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault, (19) (P), 1:15.953s
6. F. Massa, Ferrari, (28) (G), 1:16.143s
7. L. Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, (7) (M), 1:16.477s
8. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth, (6) (G), 1:16.664s
9. M. Schumacher, Mercedes, (3) (M), 1:17.098s
10. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:17.228s
11. J. Button, McLaren Mercedes, (8) (M), 1:17.467s
12. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari, (23) (P), 1:17.502s
13. K. Kobayashi, Sauber Mercedes, (29) (G), 1:17.589s
14. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault, (20) (P), 1:17.606s
15. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth, (5) (G), 1:17.717s
16. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Renault, (12) (P), 1:17.981s
17. J. Alguersuari, Minardi Ferrari, (24) (P), 1:18.021s
18. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes, (30) (M), 1:18.061s
19. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), 1:18.093s
20. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:18.102s
21. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:18.139s
22. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault, (11) (P), 1:18.302s
23. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes, (15) (M), 1:18.357
24. V. Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes, (16) (M), 1:18.375s
25. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:18.490s
26. K. Chandhock, HRT Cosworth, (21) (M), 1:18.798s
27. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth, (17) (G), 1:18.976s
28. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth, (22) (M) 1:19.231s
29. L. DiGrassi, Virgin Cosworth, (18) (G) 1:19.234
30. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P) 1:19.412
Domination again from the Red Bulls as it was another locked row and Chandhock helped to ease Hispania’s woes with a fine last place on the grid. The midfield was incredibly tight again and this was shown with 11th to 25th covered by 1 second.
12th June 2011 Canadian Grand Prix 70 laps
It was quite fitting giving the name of the track that a number 27 Ferrari was on the grid. Alonso Ferrari had looked strong and the long straights would benefit any V12 where the power would be an advantage. Further down the grid several teams were hoping of a good race and many were in contention for points in what is normally a tough race. It was going to be fun who the wall of champions would claim this year. The cars formed on the grid ready for the lights, Red Bull were hoping of a strong race after recent disappointments and the car was more reliable then it had been. The lights went out and Vettel roared into the lead followed by Webber, Alonso maintained third and Randle and Buemi had made good starts to be 6th and 7th. The cars powered round he first lap without much hassle and this was exemplified throughtout the field. The Randle BMW of Randle was pacing itself in order to conserve the tyres on its car as it intended to stop once on lap 41. This would mean the tyres would have to last a lot of laps. The first retirement of the race went to Petrov whose Toleman’s car spun off just before the hairpin at the spot where team-mate had a big accident many seasons previously. The Red Bulls two stop strategy saw them etch out a big lead as there stops were to be on lap 23 and lap 47. At the end of lap 15 the positions were 1. S. Vettel (1) 2. M. Webber (2) + 2.317s, 3. F. Alonso (27) + 10.557s, 4. R. Kubica (19) + 13.214s, 5. N. Rosberg (4) + 17.981s, 6. S. Buemi (23) +20.436s, 7. L. Hamilton (7) + 21.874s, 8. A. Randle (13) + 25.744s, 9. J. Button (8) + 26.431s, 10. F. Massa (28) + 30.798s. With the Red Bulls still going faster and setting lap times the other cars could not match it meant the team were confident of maintaining this race pace. The Williams team had to bring both cars into the pits and retire both on lap 20 as they had been disqualified for sections of the car having been illegally used without being checked.
Webber pulled into the pits on lap 22 and gained a set of softs that would take the driver to lap 41, this meant that a lap later Vettel could pit change tyres and still come out in the lead. Alonso on mediums still had a few laps till his stop but the Ferrari team were pushing him to go faster. The Randle BMW car was starting to become in the zone as other drivers tyres starting to go while his were in a decent state to push faster. The Wall of Champions claimed a victim on lap 26 when Schumacher echoed his 1999 race and slammed into the barrier. This helped Alonso as it was hit pit stop and with the safety car deplayed the driver virtually lost no time and was able to rejoin just behind the Webber as it was being slowed by the safety car with just a Modena between them. The race engineers of Red Bull where on the radio to both Vettel and Webber to defend their position as Alonso’s tyres would lose their advantage after 8 or 9 laps. The safety car pulled off on lap 31 and Alonso began his move on trying to match the Red Bulls. The TV cameras were glued to the front 3 when the race restarted as Vettel did his best to use the open track to his advantage. By lap 39 the top 10 were 1. S.Vettel (1), 2. M. Webber (2) + 3.653s, 3. F. Alonso (27) + 5.762s, 4. N. Rosberg (4) + 12.546s, 5. S. Buemi (23) + 15.897s, 6. R. Kubica (19) + 20.541s, 7. A. Randle (13) + 21.234s, 8. L. Hamilton (7) + 32.789s, 9. J. Button (8) + 33.762s, 10. F. Massa (28) + 40.671s. The Minardi of Buemi was flying round the circuit and was matching the times of Rosberg and was getting ready to stop on lap 42. As expected Webber had delayed Alonso enough that both came in to change tyres on lap 44, this meant that Vettel could pit on 45 and keep the lead. Randle had leapfrogged Hamilton and Kubica when he had pitted on lap 47 and could now comfortably go to the end of the race on the tyres. Vettel claimed the fastest lap on 50 that was set for the rest of race with a 1:17.982. On lap 61 Buemi was able to get on the inside of Rosberg at the final chicane and claim 4th. With 9 laps remaining Rosberg now had to hold of the Randle BMW that was lapping in the low 1:18s and could realistically catch the championship leader. The Red Bull of Vettel took a grand slam when the chequered flag came down as he had pole, fastest lap and led every lap of the race. Webber made it a Red Bull 1 and 2 and the team were happy that their luck had changed. Rosberg fell behind Randle on the last lap at the hairpin.
1. S. Vettel (1) 1 hr 26 mins 25.746s 25pts
2. M. Webber (2) + 12.765s 18pts
3. F. Alonso (27) + 20.789s 15pts
4. S. Buemi (23) + 45.893s 12pts
5. A. Randle (13) + 48.972s 10pts
6. N. Rosberg (4) + 50.012s 8pts
7. R. Kubica (19) + 1 lap 6pts
8. L. Hamilton (7) + 1 lap 4pts
9. H. Kovalainen (12) + 1 lap 2pts
10. J. Alguersuari (24) + 1 lap 1pt
11. S. Perez (30) + 2 laps
12. J. Trulli (11) + 2 laps
13. N. Heidfeld (13) + 2 laps
14. F. Montagny (26) + 2 laps
15. R. Grosjean (25) + 2 laps
16. K. Chandhock (21) + 3 laps
17. A. Sutil (15) + 3 laps
18. V. Liuzzi (16) + 3 laps
19. G. Ricci (34) + 4 laps
20. F. Massa (28) Steering 62 laps.
21. J. Button (8) Gearbox 40 laps
22. M. Schumacher (3) Accident 26 laps
23. N. Hulkenberg, (6) Disqualified 20 laps
24. R. Barrichello, (5) Disqualified 20 laps
25. K. Kobayashi, (29) Radiator 12 laps
26. V. Petrov (20) Spun Off 5 laps
F.Lap: S. Vettel (1) 1:17.982 on lap 50
ROTR: Williams for not making sure their cars were legal and for throwing away a double point finish
DOTR: Vettel, completely dominated and could have lapped every car had it not been for the safety car period.
Championship
1. N. Rosberg (4) 123pts
2. J. Button (8) 93pts
3. S. Vettel (1) 75pts
= F. Alonso (27) 75pts
5. M. Webber (2) 65pts
6. L. Hamilton (7) 59pts
7. V. Petrov (20) 49pts
8. F. Massa (28) 44pts
9. M. Schumacher (3) 42pts
10. A. Randle (13) 36pts
11. R. Kubica (19) 34pts
12. N. Heidfeld (14) 26pts
13. N. Hulkenberg (6) 25pts
14. S. Buemi (23) 14pts
15. R. Grosjean (25) 12pts
= R. Barrichello (5) 12pts
17. J. Alquersuari (24) 9pts
18. K. Kobayashi (29) 7pts
19. H. Kovalainen (12) 4pts
20. B. Senna (31) 2pts
21. V. Liuzzi (16) 1pts
= A. Sutil (15) 1pts
= P. Maldonado (10) 1pt
Constructors
1. Mercedes 165pts
2. McLaren 152pts
3. Red Bull 140pts
4. Ferrari 119pts
5. Toleman 83pts
6. Randle BMW 62pts
7. Williams 37pts
8. Minardi 23pts
9. Ligier Prost 12pts
10. Sauber 7pts
11. Team Lotus 4pts
12. Super Aguri 2pts
= Force India 2pts
14. Arrows 1pt
15. Modena 0pts
= HRT 0pts
= Virgin 0pts
Re: Alternate Future History 2011 F1 World Championship
13th June 2011 BBC
Di Resta linked to one of the Force India seats after the performance of Liuzzi and Sutil did not improve.
14th June 2011 Autosport
Toyota with their successor to the GTone win the Le Mans 24 hours outright, CEO says this was a vindicated decision to leave F1 for.
15th June 2011 Gazzetta Di Italia
Buemi pleased with Canadian Grand Prix and praises the team for his set up that saw him gain a surprise 4th
16th June 2011 The Times
Hamilton: I am losing my love of F1 at the moment as I finding this season to be harder then my 2009 effort. Hopefully my form can improve otherwise I may have to look elsewhere.
17th June 2011 F1 Fanatic
Randle BMW confirm Heidfeld and Randle for their cars next year and are looking to preparing next years car development in the next few weeks.
18th June 2011 BBC
Alonso confirms to staying at Ferrari till 2015
19th June 2011 The Times
Schumacher prepared to help Rosberg to his first title and will use all of his experience to aid the title fight.
20th June 2011 The Sun
Button will be at McLaren until 2013 at least
21st June 2011 Autosport
Jerez will be the only Spanish race next season as European Grand Prix to be revampled and possible shared between Imola, Paul Ricard, Donnigton and Estoril.
22nd June 2011 F1.com
Sunny weather expected all weekend
23rd June 2011 European Grand Prix Prequalifying
The teams were ready for the one hour session and with just one race to go after this with 10 cars in the session, many were happy that the Randle BMWs and Ligiers would no longer be in it. As expected both dominated the scoresheets and this left a battle for the remaining cars for the last two spots. Modena gave it their all and were successful. Disappointingly Arrows would miss out and Super Aguri who would put their efforts to the British Grand Prix in order to confirm their exit from PreQualifying.
1. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G) 1:39.643
2. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G) 1:39.989
3. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P) 1:40.567
4. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault (25) (M), 1:40.781
5. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault (26) (M), 1:40.852
6. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 1:41.325
7. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:41.788
8. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M), 1:41.993
9. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:42.442
10. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 1:42.624
25th June 2011 European Grand Prix Qualifying
1. F. Alonso, Ferrari, (27) (G), 1:36.607
2. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault, (1) (G), 1:36.823
3. L. Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, (7) (M), 1:36.901
4. J. Button, McLaren Mercedes, (8) (M), 1:37.002
5. N. Rosberg, Mercedes, (4) (P), 1:37.112
6. F. Massa, Ferrari, (28) (G), 1:37.421
7. M. Schumacher, Mercedes, (3) (P), 1:37.584
8. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:37.641
9. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault, (2) (G), 1:37.645
10. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:37.680
11. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault, (19) (P), 1:37.743
12. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth, (5) (G), 1:37.851
13. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes, (15) (M), 1:37.924
14. V. Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes, (16) (M), 1:37.935
15. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Renault, (12) (P), 1:38.006
16. J. Alguersuari, Minardi Ferrari, (24) (P), 1:38.270
17. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth, (6) (G), 1:38.421
18. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault, (11) (P), 1:38.656
19. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari, (23) (P), 1:38.774
20. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth (22) (M), 1:38.907
21. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault, (20) (P) 1:39.346
22. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:39.398
23. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), 1:39.401
24. K. Chandhock, HRT Cosworth, (21) (M), 1:39.689
25. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:39.893
26. L. DiGrassi, Virgin Cosworth, (18) (G), 1:40.321
27. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth, (17) (G), 1:40.567
28. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 1:40.580
29. K.Kobayashi, Sauber Mercedes, (29) (G) Disqualified
30. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes, (30) (G), Disqualified
Alonso took a jubilant pole position in front of his home crowd, Hamilton was happy with a 3rd on the grid. The Randle BMWs celebrated being in the top 10 while Force india were happy to have improved to row 7. Hispania celebrated both of their drivers in the grand prix and Sauber were annoyed at having their times deleted for rule infringement as it meant their 15th for Kobayashi and 20th for Perez were removed. This promoted Ricci and DiGrassi into the race who filled the back row and it would mean these two might have a surprise result with a bit of luck. Petrov had set the car up wrong and struggled to a 21st behind a Hispania.
26th June 2011 European Grand Prix 57 laps
The second Spanish race of the season was being prepared to start, there was some uncertainty on if the track and indeed the European Grand Prix itself would be on the calendar the following year. This is due to the possibility of the French, Austrian or San Marino being back on the calendar, however it is possible if Jerez cannot fulfil its duty then it might have the Spanish Grand Prix in 2012. The race was its usual Sunny weather and there was not a cloud in the sky, Alonso looked positive as the Ferrari had dominated the Red Bulls in Qualifying which had made the fan excited to see a Spanish driver on pole. The lights went out for the race and the crowd roared as Alonso took the lead while Hamilton passed Vettel. The Randle BMWs had bad starts and fell down the midfield, this meant that many drivers had to battle pass the Claret and Blue cars. The reason for this was a lack of traction off the start line and so they were down in 15th and 17th. 24 of the cars made through the first lap because Alguersuari had collided with Barrichello putting both out on the spot. Heidfeld started to lap quicker and would go into 13th on lap 9 while Adam was stuck in 16th behind Klien’s Hispania that had acquired a few places on the first few laps. Alonso with the home crowd behind him was sprinting away from Hamilton as Vettel fell victim to Rosberg. By lap 15 Webber lasting longer then his 2010 race was now on Vettel’s tail as they entered the harbour section. Lap 20 the positions were 1. F. Alonso (27), 2. L. Hamilton (7) + 15.727s, 3. N. Rosberg (4) + 18.903s, 4. J. Button (8) + 27.861s, 5. S. Vettel (1) + 30.654s, 6. M. Webber (2) + 30.662s, 7. M. Schumacher (3) + 32.785s, 8. F. Massa (28) + 33.790s, 9. R. Kubica (19) + 37.115s, 10. V. Liuzzi (16) + 45.226s.
Heidfeld was able to pass Liuzzi on lap 25 when the front runners came in for a stop, this would see the no. 14 car running in 7th before falling down to 10th when Heidfeld stopped for tyres. Randle was able to move into 12th and it was a Randle BMW, Force India, Randle BMW, Force India battling for the last points. During this battle for a point, the Renault engine on the Lotus of Trulli exploded and spilt oil on the track. Rosberg would see a rare retirement on lap 30 when the gearbox on the Mercedes broke and forced the German into the pits to retire. Another Renault engine car expired on lap 32 when Montagny’s Ligier packed up. The top 10 entering lap 35 was 1. F. Alonso (27), 2. L. Hamilton (7) + 40.423s, 3. J. Button (8) + 42.002s, 4. M. Webber (2) + 46.745s, 5. S. Vettel (1) + 52.973s, 6. M. Schumacher (3) + 57.521s, 7. F. Massa (28) + 1:02.324s, 8. R. Kubica (19) + 1:16.878s, 9. N. Heidfeld (14) + 1:20.024s, 10. A. Sutil (15) 1:21.480. The backmarkers were not slowing Alonso down as he made his way through the pack lapping the cars in 16 – 21 for a second time. It was during this that Alonso nearly was a taken out by a stricken Hispania as the driveshaft on Chandhock’s car had broken. The race claimed another retirement on lap 41 when the Electrics of the Randle BMW would claim the car of Randle. By now Alonso had an almost 50 second lead over second place and was coming up to lap the 8th placed Kubica. Button in a move that almost gave McLaren mechanics a heart attack passed Hamilton on the inside and they almost collided on corner 17. Webber would set the fastest lap on lap 51 when he achieved a 1:38.012 that could not be beaten. As there was no competition for the Ferrari and would achieve an emotional victory infront of the fans as they cheered louder when Alonso crossed the finish line to take a magnificent victory.
1. F. Alonso (27) 1 Hr 42 mins 23.089s 25pts
2. J. Button (8) + 1:01.228s 18pts
3. L. Hamilton (7) + 1:04.673s 15pts
4. M. Webber (2) + 1:15.901s 12pts
5. S. Vettel (1) + 1:23.110s 10pts
6. M. Schumacher (3) + 1lap 8pts
7. N. Heidfeld (14) + 1 lap 6pts
8. R. Kubica (19) + 1 lap 4pts
9. V. Liuzzi (16) + 1 lap 2pts
10. A. Sutil (15) + 1 lap 1pt
11. N. Hulkenberg (6) + 2 laps
12. H. Kovalainen (12) + 2 laps
13. S. Buemi (23) + 2 laps
14. C. Klien (22) + 3 laps
15. V. Petrov (20) + 3 laps
16. R. Grosjean (25) + 3laps
17. G. Ricci (34) + 4 laps
18. L. DiGrassi (18) + 5 laps
19. F. Massa (28) 45 laps Exhaust
20. A. Randle (13) 40 laps Electrical
21. K. Chandhock (21) 37 laps Driveshaft
22. F. Montagny (26) 32 laps Engine
23. N. Rosberg (4) 30 laps Gearbox
24. J. Trulli (11) 26 laps Engine
25. R. Barrichello (5) 0 laps Collision
26. J. Alguersuari (24) 0laps Collision
F.Lap: M. Webber 1:38.012 on lap 51
DOTR: Alonso, dominated weekend and took first victory of the season
ROTR: Sauber, simple rule infringement should not have been made and led to a disqualification when they had kept pace with the Force India’s in practice and qualy.
Championship
1. N. Rosberg (4) 123pts
2. J. Button (8) 111pts
3. F. Alonso (27) 100pts
4. S. Vettel (1) 85pts
5. M. Webber (2) 77pts
6. L. Hamilton (7) 74pts
7. M. Schumacher (3) 50pts
8. V. Petrov (20) 49pts
9. F. Massa (28) 44pts
10. R. Kubica (19) 38pts
11. A. Randle (13) 36pts
12. N. Heidfeld (14) 32pts
13. N. Hulkenberg (6) 25pts
14. S. Buemi (23) 14pts
15. R. Grosjean (25) 12pts
= R. Barrichello (5) 12pts
17. J. Alguersuari (24) 9pts
18. K. Kobayashi (29) 7pts
19. H. Kovalainen (12) 4pts
20. V. Liuzzi (16) 3pts
21. B. Senna (31) 2pts
= A. Sutil (15) 2pts
23. P. Maldonado (10) 1pt
Constructors
1. McLaren 185pts
2. Mercedes 173pts
3. Red Bull 162pts
4. Ferrari 144pts
5. Toleman 87pts
6. Randle BMW 68pts
7. Williams 37pts
8. Minardi 23pts
9. Ligier Prost 12pts
10. Sauber 7pts
11. Force India 5pts
12. Team Lotus 4pts
13. Super Aguri 2pts
14. Arrows 1pt
15. HRT 0 pts
= Modena 0pts
= Virgin 0pts
Di Resta linked to one of the Force India seats after the performance of Liuzzi and Sutil did not improve.
14th June 2011 Autosport
Toyota with their successor to the GTone win the Le Mans 24 hours outright, CEO says this was a vindicated decision to leave F1 for.
15th June 2011 Gazzetta Di Italia
Buemi pleased with Canadian Grand Prix and praises the team for his set up that saw him gain a surprise 4th
16th June 2011 The Times
Hamilton: I am losing my love of F1 at the moment as I finding this season to be harder then my 2009 effort. Hopefully my form can improve otherwise I may have to look elsewhere.
17th June 2011 F1 Fanatic
Randle BMW confirm Heidfeld and Randle for their cars next year and are looking to preparing next years car development in the next few weeks.
18th June 2011 BBC
Alonso confirms to staying at Ferrari till 2015
19th June 2011 The Times
Schumacher prepared to help Rosberg to his first title and will use all of his experience to aid the title fight.
20th June 2011 The Sun
Button will be at McLaren until 2013 at least
21st June 2011 Autosport
Jerez will be the only Spanish race next season as European Grand Prix to be revampled and possible shared between Imola, Paul Ricard, Donnigton and Estoril.
22nd June 2011 F1.com
Sunny weather expected all weekend
23rd June 2011 European Grand Prix Prequalifying
The teams were ready for the one hour session and with just one race to go after this with 10 cars in the session, many were happy that the Randle BMWs and Ligiers would no longer be in it. As expected both dominated the scoresheets and this left a battle for the remaining cars for the last two spots. Modena gave it their all and were successful. Disappointingly Arrows would miss out and Super Aguri who would put their efforts to the British Grand Prix in order to confirm their exit from PreQualifying.
1. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G) 1:39.643
2. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G) 1:39.989
3. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P) 1:40.567
4. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault (25) (M), 1:40.781
5. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault (26) (M), 1:40.852
6. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 1:41.325
7. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:41.788
8. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M), 1:41.993
9. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:42.442
10. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 1:42.624
25th June 2011 European Grand Prix Qualifying
1. F. Alonso, Ferrari, (27) (G), 1:36.607
2. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault, (1) (G), 1:36.823
3. L. Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, (7) (M), 1:36.901
4. J. Button, McLaren Mercedes, (8) (M), 1:37.002
5. N. Rosberg, Mercedes, (4) (P), 1:37.112
6. F. Massa, Ferrari, (28) (G), 1:37.421
7. M. Schumacher, Mercedes, (3) (P), 1:37.584
8. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:37.641
9. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault, (2) (G), 1:37.645
10. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:37.680
11. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault, (19) (P), 1:37.743
12. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth, (5) (G), 1:37.851
13. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes, (15) (M), 1:37.924
14. V. Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes, (16) (M), 1:37.935
15. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Renault, (12) (P), 1:38.006
16. J. Alguersuari, Minardi Ferrari, (24) (P), 1:38.270
17. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth, (6) (G), 1:38.421
18. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault, (11) (P), 1:38.656
19. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari, (23) (P), 1:38.774
20. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth (22) (M), 1:38.907
21. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault, (20) (P) 1:39.346
22. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:39.398
23. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), 1:39.401
24. K. Chandhock, HRT Cosworth, (21) (M), 1:39.689
25. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:39.893
26. L. DiGrassi, Virgin Cosworth, (18) (G), 1:40.321
27. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth, (17) (G), 1:40.567
28. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 1:40.580
29. K.Kobayashi, Sauber Mercedes, (29) (G) Disqualified
30. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes, (30) (G), Disqualified
Alonso took a jubilant pole position in front of his home crowd, Hamilton was happy with a 3rd on the grid. The Randle BMWs celebrated being in the top 10 while Force india were happy to have improved to row 7. Hispania celebrated both of their drivers in the grand prix and Sauber were annoyed at having their times deleted for rule infringement as it meant their 15th for Kobayashi and 20th for Perez were removed. This promoted Ricci and DiGrassi into the race who filled the back row and it would mean these two might have a surprise result with a bit of luck. Petrov had set the car up wrong and struggled to a 21st behind a Hispania.
26th June 2011 European Grand Prix 57 laps
The second Spanish race of the season was being prepared to start, there was some uncertainty on if the track and indeed the European Grand Prix itself would be on the calendar the following year. This is due to the possibility of the French, Austrian or San Marino being back on the calendar, however it is possible if Jerez cannot fulfil its duty then it might have the Spanish Grand Prix in 2012. The race was its usual Sunny weather and there was not a cloud in the sky, Alonso looked positive as the Ferrari had dominated the Red Bulls in Qualifying which had made the fan excited to see a Spanish driver on pole. The lights went out for the race and the crowd roared as Alonso took the lead while Hamilton passed Vettel. The Randle BMWs had bad starts and fell down the midfield, this meant that many drivers had to battle pass the Claret and Blue cars. The reason for this was a lack of traction off the start line and so they were down in 15th and 17th. 24 of the cars made through the first lap because Alguersuari had collided with Barrichello putting both out on the spot. Heidfeld started to lap quicker and would go into 13th on lap 9 while Adam was stuck in 16th behind Klien’s Hispania that had acquired a few places on the first few laps. Alonso with the home crowd behind him was sprinting away from Hamilton as Vettel fell victim to Rosberg. By lap 15 Webber lasting longer then his 2010 race was now on Vettel’s tail as they entered the harbour section. Lap 20 the positions were 1. F. Alonso (27), 2. L. Hamilton (7) + 15.727s, 3. N. Rosberg (4) + 18.903s, 4. J. Button (8) + 27.861s, 5. S. Vettel (1) + 30.654s, 6. M. Webber (2) + 30.662s, 7. M. Schumacher (3) + 32.785s, 8. F. Massa (28) + 33.790s, 9. R. Kubica (19) + 37.115s, 10. V. Liuzzi (16) + 45.226s.
Heidfeld was able to pass Liuzzi on lap 25 when the front runners came in for a stop, this would see the no. 14 car running in 7th before falling down to 10th when Heidfeld stopped for tyres. Randle was able to move into 12th and it was a Randle BMW, Force India, Randle BMW, Force India battling for the last points. During this battle for a point, the Renault engine on the Lotus of Trulli exploded and spilt oil on the track. Rosberg would see a rare retirement on lap 30 when the gearbox on the Mercedes broke and forced the German into the pits to retire. Another Renault engine car expired on lap 32 when Montagny’s Ligier packed up. The top 10 entering lap 35 was 1. F. Alonso (27), 2. L. Hamilton (7) + 40.423s, 3. J. Button (8) + 42.002s, 4. M. Webber (2) + 46.745s, 5. S. Vettel (1) + 52.973s, 6. M. Schumacher (3) + 57.521s, 7. F. Massa (28) + 1:02.324s, 8. R. Kubica (19) + 1:16.878s, 9. N. Heidfeld (14) + 1:20.024s, 10. A. Sutil (15) 1:21.480. The backmarkers were not slowing Alonso down as he made his way through the pack lapping the cars in 16 – 21 for a second time. It was during this that Alonso nearly was a taken out by a stricken Hispania as the driveshaft on Chandhock’s car had broken. The race claimed another retirement on lap 41 when the Electrics of the Randle BMW would claim the car of Randle. By now Alonso had an almost 50 second lead over second place and was coming up to lap the 8th placed Kubica. Button in a move that almost gave McLaren mechanics a heart attack passed Hamilton on the inside and they almost collided on corner 17. Webber would set the fastest lap on lap 51 when he achieved a 1:38.012 that could not be beaten. As there was no competition for the Ferrari and would achieve an emotional victory infront of the fans as they cheered louder when Alonso crossed the finish line to take a magnificent victory.
1. F. Alonso (27) 1 Hr 42 mins 23.089s 25pts
2. J. Button (8) + 1:01.228s 18pts
3. L. Hamilton (7) + 1:04.673s 15pts
4. M. Webber (2) + 1:15.901s 12pts
5. S. Vettel (1) + 1:23.110s 10pts
6. M. Schumacher (3) + 1lap 8pts
7. N. Heidfeld (14) + 1 lap 6pts
8. R. Kubica (19) + 1 lap 4pts
9. V. Liuzzi (16) + 1 lap 2pts
10. A. Sutil (15) + 1 lap 1pt
11. N. Hulkenberg (6) + 2 laps
12. H. Kovalainen (12) + 2 laps
13. S. Buemi (23) + 2 laps
14. C. Klien (22) + 3 laps
15. V. Petrov (20) + 3 laps
16. R. Grosjean (25) + 3laps
17. G. Ricci (34) + 4 laps
18. L. DiGrassi (18) + 5 laps
19. F. Massa (28) 45 laps Exhaust
20. A. Randle (13) 40 laps Electrical
21. K. Chandhock (21) 37 laps Driveshaft
22. F. Montagny (26) 32 laps Engine
23. N. Rosberg (4) 30 laps Gearbox
24. J. Trulli (11) 26 laps Engine
25. R. Barrichello (5) 0 laps Collision
26. J. Alguersuari (24) 0laps Collision
F.Lap: M. Webber 1:38.012 on lap 51
DOTR: Alonso, dominated weekend and took first victory of the season
ROTR: Sauber, simple rule infringement should not have been made and led to a disqualification when they had kept pace with the Force India’s in practice and qualy.
Championship
1. N. Rosberg (4) 123pts
2. J. Button (8) 111pts
3. F. Alonso (27) 100pts
4. S. Vettel (1) 85pts
5. M. Webber (2) 77pts
6. L. Hamilton (7) 74pts
7. M. Schumacher (3) 50pts
8. V. Petrov (20) 49pts
9. F. Massa (28) 44pts
10. R. Kubica (19) 38pts
11. A. Randle (13) 36pts
12. N. Heidfeld (14) 32pts
13. N. Hulkenberg (6) 25pts
14. S. Buemi (23) 14pts
15. R. Grosjean (25) 12pts
= R. Barrichello (5) 12pts
17. J. Alguersuari (24) 9pts
18. K. Kobayashi (29) 7pts
19. H. Kovalainen (12) 4pts
20. V. Liuzzi (16) 3pts
21. B. Senna (31) 2pts
= A. Sutil (15) 2pts
23. P. Maldonado (10) 1pt
Constructors
1. McLaren 185pts
2. Mercedes 173pts
3. Red Bull 162pts
4. Ferrari 144pts
5. Toleman 87pts
6. Randle BMW 68pts
7. Williams 37pts
8. Minardi 23pts
9. Ligier Prost 12pts
10. Sauber 7pts
11. Force India 5pts
12. Team Lotus 4pts
13. Super Aguri 2pts
14. Arrows 1pt
15. HRT 0 pts
= Modena 0pts
= Virgin 0pts
Re: Alternate Future History 2011 F1 World Championship
27th June 2011 BBC
Di Resta linked to Force India seat
28th June 2011 F1Fanatic
Randle BMW aiming for podium at the British Grand Prix
29th June 2011 F1.com
Arrows will use updated Cosworth V8 that will give 50bhp more then the current one
30th June 2011 F1 Fanatic
Celebration at Randle BMW as driver Adam celebrated his 24th Birthday and looked forward to the British Grand Prix.
1st July 2011 Sky News
Pantano considering retirement after a tough half season
2nd July 2011 The Sun
Engine power expected to be decider at Silverstone, Ferrari V12 and BMW V12 expected to battle at the front
3rd July 2011 Autosport
A. Randle: I want to show the crowd that I can step up at my home grand prix
4th July 2011 F1.com
Davidson to make Super Aguri return next season
5th July 2011 BBC
Brundle: The British drivers are looking strong and will be battling for the win, perhaps we may have a 1,2,3 with Button, Hamilton and Randle
7th July 2011 British Grand Prix PreQualifying
The final session that would feature the Randle BMWs was dominated by the team, surprisingly the Lamborghini’s were the 2nd best team as Ligier faltered a little. Arrows and Super Aguri had to put in their best efforts in order to complete. The most amazing thing was Randle was 1 second faster then his team mate and 3 seconds faster against the 3rd place driver.
1. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:28.092
2. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:29.112
3. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 1:31.417
4. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:31.634
5. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:31.720
6. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:31.956
7. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), 1:32.028
8. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 1:32.103
9. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M), 1:32.454
10. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:32.567
9th July 2011 British Grand Prix Qualifying
1. L. Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, (7) (M), 1:26.988
2. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:27.231
3. F. Alonso, Ferrari (27) (G), 1:27.409
4. J. Button, McLaren Mercedes, (8) (M), 1:27.476
5. N. Rosberg, Mercedes, (4) (M), 1:27.591
6. F. Massa, Ferrari, (28) (G), 1:27.627
7. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault, (1) (G), 1:27.774
8. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault, (2) (G), 1:27.851
9. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:27.906
10. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault (20) (P), 1:28.032
11. M. Schumacher, Mercedes, (3) (M), 1:28.330
12. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault, (19) (P), 1:28.421
13. K. Kobayashi, Sauber Mercedes, (29) (G), 1:28.552
14. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 1:28.660
15. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari, (23) (P), 1:28.717
16. J. Alguersuari, Minardi Ferrari, (24) (P), 1:28.734
17. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth, (5) (G), 1:28.818
18. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes, (30) (G), 1:28.968
19. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth, (6) (G) 1:29.145
20. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Renault, (12) (P), 1:29.202
21. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:29.341
22. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes, (15) (M), 1:29.698
23. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault, (11) (P), 1:29.805
24. V. Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes, (16) (M), 1:30.235
25. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:30.652
26. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:30.789
27. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth, (22) (M), 1:30.891
28. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth (17) (G), 1:31.452
29. K. Chandhock, HRT Cosworth, (21) (M), 1:31.663
30. L. DiGrassi, Virgin Cosworth, (18) (G), 1:31.714
After an exciting qualifying session, pole narrowly went to Hamilton ahead of a best ever position for a Randle BMW. Pantano had finally qualified for a race and ensured a rare double start for Lambo. The HRT and Virgin cars failed to qualify and this would condemn the two teams to prequalifying for the second half of the season. If Modena scored a 9th and 10th it would put Super Aguri into prequalifying. This had led to some tense moments in the pits for tomorrow’s race.
10th July 2011 British Grand Prix 52 laps
This race had been expected to start at the new pit lane that would give Abbey the first corner, however it had been decided to have one full blast at the old pits into Copse. The Randle BMW team were hoping that the good weather would continue and anticipated a good start for their driver on the first row. With no rain expected it was going to be a warm British afternoon for the full 52 laps. The cars completed the formation lap ready for the lights, they went out and Randle got the better start and led into the first corner from Hamilton. Rosberg followed into 3rd having passed Alonso and Button off the line. The race would be over for Kovalainen, whose Lotus gearbox packed up on the first lap. The battle at the front was taking an interesting turn as Rosberg set the fastest lap to close up on Hamilton who could do nothing as the Silver Mercedes passed him through Becketts. The number 13 car was handling well and performing great against the top running teams and by lap 10 was lapping fastest on the track. The top 10 on lap were 1. A. Randle (13), 2. N. Rosberg (4)+ 6.321s, 3. L. Hamilton (7) + 8.347s, 4. J. Button (8) + 11.459s, 5. F. Alonso (27) + 14.660s, 6. S. Vettel (1) + 17.641s, 7. M. Webber (2) + 20.109s, 8. V. Petrov (20) + 23.673s, 9. N. Heidfeld (14) + 26.987s, 10. F. Massa (28) + 31.092s.
The tyres on the leading Randle BMW were going well and this meant Adam’s original pit stop could be delayed a little longer, in a couple of discussions over the cockpit radio it was revealed that lap 28 would be when the car would be making its only stop and would switch to medium tyres. Vettel and Alonso had a battle for 5th on lap 15 and nearly took both off as they went through Abbey. The other British drivers were holding positions and were now matching the laptimes of the Randle BMw and were able to maintain position for 10 laps. The tough track was starting to take its toll on some of the runners engines when on lap 17 the car of Kobayashi’s engine blew and caused the driver to pull off the hanger straight. By lap 19 some of the 2 stop strategy cars came in to the pits for new tyres, most of these changed off mediums onto softs and had fairly quick pit stops. Heidfeld fell down to 10th from pitting this earlier but was expected to match Alonso and Vettel’s pace upon rejoining the circuit. Massa was now lapping faster and was going quicker then anyone on the circuit and was able to make a few places up by lap 25 when he was challenging Vettel for 5th. Rosberg and Alonso would retire from the race due to problems with the car and this disappointed both drivers who had been looking strong. Lap 25 the top 10 was 1. A. Randle (13), 2. J. Button (8) + 23.987s, 3. M. Webber (2) + 34.972s, 4. L. Hamilton (7) + 36.124s, 5. F. Massa (28) + 40.313s, 6. N. Heidfeld (14) + 41.547s, 7. S. Vettel (1) + 47.831s, 8. V. Petrov (20) + 50.112s, 9. R. Kubica (19) + 52.343s, 10. G. Pantano (33) + 57.848s.
On lap 28 the leading car came in and had a good pit stop and was able to rejoin just ahead of Webber who had passed Button narrowly during the lap before. Mercedes afternoon was ended by lap 29 when the Gearbox on the car went and made the German retire. Entering lap 34 the Gearbox of the Randle BMW lost 5th and 1st gear and this made Adam lose time to Button and within a few laps the number 8 McLaren was able to take the lead. The Gearbox was able to fix itself by lap 40, but now Adam was down to 4th. The top 10 on lap 40 was 1. J. Button (8), 2. L. Hamilton + 10.737s, 3. M. Webber (2) + 11.445s, 4. A. Randle (13) + 16.663s, 5. S. Vettel (1) +19.723s, 6. N. Heidfeld (14) + 25.943s, 7. F. Massa (28) + 34.117s, 8. G. Pantano (33) + 45.515s, 9. V. Petrov (20) + 50.121s, 10. S. Perez (30) + 55.226s. Vettel’s car suffered a mechanical problem on lap 43 and this meant a Red Bull retired yet again due to a problem. Heartbreak at Modena as the Lamborgini V12 in Pantano’s car went as he was in 7th and lost points that would have leapfrogged the team out of prequalifying. Randle set the fastest lap of the race with a 1:28.457s on lap 47 and passed Webber for 3rd. Hamilton on lap 49 was able to pass Button going through Stowe and was able to hang on to take a well earned victory from Button to make it an all British podium as Randle was able to maintain 3rd from Webber.
1. L. Hamilton (7) 1hr 21 mins 23.882s 25pts
2. J. Button (8) + 14.114s 18pts
3. A. Randle (13) + 27.878s 15pts
4. M. Webber (2) + 30.785s 12pts
5. N. Heidfeld (14) + 45.987s 10pts
6. F. Massa (28) + 57.903s 8pts
7. R. Kubica (19) + 1.11.733s 6pts
8. J. Alguersuari (24) + 1lap 4pts
9. S. Perez (30) + 1 lap 2pts
10. J. Trulli (11) + 2 laps 1pt
11. G. Ricci (34) + 2 laps
12. R. Grosjean (25) + 2laps
13. V. Liuzzi (15) + 3 laps
14. B. Senna (31) + 4 laps
15. V. Petrov (20) 46 laps Engine + 6laps
16. G. Pantano (33) 45 laps Engine + 7 laps
17. S. Vettel (1) 43 laps Throttle
18. R. Barrichello (5) 38 laps Engine
19. A. Sutil (15) 37 laps Steering
20. M. Schumacher (3) 29 laps Gearbox
21. N. Hulkenberg (6) 26 laps Driveshaft
22. F. Alonso (27) 24 laps Engine
23. N. Rosberg (4) 23 laps Electrical
24. K. Kobayashi (29) 17 laps Engine
25. S. Buemi, (23) 11 laps Wheel
26. H. Kovalainen, (12) 0 laps Gearbox
F. Lap: A. Randle (13) 1:28.457s on lap 47
ROTR: Engine reliability
DOTR: British drivers taking historic 1st 2nd and 3rd.
Championship
1. J. Button (8) 129pts
2. N. Rosberg (4) 123pts
3. F. Alonso (27) 100pts
4. L. Hamilton (7) 99pts
5. M. Webber (2) 89pts
6. S. Vettel (1) 85pts
7. F. Massa (28) 52pts
8. A. Randle (13) 51pts
9. M. Schumacher (3) 50pts
10. V. Petrov (20) 49pts
11. R. Kubica (19) 44pts
12. N. Heidfeld (14) 42pts
13. N. Hulkenberg (6) 25pts
14. S. Buemi (23) 14pts
15. J. Alguersuari (24) 13pts
16. R. Grosjean (25) 12pts
= R. Barrichello (5) 12pts
18. K. Kobayashi (29) 7pts
19. H. Kovalainen (12) 4pts
20. V. Liuzzi (16) 3pts
21. S. Perez (30) 2pts
= B. Senna (31) 2pts
= A. Sutil (15) 2pts
24. J. Trulli (11) 1pt
= P. Maldonado (10) 1pt
Constructors
1. McLaren 228pts
2. Red Bull 174pts
3. Mercedes 173pts
4. Ferrari 152pts
5. Randle BMW 93pts
= Toleman 93pts
7. Williams 37pts
8. Minardi 27pts
9. Ligier Prost 12pts
10. Sauber 9pts
11. Team Lotus 5pts
= Force India 5pts
13. Super Aguri 2pts
14. Arrows 1pt
15. Modena 0pts
= HRT 0pts
= Virgin 0 pts
Di Resta linked to Force India seat
28th June 2011 F1Fanatic
Randle BMW aiming for podium at the British Grand Prix
29th June 2011 F1.com
Arrows will use updated Cosworth V8 that will give 50bhp more then the current one
30th June 2011 F1 Fanatic
Celebration at Randle BMW as driver Adam celebrated his 24th Birthday and looked forward to the British Grand Prix.
1st July 2011 Sky News
Pantano considering retirement after a tough half season
2nd July 2011 The Sun
Engine power expected to be decider at Silverstone, Ferrari V12 and BMW V12 expected to battle at the front
3rd July 2011 Autosport
A. Randle: I want to show the crowd that I can step up at my home grand prix
4th July 2011 F1.com
Davidson to make Super Aguri return next season
5th July 2011 BBC
Brundle: The British drivers are looking strong and will be battling for the win, perhaps we may have a 1,2,3 with Button, Hamilton and Randle
7th July 2011 British Grand Prix PreQualifying
The final session that would feature the Randle BMWs was dominated by the team, surprisingly the Lamborghini’s were the 2nd best team as Ligier faltered a little. Arrows and Super Aguri had to put in their best efforts in order to complete. The most amazing thing was Randle was 1 second faster then his team mate and 3 seconds faster against the 3rd place driver.
1. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:28.092
2. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:29.112
3. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 1:31.417
4. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:31.634
5. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:31.720
6. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:31.956
7. F. Montagny, Ligier Prost Renault, (26) (M), 1:32.028
8. P. De La Rosa, Arrows Cosworth, (9) (P), 1:32.103
9. T. Sato, Super Aguri Honda, (32) (M), 1:32.454
10. P. Maldonado, Arrows Cosworth, (10) (P), 1:32.567
9th July 2011 British Grand Prix Qualifying
1. L. Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, (7) (M), 1:26.988
2. A. Randle, Randle BMW, (13) (G), 1:27.231
3. F. Alonso, Ferrari (27) (G), 1:27.409
4. J. Button, McLaren Mercedes, (8) (M), 1:27.476
5. N. Rosberg, Mercedes, (4) (M), 1:27.591
6. F. Massa, Ferrari, (28) (G), 1:27.627
7. S. Vettel, Red Bull Renault, (1) (G), 1:27.774
8. M. Webber, Red Bull Renault, (2) (G), 1:27.851
9. N. Heidfeld, Randle BMW, (14) (G), 1:27.906
10. V. Petrov, Toleman Renault (20) (P), 1:28.032
11. M. Schumacher, Mercedes, (3) (M), 1:28.330
12. R. Kubica, Toleman Renault, (19) (P), 1:28.421
13. K. Kobayashi, Sauber Mercedes, (29) (G), 1:28.552
14. G. Pantano, Modena Lamborghini, (33) (P), 1:28.660
15. S. Buemi, Minardi Ferrari, (23) (P), 1:28.717
16. J. Alguersuari, Minardi Ferrari, (24) (P), 1:28.734
17. R. Barrichello, Williams Cosworth, (5) (G), 1:28.818
18. S. Perez, Sauber Mercedes, (30) (G), 1:28.968
19. N. Hulkenberg, Williams Cosworth, (6) (G) 1:29.145
20. H. Kovalainen, Lotus Renault, (12) (P), 1:29.202
21. G. Ricci, Modena Lamborghini, (34) (P), 1:29.341
22. A. Sutil, Force India Mercedes, (15) (M), 1:29.698
23. J. Trulli, Lotus Renault, (11) (P), 1:29.805
24. V. Liuzzi, Force India Mercedes, (16) (M), 1:30.235
25. R. Grosjean, Ligier Prost Renault, (25) (M), 1:30.652
26. B. Senna, Super Aguri Honda, (31) (M), 1:30.789
27. C. Klien, HRT Cosworth, (22) (M), 1:30.891
28. T. Glock, Virgin Cosworth (17) (G), 1:31.452
29. K. Chandhock, HRT Cosworth, (21) (M), 1:31.663
30. L. DiGrassi, Virgin Cosworth, (18) (G), 1:31.714
After an exciting qualifying session, pole narrowly went to Hamilton ahead of a best ever position for a Randle BMW. Pantano had finally qualified for a race and ensured a rare double start for Lambo. The HRT and Virgin cars failed to qualify and this would condemn the two teams to prequalifying for the second half of the season. If Modena scored a 9th and 10th it would put Super Aguri into prequalifying. This had led to some tense moments in the pits for tomorrow’s race.
10th July 2011 British Grand Prix 52 laps
This race had been expected to start at the new pit lane that would give Abbey the first corner, however it had been decided to have one full blast at the old pits into Copse. The Randle BMW team were hoping that the good weather would continue and anticipated a good start for their driver on the first row. With no rain expected it was going to be a warm British afternoon for the full 52 laps. The cars completed the formation lap ready for the lights, they went out and Randle got the better start and led into the first corner from Hamilton. Rosberg followed into 3rd having passed Alonso and Button off the line. The race would be over for Kovalainen, whose Lotus gearbox packed up on the first lap. The battle at the front was taking an interesting turn as Rosberg set the fastest lap to close up on Hamilton who could do nothing as the Silver Mercedes passed him through Becketts. The number 13 car was handling well and performing great against the top running teams and by lap 10 was lapping fastest on the track. The top 10 on lap were 1. A. Randle (13), 2. N. Rosberg (4)+ 6.321s, 3. L. Hamilton (7) + 8.347s, 4. J. Button (8) + 11.459s, 5. F. Alonso (27) + 14.660s, 6. S. Vettel (1) + 17.641s, 7. M. Webber (2) + 20.109s, 8. V. Petrov (20) + 23.673s, 9. N. Heidfeld (14) + 26.987s, 10. F. Massa (28) + 31.092s.
The tyres on the leading Randle BMW were going well and this meant Adam’s original pit stop could be delayed a little longer, in a couple of discussions over the cockpit radio it was revealed that lap 28 would be when the car would be making its only stop and would switch to medium tyres. Vettel and Alonso had a battle for 5th on lap 15 and nearly took both off as they went through Abbey. The other British drivers were holding positions and were now matching the laptimes of the Randle BMw and were able to maintain position for 10 laps. The tough track was starting to take its toll on some of the runners engines when on lap 17 the car of Kobayashi’s engine blew and caused the driver to pull off the hanger straight. By lap 19 some of the 2 stop strategy cars came in to the pits for new tyres, most of these changed off mediums onto softs and had fairly quick pit stops. Heidfeld fell down to 10th from pitting this earlier but was expected to match Alonso and Vettel’s pace upon rejoining the circuit. Massa was now lapping faster and was going quicker then anyone on the circuit and was able to make a few places up by lap 25 when he was challenging Vettel for 5th. Rosberg and Alonso would retire from the race due to problems with the car and this disappointed both drivers who had been looking strong. Lap 25 the top 10 was 1. A. Randle (13), 2. J. Button (8) + 23.987s, 3. M. Webber (2) + 34.972s, 4. L. Hamilton (7) + 36.124s, 5. F. Massa (28) + 40.313s, 6. N. Heidfeld (14) + 41.547s, 7. S. Vettel (1) + 47.831s, 8. V. Petrov (20) + 50.112s, 9. R. Kubica (19) + 52.343s, 10. G. Pantano (33) + 57.848s.
On lap 28 the leading car came in and had a good pit stop and was able to rejoin just ahead of Webber who had passed Button narrowly during the lap before. Mercedes afternoon was ended by lap 29 when the Gearbox on the car went and made the German retire. Entering lap 34 the Gearbox of the Randle BMW lost 5th and 1st gear and this made Adam lose time to Button and within a few laps the number 8 McLaren was able to take the lead. The Gearbox was able to fix itself by lap 40, but now Adam was down to 4th. The top 10 on lap 40 was 1. J. Button (8), 2. L. Hamilton + 10.737s, 3. M. Webber (2) + 11.445s, 4. A. Randle (13) + 16.663s, 5. S. Vettel (1) +19.723s, 6. N. Heidfeld (14) + 25.943s, 7. F. Massa (28) + 34.117s, 8. G. Pantano (33) + 45.515s, 9. V. Petrov (20) + 50.121s, 10. S. Perez (30) + 55.226s. Vettel’s car suffered a mechanical problem on lap 43 and this meant a Red Bull retired yet again due to a problem. Heartbreak at Modena as the Lamborgini V12 in Pantano’s car went as he was in 7th and lost points that would have leapfrogged the team out of prequalifying. Randle set the fastest lap of the race with a 1:28.457s on lap 47 and passed Webber for 3rd. Hamilton on lap 49 was able to pass Button going through Stowe and was able to hang on to take a well earned victory from Button to make it an all British podium as Randle was able to maintain 3rd from Webber.
1. L. Hamilton (7) 1hr 21 mins 23.882s 25pts
2. J. Button (8) + 14.114s 18pts
3. A. Randle (13) + 27.878s 15pts
4. M. Webber (2) + 30.785s 12pts
5. N. Heidfeld (14) + 45.987s 10pts
6. F. Massa (28) + 57.903s 8pts
7. R. Kubica (19) + 1.11.733s 6pts
8. J. Alguersuari (24) + 1lap 4pts
9. S. Perez (30) + 1 lap 2pts
10. J. Trulli (11) + 2 laps 1pt
11. G. Ricci (34) + 2 laps
12. R. Grosjean (25) + 2laps
13. V. Liuzzi (15) + 3 laps
14. B. Senna (31) + 4 laps
15. V. Petrov (20) 46 laps Engine + 6laps
16. G. Pantano (33) 45 laps Engine + 7 laps
17. S. Vettel (1) 43 laps Throttle
18. R. Barrichello (5) 38 laps Engine
19. A. Sutil (15) 37 laps Steering
20. M. Schumacher (3) 29 laps Gearbox
21. N. Hulkenberg (6) 26 laps Driveshaft
22. F. Alonso (27) 24 laps Engine
23. N. Rosberg (4) 23 laps Electrical
24. K. Kobayashi (29) 17 laps Engine
25. S. Buemi, (23) 11 laps Wheel
26. H. Kovalainen, (12) 0 laps Gearbox
F. Lap: A. Randle (13) 1:28.457s on lap 47
ROTR: Engine reliability
DOTR: British drivers taking historic 1st 2nd and 3rd.
Championship
1. J. Button (8) 129pts
2. N. Rosberg (4) 123pts
3. F. Alonso (27) 100pts
4. L. Hamilton (7) 99pts
5. M. Webber (2) 89pts
6. S. Vettel (1) 85pts
7. F. Massa (28) 52pts
8. A. Randle (13) 51pts
9. M. Schumacher (3) 50pts
10. V. Petrov (20) 49pts
11. R. Kubica (19) 44pts
12. N. Heidfeld (14) 42pts
13. N. Hulkenberg (6) 25pts
14. S. Buemi (23) 14pts
15. J. Alguersuari (24) 13pts
16. R. Grosjean (25) 12pts
= R. Barrichello (5) 12pts
18. K. Kobayashi (29) 7pts
19. H. Kovalainen (12) 4pts
20. V. Liuzzi (16) 3pts
21. S. Perez (30) 2pts
= B. Senna (31) 2pts
= A. Sutil (15) 2pts
24. J. Trulli (11) 1pt
= P. Maldonado (10) 1pt
Constructors
1. McLaren 228pts
2. Red Bull 174pts
3. Mercedes 173pts
4. Ferrari 152pts
5. Randle BMW 93pts
= Toleman 93pts
7. Williams 37pts
8. Minardi 27pts
9. Ligier Prost 12pts
10. Sauber 9pts
11. Team Lotus 5pts
= Force India 5pts
13. Super Aguri 2pts
14. Arrows 1pt
15. Modena 0pts
= HRT 0pts
= Virgin 0 pts