2011 BRASIL GP: NEW DOMINANT 1-2 FOR RED BULL, WEBBER AHEAD OF VETTEL

Go, go, go Red Bull!!!

Red Bull absolutely dominated the Interlagos race. Mark Webber took his first win of the season at the Brazilian Grand Prix as team-mate Sebastian Vettel struggled to second with a race-long gearbox problem.

Vettel lead at the start, and Webber fending off the cars behind for second despite a slightly slower getaway.Vettel soon opened up a stable three-second gap to Webber, as the Red Bull duo left the rest in their wake at a rate sometimes up to one second per lap.

But from the early laps Vettel was receiving radio messages warning him to short-shift to nurse a developing gearbox problem, his pace slowed enough for Webber to sweep into the lead on lap 29.While the Australian went on to take his first win since the 2010 Hungarian GP, Vettel still had enough pace to hang on for second.

The Brazilian Grand Prix, Interlagos, Sao Paulo.
71 laps, 305.909km, Weather: Sunny.

Classified:
Pos     Driver                 Team                      Time
 1.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault           1h32:17.434
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault           +    16.983
 3.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes           +    27.638
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                    +    35.048
 5.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                    +  1:06.733
 6.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                   +     1 lap
 8.  Paul Di Resta         Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
 9.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
10.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                    +     1 lap
11.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
12.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
13.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
14.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
15.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                   +     1 lap
16.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
17.  Bruno Senna           Renault                    +    2 laps
18.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
19.  Jerom D'Ambrosio      Virgin-Cosworth            +    3 laps
20.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth               +    3 laps

Fastest lap: Mark Webber, 1:15.324

Not classified/retirements:
Driver               Team                  On lap
Vitantonio Liuzzi    HRT-Cosworth            62
Lewis Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes        37
Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth       27
Timo Glock           Virgin-Cosworth         22


FINAL RESULTS AFTER 19 RACES:                
Drivers:                     Constructors:             
 1.  Vettel       392        1.  Red Bull-Renault          650
 2.  Button       270        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          497
 3.  Webber       258        3.  Ferrari                   375
 4.  Alonso       257        4.  Mercedes                  165
 5.  Hamilton     227        5.  Renault                    73
 6.  Massa        118        6.  Force India-Mercedes       69
 7.  Rosberg       89        7.  Sauber-Ferrari             44
 8.  Schumacher    76        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         41
 9.  Sutil         42        9.  Williams-Cosworth           5
10.  Petrov        37       
11.  Heidfeld      34       
12.  Kobayashi     30       
13.  Di Resta      27       
14.  Alguersuari   26       
15.  Buemi         15       
16.  Perez         14       
17.  Barrichello    4       
18.  Senna          2       
19.  Maldonado      1       

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2011 BRASIL GP: VETTEL WITH RECORD 15-TH POLE THIS SEASON!!!

Sebastian Vettel secured a record 15th pole position of the 2011 season with an imperious performance in Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying at Interlagos.

Pos  Driver                Team                 Time           Gap   
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m11.918s
 2.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m12.099s   + 0.181
 3.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m12.283s   + 0.365
 4.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m12.480s   + 0.562
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m12.591s   + 0.673
 6.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m13.050s   + 1.132
 7.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m13.068s   + 1.150
 8.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes 1m13.298s   + 1.380
 9.  Bruno Senna           Renault              1m13.761s   + 1.843
10.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes
Q2 Fastest time: S.Vettel 1m12.446s                           Gap
11.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m13.584s   + 1.138
12.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth    1m13.801s   + 1.355
13.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m13.804s   + 1.358
14.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m13.919s   + 1.473
15.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              1m14.053s   + 1.607
16.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m14.129s   + 1.683
17.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m14.182s   + 1.736
Q1 Fastest time: J.Button 1m14.571s                           Gap
18.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1m14.625s   + 1.344
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault        1m15.068s   + 1.787
20.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault        1m15.358s   + 2.077
21.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth         1m16.631s   + 3.350
22.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth         1m16.890s   + 3.609
23.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth      1m17.019s   + 3.738
24.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth      1m17.060s   + 3.779
107% time: 1m18.410s

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2011 BRASIL GP: FRIDAY RESULTS

Mark Webber fastest on free practice 1 for Brasilian Grand Prix

FIRST FREE PRACTICE

Pos  Driver                Team                    Time               Laps
 1.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        1m13.811s            26
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1m13.825s  + 0.014   25
 3.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes        1m13.961s  + 0.150   20
 4.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        1m14.025s  + 0.214   28
 5.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 1m14.507s  + 0.696   34
 6.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 1m14.541s  + 0.730   26
 7.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                1m15.162s  + 1.351   28
 8.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes    1m15.178s  + 1.367   28
 9.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes    1m15.241s  + 1.430   31
10.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                1m15.321s  + 1.510   29
11.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m15.468s  + 1.657   29
12.  Romain Grosjean       Renault                 1m15.547s  + 1.736   18
13.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       1m15.663s  + 1.852   27
14.  Bruno Senna           Renault                 1m15.732s  + 1.921   32
15.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari          1m15.747s  + 1.936   31
16.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth       1m15.836s  + 2.025   27
17.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari          1m15.979s  + 2.168   35
18.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m16.052s  + 2.241   33
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault           1m16.514s  + 2.703   33
20.  Luiz Razia            Lotus-Renault           1m17.595s  + 3.784   31
21.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth         1m18.140s  + 4.329   29
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth         1m18.653s  + 4.842   29
23.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth            1m18.952s  + 5.141   33
24.  Jan Charouz           HRT-Cosworth            1m19.577s  + 5.766   37

Hamilton fastest driver on Friday

SECOND FREE PRACTICE

Pos  Driver                Team                   Time                Laps
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes        1m13.392s          35
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        1m13.559s  + 0.167 41
 3.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        1m13.587s  + 0.195 41
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 1m13.598s  + 0.206 35
 5.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                1m13.723s  + 0.331 38
 6.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 1m13.750s  + 0.358 39
 7.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1m13.787s  + 0.395 36
 8.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                1m13.872s  + 0.480 42
 9.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1m14.144s  + 0.752 41
10.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes    1m14.807s  + 1.415 48
11.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                 1m14.856s  + 1.464 38
12.  Bruno Senna           Renault                 1m14.931s  + 1.539 37
13.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari          1m14.970s  + 1.578 32
14.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari          1m15.019s  + 1.627 45
15.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m15.264s  + 1.872 44
16.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m15.388s  + 1.996 41
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth       1m15.679s  + 2.287 43
18.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       1m15.903s  + 2.511 40
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault           1m16.298s  + 2.906 36
20.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault           1m16.338s  + 2.946 48
21.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth         1m18.031s  + 4.639 39
22.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth         1m18.051s  + 4.659 45
23.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth            1m18.367s  + 4.975 42
24.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth            1m18.476s  + 5.084 42

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2011 ABU DHABI GP: HAMILTON WINS, SEBASTIAN AUT IN FIRST LAP

Haimilton wins, Vettel didn`t finish race becouse od flat tyre!!!

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina, United Arab Emirates;
55 laps, 305.355km, Weather: Dry, night race;

Classified:
Pos      Driver              Team                      Time
 1.  Lewis Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes           1h37:11.886
 2.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari                    +     8.457
 3.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +    25.881
 4.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault           +    35.784
 5.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari                    +    50.578
 6.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes                   +    52.317
 7.  Michael Schumacher   Mercedes                   +  1:15.900
 8.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +  1:17.100
 9.  Paul Di Resta        Force India-Mercedes       +  1:40.000
10.  Kamui Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
11.  Sergio Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
12.  Rubens Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
13.  Vitaly Petrov        Renault                    +     1 lap
14.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
15.  Jaime Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
16.  Bruno Senna          Renault                    +     1 lap
17.  Heikki Kovalainen    Lotus-Renault              +     1 lap
18.  Jarno Trulli         Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
19.  Timo Glock           Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
20.  Vitantonio Liuzzi    HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps

Fastest lap: Mark Webber, 1:42.612

Not classified/retirements:
Driver                  Team                 On lap
Daniel Ricciardo     HRT-Cosworth              49
Sebastien Buemi      Toro Rosso-Ferrari        19
Jerom D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth           18
Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault           1


Standings after 18 races:                
Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1.  Vettel       374       1.  Red Bull-Renault          607
 2.  Button       255       2.  McLaren-Mercedes          482
 3.  Alonso       245       3.  Ferrari                   353
 4.  Webber       233       4.  Mercedes                  159
 5.  Hamilton     227       5.  Renault                    72
 6.  Massa        108       6.  Force India-Mercedes       57
 7.  Rosberg       83       7.  Sauber-Ferrari             42
 8.  Schumacher    76       8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         41
 9.  Petrov        36       9.  Williams-Cosworth           5
10.  Sutil         34       
11.  Heidfeld      34       
12.  Kobayashi     28       
13.  Alguersuari   26       
14.  Di Resta      23       
15.  Buemi         15       
16.  Perez         14       
17.  Barrichello    4       
18.  Senna          2       
19.  Maldonado      1       

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2011 ABU DHABI GP: VETTEL WITH 14-TH POLE THIS SEASON

Vettel likes to brake records!!!

Sebastian Vettel secured his 14th pole this season, beating Lewis Hamilton in the final lap of qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton little earlier pass his teammate, Jenson Button, just 0.009s. Along with Button from the second row will start Mark Webber, followed by two Ferrari cars, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Masa. Behind one row reserved for the Mercedes GP, with Nico Rosberg ahead of Michael Schumacher and Force India cars, Adrian Sutil at ninth and Paul di Resta on tenth.

Pastor Maldonado has 10 places grid penalty for engine change, it was his ninth engine this season. Today was the 17th fastest and that means he will start from last position. Rubens Barrichello wasn`t able to record time during the first part of qualifying due to a leak of oil from his car.

We expect an interesting race tomorrow starting at 14:00 CET

Pos  Driver                Team                 Time           Gap   
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m38.481s
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m38.622s  + 0.141
 3.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m38.631s  + 0.150
 4.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m38.858s  + 0.377
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m39.058s  + 0.577
 6.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m39.695s  + 1.214
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m39.773s  + 1.292
 8.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m40.662s  + 2.181
 9.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes 1m40.768s  + 2.287
10.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes
Q2 Fastest time: L.Hamilton 1m38.434s                        Gap
11.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m40.874s  + 2.440
12.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              1m40.919s  + 2.485
13.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m41.009s  + 2.575
14.  Bruno Senna           Renault              1m41.079s  + 2.645
15.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m41.162s  + 2.728
16.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m41.240s  + 2.806
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1m41.760s  + 3.326
Q1 Fastest time: L.Hamilton 1m39.782s                        Gap
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault        1m42.979s  + 3.197
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault        1m43.884s  + 4.102
20.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth      1m44.515s  + 4.733
21.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth         1m44.641s  + 4.859
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth      1m44.699s  + 4.917
23.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth         1m45.159s  + 5.377
24.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosoworth   no time

107% time: 1m46.766s 

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2011 ABU DHABI GP: FRIDAY RESULTS

Jenson Button fastest driver on Free Practice 1

FIRST FREE PRACTICE

Jenson Button was fastest driver on first free practice session for Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, followed by Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton.Not so surprising results, but the use of experimental Pirelli soft tires will not allow to properly find out what happened in morning session.Perhaps the most interesting moments spining of Felipe Massa and a little later runway on his teammate Fernando Alonso. Ferrari continue to test items for the new season and this is probably the cause of accidents.

At the end of training Petrov went earlier in boxing, probably becouse of Renaults advanced exhaust system.The three "new" drivers on the track, 11th time for JE Vergne and R.Grosjan with 12th, 23rd time for Robert Wickens.Only driver not to set time was Barrichello due to engine problems.

Pos  Driver                Team                    Time              Laps
 1.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1m40.263s           21
 2.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        1m40.389s  + 0.126  26
 3.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes        1m40.403s  + 0.140  27
 4.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        1m40.755s  + 0.492  27
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 1m40.801s  + 0.538  25
 6.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 1m41.260s  + 0.997  17
 7.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1m41.340s  + 1.077  23
 8.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                1m42.130s  + 1.867  26
 9.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes    1m42.151s  + 1.888  28
10.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m42.377s  + 2.114  26
11.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m42.633s  + 2.370  26
12.  Romain Grosjean       Renault                 1m42.685s  + 2.422  29
13.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                 1m43.118s  + 2.855  13
14.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth       1m43.255s  + 2.992  29
15.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                1m43.389s  + 3.126  24
16.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari          1m44.412s  + 4.149  28
17.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari          1m44.484s  + 4.221  18
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault           1m44.565s  + 4.302  27
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault           1m44.898s  + 4.635  25
20.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth            1m46.385s  + 6.122  28
21.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth            1m46.532s  + 6.269  27
22.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth         1m48.024s  + 7.761  20
23.  Robert Wickens        Virgin-Cosworth         1m48.551s  + 8.288  23
24.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth                            3

McLaren was fastest car again!!!

SECOND FREE PRACTICE

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of the second practice session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso both crashed.

Hamilton's time of 1:39.586 was just 0.199s quicker than his McLaren team-mate Jenson Button as neither suffered the fate of Vettel or Alonso who both spun off at turn one. Despite that, Alonso was third ahead of Felipe Massa in fourth, with the Red Bull pair of Mark Webber and Vettel fifth and sixth quickest as the top six were separated by less than 0.6s.

Vettel spun at turn one after putting two wheels on the kerb under braking and slid sideways in to the wall. The expansive runoff area meant he managed to slow the car a lot but was unable to prevent it from nestling in the barriers. The damage was minimal, with just a broken front wing, but his session was interrupted as he had to wait for the car to be returned before getting back out for the final ten minutes.

Alonso soon followed suit as he lost the rear of his car later in the same corner, and slid backwards in to the barrier. He was less fortunate than Vettel, as he damaged the rear of the car and broke the suspension, ending his running.

Pos  Driver                Team                   Time              Laps
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m39.586s           31
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m39.785s  + 0.199  30
 3.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m39.971s  + 0.385  20
 4.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m39.980s  + 0.394  34
 5.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m40.104s  + 0.518  35
 6.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m40.132s  + 0.546  26
 7.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m40.553s  + 0.967  34
 8.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m40.951s  + 1.365  34
 9.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m41.021s  + 1.435  37
10.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m41.490s  + 1.904  34
11.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m41.565s  + 1.979  34
12.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m41.680s  + 2.094  33
13.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                1m41.947s  + 2.361  31
14.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m41.983s  + 2.397  34
15.  Bruno Senna           Renault                1m42.369s  + 2.783  36
16.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1m42.798s  + 3.212  35
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth      1m42.910s  + 3.324  34
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault          1m43.562s  + 3.976  36
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault          1m44.050s  + 4.464  38
20.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m44.265s  + 4.679  41
21.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth        1m45.486s  + 5.900  34
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth        1m46.142s  + 6.556  32
23.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth           1m46.249s  + 6.663  21
24.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth           1m46.328s  + 6.742  34

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2011 INDIAN GP: VETTEL WINS INAUGURAL INDIAN GP

 Winning Podium of inangural Indian Grand Prix!!!

Sebastian Vettel strolled to his 11th victory of the season at the Buddh International Circuit to become the winner of Formula 1's first ever Indian Grand Prix.

The Indian Grand Prix, Noida, New Delhi, India.
60 laps, 308.220km, Weather: Sunny, but lot of dust on track.

Classified:
Pos       Driver                Team                     Time
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault           1h30:35.002
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes           +     8.433
 3.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                    +    24.301
 4.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault           +    25.529
 5.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes GP                +  1:05.421
 6.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes GP                +  1:06.851
 7.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes           +  1:24.183
 8.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
 9.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
10.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
11.  Valery Petrov         Renault                    +     1 lap
12.  Bruno Senna           Renault                    +     1 lap
13.  Paul Di Resta         Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
14.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
15.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth          +    2 laps
16.  Jerom D'Ambrosio      Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
17.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth               +    3 laps
18.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth               +    3 laps
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault              +    4 laps

Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel, 1:27.457

Not classified/retirements:
Driver        Team                         On lap
Massa         Ferrari                      33
Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari           25
Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth            13
Glock         Virgin-Cosworth              3
Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari               1

 After 17 Races:                
 Drivers:                    Constructors:              

 1.  Vettel       374        1.  Red Bull-Renault          595
 2.  Button       240        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          442
 3.  Alonso       227        3.  Ferrari                   325
 4.  Webber       221        4.  Mercedes                  145
 5.  Hamilton     202        5.  Renault                    72
 6.  Massa         98        6.  Force India-Mercedes       51
 7.  Rosberg       75        7.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         41
 8.  Schumacher    70        8.  Sauber-Ferrari             41
 9.  Petrov        36        9.  Williams-Cosworth           5
10.  Heidfeld      34       
11.  Sutil         30       
12.  Kobayashi     27       
13.  Alguersuari   26       
14.  Di Resta      21       
15.  Buemi         15       
16.  Perez         14       
17.  Barrichello    4       
18.  Senna          2       
19.  Maldonado      1 

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2011 INDIA GP: VETTEL SECURED NEW POLE

Another superb pole for German driver!!!

Sebastian Vettel did it again. He won his 13th pole this season and will stay enrolled in the history of Indian Grand Prix as driver who won the inaugural first starting position. Vettel got equal by the number of pole positions won in one season with Ayrton Senna and Alan Prost. He needs two more to be alone on top where now is Nigel Mansell with 14 pole positions in one season. Also, this was the 16th pole position for Red Bull this season, a new team record.

The fight for second place went to Lewis Hamilton, beating Mark Webber for a few hundredths of a second, but Briton will start from fifth becouse of yesterday penalty. This means that Red Bull starts from the first row, Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button from second and "good friends" Felipe Massa and Hamilton starting from the third row. To say that the Massa had spectacularly crash in his last fast lap, when he broke the front suspension of his right wheel from one of kerbs in turn 1.

Pos       Driver                Team               Time      Gap   
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m24.178
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m24.474  + 0.296
 3.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m24.508  + 0.330
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m24.519  + 0.341
 5.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m24.950  + 0.772
 6.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m25.122  + 0.944
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m25.451  + 1.273
 8.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes
 9.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari
10.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Q2 Fastest time: S.Vettel 1:24.657                           Gap
11.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault               1m26.319  + 1.662
12.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m26.337  + 1.680
13.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m26.503  + 1.846
14.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth     1m26.537  + 1.880
15.  Bruno Senna           Renault               1m26.651  + 1.994
16.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth     1m27.247  + 2.590
17.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m27.562  + 2.905
Q1 Fastest time: V.Petrov 1:26.189                           Gap
18.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m27.876  + 1.687
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault         1m28.565  + 2.376
20.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault         1m28.752  + 2.563
21.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m30.216  + 4.027
22.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth          1m30.238  + 4.049
23.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth       1m30.866  + 4.677
24.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth       1m34.046  + 7.857

107% time: 1:32.222

PENALTY:
-Petrov had a penalty of five starting positions back over incident with Michael Schumacher in Korea
-Perez yesterday got three starting positions back for ignoring yellow flags in the first free training
-Hamilton also got a penalty of three starting positions back for ignoring yellow flags in the first free training
-Ricardo earned five starting positions back because of changed gear box.
-Karthikeyan earned five starting positions back for blocking Schumacher. 

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2011 INDIA GP: FRIDAY RESULTS

Hamilton fastest but gets grid penalty!!!

FIRST FREE PRACTICE

Pos  Driver                Team                   Time               Laps
01.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m26.836s            22
02.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m27.416s  + 0.580   23
03.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m27.428s  + 0.592   27
04.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m28.394s  + 1.558   23
05.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m28.531s  + 1.695   23
06.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m28.542s  + 1.706   29
07.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m28.644s  + 1.808   22
08.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m28.705s  + 1.869   23
09.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m29.219s  + 2.383   24
10.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m29.355s  + 2.519   29
11.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m29.700s  + 2.864   24
12.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                1m29.705s  + 2.869   22
13.  Bruno Senna           Renault                1m29.799s  + 2.963   20
14.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m30.132s  + 3.296   25
15.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1m30.367s  + 3.531   21
16.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m30.566s  + 3.730   19
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth      1m30.699s  + 3.833   22
18.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault          1m30.818s  + 3.982   22
19.  Karun Chandhok        Lotus-Renault          1m32.487s  + 5.651   24
20.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth           1m32.771s  + 5.935   24
21.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth           1m33.928s  + 7.092   27
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth        1m34.113s  + 7.277   30
23.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth        1m35.896s  + 8.960   19
24.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m35.899s  + 9.063    4

Еxtraordinarily to see Ferrari as fastest car!!!

SECOND FREE PRACTICE

Pos  Driver                Team                   Time              Laps
 1.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m25.706s          33
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m25.794s  + 0.088  34
 3.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m25.930s  + 0.224  34
 4.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m26.454s  + 0.748  26
 5.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m26.500s  + 0.794  30
 6.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m26.714s  + 1.008  28
 7.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m27.316s  + 1.610  34
 8.  Bruno Senna           Renault                1m27.498s  + 1.792  36
 9.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m27.853s  + 2.147  35
10.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m27.868s  + 2.162  35
11.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                1m27.890s  + 2.184  37
12.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m28.050s  + 2.344  34
13.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m28.289s  + 2.583  36
14.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m28.552s  + 2.846  31
15.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1m28.691s  + 2.985  29
16.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth      1m28.708s  + 3.002  24
17.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault          1m29.332s  + 3.626  39
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault          1m30.241s  + 4.535  41
19.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m31.098s  + 5.392  38
20.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth        1m31.469s  + 5.763  32
21.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m31.804s  + 6.098  28
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth        1m32.593s  + 6.887  12
23.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth           1m32.768s  + 7.062  33
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth           1m32.824s  + 7.118  33

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2011 KOREAN GP: VETTEL WINS, RED BULL SECURED TITLE

Seb proved he is the best driver in these F1 season!!!

The Korean Grand Prix, Yongam, Korea
55 laps, 305.909km, Weather: Dry.

Classified:
Pos        Driver            Team                      Time
 1.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault           1h30:01.994
 2.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +    12.019
 3.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault           +    12.477
 4.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes           +    14.694
 5.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari                    +    15.689
 6.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari                    +    25.133
 7.  Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    49.538
 8.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes                   +    54.053
 9.  Sebastien Buemi     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:02.762
10.  Paul Di Resta       Force India-Mercedes       +  1:08.602
11.  Adrian Sutil        Force India-Mercedes       +  1:11.229
12.  Rubens Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth          +  1:33.068
13.  Bruno Senna         Renault                    +     1 lap
14.  Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus-Renault              +     1 lap
15.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
16.  Sergio Perez        Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
17.  Jarno Trulli        Lotus-Renault              +     1 lap
18.  Timo Glock          Virgin-Cosworth            +     1 lap
19.  Daniel Ricciardo    HRT-Cosworth               +     1 lap
20.  Jerom D'Ambrosio    Virgin-Cosworth            +     1 lap
21.  Vitantonio Liuzzi   HRT-Cosworth               +    3 laps

Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel, 1:39.605

Not classified/retirements:
Driver        Team                         On lap
Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth            31
Petrov        Renault                      17
Schumacher    Mercedes                     16


After 16 races:                
Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1.  Vettel       349        1.  Red Bull-Renault          558
 2.  Button       222        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          418
 3.  Alonso       212        3.  Ferrari                   310
 4.  Webber       209        4.  Mercedes                  127
 5.  Hamilton     196        5.  Renault                    72
 6.  Massa         98        6.  Force India-Mercedes       49
 7.  Rosberg       67        7.  Sauber-Ferrari             40
 8.  Schumacher    60        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         37
 9.  Petrov        36        9.  Williams-Cosworth           5
10.  Heidfeld      34       
11.  Sutil         28       
12.  Kobayashi     27       
13.  Alguersuari   22       
14.  Di Resta      21       
15.  Buemi         15       
16.  Perez         13       
17.  Barrichello    4       
18.  Senna          2       
19.  Maldonado      1       

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2011 KOREAN GP: FINALY HAMILTON ON POLE!!!

Congratulations, finaly someone to beat me for Pole!!! 

Pos  Driver                Team                 Time           Gap   
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m35.820s
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m36.042s  + 0.222
 3.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m36.126s  + 0.306
 4.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m36.468s  + 0.648
 5.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m36.831s  + 1.011
 6.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m36.980s  + 1.160
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m37.754s  + 1.934
 8.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              1m38.124s  + 2.304
 9.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes no time
10.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes no time
Q2 cut-off time: 1m38.254s                                   Gap **
11.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m38.315s   + 1.789
12.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m38.354s   + 1.828
13.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m38.508s   + 1.982
14.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m38.775s   + 2.249
15.  Bruno Senna           Renault              1m38.791s   + 2.265
16.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1m39.189s   + 2.663
17.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m39.443s   + 2.917
Q1 cut-off time: 1m39.464s                                    Gap *
18.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth    1m39.538s   + 2.013
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault        1m40.522s   + 2.997
20.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault        1m41.101s   + 3.576
21.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth      1m42.091s   + 4.566
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth      1m43.483s   + 5.958
23.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth         1m43.758s   + 6.233
24.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth         no time

107% time: 1m44.351s

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2011 KOREAN GP: LOT OF FRIDAY RAIN!!!

FIRST FREE PRACTICE

Lot of rain and little driving on the first free practice for Korean Grand Prix. In such a situation Schumacher was fastest, followed by Sebastian Vettel and Paul di Resta. Many off track experience, but no serious incidents, closest to that was Vettel with a Virgin car. All cars had full wet tires, becouse track was completely damp. So nothing significant happened in the first practice.

Pos  Driver                Team                    Time                Laps
 1.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                2m02.784s            10
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        2m02.840s  + 0.056    8
 3.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes    2m02.912s  + 0.128   12
 4.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    2m03.141s  + 0.357   12
 5.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari      2m03.182s  + 0.398    9
 6.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari          2m03.292s  + 0.508   13
 7.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes        2m03.391s  + 0.607    6
 8.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                2m04.311s  + 1.527   12
 9.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari          2m04.797s  + 2.013    8
10.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        2m05.183s  + 2.399    5
11.  Karun Chandhok        Lotus-Renault           2m06.350s  + 3.566   11
12.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth       2m06.852s  + 4.068   11
13.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      2m07.541s  + 4.757    9
14.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       2m08.218s  + 5.434    5
15.  Narian Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth            2m08.832s  + 6.048   14
16.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth            2m09.232s  + 6.448   14
17.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth         2m12.658s  + 9.874    7
18.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth         2m14.508s  + 11.724   4
19.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 no time               1
20.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 no time               5
21.  Bruno Senna           Renault                 no time               1
22.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                 no time               1
23.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault           no time               1
24.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        no time               1

SECOND FREE PRACTICE

During the second free practice was not raining but the track was not dry enough for slick tires so all cars drove by Intermedia Pirelli tires. Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time ahead of Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel, with gap almost 2 seconds behind the fastest time. All fast laps were set up with new tires, but the amount of fuel was unknown, so this difference could hardly be explained otherwise than by radically different program for the practice between teams.

An interesting incident had Nico Rosberg, who failed to stop on the final streight and hit car of Algersuari Jamie, who at that moment was emerging out of the pits. Rosberg has already said that the pit exit is dangerous and asked that it be changed. He was summoned by the stewards to explain his actions, but come late and was fined 10,000 for the delay Stewards concluded that Rosberg has good behavior  in Formula 1 and don`t deserves sanction about that incident.

Pos  Driver                Team                   Time               Laps
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m50.828s            26
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m50.932s  + 0.104   19
 3.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m52.646s  + 1.818   30
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m52.774s  + 1.946   25
 5.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m53.049s  + 2.221   27
 6.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m53.402s  + 2.574   25
 7.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m53.707s  + 2.879   24
 8.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m53.914s  + 3.086   18
 9.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m53.948s  + 3.120   27
10.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m53.957s  + 3.129   32
11.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                1m54.200s  + 3.372   26
12.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m54.392s  + 3.564   26
13.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1m54.831s  + 4.003   30
14.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m54.965s  + 4.137   21
15.  Bruno Senna           Renault                1m55.187s  + 4.359   28
16.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m55.203s  + 4.375   24
17.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m55.544s  + 4.716   23
18.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth      1m56.067s  + 5.239   22
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault          1m56.669s  + 5.841   20
20.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault          1m57.173s  + 6.345   19
21.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth        1m58.269s  + 7.441   25
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth        1m59.458s  + 8.630   26
23.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth           1m59.958s  + 9.130   19
24.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth           2m00.165s  + 9.337   20

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2011 JAPANESE GP: BUTTON SECURED WIN, VETTEL SECURED TITLE!!!

Sebastian Vettel secured Title with 3-rd place, Button wins Suzuka 2011!!!

Button with a beautiful and perfect driving tactics came to win Suzuka, but Sebastian Vettel has received all congratulations for second consecutive title of World Champion in Formula 1. He did not realize the desire to do it with a win, but third place on the podium was enough to theoretically ensure the title.

On this Japanese Grand Prix tires were the deciding factor, so the drivers and cars that are "soft" towards the Pirelli tires were on the first two places. Jenson Button as the winner, with Alonso and Ferrari settle for second place. A good race for Alonso, and showed how to drive, not like the last race when he overslept it. He passed Vettel through pit-stop strategy, and later even tried to attack Button for first place, but Button does not allow that, on the contrary in the last laps he speed up and set the fastest lap in the race.

Mark Webber with another average performance in fourth place, supported by contact with Michael Schumacher, again with loss of the front wing. As Australian and Hamilton with another contact again with Felipe Massa, and was considered by the stewards. They decided that there was no basis for sanctions.

Michael Schumacher again with good performance, indicating Mercedes GP good performance in next season? Let's hope. One of the better drivers today was Sergio Perez, who started as a 17-th and finished the race on 8 place. Notable progress had Nico Rosberg, who started as a 23-rd and eventually managed to score a point with tenth place.

The Japanese Grand Prix
Suzuka, Japan;
53 laps; 307.573km;
Weather: Sunny.

Classified:
Pos      Driver                Team                       Time
 1.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes           1h30:53.427
 2.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                    +     1.160
 3.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault           +     2.006
 4.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault           +     8.071
 5.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes           +    24.268
 6.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    27.120
 7.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                    +    28.240
 8.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari             +    39.377
 9.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                    +    42.607
10.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                   +    44.322
11.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes       +    54.447
12.  Paul Di Resta         Force India-Mercedes       +  1:02.326
13.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari             +  1:03.705
14.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:04.194
15.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth          +  1:06.623
16.  Bruno Senna           Renault                    +  1:12.628
17.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth          +  1:14.191
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault              +  1:27.824
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault              +  1:36.140
20.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
21.  Jerom D'Ambrosio      Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
22.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps
23.  Vitantonio Liuzzi     HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps

Fastest lap: Jenson Button - 1:36.568

Not classified/retirements:
     Driver                   Team                 On lap
Sebastian Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari           35

After 15 Races:                
Drivers:                    Constructors:              

 1.  Vettel       324        1.  Red Bull-Renault          518
 2.  Button       210        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          388
 3.  Alonso       202        3.  Ferrari                   292
 4.  Webber       194        4.  Mercedes                  123
 5.  Hamilton     178        5.  Renault                    72
 6.  Massa         90        6.  Force India-Mercedes       48
 7.  Rosberg       63        7.  Sauber-Ferrari             40
 8.  Schumacher    60        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         29
 9.  Petrov        36        9.  Williams-Cosworth           5
10.  Heidfeld      34       
11.  Sutil         28       
12.  Kobayashi     27       
13.  Di Resta      20       
14.  Alguersuari   16       
15.  Buemi         13       
16.  Perez         13       
17.  Barrichello    4       
18.  Senna          2       
19.  Maldonado      1 

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2011 JAPANESE GP: VETTEL SECURED ANOTHER POLE

 Vettel stole Pole from Jenson, Lewis asking himself why Button started to beat me.

Sebastian Vettel took his 12th pole position of the season at Suzuka, denying Jenson Button the top spot by just 0.009 seconds.After McLaren and Button had topped all three practice sessions, and Lewis Hamilton led Q2 and the initial Q3 laps, it looked like Red Bull might finally be beaten to a pole for the first time in 2011.

But Hamilton made error and will start third, alongside Felipe Massa, with Fernando Alonso fifth and Mark Webber sixth.Michael Schumacher starts seventh despite making the same mistake as Hamilton, with Bruno Senna eighth, Vitaly Petrov ninth and Kamui Kobayashi tenth even though all four failed to set a time. Their positions were decided by sector times as none of the four completed a lap.

It was a strange end to the session as McLaren had looked quickest and Hamilton emerging in qualifying as the favourite for pole. However, going in to the final chicane Hamilton was swamped by Webber on the inside and Schumacher on the outside, leaving him unable to cross the line in time to set a lap.

 P.         DRIVER                          TEAM                        TIME            GAP  
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1:30.466           
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1:30.475  + 0.009  
 3.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1:30.617  + 0.151  
 4.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1:30.804  + 0.338  
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1:30.886  + 0.420  
 6.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1:31.156  + 0.690  
 7.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             no time                
 8.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              no time                
 9.  Bruno Senna           Renault              no time                
10.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       no time      
Q2 Fastest Time: L.Hamilton 1:31.612                         GAP
11.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes 1:32.463  + 1.997
12.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1:32.746  + 2.280
13.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth    1:33.079  + 2.613
14.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1:33.224  + 2.758
15.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1:33.227  + 2.761
16.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1:33.427  + 2.961
17.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       no time           
Q1 Fastest Time: K.Kobayashi 1:32.626                         GAP
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault        1:35.454   + 4.988     
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault        1:35.514   + 5.048     
20.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth      1:36.439   + 5.973
21.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth      1:36.507   + 6.041
22.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth         1:37.846   + 7.380     
23.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             no time                 
24.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth         no time                 
107% time: 1:39.109

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2011 JAPANESE GP: McLAREN FASTEST ON FRIDAY PRACTICES

Start of the day: Vettel crashes in barriers, no big damage

FIRST FREE PRACTICE

Pos  Driver                Team                    Time                Laps
 1.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1m33.634s            20
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes        1m33.725s  + 0.091   18
 3.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        1m34.090s  + 0.456   22
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 1m34.372s  + 0.738   24
 5.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        1m34.426s  + 0.792   25
 6.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m34.937s  + 1.303   23
 7.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 1m35.585s  + 1.951   27
 8.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m35.590s  + 1.956   25
 9.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                1m36.033s  + 2.399   22
10.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                 1m36.370s  + 2.736   18
11.  Bruno Senna           Renault                 1m36.487s  + 2.853   18
12.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes    1m36.700s  + 3.066   21
13.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari          1m36.948s  + 3.314   24
14.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes    1m36.949s  + 3.315   22
15.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari          1m37.103s  + 3.469   29
16.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                1m38.197s  + 4.563   18
17.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       1m38.331s  + 4.697   11
18.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth       1m38.446s  + 4.812    8
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault           1m39.168s  + 5.534   10
20.  Karun Chandhok        Lotus-Renault           1m39.946s  + 6.312   22
21.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth         1m40.872s  + 7.238   13
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth         1m41.019s  + 7.385   24
23.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth            1m41.106s  + 7.472   25
24.  Narian Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth            1m41.775s  + 8.141   25

SECOND FREE PRACTICE

Pos  Driver                Team                  Time              Laps
 1.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m31.901s    	     32
 2.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m32.075s  + 0.174  33
 3.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m32.095s  + 0.194  35
 4.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m32.147s  + 0.246  28
 5.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m32.448s  + 0.547  34
 6.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m32.710s  + 0.809  26
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m32.982s  + 1.081  27
 8.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m33.245s  + 1.344  26
 9.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault               1m33.446s  + 1.545  36
10.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m33.681s  + 1.780  33
11.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m33.705s  + 1.804  25
12.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes  1m33.790s  + 1.889  36
13.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m34.393s  + 2.492  35
14.  Bruno Senna           Renault               1m34.557s  + 2.656  27
15.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m34.601s  + 2.700  33
16.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m36.038s  + 4.137  33
17.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault         1m36.225s  + 4.324  35
18.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth     1m37.123s  + 5.222  14
19.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth       1m37.440s  + 5.539  30
20.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth       1m38.093s  + 6.192  30
21.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth     1m38.387s  + 6.486  16
22.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth          1m38.763s  + 6.862  36
23.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault         1m39.800s  + 7.899  24
24.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth          1m42.480s  + 10.579  4

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2011 SINGAPORE GP: VETTEL DID IT AGAIN!!!

Seb step closer to secure second World Champion Title!!!

Sebastian Vettel took a dominant victory at the Singapore Grand Prix, holding off a late charge from Jenson Button whose second place ensured the title hunt will stay alive for at least another round. Vettel utterly dominated the majority of the race. The Red Bull man was a second per lap faster than his pursuers at first, and though the pack closed up with a mid-race safety car after Michael Schumacher clipped Sergio Perez and was launched into a violent accident - from which he emerged unhurt - Vettel had a cushion of backmarkers behind him at the restart and was eight seconds clear again after just one lap.

The Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay, Singapore;
61 laps, 309.087km, Weather: Dry, night race.

Classified:
Pos    Driver                    Team                      Time
 1.  Sebastian Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           1h59:06.537
 2.  Jenson Button           McLaren-Mercedes           +     1.737
 3.  Mark Webber             Red Bull-Renault           +    29.279
 4.  Fernando Alonso         Ferrari                    +    55.449
 5.  Lewis Hamilton          McLaren-Mercedes           +  1:07.766
 6.  Paul Di Resta           Force India-Mercedes       +  1:51.067
 7.  Nico Rosberg            Mercedes                   +     1 lap
 8.  Adrian Sutil            Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
 9.  FelipeMassa             Ferrari                    +     1 lap
10.  Sergio Perez            Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
11.  Pastor Maldonado        Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
12.  Sebastien Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
13.  Rubens Barrichello      Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
14.  Kamui Kobayashi         Sauber-Ferrari             +    2 laps
15.  Bruno Senna             Renault                    +    2 laps
16.  Heikki Kovalainen       Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
17.  Vitaly Petrov           Renault                    +    2 laps
18.  Jerom D'Ambrosio        Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
19.  Daniel Ricciardo        HRT-Cosworth               +    4 laps
20.  Vitantonio Liuzzi       HRT-Cosworth               +    4 laps
21.  Jaime Alguersuari       Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    5 laps

Fastest lap: Jenson Button, 1:48.454

Not classified/retirements:
Driver        Team                         On lap
Trulli        Lotus-Renault                48
Schumacher    Mercedes                     29
Glock         Virgin-Cosworth              10


AFTER 14 RACES:                
 Drivers:                      Constructors:             
 1.  S.Vettel       309        1.  Red Bull-Renault          491
 2.  J.Button       185        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          353
 3.  F.Alonso       184        3.  Ferrari                   268
 4.  M.Webber       182        4.  Mercedes                  114
 5.  L.Hamilton     168        5.  Renault                    70
 6.  F.Massa         84        6.  Force India-Mercedes       48
 7.  N.Rosberg       62        7.  Sauber-Ferrari             36
 8.  M.Schumacher    52        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         29
 9.  N.Heidfeld      34        9.  Williams-Cosworth           5
10.  V.Petrov        34       
11.  A.Sutil         28       
12.  K.Kobayashi     27       
13.  P.Di Resta      20       
14.  J.Alguersuari   16       
15.  S.Buemi         13       
16.  S.Perez          9       
17.  R.Barrichello    4       
18.  B.Senna          2       
19.  P.Maldonado      1        

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2011 SINGAPORE GP: VETTEL MADE FIRST STEP TO SECURE TITLE

Another Pole for Sebastian Vettel, 11-th this season and new 1-2 for Red Bull. Mark Webber will start from second position. Today, each team secured one starting row. Second will be for McLaren's drivers, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, ahead of the Ferrari drivers, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa. The fourth row is reserved for the Mercedes GP, Nico Rosberg, along Michael Schumacher, who has not seet a time. Force India's drivers, Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta will start from the fifth row tomorrow for the race.

What to say about these qualifications, from the first minute we saw that nobody will beat SebastianVettel, who made the first step to secure another World Champion Title, but if the race would finish in the order of these qualifications, German will be world champion(yet). Alonso, Button and Hamilton will be no more in the fight for the title, but will remain Mark Weber. So expect Weber not to be second :) in tomorrow race. But all can go upside down. Some are still predicting rain for tomorrow, a significant factor are kerbs and close walls, so we can hope for an interesting race tomorrow. The race starts at 14:00 Central European time.

 P.      Driver                  Team            Time           Gap   
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m44.381s
 2.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m44.732s   + 0.351
 3.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m44.804s   + 0.423
 4.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m44.809s   + 0.428
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m44.874s   + 0.493
 6.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m45.800s   + 1.419
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m46.013s   + 1.632
 8.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             no time
 9.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes no time
10.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes no time
Q2 Fastest time: 1:44.931 S.Vettel                            Gap
11.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m47.616s   + 2.685
12.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth    1m48.082s   + 3.151
13.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1m48.270s   + 3.339
14.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m48.634s   + 3.703
15.  Bruno Senna           Renault              1m48.662s   + 3.731
16.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m49.862s   + 4.931
17.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       No time
Q1 Fastest Lap: 1:46.397 S.Vettel                             Gap
18.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              1m49.835s   + 3.438
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault        1m50.948s   + 4.551
20.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault        1m51.012s   + 4.615
21.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth      1m52.154s   + 5.757
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth      1m52.363s   + 5.966
23.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth         1m52.404s   + 6.007
24.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth         1m52.810s   + 6.413

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2011 SINGAPORE GP: VETTEL FASTEST ON FP2

Vettel wants title right away

Sebastian Vettel was fastest in second free training in Singapore, demonstrated the high aggressiveness and superiority in his car, as if to say he is determined to verify his second world champion title already in this race.

Vettel was 0.201 seconds faster than Alonso in second place and 0.7 seconds of Hamilton as the third fastest this session, he didn`t repeat the form from the morning (for us Europeans) training. Ferrari had a lot of work in setting the cars to make up for lost time during the first training. Massa eventually finished fourth, only slightly ahead of Mark Webber in the second Red Bull. And here ended drivers who will compete for the pole and win the race.

We should not forget and Jenson Button who finished this training much earlier than planned when he failed to catch the curve 14, went off and although not hit the barriers, was not able to return to the track because of the reverse gear on his car was not working and had to abandon the session. Finally finished 10th.

Michael Schumacher confirmed his good form in the last few weekends with setting sixth fastest time for the Mercedes GP and heads the group with the gap from fastest over than two seconds. It was followed by Adrian Sutil, with Force India, and Sauber`s of Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi. As mentioned before Button to complete the top ten of this training.

The difference between the fastest and slowest is huge, so Jerome d `Ambrosio and the HRT cars look vulnerable to time rule of 107%, with more than eight seconds behind Vettel. We look forward to tomorrow's qualifying, starting at 16 pm Central European time.

Pos  Driver                Team                    Time                Laps
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        1m46.374s            33
 2.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 1m46.575s  + 0.201   28
 3.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes        1m47.115s  + 0.741   22
 4.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 1m47.120s  + 0.746   23
 5.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        1m47.265s  + 0.891   28
 6.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                1m48.418s  + 2.044   27
 7.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1m48.866s  + 2.492   32
 8.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari          1m49.578s  + 3.204   27
 9.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari          1m49.730s  + 3.356   29
10.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1m49.751s  + 3.377   10
11.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m49.792s  + 3.418   14
12.  Bruno Senna            Renault                1m50.241s  + 3.867   31
13.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes    1m50.345s  + 3.971    8
14.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                 1m50.399s  + 4.025   29
15.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                1m50.790s  + 4.416   28
16.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       1m50.897s  + 4.523   24
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth       1m50.937s  + 4.563   30
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault           1m51.950s  + 5.576   26
19.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m52.257s  + 5.883   15
20.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault           1m52.489s  + 6.115   25
21.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth         1m53.579s  + 7.205   25
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth         1m54.649s  + 8.275   25
23.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth            1m54.754s  + 8.380   29
24.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth            1m55.198s  + 8.824   26

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2011 SINGAPORE GP: HAMILTON FASTEST ON SHORTENED FP1

Lewis Hamilton Fastest on Free practice 1 for Singapore Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton was quickest for McLaren in a shortened first free practice for the Singapore Grand Prix.Issues with the kerbing on the exit of Turns 3 and 14 developed during support race session, and led to an half-hour delay while the kerbs were removed before the session could get underway.With only a two-hour gap between Friday practice sessions in Singapore, practice one was reduced to just 60 minutes to keep the timetable on schedule, although a further problem with the kerbing, this time at Turn 7, brought the red flags out eight minutes from the end. Quick work by marshals saw the offending kerb section removed within five minutes so a little more running could take place.

Pos Driver                Team                  Time               Laps
 1. Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m48.599s +         10
 2. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m49.005s + 0.406   15
 3. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m50.066s + 1.467   16
 4. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m50.596s + 1.997   11
 5. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m50.952s + 2.353   12
 6. Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m52.043s + 3.444   14
 7. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes  1m52.251s + 3.652   13
 8. Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m52.416s + 3.817   12
 9. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m52.435s + 3.836   13
10. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m52.815s + 4.216   13
11. Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth     1m52.991s + 4.392   17
12. Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m53.050s + 4.451   17
13. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth     1m53.399s + 4.800   18
14. Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m53.703s + 5.104   19
15. Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m53.749s + 5.150   12
16. Bruno Senna            Renault              1m53.765s + 5.166   17
17. Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m53.785s + 5.186   16
18. Vitaly Petrov         Renault               1m54.736s + 6.137    8
19. Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault         1m54.821s + 6.222    9
20. Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault         1m56.198s + 7.599    8
21. Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth       1m57.798s + 9.199   13
22. Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth       1m58.792s + 10.193   6
23. Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth          1m59.169s + 10.570  17
24. Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m59.214s + 10.615  18

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2011 ITALIAN GP: INCREDIBLE VETTEL WINS MONZA!!!

 Incredible Vettel takes his first victory at Monza!!!

Sebastian Vettel cruised to his eighth victory of the 2011 Formula 1 season as he proved that Red Bull had firmly conquered its Monza weak spot by dominating the Italian Grand Prix.Jenson Button was second and Fernando Alonso third, while Lewis Hamilton's race was compromised by a long scrap with Michael Schumacher, who finished fifth. Felipe Massa came home sixth ahead of Jaime Alguersuari - who started 18th - with Paul di Resta, Bruno Senna and Sebastien Buemi rounding out the points-paying positions.

THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX, MONZA.
53 laps, 306.720km, Weather: Sunny.

Classified:
Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
 1.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           1h20:46.172
 2.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +     9.590
 3.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +    16.909
 4.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +    17.471
 5.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    32.677
 6.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    42.993
 7.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
 8.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
 9.  Senna         Renault                    +     1 lap
10.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
11.  Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
12.  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
13.  Kovalainen    Lotus-Renault              +     1 lap
14.  Trulli        Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
15.  Glock         Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps

Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton, 1:26.187

Not classified/retirements:
Driver        Team                       On lap
Ricciardo     HRT-Cosworth                 40
Perez         Sauber-Ferrari               34
Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari               23
Sutil         Force India-Mercedes         11
Webber        Red Bull-Renault             6
D'Ambrosio    Virgin-Cosworth              3
Petrov        Renault                      1
Rosberg       Mercedes                     1
Liuzzi        HRT-Cosworth                 1


World Championship standings, round 13:                
Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1.  Vettel       284        1.  Red Bull-Renault          451
 2.  Alonso       172        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          325
 3.  Webber       167        3.  Ferrari                   254
 4.  Button       167        4.  Mercedes                  108
 5.  Hamilton     158        5.  Renault                    70
 6.  Massa         82        6.  Force India-Mercedes       36
 7.  Rosberg       56        7.  Sauber-Ferrari             35
 8.  Schumacher    52        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         29
 9.  Petrov        34        9.  Williams-Cosworth           5
10.  Heidfeld      34       
11.  Kobayashi     27       
12.  Sutil         24       
13.  Alguersuari   16       
14.  Buemi         13       
15.  Di Resta      12       
16.  Perez          8       
17.  Barrichello    4       
18.  Senna          2       
19.  Maldonado      1        

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