Archive for July, 2012
Satisfying seventh for Senna; Pastor disappoints
A determined drive to seventh from Bruno Senna strengthened Williams’ hold on seventh in the Constructors’ Championship. For the first time this year Williams had two cars qualified in the top ten, but a poor start from Pastor Maldonado and a subsequent penalty saw the Venezuelan drop out of the points. Bruno Senna, however, prospered [...]
Red Bulls rue strategy
Both Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber admitted that strategic choices hampered their chances in a Hungarian Grand prix in which the champion finished fourth and his team-mate came home eighth. Starting third, Vettel made an attempt to go round the outside of second-placed Romain Grosjean at the start but, forced wide, he allowed Jenson Button [...]
Just one point for Mercedes; Schumy retires
A tough day for Mercedes saw Michael Schumacher retire and Nico Rosberg grab a solitary point. Mercedes struggled in qualifying and could manage no better than 13th for Rosberg, with Schumacher down in 17th. Things would get worse for the seven-times World Champion and four times Hungarian Grand Prix winner when he had to cut [...]
Hamilton survives Kimi to win Hungarian GP
Budapest, 29 July 2012: Lewis Hamilton powered to his second win of the season at the Hungarian Grand Prix, fending off late pressure from Lotus’ Kimi Raikkonen. The Finn’s team-mate Romain Grosjean was third, with Sebastian Vettel finishing fourth. Pole winner Hamilton made a good getaway, leaving Grosjean standing at the lights, which led [...]
The team did not flinch, neither did I: Hamilton
Hungary GP – FIA Press Conference 4 DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren) 2 – Kimi RAIKKONEN (Lotus) 3 – Romain GROSJEAN (Lotus) PRESS CONFERENCE Lewis, a fantastic race for you, absolutely fantastic, under pressure all the time it seemed. Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, these are the kind of grands prix, the races you win like [...]
Its an incredible job by the Team: Hamilton
Hungarian GP – FIA Press conference 3 DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren) 2 – Romain GROSJEAN (Lotus) 3 – Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing) TV UNILATERAL Lewis you looked like that was fully under control at all times, apart maybe from that first run in Q3? Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, it’s been a really positive [...]
Our aim is to finish 6th at season-end: Andrew Green, Force India
Hungarian GP FIA Press conference 2 TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Andrew GREEN (Force India), Rémi TAFFIN (Renault Sport), Martin WHITMARSH (McLaren), Toto WOLFF (Williams), Luiz Pérez Sala (HRT). Andrew, if I can start with you. First of all, who does Force India see as its rivals and where do you hope to be at the end [...]
For HRT, everything is under one roof & impressive now: Karthikeyan
Thursday FIA Press conference DRIVERS – Narain KARTHIKEYAN (HRT), Kamui KOBAYASHI (Sauber), Heikki KOVALAINEN (Caterham), Kimi RAIKKONEN (Lotus), Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari), Pastor MALDONADO (Williams) Narain, tell us how HRT has changed in the last six months. How much has it changed and developed? Narain KARTHIKEYAN: Yeah, I think we’ve come a long way since Australia [...]
FIA president meet Euro Commission president
On Tuesday 24 July, the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, received a delegation from the FIA which included Jean Todt, President of the FIA, Carlos Barbosa, Vice-President of the FIA and President of the Automovel Club de Portugal (ACP), and the Director General of the FIA bureau in Brussels, Jacob Bangsgaard. On [...]
Red Bull escapne without sanction
Hockenheim, 22 July 2012: After deliberation on Sunday morning, stewards at Hockenehim have decided to allow Red Bull Racing to compete without sanction in the German Grand Prix. Having discovered torque output irregularities in car numbers 01 (Sebastian Vettel) and 02 (Mark Webber), FIA Formula 1 Technical Delegate Jo Bauer referred the matter to the [...]
