2012 Formula One Season Thread

[gm4all]

2nd Day of Testing:

Top siya sa board pero 2011 car gamit niya.

[gm4all]

As per Raikkonen, over-steer daw siya sa turn six.

[Herr_Starr]

The Mercedes W03.

[Herr_Starr]

W03 and MP4-27 in the same shot.

[Fallschirmjager]

Ugh. The stepped-nose look is really ugly.


But, I'll have no qualms if that Merc is fast once the five red lights go out in Australia.

[Kopite]

good for you,Kimi

[Herr_Starr]

Both Red Bull and McLaren introduced upgrades at the latest and final test prior to Melbourne.

Redbull's new exhaust layout:



An interestingly damaged front wing:


McLarens's revised front (minus snow plough):


McLaren's revised exhausts:

[renz_reggy03]

Back in a fortnight! Here's hoping for a great season. And by great, I mean 'competitive'.

[gm4all]

F1 FTW!!!!

[xcalibr]

nice posts! anyone watching Singapore GP?

[Fallschirmjager]

Can't wait for tomorrow and Sunday. The season is finally here.


Looks like Mercedes pulled an early ace up their sleeves with their "DRS-activated-front-wing-stalling-F-duct" system. I think it'll be the new fad of the season like last year's blown diffusers.

[angel_thegame11]

P1 Lewis Hamilton
P2 Jensen Button
P3 Romain Grosjean

Yesss Mclaren 1-2 , special mention Romain Grosjean P3 for Lotus.

Mercedes looking quick, Ferrari looks terrible

[HK-47]

So much for McLaren missing out by not having the ugly noses.

[angel_thegame11]

Complete Qualifying List:

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Jensen Button
3. Romain Grosjean
4. Michael Schumacher
5. Mark Webber
6. Sebastian Vettel
7. Nico Rosberg
8. Pastor Madonaldo
9. Nico Hulkenburg
10. Daniel Ricciardo
11. Jean-Eric Vergne
12. Fernando Alonso
13. Kamui Kobayashi
14. Bruno Senna
15. Paul Di Resta
16. Felipe Massa
17. Sergio Perez
18. Kimi Raikkonen
19. Heikki Kovalainen
20. Vitaly Petrov
21. Timo Glock
22. Charles Pic

De la Rosa and Karthikeyan did not qualify after failing to meet the Q1 107% time.

[renz_reggy03]

Hamilton takes the first pole position of the season.

Ferrari. FFS.

[Rocker09]

The Mclarens looked dominant today!
Mercedes also with an impressive performance!
Didn't expect red bull to perform like this(I was expecting a close fight w/ mclaren)
Lotus seems to have upped their game this year. Impressive drive by Grosjean! I was expecting more from Kimi...
As for ferrari, I knew they were gonna struggle but I wasn't expecting them to be this bad....

[absinthe_888]

Simula ng nawala si Lolo Todt, Brawn, at Byrne sa Scuderia, bumulok na talaga.

Sibakin na nila si Stefano.

Happy for Mercedes, sana masustain nila ang magandang qualifying nila.

[ivan_lendel]

Sayang hindi ko inabutan yung Qualifying kanina... I have to settle for the replays. But good to hear that Mclaren is doing good! hope to get a Mclaren one two at the podium tomorrow.

[pinoylumix]

a costly communication error by Lotus and Kimi.. so he's on P17

1) he was on the medium-compound tires while everyone was on their soft-compound tires.. definitely his race engineer's fault
2) he missed the checkered flag while doing his outlap.. akala nya may oras pa, pagdating nya sa last corner nakataas na yung checkered flag for Q1
3) a couple of errors during the final outlap for Q1

nonetheless i'm so happy for Lotus since the speed of the car is there, even with stiff competition from McLaren and Mercedes

[LOLOLOLOL]

it's already 2012 and it's still the same story...ferrari is still getting left in the dust. alonso is a complete waste of money. dapat si kimi raikkonen na lang ang driver nila eh. palitan na rin si felipe massa please!