British Grand Prix 2012, Silverstone - Race 9/20

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Silverstone

Like so many of England's racing circuits, Silverstone started life as an aerodrome. When the Second World War ended in 1945, England's other two circuits, Donington Park and the legendary Brooklands, had fallen into disrepair. And so it was that the outer taxiways and interconnecting runways of Silverstone became adopted by the Royal Automobile Club as the home for the British Grand Prix in 1948. The circuit was fast and challenging and in 1949 the shape was formed that remains the basis of the track to this day.

When the Formula One World Championship was incepted in 1950, Silverstone held the very first round, won by Guiseppe Farina in an Alfa Romeo. In 1951 the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) was handed the lease by the RAC, and huge modifications were made. The pits were moved to the straight between Woodcote and Copse, from the Farm straight where they had originally been, and a short circuit was built within the larger circuit, cutting from Becketts corner to Woodcote.

From 1955 the British Grand Prix swapped venues between Aintree and Silverstone, but with the advent of the 1960s, Aintree fell out of favour and the race was switched between Silverstone and Brands Hatch.

In 1971 the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) bought the entire 720 acre plot on which Silverstone sits and went about redeveloping the track. New pits were built and a chicane was erected at Woodcote which provided close finishes and great overtaking opportunities.

In 1987, with speeds reaching astounding levels, a corner was built before Woodcote, and in 1992 a new complex of corners was created between Farm and Woodcote. And in recent years various upgrades have been made to the track's facilities. A racing school now exists at the circuit and with government funding a new bypass has been built, greatly improving access to the once notoriously out-of-the-way venue.

In 2010 came another major change to the circuit's Formula One layout, designed to further improve the venue for spectators and provide an even greater driver challenge. The new infield layout juts right at the reworked Abbey bend before heading into the new Arena complex of turns. This takes drivers on to the main straight of Silverstone’s National circuit, before rejoining the previous Grand Prix layout at Brooklands.


Session Times

Fri 06 Jul 2012
Practice 1 10:00 - 11:30
Practice 2 14:00 - 15:30

Sat 07 Jul 2012
Practice 3 10:00 - 11:00
Qualifying 13:00

Sun 08 Jul 2012
Race 13:00


All live on Sky Sports F1. For BBC times and info see here - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18378942



Track:

Track Diagram

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Track DRS

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Circuit information

Circuit Name: Silverstone
Number of Laps: 52
Circuit Length: 5.891 km
Race Distance: 306.198 km
Lap Record: 1:30.874 - F Alonso (2010)


2011 Race Edit - http://www.formula1.com/video/race_edits/



Current Standings

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Technical Changes

http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/



Photos from the event

Wednesday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/872/general/wednesday.html

Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/872/general/thursday.html

Friday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/872/general/friday.html

Saturday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/872/general/saturday.html

Sunday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/872/general/sunday.html


FIA Press Conference

Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/7/13535.html

Friday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/7/13544.html

Saturday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/7/13557.html

Sunday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/7/13564.html


Practice 1
Code: 
[b]Pos Driver                Team                    Time               Laps[/b]
 1. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault           1m56.552s            13
 2. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m56.827s +  0.275   10
 3. Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes        1m57.174s +  0.622    6
 4. Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari          1m57.664s +  1.112   11
 5. Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 1m58.119s +  1.567    7
 6. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        1m58.463s +  1.911    7
 7. Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari          1m58.483s +  1.931   19
 8. Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                1m58.493s +  1.941   10
 9. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                1m58.942s +  2.390    8
10. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m59.076s +  2.524   12
11. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        1m59.414s +  2.862   11
12. Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault        1m59.614s +  3.062    9
13. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault        1m59.733s +  3.181    7
14. Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault        1m59.787s +  3.235   10
15. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault        2m00.125s +  3.573    5
16. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault           2m00.253s +  3.701    6
17. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        2m01.834s +  5.282    6
18. Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth       2m01.835s +  5.283    6
19. Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth            2m04.341s +  7.789    9
20. Dani Clos             HRT-Cosworth            2m05.022s +  8.470   11
21. Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth       2m11.760s +  15.208   6
22. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                                       4
23. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes                          3
24. Jules Bianchi         Force India-Mercedes                          1


Practice 2
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                Team                   Time              Laps[/b]
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m56.345s            8
 2.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m56.474s  + 0.129  15
 3.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m56.545s  + 0.200  11
 4.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m56.567s  + 0.222   9
 5.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m57.493s  + 1.148  13
 6.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m57.948s  + 1.603   9
 7.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault       1m58.580s  + 2.235  10
 8.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault          1m58.897s  + 2.552   8
 9.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes   1m58.943s  + 2.598  11
10.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m59.015s  + 2.670  14
11.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m59.429s  + 3.084   9
12.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault       1m59.472s  + 3.127   6
13.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m59.476s  + 3.131  10
14.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m59.854s  + 3.509   7
15.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                2m00.565s  + 4.220   7
16.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth      2m00.820s  + 4.475  11
17.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault       2m01.099s  + 4.754   6
18.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault       2m01.348s  + 5.003  12
19.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth      2m03.719s  + 7.374   8
20.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth           2m04.774s  + 8.429   8
21.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault                               1
22.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari                          2
23.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault                            1
24.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth


Practice 3
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                Team                   Time               Laps[/b]
 1.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m32.167s            21
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m32.320s  + 0.153s  20
 3.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault          1m32.358s  + 0.191s  25
 4.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m32.420s  + 0.253s  21
 5.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault          1m32.454s  + 0.287s  25
 6.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m32.477s  + 0.310s  20
 7.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault       1m32.622s  + 0.455s  21
 8.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m32.940s  + 0.773s  19
 9.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m33.046s  + 0.879s  20
10.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes   1m33.150s  + 0.983s  19
11.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault       1m33.267s  + 1.100s  25
12.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m33.367s  + 1.200s  20
13.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m33.398s  + 1.231s  24
14.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m33.462s  + 1.295s  24
15.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m33.673s  + 1.506s  22
16.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m33.674s  + 1.507s  21
17.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m33.707s  + 1.540s  21
18.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m33.733s  + 1.566s  15
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault       1m34.298s  + 2.131s  18
20.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault       1m34.781s  + 2.614s  20
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth      1m36.605s  + 4.438s  18
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth      1m37.060s  + 4.893s  14
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth           1m37.269s  + 5.102s  23
24.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth           1m37.429s  + 5.262s  17


Qualifying
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                Team                 Time          Gap   [/b]
 1.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m51.746s   
 2.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m51.793s  + 0.047 
 3.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m52.020s  + 0.274 
 4.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m52.199s  + 0.453 
 5.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m53.065s  + 1.319 
 6.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault        1m53.290s  + 1.544 
 7.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault     1m53.539s  + 1.793 
 8.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m53.543s  + 1.797 
 9.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes 1m54.382s  + 2.636 
10.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault        no time
Q2 cut-off time: 1m56.931s                                   Gap **
11.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m57.009s  + 2.112
12.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m57.071s  + 2.174
13.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m57.108s  + 2.211
14.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m57.132s  + 2.235
15.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault     1m57.426s  + 2.529
16.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m57.719s  + 2.822
17.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m57.895s  + 2.998
Q1 cut-off time: 1m47.105s                                 Gap *
18.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m48.044s  + 1.765
19.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault     1m49.027s  + 2.748
20.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault     1m49.477s  + 3.198
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth    1m51.618s  + 5.339
22.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth         1m52.742s  + 6.463
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth         1m53.040s  + 6.761
24.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth    1m54.143s  + 7.864


Race
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver        Team                       Time[/b]
 1.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           1h25:11.288
 2.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +     3.060
 3.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +     4.836
 4.  Massa         Ferrari                    +     9.519
 5.  Raikkonen     Lotus-Renault              +    10.314
 6.  Grosjean      Lotus-Renault              +    17.101
 7.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    29.153
 8.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +    36.463
 9.  Senna         Williams-Renault           +    43.347
10.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +    44.444
11.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +    45.370
12.  Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes       +    47.856
13.  Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    51.241
14.  Vergne        Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    53.313
15.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +    57.394
16.  Maldonado     Williams-Renault           +     1 lap
17.  Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
18.  Glock         Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
19.  Pic           Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
20.  De la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps
21.  Karthikeyan   HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps

Fastest lap: Raikkonen, 1:34.661

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                         On lap
Perez         Sauber-Ferrari               14
Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes         3
Petrov        Caterham-Renault             1


World Championship standings, round 9:

Code: 
[b]Drivers:                    Constructors:             [/b]
 1.  Alonso       129        1.  Red Bull-Renault          216
 2.  Webber       116        2.  Ferrari                   152
 3.  Vettel       100        3.  Lotus-Renault             144
 4.  Hamilton      92        4.  McLaren-Mercedes          142
 5.  Raikkonen     83        5.  Mercedes                   98
 6.  Rosberg       75        6.  Sauber-Ferrari             60
 7.  Grosjean      61        7.  Williams-Renault           47
 8.  Button        50        8.  Force India-Mercedes       44
 9.  Perez         39        9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari          6
10.  Maldonado     29       
11.  Di Resta      27       
12.  Schumacher    23       
13.  Massa         23       
14.  Kobayashi     21       
15.  Senna         18       
16.  Hulkenberg    17       
17.  Vergne         4       
18.  Ricciardo      2
 
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Done a little early as its clearly the best GP :p

Seems to be quite a few of us going (well, just for the Friday this time :)).
 
Is the betting open on what McLaren pit crew will fluff up this time?

God I bet that team is a running gag amongst all the other pit crews.
 
Sparky-F1 said:
In all honesty, i prefer watching the race at home. See a lot more of what is going on.
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Same, although I will do a race at some point just for the experience.

I find Friday practice is a lot more relaxed, roving grandstand access is a bonus too. Obviously nearly 3 hours of F1 cars going round (weather permitting) plus the support series means a lot of track action during the whole day plays a big part as well.
 
Yeah Fridays are great value in terms of your 'exposure' to F1. I'm heading up to Silverstone for just the friday this year.

But the full weekend is worth it for the atmosphere. Especially if something great happens.

I remember watching Lewis charge through the field in GP2 at Silverstone in 2006. The commentators said it was the first time they had ever seen the crowd get more behind a support race than the actual F1.

Then in 2007 when Lewis stuck it on pole at Silverstone, the place erupted. It was fantastic.

I've also been to Spa, which is just amazing in its self, but I was there in 2008 when Lewis won (before he got it stripped from him), which was brilliant.

Theres the downsides too. I was at Spa in 2009 when Lewis and Button never even got around to us on the first lap :(.

But overall, going to an F1 race is an absolute must do for anyone even mildly into the sport, or who just wants to have an eargasm at the glorious sound!
 
Sparky-F1 said:
In all honesty, i prefer watching the race at home. See a lot more of what is going on.
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I always felt the same until we rented fan vision then you don't feel like you are missing too much :) In 2010 we had no idea Alonso got a stop/go until after the race.
 
When I was a nipper we used to live just outside Towcester — open the windows and watch the race on the TV — best of both worlds. :cool:

Used to love watching all of the helicopters as well!
 
We have one of the jumbo screens in Club Silverstone but, i still miss most of the race. they need to put more screens by the bar :)
 
Panzerbjorn said:
When I was a nipper we used to live just outside Towcester — open the windows and watch the race on the TV — best of both worlds. :cool:

Used to love watching all of the helicopters as well!
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My Mrs for some reason has a unexplained hatred of all the helicopters at Silverstone, Sunday is just a nightmare as she rants from about 7am about them :D
 
RB have a double floor? Did I miss this?

Any details anywhere?

Also, does anyone know if drive through penalties will be bumped up to stop and go penalties again this year due to the short pitlane, or have they moved the limiter line further up the pit entrance?
 
Skeeter said:
RB have a double floor? Did I miss this?

Any details anywhere?

Also, does anyone know if drive through penalties will be bumped up to stop and go penalties again this year due to the short pitlane, or have they moved the limiter line further up the pit entrance?
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All I have is Gary Anderson mentioning Red Bull are pulling a new "duct that connects the exhaust gases and the airflow off the car with the diffuser to enhance downforce" which (in that wording) implies something like last years blown diffuser with something else doing the blowing...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/18577466

Not sure what they have managed to think up but I hope someone a. makes a good copy quickly, b. makes a fuss to get it removed or c. it turns out to break the engines in the Red Bulls (racing is no fun when someone "does a Vettel" like last year)


majnu said:
Hoping that Button wins this. He doesn't seem to portray any hunger after winning the tile with Honda/Brawn.
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He's got the hunger, just something isn't right with this years car for him, so every weekend he's been turning up fighting to get the car set up and going, with him just being left behind.

No chance he'll win this weekend though, smart money is on Vettel with the Red Bull (annoyingly) or the great British summer to open up and give Perez that win...
 
Hopefully the FIA ban it as it's clearly not as the rules intended if this is true, explains why once again Vettel is able to blast away at the start though, Newey and his holy grail.
 
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