Italian Grand Prix 2012, Monza - Race 13/20

[Duke]

Monza

Monza is regarded by many as the embodiment of Formula One racing. Not only is it a fantastic example of a track that combines speed with skill, it also has a heart and soul all of its own. It has seen some of the finest races of all time, but also some of the sport's worst accidents. The names of great drivers and the sounds of engines from years gone by linger in the grand old trees surrounding the track in the royal park.

Work began on the circuit in 1922 and was completed in under six months. After Brooklands in the UK and Indianapolis in the USA, it was the third permanent race track in existence. With a banked oval incorporated into the design of the road racing circuit, the total track length stood at a whopping 10 kilometres.

The list of famous victories and horrifying crashes is long, and all combine to make Monza one of the most magical places on the Formula One calendar. For many there is nowhere that encapsulates the sport better than this circuit. The Italians call it 'La Pista Magica', the magic track, a description few would disagree with.


Session Times

Fri 7 Sep 2012
Practice 1 09:00 - 10:30
Practice 2 13:00 - 14:30

Sat 8 Sep 2012
Practice 3 10:00 - 11:00
Qualifying 13:00

Sun 9 Sep 2012
Race 13:00


All live on Sky Sports F1. For BBC times and info see here. FIA 2011 race edit can be found here.



Track:

Track Diagram

Track DRS

Two DRS zones - http://files.upit.me/1347104650.gif


Circuit information

Circuit Name: Autodromo di Monza
Number of Laps: 53
Circuit Length: 5.793 km
Race Distance: 306.720 km
Lap Record: 1:21.046 - R Barrichello (2004)



Current Standings

Technical Changes

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



Photos from the event

Thursday - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/06/2012-italian-grand-prix-thursday-pictures/

Friday - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/07/2012-italian-grand-prix-practice-pictures/

Saturday - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/08/2012-italian-grand-prix-qualifying-pictures/

Sunday -


FIA Press Conference

Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/9/13756.html

Friday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/9/13766.html

Saturday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/9/13773.html

Sunday -


Practice 1

[b]Pos  Driver              Car                   Time       Gap       Laps[/b]
 1.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m25.422s            26
 2.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.723s  + 0.301s  29
 3.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              1m25.762s  + 0.340s  26
 4.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m25.800s  + 0.378s  22
 5.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari               1m25.861s  + 0.439s  27
 6.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.944s  + 0.522s  30
 7.  Kimi Raikkonen      Lotus-Renault         1m26.046s  + 0.624s  25
 8.  Sergio Perez        Sauber-Ferrari        1m26.323s  + 0.901s  26
 9.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m26.390s  + 0.968s  24
10.  Pastor Maldonado    Williams-Renault      1m26.504s  + 1.082s  19
11.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m26.508s  + 1.086s  18
12.  Nico Hulkenberg     Force India-Mercedes  1m26.518s  + 1.096s  21
13.  Valtteri Bottas     Williams-Renault      1m26.641s  + 1.219s  26
14.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m26.746s  + 1.324s  23
15.  Jerome d'Ambrosio   Lotus-Renault         1m27.180s  + 1.758s  29
16.  Jules Bianchi       Force India-Mercedes  1m27.192s  + 1.770s  22
17.  Daniel Ricciardo    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m27.373s  + 1.951s  25
18.  Jean-Eric Vergne    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m27.789s  + 2.367s  24
19.  Heikki Kovalainen   Caterham-Renault      1m27.855s  + 2.433s  27
20.  Vitaly Petrov       Caterham-Renault      1m28.578s  + 3.156s  20
21.  Charles Pic         Marussia-Cosworth     1m28.751s  + 3.329s  26
22.  Timo Glock          Marussia-Cosworth     1m29.207s  + 3.785s  21
23.  Pedro de la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth          1m29.331s  + 3.909s  21
24.  Ma Qing Hua         HRT-Cosworth          1m31.239s  + 5.817s  26

Practice 2

[b]Pos  Driver              Car                   Time       Gap       Laps[/b]
 1.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.290s            32
 2.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.328s  + 0.038s  35
 3.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m25.348s  + 0.058s  17
 4.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari               1m25.430s  + 0.140s  43
 5.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              1m25.446s  + 0.156s  41
 6.  Kimi Raikkonen      Lotus-Renault         1m25.504s  + 0.214s  42
 7.  Paul di Resta       Force India-Mercedes  1m25.546s  + 0.256s  40
 8.  Nico Hulkenberg     Force India-Mercedes  1m25.547s  + 0.257s  36
 9.  Sergio Perez        Sauber-Ferrari        1m26.068s  + 0.778s  32
10.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m26.094s  + 0.804s  38
11.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m26.104s  + 0.814s  35
12.  Jerome d'Ambrosio   Lotus-Renault         1m26.157s  + 0.867s  36
13.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m26.394s  + 1.104s  31
14.  Pastor Maldonado    Williams-Renault      1m26.404s  + 1.114s  42
15.  Daniel Ricciardo    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m26.724s  + 1.434s  33
16.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m26.730s  + 1.440s  17
17.  Bruno Senna         Williams-Renault      1m26.783s  + 1.493s  39
18.  Heikki Kovalainen   Caterham-Renault      1m26.841s  + 1.551s  39
19.  Jean-Eric Vergne    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m26.864s  + 1.574s  36
20.  Vitaly Petrov       Caterham-Renault      1m27.222s  + 1.932s  36
21.  Timo Glock          Marussia-Cosworth     1m27.944s  + 2.654s  36
22.  Charles Pic         Marussia-Cosworth     1m27.968s  + 2.678s  36
23.  Pedro de la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth          1m28.575s  + 3.285s  34
24.  Narain Karthikeyan  HRT-Cosworth          1m28.779s  + 3.489s  21

Practice 3

[b]Pos  Driver              Car                   Time       Gap       Laps[/b]
 1.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1m24.578s            18
 2.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m24.579s  + 0.001s  15
 3.  Paul di Resta       Force India-Mercedes  1m24.849s  + 0.271s  20
 4.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari               1m24.909s  + 0.331s  16
 5.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m24.994s  + 0.416s  17
 6.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              1m25.036s  + 0.458s  22
 7.  Sergio Perez        Sauber-Ferrari        1m25.160s  + 0.582s  23
 8.  Kimi Raikkonen      Lotus-Renault         1m25.255s  + 0.677s  19
 9.  Nico Hulkenberg     Force India-Mercedes  1m25.289s  + 0.711s  20
10.  Pastor Maldonado    Williams-Renault      1m25.383s  + 0.805s  18
11.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m25.389s  + 0.811s  21
12.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m25.406s  + 0.828s  17
13.  Bruno Senna         Williams-Renault      1m25.461s  + 0.883s  21
14.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m25.563s  + 0.985s  23
15.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m25.689s  + 1.111s  22
16.  Daniel Ricciardo    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m25.706s  + 1.128s  16
17.  Jerome d'Ambrosio   Lotus-Renault         1m25.973s  + 1.395s  20
18.  Jean-Eric Vergne    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m26.003s  + 1.425s  19
19.  Heikki Kovalainen   Caterham-Renault      1m26.657s  + 2.079s  18
20.  Vitaly Petrov       Caterham-Renault      1m27.267s  + 2.689s  16
21.  Charles Pic         Marussia-Cosworth     1m27.454s  + 2.876s  20
22.  Timo Glock          Marussia-Cosworth     1m27.728s  + 3.150s  19
23.  Narain Karthikeyan  HRT-Cosworth          1m28.035s  + 3.457s  23
24.  Pedro de la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth          1m28.384s  + 3.806s  17

Qualifying

[b]Pos  Driver              Car                   Time       Gap[/b]
 1.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1m24.010s
 2.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m24.133s  + 0.123s
 3.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari               1m24.247s  + 0.237s
 4.  Paul di Resta       Force India-Mercedes  1m24.304s  + 0.294s***
 5.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m24.540s  + 0.530s
 6.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m24.802s  + 0.792s
 7.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              1m24.833s  + 0.823s
 8.  Kimi Raikkonen      Lotus-Renault         1m24.855s  + 0.845s
 9.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m25.109s  + 1.099s
10.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m25.678s  + 1.668s
Q2 cut-off time: 1m24.742s                                Gap *
11.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m24.809s  + 0.567s
12.  Pastor Maldonado    Williams-Renault      1m24.820s  + 0.578s****
13.  Sergio Perez        Sauber-Ferrari        1m24.901s  + 0.659s
14.  Bruno Senna         Williams-Renault      1m25.042s  + 0.800s
15.  Daniel Ricciardo    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m25.312s  + 1.070s
16.  Jerome d'Ambrosio   Lotus-Renault         1m25.408s  + 1.166s
17.  Jean-Eric Vergne    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m25.441s  + 1.199s
Q1 cut-off time: 1m25.834s                                Gap **
18.  Heikki Kovalainen   Caterham-Renault      1m26.382s  + 2.207s
19.  Vitaly Petrov       Caterham-Renault      1m26.887s  + 2.712s
20.  Timo Glock          Marussia-Cosworth     1m27.039s  + 2.864s
21.  Charles Pic         Marussia-Cosworth     1m27.073s  + 2.898s
22.  Narain Karthikeyan  HRT-Cosworth          1m27.441s  + 3.266s
23.  Pedro de la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth          1m27.629s  + 3.454s
24.  Nico Hulkenberg     Force India-Mercedes

Qually highlights @ http://www1.skysports.com/formula1/video/12870/8064244


Race

[b]Pos  Driver        Team                       Time[/b]
 1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           1h19:41.221
 2.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +     4.356
 3.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +    20.594
 4.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    29.667
 5.  Raikkonen     Lotus-Renault              +    30.881
 6.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    31.259
 7.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +    33.550
 8.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +    41.057
 9.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +    43.898
10.  Senna         Williams-Renault           +    48.144
11.  Maldonado     Williams-Renault           +    48.682
12.  Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    50.316
13.  d'Ambrosio    Lotus-Renault              +  1:15.861
14.  Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
15.  Petrov        Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
16.  Pic           Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
17.  Glock         Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
18.  De la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth               +     1 lap
19.  Karthikeyan   HRT-Cosworth               +     1 lap
20.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    2 laps
21.  Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes       +    3 laps
22.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +    6 laps

Fastest lap: Rosberg, 1:27.239

Ted's paddock notes @ http://www1.skysports.com/formula1/video/12870/8067948

 

[Duke]

lol

 

[Duke]

Alonso will be lucky to win this weekend. If he has a trouble free race weekend, I expect a 3rd place will be the best he could do.

 

[Duke]

Why will he be lucky to win? Ferrari has improved the car again and Monza should be good for them, and a big update to come for Singapore. He would have been fighting Seb for 2nd yesterday no problem.

Get the feeling Red Bull and Mclaren will be quicker. We'll see though

 

[Duke]

and Button will mention balance 300 times during the weekend.

Not sure why everyone gets worked up over that. No worse than Massa, Schumacher or Vettel etc using 'for sure' several times a sentence?

 

[Duke]

I need alonso and vimto to dnf

Careful, might upset Mr Men again saying that

 

[Duke]

Nearly spat my tea all over the monitor.....not quite sure why you and Duke feel the need to get all uptight....

Not getting uptight at all - just saying the last few times people have suggested at a DNF by a driver to spice up the WDC was met by you taking it a little serious yourself

 

[Duke]

Maybe they should just tweak the Friday - make the morning session 1 hour & have 1 car from each team which has to be their third/reserve driver and 2 hours in the afternoon for the race drivers as normal.

 

[Duke]

First Chinese driver in F1 to drive this weekend in FP1 - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/05/ma-qing-hua-drive-hrt-monza-practice/

 

[Duke]

Looking nice and hot this weekend

 

[Duke]

My head hurts with all these silly names

 

[Duke]

 

[Duke]

FP1 Results

[b]Pos  Driver              Car                   Time       Gap       Laps[/b]
 1.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m25.422s            26
 2.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.723s  + 0.301s  29
 3.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              1m25.762s  + 0.340s  26
 4.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m25.800s  + 0.378s  22
 5.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari               1m25.861s  + 0.439s  27
 6.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.944s  + 0.522s  30
 7.  Kimi Raikkonen      Lotus-Renault         1m26.046s  + 0.624s  25
 8.  Sergio Perez        Sauber-Ferrari        1m26.323s  + 0.901s  26
 9.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m26.390s  + 0.968s  24
10.  Pastor Maldonado    Williams-Renault      1m26.504s  + 1.082s  19
11.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m26.508s  + 1.086s  18
12.  Nico Hulkenberg     Force India-Mercedes  1m26.518s  + 1.096s  21
13.  Valtteri Bottas     Williams-Renault      1m26.641s  + 1.219s  26
14.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m26.746s  + 1.324s  23
15.  Jerome d'Ambrosio   Lotus-Renault         1m27.180s  + 1.758s  29
16.  Jules Bianchi       Force India-Mercedes  1m27.192s  + 1.770s  22
17.  Daniel Ricciardo    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m27.373s  + 1.951s  25
18.  Jean-Eric Vergne    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m27.789s  + 2.367s  24
19.  Heikki Kovalainen   Caterham-Renault      1m27.855s  + 2.433s  27
20.  Vitaly Petrov       Caterham-Renault      1m28.578s  + 3.156s  20
21.  Charles Pic         Marussia-Cosworth     1m28.751s  + 3.329s  26
22.  Timo Glock          Marussia-Cosworth     1m29.207s  + 3.785s  21
23.  Pedro de la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth          1m29.331s  + 3.909s  21
24.  Ma Qing Hua         HRT-Cosworth          1m31.239s  + 5.817s  26

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102299

Seems the track is quite green still, so interesting to see how much quicker they go in FP2 in 45 mins time

 

[Duke]

I only got to see 30 mins of FP2 at the beginning, will be watching the P3 onwards though all the way

FP2 Times

[b]Pos  Driver              Car                   Time       Gap       Laps[/b]
 1.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.290s            32
 2.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.328s  + 0.038s  35
 3.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m25.348s  + 0.058s  17
 4.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari               1m25.430s  + 0.140s  43
 5.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              1m25.446s  + 0.156s  41
 6.  Kimi Raikkonen      Lotus-Renault         1m25.504s  + 0.214s  42
 7.  Paul di Resta       Force India-Mercedes  1m25.546s  + 0.256s  40
 8.  Nico Hulkenberg     Force India-Mercedes  1m25.547s  + 0.257s  36
 9.  Sergio Perez        Sauber-Ferrari        1m26.068s  + 0.778s  32
10.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m26.094s  + 0.804s  38
11.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m26.104s  + 0.814s  35
12.  Jerome d'Ambrosio   Lotus-Renault         1m26.157s  + 0.867s  36
13.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m26.394s  + 1.104s  31
14.  Pastor Maldonado    Williams-Renault      1m26.404s  + 1.114s  42
15.  Daniel Ricciardo    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m26.724s  + 1.434s  33
16.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m26.730s  + 1.440s  17
17.  Bruno Senna         Williams-Renault      1m26.783s  + 1.493s  39
18.  Heikki Kovalainen   Caterham-Renault      1m26.841s  + 1.551s  39
19.  Jean-Eric Vergne    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m26.864s  + 1.574s  36
20.  Vitaly Petrov       Caterham-Renault      1m27.222s  + 1.932s  36
21.  Timo Glock          Marussia-Cosworth     1m27.944s  + 2.654s  36
22.  Charles Pic         Marussia-Cosworth     1m27.968s  + 2.678s  36
23.  Pedro de la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth          1m28.575s  + 3.285s  34
24.  Narain Karthikeyan  HRT-Cosworth          1m28.779s  + 3.489s  21

Looking very nice for Mclaren and Ferrari at the moment. Force India also quick. Red Bull struggling.

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102309

 

[Duke]

The F1 show on Sky Sports is being repeated in 10 mins

 

[Duke]

DRS zones for this weekend, two zones which are both shorter than last year.

Pic - http://files.upit.me/1347104650.gif

 

[Duke]

Don't think DRS worked that well last year, remember Lewis trying to pass MS.

Didn't they mess up the final gear ratio? In FP1 the Mclarens were hitting the soft limiter so they raised it in FP2 & was ok.

 

[Duke]

FP3 just starting now.

 

[Duke]

How did the Chinese guy get on yesterday?

*looks at OP*

HRT FP1 Times

23.  Pedro de la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth          1m29.331s  + 3.909s  21
24.  Ma Qing Hua         HRT-Cosworth          1m31.239s  + 5.817s  26

HRT FP2 Times (to compare)

23.  Pedro de la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth          1m28.575s  + 3.285s  34
24.  Narain Karthikeyan  HRT-Cosworth          1m28.779s  + 3.489s  21

He did drive in the young drivers test so isn't first time in the car, but obviously still very very new to it.

 

[Duke]

Do Lotus have their super DRS working here? if not seems like they have wasted a lot of time to get it working and have missed the ideal track for it?

No they aren't using it until next race at Suzuka. I *think* its due to it not making a big difference? Or not happy running it yet. It is better suited to higher downforce tracks (so you can 'lose more' downforce).