Malaysia Grand Prix 2012, Kuala Lumpur - Race 2/20

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Kuala Lumpur

In the mid 1990s, Malaysia was undergoing a huge change. Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia's Prime Minister was determined that by 2020, the country would be a fully industrialised nation. The best way to do this, it was thought, was through the auto trade.

The nation's number one oil company, Petronas, began investing heavily in Formula One with Sauber, and Malaysia's national car company, Proton, bought Lotus Engineering. The most extravagant part of the plan however was the building of a multimedia 'supercorridor', linking Kuala Lumpur's new international airport with the capital city itself.

Mahathir ordered that a Grand Prix track be constructed too, and not just any track. He wanted to create a track that would be the envy of the world in terms of its facilities and technology. What he got was the Sepang International Circuit, and on its 1999 debut it did not disappoint.

Designed by Hermann Tilke, Sepang is one of the most technical circuits in Formula One. The combination of long high-speed straights, and tight twisting complexes make the track very complicated, but also perfect for overtaking as the track itself is very wide. The drivers love it and, along with Malaysia's distinct atmosphere, it makes for an experience unique in Formula One.


Session Times

Fri 23 March 2012
Practice 1 02:00 - 03:30
Practice 2 06:00 - 07:30

Sat 24 March 2012
Practice 3 05:00 - 06:00
Qualifying 08:00

Sun 25 March 2012
Race 09:00


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

One DRS zone - detection on back straight with activation on main straight.


Circuit information

Circuit Name: Sepang International Circuit
Number of Laps: 56
Circuit Length: 5.543 km
Race Distance: 310.408 km
Lap Record: 1:34.223 - JP Montoya (2004)


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



Current Standings

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Team Preview

Pirelli - http://pitpass.com/45824-Malaysia-GP-Preview-Pirelli
Lotus -
Williams - http://pitpass.com/45835-Malaysia-GP-Preview-Williams
HRT - http://pitpass.com/45823-Malaysia-GP-Preview-HRT
Mclaren - http://pitpass.com/45839-Malaysia-GP-Preview-McLaren
Mercedes - http://pitpass.com/45831-Malaysia-GP-Preview-Mercedes
Ferrari -
Caterham - http://pitpass.com/45832-Malaysia-GP-Preview-Caterham
Marussia - http://pitpass.com/45834-Malaysia-GP-Preview-Marussia
Red Bull -
Toro Rosso -
Sauber - http://pitpass.com/45822-Malaysia-GP-Preview-Sauber
Force India - http://pitpass.com/45833-Malaysia-GP-Preview-Force-India


Technical Changes

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


Weather Forecast

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News




Driver Changes

None


Photos from the event

Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/865/general/thursday.html

Friday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/865/general/friday.html

Saturday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/865/general/saturday.html

Sunday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/865/general/sunday.html


FIA Press Conference

Thursday - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/98251

Friday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/3/13152.html

Saturday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/3/13159.html

Sunday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/3/13168.html


Practice 1
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                Team                   Time               Laps[/b]
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m38.021s            19
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m38.535s  + 0.514   21
 3.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m38.813s  + 0.792   21
 4.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m38.826s  + 0.805   19
 5.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault          1m38.919s  + 0.898   17
 6.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m39.092s  + 1.071   20
 7.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault          1m39.128s  + 1.107   22
 8.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m39.298s  + 1.277   23
 9.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m39.323s  + 1.302   15
10.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes   1m39.440s  + 1.419   19
11.  Valterri Bottas       Williams-Renault       1m39.724s  + 1.703   23
12.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault       1m39.783s  + 1.762   23
13.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m39.896s  + 1.875   16
14.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m39.910s  + 1.889   21
15.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m39.980s  + 1.959   23
16.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m40.099s  + 2.078   23
17.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault       1m40.247s  + 2.226   19
18.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m40.469s  + 2.448   23
19.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault       1m40.857s  + 2.836   25
20.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m41.085s  + 3.064   23
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth      1m43.170s  + 5.149   18
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth      1m44.580s  + 6.559   14
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth           1m45.360s  + 7.339    8
24.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth           1m45.528s  + 7.507   18


Practice 2
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                Team                  Time               Laps[/b]
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m38.172             28
 2.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m38.533s  + 0.361   34
 3.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m38.535s  + 0.363   29
 4.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m38.696s  + 0.524   34
 5.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m38.853s  + 0.681   33
 6.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m38.891s  + 0.719   27
 7.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m39.133s  + 0.961   29
 8.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m39.297s  + 1.125   33
 9.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m39.311s  + 1.139   22
10.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m39.402s  + 1.230   25
11.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m39.444s  + 1.272   35
12.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m39.464s  + 1.292   26
13.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m39.625s  + 1.453   20
14.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m39.687s  + 1.515   16
15.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m39.696s  + 1.524   29
16.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m40.271s  + 2.099   27
17.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m40.678s  + 2.506   34
18.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m40.947s  + 2.775   33
19.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m41.464s  + 3.292   25
20.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m41.681s  + 3.509   20
21.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m42.594s  + 4.422   18
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m42.874s  + 4.702   24
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m43.658s  + 5.486   18
24.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m43.283s  + 5.561   22


Practice 3
Code: 
[b]Pos Driver                Team                  Time               Laps[/b]
 1. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m36.877             16
 2. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m37.320s  + 0.443   15
 3. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m37.338s  + 0.461   12
 4. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m37.356s  + 0.479   13
 5. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m37.382s  + 0.505   13
 6. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m37.404s  + 0.527   12
 7. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m37.455s  + 0.578   13
 8. Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m37.663s  + 0.786   15
 9. Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m37.776s  + 0.899    8
10. Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m37.977s  + 1.100   17
11. Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m38.091s  + 1.214   20
12. Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m38.178s  + 1.301   15
13. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m38.246s  + 1.369   17
14. Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m38.285s  + 1.408   16
15. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m38.423s  + 1.546   13
16. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m38.640s  + 1.763   11
17. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m38.794s  + 1.917   18
18. Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m39.20$s  + 2.332   16
19. Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m39.704s  + 2.827   15
20. Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m40.189s  + 3.312   14
21. Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m41.901s  + 5.024   14
22. Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m42.007s  + 5.130   14
23. Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m42.464s  + 5.587   14
24. Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m43.378s  + 6.501   17


Qualifying
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                Team                 Time         Gap   [/b]
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m36.219s
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m36.368s   + 0.149
 3.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m36.391s   + 0.172
 4.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m36.461s   + 0.242
 5.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault        1m36.461s   + 0.242
 6.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m36.634s   + 0.415
 7.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault        1m36.658s   + 0.439
 8.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m36.664s   + 0.445
 9.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m37.566s   + 1.347
10.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m37.698s   + 1.479
Q2 cut-off time: 1m37.477s                                   Gap **
11.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault     1m37.589s   + 0.874
12.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m37.731s   + 1.016
13.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault     1m37.841s   + 1.126
14.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m37.877s   + 1.162
15.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m37.883s   + 1.168
16.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes 1m37.890s   + 1.175
17.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m38.069s   + 1.354
Q1 cut-off time: 1m38.437s                                   Gap *
18.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m39.077s   + 1.905
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault     1m39.306s   + 2.134
20.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault     1m39.567s   + 2.395
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth    1m40.903s   + 3.731
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth    1m41.250s   + 4.078
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth         1m42.914s   + 5.742
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth         1m43.655s   + 6.483

107% time: 1m43.974s

* Gap to quickest in Q1 ** Gap to quickest in Q2


Race
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver        Team                       Time[/b]
 1.  Alonso        Ferrari                    2h44:51.812
 2.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +     2.263
 3.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +    14.591
 4.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    17.688
 5.  Raikkonen     Lotus-Renault              +    29.456
 6.  Senna         Williams-Renault           +    37.667
 7.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +    44.412
 8.  Vergne        Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    46.985
 9.  Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes       +    47.892
10.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    49.996
11.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +  1:15.527
12.  Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:16.826
13.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +  1:18.593
14.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +  1:19.719
15.  Massa         Ferrari                    +  1:37.319
16.  Petrov        Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
17.  Glock         Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
18.  Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
19.  Maldonado     Williams-Renault           +    2 laps
20.  Pic           Marussia-Cosworth          +    2 laps
21.  Karthikeyan   HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps
22.  De la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps

Fastest lap: Raikkonen, 1:40.722

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                         On lap
Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari               47
Grosjean      Lotus-Renault                4


World Championship standings, round 2:

Code: 
[b]Drivers:                    Constructors:             [/b]
 1.  Alonso        35        1.  McLaren-Mercedes           55
 2.  Hamilton      30        2.  Red Bull-Renault           42
 3.  Button        25        3.  Ferrari                    35
 4.  Webber        24        4.  Sauber-Ferrari             30
 5.  Perez         22        5.  Lotus-Renault              16
 6.  Vettel        18        6.  Force India-Mercedes        9
 7.  Raikkonen     16        7.  Williams-Renault            8
 8.  Senna          8        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari          6
 9.  Kobayashi      8        9.  Mercedes                    1
10.  Di Resta       7       
11.  Vergne         4       
12.  Hulkenberg     2       
13.  Ricciardo      2       
14.  Schumacher     1
 
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Well I was going to say if this is dry we'll actually see the reletive pace of each team, as Austrailia is notorious for throwing up odd results.

Looking at the forecast though, it could be wet. We know that it always rains in the afternoon. It's called the rainy season for a reason.
 
It's nice to not have a clue who will win this one. Especially with the chance of rain.

I will go for Hamilton to bounce back and upset the usual form by winning in the wet!

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Was hoping for a dry weekend as it should give a better idea of where everyone is as Australia is pretty unique, but a fully wet weekend won't be so bad I guess :-D
 
That forcast better not change on an hourly basis like the Australian one did! I'm in the mood for some wet race fun!
 
I'll be very happy with more of this...

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Goates said:
Lol what an amazing forecast. Wonder if Kimi will be eating his ice cream on race day again
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Probably if his car is already damaged and not gong back out on track as it was last time.

I wouldn't read to much into that forecast. It will most likely be dry and sunny in the early afternoon. It's after 5pm or so when the rain usually starts.
 
Tenzo said:
Exciting - hope for a Mclaren 1-2, ideally Lewis then Jenson and then....


Schumacher!
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Lewis struggled in round 1, after looking at many on board videos of Lewis compared to vettel and button after the sc, Lewis was struggling with wheel spin and just over all traction from the rear, vettel was pushing very hard and along with webber. But jenson was in a different league, he looked so much more relaxed than the others.....

Malaysia is one of Lewis's favorite tracks so high hopes from him this weekend :)
 
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