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2012 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX - Provisional Results

McLaren's Jenson Button took a commanding win in Sunday's 2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix after a dramatic first-corner crash eliminated team mate Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, Lotus's Romain Grosjean and Sauber's Sergio Perez.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel was a distant second, comfortably clear of Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen in third.

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Pos - No - Driver - Team - Laps - Time/Retired - Grid - Pts
1 - 3 - Jenson Button - McLaren-Mercedes - 44 - 1:29:08.530 - 1 - 25
2 - 1 - Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing-Renault - 44 - +13.6 secs - 10 - 18
3 - 9 - Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus-Renault - 44 - +25.3 secs - 3 - 15
4 - 12 - Nico Hulkenberg - Force India-Mercedes - 44 - +27.8 secs - 11 - 12
5 - 6 - Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 44 - +29.8 secs - 14 - 10
6 - 2 - Mark Webber - Red Bull Racing-Renault - 44 - +31.2 secs - 12 - 8
7 - 7 - Michael Schumacher - Mercedes - 44 - +53.3 secs - 13 - 6
8 - 17 - Jean-Eric Vergne - STR-Ferrari - 44 - +58.8 secs - 15 - 4
9 - 16 - Daniel Ricciardo - STR-Ferrari - 44 - +62.9 secs - 16 - 2
10 - 11 - Paul di Resta - Force India-Mercedes - 44 - +63.7 secs - 9 - 1
11 - 8 - Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 44 - +65.1 secs - 23 -
12 - 19 - Bruno Senna - Williams-Renault - 44 - +71.5 secs - 17 -
13 - 14 - Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber-Ferrari - 43 - +1 Lap - 2 -
14 - 21 - Vitaly Petrov - Caterham-Renault - 43 - +1 Lap - 19 -
15 - 24 - Timo Glock - Marussia-Cosworth - 43 - +1 Lap - 20 -
16 - 25 - Charles Pic - Marussia-Cosworth - 43 - +1 Lap - 22 -
17 - 20 - Heikki Kovalainen - Caterham-Renault - 43 - +1 Lap - 18 -
18 - 22 - Pedro de la Rosa - HRT-Cosworth - 43 - +1 Lap - 21 -
Ret - 23 - Narain Karthikeyan - HRT-Cosworth - 29 - Accident - 24 -
Ret - 18 - Pastor Maldonado - Williams-Renault - 4 - Accident - 6 -
Ret - 15 - Sergio Perez - Sauber-Ferrari - 0 - Accident - 4 -
Ret - 5 - Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 0 - Accident - 5 -
Ret - 4 - Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes - 0 - Accident - 7 -
Ret - 10 - Romain Grosjean - Lotus-Renault - 0 - Accident - 8 -

Romain Grosjean has been banned for one race by Belgian GP stewards for triggering the massive first-corner collision in Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix.

The Frenchman will sit out next weekend's Italian GP at Monza after stewards at Spa ruled that he had been at fault for causing the big collision which took out for drivers on the spot at the first corner. Grosjean has also been given a €50,000 fine.

Announcing their verdict more than two hours after the end of the race which was won by McLaren's Jenson Button, stewards issued a strongly-worded rebuke of the Lotus driver.

"The stewards regard this incident as an extremely serious breach of the regulations which had the potential to cause injury to others," the statement read.

"It eliminated leading championship contenders from the race."

"The stewards note the team conceded the action of the driver was an extremely serious mistake and an error of judgement. Neither the team nor the driver made any submission in mitigation of penalty."

Replays of the incident showed that the Lotus driver, who had started from eighth on the grid, squeezed Lewis Hamilton onto the grass as the McLaren driver attempted to go down the outside of him, causing the Briton to lose control of his car and plough into the back of the Lotus.

This sent Grosjean onto a collision course with the Sauber of Sergio Perez, who he vaulted over the back of, and across the nose of Fernando Alonso's Ferrari, putting all three drivers out on the spot along with Hamilton and damaging the other Sauber of Kamui Kobayashi.

Sky sports.

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Lewis Hamilton is on the verge of leaving McLaren to drive for Mercedes next season, according to BBC F1 chief analyst Eddie Jordan.

The former team boss says Hamilton will replace Michael Schumacher, who will retire from driving for a second time at the end of the year.

"I believe Hamilton and Mercedes have already agreed personal terms and a deal could be imminent," Jordan said.

In a statement Mercedes said they "do not comment on speculation".

But they added: "Until we are in a position to confirm our full driver line-up for next season, it is inevitable that there will be speculation around this topic."

A McLaren spokesman said: "We have been told by Lewis Hamilton's management team that the story is untrue.

"Negotiations between Lewis Hamilton and McLaren [over a new contract] continue."

Hamilton's management team XIX Entertainment also released a statement, saying: "As mentioned in the past by all parties, we are in advanced discussions with McLaren about a new deal.

BBC

FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO SANTANDER D'ITALIA 2012 - Qualifying

Pos - No - Driver - Team - Q1 - Q2 - Q3 - Laps
1 - 4 - Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes - 1:24.211 - 1:24.394 - 1:24.010 - 15
2 - 3 - Jenson Button - McLaren-Mercedes - 1:24.672 - 1:24.255 - 1:24.133 - 15
3 - 6 - Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 1:24.882 - 1:24.505 - 1:24.247 - 16
4 - 11 - Paul di Resta - Force India-Mercedes - 1:24.875 - 1:24.345 - 1:24.304 - 17
5 - 7 - Michael Schumacher - Mercedes - 1:25.302 - 1:24.675 - 1:24.540 - 14
6 - 1 - Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing-Renault - 1:25.011 - 1:24.687 - 1:24.802 - 22
7 - 8 - Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:24.689 - 1:24.515 - 1:24.833 - 15
8 - 9 - Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus-Renault - 1:25.151 - 1:24.742 - 1:24.855 - 18
9 - 14 - Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber-Ferrari - 1:25.317 - 1:24.683 - 1:25.109 - 18
10 - 5 - Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:24.175 - 1:24.242 - 1:25.678 - 16
11 - 2 - Mark Webber - Red Bull Racing-Renault - 1:25.556 - 1:24.809 - - 21
12 - 18 - Pastor Maldonado - Williams-Renault - 1:25.103 - 1:24.820 - - 17
13 - 15 - Sergio Perez - Sauber-Ferrari - 1:25.300 - 1:24.901 - - 14
14 - 19 - Bruno Senna - Williams-Renault - 1:25.135 - 1:25.042 - - 16
15 - 16 - Daniel Ricciardo - STR-Ferrari - 1:25.728 - 1:25.312 - - 20
16 - 10 - Jerome D'Ambrosio - Lotus-Renault - 1:25.834 - 1:25.408 - - 19
17 - 17 - Jean-Eric Vergne - STR-Ferrari - 1:25.649 - 1:25.441 - - 18
18 - 20 - Heikki Kovalainen - Caterham-Renault - 1:26.382 - - - 11
19 - 21 - Vitaly Petrov - Caterham-Renault - 1:26.887 - - - 11
20 - 24 - Timo Glock - Marussia-Cosworth - 1:27.039 - - - 10
21 - 25 - Charles Pic - Marussia-Cosworth - 1:27.073 - - - 9
22 - 23 - Narain Karthikeyan - HRT-Cosworth - 1:27.441 - - - 9
23 - 22 - Pedro de la Rosa - HRT-Cosworth - 1:27.629 - - - 10
24 - 12 - Nico Hulkenberg - Force India-Mercedes - No time - - - 2

FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO SANTANDER D'ITALIA 2012
Provisional Results

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Pos - No - Driver - Team - Laps - Time/Retired - Grid - Pts
1 - 4 - Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes - 53 - 1:19:41.221 - 1 - 25
2 - 15 - Sergio Perez - Sauber-Ferrari - 53 - +4.3 secs - 12 - 18
3 - 5 - Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 53 - +20.5 secs - 10 - 15
4 - 6 - Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 53 - +29.6 secs - 3 - 12
5 - 9 - Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus-Renault - 53 - +30.8 secs - 7 - 10
6 - 7 - Michael Schumacher - Mercedes - 53 - +31.2 secs - 4 - 8
7 - 8 - Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 53 - +33.5 secs - 6 - 6
8 - 11 - Paul di Resta - Force India-Mercedes - 53 - +41.0 secs - 9 - 4
9 - 14 - Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber-Ferrari - 53 - +43.8 secs - 8 - 2
10 - 19 - Bruno Senna - Williams-Renault - 53 - +48.1 secs - 13 - 1
11 - 18 - Pastor Maldonado - Williams-Renault - 53 - +48.6 secs - 22 -
12 - 16 - Daniel Ricciardo - STR-Ferrari - 53 - +50.3 secs - 14 -
13 - 10 - Jerome D'Ambrosio - Lotus-Renault - 53 - +75.8 secs - 15 -
14 - 20 - Heikki Kovalainen - Caterham-Renault - 52 - +1 Lap - 17 -
15 - 21 - Vitaly Petrov - Caterham-Renault - 52 - +1 Lap - 18 -
16 - 25 - Charles Pic - Marussia-Cosworth - 52 - +1 Lap - 20 -
17 - 24 - Timo Glock - Marussia-Cosworth - 52 - +1 Lap - 19 -
18 - 22 - Pedro de la Rosa - HRT-Cosworth - 52 - +1 Lap - 23 -
19 - 23 - Narain Karthikeyan - HRT-Cosworth - 52 - +1 Lap - 21 -
20 - 2 - Mark Webber - Red Bull Racing-Renault - 51 - +2 Laps - 11 -
21 - 12 - Nico Hulkenberg - Force India-Mercedes - 50 - +3 Laps - 24 -
22 - 1 - Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing-Renault - 47 - +6 Laps - 5 -
Ret - 3 - Jenson Button - McLaren-Mercedes - 32 - +21 Laps - 2 -
Ret - 17 - Jean-Eric Vergne - STR-Ferrari - 8 - Spin - 16

Standings

Pos - Team - Points
1 - Red Bull Racing-Renault - 272
2 - McLaren-Mercedes - 243
3 - Ferrari - 226
4 - Lotus-Renault - 217
5 - Mercedes - 126
6 - Sauber-Ferrari - 100
7 - Force India-Mercedes - 63
8 - Williams-Renault - 54
9 - STR-Ferrari - 12
10 - Caterham-Renault - 0
11 - Marussia-Cosworth - 0
12 - HRT-Cosworth - 0

Pos - Driver - Nationality - Team - Points
1 - Fernando Alonso - Spanish - Ferrari - 179
2 - Lewis Hamilton - British - McLaren-Mercedes - 142
3 - Kimi Räikkönen - Finnish - Lotus-Renault - 141
4 - Sebastian Vettel - German - Red Bull Racing-Renault - 140
5 - Mark Webber - Australian - Red Bull Racing-Renault - 132
6 - Jenson Button - British - McLaren-Mercedes - 101
7 - Nico Rosberg - German - Mercedes - 83
8 - Romain Grosjean - French - Lotus-Renault - 76
9 - Sergio Perez - Mexican - Sauber-Ferrari - 65
10 - Felipe Massa - Brazilian - Ferrari - 47
11 - Michael Schumacher - German - Mercedes - 43
12 - Kamui Kobayashi - Japanese - Sauber-Ferrari - 35
13 - Paul di Resta - British - Force India-Mercedes - 32
14 - Nico Hulkenberg - German - Force India-Mercedes - 31
15 - Pastor Maldonado - Venezuelan - Williams-Renault - 29
16 - Bruno Senna - Brazilian - Williams-Renault - 25
17 - Jean-Eric Vergne - French - STR-Ferrari - 8
18 - Daniel Ricciardo - Australian - STR-Ferrari - 4
19 - Heikki Kovalainen - Finnish - Caterham-Renault - 0
20 - Vitaly Petrov - Russian - Caterham-Renault - 0
21 - Timo Glock - German - Marussia-Cosworth - 0
22 - Charles Pic - French - Marussia-Cosworth - 0
23 - Narain Karthikeyan - Indian - HRT-Cosworth - 0
24 - Pedro de la Rosa - Spanish - HRT-Cosworth - 0

kimi is sneaking up the leader board!

I think this is a great idea!!

TV show to reunite people with their old cars

Perhaps the only fantasy in the collector car world as common as the gI wish I had a time machine to go back and buy all the cool cars before they got expensiveh daydream is the one in which people wish they had their old high-school car back. In most cases, however, that old high-school car disappeared decades ago, presumably never to be seen again. A new TV show, however, aims to change all that.

Restoration Reunion, a show currently in development from London- and Santa Monica-based Firecracker Films, has put out a call for classic car enthusiasts who would like to find their old cars. gYou know, the one you took to the drive-in filled with all your friends, or the one you paraded the love of your life in, or the one you religiously washed and waxed every weekend while the neighborhood kids watched,h Firecracker Films wrote. The producers are also opening up the show to people looking to surprise spouses, partners or parents with their old cars. While it would be ideal for interested people to have the VIN and photos of the missing car, the showfs producers said itfs not necessary.

Anybody who would like to participate in the show should email [email protected] sometime within the next couple of weeks.

^ would love to find my old lamborghini jalpa. :hehe:

Who says there's no humor (humoUr) in F1?

Maybe I should put this in the Anime thread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YnrrrF3TdA

2012 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX - Qualifying

Pos - No - Driver - Team - Q1 - Q2 - Q3 - Laps
1 - 4 - Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes - 1:48.285 - 1:46.665 - 1:46.362 - 14
2 - 18 - Pastor Maldonado - Williams-Renault - 1:49.494 - 1:47.602 - 1:46.804 - 17
3 - 1 - Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing-Renault - 1:48.240 - 1:46.791 - 1:46.905 - 14
4 - 3 - Jenson Button - McLaren-Mercedes - 1:49.381 - 1:47.661 - 1:46.939 - 15
5 - 5 - Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:49.391 - 1:47.567 - 1:47.216 - 14
6 - 11 - Paul di Resta - Force India-Mercedes - 1:48.028 - 1:47.667 - 1:47.241 - 18
7 - 2 - Mark Webber - Red Bull Racing-Renault - 1:48.717 - 1:47.513 - 1:47.475 - 17
8 - 10 - Romain Grosjean - Lotus-Renault - 1:47.688 - 1:47.529 - 1:47.788 - 16
9 - 7 - Michael Schumacher - Mercedes - 1:49.546 - 1:47.823 - - 14
10 - 8 - Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:49.463 - 1:47.943 - - 13
11 - 12 - Nico Hulkenberg - Force India-Mercedes - 1:49.547 - 1:47.975 - - 12
12 - 9 - Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus-Renault - 1:48.169 - 1:48.261 - - 14
13 - 6 - Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 1:49.767 - 1:48.344 - - 12
14 - 15 - Sergio Perez - Sauber-Ferrari - 1:49.055 - 1:48.505 - - 14
15 - 16 - Daniel Ricciardo - STR-Ferrari - 1:49.023 - 1:48.774 - - 13
16 - 17 - Jean-Eric Vergne - STR-Ferrari - 1:49.564 - 1:48.849 - - 14
17 - 19 - Bruno Senna - Williams-Renault - 1:49.809 - - - 10
18 - 14 - Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber-Ferrari - 1:49.933 - - - 8
19 - 21 - Vitaly Petrov - Caterham-Renault - 1:50.846 - - - 6
20 - 20 - Heikki Kovalainen - Caterham-Renault - 1:51.137 - - - 6
21 - 24 - Timo Glock - Marussia-Cosworth - 1:51.370 - - - 8
22 - 25 - Charles Pic - Marussia-Cosworth - 1:51.762 - - - 8
23 - 23 - Narain Karthikeyan - HRT-Cosworth - 1:52.372 - - - 7
24 - 22 - Pedro de la Rosa - HRT-Cosworth - 1:53.355 - - - 7

Maldonado on the front row. That's a recipe for disaster. :sweat:

2012 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX - Provisional Results

Pos - No - Driver - Team - Laps - Time/Retired - Grid - Pts
1 - 1 - Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing-Renault - 59 - Winner - 3 - 25
2 - 3 - Jenson Button - McLaren-Mercedes - 59 - +8.9 secs - 4 - 18
3 - 5 - Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 59 - +15.2 secs - 5 - 15
4 - 11 - Paul di Resta - Force India-Mercedes - 59 - +19.0 secs - 6 - 12
5 - 8 - Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 59 - +34.7 secs - 10 - 10
6 - 9 - Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus-Renault - 59 - +35.7 secs - 12 - 8
7 - 10 - Romain Grosjean - Lotus-Renault - 59 - +36.6 secs - 8 - 6
8 - 6 - Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 59 - +42.8 secs - 13 - 4
9 - 16 - Daniel Ricciardo - STR-Ferrari - 59 - +45.8 secs - 15 - 2
10 - 2 - Mark Webber - Red Bull Racing-Renault - 59 - +47.1 secs - 7 - 1
11 - 15 - Sergio Perez - Sauber-Ferrari - 59 - +50.6 secs - 14 -
12 - 24 - Timo Glock - Marussia-Cosworth - 59 - +91.9 secs - 20 -
13 - 14 - Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber-Ferrari - 59 - +97.1 secs - 17 -
14 - 12 - Nico Hulkenberg - Force India-Mercedes - 59 - +99.4 secs - 11 -
15 - 20 - Heikki Kovalainen - Caterham-Renault - 59 - +107.9 secs - 19 -
16 - 25 - Charles Pic - Marussia-Cosworth - 59 - +132.8 secs - 21 -
17 - 22 - Pedro de la Rosa - HRT-Cosworth - 58 - +1 Lap - 24 -
18 - 19 - Bruno Senna - Williams-Renault - 57 - +2 Lap - 22 -
19 - 21 - Vitaly Petrov - Caterham-Renault - 57 - +2 Lap - 18 -
Ret - 17 - Jean-Eric Vergne - STR-Ferrari - 38 - +21 Laps - 16 -
Ret - 7 - Michael Schumacher - Mercedes - 38 - +21 Laps - 9 -
Ret - 18 - Pastor Maldonado - Williams-Renault - 36 - +23 Laps - 2 -
Ret - 23 - Narain Karthikeyan - HRT-Cosworth - 30 - +29 Laps - 23 -
Ret - 4 - Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes - 22 - +37 Laps - 1 -

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Over-pimped ride.

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bmwracer wrote:Over-pimped ride.

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:rofl: Slightly.

So long, Schumi, welcome Lewis! : http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/19755236

Just my opinion, this could be a potential career killing move for Lewis.

gaijinmark wrote:So long, Schumi, welcome Lewis! : http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/19755236

Just my opinion, this could be a potential career killing move for Lewis.

The worst kept secret finally comes out! :hehe:

kenjilina wrote:The worst kept secret finally comes out! :hehe:

Hehe.

Time for Schumi to let the young lions have their chance... Maybe he should take up sports car or Le Mans racing... :)