Formula One 2012

[tweety bird]

Monisha Kaltenborn has officially become the first female F1 team boss after Peter Sauber handed over the daily running of the Sauber team.

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8157624/Kaltenborn-is-Sauber-s-new-team-boss

[sh@un]

a woman? in charge?

madness

[tweety bird]

1 and 1/2 hours till p1 boys.

[wolverine]

Asia ftw.

Fills in time at work nicely.

[tweety bird]

i mid day practice and races.

the stream is so much smoother then the afternoon races.

[dori34]

Korea + Lotus upgrades = Kimi's first win of the season?

It'd be good to see, save Vettel running away with it again because that looks like whats about to happen

i hope it is a win for Kimi!

[tweety bird]

lol, kimi has never raced this track before guys..

[Roy]

Doubt that matters in the days of simulators ...its not a very technical track either. Lotus didn't look great in P1 either

[tweety bird]

let me clarify.

when the commentators asked kimi if he had walked/driven around the track he said no, when the commentators asked kimi if he had driven around the track in a simulator he said no.

blind kimi should be entertaining.

[ctjet]

the new lotus back end is mighty sexy

hope it gives them the speed they desperately are in need of

Edited October 12, 2012 by ctjet

[ctjet]

[ctjet]

in the spirit of Korea

[hrd-hr30]

“I’ve never been to Korea, but it doesn’t make a difference for me,” he said. “Since I was very young I have always been able to pick up circuits very quickly. This has not changed.”

Raikkonen said he prefers gaining real-world experience when learning new tracks: “I know some drivers work hard in simulators to learn a new circuit, but they are not for me.

“I have never played the Playstation or spent too much time in the simulator and it doesn’t seem to have affected my performance in the past.

“We have three hours’ practice on Friday and a further one hour before qualifying on Saturday so all the drivers will know the circuit very well.”

don't worry about Kimi - he certainly isn't...

[tweety bird]

p2 Times

01 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:38.832 33 laps

02 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:38.864 0.032 33 laps

03 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:39.160 0.328 28 laps

04 Jenson Button McLaren 1:39.219 0.387 29 laps

05 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:39.330 0.498 31 laps

06 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:39.422 0.590 30 laps

07 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:39.584 0.752 35 laps

08 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:39.717 0.885 25 laps

09 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:39.739 0.907 33 laps

10 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:39.839 1.007 26 laps

11 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:39.957 1.125 28 laps

12 Bruno Senna Williams 1:40.089 1.257 32 laps

13 Paul di Resta Force India 1:40.112 1.280 34 laps

14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:40.445 1.613 27 laps

15 Sergio Perez Sauber 1:40.745 1.913 11 laps

16 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:40.789 1.957 31 laps

17 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:40.997 2.165 32 laps

18 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:41.200 2.368 33 laps

19 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 1:41.602 2.770 23 laps

20 Timo Glock Marussia 1:42.596 3.764 28 laps

21 Charles Pic Marussia 1:43.066 4.234 20 laps

22 Vitaly Petrov Caterham 1:43.067 4.235 22 laps

23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT 1:43.869 5.037 36 laps

24 Pedro de la Rosa HRT 1:44.533 5.701 24 laps

http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/8159620/Vettel-Leads-Red-Bull-1-2-In-Practice-Two

[sh@un]

RBR white-wash unless Romain or Pasta do their thing on Sunday??

I'll reserve judgement until P3

[elrodeo666]

Anyone got a link to a decent stream for practice 3 ??

[Berk]

Pole, yeah baby.

[wolverine]

Chin on pole

[stR33ter]

Go Webs

Pole position.

What did vetool say on the radio didn't quite catch it

[tweety bird]