2011 Formula One Indian Grand Prix

Chris Jenkins · Oct 28, 2011

I thought I'd get this started for Scott. (Scott, feel free to hijack, edit, etc)

FP1 times: (copied from Autosport)

1. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1:26.836
2. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull 1:27.416
3. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull 1:27.428
4. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 1:28.394
5. Michael Schumacher (Germany) Mercedes 1:28.531
6. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 1:28.542
7. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1:28.644
8. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Force India 1:28.705
9. Sebastien Buemi (Switzerland) Toro Rosso 1:29.219
10. Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) Sauber 1:29.355
11. Paul Di Resta (Britain) Force India 1:29.700
12. Vitaly Petrov (Russia) Renault 1:29.705
13. Bruno Senna (Brazil) Renault 1:29.799
14. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Sauber 1:30.132
15. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Williams 1:30.367
16. Jaime Alguersuari (Spain) Toro Rosso 1:30.566
17. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Williams 1:30.669
18. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Lotus 1:30.818
19. Karun Chandhok (India) Lotus 1:32.487
20. Timo Glock (Germany) Virgin 1:32.771
21. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) HRT 1:33.928
22. Narain Karthikeyan (India) HRT 1:34.113
23. Jerome d'Ambrosio (Belgium) Virgin 1:35.796
24. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 1:35.899

Chris Jenkins · Oct 28, 2011

Hamilton & Perez both given 3 place Grid Penalties for speeding under yellow flags in FP1!

Chris Jenkins · Oct 28, 2011

FP2 times: (copied from Planet F1)

1. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m25.706s
2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m25.794s + 0.088
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m25.930s + 0.224
4. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m26.454s + 0.748
5. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m26.500s + 0.794
6. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m26.714s + 1.008
7. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m27.316s + 1.610
8. Bruno Senna Renault 1m27.498s + 1.792
9. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m27.853s + 2.147
10. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m27.868s + 2.162
11. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m27.890s + 2.184
12. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m28.050s + 2.344
13. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m28.289s + 2.583
14. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m28.552s + 2.846
15. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m28.691s + 2.985
16. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m28.708s + 3.002
17. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m29.332s + 3.626
18. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m30.241s + 4.535
19. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m31.098s + 5.392
20. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m31.469s + 5.763
21. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m31.804s + 6.098
22. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m32.593s + 6.887
23. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m32.768s + 7.062
24. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1m32.824s + 7.118

Bram Hengeveld · Oct 28, 2011

What was MSC doing in the FP2? Driving backwards? 21st!

Chris Jenkins · Oct 28, 2011

Rosberg only 19th as well.
Maybe they were doing some parts testing

Eric Parker · Oct 28, 2011

That's a bit annoying about Hamilton. No luck, no luck at all.

Chris Jenkins · Oct 28, 2011

I'm very surprised that they penalised him for that.
The automated yellow flag icon from the screen (controlled by Race Control) had been turned off, this automatically turns off the light on the driver's steering wheel.
One side of the track was showing green, the other had yellow flags.

Surely an exception could be made because there was a mix-up of signals?

Eric Parker · Oct 28, 2011

Yeah i saw that, not to mention the air quality was a little less than ideal.

Chris Jenkins · Oct 28, 2011

Eric Parker said:
Yeah i saw that, not to mention the air quality was a little less than ideal.

Was the dust affecting visibility?
I listened to it on 5 Live, didn't see it on TV.

Eric Parker · Oct 28, 2011

Looked pretty thick. I'm not sure if it was dust or heavy smog.

Chris Jenkins · Oct 28, 2011

probably both. Did you see the dust getting kicked up from the outside of the apex?

Kennett Ylitalo · Oct 28, 2011

Very dusty indeed. The track looks promising. I did build a GE map with BTB and i just hoped that there would be elevation changes. I got my wish, it's totally different than my flat version. Variable track width makes it very interesting indeed.

That Hamilton penalty was a bit unnecessary. I thought that it was okay as he did +0.1 in that lap and -0.5 the next but stewarts do have all the section times. He gets every penalty available, not sure if it's fair, i guess they are trying to teach him a lesson.

EDIT: Just looking FP2, that T9 is causing difficulties, a lot of spins and overshoots.. Nice

Kennett Ylitalo · Oct 28, 2011

A veru thorough article about the Mercedes frontwing F-duct: http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/mercedes-f-duct-front-wing/

It was covered with tape in practice, didn't notice if it was used in either free practice.

Eric Parker · Oct 29, 2011

Air quality is poor again for FP3.

Kennett Ylitalo · Oct 29, 2011

Formula1.com: "Hamilton and Perez drop three apiece, Petrov, Ricciardo and Karthikeyan five, the Russian for his indiscretion in Korea, the Australian for a gearbox change and the Indian for blocking Schumacher during Q1. Thus the starting order will be: Vettel, Webber; Alonso, Button; Hamilton, Massa; Rosberg, Sutil; Buemi, Alguersuari; Schumacher, di Resta; Maldonado, Senna; Barrichello, Petrov; Kobayashi, Kovalainen; Trulli, Perez; D'Ambrosio, Ricciardo; Karthikeyan, Glock."

Ramon Alonso · Oct 29, 2011

Will we hear in this race, "Seb, Mark is faster than you."

Kennett Ylitalo · Oct 29, 2011

The F1 Rock event turned into a riot. There were too few security personnel and some technical diffilculties also linked to security. Very unfortunate turn for what was suppose to be a wonderful weekend. At least one serious injury is reported.

Rhys Gardiner · Oct 30, 2011

One slight annoyance for me. Every new track added to the F1 calendar in the last few years (with the exception of Circuit of the Americas, Yas Marina and Port Imperial) has been christened "[X] International Circuit". I don't know about you, but "Buddh International Circuit" doesn't sound particularly charismatic (though I realise it does have spiritual significance for some people). Wouldn't the name of the region the circuit is in, Greater Noida, be a better name? It sounds epic, and fits for a Formula One track.