2012 Formula One Australian Grand Prix

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The 2012 Australian Grand Prix will be a Formula One race due to be held on 18 March 2012as the opening round of the 2012 Formula One season. It will be the 77th race in the combined history of the Australian Grand Prix that dates back to the 100 Miles Road Race of 1928, and the 17th time the event has been held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit at Albert Park. The race will be the first since the 1973 German Grand Prix not to feature an Italian driver on the grid.The signing of 2007 World Champion Kimi Räikkönen means that six current and former World Drivers' Champions will take part in the race for the first time in the sport's sixty-three year history.The race will also see two debutants, Jean-Éric Vergne and Charles Pic. With Romain Grosjean also returning to the championship, it will be the first race since the 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix to feature three French drivers on the grid.

The Track
Circuit Name: Albert Park
Circuit Length: 5.303 km
Race Distance: 307.574 km (58 laps)
Lap Record: 1:24.125 - Michael Schumacher (2004)
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Time Table
Friday 16 March 2012
01:30 GMT Practice 1
05:30 GMT Practice 2

Saturday 17 March 2012
03:00 GMT Practice 3
06:00 GMT Qualifying

Sunday 18 March 2012
06:00 GMT Race

Season Previews
F1 2012 - Part 1
F1 2012 - Part 2

Teams & Drivers
Red Bull
Engines: Renault
1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Mark Webber

McLaren
Engines: Mercedes
3. Jenson Button
4. Lewis Hamilton

Ferrari
Engines: Ferrari
5. Fernando Alonso
6. Felipe Massa

Mercedes
Engines: Mercedes
7. Michael Schumacher
8. Nico Rosberg

Lotus
Engines: Renault
9. Kimi Raikkonen
10. Romain Grosjean

Force India
Engines: Mercedes
11. Paul di Resta
12. Nico Hulkenberg

Sauber
Engines: Ferrari
14. Kamui Kobayashi
15. Sergio Perez

Toro Rosso
Engines: Ferrari
16. Daniel Ricciardo
17. Jean-Eric Vergne

Williams
Engines: Renault
18. Pastor Maldonado
19. Bruno Senna

Caterham
Engines: Renault
20. Heikki Kovalainen
21. Vitaly Petrov

HRT
Engines: Cosworth
22. Narain Karthikeyan
23. Pedro de la Rosa

Marussia
Engines: Cosworth
24. Timo Glock
25. Charles Pic

2011 Winner
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing - Renault)

2011 On board
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
 
Looking at the OP: Actually, Grosjean is a Swiss, he was born in Geneva.

He's only classified as French because he races with a French license. Funnily enough, he drove as Swiss in GT1...

Only Vergne and Pic are "true" French drivers.

Yeah, ofc I am biased:p
 
Soon it´s time to forget everything about the world and just see 24 cars accelerate as the lights go out with the commentator screaming ecstatically as we see no less then 6 world champions fighting to be first into T1.

I just hope this year the cars are more evenly matched. Like in 07-08, those were the golden years of the modern day.


- So true António :)
 
Looking at the OP: Actually, Grosjean is a Swiss, he was born in Geneva.

He's only classified as French because he races with a French license. Funnily enough, he drove as Swiss in GT1...

Only Vergne and Pic are "true" French drivers.

Yeah, ofc I am biased:p
You had better tell Wikipedia as they have him as being born in Paris in april 17th 1986 of a French Mother.
He holds dual nationality.
 
It never crossed your mind why there´s only a dot in the message. Seeing as you can´t delete your own topics here?
dot = nevermind.

Then there´s the question of what is useless seeing as you have made a considerable amount of threads about topics already discussed in several other threads.

You know. Smile to life. And life will smile back!
 
"The Blown Diffuser"
Official Chronicle of the Race Department F1 on Xbox
Anchor man David O’Brundle wakes from a dream in which he has seen 7 days into the future.
“Not the F1 News”
Headlines from Melbourne after Qualifying .
HRT have been very happy with “surprising pace out of the box” expecting to make only minor adjustments after Friday practice.
Ferraris Luca deMontezemolo has put their lack of pace down to bad planning and execution and are not looking for any other people to answer senior managements questions.
Virgin have looked the class act of the field with their sharp pit stops and perfect reliability and pace.
McLaren have been fastest in all sessions. Lewis Hamilton feels "lucky to have this job and to drive with such a team"
RedBulls Vettel has struggled in qualifying and hopes to have better race pace.
Christian Horner is doing a guest appearance at a womens only nightclub.
Mercedes Benz Michael Schumacher acknowledges Niko Rosbergs great driving and offers full support as #2.
Toro Rosso Dr Helmut Marko has no comment on the Toro Rossos' performance and refers us to team management as he feels “ it’s too long since I have had a real involvement in the driving or technical side to make meritous comment”.
Caterham have put Petrovs difficult race and lack of pace relative to Kovalienen down to an abundance of cash but just average skill levels. Spokesman says “Petrovs cash paid for KERs for 2 cars so that’s .8 seconds a lap in total. So when you deduct that from his times he’s not really that slow.
Nicky Lauda has said that "dont mind me! so much has changed since the 80s that really I'm a bit out of touch and just like winding people up a bit."
 
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