Sunday, November 13, 2011

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix



Lewis Hamilton won today's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in the McLaren while Fernando Alonso finished second on the Ferrari and Hamilton's teammate Jenson Button rounded out the podium.

Mark Webber in the Red Bull finished fourth, Alonso's teammate Felipe Massa finished fifth, Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher finished sixth and seventh respectively in the Mercedes, Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta finished eighth and ninth respectively in the Force India while Kamui Kobayashi rounded out the points in the Sauber.

The 55-lap dash through the Yas Marina Circuit saw Sebastian Vettel retire on the first lap with a puncture but other than that was pretty uneventful.

The next race is the final one of the season with the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos in two weeks time.

On to Brazil.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Indian Grand Prix



Sebastian Vettel won today's inaugural Indian Grand Prix in the Red Bull followed by Jenson Button in the McLaren and Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari rounded out the podium.

Vettel's teammate Mark Webber finished fourth, Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg finished fifth and sixth respectively in the Mercedes, Button's teammate Lewis Hamilton finished seventh, Jaime Alguersuari finished eighth in the Toro Rosso, Adrian Sutil finished ninth in the Force India, while Sergio Perez rounded out the points in the Sauber.

With the 60-lap dash at the Buddh International Circuit on the outskirts of New Dehli being F1's first foray into India, it produced a largely boring race but I still hope F1 has a bright future in India as a market of 1.2 billion people can hardly be overlooked.

The next race is the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit in two weeks time.

On to Abu Dhabi.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Korean Grand Prix



Sebastian Vettel won the Korean Grand Prix in the Red Bull while Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren finished second with Vette's teammate Mark Webber rounding out the podium.

Hamilton's teammate Jenson Button finished fourth, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa finished fifth and sixth respectively in the Ferrari, Jaime Alguersuari finished seventh, Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes finished eighth, Alguersuari's teammate Sebastien Buemi finished ninth, and Paul di Resta rounding out the points in the Force India.

The race was entertaining with many battles for various positions although it was too bad many more races were not like this before the title was clinched by Vettel.

The next race will be the inaugural Indian Grand Prix on the outskirts of New Dehli.

On to India.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Japanese Grand Prix



Jenson Button won today's Japanese Grand Prix in the McLaren, Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari finished second, and Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull rounded out the podium by finishing third.

Vettel's teammate Mark Webber finished fourth, Lewis Hamilton finished fifth in the McLaren, Michael Schumacher finished sixth in the Mercedes, Alonso's teammate Felipe Massa finished seventh, Sergio Perez finished eighth in the Sauber, Vitaly Petrov finished ninth in the Renault, and Schumacher's teammate Nico Rosberg finished tenth.

The 53-lap race started off uneventfully but the last half of the race was more exciting as Button, Vettel, Alonso, and Hamilton were constantly fighting for the lead. Even Schumacher led briefly until he had to pit.

The result also meant that Vettel clinched the World Championship and became the youngest driver to win back-to-back titles.

The next race is the Korean Grand Prix at Yeongam next Sunday.

On to Korea.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Singapore Grand Prix



Sebastian Vettel won the Singapore Grand Prix in the Red Bull with Jeson Button in the McLaren finishing second and Vettel's teammate finishing third.

Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari finished fourth, Button's teammate Lewis Hamilton finished fifth, Paul di Resta finished sixth in the Force India, Nico Rosberg finished seventh in the Mercedes, di Resta's teammate Adrian Sutil finished eighth, Alonso's teammate Felipe Massa finished ninth, and Sergio Perez rounded out the points by finishing tenth in the Sauber.

The 61-lap dash was largely an uneventful one as Vettel only needs one more point to clinch the championship for the second year in a row.

The next race is in two weeks time with the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.

On to Japan.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Italian Grand Prix



Sebastian Vettel won today's Italian Grand Prix at Monza in the Red Bull, with Jenson Button in the McLaren and Fernando Alonso rounding out the podium in the Ferrari. Button's teammate Lewis Hamilton finished fourth, Michael Schumacher finished fifth in the Mercedes, Alonso's teammate Felipe Massa finished sixth, Jaime Alguersuari finished seventh in the Toro Rosso, Paul di Resta in the Force India finished eighth, Bruno Senna finished ninth in the Renault, and Alguersuari's teammate Sebastien Buemi finished tenth.

The 53-lap race was a largely unexciting one and other than Alonso briefly leading the race at the start, Vettel dominated once he regained the lead and was not in any real danger of losing it again. Most of the excitment too place mostly for the other points paying positions.

The results leave Vettel with 284 poitns, Alonso with 172, Button and Webber both at 167, and Hamilton at 158. Red Bull lead with 451 points, McLaren with 325, Ferrari with 254, and Mercedes with 108.

The next race is in two weeks' time with the Singapore Grand Prix.

On to Singapore.

Monday, August 29, 2011

Belgian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won the Belgian Grand Prix in the Red Bull with his teammate Mark Webber finishing second and Jenson Button in the McLaren finished third. Fernando Alonso finished fourth in the Ferrari, both Mercedes cars of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg finished fifth and sixth respectively, Adrian Sutil in the Force India finished seventh, Alonso's teammate Felipe Massa finished eighth, Vitaly Petrov finished ninth in the Renault, with Pastor Moldonado rounding out the points in the Williams finishing tenth.

The next race is the Italian Grand Prix at Monza on Sept. 11.

On to Italy.