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CONTENTS / DECEMBER 2013
FIRST SECTOR: THE REGULARS
RACING COVER STORIES
73 68 58 42/46/52
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IGNITION MCLAREN HAVE HAPPIER TIMES AHEAD PARADES THE VERY BEST F1 PHOTOGRAPHY PITPASS NEWS, OPINION AND ANALYSIS PITPASS TECH THE SCIENCE BEHIND WET RACES PETER WINDSOR WHO IS MCLAREN’S NEW SPONSOR? DIETER RENCKEN THE RETURN OF CUSTOMER CARS VALTTERI BOTTAS IS LOOKING FORWARD TO 2014 INBOX CLASSIC TRACKS NEED CLASSIC CORNERS NOW THAT WAS A CAR THE JORDAN 191 SUBSCRIBE AND GET A FREE CREDIT CARD CASE
82 The inner workings of one of the most exciting engines ever to grace F1
SECOND SECTOR: THE FEATURES 55
42 PATRICK GOSLING/ VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES
JB: NO MORE MR NICE GUY The personable McLaren racer needs to show his teeth and take charge of his team, says Peter Windsor
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MCLAREN’S MAN AT THE TOP Team principal Martin Whitmarsh explains what went wrong in 2013 – and how they’ll put it right for 2014 LIFE AFTER LOWE When Paddy Lowe moved to Mercedes, McLaren began a radical shake-up of their technical department
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THE REAL PAUL DI RESTA
A taciturn manner earned Kimi a legion of fans – but not so this plainspoken Scot. Lee McKenzie provides a more charitable insight into a talented and honest racer
JENSON BUTTON Why the McLaren ace needs to take a tougher approach
66
HUNGRY LIKE A WOLFF Mercedes boss Toto Wolff explains why the team’s top-heavy management structure is key to their success
68
YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS A grilling from our readers reveals Marussia racer Max Chilton’s love of Reigate and dread of plate-sized spiders
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PAUL DI RESTA With talent like this, does he need media-friendly charm?
THE F1 POWER LIST Who are the movers and shakers with the most influence in the sport? After heated debate, we pick the top 21
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THE LAST OF THE V8S Say goodbye to the highest-revving engines F1 has ever seen, as the sport embraces a cleaner, greener future
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TOKYO DRIFT
Toto Wolff
We join Giedo van der Garde, for a jaunt around the Japanese capital in the retro Caterham Seven Superlight
outlines the
LUNCH WITH GARY ANDERSON
of a resurgent
The former technical brains of Jordan, who now makes complex F1 concepts digestible for BBC viewers
POWER LIST The top 21 men and 73 women who shape Formula 1
THIRD SECTOR: FINISHING STRAIGHT
GIEDO VAN DER GARDE Behind the 88 wheel of a very unusual Caterham
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JAPANESE GP REPORT WIN NINE FOR SEB INDIAN GP REPORT TITLE FOUR FOR SEB ABU DHABI GP REPORT WIN ELEVEN FOR SEB US GP PREVIEW CRACKING ATMOSPHERE STATESIDE BRAZILIAN GP PREVIEW F1 2013 DRAWS TO A CLOSE F1 BOOK REVIEW THREE MUST-HAVE RACING READS TOM CLARKSON WHY INDIA SHOULD KEEP ITS GP MURRAY WALKER ON THE LAST TIME F1 TRIED TURBO
future plans Mercedes
42/ 46/ 52 Jenson Button, Martin
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Whitmarsh
Max Chilton
McLaren
on the near-
technical team
invisible
discuss their
battle to
plans to make
prove himself
McLaren
from the back
great again
and the
of the grid
58 Lee McKenzie analyses the talent and personality of speedy Scot, Paul Di Resta
94 Maurice Hamilton meets BBC pundit and designer of the Jordan 191, Gary Anderson
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Giedo van der Garde creates a stir on the streets of Tokyo in Caterham’s sporty new offering
Ignition / Anthony Rowlinson / 12.13
Follow Anthony on Twitter: @Rowlinson_F1R
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Seconds out Mark Webber threads his RB9 through the tricky final sector of the Yas Marina circuit, glimpsed here through the intricate glass-tiled roof of the Yas Viceroy hotel. Having topped the timesheets for much of the session, he’ll be pushed into second by Seb Vet at the end – although he’ll later snatch pole Where Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi When 2.42pm, Saturday 2 November 2013 Photographer Mark Thompson/Getty Images Details Canon EOS-1DX, 200mm lens, 1/640th at F7.1
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Cruising into the sunset It’s second practice in Abu Dhabi and Jenson Button’s day is about to get complicated as a failed tyre-pressure sensor interrupts his tyre-evaluation programme. He needs all the track time he can get to wring the most out of the recalcitrant MP4-28. Just three more races to go… Where Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi When 6.09pm, Friday 1 November 2013 Photographer Charles Coates/LAT Details Canon EOS-1DX, 600mm lens, 1/100th at F18
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The soft option Fernando Alonso races into his pit box for his final stop of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – and, with just nine laps left to run, there’s a set of quick but short-lived soft-compound tyres waiting. Having started outside the top ten, he’s about to claim fifth place – via a near-miss with Jean-Eric Vergne Where Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi When 6.23pm, Sunday 3 November 2013 Photographer Lorenzo Bellanca Details Canon EOS-5D MkII, 15mm lens, 1/10th at F5.6
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Vettel with Adrian Newey’s righthand man Peter Prodromou, who has signed to McLaren for 2015
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WINNERS + SPINNERS UPS AND DOWNS ON THE F1 ROLLER COASTER GOOD MONTH FOR
Heart-warming comebacks Robert Kubica has won the second tier of the World Rally Championship (WRC2). The former F1 racer, who partially severed his arm in a rally crash in 2011, took five wins in seven events to secure his first championship. As his
The dream team: Newey,
reward, he will get to drive a top-level Citroën DS3 in
Vettel and Horner have now
November’s Wales Rally GB.
secured four title doubles Those in a rush to get the first round in After Sebastian Vettel won the world title in India, he
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spent Sunday evening helping his team pack up the garage so the party could start sooner. Team-mate Mark Webber left the circuit straight after retiring from the race. Fans of obscure historical jokes Fernando Alonso wore a special helmet in India to mark scoring more F1 points than any other driver. But one wag pondered if the number ‘1571’ on his lid was to celebrate the 442nd anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto…
Spontaneous expressions of joy Sebastian Vettel was given a reprimand and his Red Bull team fined €25,000 for his impromptu ‘donut’ at the end of
PHOTOS: GLENN DUNBAR/LAT; CHARLES COATES/LAT; ANDREW FERRARO/LAT; ANDY HONE/LAT; ALASTAIR STALEY/LAT; MCKLEIN/LAT
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the Indian GP, in celebration of his fourth world title. Many fans considered the reprimand heavy-handed. Spontaneous shedding of wheelnuts When Pastor Maldonado shed a wheelnut during a practice session at the Indian GP practice, the FIA fined his Williams team a whopping €60,000. That’s on top of another €60,000 fine for a similar offence in Suzuka. Asking nicely Lotus apologised for the radio message delivered to Kimi Räikkönen in the closing stages of the Indian GP. From the pitwall, Alan Permane radioed to Kimi: “Move out of the fucking way!” when Räikkönen got in the way of his faster team-mate Romain Grosjean. What do you reckon they’ll write in his leaving card…?
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/ Test your knowledge / Rising stars / Brawn to leave Mercedes
Answers: 1 Bruno Junqueira 2 Jordan 3 Jos Verstappen 4 Alain Prost and René Arnoux 5 Shadow 6 Chris Amon 7 Louis Chiron and Olivier Beretta 8 Tyrrell won their last F1 grand prix 9 Phoenix 10 Ligier
F1 Mastermind Your chosen specialised subject: the world’s greatest sport
1 Which Brazilian racer was beaten
6 Which famous under-achiever
by Jenson Button in a shoot-out
started his F1 career driving for
for the Williams seat in 2000?
Reg Parnell Racing?
2 Who were the last F1 team for
7 Who are the only two Monaco-
whom Jean Alesi (below left) drove?
born drivers to have started F1
3 Who replaced Jan Magnussen
world championship races?
(below right) at Stewart GP in 1998?
8 What happened on 5 June 1983?
4 Which two Frenchmen finished
9 Which former Formula 1 street
second and third in the 1983
circuit had a start/finish line on
drivers’ championship?
Jefferson Street?
5 Tony Southgate designed cars
10 For which team did Stefan
for which team from 1973 to 1979?
Johansson drive in 1988?
Brawn set to exit Mercedes A gradual departure was being planned, but team principal Ross Brawn will now leave on his own terms at the end of this season
THIS BOY CAN DRIVE Keeping an eye out for the stars of tomorrow
PHOTOS: STEVEN TEE/LAT; PETE SPINNEY/LAT; XPB/LAT; LAT ARCHIVE
NEWS
Raffaele Marciello Who is he?
Anything else we need to know about him?
Also known as ‘Lello’, he is an
He’s a member of Ferrari’s young
18-year-old Swiss driver racing
driver academy, having impressed
in the FIA European Formula 3
the Scuderia with his karting
championship for the Italian-
prowess. He also scored a debut
based Prema Powerteam.
win in the Formula Abarth singleseater series.
How good is he? In the highly rated European F3
F1 chances
series, Marciello has taken 13
Sergio Pérez and Jules Bianchi
wins, six podiums and 12 pole
have come through the academy
positions to clinch the title.
to land seats in F1. While Marciello
Even more impressively, he has
has yet to prove himself in higher
suffered only two retirements
categories, if his form continues
(and one disqualification for a
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powerful machinery, a Ferrari drive
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FORMULA 1 2014 STARTS HERE... The new Formula 1 season gets off to a roaring start on 9-12 January at the 2014 Autosport International Show, with a stunning collection of cars from all the teams contesting the world championship, and much more…
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PICTURES ANDREW FERRARO/LAT; ANDY HONE/LAT; MALCOLM GRIFFITHS/LAT; FORCE INDIA; JAMES MOY PHOTOGRAPHY; LAT ARCHIVE
Ferrari champion John Surtees and Force India’s Adrian Sutil (tbc) will be talking to fans at the show
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/ Russian Daniil Kvyat to join compatriot Sergey Sirotkin in F1
Russian teen Daniil Kvyat will take over Daniel Ricciardo’s
PHOTO: ANDREW FERRARO/LAT
Toro Rosso seat for 2014
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Maldonado: likely to
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/ Is that the last we’ll see of the Indian GP? / New Delhi in numbers
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We look at the numbers behind New Delhi’s three appearances on the F1 calendar
Drivers to enter Friday practice only: 2
3 1 drivers have led the race
Number of Indian GP winners (Vettel)
180 TOTAL NUMBER
OF RACE LAPS
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TOTAL RACE-DAY SPECTATOR ATTENDANCE
Total number of pitstops: 120 Fastest speed recorded J Alguersuari (2011)
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201.448 mph 1m 24.119s Fastest lap time recorded S Vettel (2013)
4h 32m 57.933s Total time taken by Vettel to win all three races
LAPS LED BY SEBASTIAN VETTEL
TOTAL DISTANCE RACED
Most number of laps of circuit N Rosberg 498 laps
573 MILES
NUMBER OF SAFETY CARS: 0
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/ New Strategy Group proves divisive / F1 mourns Maria de Villota
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So the most important thing in wet weather is still the tyres? $EVROXWHO\±VOLFNW\UHVZRXOGEHGLVDVWURXVLI XVHGLQZHWFRQGLWLRQV$W\UHDFKLHYHVJULSLQ WZRZD\V2QHZD\LVWKURXJKWKHDGKHVLRQRIWKH WDFN\W\UHVXUIDFHWRWKHWUDFNDQGWKHRWKHULV E\WKHGHIRUPDWLRQRIWKHW\UHDURXQGWKHHGJHV RIWKHVWRQHVWKDWIRUPWKHDJJUHJDWHRIWKH 7DUPDF7KLVSURYLGHVDORFNLQJHIIHFWZKLFK FUHDWHVWKHJULS,QZHWFRQGLWLRQVWKHIRUPHU LVQHYHUSUHVHQWGXHWRWKH¿OPRIZDWHUWKDWLV VHSDUDWLQJW\UHIURPWUDFNDQGLIWKHZDWHU
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tyres to intermediates at 117% of a dry time
calculating a ‘cross-over’ time. That is the
and from intermediate tyres to wet tyres at
lap time at which it becomes most favourable
125% of a dry time. But obviously this is
to change to a different type of tyre. As a rule
something that will tend to vary widely
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from circuit to circuit.
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Poor visibility and aquaplaning are obviously beyond a driver‘s control, but does he need to drive differently when racing in the rain? Maurice Hamilton interviews Adrian Newey over lunch > Christian Horner faces a grilling from his rivals and peers > Mark Webber builds his ultimate racing circuit*
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Now that was a car No. 22 The Jordan 191 The lean, green machine rightly considered one of F1’s classic beauties
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JORDAN 191 TECH SPEC Chassis
Carbon-fibre monocoque
Suspension
Monoshock, push-rod (front)
Engine
Ford HB4
Twinshock, push-rod (rear) Engine capacity 3.5-litre Layout
72° V8
Power output
730bhp
Rev limit
13,800rpm
Gearbox
Jordan transverse
Weight
505kg
Wheelbase
289.5cm
Tyres
Goodyear
Notable drivers
Michael Schumacher Andrea de Cesaris Alex Zanardi
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HOW TO FIX
McLAREN One of F1’s most fabled teams are having a torrid 2013, performing way below their potential. But as this 13-page special explains, that’s all about to change…
P42 JENSON BUTTON As smooth off track as he is on it, JB is vital to McLaren’s hopes. But maybe, argues Peter Windsor, it’s time for him to show his teeth
P46 MARTIN WHITMARSH When things go wrong at McLaren, this man answers the tough PHOTO: PATRICK GOSLING/VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES
questions. He tells us how he plans to put his team’s house in order
P52 SAM MICHAEL AND JONATHAN NEALE After a very successful 2012, McLaren scrapped a great car, the MP4-27, and built the suboptimal MP4-28. Their tech chiefs explain the tough lessons learned
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No more Mr nice guy Jenson Button deserves better than to be scrabbling for points with the midfielders. So perhaps, argues Peter Windsor, it’s time for JB to take charge of his – and McLaren’s destiny…
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“I’d like to see Jenson at the factory even more, picking the brains of every designer, engineer, mechanic and part-maker he can find”
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“Be a Michael. Be a Fernando. There’s no Adrian at corporate McLaren, so someone needs to be The Rock”
Alonso back to McLaren? Don’t bet against it… Let’s start with what we know. McLaren want to re-sign Fernando Alonso as soon as possible. If they can get him as a partner to Jenson Button for 2014, they will. If not, they will go all-out to get him for 2015 when their engine partnership with Honda begins. Their pursuit of Alonso is all about wanting to become a major force again. Honda are not providing free engines and a substantial financial input to fight for points. They want to win championships. McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh has made no secret of his admiration for Alonso. He described him as “the best driver out there” to the BBC in Singapore, and in Japan added that if you were to name the two drivers on the grid you would want above anyone else, they would be Alonso and Sebastian Vettel. Alonso has said it is nice to hear other team bosses appreciate his work, but has publicly reiterated that he is contracted to Ferrari until the end of 2016 – when he will be 35 – and ideally would like to extend that contract. Whitmarsh, for his part, says Alonso is “contracted to Ferrari next year and may be after that”. An interesting difference of interpretation that suggests Alonso has ways of getting out of his Ferrari contract if he wants. Red Bull sources say the same – that Alonso told them in the summer he was potentially available for 2014 and would like to drive for them. Which suggests he is not as locked in – or as committed – to Ferrari as he and they might like people to think. Can McLaren get him? Clearly Alonso has grown frustrated with Ferrari’s lack of competitiveness this year. There are also question marks over Ferrari’s progress with the new engine rules – the word on the street is that they are behind Mercedes and Renault. And McLaren are using Mercedes next year. Can McLaren convince him that they are a better bet? That might be hard now, but if Alonso stays at Ferrari in 2014 and they struggle again, it would suddenly seem much easier. A lot will depend on what Honda can tell him about their engine. Andrew Benson
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How McLaren’s car division shapes up Reaching profitability with a start-up supercar company in just four years, as McLaren have done, may not have quite the headline-grab of an F1 world championship victory, but it requires just the same ingredients: ground-breaking Team principal Martin Whitmarsh takes responsibility for the failures of 2013 and has no interest in pointing the finger of blame. For 2014, McLaren are looking forwards… not back
technology, bold planning, aggressive targets, talented staff and a never-say-die spirit. This is the belief of group chairman Ron Dennis, who launched the car-making company, McLaren Automotive, after a plan to continue making road cars in partnership with MercedesBenz dissolved when the German multinational sold their McLaren stake in 2009. The latest success, achieved against a background of worldwide financial stringency, is impressive because McLaren have only made real money from the first car in a proposed three-model range, the £170,000, 200mph 12C, launched in 2011. A McLaren ‘hypercar’, the £860,000 P1, of which only 375 will ever be built and whose special appeal is that its driver can change from road- to race-car configuration by pressing a button, is just starting production. The biggest earner is likely to be a new £120,000 model, the P13 – a challenger to the upper-crust Porsche 911s. It will eventually push production at the Woking plant beyond 4000 units per year. McLaren’s profitability confounds pundits, who believe making money from supercars is hugely difficult. Enzo Ferrari may have sold road cars to pay for racing, but now sponsors take that role. Ferrari draw support from their link with the Fiat group, and adopt a broad-brush approach when discussing the source of their earnings. Even Porsche make saloons and SUVs to reinforce their fast-car range. For now, Ron Dennis insists McLaren will build only supercars — but even he doesn’t rule out other vehicles in the longer term. Steve Cropley
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McLaren’s future driver line-up The last time McLaren plucked a highly rated driver called ‘Magnussen’ from the junior formulae, it didn’t quite work out. In 1994, Jan Magnussen broke Ayrton Senna’s British F3 record, winning 14 of 18 races, and then obtained a one-off drive with McLaren in 1995. But Jan lacked commitment and soon sloped off to a career in sportscars. Now his son, Kevin Magnussen, has set the junior racing categories alight and isn’t making the same mistakes as his father. ‘Kev’ decided that World Series by Renault was a more competitive series than GP2 in 2013, and therefore a better career platform. He duly claimed the championship with a race in hand. The Dane’s primary sponsor, Jack & Jones, is a clothing store owned by Andreas Povlsen, Denmark’s third richest man. Despite interest from Red Bull, 21-year-old Magnussen has committed to McLaren, who will most likely advise his sponsors to run him in another team to gain experience until a McLaren drive is available, or take him on as a test driver in 2014. A year behind Magnussen in experience is Stoffel Vandoorne, a Belgian racer, also 21, who is another McLaren young driver. It’s his rookie year in World Series, but he’s pushed Magnussen all the way to the title. A former FIA Institute Academy winner, he has backing from Renault and the Belgian automobile association. Both he and Magnussen are great future F1 prospects. James Roberts
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Reports Previews
There’s no stopping him Not content with collecting a fourth consecutive world championship in India, Sebastian Vettel cruises to his eleventh grand prix victory of 2013 in Abu Dhabi REPORTS
PREVIEWS
116 US GP PREVIEW
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A newer track with a great atmosphere and exciting racing
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ABU DHABI GP REPORT
Strategy at its finest helps Vettel
Seb does it again: his tenth win of
Webber nabs pole, but the win goes
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the year becomes his fourth title
to his rather successful team-mate
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121 TOM CLARKSON
122 MURRAY WALKER
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chaos of the Indian Grand Prix
muses on the turbo era…
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FINISHING STRAIGHT
RACE DEBRIEFby Stuart Codling Japanese Grand Prix 13.10.2013 / Suzuka
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Webber pits from the
Vettel wins the
lead, drops to third,
Japanese Grand Prix
and takes another
from Webber and
nine laps to pass
Grosjean, with Alonso
Grosjean for second
a distant fourth
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FINISHING STRAIGHT
Japanese Grand Prix stats The lowdown on everything you need to know from the weekend at Suzuka… THE GRID
THE RACE
1. WEBBER RED BULL 1min 30.915secs Q3 2. VETTEL RED BULL 1min 31.089secs Q3 3. HAMILTON MERCEDES 1min 31.253secs Q3
FASTEST LAP
5. MASSA FERRARI 1min 31.378secs Q3 6. ROSBERG MERCEDES 1min 31.397secs Q3 7. HÜLKENBERG SAUBER 1min 31.644secs Q3 8. ALONSO FERRARI 1min 31.665secs Q3 9. RÄIKKÖNEN LOTUS 1min 31.684secs Q3 10. BUTTON MCLAREN 1min 31.827secs Q3 11. PÉREZ MCLAREN 1min 31.989secs Q2 12. DI RESTA FORCE INDIA 1min 31.992secs Q2 13. BOTTAS WILLIAMS 1min 32.013secs Q2 14. GUTIÉRREZ SAUBER 1min 32.063secs Q2
Mark Webber, lap 44, 1min 34.587secs
THE RESULTS (53 LAPS) 1st
Sebastian Vettel Red Bull
2nd
Mark Webber Red Bull
+7.129s
3rd
Romain Grosjean Lotus
+9.910s
1h26m49.301s
4th
Fernando Alonso Ferrari
+45.605s
5th
Kimi Räikkönen Lotus
+47.325s
6th
Nico Hülkenberg Sauber
+51.615s
7th
Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber
+71.630s
8th
Nico Rosberg Mercedes
+72.023s
9th
Jenson Button McLaren
+80.821s
10th
Felipe Massa Ferrari
+89.263s
11th
Paul Di Resta Force India
+98.572s
12th
Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso
+1 lap
18. CHILTON MARUSSIA 1min 34.320secs Q1
Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso
+1 lap
1st
Sebastian Vettel Red Bull
297pts
Adrian Sutil Force India
+1 lap
2nd
Fernando Alonso Ferrari
207pts 177pts
15th
Sergio Pérez McLaren
+1 lap
3rd
Kimi Räikkönen Lotus
16th
Pastor Maldonado Williams
+1 lap
4th
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
161pts
17th
Valtteri Bottas Williams
+1 lap
5th
Mark Webber Red Bull
148pts 126pts
18th
Charles Pic Caterham
+1 lap
6th
Nico Rosberg Mercedes
19th
Max Chilton Marussia
+1 lap
7th
Felipe Massa Ferrari
90pts
8th
Romain Grosjean Lotus
87pts
9th
Jenson Button McLaren
60pts
Retirements Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
7 laps – damage
10th
Nico Hülkenberg Sauber
39pts
Giedo van der Garde Caterham
0 laps – accident
11th
Paul Di Resta Force India
36pts
Jules Bianchi Marussia
0 laps – accident
12th
Adrian Sutil Force India
26pts
13th
Sergio Pérez McLaren
23pts
14th
Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso
18pts
15th
Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso
13pts
16th
Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber
17th
Pastor Maldonado Williams
18th
Valtteri Bottas Williams
1pt 0pts
19th
Jules Bianchi Marussia
0pts
20th
Charles Pic Caterham
0pts
Fastest: Mark Webber
Slowest: Lewis
21st
Giedo van der Garde Caterham
0pts
191.73mph
Hamilton, 176.95mph
22nd
Max Chilton Marussia
0pts
CONSTRUCTORS’ STANDINGS 20. PIC* CATERHAM 1min 34.556secs Q1
22. SUTIL** FORCE INDIA 1min 32.890secs Q1
* Ten-place penalty for three reprimands ** Five-place penalty for replacement gearbox
106
6pts
TYRE COMPOUNDS USED
19. VAN DER GARDE CATERHAM 1min 34.879secs Q1
21. BIANCHI* MARUSSIA 1min 34.958secs Q1
DRIVERS’ STANDINGS
13th
16. RICCIARDO TORO ROSSO 1min 32.485secs Q2 17. VERGNE TORO ROSSO 1min 33.357secs Q1
Nico Rosberg 22.551secs (entry to exit)
14th
THROUGH SPEED TRAP
15. MALDONADO WILLIAMS 1min 32.093secs Q2
FASTEST PITSTOP
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Medium
Hard
CLIMATE
Sunny
Intermediate Wet
TRACK TEMP
23°C
32°C
1st Red Bull
445pts
2nd Ferrari
297pts 10th Marussia
0pts
3rd Mercedes
287pts 11th Caterham
0pts
4th Lotus
264pts
5th McLaren
9th
Williams
1pt
83pts
6th Force India
62pts
7th Sauber
45pts
8th Toro Rosso 31pts
For comprehensive F1 statistics visit www.forix.com
PHOTOS: ANDY HONE/LAT; GLENN DUNBAR/LAT; SAM BLOXHAM/LAT
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T3
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Lewis Hamilton
T1
T16 T15 T5 T7 T6 T14
T8 T9 T13
T10 T12 T11
Massa leads as Vettel
Alonso pits for
pits. The Brazilian
a new front wing
made a great start,
after it’s damaged
passing both Mercs
as a result of contact
on the opening lap
with Webber
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lead after both the
with handling
Mercs and Massa pit
problems and finds
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Mark Webber pulls
Lotus drivers Romain
to the side of the
Grosjean and Kimi
track to retire with
Räikkönen fight over
alternator failure
third place
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After his final pitstop,
Sebastian Vettel
Kimi rejoins the race
completes the final
to set the fastest lap
lap in the lead and is duly crowned world champion
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Vettel takes an T7
early lead from T6
Nico Rosberg and
T5
polesitter Mark Webber at the start
T4
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T10
T1
T19
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T18
T14
T12 T13
T11
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Rosberg pits on lap 11 for fresh tyres; Vettel holds out until lap 15 and resumes in the lead
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Alonso leaving the
celebratory donuts
pits and the Ferrari
after winning the
driver injures his back
race – but escapes
as he hits the kerb
penalty this time
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Abu Dhabi Grand Prix stats The lowdown on everything you need to know from the weekend at Yas Marina… THE RACE
THE GRID 1. WEBBER RED BULL 1min 39.957secs Q3 2. VETTEL RED BULL 1min 40.075secs Q3 3. ROSBERG MERCEDES 1min 40.419secs Q3
FASTEST LAP Fernando Alonso, lap 55, 1min 43.434secs
4. HAMILTON MERCEDES 1min 40.501secs Q3
THE RESULTS (55 LAPS)
6. GROSJEAN LOTUS 1min 40.997secs Q3 7. MASSA FERRARI 1min 41.015secs Q3 8. PÉREZ MCLAREN 1min 41.068secs Q3 9. RICCIARDO TORO ROSSO 1min 41.111secs Q3 10. ALONSO FERRARI 1min 41.093secs Q2 11. DI RESTA FORCE INDIA 1min 41.133secs Q2 12. BUTTON MCLAREN 1min 41.200secs Q2 13. VERGNE TORO ROSSO 1min 41.279secs Q2 14. MALDONADO WILLIAMS 1min 41.395secs Q2
1st
Sebastian Vettel Red Bull
2nd
Mark Webber Red Bull
+30.829s
3rd
Nico Rosberg Mercedes
+33.650s
4th
Romain Grosjean Lotus
+34.802s
5th
Fernando Alonso Ferrari
+67.181s
6th
Paul Di Resta Force India
+78.174s
7th
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
+79.267s
8th
Felipe Massa Ferrari
+82.886s
9th
Sergio Pérez McLaren
+91.198s
10th
Adrian Sutil Force India
+93.257s
18. VAN DER GARDE CATERHAM 1min 43.252secs Q1 19. PIC CATERHAM 1min 43.528secs Q1 20. CHILTON MARUSSIA 1min 44.198secs Q1
Pastor Maldonado Williams Jenson Button McLaren
+103.767s
13th
Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber
+104.295s
1st
Sebastian Vettel Red Bull
347pts
14th
Nico Hülkenberg Sauber
+1 lap
2nd
Fernando Alonso Ferrari
217pts 183pts
+95.989s
22. RÄIKKÖNEN** LOTUS DSQ
* Five-place penalty for replacement gearbox ** Disqualified from qualifying for technical infringement, but permitted to start race
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DRIVERS’ STANDINGS
15th
Valtteri Bottas Williams
+1 lap
3rd
Kimi Räikkönen Lotus
16th
Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso
+1 lap
4th
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
169pts
17th
Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso
+1 lap
5th
Mark Webber Red Bull
166pts
18th
Giedo van der Garde Caterham
+1 lap
6th
Nico Rosberg Mercedes
159pts
19th
Charles Pic Caterham
+1 lap
7th
Romain Grosjean Lotus
114pts 106pts
20th
Jules Bianchi Marussia
+2 laps
8th
Felipe Massa Ferrari
21st
Max Chilton Marussia
+2 laps
9th
Jenson Button McLaren
60pts
10th
Paul Di Resta Force India
48pts
11th
Nico Hülkenberg Sauber
39pts
12th
Sergio Pérez McLaren
35pts
13th
Adrian Sutil Force India
29pts
14th
Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso
19pts
15th
Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso
13pts
16th
Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber
17th
Pastor Maldonado Williams
18th
Valtteri Bottas Williams
0pts
19th
Jules Bianchi Marussia
0pts
20th
Charles Pic Caterham
0pts
Retirements 0 laps – damage
THROUGH SPEED TRAP
6pts 1pt
Fastest: Felipe Massa
Slowest: Sebastian
21st
Giedo van der Garde Caterham
0pts
199.06mph
Vettel, 192.29mph
22nd
Max Chilton Marussia
0pts
TYRE COMPOUNDS USED CONSTRUCTORS’ STANDINGS
Soft 21. BIANCHI* MARUSSIA 1min 43.398secs Q1
Mark Webber 21.175secs (entry to exit)
11th
16. GUTIÉRREZ SAUBER 1min 41.999secs Q1 17. SUTIL FORCE INDIA 1min 42.051secs Q1
FASTEST PITSTOP
12th
Kimi Räikkönen Lotus
15. BOTTAS WILLIAMS 1min 41.447secs Q2
1h38m 06.106s
Medium
CLIMATE
Sunny
Intermediate Wet
TRACK TEMP
35°C
44°C
1st Red Bull
513pts
2nd Mercedes
334pts 10th Marussia
0pts
3rd Ferrari
323pts 11th Caterham
0pts
4th Lotus
297pts
5th McLaren
9th
Williams
1pt
95pts
6th Force India
77pts
7th Sauber
45pts
8th Toro Rosso 32pts
For comprehensive F1 statistics visit www.forix.com
PHOTOS: STEVEN TEE/LAT; ANDREW FERRARO/LAT; STEVE ETHERINGTON/LAT
5. HÜLKENBERG SAUBER 1min 40.576secs Q3
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