Ding Ding, Round 2 - F1 - Sepang, Malaysia.

[conaero]

Where did JB and Lewis finish?

 

[2b1ask1]

Matt,

Ended like this:

2012 Monaco Grand Prix - Formula One World Championship
27 May - Circuit de Monaco - 78 laps - 162 miles
Leaderboard - Final Points Time/Lag Avg. MPH

1 Mark Webber - Red Bull 25 1:46:06.557 147.312

2 Nico Rosberg - Mercedes 18 +0.643 147.297

3 Fernando Alonso - Ferrari 15 +0.947 147.29

4 Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull 12 +1.343 147.281

5 Lewis Hamilton - McLaren 10 +4.101 147.217

6 Felipe Massa - Ferrari 8 +6.195 147.169

7 Paul di Resta - Force India 6 +41.537 146.357

8 Nico Hulkenberg - Force India 4 +42.562 146.333

9 Kimi Raikkonen - Lotus 2 +44.036 146.3

10 Bruno Senna - Williams 1 +44.516 146.289

11 Sergio Perez - Sauber 0 - 145.276

12 Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso 0 - 144.491

13 Heikki Kovalainen - Caterham 0 - 144.361

14 Timo Glock - Marussia 0 - 144.265

15 Narain Karthikeyan - HRT 0 - 141.983

16 Jenson Button - McLaren 0 - 145.283

17 Daniel Ricciardo - Toro Rosso 0 - 145.609

18 Charles Pic - Marussia 0 - 144.7

19 Michael Schumacher - Mercedes 0 - 146.081

20 Vitaly Petrov - Caterham 0 - 134.575

21 Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber 0 - 119.761

22 Romain Grosjean - Lotus 0 - -

23 Pedro de la Rosa - HRT 0 - -

24 Pastor Maldonado - Williams 0 - -

 

[2b1ask1]

Bigish crash before the first corner mixed it all up, Romain Grosjean was trying to get out of the way of a Fezza and came accross and clipped MS's wheel sending him into a sipin in the breaking zone; much caos ensued!

 

[Andyk]

Button was pretty Sh!t to be honest..Not quick and not his weekend...The Mac's are not the best this year...

 

[Parisien]

Not the greatest of GPs but not the worst!

6 different winners so far.......good to see a mix of people getting on podium and makers


P

 

[Andyk]

3 Ferrari world champs on the podium today.........What a race.........Alonso, Kimi and at last Michael.....

 

[lozcb]

3 Ferrari world champs on the podium today.........What a race.........Alonso, Kimi and at last Michael.....

Have to agree from what started out to be a typicaly boring start and race , the interesting and exciting bit happened because of the demise of the front runners , Cant fault Alonso he drove a perfect race , kudos to Kimi for Lotus and Shcuee well he is probably going to lose his 3rd place and only podium in 7 years because he operated the DRS and didnt slow down under yellow flags ................mmmmmmshame not but all in all a good race biggest shame was jensen not performing and Lewis taken out by an apprentice shcuee by the name of Maldanado


regards loz

 

[DaveT]

Didn't see it but Fernando went from 11th to a win?

Must have been an interesting one.

 

[ENZ525]

Fantastic race, my favorite so far this season

 

[Andyk]

Loved it Enzo...Would never had predicted that ending though..even half way in.....

 

[ENZ525]

Have to agree Andy, very unpredictable...just loved the way Alonso sliced his way past those cars

 

[Andyk]

He drove very well....

 

[TridentTested]

.just loved the way Alonso sliced his way past those cars

I have to say I'm warming to the man. I thought he was a spoilt kid the way he behaved in his McLaren days but I have to doff my cap to the way he's been driving since: there is no one out there as relentless as him. At the moment I think he is carrying that car, it has no right to be finishing so high in every race. That is the mark of a true champion.

Great race. Great podium.

 

[DaveT]

Very true.

Reminds me of Schumi in the early Ferrari years making the most of a middle of the road car.

 

[Emtee]

Lewis is off to Mercedes.

WHY?

Cn't make any sense of that move.

 

[Parisien]

...oohhh.......well a change is a as good as a rest....obviously a few plans up their sleeves.......


P

 

[conaero]

So, who is going to take Lewis seat at Maclaren?

JB will see his days out there, so who do we recon will get it?

I thought Alonso, but I can see Seb V getting it but Maclaren do have a history of running British drivers....but Mercedes might have some influence.

 

[TridentTested]

Lewis is off to Mercedes.

WHY?

Cn't make any sense of that move.

It seems like a mixture of spite and self-pity: "they don't appreciate me, I'll show them". But the Mercedes car is deeply flawed and unlikely to prove much better next year, strange move indeed.

More interesting is what happens to Schuey. Autosport says "Schumacher's manager Sabine Kehm was seen in lengthy talks with Sauber at last weekend's Singapore Grand Prix, and there will be a vacancy with Sergio Perez set to become Hamilton's replacement at McLaren." What a sad way for a great champion to end his days: plodding around in a no-hope team getting in the way of the title contenders. When he announced his return to F1 I was really hoping it wouldn't be René Arnoux all over again but sadly it seems to be the case. How the mighty have fallen.

 

[BennyD]

Sergio Perez is coming for Hamilton according to the BBC

 

[TridentTested]

So, who is going to take Lewis seat at Maclaren?

Perez is confirmed LINK