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2011 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix (April 15-17)
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Author:  KingOfChins [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:50 am ]
Post subject:  2011 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix (April 15-17)
2011 F1 Chinese Grand Prix

5.451 km/3.387 mi, 56 laps, 305.066 km/189.559 mi
Lap record: 1:32.238 (Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, 2004)
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Previous Winners:
2010 - Jenson Button
2009 - Sebastian Vettel
2008 - Lewis Hamilton
2007 - Kimi Räikkönen
2006 - Michael Schumacher
2005 - Fernando Alonso
2004 - Rubens Barrichello

Schedule:
Friday, April 15th
FP1: 10:00 - 11:30 (You need JavaScript to be activated to be able to use the timer function)
FP2: 14:00 - 15:30 (You need JavaScript to be activated to be able to use the timer function)

Saturday, April 16th
FP3: 11:00 - 12:00 (You need JavaScript to be activated to be able to use the timer function)
Qualifying: 14:00 (You need JavaScript to be activated to be able to use the timer function)

Sunday, April 17th:
Race: 15:00 (You need JavaScript to be activated to be able to use the timer function)
(All Times in Shanghai Local)

Yeah, I know the timers are fucked. Joe will fix it.
Author:  codename_47 [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:13 am ]
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I love the first turn here....

I'm still waiting for someone to cruise right around the outside of the car in front and get the inside line for turn 2,
I don't think it's actually been achieved yet.

Rest of the circuit, meh, nice long straight I suppose, but only really the long turn 1 into turn 2 does it for me.

Oh, and it won't rain! :p
Author:  Fergo [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:45 am ]
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Didn't Alonso do something like that on Massa in 2007 if I remember correctly?

Anyway I hope another team that isn't Red Bull can get pole here so we can have a race that is a bit more interesting at the front.
Author:  phil1993 [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:27 am ]
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Showery Friday, wet Saturday, dry Sunday - probably

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In theory, the move away from Malaysia should lead to a more predictable climate, but that may not entirely be the case this weekend either, due to the movement of a developing low pressure system way out to the west of China.

The typical weather pattern here is west to east and, for the next few days, Shanghai will get away with some decent dry weather - although temperatures will be much cooler. Thursday will be much better with an ambient of around 25 degrees, but already clouds will have rolled in, heralding a change for the weekend.

Early predictions are for the low to move in over Shanghai, bringing in some showers on Friday. An overcast day with more prolonged rainfall is expected on Saturday, so Pirelli will have to wait a few more days to see how its tyres perform in wet conditions.

Slowly, the low will slip away to the east before gathering energy over the East China Sea on its way to Japan. This leaves Shanghai with a showery phase on Saturday night once the main area of rain has passed, but by Sunday conditions should be looking much better to leave a dry race.

Temperatures are likely to vary quite widely during the weekend, with maxima of 25 Celsius on Friday, but just 16 or 17 degrees during the dull and damp Saturday, and rising a little to 20 or 21 degrees on race day itself.

The current forecast is by no means set in stone, and the whole weekend hinges on the speed and trajectory of the low moving in from western China. There is a slight possibility that the low will edge south - just enough for most of the rain and showers to miss Shanghai - but it is more likely that we are looking at a showery weekend to come.
Author:  Bleu [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:18 am ]
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I think we see our first double winner at Shanghai. And it's someone who hasn't driven Ferrari in F1.
Author:  phil1993 [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:17 am ]
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Apparently Jaime Alguersuari has made it to Shanghai, but his luggage hasn't... :p
Author:  Brooney [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:24 am ]
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Seen every Race there, and still cannot remember a full lap with an onboard view. :(
Author:  Fox [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:57 am ]
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Where did they use the DRS here?

Hopefully not on the S/F Straight?!
Author:  Omega [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:58 am ]
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I think on the back straight, where there is no need of it
Author:  Gaara [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:46 pm ]
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phil1993 wrote:
Apparently Jaime Alguersuari has made it to Shanghai, but his luggage hasn't... :p


Usually happens to someone at some point during the season :lol:
Author:  codename_47 [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:22 pm ]
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Omega wrote:
I think on the back straight, where there is no need of it


If they legalise it there, then they should allow the car in front to use it when it is overtaken.

Since the straight is so long you could have the car behind activating its DRS, sailing past the car in front, then the car behind using his, re-overtaking, and it could go on like this a couple more times before the braking zone.

Would be fun to see tbh :p
Author:  phil1993 [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:29 pm ]
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If you overtake someone just after the DRS activation zone (like in Malaysia if you did it after the line where you have to be within 1s but before the activiation zone), can you use DRS to defend all the way through the zone?
Author:  Regiotap [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:13 pm ]
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No, Webber passed Kobayashi in the last corner, but wasn't able to use DRS. Kobayashi could. And else, it will be disabled when a driver hits the brake.
Author:  phil1993 [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:33 pm ]
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Christ, Checo's hit was worse than I thought

Quote:
"The chassis looks pretty bad," confirmed team manager Beat Zehnder to Blick newspaper. "So far we've only been unable to repair one chassis -- it was Frenzten's after he crashed in Monaco in 1994!" he revealed.

Zehnder said the loose ballast from Buemi's car was like "a bomb" hitting the C30, which raises obvious safety implications. "We have informed the FIA," he said.


He's using a new chassis this weekend
Author:  kals [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:30 pm ]
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Checo? What hit?
Author:  phil1993 [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 2011 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix (April 15-17)
He hit debris from Buemi's Toro Rosso.

“Something came off Sébastien Buemi’s car, which was just in front of me, and hit the floor of my car,” explained the GP2 Champion of 2010.

“The fire extinguisher went off and the electrics cut out. It was a shame I couldn’t finish the race as the car felt good. However, we could have pitted a bit earlier for fresh tyres, but we thought we were going to have some heavy rain.”
Author:  RtN [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:35 pm ]
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kals wrote:
Checo?


Perez.

kals wrote:
What hit?


The 6 kilos of ballast that struck his car and caused his retirement.
Author:  Schumifan [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:50 pm ]
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Why Checo?
Author:  phil1993 [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:51 pm ]
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Its his nickname.
Author:  kals [ Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:54 pm ]
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Hang on, 2010 GP2 Champ is Maldonado. So was it he who was hit or Perez? Either way, I didn't know that happened, thanks for the info.
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