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[Rishabh]

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Next Race:Belgian Grand Prix
Spa-Francorchamps
August 23: Free practice 1
10:00 local | 08:00 GMT | 13:30 IST
August 23: Free practice 2
14:00 local | 12:00 GMT | 17:30 IST
August 24: Free practice 3
11:00 local | 09:00 GMT | 14:30 IST
August 24: Qualifying
14:00 local | 12:00 GMT | 17:30 IST
August 25: Race
14:00 local | 12:00 GMT | 17:30 IST

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[DKN]

just give who is interested

[Rishabh]

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No one else interested. :FU:
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[Vighnesh]

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[Rishabh]

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[Vighnesh]

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[Rishabh]

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[Vighnesh]

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Matlab

[Rishabh]

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Matlab

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[Vighnesh]

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Matlab

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[Rishabh]

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Matlab

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[Rishabh]

Unofficial Thursday test times from Barcelona Testing Day 1:
1. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:22.693, 90 laps
2. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:24.348, 113 laps
3. Jean-Eric Vergne,Toro Rosso, 1:25.017, 59 laps
4. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1:26.458, 85 laps
5. Sergio Perez, McLaren, 1:26.538, 100 laps
6. Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, 1:26.574, 92 laps
7. Paul di Resta, Force India, 1:27.107, 57 laps
8. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:27.541, 112 laps
9. Max Chilton, Marussia, 1:28.166, 78 laps
10. Charles Pic, Caterham, 1:28.644, 83 laps
11. Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 1:34.928, 52 laps

[Rishabh]

Force India have confirmed that Adrian Sutil will race for them in 2013, ending the long-running speculation over who would claim the vacant seat at the team alongside Paul di Resta.

Sutil, 30, competed for the Silverstone-based squad between 2007 and 2011, before losing his drive to fellow German Nico Hulkenberg. However, after giving Sutil a run in their new Mercedes-powered VJM06 at last week’s Barcelona test, Force India have opted to re-sign him.

“I’m delighted to be back in Formula One, especially with a team I know so well,” said Sutil. “I’m very happy and I want to thank Sahara Force India for giving me a second chance. Having been away from the sport, I’m even more determined to achieve my goals in Formula One.

“Things went really well at the Barcelona test last week and it almost feels as though I’ve never been away. Driving the car felt so natural and I was able to get back in the groove quickly and find the limit. Now my focus is on making the most of the final test session this week, working with the team in the simulator and getting myself in the best possible shape for Melbourne.”

Force India team principal Vijay Mallya said the decision to hire Sutil instead of the team’s 2012 reserve driver Jules Bianchi was not easy: “It was a close call, but ultimately we felt that Adrian’s experience and historic links to the team gave him the edge, and will provide us with the best possible chance of realising our ambitions for the coming season.

“If he can rediscover the exceptional form he showed in the second half of 2011, I’m confident that we can pick up where we left off at the end of 2012.

“As for Jules Bianchi, he has impressed us enormously with his speed and work ethic, and I’m hopeful we can continue working with him this year to help him develop into a future Grand Prix driver.”

Sutil’s confirmation means that all 11 teams have now announced their 2013 driver line-ups. Sutil, who has 90 Grand Prix starts behind him, will get his second outing behind the wheel of the VJM06 in Barcelona on Friday. He’ll continue driving duties on Saturday before handing the car back to team mate Di Resta for the final day of pre-season testing on Sunday.

[Farhan]

Grosjean best of luck

[Rishabh]

Grosjean best of luck

You are also F1 fan??

[Farhan]

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[Fahad]

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[Fahad]

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[Rishabh]

Barcelona day three - Hamilton quickest for Mercedes
02 Mar 2013



Lewis Hamilton put Mercedes back on top of the timesheets in Barcelona on Saturday in the penultimate day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya. With weather conditions much improved on Friday’s, Hamilton set his fastest lap in the morning
session as he worked through a series of short runs on Pirelli’s soft tyres.
On his final day of testing before making his Mercedes race debut in Australia later this month, the former champion completed 117 laps, equivalent to 545 kilometres, to take his total pre-season mileage in the F1 W04 to 2,585 kilometres. “The reliability, the
mileage and the step-by-step improvements that we have achieved during the three tests are all very encouraging,” said Hamilton. “Whilst we've been focusing on our own performance, we definitely haven't seen the full potential of our competitors yet, so it's difficult to predict where we might be. I'll be back at the factory next week doing some final preparation work on the simulator and with my engineers, and then it's off to Melbourne for the first race of the new season with my new team.”

Ferrari’s Felipe Massa - also enjoying his last day of pre-season testing - improved in the afternoon to climb to second, but ultimately finished more than half a second off Hamilton’s best. After a positive day of development work with the F138, Massa was forced to curtail his running slightly early due to a problem with the left-front suspension upright.

The Force India of Adrian Sutil was an impressive third, while Williams were highly encouraged by Pastor Maldonado’s and Valtteri Bottas’s fourth and fifth places respectively, as the team debuted the updated core bodywork which they plan to race on the FW35 in Australia.

“I could really feel the difference today running the updated bodywork,” said Bottas. “We saw some improvements immediately but we still need to work on the car balance to maximise the potential. Overall, we learnt a lot and it’s nice to see the work everyone has been doing at the factory having a positive influence on the car. It’s now up to us to get the lap time out of it.”

Sauber’s Esteban Gutierrez was sixth, as the Swiss team looked to run their Mexican rookie through a full qualifying and race simulation ahead of his Grand Prix debut in Australia.
"It was an interesting experience,” said Gutierrez. “The understanding of the tyres was a very important point, especially here in Barcelona where we know graining of the front tyres is a big issue. However, we were able to manage the degradation of the tyres quite well. Unfortunately we were not able to complete the race simulation due to a suspected water leak.

Mark Webber’s final day of pre-season testing got off to a slow start as Red Bull were delayed in the garage with overnight changes to the car. Once on track, Webber concentrated on evaluating the changed items and ended the day with the seventh-fastest time.
“I would obviously have liked to get a few (more) laps in today, but that’s the way it goes sometimes in testing,” said Webber. ”We had a few small issues with the car today which delayed us a couple of times and while it wasn’t ideal I think we still learned plenty.”

On his final day in McLaren’s MP4-28 before Melbourne, Sergio Perez was eighth. Perez’s morning was devoted to evaluating a number of different mechanical set-ups. The team then committed to a series of system changes over the lunch break before kicking off with a long run in the afternoon, as well as some live pit-stop practice.

Jean-Eric Vergne was back behind the wheel for Toro Rosso and finished the day ninth, the Italian team focussing on suspension settings in the morning and a full race simulation - over which the STR8 ran trouble-free - in the afternoon.

With Kimi Raikkonen sidelined at the last minute with suspected food poisoning, Lotus had third driver Davide Valsecchi on track in the morning, and a recalled Romain Grosjean in the afternoon. They finished the day in tenth and 11th spots, with Grosjean just edging out the 2012 GP2 champion in the timesheets.
“This morning was quite a rush to get everything ready as the call only came late, but the team were fantastic getting the car prepared for me,” said Valsecchi, who ran 16 laps of familiarisation and exhaust / aero assessments. “I only completed short runs today so I have a limited impression of the E21, however it’s clear that it’s a very good racing car.
“For me to be able to get immediately on the pace means that the car is certainly fast and competitive. It was a fantastic opportunity; I sat in the seat of a former world champion so I knew that I’d be fast for sure.”

Marussia’s new race recruit Jules Bianchi took 12th place as he got his first taste of the team’s MR02 machine.
“The past 24 hours have passed by so quickly, having signed for my new team and tested our new car in such a short space of time,” said Bianchi. “Today has been pretty busy but we have been very fortunate to have dry weather, warm conditions, a reliable day and plenty of mileage, so in many ways I couldn’t have asked for more on my first day in the MR02. Perhaps the only disappointment is not getting a clean shot at my run on the supersoft tyre at the end as the red flag frustrated things for us.”

Caterham’s Giedo van der Garde may have finished last on the timesheet, but the Dutchman was the day’s busiest driver, completing a mammoth 126 laps in the CT03.
“We took full advantage of the weather today, running through the final tyre and set-up evaluations this morning and then running a full race simulation after lunch,” he said. “We only had one minor issue with the car this morning, but apart from that it ran well all day and it was good to get a full race distance done, both for me and the whole team.”

Testing concludes at the Circuit de Catalunya on Sunday.
Unofficial Saturday test times from Barcelona:
1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:20.588, 117 laps
2. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:21.266, 94 laps
3. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 1:21.627, 109 laps
4. Pastor Maldonado, Williams, 1:22.305, 34 laps
5. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1:22.468, 31 laps
6. Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, 1:22.553, 99 laps
7. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:22.658, 59 laps
8. Sergio Perez, McLaren, 1:22.694, 101 laps
9. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, 1:23.223, 114 laps
10. Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 1:23.380, 46 laps
11. Davide Valsecchi, Lotus, 1:23.448, 16 laps
12. Jules Bianchi, Marussia, 1:24.028, 74 laps
13. Giedo van der Garde, Caterham, 1:24.235, 126 laps

[Rishabh]

Just 10 days to go.

[Rishabh]

Just 8 days and 6 hours to go for the first practice session of 2013.

[DKN]

u meant real race !!

[Rishabh]

u meant real race !!

Lol ya.

[Rishabh]

Just 6 days and 8 hours to go for the first practice session of this season.
Here are some highlights of last season.

[Rishabh]

RoundRace titleGrand PrixCircuitDate12345678910111213141516171819

Rolex Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park, Melbourne	17 March
Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	24 March
UBS Chinese Grand Prix	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	14 April
Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	21 April
Gran Premio de España	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	12 May
Grand Prix de Monaco	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	26 May
Grand Prix du Canada	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	9 June
British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	30 June
Großer Preis von Deutschland	German GP	Nürburgring, Nürburg	7 July
Magyar Nagydíj	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	28 July
Shell Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	25 August
Gran Premio d'Italia	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	8 September
Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore	22 September
Korean Grand Prix	Korean GP	Korea International Circuit, Yeongam	6 October
Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	13 October
Airtel Indian Grand Prix	Indian GP	Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida	27 October
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	3 November
United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	17 November
Grande Prêmio do Brasil	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	24 November

[Rishabh]

The FIA has confirmed there will only be 19 races this season after the World Motor Sport Council met on Friday.

A 20th race slot was being held open for a European venue, but after discussions to hold a round in Turkey or France fell through Bernie Ecclestone admitted there would only be 19 races this year. On Friday the FIA confirmed the news meaning there will be a three-week gap between the German and Hungarian Grands Prix in the middle of the season.

The WMSC also said "negotiations over the Concorde Agreement were proceeding positively in order to be concluded in the near future."

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