F1 2012 season.

Day 2 and schumi sets the pace in what is last years car...should be a good bench mark for the other teams to compare the new machinery.

Morning Times...


1.Michael SchumacerMercedes W021:18.561
2.Mark WebberRed Bull RB81:19.184
3.Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso STR71:19.587
4.Jules BianchiForce India VJM051:20.221
5.Kimi RaikkonenLotus E201:20.239
6.Jenson ButtonMcLaren MP4-271:20.688
7.Felipe MassaFerrari F20121:21.060
8.Pastor MaldonadoWilliams FW341:21.197
9.Sergio PerezSauber C311:21.289
10.Heikki KovalainenCaterham CT011:21.518
11.Pedro de la RosaHRT F1111:23.468

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Some driver changes for day 3 of testing....here's this mornings times with Rosberg keeping last years Merc still on top.

DriverCarTimeLaps
1.Nico RosbergMercedes W021:17.613
2.Romain GrosjeanLotus E201:18.419
3.Lewis HamiltonMcLaren MP4-271:19.464
4.Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso STR71:19.734
5.Sergio PerezSauber C311:19.770
6.Sebastian VettelRed Bull RB81:20.154
7.Fernando AlonsoFerrari F20121:20.412
8.Bruno SennaWilliams FW341:21.293
9.Giedo van der GardeCaterham CT011:23.505

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After months of speculation Trulli is dropped for Petrov....kinda sad as i feel he had plenty more to give,better than most if not all of the pay drivers.

Jarno Trulli has taken the time to thank all at Caterham despite Friday's decision to replace him possibly signaling the end of his F1 career.Trulli, who claimed his one and only grand prix victory at the 2004 Monaco race with Renault, raced for Jordan, Renault and Toyota before making the move over to Tony Fernandes's fledgling F1 team.
Together with Heikki Kovalainen, the Italian ensured that Caterham, previously known as Lotus Racing and Team Lotus, ended each season as the best of the newcomers.
However, in recent months rumours suggested that his place at the team was no longer secure despite being confirmed as a 2012 Caterham driver.
And on Friday the announcement that he was being dropped in favour of Vitaly Petrov finally came.
Trulli, though, insists there are no hard feelings.
"I want to take this chance to thank Tony, Kamarudin, SM Nasarudin, Riad, Mike and everyone in the team for the two seasons we had together," he said.
"From zero we built up and established a solid F1 team. I'm really proud to have been part of it.
"I understand the decision the team has made and I want to wish to the whole team the very best of luck for the season ahead."
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TGLucario475 said:
I think Marcus Winklehock should get another chance at racing. He lead a race for the first time at his first attempt, in the wet, and was on the right tyres at the right time to take the lead!
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Your right on that for sure.... if my memory serves me well he was pushed to the side at spyker to make way for Sakon Yamamoto and his bag of money....Yamamoto is as useful as a paper bag hat in a down pour.
 
Galvatron said:
Your right on that for sure.... if my memory serves me well he was pushed to the side at spyker to make way for Sakon Yamamoto and his bag of money....Yamamoto is as useful as a paper bag hat in a down pour.
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I can still remember that European Grand Prix of 2007, especially the rained-out first few laps. Cars sliding off, one playing tag with a tractor, Hamilton getting back into the race and not scoring points and then Marcus Winklehock taking the lead from Raikkonen.
 
TGLucario475 said:
I can still remember that European Grand Prix of 2007, especially the rained-out first few laps. Cars sliding off, one playing tag with a tractor, Hamilton getting back into the race and not scoring points and then Marcus Winklehock taking the lead from Raikkonen.
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Playing tag with the tractor was the Toro Rosso's....not sure if it was Scott speed or Tonio Luizzi that gave it a light kiss...funny race.
 
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