Vettel – Started in pole, then a puncture from just after the start put him back into last place. A fantastic drive overtaking most of the field put him up into 7th place, finishing in the points. He wins my Driver of the Day award, and is doing okay at fourth in the rankings.
Alguersuari – Started low, and fought through to get as high as fifth at one point, but ended up going out. He gets my Worst Retirement award. It's his first retirement of the season.
Button – Started in fourteenth after a bad qualification, and with no car troubles pushed himself up to fourth. He remains second in the points behind Lewis Hamilton.
Hamilton and Webber – both good races. Hamilton got into second behind Webber from the start, and stayed there. When they pitted, they were both so far ahead of the other drivers that they remained in their positions. Hamilton is top of the driver's league so far, and Webber is third.
Alonso – he had a terribly bad race. After a reasonable start, he clashed with Kubica and was deemed to have unfairly overtaken him by cutting the corner. Then Kubica went out, but Alonso was still forced to do a drive through penalty. But before he could take it, Sutil clashed with De La Rosa, and cast debris on the track. The safety car came out, and Alonso had to wait until after the car had gone back in to take his penalty, leaving him at the back of the field. His only consolation is that he got the fastest lap of the race: 1.30.874
Massa – like Vettel, he got a puncture in the first lap, but Vettel managed to overtake him during the race, and more tyre problems left him finishing fifteenth behind Alonso. It's been an unlucky season for Ferrari.
Barrichello and Kobayashi – continued to do well, finishing fifth and sixth. They've improved a lot this season.
Best of the New Teams is Lotus with Kovalainen and Trulli finishing 16 and 17 ahead of Glock, Chandhok and Yamamoto.
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11/07/2010
Formula 1 Race Ten: Qualifying
Sakon Yamamoto of Japan replaces Bruno Senna for this race, giving him his first time on track this season. The last time he raced was in 2006!
The usual teams went out in the first round of qualifying, along with Alguersuari. He usually qualifies around this position, but finishes higher in the rankings, with an average qualification position of 16, and an average finish position of 12. His best qualification was 12th.
Despite their problems in practice – and having to scrap their new diffusers – MacLaren seem to be doing okay in qualification. They've done well to catch up with Red Bull and the other teams after being a day behind. Sadly, Button qualified quite low, but Hamilton makes 4th.
Liuzzi held up Hulkenberg during a flying lap in Q2. He has been relegated five places down to twentieth, putting him below Glock and Kovalainen. Will this be an issue for the stewards? Neither made it to Q3, but Hulkenberg might have been able to do better if Liuzzi hadn't been there. However, Rubens Barrichello and Pedro De La Rosa both made it through to Q3, which is a nice surprise.
It was also a good qualification for Kobayashi, especially after having been out in Q1 for the past two races. Today he's twelfth.
It's interesting to watch the Formula 1 live timing on their website, because usually they're a few seconds ahead of the BBC. This means that you see who has the fastest lap before it's on the TV.
I'm going to give 'awards' each race: Worst Retirement, Surprisingly Bad Driver, Surprisingly Good Driver, Best of the New Teams, Best of the Rest, Surprisingly Good Qualification and Surprisingly Bad Qualification.
The Surprisingly Bad Qualification goes, indisputably, to Button. He's only managed to make 14, which is far behind his team-mate in a similar car.
The Surprisingly Good Qualification goes to De La Rosa, who has never before made it into Q1, but today makes 9.
The usual teams went out in the first round of qualifying, along with Alguersuari. He usually qualifies around this position, but finishes higher in the rankings, with an average qualification position of 16, and an average finish position of 12. His best qualification was 12th.
Despite their problems in practice – and having to scrap their new diffusers – MacLaren seem to be doing okay in qualification. They've done well to catch up with Red Bull and the other teams after being a day behind. Sadly, Button qualified quite low, but Hamilton makes 4th.
Liuzzi held up Hulkenberg during a flying lap in Q2. He has been relegated five places down to twentieth, putting him below Glock and Kovalainen. Will this be an issue for the stewards? Neither made it to Q3, but Hulkenberg might have been able to do better if Liuzzi hadn't been there. However, Rubens Barrichello and Pedro De La Rosa both made it through to Q3, which is a nice surprise.
It was also a good qualification for Kobayashi, especially after having been out in Q1 for the past two races. Today he's twelfth.
It's interesting to watch the Formula 1 live timing on their website, because usually they're a few seconds ahead of the BBC. This means that you see who has the fastest lap before it's on the TV.
I'm going to give 'awards' each race: Worst Retirement, Surprisingly Bad Driver, Surprisingly Good Driver, Best of the New Teams, Best of the Rest, Surprisingly Good Qualification and Surprisingly Bad Qualification.
The Surprisingly Bad Qualification goes, indisputably, to Button. He's only managed to make 14, which is far behind his team-mate in a similar car.
The Surprisingly Good Qualification goes to De La Rosa, who has never before made it into Q1, but today makes 9.
09/07/2010
Formula 1 Race Ten: Preview
Tomorrow (or today, if you're reading this on Saturday) there's a lot going on in the sport world! At least, in the sports I have so-far covered. Germany play Uruguay in the third-place playoff in the World Cup, and my bet's on Germany. And we have the tenth race qualifiers of the Formula One circuit – Silverstone, in Britain.
Silverstone is just one of many race tracks in the UK, and it was almost knocked out of the tracks used in Formula One. However, it's still here, and will be for years to come! The track has been reworked a bit this year: here is the 2009 track, and here is the 2010 track. As you can see, the track curves in on itself at turn 11 (see 2010 diagram) where before it just twisted a little before coming to what is now turn 16. It remains to be seen how the experienced drivers will cope with the new layout.
I expect that I will be watching both the qualifying and the race, as well as the F1
Silverstone is just one of many race tracks in the UK, and it was almost knocked out of the tracks used in Formula One. However, it's still here, and will be for years to come! The track has been reworked a bit this year: here is the 2009 track, and here is the 2010 track. As you can see, the track curves in on itself at turn 11 (see 2010 diagram) where before it just twisted a little before coming to what is now turn 16. It remains to be seen how the experienced drivers will cope with the new layout.
I expect that I will be watching both the qualifying and the race, as well as the F1
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