2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Chat about Formula 1, V8's, Indycar etc
Forum rules
Please be careful about posting results in threads discussing current sporting events.

Where possible can the first person to start a thread on an event add *spoilers included* (or similar) to the thread title so that all discussion on the event is kept in one place and readers are aware that the content may contain the results.

Post Reply
User avatar
Big Kev
Clean as a Whistle
Clean as a Whistle
Posts: 15060
Joined: Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:09 pm
Location: Little Britain
Contact:

2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by Big Kev »

2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI


Image

Catalunya
Lap length 4.655km (2.892 miles)
Race laps 66
Race distance 307.104km (190.826 miles)
Pole position Left-hand side of the track
Lap record* 1’21.670 (Kimi Raikkonen, 2008)
Fastest lap 1’19.954 (Rubens Barrichello, 2009, )
Maximum speed 332kph (206.295 mph)
DRS zone/s (race) Pit straight and straight after Campsa
Distance from grid to turn one 730m
Full throttle 67%
Longest flat-out section 1310m
Downforce level High
Fuel use per lap 1.7kg
Time penalty per lap of fuel 0.051s

UK Times
Friday 12th May 2017
Spanish Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 10:00-11:30 (UK time: 9:00-10:30)
Spanish Grand Prix Free Practice 2: 14:00-15:30 (UK time: 13:00-14:30)
Saturday 13th May 2017
Spanish Grand Prix Free Practice 3: 11:00-12:00 (UK time: 10:00-11:00)
Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying: 14:00 (UK time: 13:00)
Sunday 14th May 2017
Spanish Grand Prix: 14:00 (UK time: 13:00)

Previous Winners
2016 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer
2015 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2014 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2013 Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari
2012 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault
2011 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2010 Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
2009 United Kingdom Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes
2008 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
2007 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari
2006 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault
2005 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
2004 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2003 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2002 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2001 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2000 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes

Videos

1991 Schumacher opening lap on board on a damp track


2005 Alonso on board


Facts from the previous race

Valtteri Bottas had been waiting over 2,000 days for a victory when he took his breakthrough grand prix win in Sochi.

His Russian Grand Prix triumph came 2,044 days since the last time he took the chequered flag in first place. That was in a British Formula Three race at Donington Park in 2011, where he finished ahead of fellow future F1 drivers Felipe Nasr (tenth) and Kevin Magnussen (16th). But Felipe Massa has been waiting even longer – over 3,000 days have passed since his last victory.

Appropriately Bottas shared the podium yesterday with Kimi Raikkonen. The Ferrari driver and his manager Steve Robertson set up the Double R team which Bottas scored his previous win for.

It took Bottas 81 grand prix starts to score his first victory. That’s the joint tenth-longest wait, tying him with Eddie Irvine. However it’s 30 races less than his predecessor at Mercedes took to win his first race:
Mark Webber 130, Rubens Barrichello 124, Jarno Trulli 117, Jenson Button 113, Nico Rosberg 111, Giancarlo Fisichella 110, Mika Hakkinen 96, Thierry Boutsen 95, Jean Alesi 91, Eddie Irvine 81, Valtteri Bottas 81

Bottas became the 107th different driver to win a race. He is also the fifth Finnish driver to win a race out of the nine who have started races – a remarkable strike rate. Of the other four race-winning Finns only one, Heikki Kovalainen, did not go on to win the world championship. He, of course, was also Lewis Hamilton’s team mate at the time.

It was a close finish: Bottas crossed the line just 0.617 seconds ahead of Vettel. That’s almost the same margin the last first-time winner had over second place: Max Verstappen beat Raikkonen in Spain by 0.616s last year.

Mercedes sustained their perfect record of victories in the Russian Grand Prix, having won all four races. However their run of pole positions in this event was broken by Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari. He also became the first non-Mercedes driver to lead the Russian Grand Prix, which he did for the first time on lap 27.

We’ve now gone four races without the same team winning two in a row. This hasn’t happened since the middle of 2013, when Mercedes traded victories with Red Bull.

Vettel and Raikkonen gave further indication of Ferrari’s potential in 2017 by locking out the front row of the grid. This was the team’s first since the 2008 French Grand Prix, 127 races ago. Mercedes had only been beaten to pole position once in each of the previous three seasons.

Mercedes therefore didn’t have a car on the front row for the first time since the 2015 Singapore Grand Prix. Their 30-race run of front row starts is the third-longest of all time, behind the 35 Williams managed from 1992 to 1994. Their 18-race streak of pole positions, also the third-longest of all time, ended too. Hamilton missed out on the podium for the first time in the last eight races.

However Sergio Perez did continue his streak of points finishes which is now up to 14 in a row. Esteban Ocon looked on course to take his fourth tenth place finish in a row when he qualified tenth, but slipped up in the race and finished seventh. Pérez also got his first Formula 1 record. He’s become the new holder of the record for most points without a win, with 389. Before Sochi the holder was Bottas with 449.

The top 3 drivers in the Championship are separated by 23 points – the closest after 4 races since 2012. And it’s the first time since 1995 that 2 teams have each scored 2 wins in the first 4 races of a season.

F1’s new commercial boss Sean Bratches described the weekend as “the first time the Russian Grand Prix has been turned in to a fully-fledged motorsport festival”. It seems these motorsport festivals don’t include much in the way of racing.


Current Standings
Image
Image
ARSE Biscuits! Driftu Kingu!
My Flickr Stream
User avatar
TIMMY30
Posts: 1262
Joined: Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:23 pm
Location: Brisbane,QLD

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by TIMMY30 »

Alonso left track back to his hotel before the session even ended. Wonder if hes coming back for P2 lol
User avatar
w00dsy
The Senna of Hoppers Crossing
Posts: 24457
Joined: Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:41 pm
Location: incognito

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by w00dsy »

I think turn 3 is a new record.
User avatar
TIMMY30
Posts: 1262
Joined: Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:23 pm
Location: Brisbane,QLD

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by TIMMY30 »

I have to admit i had a big laugh. Its an absolute joke.
User avatar
Big Kev
Clean as a Whistle
Clean as a Whistle
Posts: 15060
Joined: Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:09 pm
Location: Little Britain
Contact:

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by Big Kev »

ARSE Biscuits! Driftu Kingu!
My Flickr Stream
User avatar
Duke
Dukester Maldonado
Dukester Maldonado
Posts: 11436
Joined: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:33 pm
Location: Melbourne

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by Duke »

Dukester

norbs diplomacy lesson 101: "If I was putting words in your mouth, you'd know."
User avatar
norbs
fucking right wing vegan lesbian
Posts: 24178
Joined: Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:01 pm
Contact:

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by norbs »

This sounds nasty. And the oil...


Sarc ; my second favourite type of gasm.
wabbit
Posts: 3348
Joined: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:36 pm
Location: Brisbane

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by wabbit »

User avatar
DexterPunk
Busted ARSE
Posts: 15218
Joined: Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:18 pm
Location: SE Suburbs, Melbourne
Contact:

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by DexterPunk »

Can't believe Alonso managed to get that piece of shit into 7th.

Did everyone else have serious issues? Or have Honda somehow found some pace?

I'm the first to claim that Alonso is one of, if not, the best driver on the grid... but you are talking maybe half a second or so between these drivers in regards to talent alone. Hopefully McLaren/Honda have figured something out.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
User avatar
Dr. Pain
Posts: 7431
Joined: Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:17 pm
Location: Benalla, Victoria

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by Dr. Pain »

His ego and the home crowd dragged that thing around.

But the chassis seems good and it's a chassis track. They badly need power now.
Minister for Religious Genocide.
User avatar
Duke
Dukester Maldonado
Dukester Maldonado
Posts: 11436
Joined: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:33 pm
Location: Melbourne

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by Duke »

I agree with Doc, the McLaren chassis has shown to be very good & this track is a handling circuit. But no doubt the home crowd would have super-motivated "The Maverick" Alonso.
Kudos to the Fezza mechanics, to get Vettel's car out for Q1. It was a mammoth effort & very crucial for their championship even this early in the season.
Even with all the upgrades, especially for Merc & RBR the results of Qual still indicate the fight will continue.
The start will be crucial today but let's hope that isn't the only excitement for the race...
Dukester

norbs diplomacy lesson 101: "If I was putting words in your mouth, you'd know."
User avatar
norbs
fucking right wing vegan lesbian
Posts: 24178
Joined: Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:01 pm
Contact:

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by norbs »

Like they said in commentary, this was a big moment for me.

"Turn car off", Ferrari

"Are you sure?" Vettel

He fucking knew he was rooted if he did.
Sarc ; my second favourite type of gasm.
User avatar
Big Kev
Clean as a Whistle
Clean as a Whistle
Posts: 15060
Joined: Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:09 pm
Location: Little Britain
Contact:

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by Big Kev »

Dr. Pain wrote:His ego and the home crowd dragged that thing around.

But the chassis seems good and it's a chassis track. They badly need power now.
Engine update is due at Canada but Honda are not quite sure if it'll be ready in time.
ARSE Biscuits! Driftu Kingu!
My Flickr Stream
User avatar
w00dsy
The Senna of Hoppers Crossing
Posts: 24457
Joined: Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:41 pm
Location: incognito

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by w00dsy »

They did update the induction and fuel system for this race, i'm tipping that's what helped him. He didn't just fluke one.
User avatar
Big Kev
Clean as a Whistle
Clean as a Whistle
Posts: 15060
Joined: Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:09 pm
Location: Little Britain
Contact:

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by Big Kev »

ahhh
Little kid crying his eyes out cos his hero Kimi is out already.

Any good PR person for Ferrari would go and find them and bring them to the garage to meet him.

EDIT: haha they did! Good on them.
ARSE Biscuits! Driftu Kingu!
My Flickr Stream
User avatar
norbs
fucking right wing vegan lesbian
Posts: 24178
Joined: Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:01 pm
Contact:

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by norbs »

Well organised kev

Sent from my F8331 using Tapatalk
Sarc ; my second favourite type of gasm.
User avatar
Big Kev
Clean as a Whistle
Clean as a Whistle
Posts: 15060
Joined: Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:09 pm
Location: Little Britain
Contact:

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by Big Kev »

I should work in PR :)

Image
ARSE Biscuits! Driftu Kingu!
My Flickr Stream
User avatar
Duke
Dukester Maldonado
Dukester Maldonado
Posts: 11436
Joined: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:33 pm
Location: Melbourne

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by Duke »

Sure was a great bit of PR for Ferrari & F1, that poor kid at the start but he will never forget meeting his hero. :yes:
It was also a fantastic strategic race with some exciting passes at the front.
Onto Monaco... :D
Dukester

norbs diplomacy lesson 101: "If I was putting words in your mouth, you'd know."
User avatar
GT VIRUS
Karen
Posts: 3637
Joined: Mon Jul 04, 2005 4:33 pm
Location: Adelaide
Contact:

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by GT VIRUS »

Big Kev wrote:I should work in PR :)

Image
Hamilton to Ferrari confirmed?
User avatar
KNAPPO
Master artist
Master artist
Posts: 10311
Joined: Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:26 am
Location: North of the dog fence, Adelaide.

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by KNAPPO »

GT VIRUS wrote:Hamilton to Ferrari confirmed?

Ooooo, thats good.
Life is hard...but, life is harder when you're dumb.
User avatar
durbster
The Whack Wasp Warrior
Posts: 5219
Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:29 am
Location: Nottingham, Mother England

Re: 2017 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

Post by durbster »

Big Kev wrote:I should work in PR :)

Image
That is amazing - would it have happened with Bernie in charge...? :D

Not a bad race actually. Usually it's one of the most boring of the year.
Post Reply