2011 Formula One German Grand Prix

[Chris Jenkins]

So the weekend is underway.
Here are the times from FP1:

1. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 1min 31.894secs
2. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull - Renault 1:32.217
3. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull - Renault 1:32.268
4. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1:32.681
5. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1:32.996
6. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 1:33.628
7. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 1:33.787
8. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Force India-Mercedes 1:33.832
9. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India-Mercedes 1:33.858
10. Michael Schumacher (Germany) Mercedes 1:33.863
11. Vitaly Petrov (Russia) Renault 1:34.094
12. Jaime Alguersuari (Spain) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:35.115
13. Sebastien Buemi (Switzerland) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:35.371
14. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Williams - Cosworth 1:35.389
15. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) Renault 1:35.444
16. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Sauber - Ferrari 1:36.371
17. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Lotus - Renault 1:36.392
18. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Williams - Cosworth 1:36.842
19. Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) Sauber - Ferrari 1:36.882
20. Narain Karthikeyan (India) HRT - Cosworth 1:38.504
21. Karun Chandhok (India) Lotus - Renault 1:38.765
22. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) HRT - Cosworth 1:39.279
23. Timo Glock (Germany) Virgin - Cosworth 1:40.109
24. Jerome d'Ambrosio (Belgium) Virgin - Cosworth 1:40.428

 

[Eric Parker]

And Webber is the fastest followed by Alonso for FP2.

 

[Supadave]

Looks like same old - same old with respect to Hamilton and Jenson!

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

MSC again too slow.. Oh well at least he has his own corner now

 

[Ondrej Kapal]

good to see Vettel not in pole

 

[NoobBlaster]

I feel confident in saying that since the new blown diffuser rules it is quite obvious that Redbull were giving Vettel a little something extra over Webber's car.

 

[TheHemps]

Wow, Maldonado's mouth's got some ballast in it hasn't it?

 

[Eric Parker]

Say Mark, try not to blow the start tomorrow. And further more, I hope it doesn't begin behind the safety car.

 

[James Johnson]

 

[Péter Bártfai]

Great lap by Hamilton, but I wonder how much they improved on tyre wear! If it's the same as the last few races, and it won't rain, I think they don't have a chance. Alonso however I think has a chance again, he was close again, and Ferrari always seem to improve a lot compared to Red Bull in races.

 

[Thomas Dougherty]

anyone else happy to not have Vettel in pole finally? i dont hate him or anything, im just happy to finally have a change. hopefully Webber can hold his position, if either him or Hamilton finish first, i'll be satisfied.

i just want webber to shine over vettel

 

[Ivo Simons]

anyone else happy to not have Vettel in pole finally? i dont hate him or anything, im just happy to finally have a change. hopefully Webber can hold his position, if either him or Hamilton finish first, i'll be satisfied.

i just want webber to shine over vettel

He wasnt also on Silverstone.

 

[James Johnson]

Great lap by Hamilton, but I wonder how much they improved on tyre wear! If it's the same as the last few races, and it won't rain, I think they don't have a chance. Alonso however I think has a chance again, he was close again, and Ferrari always seem to improve a lot compared to Red Bull in races.

Tires wont be so much of a problem here. 30 laps on Softer tire and 100 laps on harder tires is the predicted tire limits from pirelli here.

 

[Bruno Oliveira]

And for the first time since 12 races ago, we seen ain't see Vettel on the 2 first positions, hahaha. Maybe Webber stills angry 'cause the order of Christian Horner in Silverstone, and is running faster because of that. xD

 

[Ondrej Kapal]

MSC 10th

 

[Diego Lopez]

Im glad Webber is on Pole and Lewis outperformed Seb. about time.

Im going for a Webber, Maclaren or Alonso win...most preferably Webber as long as he doesnt screw up on the start.

 

[Jax Humanhater]

For British and/or BBC viewers.

I have not watched F1 very often, do you guys know if Murray Walker is commentating for the German GP?

It's great to hear him again though I will admit, he sounds more like his age after watching a YouTube video.

 

[NoobBlaster]

I hope Hamilton remembers the race continues beyond turn 1.

 

[NoobBlaster]

Say Mark, try not to blow the start tomorrow. And further more, I hope it doesn't begin behind the safety car.

A bit harsh, Hopefully he's not starting from the dirty side of the track again?

 

[James Chant]

For British and/or BBC viewers.

I have not watched F1 very often, do you guys know if Murray Walker is commentating for the German GP?

It's great to hear him again though I will admit, he sounds more like his age after watching a YouTube video.

No. He did some of the British gp coverage as a guest, but he doesn't do F1 races anymore.

I think he is great but unfortunately the excitement would probably kill him now!