And here's the surprise of the day:

Marussia got a 12th place finish, which puts them into P10 of the constructors championship. While for us viewers this might be insignificant, a 10th place gives the team about 30million bucks in TV money at the end of the year, while 11th place gets nothing.
In order for Caterham to regain 10th place, they will need one finish in the top 12 during the remaining 6 races.
13th place finishes: Caterham 2, Marussia 0. 14th place finishes: Caterham 3, Marussia 2.
So a 12th place finish would equalize them and then the 13th place finishes would be taken into account again.

Not an easy task.

Archybaldie

United Kingdom818 Posts

September 23 2012 14:32 GMT

#848

On September 23 2012 22:54 Pandemona wrote:

Lewis

Alonso pretty much wins Championship now?

Was it ever in doubt, honestly alonso has just been so damn consistent this year. Unless something hideous happens to alonso i think its in the bag for him.

On the other hand i really hope McLaren focus on the constructors.

fanta[Rn]

Japan2465 Posts

September 23 2012 20:45 GMT

#849

On September 23 2012 23:31 zere wrote:
And here's the surprise of the day:

Marussia got a 12th place finish, which puts them into P10 of the constructors championship. While for us viewers this might be insignificant, a 10th place gives the team about 30million bucks in TV money at the end of the year, while 11th place gets nothing.
In order for Caterham to regain 10th place, they will need one finish in the top 12 during the remaining 6 races.
13th place finishes: Caterham 2, Marussia 0. 14th place finishes: Caterham 3, Marussia 2.
So a 12th place finish would equalize them and then the 13th place finishes would be taken into account again.

Not an easy task.

this is awesome :D

zere

Germany1287 Posts

September 27 2012 21:09 GMT

#850

Just stumbled upon some December 2009 Jerez F1 tests I gathered back then

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Andy Soucek Williams 1:19.158s 87
2. Paul Di Resta Force India 1:19.369s + 0.221s 46
3. Gary Paffett McLaren 1:19.426s + 0.268s 54
4. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1:19.534s + 0.376s 112
5. Juiles Bianchi Ferrari 1:19.626s + 0.486s 90
6. Mike Conway Brawn 1:19.920s + 0.762s 58
7. Alex Rossi Sauber 1:20.227s + 1.069s 82
8. Marcus Ericsson Brawn 1:20.333s + 1.175s 49
9. Bertrand Baguette Renault 1:20.511s + 1.363s 105
10. JR Hildebrand Force India 1:20.537s + 1.379s 49
11. Oliver Turvey McLaren 1:20.856s + 1.698s 27
12. Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso 1:21.325s + 2.167s 69

Brawn were the fastest cars at that time

Soucek will never get into F1 again although he was the most talented and quickest driver to ever grace a racetrack since Alonso

Baguettes time wasn't up to par but neither was his Renault at that time. He'll never get a drive either, even tho he's talented and won a Renault World Series once.

di Resta / Paffett / Ricciardo / Bianchi -> I think everyone agrees these are some talented guys who could take the opportunity of sitting in a fast car.

VManOfMana

United States764 Posts

September 28 2012 08:48 GMT

#851

Sergio Perez signs with McLaren. He will be Jenson Button's teammate.

http://pitpass.com/47442-Official-Perez-joins-McLaren

Awesome. Perez has shown he has a lot of talent, and having a very competitive car can lead to race wins.

sunnata

Russian Federation228 Posts

September 28 2012 09:05 GMT

#852

On September 28 2012 17:48 VManOfMana wrote:
Sergio Perez signs with McLaren. He will be Jenson Button's teammate.

http://pitpass.com/47442-Official-Perez-joins-McLaren

Awesome. Perez has shown he has a lot of talent, and having a very competitive car can lead to race wins.

SICK!!! Perez will win next season for sure

So that basically means Hamilton -> Mercedes, but where will MS go? Sauber? Or what are the chances of his retirement?

WiljushkA

Serbia1416 Posts

September 28 2012 11:36 GMT

#853

did not expect hammy to actually go to merc. looking at their track record these past 3 years (ignoring the brawn team year, when they had 18 months to build a car), and the fact that they dont seem to be improving much at all, what was he thinking?

VManOfMana

United States764 Posts

September 28 2012 12:42 GMT

#854

Maybe Schumacher to Ferrari?

Aristodemus

England1992 Posts

September 28 2012 13:36 GMT

#855

Not happy with this, as a McLaren fan they have weakened themselves here. Lewis must have been sold around Merc's big push for 2014 and onwards. It will spice up the driver market now though, will Schumacher go to Ferrari for a year before Vettel joins (supposedly) in 2014. I dont see Rosberg causing any problems to Hamilton and I suspect Button will out-perform Perez, although it will be close.

Zere, you think Soucek is faster than Hamilton/Vettel/Kubica? Or was it a comment in jest?

mememolly

4765 Posts

September 28 2012 13:53 GMT

#856

Ross Brawn and Hamilton will be lethal, Mclaren done goofed too many times with Hamilton, cost him too many races

fanta[Rn]

Japan2465 Posts

September 28 2012 15:24 GMT

#857

MSC to Ferrari needs to happen.

Vagabond

Scotland149 Posts

September 28 2012 22:24 GMT

#858

I am a McLaren fan since 1988 when my father would watch the GPs on the BBC. Since Button has joined the team Witmarsh has been rather constant trying to mention Button in every interview that sees Hamilton doing well with button well down the pecking order specialy for the car, take the quali from singapore martin was rather distant when they mentioned lewis but started to speak about jenson. I realy hope the mp4-28 is a Dog but perez does better than whining button. Since martin took over from ron the team has been getting worse. the sooner button and witmarsh are out the door the better.