Formula One World Championship 2011

[davenportram]

Let's hope Button and Hamilton can put some Pressure on Vettel and he cracks again.

[Leeds Ram]

Also for all those who say it will revitalize f1 like it did for football, My prediction will be, it will end up like county cricket, the rugby and others that compared to the football on sky it will be treated as a second rate sport etc.

[tomsdubs]

Also for all those who say it will revitalize f1 like it did for football, My prediction will be, it will end up like county cricket, the rugby and others that compared to the football on sky it will be treated as a second rate sport etc.

Don't think so, as long as it has a terrestrial TV presence it will always be huge. If the roles were reversed and it was cricket this was happening to you'd barely hear about it. F1 is much more popular.

[Duracell]

Also for all those who say it will revitalize f1 like it did for football, My prediction will be, it will end up like county cricket, the rugby and others that compared to the football on sky it will be treated as a second rate sport etc.

F1 doesn't need revitalizing, it's fine as it is. This will kill it. Nobodies arguing that this is a god send..

[JoetheRam]

F1 going to Sky is a pile of toss. Yes it's only half the races that aren't on free-to-air, but you can guarantee those without Sky will be stuck with the Valencia's and China's of this world, rather than the Monza's and Spa's.

The viewership will be less than what it would be on free to air, as such sponsors will pull out, which will mean a lot of the smaller teams' development will be reduced more so than at present, to the extent that they will be content with trundling round hoping to be mid-table at best (sound familiar?).

I'm slightly pissed off with the BBC as well. Fair enough they've got to cut costs and one F1 race costs the equivalent of an entire series of Doctor Who to make, but they could surely have negotiated a deal to show just all of the races and maybe even just highlights of qualifying? Practice on Friday's even as a big F1 fan, i'm not particularly bothered about - although David Croft and Anthony Davidson/Karun Chandhok are excellent. I could even live without all the bells and whistles that the BBC coverage currently supplies - just give me the live feed 5 minutes before the start of the race and Martin Brundle on the mic and i'd be happy. Jake Humphrey is a cock anyway.

I've not got, nor will I ever get Sky Television so it's going to be MyP2P all the way come next season, hopefully the Murdoch empire won't be too hot on the illegal streams.

Very disappointing.

[CumbrianRam]

Great win for Jenson Button in changable conditions at Hungary at his 200th race, Vettel 2nd, Alonso 3rd. Hamilton 4th after a spin and a penalty for nearly causing a collision with fellow Brit Paul di Resta who finished in a career best 7th.

PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS

The Hungarian Grand Prix

The Hungaroring, Hungary;

70 laps; 306.663km;

Weather: Mixed conditions.

Classified:

Pos Driver Team Time

1. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1h43:42.337

2. Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 3.588

3. Alonso Ferrari + 19.819

4. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 48.338

5. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 49.742

6. Massa Ferrari + 1:17.176

7. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1 lap

8. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap

9. Rosberg Mercedes + 1 lap

10. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap

11. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1 lap

12. Petrov Renault + 1 lap

13. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 2 laps

14. Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 2 laps

15. Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 2 laps

16. Maldonado Williams-Cosworth + 2 laps

17. Glock Virgin-Cosworth + 4 laps

18. Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth + 4 laps

19. D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth + 5 laps

20. Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth + 5 laps

Fastest lap: Massa, 1:23.415

Not classified/retirements:

Driver Team On lap

Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 56

Schumacher Mercedes 27

Heidfeld Renault 24

Trulli Lotus-Renault 18

World Championship standings, round 11:

Drivers: Constructors:

1. Vettel 234 1. Red Bull-Renault 383

2. Webber 149 2. McLaren-Mercedes 280

3. Hamilton 146 3. Ferrari 215

4. Alonso 145 4. Mercedes 80

5. Button 134 5. Renault 66

6. Massa 70 6. Sauber-Ferrari 35

7. Rosberg 48 7. Force India-Mercedes 26

8. Heidfeld 34 8. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 22

9. Schumacher 32 9. Williams-Cosworth 4

10. Petrov 32

11. Kobayashi 27

12. Sutil 18

13. Buemi 12

14. Alguersuari 10

15. Di Resta 8

16. Perez 8

17. Barrichello 4

All timing unofficial

[tomsdubs]

Great race, shame Hamilton got it wrong.

[Boycie]

Glad it's on Sky next year, we can have a nice film on now instead.

Most agreeable.

[smiffy]

Glad it's on Sky next year, we can have a nice film on now instead.

Most agreeable.

Nah mate, it will be Show Jumping, or Eventing, or Hockey, or some other poncy socialite sport

[Boycie]

Nah mate, it will be Show Jumping, or Eventing, or Hockey, or some other poncy socialite sport

One's partial to a spot of Jimkana on a sunday afternoon.

[alexxxxx]

if you want all the F1 races without paying skysports, you can do it quite cheaply as the German broadcaster RTL broadcasts the race for free on satellite you just need to buy a new box and dish from B&Q or Aldi and set it up. Saw a deal not long a go for a dish and box for under £50.. Link this up with 5live for english and there you have it! You'll also get this other channel called Sport 1 which has quite a lot of other sport on it for free too.

[CumbrianRam]

Vettel on pole, Hamilton 2nd after an incident with Maldonado. Schumacher will start 24th in his 20th F1 anniversary after losing a wheel early on.

Qualifying Results

Saturday, 27 August 2011

Pos Country Driver Car Team Q1 Q2 Q3

1 germany Sebastian Vettel 1 Red Bull-Renault 2:03.029 2:03.317 1:48.298

2 great britain Lewis Hamilton 3 McLaren-Mercedes 2:03.008 2:02.823 1:48.730

3 australia Mark Webber 2 Red Bull-Renault 2:02.827 2:03.302 1:49.376

4 brazil Felipe Massa 6 Ferrari 2:05.834 2:04.507 1:50.256

5 germany Nico Rosberg 8 Mercedes GP 2:05.091 2:03.723 1:50.552

6 spain Jaime Alguersuari 19 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2:05.419 2:04.561 1:50.773

7 brazil Bruno Senna 9 Renault 2:05.047 2:04.452 1:51.121

8 spain Fernando Alonso 5 Ferrari 2:04.450 2:02.768 1:51.251

9 mexico Sergio Perez 17 Sauber 2:06.284 2:04.625 1:51.374

10 russian federation Vitaly Petrov 10 Renault 2:05.292 2:03.466 1:52.303

11 switzerland Sebastien Buemi 18 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2:04.744 2:04.692

12 japan Kamui Kobayashi 16 Sauber 2:07.194 2:04.757

13 great britain Jenson Button 4 McLaren-Mercedes 2:01.813 2:05.150

14 brazil Rubens Barrichello 11 Williams-Cosworth 2:05.720 2:07.349

15 germany Adrian Sutil 14 Force India-Mercedes 2:06.000 2:07.777

16 venezuela Pastor Maldonado 12 Williams-Cosworth 2:05.621 2:08.106

17 finland Heikki Kovalainen 20 Lotus-Renault 2:06.780 2:08.354

18 great britain Paul Di Resta 15 Force India-Mercedes 2:07.758

19 italy Jarno Trulli 21 Lotus-Renault 2:08.773

20 germany Timo Glock 24 Virgin-Cosworth 2:09.566

21 belgium Jerome d'Ambrosio 25 Virgin-Cosworth 2:11.601

22 italy Vitantonio Liuzzi 23 Hispania-Cosworth 2:11.616

23 australia Daniel Ricciardo 22 Hispania-Cosworth 2:13.077

24 germany Michael Schumacher 7 Mercedes GP

[froggg]

if you want all the F1 races without paying skysports, you can do it quite cheaply as the German broadcaster RTL broadcasts the race for free on satellite you just need to buy a new box and dish from B&Q or Aldi and set it up. Saw a deal not long a go for a dish and box for under £50.. Link this up with 5live for english and there you have it! You'll also get this other channel called Sport 1 which has quite a lot of other sport on it for free too.

It's on BBC1 HD you plonker:D

[CumbrianRam]

Vettel wins, Webber 2nd, Button 13th to 3rd, Schumacher 24th to 5th. Hamilton retires after a crash with Kobayashi.

PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS

The Belgian Grand Prix

Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium;

44 laps; 308.052km;

Weather: Dry conditions.

Classified:

Pos Driver Team Time

1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1h26.44.893

2. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 3.741

3. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 9.669

4. Alonso Ferrari + 13.022

5. Schumacher Mercedes + 47.464

6. Rosberg Mercedes + 48.674

7. Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 59.713

8. Massa Ferrari + 1m06.076

9. Petrov Renault + 1m11.917

10. Maldonado Williams-Cosworth + 1m17.615

11. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1m23.994

12. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1m31.976

13. Senna Renault + 1m32.985

14. Trulli Lotus-Renault + 1 lap

15. Kovalainen Lotus-Renault + 1 lap

16. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 1 lap

17. D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth + 1 lap

18. Glock Virgin-Cosworth + 1 lap

19. Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth + 1 lap

Fastest lap: Massa, 1:23.415

Not classified/retirements:

Driver Team On lap

Perez Sauber-Ferrari 27

Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 13

Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 12

Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6

Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1

World Championship standings, round 11:

Drivers: Constructors:

1. Vettel 259 1. Red Bull-Renault 426

2. Webber 167 2. McLaren-Mercedes 295

3. Alonso 157 3. Ferrari 231

4. Button 149 4. Mercedes 88

5. Hamilton 146 5. Renault 68

6. Massa 74 6. Sauber-Ferrari 35

7. Rosberg 56 7. Force India-Mercedes 32

8. Schumacher 42 8. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 22

9. Petrov 34 9. Williams-Cosworth 5

10. Heidfeld 34

11. Kobayashi 27

12. Sutil 24

13. Buemi 12

14. Alguersuari 10

15. Di Resta 8

16. Perez 8

17. Barrichello 4

18. Maldonado 1

All timing unofficial

[smiffy]

Hamilton can not win, when he hit Button he got the blame because Button had moved over onto the correct line for the corner, so he should have backed off, today he moves over onto the correct line for the corner,but f**king Jordan and Lauda say he was at fault for going across, make your f**king mind up guys for f**ks sake.

[Wilko]

Hamilton can not win, when he hit Button he got the blame because Button had moved over onto the correct line for the corner, so he should have backed off, today he moves over onto the correct line for the corner,but f**king Jordan and Lauda say he was at fault for going across, make your f**king mind up guys for f**ks sake.

It's the old "build him up to knock him down" approach mate, especially used when it comes to Hamilton.

He's made some stupid errors this year (looking at Monaco in particular) but he's also been extremely unlucky. Yesterday was another prime example, a 50/50 with Koba and he winds up going off.

Don't get me started on the incident with Maldonado. The fact that Hamilton received a reprimand for being the victim of some eejit trying to take him off the road says it all. Maldonado should have been taken out of the race for that and now he's attempting to take the moral high ground by saying "He's at it again". Unreal.

[Duracell]

It's the old "build him up to knock him down" approach mate, especially used when it comes to Hamilton.

He's made some stupid errors this year (looking at Monaco in particular) but he's also been extremely unlucky. Yesterday was another prime example, a 50/50 with Koba and he winds up going off.

Don't get me started on the incident with Maldonado. The fact that Hamilton received a reprimand for being the victim of some eejit trying to take him off the road says it all. Maldonado should have been taken out of the race for that and now he's attempting to take the moral high ground by saying "He's at it again". Unreal.

As much as I like motor racing, the FIA have been riddled with far-right pillocks (including some pretty serious facists). I find it no coincedence that non-European drivers have never enjoyed the same treatment as white European drivers and Hamilton seems to be targeted beyond belief.

Hamilton's been very unlucky.

[davenportram]

Hamilton has been very gracious about this, admitting it was his fault and he moved over without checking his mirrors - he thought he was past but didn't check.

[blackNwhites]

I've read somewhere that he admits he saw him coming from behind. Obviously didn't expect him to try and fit his car inside his.

Lots of people suggesting he jinked towards Moldanado, but I can't see it. There's a video on youtube of Hamiltons on board cam, Maldonado just tries to take him out.

[tomsdubs]

When Senna did these things everyone loved him. They all rave about Button and his clean driving but when Button passes people he is always in a faster car with better tyres. If all the cars were even Hamilton would win every race.