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La course du grand prix de Formule 1 en Chine a Ă©tĂ© clĂ´turĂ©e par une victoire surprise de RedBull, bien mĂ©ritĂ©e, mais les circonstances ont tournĂ©es en faveur de l’Ă©quipe autrichienne, accidents, safety car, arrĂŞts au stands, tout a fait en mesure que l’Australien Ricciardo puisse gagner une course bien mouvementĂ©e. Hamilton se rapproche de Vettel au classement par points, Mercedes devance Ferrari, et ça se serre pour donner un peu de spectacle.

Ferrari a commencĂ© en pole, elle a couvert la première ligne de dĂ©part, la deuxième ligne Ă©tait totalement couverte par les deux Mercedes et la troisième Ă©tait occupĂ©e par RedBull. Le dĂ©part Ă©tait marquĂ© par la montĂ©e de Verstappen, qui a pu gagner directement deux places, contre RaikkonĂ«n et Hamilton, Ricciardo est restĂ© 6ème, Vettel a pu conserver sa première place. Bottas est passĂ© en 2ème position facilement Ă  cause d’un blocage de RaikkonĂ«n par Vettel qui dĂ©fendait sa première position. Au 2ème virage, un petit accrochage entre Alonso et Perez a coutĂ© 6 places au Mexicain. Stroll qui Ă©tait parti parmi les derniers rangs, a rĂ©ussi Ă  la fin du premier tour Ă  gagner un total de 6 places.

il faut patienter jusqu’au premiers arrĂŞts aux stands pour avoir un peu d’action dans la course. Verstappen, Ricciardo, Hamilton, Bottas et Vettel se sont suivis dans les pits un tour par un, entre le 18ème pour les deux RedBulls, jusqu’au 21ème tour pour Vettel, qui se trouve perdant devant Bottas. En faite l’undercut (le dĂ©passement suite Ă  un arrĂŞt au stand) a bien fonctionnĂ© pour Mercedes, qui a rĂ©ussi a couvrir 4 secondes de retard en un tour. Vettel a lancĂ© une chasse fĂ©roce contre le Finlandais, il y avait seulement RaikkonĂ«n qui a prĂ©fĂ©rĂ© rester dehors pour rapprocher son compatriote Ă  son co-Ă©quipier. Mais sans grande dĂ©fense et avec des pneus beaucoup plus abĂ®mes que les deux qui sont derrière lui, a fini par cĂ©der et aux rentrer aux stands, 7 tours après.

La deuxième partie de course Ă©tait encore plus animĂ©e. Au 30ème tour, Pierre Gasly fonce directement dans son co-Ă©quipier laissant beaucoup de dĂ©bris dans l’Ă©pingle suite Ă  la dernière ligne droite, Hartley ne pas laissant beaucoup d’espace en dĂ©fense, Gasly plus dĂ©terminĂ© que jamais Ă  dĂ©passer a fini par endommager les deux voitures Torro Rosso. La direction de course n’a pas tardĂ© a demander Ă  la safety car de se mettre dans le circuit, contrĂ´lant le rythme de course pour permettre de nettoyer la piste. Les deux perdants de cette dĂ©cision Ă©taient en faite Vettel et Bottas. Ferrari qui attendait un deuxième arrĂŞt de stands, n’a pas pu le faire, puisque la safety car n’a Ă©tĂ© instaurĂ©e que lorsque les deux leaders de course ont pris le dernier virage, chose qui ne leur a pas permis de s’arrĂŞter. Les deux grands gagnants de ceci, Ă©taient les deux RedBull puisqu’ils sont sautĂ© directement dans les pits. Verstappen n’a mĂŞme pas attendu que la Torro Rosso de hartley se ballade un peu dans l’entrĂ©e aux stands, mais pensant aux premiers rangs, il l’a directement dĂ©passĂ©. L’Ă©ligibilitĂ© de ce dĂ©passement reste Ă  ĂŞtre vĂ©rifiĂ©e, sous la safety car le dĂ©passement est interdit, mais ceci Ă©tait passĂ© dans l’entrĂ©e des stands, une faille dans le règlement, ou la FIA qui commence un peu Ă  tout pardonner au jeune NĂ©erlandais, on ne le sait pas.

Après la reprise de la Safety Car, Verstappen et Ricciardo, qui Ă©taient avec des gommes plus adhĂ©rentes et plus fraĂ®ches que tout le reste devant eux, ont commencĂ© Ă  lancer des attaques orchestrĂ©es contre leurs rivaux, première victime Ă©tait Hamilton, puis RaikkonĂ«n, puis Vettel qui Ă©tait facilement dĂ©passĂ© par Ricciardo, mais Ă  la non-surprise de nous tous, avec un accident avec Verstappen. Vettel dit ne l’avoir vu que lorsque la “catastrophe” Ă©tait imminente, Verstappen pour une fois accepte le blâme. Verdict de Whiting, le directeur de course, 10 secondes qui s’ajoutent au temps du NĂ©erlandais. Ceci ne donne pas grande joie Ă  Ferrari, puisque son pilote Ă  continuĂ© de perdre des places jusqu’Ă  l’avant dernier tour de course, dans une lutte contre Alonso, le laissant terminer seulement 8ème.

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La course se termine par une victoire de Ricciardo, une chasse pour la deuxième place entre Bottas, RaikkonĂ«n et Verstappen, qui recule lui mĂŞme Ă  la 5ème position, Ă  cause du temps additionnĂ© au final. Hamilton en bĂ©nĂ©ficie et termine donc 4ème. Vettel reste premier au classement, seulement avec 9 points d’avance sur le Britanique. Ricciardo profite de sa victoire et fait un grand Jump Ă  la 4ème place du classement. Mercedes prend la tĂŞte u championnat constructeurs, et pour la première fois depuis 2014, aucune des 3 premières courses n’a Ă©tĂ© gagnĂ©e par Mercedes.

Je vous laisse avec un petit résumé de course par Sky Sports F1.

Hamilton 44 Italian GP

After the dramatic F1 Belgian Gp, we head to the Italian GP, in Monza (or God’s personal race track). The two free practice sessions were largely dominated by Mercedes team, and Ferrari in the run. Mercedes had 1,2 for Rosberg first Hamilton, Ferrari 3rd, 4th, in favor to Raikkonen. In FP2, there was the same result for constructors except drivers exchanging places. Red Bull was a bit far in the ranks.

The two marking events of the day, were the return of Kevin Magnussen, after being cleared to drive, and Charlie Whiting, having “the talk” with the young Max Verstappen. The young Dutchman was criticized for his aggressive defense against Raikkonen, which was the theme of drivers debrief. Charlie Whiting gave the teenager a soft warning, telling him that what he did could have lead him to disqualification. Of course being a teenager, and being criticized by many of his colleagues, Verstappen prefers not to care, as Horner says.

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The first free practice session was dominated by Mercedes F1 team, Roseberg scored 1:22.959, right behind him, was Lewis Hamilton, 2 tenths separating him from the lead. Ferrari was 3rd and 4th, advantage to Raikkonen. Ferrari is doing great results, and closing to Mercedes thanks to new upgrades on the power plant. New elements including a new internal combustion engine, new turbochargers, new MGU-H, new control electronics, and a anew energy store were used for the Italian GP, and with this Ferrari has used all of its 32 tokens of development. Next time Ferrari will bring an update, it may risk the penalty. In FP1 Raikkonen did a 1:24.074 and Vettel did 1:24.307 which is a bit more than a second away from Rosberg’s time. In FP2, Ferrari closed the gap to the lead. to just 4 tenths for Vettel and 6 tenths for Raikkonen.

Haas did benefit from Ferrari new power unit, with less changes, the results were impressive, 6th place for Grosjean, 1,804 off the lead and 9th for Gutierrez, 2 seconds off. The results for the FP2 were not as good, but the team is confident that the results tomorrow will be better. Force India’s Perez kept with the 5th place, done with super soft tires. Force India ran with three drivers : Perez (5th in FP1, 13th in FP2), Alfonso Celis (who is Force India’s reserve driver, who did an impressive 1Ă©th position) and Nico Hulkenberg who ended the FP2 being 12th.

One other remarkable result, is this of McLarenHonda. Even with difficulties for Alonso wit the gear box and the clutch, he finished in the top ten for the FP2, being a second and a half off the lead. Button looks forward to being a fourth time in Q3 tomorrow.

Massa, after announcing retirement at the end of this season, had his fair share of difficulties, with a boost problem in his Mercedes power unit. He could only achieve 14th and 11th place today. Ocon had a problem with his car which engendered a virtual safety car call.

Results of the two sessions are as below :

PRACTICE ONE TIMES:

Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m22.959s 37
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m23.162s 0.203s 36
3 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m24.047s 1.088s 16
4 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m24.307s 1.348s 17
5 Sergio Perez Force India/Mercedes 1m24.650s 1.691s 32
6 Romain Grosjean Haas/Ferrari 1m24.763s 1.804s 17
7 Valtteri Bottas Williams/Mercedes 1m24.785s 1.826s 37
8 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Renault 1m24.982s 2.023s 25
9 Esteban Gutierrez Haas/Ferrari 1m25.113s 2.154s 19
10 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull/Renault 1m25.120s 2.161s 17
11 Jenson Button McLaren/Honda 1m25.351s 2.392s 23
12 Alfonso Celis Force India/Mercedes 1m25.367s 2.408s 30
13 Fernando Alonso McLaren/Honda 1m25.507s 2.548s 14
14 Felipe Massa Williams/Mercedes 1m25.840s 2.881s 18
15 Marcus Ericsson Sauber/Ferrari 1m25.853s 2.894s 20
16 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso/Ferrari 1m25.973s 3.014s 20
17 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso/Ferrari 1m26.074s 3.115s 20
18 Esteban Ocon Manor/Mercedes 1m26.391s 3.432s 30
19 Felipe Nasr Sauber/Ferrari 1m26.439s 3.480s 21
20 Pascal Wehrlein Manor/Mercedes 1m26.762s 3.803s 28
21 Jolyon Palmer Renault 1m26.811s 3.852s 35
22 Kevin Magnussen Renault 1m26.956s 3.997s 32

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Practice Two timesheet
1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:22.801
2. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, + 0.193
3. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, + 0.453
4. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, + 0.626
5. Max Verstappen, Red Bull, + 0.931
6. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, + 1.202
7. Fernando Alonso, McLaren, 1.458
8. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, + 1.498
9. Romain Grosjean, Haas, + 1.715
10. Jenson Button, McLaren, + 1.748
11. Felipe Massa, Williams, + 1.755
12. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, + 1.786
13. Sergio Perez, Force India, + 1.852
14. Esteban Gutierrez, Haas, + 1.873
15. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber, + 2.180
16. Pascal Wehrlein, Manor, + 2.282
17. Carlos Sainz, Toro Rosso, + 2.439
18. Esteban Ocon, Manor, +2.474
19. Kevin Magnussen, Renault, + 2.754
20. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, + 2.813
21. Felipe Nasr, Sauber, + 2.842
22. Jolyon Palmer, Renault, + 3.032

 

 

raikkonen

The third practice session, FP3 has ended with The Ice man on the top, Kimi Raikkonen did a 1:47.974 to be the only driver to be under the 1:48:00 for the week-end, a personal best for him. Right behind him, with a 1:48.189 sits Daniel Ricciardo, and third goes for Sebastian Vettel who did 1:48.297. The drivers improved on the FP1 and FP2 times (found here)

Kimi Raikkonen said yesterday to expect more from his Ferrari. Louis Hamilton did the best time for Mercedes, with another engine/turbo units change and 55 place grid penalty. The brit did 1:48.635 besting his team mate. The changes were after two failures of the MGU-H and Turbo units on yesterday. Mercedes did the gamble, making him start last on the grid, and seeing what he can do with the upgrades, and avoiding him other grid penalties for the upcoming races of the season.

gearbox

With penalties going on all the week-end, some drivers, changed their gearboxes and are allowed their grid places, according to article 23.6a, because they used the same gearbox for 6 consecutive races and are allowed a new one. These drivers being : Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa, Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen and Nico Hulkenberg.

Max Verstappen who did the best time on Friday’s FP2 did not post a time, after only two out laps, and he had to go back to the garage, after a gearbox problem.

The final FP3 times are as follow :

FP3 results

Roseberg

The summer holidays are over for the F1 drivers and it is back to business. The first of the sessions was dominated by Nico Roseberg for Mercedes, doing 1:48.348, putting Louis Hamiltion 0,73 seconds behind him and third was Ferrari‘s Driver, Raikkonen 0,8 seconds behind the leader. Mercedes F1 GP was the only team to ever use the softest tyre, the super soft. Ferrari came with a more aggressive tyres strategy.

tyre choice

Mercedes is gambling on Hamilton’s power unit, since they gave him a new Turbo and MGU-H (a motor-generator unit that recovers energy from the turbo) units, giving him a 15 place grid penalty, and they may resort to using a 7th turbo and MGU-H units which will give him another 15 place grid penalty, thus starting plain last.

Ferrari was 3rd and 5th on the first practice session, running on the soft tyres, which was refreshing for the Scuderia to be close to the Mercedes Team. The two Ferrari drivers were divided by the Force india Sergio Perez. Red Bull drivers were 6th and 7th. Max Verstappen had a tough moment with a huge oversteer in the Fagnes chicane.

It was hard for Alonso, the McLarenHonda driver, who wasn’t able to set a time, due to engine-related problems. Honda came up with upgrades to its power units and it seems not to work.

Manor introduced a new driver to the field, it is the Frenchman, Esteban Ocon, in replacement of the Indonesian, Rio Haryanto, after problems with the sponsorship. Ocon is Renault’s reserve driver and is under contract with Mercedes team. Ocon finished the first practice session 15th fastest, his best time was 1:51.787, he was +3 seconds off the lead, but he was better than his team mate, Pascal Wehrlein who did 1:52.837 and finished the session 19th.

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The practice session was run with protective halos by some drivers, like Nico Roseberg (Mercedes), Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull), Carlos Sainz (Torro Rosso) and Nico Hulkenberg (Force India). Tests are still being made to make sure the protective halos do not affect pilots visibility.

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which follows are the official results of the first practice session :

First Session resultsFor the second practice session done later this afternoon, Max Verstappen came first 1:48:085 dollowed by his team mate, Daniel Ricciardo 1:48:341 (+0.256) and the third was Nico Hulkenberg doing a 1:48:657 (0.572 off the lead). Verstappen promised more to come from his car, as tomorrow will be hotter. Hamilton focused more on the long runs, doing only 13th time.

Vettel traffic

It did not go well for the Ferrari drivers, Kimi Raikkonen said that the car will behave better tomorrow, Vettel faced many traffic problems, it seemed like he was stuck in traffic all day, and he had problems making his tyres last longer, which was crucial for all the drivers. Ferrari ended the session in 4th place for Seb Vettel and 7th Place for Raikkonen.

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Hamilton wasn’t the only one to carry penalties, Fernando Alonso had his fair share too, with a 35 grid place penalties, due to engine change, for the FP1 failure. The Spaniard should make his start from the Netherlands maybe, Marcus Ericsson, Sauber driver, will serve a 10 place grid penalty for changing his engine.

It wasn’t the best day for massa, who qualified tyre pressure by a joke, the car wasn’t behaving, despite introducing a new chassis to his car, he said also that there is a lot of work to do, to compensate the deficit.

Massa

The FIA placed sensors in the track for drivers who will cross the track limits, in turns 4 in Radillion Eau Rouge and turn 12 Pouhon. The final results for the FP2 are the following :

second session qualitying