Inside Grand Prix News after Hockenheim: by InsideAutoTV

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Heading into this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix at Budapest, we take a look into Fernando Alonso's form, Red Bull's weekend to forget at Hockenheim, McLaren's World record, latest championship standings & most fastest laps and Brembo Brakefacts for Hungaroring.30th career winIt was the 30th win of his career. Fernando Alonso is on the march again and for the Hungarian Grand Prix, he wants that

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Hamilton on Vettel: "Maturity has come through I guess"

Monday, July 23, 2012

Lewis Hamilton questioned world champion Sebastian Vettel’s maturity after the Red Bull driver called him “stupid” in the aftermath of a very tense German Grand Prix afternoon at Hockenheim, which saw Hamilton retire from his 100th grand Prix and Vettel penalised for an illegal overtake.German Vettel disliked the way Hamilton overtook him despite being a lap down during the German grand prix. “

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2012 German Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stop times

Here is a look into the tyre strategies and the pit stop times for the 2012 German Grand Prix. Teams were provided with the Pirelli soft option tyres (PZero Yellow) and the medium compound tyres (PZero White) for the dry running.Tyre strategies:After a wet qualifying, teams had the flexibility to start the race on either prime or option tyres, majority of them chose to run on the option tyres.Top

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F1 2012 Championship Standings after German GP

Sunday, July 22, 2012

World Drivers' Championship Grands Prix Pos Driver Points AU MA CH BA ES MO CA EU GB GE HU BE IT SI JP KO IN AB US BR 1 Fernando Alonso 154 10 25 2 6 18 15 10 25 18 25 2 Mark Webber 120 12 12 12 12 - 25 6

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2012 German GP: Final Race Result after Vettel incurs penalty

Sebastian Vettel has been stripped of his podium finish in the German Grand Prix after being hit with a time penalty for his his move on Jenson Button in the closing stages.The Red Bull driver took second on the penultimate lap with a move around the outside into the hairpin but ran off track on the exit of the corner in order to make the move stick.Button was clearly angered by the move on the

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Alonso turns pole into victory at the 2012 German Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso led from pole position to chequered flag to win the German Grand Prix for Ferrari on Sunday and extend his lead at the top of the Formula One championship to 34 points.Germany's world champion Sebastian Vettel finished second for Red Bull, overtaking McLaren's Jenson Button on the penultimate lap in a controversial move that stewards were investigating.Vettel, who has yet to win

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German Grand Prix 2012- Qualifying- Driver quotes

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Mercedes’ Michael Schumacher on only just managing to sneak through Q1 before eventually claiming third on the grid, Ferrari’s Felipe Massa on failing to adjust to the change of conditions when the rain arrived in Q2, Lotus’s Romain Grosjean on losing KERS on his car during the session, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton on hunting down everyone tomorrow, and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso on taking his second

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Alonso takes pole at Hockenheim in wet qualifying

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was on his limit today at Hockenheim, in wet conditions to bag second pole position in a row. Followed closely by the two Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. Due to penalty however, Webber will drop down 5 grid places, promoting Michael Schumacher for Mercedes into third.In Q1Qualifying session 1 started with a looming rain storm around the circuit. Both Force

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Webber penalised five places for the German Grand Prix

Mark Webber, second in the Formula One world championship, has been penalised five starting places for the German Grand Prix after his Red Bull team broke the rules on gearbox changes."(Webber) did finish the last race in Silverstone and this change was before the five consecutive events expired," said the FIA technical delegate in a statement. "Therefore this does not comply with ....the Formula

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German Grand Prix: Button and Maldonado fastest in rain hit practice sessions

Friday, July 20, 2012

Jenson Button was fastest and team mate Lewis Hamilton second as McLaren dominated practice at a wet German Grand Prix on Friday while Michael Schumacher emerged unscathed from an embarrassing crash.Button and Hamilton both set their times in the morning practice as heavy rain played havoc with the afternoon practice which ended with Schumacher bringing out the red flags.Pastor Maldonado was

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Pirelli - Technical tyre notes for the 2012 German grand Prix

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Pirelli’s latest specification of the P Zero Silver hard tyre was scheduled to make its debut in free practice at Silverstone – before the famous British weather decided otherwise. Consequently, the new hard tyre will now be brought to Germany for the drivers to try out in free practice on Friday. They will have two sets of the new tyre on top of their usual allocation of 11 sets, with the P Zero

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Statistics heading into the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim

Red Bull’s Mark Webber continued a good season by winning his second race of the year last time out in Silverstone and is now just 13 points behind Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.Alonso came second in the British Grand Prix to keep his record up of not finishing outside the top ten in any race this season. Read on for more statistics as teams head into the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim this

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German Grand Prix 2012: Facts and Figures by Renault

The 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship reaches its halfway point this weekend with round 10 of the 20-event calendar, the German Grand Prix. This year the race is held at Hockenheim as part of a year-by-year rotation between the central German track and the Nürburgring.The old Hockenheimring was a behemoth of a track: a 6.8km loop through the forest, with only three chicanes breaking up what

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German Grand Prix 2012: Hamilton targets victory in 100th race

Monday, July 16, 2012

The McLaren driver ended up in eighth place at his home race, with fellow Briton and McLaren team-mate Jenson Button finishing 10th.But Hamilton, who is fourth in the drivers’ standings and 37 points adrift of leader Fernando Alonso, says he has already moved on and is adamant he can secure a victory at Hockenheim to boost his title chances.“I was quick to get over our disappointing weekend,

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2012 Formula 1 German Grand Prix

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Details Race Date: 22-Jul-12 Circuit Name: Hockenheimring Number of Laps: 67 Circuit Length: 4.574 km Race Distance: 306.458 km Lap Record: 1:13.780 - K Raikkonen (2004) The Hockenheim Circuit hosted the German Grand Prix for the first time in 1970 when the F1 drivers decided at the French Grand Prix to boycott the Nürburgring unless major

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