trying again...1969 Dodge Super Bee

i had no success with my last kit, a revell 69 charger...acetone and styrene are not friends, and never will be.

so on to the next one. me being a mopar guy, i naturally chose the 69 super bee. its coming along nicely and im real surprised with the results so far. just one thing messes with my mind. the instructions say the motor is "chrysler engine red." as far as i know, and with the pictures id seen, the motor looks orange. stupid me, painted and built the motor in red, and the car is going to be orange. the question i propose is, is this motor supposed to be red, or orange?

thanks

tony

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Official F1 2010 game by Codemasters arrives in September

July 7 '10

"F1 2010" is an upcoming official game of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship and will include all of the official 12 teams, 24 drivers and 19 circuits from the 2010 season. It will be released in September 2010 on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows platforms. Before the opening race of the South Korean Grand Prix in October, players can drive the new Korean International Circuit!

Some of the features of the game have been revealed in the F1 2010 developer videos (below) by Codemasters Studios.

Tracks and Cars

The new video takes viewers behind the scenes at F1 2010 developers, Codemasters Birmingham, and shows how all of the cars and circuits from the exhilarating 2010 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP? have been painstakingly recreated in the game.

To deliver fans the most authentic FORMULA ONE? experience, CAD (Computer Aided Design) data and extensive reference photography has been used to accurately simulate the 19 circuits that will host the 2010 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. Once tracks are created, former FORMULA ONE driver Anthony Davidson, who is working as Technical Consultant on F1 2010, gives his feedback from a driver?s perspective about the look and feel of each circuit in-game.

?Driving the real world circuits enables me to give that impression to the guys creating the game,? said Davidson. ?There?s all these details that only a driver would know about. For instance, turn eight in Spa; I know straight away any car I have ever driven there always understeers and it?s knowing that kind of detail as a driver that you can get over into the game. The circuits feel really spot on.?
- www.formula1-game.com

Weather

In the video, the wide ranging effects of weather and their impact in the game are revealed. FORMULA ONE test driver Anthony Davidson explains that although you have some information about the weather at your disposal, how you use that information is crucial: ?The teams know by the radar where the weather is coming from and how long it?s going to last. You?ll be aware of what the weather?s doing roughly, and then you can make your call, just like you would in real life.?

In career mode, F1 2010?s weather system is fully dynamic, mirroring real life conditions which change at any time, whether between sessions or during a session itself. The weather authentically reflects the conditions at each of the 19 GRAND PRIX? locations, meaning rain is unlikely at Abu Dhabi but conditions can be unpredictable at Spa and Silverstone. Presenting a further challenge, players can set the weather conditions and experience the dramatic affect they have on racing in GRAND PRIX, Time Trial and Multiplayer modes.
- www.formula1-game.com

Handling

Anthony Davidson, who has been embedded into the team, explains the unique ?twitchy? way in which FORMULA ONE cars handle and how this is translated into authentic gameplay. His experience, combined with real world data and feedback from the teams, drivers and tyre manufacturers is enabling the F1 2010 team to bring alive the sensation of being an F1 racing driver like never before. As in real life, aerodynamics plays a pivotal role in racing, and players will feel how cars can corner at extremely high speed yet perform very differently at lower speeds.
- www.formula1-game.com

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MOTOGP: Simoncelli: Results don?t reflect pace

Simoncelli: Results don't reflect pace By Matt Beer Wednesday, October 27th 2010, 17:22 GMT Marco Simoncelli says he is determined to start delivering race results that truly reflect the progress he has made through his MotoGP rookie season. The former 250cc champion has fought for podium positions early in recent grands prix, but has not been able to maintain that form across the full distance Related posts:

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Citroën Metropolis concept confirmed for production

The CEO of Citroen Asia, Gregoire Olivier, has confirmed the company has green-lighted the Metropolis concept. Details inside

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Pick your classic grand prix - race 17

Part of what makes Formula 1 so compelling is its ruthless exposure of the strengths and weaknesses of its participants.

Quite apart from a sporting spectacle which, at its best, can compare with any in the world, F1 is life in extremis. Its high-pressure, high-intensity environment remorselessly reveals the true competitive and psychological natures of those involved.

There are examples of both of these aspects of the sport in the latest edition of our classic grand prix series - great races exposing drivers' weaknesses of both kinds for all to see.

This selection of races precedes the inaugural South Korean Grand Prix, which takes place on 24 October. The doubts over whether the new track would be ready are over but there is of course no archive for us to mine in the usual manner.

Instead, we have chosen five grands prix from tracks that are no longer on the calendar - the sort of places, indeed, that have made way for the new generation of grand, government-backed circuits of which Korea is just the latest example.

This is not the place to get into the rights and wrongs of F1's new direction; instead we can revel in the glories of the sport's past as a way of whetting our appetites for the next instalment of a season that itself will go down in history as an all-time great.

So, to the five choices. As ever, we'd like you to tell us your favourite by way of a response below, and we will use those views to help inform our choice of the 'winner'. For this race, we will show the full 'Grand Prix' highlights programme from the time. The others will all get shorter highlights edits.

The first choice is the 1979 South African Grand Prix, a race that is little-remembered despite a stunning victory by Ferrari legend Gilles Villeneuve.

It was the Canadian's first win in the year in which he established himself without doubt as the greatest driver in the world - and it gave his team-mate Jody Scheckter a glimpse into just what he was up against if he wanted to become world champion in his first season with Ferrari, which was exactly why the South African had been employed.

Scheckter did eventually achieve his and Maranello's ambition, but only thanks to Villeneuve obeying team orders to sit behind him at the Italian Grand Prix in September.

Through the year, though, Villeneuve established himself as the faster of the two men, and only bad luck, and a few mistakes, prevented him becoming world champion.

The South African race was red-flagged after a couple of laps because of a heavy rain shower, with Villeneuve leading from Scheckter. At the restart, the Ferrari drivers chose different strategies - Villeneuve starting on wet-weather tyres; Scheckter dry-weather, untreaded slicks, gambling that it was not going to rain again.

Slicks were the right choice - although Villeneuve shot off into an early lead, his wet tyres were soon shot and he had to pit to change rubber after just 15 of the 78 laps.

The stop put Villeneuve 30 seconds behind Scheckter, a margin which he closed in just 33 laps. Under pressure from his team-mate, and aware of the fact that he had just lost a second a lap for 30 laps to a man in the same car, Scheckter locked his brakes going into a corner and flat-spotted a tyre, forcing him into the pits and giving Villeneuve a lead he was never to lose.

Gilles Villeneuve features in two of our choices. This is him in the 1979 Ferrari 312T4. Photo: Getty

Our next choice also features Villeneuve, but in less happy circumstances - it is the 1982 San Marino Grand Prix.

Held in the middle of a huge political war in F1, many of the English teams did not attend the race at Imola, and that left a 13-car grid and the turbo-charged cars of Renault and Ferrari to stage a private battle.

Following the retirements of the Renaults of Alain Prost and Rene Arnoux, Villeneuve was left in the lead from team-mate Didier Pironi, who had been more than a second slower in qualifying. The scene unravelled into one of the great tragedies of F1.

The Ferrari drivers knew fuel was marginal but they both dipped below the lap record immediately after Arnoux retired.

Ferrari prepared a pit board telling them to 'slow' - ie, hold position - but, according to team boss Marco Piccinini in an interview with Mark Hughes a few years ago, on that lap Villeneuve went briefly off on to the grass, so Pironi received it first.

The relevance of that is debatable, as the long-standing internal Ferrari rules at the time, of which Pironi claimed ignorance, were simple - if at any point the cars ended up running one-two, the guy in the lead was to win.

Villeneuve soon re-passed Pironi and then slowed down, measuring his pace to ensure he got to the finish. But then Pironi passed Villeneuve again. And speeded up.

No problem, thought Villeneuve, he wants to put on a bit of a show. He speeded up and re-took the lead. And slowed down again. Whereupon Pironi passed him again.

So it went on until with three laps to go Villeneuve re-took the lead and, now very worried about fuel, slowed down again. Pironi held station behind him for a couple of laps and Villeneuve, believing Pironi had finally seen sense, slowed down.

But then, on the last lap, Pironi surprised Villeneuve by passing him for the lead into the Tosa hairpin, the only real overtaking point.

Villeneuve, furious at what he considered the duplicity of a man he had supported through some dark times and who he considered a friend, stood stony-faced on the podium, then marched off before speaking to the media, not wanting to say something he might regret.

He vowed never to speak to Pironi again, and felt equally let down by Ferrari team principal Marco Piccinini, who refused to condemn the Frenchman publicly.

Two weeks later, Villeneuve, still bitter, was killed in a crash in qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix.

The next choice is the 1985 Dutch Grand Prix, and a battle royal between McLaren team-mates Niki Lauda and Prost.

Lauda had narrowly won the title when the two dominated the previous season, but 1985 had all been about Prost, who was in a title battle with Ferrari's Michele Alboreto. Lauda, through a combination of poor reliability and lack of pace, had not won a single race.

At the classic seaside Zandvoort circuit, Lauda again qualified poorly, in 10th place, but after his trademark climb back up the field in the early laps, he found himself in the lead when Prost had a problem at his pit stop.

The Frenchman lost a lot of time but closed quickly on to his team-mate's tail. The two had a good relationship, but although Prost was much faster than him and battling for the championship, the Austrian was not about to give up what he realised was probably going to be his last chance to win in his final season before retirement.

Prost tried everything he knew to get past, but Lauda used all his guile to stay ahead, and the two men crossed the line just 0.232 seconds apart.

The fourth choice is the 1991 French Grand Prix, a rare bright spot in a difficult season for Ferrari and a fine battle between their driver, Prost, and Williams's Nigel Mansell.

After a disastrous start to the year, the Italian team introduced a new car for Prost's home race, and he very nearly claimed pole position on its debut, just missing out after a great lap by Mansell's team-mate Riccardo Patrese. Mansell took fourth behind Ayrton Senna's McLaren.

Patrese, though, made a poor start and Prost took the lead from Mansell - and the two soon disappeared into a race of their own.

By this stage of his career, Prost was an elder statesman and he had begun to measure risk against reward more carefully than some of his rivals.

He became wary of racing in heavy rain, because of the lack of visibility, and he was more circumspect when passing backmarkers. This was to be the key to the race.

Mansell, in the faster car, piled the pressure on to Prost, and eventually passed the Ferrari when he hit traffic on lap 21.

The Englishman began to edge away in the lead, but problems at his tyre stop put him back behind Prost and he had to do it all over again - passing the Ferrari for the final time, again with the help of traffic, on lap 54.

Finally, we have the 1996 Portuguese Grand Prix, and a superb victory by Jacques Villeneuve at the expense of Williams team-mate Damon Hill.

Hill (left) looks on pensively as Villeneuve celebrates victory in Portugal in 1996. Photo: Getty

The Canadian - son of Gilles - realistically needed to win in Portugal to keep the championship battle between himself and Hill alive to the final race in Japan.

Hill took pole position, with Villeneuve second, but Villeneuve made a mess of the start and ended up fourth, behind Hill, the Benetton of Jean Alesi and Michael Schumacher's Ferrari.

Taking advantage of the situation, Hill streaked off into the distance - by lap 15, he was 15 seconds ahead of Villeneuve, who was still stuck behind Schumacher.

But then came a piece of magic by Villeneuve, the sort of thing of which his father would have been proud.

Heading towards Estoril's banked 150mph, 180-degree final corner, Schumacher was briefly held up by the Minardi of Giovanni Lavaggi, and Villeneuve seized his chance to pull off a move never seen in F1 before.

He dived to the outside of the Ferrari, and sat it out with Schumacher around the outside of the corner, a move of extraordinary skill and bravery in any circumstances, let alone when Schumacher is your rival.

It was a breathtaking manoeuvre, and Villeneuve seemed inspired by it. After the first of three pit stops, Villeneuve was 15 seconds behind Hill but, with the help of traffic, he had closed that to almost nothing by the time of their second stops.

Villeneuve sat behind his team-mate throughout the third stint, knowing he had the pace to pass Hill at the final stops, which he duly did.

I was in the news conference after the race and Villeneuve was still on a high from his pass of Schumacher.

"I told my engineers before the race that it was possible," Villeneuve said, "and they told me they'd come and pick me out of the wall if I tried."

Hill's face was a picture.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2010/10/pick_your_classic_grand_prix_-.html

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Suzuka Memories

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Turkish GP: Hamilton gains victory by Red Bull collision

May 30 '10

Lewis Hamilton won today's Turkish Grand Prix with a bit of a luck from the collision of the Red Bull mates, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton's first win of the season. His team mate Jenson Button finished second and Mark Webber who was leading the race before the incident, finished third.

The McLaren duo of Hamilton and Button, who were running first and second after the incident between the Red Bull drivers, were racing against each other despite warnings from their crew about ?critical? fuel shortages.

According to F1Fanatic, The McLaren drivers could scarcely believe their fortune but Button, now up to second, fancied his chances of a third win. He drew alongside his team mate on the outside of turn 12 and scrambled past.

That left Button on the outside of the last corner and Hamilton used his momentum to get back alongside. The pair touched wheels as they dived into turn one side-by-side and Hamilton seized the lead back."

Details of the race below, thanks to the Formula 1 broadcaster and journalist, James Allen's tweets.

Video of the incident between Webber and Vettel

According to iTV, "Winning this race would be about seizing the precious moment. Vettel felt his had come when he got a run on Webber exiting ?Faux Rouge?, the right-hand kink in the back straight.

It was a squeeze but he got alongside and had the inside line for turn 12. He was slightly ahead too, and clearly felt he had earned the right to drift over for a slightly less compromised line.

Webber didn?t see it that way. Perhaps hoping to pinch his team-mate in order to get a run on him through the second part or even the exit of the left-right-left combination, he held his line.

The Red Bulls touched and Vettel spun down the road, almost collecting Webber in the run-off area before marching away from his wreck while giving the universally accepted hand signal for ?crazy?."

Michael Schumacher finished a strong fourth in his Mercedes ahead of his team mate Nico Rosberg in fifth. Kamui Kobayashi scored his first points of the season and also his team's. Both the Saubers finished the race for the first time this season.

Hamilton?s first win of the season moves him up to third place in the driver's standings (84 pts), Webber retains the lead (93 pts). Button moves to second (88 pts). Vettel, who jointly led the championship heading into this race, falls to fifth (78 pts). McLaren lead the constructor's championship, ahead of Red Bull and Ferrari.

Turkish Grand Prix Race times

1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 laps 1hr 28m 47.620s
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes +00m 02.6s
3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault +00m 24.2s
4. Michael Schumacher Mercedes-Mercedes +00m 31.1s
5. Nico Rosberg Mercedes-Mercedes +00m 32.2s
6. Robert Kubica Renault-Renault +00m 32.8s
7. Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari +00m 36.6s
8. Fernando Alonso Ferrari-Ferrari +00m 46.5s
9. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes +00m 49.0s
10. Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari +01m 05.6s

11. Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari +01m 05.9s
12. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari +01m 07.8s
13. Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes +1 lap
14. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth +1 lap
15. Vitaly Petrov Renault-Renault +1 lap
16. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari +1 lap
17. Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth +1 lap
18. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth +3 laps
19 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth +3 laps
20. Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth +6 laps

Rtd Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 46 laps completed
Rtd Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 39 laps completed
Rtd Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 33 laps completed
Rtd Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 32 laps completed


Fastest lap:

Vitaly Petrov Renault -Renault 1m 29.165s lap 57



Images (C) Daylife, F1Fanatic

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Vettel will not play supporting role in Brazil

Source: http://www.metrof1.com/blogs/metrof1/2010/10/vettel-will-not-play-supporting-role-in-brazil.html

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Turkish Grand Prix 2010 Race gallery

Lewis Hamilton won the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix with a bit of a luck from the collision of the Red Bull mates, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton's first win of the season. His team mate Jenson Button finished second and Mark Webber who was leading the race before the incident, finished third


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Whitmarsh backs Hamilton?s title bid

McLaren chief Martin Whitmarsh is keeping his faith in Lewis Hamilton as the Briton looks to regain the Formula One world championship.

Hamilton landed the crown in 2008 for the first time and, following his second-placed finish at the Korean Grand Prix in Yeongam on Sunday, he now sits 21 points adrift of leader Fernando Alonso with just two races of the season remaining.

With events in Brazil and Abu Dhabi ...

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F1: Button Not Giving Up Just Yet

Jenson Button's chances of winning the Formula One championship took a hit in Korea...

Source: http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-button-not-giving-up-just-yet/

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Webber laps Korean Circuit

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Reverso Vantage Watch

Posted on 10.28.2010 15:37 by Simona
Filed under: Aston-Martin | Car Watches | Cars | Car News

Aston Martin has no doubt some of the coolest watches on the market. And the Reverso Vantage Watch is no exception. It was designed by Jaeger-LeCoultre to celebrate the launch of the dazzling and highly desirable V8 Vantage Roadster.

The origins of the new Reverso Vantage timepieces can be traced back to 1931 when C�sar de Trey, a pioneering Swiss figure in the history of Jaeger-LeCoultre, commissioned Parisian engineer Ren�-Alfred Chauvot to develop a watch especially for avid polo players. To protect its dial from hard knocks during matches, this exceptional creation featured a unique swivelling case.

This watch will be offered in two versions: Reverso Vantage GT and Reverso Vantage Grande Automatique. Both versions perfectly combine the dual personality of Jaeger-LeCoultre?s iconic timepiece with the high performance and understated elegance of Aston Martin?s V8 Vantage Roadster. This watch can be your for 7500 GBP, or $12,000 at the current exchange rates.

Press release after the jump.

Reverso Vantage Watch originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 28 October 2010 15:37 EST.

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Just when Lewis' weekend couldn't get any worse...

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2010 European Grand Prix weekend review

July 5 '10

It's good to be back!!

Well..First of all, let me apologize to all the F1Insighters for the lack of posts this race weekend. My job took me to a remote location in India where I was unable to access neither the internet nor a Television!! Anyways, now that I'm back I think I'll post some insights on what happened during the Grand Prix weekend in Valencia before the start of the British Grand Prix this weekend.

Practice

European Grand Prix, Valencia - Friday free practice (1)

Nico Rosberg headed the opening practice in Valencia.

European Grand Prix free practice 1 times
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 41.175s
2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m 41.339s
3. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m 41.383s
4. Robert Kubica Renault-Renault 1m 41.715s
5. Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 42.182s
6. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m 42.216s
7. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m 42.275s
8. Michael Schumacher Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 42.312s
9. Fernando Alonso Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 42.421s
10. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m 42.463s
11. Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1m 42.707s
12. Vitaly Petrov Renault-Renault 1m 42.962s
13. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 43.310s
14. Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1m 43.380s
15. Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1m 43.397s
16. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m 43.437s
17. Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1m 43.729s
18. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 44.183s
19. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1m 44.491s
20. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m 45.653s
21. Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 1m 47.123s
22. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1m 47.285s
23. Christian Klien HRT-Cosworth 1m 47.343s
24. Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1m 47.356s

European Grand Prix, Valencia - Friday free practice (2)

Fernando Alonso topped second practice in Valencia, closely followed by Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.

European Grand Prix free practice 2 times
1. Fernando Alonso Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 39.283s
2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m 39.339s
3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m 39.427s
4. Nico Rosberg Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 39.650s
5. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m 39.749s
6. Robert Kubica Renault-Renault 1m 39.880s
7. Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 39.947s
8. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m 40.020s
9. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m 40.029s
10. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m 40.174s
11. Michael Schumacher Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 40.287s
12. Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1m 40.387s
13. Vitaly Petrov Renault-Renault 1m 40.618s
14. Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1m 40.906s
15. Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1m 40.945s
16. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 41.115s
17. Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1m 41.371s
18. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 41.457s
19. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1m 42.467s
20. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1m 42.993s
21. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m 43.811s
22. Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1m 43.854s
23. Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 1m 44.095s
24. Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1m 44.566s

European Grand Prix, Valencia ? Saturday free practice

Sebastian Vettel headed a Red Bull 1-3 in final practice for the European Grand Prix, with Robert Kubica in between.

European Grand Prix free practice 3 times
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m 38.052s
2. Robert Kubica Renault-Renault 1m 38.154s
3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m 38.313s
4. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m 38.500s
5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 38.513s
6 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m 38.623s
7. Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1m 38.676s
8. Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 38.686s
9. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m 38.769s
10. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m 38.816s
11. Nico Rosberg Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 38.822s
12. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 39.050s
13. Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1m 39.105s
14. Vitaly Petrov Renault-Renault 1m 39.113s
15. Michael Schumacher Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 39.222s
16. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 39.392s
17. Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1m 39.527s
18. Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1m 39.699s
19. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1m 41.303s
20. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1m 41.428s
21. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m 41.955s
22. Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1m 42.354s
23. Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 1m 42.611s
24. Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1m 42.622s


Qualifying

Sebastian Vettel headed a Red Bull Racing 1-2 in qualifying for the European GP

Sebastian Vettel scored his 4th pole position of the 2010 season with a wonderful performance on Saturday (June 26) afternoon in Valencia.

Although the Austrian team predicted it would struggle to get its cars to speed on the Valencia street circuit, both Vettel and teammate Mark Webber scored consistently good results in the second part of qualifying, emerging in 1st and 2nd respectively at the end of Q3. Vettel clocked his fastest lap in 1:37.587, while Webber had to settle for 2nd some 0.075 seconds behind.

Third place went to McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, who made a few mistakes in his last flying lap to lose his initial front row position. However, he did manage to out-qualify the two Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa who, despite the overall improvements brought to Valencia, were unable to keep the pace with the front-runners in the last few minutes of qualify.

Renault?s Robert Kubica finished Q1 in 1st place but had to settle for 6th overall in the end, while in front of the second McLaren MP4-25 driven by Jenson Button. Williams F1?s improvements for the weekend got both their cars inside the Top 10, with Nico Hulkenberg topping his much older teammate Rubens Barrichello for 8th place. The Top 10 was completed by the second Renault driver Vitaly Petrov.

Mercedes GP had a Saturday to forget, with Nico Rosberg barely making the 12th slot on the grid, behind Scuderia Toro Rosso?s Sebastien Buemi, but ahead of Force India duo Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi. After almost failing to make it out of Q1 with a steering problem at his W01, Michael Schumacher scored the 15th best time of Q2, ahead of BMW Sauber?s Pedro de la Rosa and STR?s Jaime Alguersuari.

Top ten drivers in Q3
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m 37.587s
2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m 37.662s
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m 37.969s
4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 38.075s
5. Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 38.127s
6. Robert Kubica Renault-Renault 1m 38.137s
7. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m 38.210s
8 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1m 38.428s
9. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m 38.428s
10. Vitaly Petrov Renault-Renault 1m 38.523s

Drivers eliminated in Q2
11. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 38.586s
12. Nico Rosberg Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 38.627s
13. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m 38.851s
14. Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1m 38.884s
15. Michael Schumacher Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 39.234s
16. Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1m 39.264s
17. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 39.458s

Drivers eliminated in Q1
18. Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1m 39.343s
19. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1m 40.658s
20. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1m 40.882s
21. Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1m 42.086s
22. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m 42.140s
23. Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1m 42.600s
24. Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 1m 42.851s


Race

Sebastian Vettel scored his second win of 2010 in the European Grand Prix.

Sebastian Vettel cruised to his second win of the 2010 Formula One season on Sunday (June 27), as the Red Bull racer drove mistake-free from beginning to end in this weekend?s European Grand Prix. Starting from pole position, the German maintained his lead at the first corner, despite an early charge from McLaren?s Lewis Hamilton, after which he never let go of his 1st place.

His teammate Mark Webber started off poorly in Valencia and lost no less than 7 positions in the first lap, being the first to pit from the entire F1 field on Lap 8. Dropping down to 18th overall, the Australian started his recuperation race behind Lotus? Heikki Kovalainen, but it all lasted for a single lap.

While trying to overtake the Finn, Webber?s car touched the rear of Kovalainen?s Lotus and was practically lifted into the air and projected upside down onto the track, after which it flipped back the right way and smashed into the tyre barriers. Luckily, the Red Bull racer did not sustain any injuries in the accident.

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That caused the first and only safety car of the race, meaning all the drivers visited the pits for tyre change. When deployed, the SC joined the field just ahead of the two Ferraris driven by Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, causing some major time damage for the two drivers.

After the pit stops, Vettel remained in 1st place, ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Kamui Kobayashi, who decided not to change his tyres early on. Alonso dropped to 10th place, while Massa rejoined the field in 15th place.

Shortly after the safety car went in, Alonso attacked Williams? Nico Hulkenberg and went into 9th place, a position which he held until 3 laps to the finish line, when Kobayashi finally made his tyre change stop. In the front of the field, Hamilton made huge efforts to catch Vettel, but was given a drive-through penalty for passing the SC on track and lost approximately 15 seconds in the process.

However, despite the drive-through penalty, Hamilton retained his 2nd place and went on to finish in the runner-up spot, ahead of his McLaren teammate Jenson Button. Fourth place went to Williams? Rubens Barrichello, who finished ahead of Renault?s Robert Kubica and Force India?s Adrian Sutil.

Going in for a new set of tyres 3 laps to the finish line, Kobayashi managed a spectacular surge from 9th to 7th in only one lap, passing both Alonso and STR?s Sebastien Buemi in the last few kilometers of the race. Buemi had to settle for 8th, ahead of Alonso, while the Top 10 was completed by the second BMW Sauber driver Pedro de la Rosa.

As the chequered flag was waved, uncertainty is the word of the day in Valencia, as a bunch of cars were announced to be investigated for their pit stop under SC rules.

Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello, Nico Hulkenberg, Robert Kubica, Vitaly Petrov, Adrian Sutil, Sebastien Buemi, Pedro de la Rosa and Vitantonio Liuzzi received 5-second penalties for "failing to stay above the minimum time set by the FIA ECU when the Safety Car was deployed."

In the overall classification of the race, Alonso was lifted up one spot to 8th place, while Buemi dropped to 9th. Pedro de la Rosa lost his 10th place in favor of Nico Rosberg.

European Grand Prix Race times
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 57 laps 1hr 40m 29.571s
2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes +5.0s
3. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes +12.6s*
4. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth +25.6s*
5. Robert Kubica Renault-Renault +27.1s*
6. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes +30.1s*
7. Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari +30.9s
8. Fernando Alonso Ferrari-Ferrari +32.8s
9. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari +36.2s*
10. Nico Rosberg Mercedes-Mercedes +44.3s

11. Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari +46.6s
12. Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari +47.4s*
13. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari +48.2s*
14. Vitaly Petrov Renault-Renault +48.2s*
15. Michael Schumacher Mercedes-Mercedes +48.8s
16. Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes +50.8s*
17. Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth +1 lap
18. Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth +2 laps
19. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth +2 laps**
20. Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth +2 laps
21. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth +4 laps

Rtd. Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 49 laps completed mechanical*
Rtd. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 8 laps completed accident
Rtd. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 8 laps completed accident


Fastest lap:
Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m 38.766s

* denotes handed 5-second penalty for speeding under safety car conditions
** denotes handed 20-second penalty for ignoring blue flags


Links to websites related to the 2010 European Grand Prix

• Europe analysis - Vettel back on the title trail
• European Grand Prix - The key decisions
• Kovalainen: Webber just ran into me
• Massa frustrated by safety-car controversy in European Grand Prix
• 'Lucky' Hamilton deserved 'a black flag', argues Briatore
• Alonso fumes after Hamilton penalty, Ferrari calls result ?a scandal?
• Lewis Hamilton accuses Fernando Alonso of sour grapes as fallout from European Grand Prix rumbles on
• Mark Webber thankful to survive horror crash with Heikki Kovalainen in Valencia

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What it's like being an F1 presenter and producer

Hi guys,

I hope you enjoyed this weekend's show. I'm writing this blog entry in the production office at 1am on Monday in Singapore (about three hours after the grand prix finished).

We stay on European time for the Singapore GP which means out of bed at 1pm, and into bed at 4am, which is strange but seems to work for the media and the teams.

Anyway, to this week's blog.

I remember as a TV-obsessed kid wondering what happened when the presenters weren't on screen, so I decided to show you!

I know lots of you are keen to get as close to F1 and the BBC's coverage as possible, which is why I love doing the blogs and the tweets. But this weekend I've decided to up the ante.

I asked the director Richard if it was possible to record the talkback and the three camera feeds along with our actual output.

The result is embedded below. It is about as close as you'll get to being an F1 presenter without actually doing it.

You can hear exactly what I hear as the show gets going. You'll also spot the transmission on the bottom right as well as the three cameras we use.

Now, the start of the show is notoriously much easier than the end.

For the race build-up, we know pretty much what we're going to do and who we'll speak to. By contrast, after the programme we generally have 30-50 minutes to fill without any script or running order.

I'd love to know what you make of the video. You can hear last minute changes of shot, the plan unfolding inside the McLaren garage and how we make late, swift decisions to try to make the show as dynamic, exciting and entertaining as possible.

I should point out, by the way, that as the video was filmed within the confines of the Singapore track, it is only available to UK users.

Anyway, enough words, watch the video and let me know what you think!

Jake

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