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Singapore Grand Prix - Driver of the day ?

Sebastian Vettel
6
7%
Jenson Button
6
7%
Mark Webber
17
19%
Fernando Alonso
2
2%
Paul di Resta
53
58%
Nico Rosberg
1
1%
Adrian Sutil
2
2%
Felipe Massa
3
3%
Sergio Perez
1
1%
 
Total votes: 91

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The 2011 Singapore Grand Prix Thread

Post by Ed » Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:18 am

This is the place to discuss everything related to the fourteenth round of the 2011 season taking place at the Singapore street circuit between the 23rd and 25th of September.

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The event timetable for the Singapore Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 18:00 local time - 10:00 GMT
2nd Practice 21:30 local time - 13:30 GMT

Saturday
Practice 19:00 local time - 11:00 GMT
Qualifying 22:00 local time - 14:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 20:00 local time - 12:00 GMT

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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:38 am

Qualifying Results

Vettel takes Pole with a 1:44.381 from Webber (1:44.732) and Button (1:44.804). Hamilton is 4th with a 1:44.809 ahead of Alonso (1:44.874), Massa (1:45.800) and Rosberg (1:46.013). Schumacher is 8th from Sutil and di Resta. Those three didn't set times in Q3

Knocked out of Q2: Perez, Barrichello, Maldonado, Buemi, Senna, Alguersuari and Kobayashi

knocked out of Q1: Petrov, Kovalainen, Trulli, Glock, d'Ambrosio, Ricciardo and Liuzzi

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Post by Ed » Mon Sep 26, 2011 12:31 am

Race results:

Vettel
Button +1.7
Webber +29.2
Alonso +55.4
Hamilton +67.7
di Resta +1 lap
Rosberg +1 lap
Sutil +1 lap
Massa +1 lap
Perez + lap
Maldonado +1 lap
Buemi +1 lap
Barrichello +1 lap
Kobayashi +2 laps
Senna + 2 laps
Kovalainen +2 laps
Petrov +2 laps
d'Ambrosio +2 laps
Ricciardo +4 laps
Liuzzi +4 laps

Retirements
Alguersuari +5 laps (crashed)
Trulli - retired (engine)
Schumacher - retired (crash)
Glock - retired (crash)

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Post by Thaddeus » Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:06 am

Vettel, surely, must be driver of the day.

Supreme pace, effortless victory, only slightly under pressure at the end.

Button also did very well, I thought.

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Post by jacfan » Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:43 pm

Thaddeus wrote:Vettel, surely, must be driver of the day.

Supreme pace, effortless victory, only slightly under pressure at the end.

Button also did very well, I thought.
Looks like most of the voters have disagreed with you. Paul di Resta seems to be the crowd favourite.
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Post by Thaddeus » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:12 pm

Aye, I slightly forgot about di Resta, who did very well indeed.

In retrospect, I would change my driver of the day, but to Button rather than di Resta. He (Button) had a stomach bug and lost some weight due to dehydration, so to do so well in a race where hydration is an issue even for a healthy driver is excellent.

I think di Resta is easily the best of the newcomers, and could be a potential world champion in a few years, but I think his sixth place was impressive rather than superb.

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Post by jacfan » Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:37 pm

my vote went to Button this week. Easy to win in the best car and from the front.
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Post by Thaddeus » Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:43 pm

I think that does a slight disservice to Vettel.

He's consistently and significantly outperformed his team mate. Yes, the Red Bull's a great car and has mostly been the fastest in races (although McLaren could've won in Monaco and Spain) but he's still driving extremely well.

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Post by jacfan » Thu Sep 29, 2011 3:18 pm

I did not mean to insinuate that Vettel did not deserve the win or even DotD, my point was that it is a lot easier to lead from the front than to play catch up. Obviously he is a great driver. He could not win back to back championship wins by just being in the top car and being in the front but it sure makes it a tad easier.

I did not mean to upset you. Just giving my opinion for what it is worth.
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Post by Thaddeus » Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:41 pm

Np, jacfan. I wasn't upset, I just disagree (with the Driver of the Day).

I do agree that it's a lot easier to drive away at the front. During the race (particularly about 12-15 laps from the end) it struck me that Singapore seems to be one of those that naturally creates gaps between the cars (plus Vettel's been driving well all season). For a long while there was a reasonable gap from Vettel to Button to Webber to Alonso.

Singapore's not a favourite of mine. I'd rather axe it and keep Turkey, though I understand the commercial reasons why this hasn't (and won't) occur.

Come 2013, when the big teams may be changing their lineups, it'll be interesting to see if di Resta gets a chance with a front-running team.

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Post by jacfan » Fri Sep 30, 2011 3:38 pm

Fair enough.
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